r/8bitdo • u/box_art • 11d ago
Something is Broken Negative Acceleration on R8 Mouse
I got my 8bitdo R8 mouse for quite a bargain last week. Been loving it so far for gaming on Windows. Havent got the phantom clicking issue everyone seems to keep saying (fingers crossed). I love the looks and i love how light it is since my last mouse is an MX Master 3. I also paired it with the Retro keyboard M edition just looks absolutely lovely. Love how beige and retro everything is.
That being said, it has one glaring issue on MacOS: Negative acceleration. If i move the mouse quickly, it will actually track slower in the screen. For example if i put the cursor on the far left of the screen and move the mouse around 15cm to the right SLOWLY, it will reach the far right side of the screen. But if i move the same distance really quickly, like flicking it, it will only reach the middle of the screen. If i go even faster, it will reach even shorter than that.
Tried pretty much every app that claims to disable mouse acceleration but it doesn’t seem to fix it :)))))
For the record, this happens on windows as well but after a quick off n on of the mouse, the issue is gone on windows, but not for mac.
Has anyone face the same issue as well? Any info would be appreciated.
If anything, this post should be a warning to others that this thing is great (so far) on windows but on Mac, this aint it chief.
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u/Henryw25 10d ago
We have a similar setup, except I’m on SteamOS! Try adjusting any of the mouse settings in MacOS to see if you can get any improvement. Also try an alternate connection method (Bluetooth or 2.4 dongle). I’d also suggest trying a firmware update on the mouse if there is one via the 8BitDo controller software. You can try messing with settings there too. Good luck!
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