Normal or Inverted Y-Axis?

[Jeff]

When playing first or third person games, do you use a normal (up is up and down is down) or inverted Y-axis?

[PastramiX]

Since I suppose you mean using a thumbstick on a gamepad, I'd use inverted Y-axis for freelook, much like with a joystick in a flight sim. With a mouse, it's standard, freelook or not.

[Alkonium]

On foot and in land vehicles, I'll use normal, but for air vehicles, I'll use inverted.

[Astor]

I use inverted. I don't understand why, but I find it's much easier to play games with an inverted axis.

[Miltiades]

Normal. I find it easier.

[Hallucination]

Inverted 4 lyfe.

[Litofsky]

I've always found Normal to be easier than inverted.

[TriggerGod]

I tried playing Halo 1 with inverted once.

I quit before it was too late.

[SG-17]

I have always played inverted. I don't know why but I think it had something to do with Syphon Filter.

[EnderWiggin]

Inverted just makes more sense to me.

_EW_

[M@RS]

Normal, I've tried to get used to inverted, and just can't.

[Sabretooth]

Normal.

[Q]

Originally Posted by Alkonium

On foot and in land vehicles, I'll use normal, but for air vehicles, I'll use inverted.

This is what I do.

[Jeff]

Originally Posted by EnderWiggin

Inverted just makes more sense to me.

_EW_

Same, honestly I don't know how people play with "normal" and I don't know why normal is the default in all games. For me part of it might be the fact that on PC X-Wing was one of the first direct control games I played (I probably had mostly only played adventure games before).

[acdcfanbill]

I chose Inverted because joysticks require inversion and the mouse as well if it's controlling a ship. Otherwise for my mouse, up is up, for fps or windows.

[Tommycat]

I'm normally inverted.

Used to it since early Quake days

[Totenkopf]

Normal.

[ForeverNight]

Normal, there's a reason it's called as such.

[Boba Rhett]

Inverted 4 life, yo.

[Mav]

Originally Posted by Alkonium

On foot and in land vehicles, I'll use normal, but for air vehicles, I'll use inverted.

Same.

[Zeaband]

Inverted for any kind of flying however for some reason in ground based games I use normal.

[Jasper_Kazai]

I can't stand using inverted. There was one game where it was inverted by default and I got used to it, but the second I found out that you could change it, I did.

[purifier]

Most of the time I play normal, but then again.. inverted when I'm flying something.

[Kurgan]

I don't recall, but I think I may have started out playing JK1 inverted, but somehow I switched and got used to it, and now that's all I use. It feels more intuitive (in a flight sim it would be the opposite of course).

If I were moving my mouse around the screen, that's where my crosshair would go in a game, and the character's "head" etc).

[Gamma097]

Inverted when in a air vehicle and normal when I'm not in one.

[purple_tentacle_]

I use normal the other is to confusing. But I think all good shooters or anygame should have both options so you get the most out of the game.

[General LiWar]

like most people i used normal for ground and inverted when flying

[Darth Avlectus]

Depends on the game, situation, and interface of system. It's different with each one, I can't explain it, really.

[Giant Graffiti]

Originally Posted by Alkonium

On foot and in land vehicles, I'll use normal, but for air vehicles, I'll use inverted.

^^^

This.

[RoxStar]

Up means up, dammit!

[Te Je'karta Mand'alor]

normal, unless i'm in an aircraft

[PoiuyWired]

normal for all games.

[Agincourt]

When I use a mouse, I prefer the Y-flipped setting. I prefer a joystick to work like a joystick.

[Samnmax221]

Invertebrates **** off.

[ZBomber]

I dont get the point of using inverted in FPS. I get using it for air sims, but FPS?

[Serpentine Cougar]

Originally Posted by Alkonium

On foot and in land vehicles, I'll use normal, but for air vehicles, I'll use inverted.

Yeah, I do this too.

[The Betrayer]

I use inverted for flying.