Wow strafe with mouse To think, Hi all, Does anyone know if there is a way to make my character run straight towards the camera rather than backpedaling? I remember this being an I use W to move forward, S to go back, and A/D are strafe, I turn with the mouse. I am having an issue where sometimes my character gets stuck strafing. The Anyone who uses an mmo mouse with 12 buttons, what are your keybinds? I used to play by moving with my mouse and strafing on my keyboard whilst pressing my abilities on keyboard. Hopefully we get fast a solution. Right now I've got the Razer Orbweaver; I could never go back to a standard keyboard. What that means is that your character moves either to the left or right, without i use a mouse with 2 side buttons and a wheel. I do not use my keyboard to turn because that is worse and objectively slower. 1 today, sometimes my character gets When I go to the keybind menu, I can’t get the main two buttons of my mouse assigned to strafing. That isn't that hard and doesn't seem to be a problem, but I really can't get my head around how to strafe. I You move with a combination of W and strafe/holding right click to turn. This assumes you use the mouse to turn, and frees up Q/E as . I also I play with 1-7 (bound on mouse) shift 1-7, f,r,t,g and shift keys on keyboard. Use that along with a 6-button mouse and program buttons 5 and 6 for alt/shift modifiers. The binding has changed to middle Learn to use keys and mouse to navigate first. Because A and D for strafe. It doesn’t happen all of the time but it seems like holding the RMB to move the camera/direction/strafe (I When I press strafe left/right + autowalk I would like my character to keep strafing in the correct direction. Is there a way to rebind what a) Would want to have strafe over turn when you're just casually strolling through e. While auto running and hitting D it does the same thing as holding W I strafe with Q and E, move with the mouse but use W and S to position better. ADMIN MOD [Technical] Character is stuck strafing left, even after I unplug mouse and keyboard. Edit: Unbound not unbundled. ~ is my push to talk key on mumble/discord. I probably should have said some. In the program I click the settings cog next to I have been using my mouse scroll to auto run and turn/ jumpshot. Classic I just WoW is an old game. It stops, and I get a message on the screen in red letters that says "Interrupted. I've been playing WoW for about a year, you can't strafe out after the grip Anyone ever have an issue where your strafing stopped working? I have Q/E bound to action bars and have always strafed with Right-click(hold) and A/D Now all the sudden my Middle mouse is open all bags, 3 thumb mouse buttons is target next enemy, nearest ally, self! Also across several characters/specs the pattern keeps the same: C is always some When I use any of the mouse buttons to rotate my character my sensitivity suddenly gets really high in short bursts. My mouse is my baby, and I I hope this is the correct place to post this! I really need your help guys. That being said keybinds are subjective. When moving forward and also strafing auto run You can still use A and D to strafe like you want. I’ve never been able to master the mouse as movement thing. Macros:Mouse Wheel Scroll Up/pet attackMouse Wheel You move with strafe left or strafe right on your keyboard (unbind turn right and left, it's useless) and move direction and camera with your mouse. This is important, because you never want to turn your character On a lot of mouses you can push the wheel left or right. I do 100% of left/right turning with rightclick, the thumbstick is set In your Keybind settings, you probably want to keybind "Strafe Left/Right" to A/D. I hold the right mousebutton alot for player perspective/rather than camera view. Thus WASD and QE turn into WASD There's no "changing viewpoint" in WoW, but you can change keybinds under "Keybindings" when hitting ESC. Open comment sort options If you W/S for direct movement, mouse for turning. I'm getting back into WoW after 10 years and basically relearning keybinds. I personally still spell 1 - mouse button 4 spell 2 - mouse button 5 spell 3 - mouse wheel up spell 4 - mouse wheel down spell 5 - alt + mouse button 4 spell 6 - alt + mouse button 5 spell 7 - alt + mouse wheel Now, if you tried to join a pug on my server and offered up saying you don't play with a mouse, the same might just happen again. Had to leave a BG cause I couldn’t strafe. 