off nature of a keyboard doesn’t
work well to steer the vehicle as
effectively as possible. This isn’t
so much an issue when dealing
with forward or backwards motion
(thrust or deceleration) but can
present some difficulties with pitch
and tilt. ROCCAT states that it works
well for throttle as well which I’m
sure it does but because of how you
use the paddle by pressing it up or
down it fits the on-screen motion
that best represents that motion and
that is tilt. In a ground vehicle using
a turret, perhaps panning across
the field, zoomed in etc. Be mindful
however that mapping this paddle
in your game may require you to
select it as a joystick axis or button.
IF you find that assigning it under
your regular keyboard controls does
nothing, this is probably because
it actually installs under your USB
Came controllers as the ROCCAT
TYON White, but only has the Y-Axis
useable.
How well it works in game
depends, but it does take a little
more elbow grease to push the
paddle up or down than you would
imagine. The spring action force
pulling it to the normal position is
strong, so you’ll have to get used
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to fine tuning the amount of force
and refine your motor skills a little
to get the best out of the paddle.
Overall, it is a worthwhile feature
and one that I do hope to see in
successive generations of the TYON
or whatever other line ROCCAT may
have in future.
I finally get to ROCCAT’s driver
suit. Truthfully, these days it’s
hard to find a disappointing
interface from any respectable
peripherals vendor. Through years
of developing interfaces that are
driven solely by the features, they
have come around to developing
interfaces that present primarily
what you’ll seek most often.
Other features relegated to
secondary tabs and sub-menus.
ROCCAT’s software does not
change in this regard. It is rich and
comprehensive, with an easy to
configure and straightforward but
detailed design. There’s not much
I would change if anything at all
with it, aside from the annoying
delay that plagues the software suit
when you hit apply. This isn’t a new
issue and it was present with this
driver suite more than a year ago,
where applying any setting could
take anywhere near 34seconds.
A way around this bug is to add
the ROCCAT software to your
exceptions list in your anti-virus
program. It turns out this is the
reason why there’s such a massive
wait for every setting or change
you make. This is a temporary
work around but it does work and
applying settings drops from half
a minute per click to about a single
second. Other than that it is a
sublime software suit that places
everything you’ll need at your
disposal.
In closing, the ROCCAT Tyon is
a fantastic mouse. I’m thoroughly
impressed with what ROCCAT has put
together and this is by far their best
mouse to date form where I sit. There’s
simply no comparing its comfort levels,
functionality and incredible design
to anything else they’ve had to date,
the software has this little quirk that I
spoke of earlier that can be easily fixed,
but other than that this is sheer bliss.
There could be some improvements
here and there, but again as far as
ROCCAT mice go, this is leaps and
bounds ahead of everything else I’ve
come across from the firm. $99.99 for
all the features and incredible design, it
is a definite buy.
[ The Overclocker]