A Little Help- How to switch mouse to left handed?

[ToadTadWater]

Have looked at some files but had the same problem in Doom 3 (got most fixed for T3 via editing files), how to make mouse buttons (all menus, games, etc) left handed?

 

One would think that games would use system settings for this (damn important, but 'trivial' for righty developers I suppose) but...........

 

Thanks for any help!

 

PS: Have game play set but all the others are right handed.

[Mortem Desino]

There's nothing stopping you from just going to "settings" on the main menu.

 

Change frob/interact to "left mouse button" and attack to "right mouse button", and so on.

[rebb]

I think quite a few mouse-vendors allow custom mouse-button assignments using the Control-Panel->Mouse Settings Panel, which would then work the same for every program you use, but i guess you looked into that already .

[ToadTadWater]

I think quite a few mouse-vendors allow custom mouse-button assignments using the Control-Panel->Mouse Settings Panel, which would then work the same for every program you use, but i guess you looked into that already .

 

I suspect, but do not know, that it would not work simply because the game must 'honor' your settings versus ignoring them as many games do. I bet it is very simple to use the system settings but poor or insensitive game programmers ignore doing it. Only the obstinate apps do not use system settings anyhow. (ie - Thief 1,2 are fine but T3 is a POS about this)

 

I suspect they do not want to map their 'WE HAVE CHOSEN' keys/mouse use to the system settings or adapt 'help' instructions in game to the actual keys users are using, TBH! Yet again an indication of poor, lazy,overworked,under supervised or arrogant programmers. I used to be a s/w designer so I know that many of us are/were all of those things!

 

I suspect those that were responsible for this in Doom 3 are now management, you know like pointy head in Dilbert!

 

Thanks for suggestion!

[Crispy]

Honestly, I think most people just overlook it. Or they see the ROI as low since you can switch the mouse buttons in the config anyway (except in the menu of course, but hey, deal with it ).