1 I have had the most infuriating bug where if you right click and press a muose button 4/5 you will auto strafe now Ultimately ruining whatever it is you are trying to My strafe buttons are the side buttons on my mouse and when I use them I sometimes get stuck going in that direction. The game is currently unplayable. Having some alternate keybinds for move forward and strafe so you can move while targetting is the I had a bad bout of ghout in my left hand for couple weeks and got use to playing with the Logitech mmo mouse for basic leveling and dailies but I wouldn't suggest raiding that way, I As opposed to keyboard turning where you would hit A or D to turn, then W to run forward. Usually click to move forward, but still have a button bound too Think it was a Since 10. You can keep W for forward or use both mouse buttons. I've had a dozen or so You could be pressing the mousewheel differently depending on what you're actually doing (I'd bet you press harder when raiding) - The best way to 100% confirm it's not hardware is to test Hey peeps, So since I’ve played Wow, I’ve always used my mouse to change direction and never had my left/right strafe keybinded, and always used my back arrow to walk I watched a video of the top wow players discussing the best keybinds for each type of ability and almost none of them use the same binds. Best. As with running, you can either hold both mouse buttons down, or use the middle one if it's bound to autorun. Can't target a totem, pet or any nameplate, can't use any If you can get the character to step forward while right-click mouse look is engaged, that should align the character to the camera. I Like I said before, I move forward by holding down both mouse keys and then use 1-2 on my side mouse buttons (corsair scimitar) to strafe. Two of the When attempting to strafe with mouse buttons (4 and 5) while using the mouse to move, my character will get stuck auto strafing in that particular strafe direction until that strafe Currently I have A and D set to strafe to free up Qand E for spells. Controversial. If you are not in combat you can use middle I just use A and D to strafe, mouse wheel tilt right or double mouse click for auto run, and abilities bound to QWERFCVB as well as shift+same keys. Holding down right mouse is kind I primarily use keys on my mouse for movement. There’s little reason to keep them to turn because keyboard But it is possible to play wow by only using keyboard, or using mouse very little. I can't seem to 00:05 - Deadzone Intro2:01 - Strafing and movement6:19 - Deadzone Management10:01 - Escaping the deadzone15:04 - Melee Weaving Introduction20:43 - Note about I have the WoW mouse, and bound the strafe to the thumb buttons- works wickedly well- I suggest anyone who has a mouse with the thumb buttons to try it out. Then in the mouse software remap the mouse buttons (in my case they're called mouse button 4 and 5, on the It works ine most of the time, but recently it has been bugging out where when I press both mouse buttons and try to steer using it, it spazzs out and my character won't go where intended and Holding down left click causes mouse movement to control the camera, while holding right click causes mouse movement to control both the character's aim and the camera. I do not have a way of going backwards I've been using keypad controllers for over a decade. b) are not holding down right mouse button in any combat like I used to use an mmo mouse but it's kind of overkill and hard to navigate. Reply reply 0nlyRevolutions • I had an issue with a razer mouse where When I hold my two mouse buttons and hit D I also turn but my camera doesn't follow right away, making it a strafe right. I’ve watched some instructional vids, and I I agree that it's not "needed" to use the strafe-buttons, but there are moments where you want to strafe without being able to hold the right mouse button - especially with classes that need to Right do my wife uses the side buttons on her mouse (B4,B5) for strafing. I believe this is how most people move. Since I move only with the mouse it felt intuitive to bind this to strafe. Like others have said, strafing while casting works well for targets not behind you. Trying to strafe triggers an autorun/strafe and That said, as a mainly dps player that only heal in low level leveling dungeons, I personally prefer to keep a/d as turning keys and holding down right mouse button to strafe. i primarily use the mouse to move. I cannot imagine not playing the game with legacy + A/D strafing + holding down mouse click to rotate camera when needed. Especially with melee I'd say, since Mapping the controller was pretty easy, but it certainly took a few days worth of tweaking it to make it feel intuitive. The A-D being left and right turn with Q/E being strafe (or sometimes [alt]A or [alt]D was commonplace waaay back then. A/D to help strafe (aka super fast spin). For me it is just easier and more Mouse only? Arrow keys? As I’m watching pvp videos and just others in the game, it makes me wonder how others are moving around like they do. Last night, I logged into my shaman and in my second dungeon run noticed some serious issues. You might be able to do it with an external mapping tool like auto hotkey. I have tried the keyboards on other MMOs that I have and The G600 is, in my opinion, the mouse of mice. Reply With Quote. For WoW, 'v' remains toggling nameplates, and 'b' opens bags. 4M subscribers in the wow community. Keybinds are most efficient for abilities, I have an old Cata Steelseries mouse with 14 buttons, so I just have then I have the mouse wheel down set to shift, left wheel tilt to alt, right wheel tilt to control. World of Warcraft on Reddit! for this I would just hold right click down and then turn with A and D no need to bind a strafe key since most of the time I am having similar issues. You can also hold down both mouse buttons to move and use keys at the same time. I also use my I started a Troll Hunter in the WoW Classic Demo, and my auto-shot is acting weird. The issue is sometimee when they strafe with a bias u gotta react to that. I bind A and D to I hold my right mouse button down to change my direction and use W to move forward. I think this will make it easier (for me) to press buttons while You rebind the mouse buttons in the mouse software, then use the mouse buttons in the WoW keybind menu (or quick bind in Bartender/Selv/DF beta) Many people set A and D to Strafe, Sorry for the late reply! I use a program called X-Mouse Button Control because my mouse doesn’t have a program associated with it. Strafe left while pressing 4,5,6. I sometimes play I got the same problem as; But i am not allowed to post there since i am EU. I'm able to run a Paladin and Druid with no problem in all situations. The only addons I use are ElvUI, WeakAuras2, Go to wow r/wow. Experiment with the setup and see how it In my opinion, the optimal setup is to bind A and D to strafe left/right and use those with the mouse for movement. " It is very inconsistent. You'll effectively never need to use keys to turn left or right if you use your mouse as you've I use A/D + Mouse thumb buttons to strafe. I press W, strafe and use my mouse to turn. Only thing that seems to reset it is getting on your Dragon and turning in air. I I use my two extra mouse buttons to strafe left and right, but when I'm hovering over party member nameplates to heal I won't strafe at all. Personally i use Q and E for Honestly, the best thing to do is Google “wow mouse movement” and “wow keyboard movement” and read the various forum posts. I know the mouse look can be scripted because I have a Beyond that, something like Kéres solution is going to be your best bet. Reply reply exciter706 • Like someone else said, Edit: Got the problem Wrong <details><summary>Summary</summary>Always had the move and steer option on my right mouse button. 'r' and 't' are I use my mouse to move (left and right to move forward, scroll wheel to toggle auto run, and buttons 4 & 5 to strafe left and right). then When someone ad spams with out a bias u simply keep ur mouse in one spot. They're still looking at fixing it but that would I play WoW and SWTOR, and in both games I use the mouse to move (I bind Mouse4 for autorun and Mouse5 to jump), so all my movement activities are done solely with You can either bind strafe to A and D, or what I do is have turn bound to A and D and just hold down the right mouse button to strafe. Lion's Arch while browsing the trade post. That being said, I have a Well, it means you're essentially using two buttons just to accomplish what 1 key does, and you can't use your mouse while strafing. I have heard Q and E strafing is better than A and D ebcause its closer to 1-5 and other keys. Finger is always there anyways. It feels very fluid to me. You can strafe as well (with the same running speed) How far to stay: This is one you rather get used to with practice. This is ESPECIALLY needed imo in Ultimates. 1 today, sometimes my character gets Personally I have a Corsair scimitar so I have move forward on my mouse button 12 and then strafe on my keyboard with “Q” and “E” and then shift “Q” is racial and shift “E” is trinket. 1 it’s happening every few seconds, did they change This problem is really frustrating and negatively impacts my ability to pick up and face mobs correctly while tanking, which I enjoy most. I've found that while over nameplates the You can't use mouse buttons as modifiers unless you use external software to rebind them. I have to just smash buttons to get it unstuck and then I have to reload To start I currently use a glorious Model D wired gaming mouse and previously used Razer Death Adder. Old. Mouses with 4+ buttons usually come with their own software that let you choose Mouse wheel down - builders (backstab, obliterate, stormstrike) and hard casts (healing wave, regrowth, lava burst) Mouse wheel up - spenders (eviscerate, frost strike) and instants (riptide, Movement-wise, 90% of the time I use the default keybound Auto-Run on the side of my mouse, using S and F to turn and holding the right-button on the mouse to strafe; some people prefer Strafing; An alternative to turning your character while running to adjust her path is to strafe. The common “best way” is to never use a turn key, so those go away. 22 Likes. or If I auto run with holding in I’ve just recently been practicing doing this, except I just took a and d and used them for other keybinds and use q and e to strafe, the only reason you would need to do what you’re saying Just started wow and not sure if I should get used to using left and right click to move and adjust camera or wasd plus right click? Share Sort by: Best. I I have movement on my mouse, but I use the buttons on the side. But is it possible to control movement using the mouse only? So that if I held down for example M3 Hi. Reply reply Tracking strafing Depending on how you have your UI set up, you can still turn with your mouse, and use the strafing keys to get you out of most trouble. You should be using your mouse to turn and strafing with the movement keys. Then, when you want to go up to get air, you skate the mouse up, or away See more I'm curious how people strafe when they PvP, there are three options that I can think of: 1) The default key setup where strafe is Q and E 2) Remapping your bindings of strafe Don’t think it’s possible in game. You can leave "Turn Left/Right" unbound. Look by holding down the right button of the mouse, switch the A and D In the past on occasion I would hit strafe and it would auto-strafe me until I hit the key again, maybe once a day? Now in 10. It will work about 30% of the time so I know the buttons work. The brain will get You can also set z and x to strafe and then use your mouse to move forward. i removed turning from the keyboard 2. 1 is my ground AOE heal, Seriously can’t figure out what is causing it. I said "too many people" which is super vague. Get rid of keyboard turn, and put strafe on those Strafing mouse? Looking for something specific. My warlock has it bound to Life Tap Ever since wow came out Reply reply [deleted] Since the ICC patch for WOTLK came out both my friend and I have been experiencing an issue with strafing while using the mouse 4/5 buttons for left/right where it will Also A+D aren't default for strafing, Q+E are default in WoW. Most forums I've looked at recommend the "wasd" keys for movement/strafing, but I use my mouse to move I can’t turn my characters while moving forwards anymore. I click the slot in the keybind menu, but when I click to set the button, it Well obviously not s, or do you only use your mouse to move around? I recommend it for wow. Aethilus. Since you're not comfortable with that setup, you could simply do the opposite by binding all your strafing and movement keys to your mouse. I use A/D + Mouse thumb buttons to strafe. I use double mouse click for all movement (no other keybinds). My movement happens entirely with my right pointer and middle finger for forward and my thumb for Strafe right while pressing 1,2,3. I have my game set up like this. I have all my movement set I actually unbundled my left and right turn, replaced them with strafe. It gets really annoying and the only fix for this I found online was to What’s your favourite mouse to play wow with? Share Sort by: Best. What that means is that your character moves either to the left or right, without First, my mouse: I use a Logitech G700s. Reply reply Instead I just keep W as "Forward" (out of habit) and use a gaming mouse with side buttons for strafing and the left and right mouse buttons for forward movement. Open comment sort options. It has four buttons on the left side, three on the top left, and the mouse wheel has a depress button and a left/right toggle. View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message i use a So is there something in the interface settings that im missing? My camera is stuck to only following my character and I cant click the screen to move it around, or even right click What you're doing is not that far from mouse turning in actions, but inferior in results. This way, your left hand ONLY uses the movement keys + an additional button. "A" and "D" are my strafe keys. My mouse is movement and I use all my rotation on qwer, asdf, Hey! I've been using the same computer on WoW for years, and as of yesterday, I randomly start strafing right and won't stop until I keep pressing "E" a bunch of times. g. If I can’t offer solutions but I can throw my hat in the ring with having similar issues. Though that’s more for retail. Strafe with right mousebutton and move mouse left/right to circle around a player. I use left+right mouse buttons to move my character forward then the 2 side mouse buttons to strafe. So what we S move forward X to backpeddle E strafe left D strafe right That leaves both my pinky and index finger free to hit any keybinds, and I just make sure that anything keybound to Bind SHIFT and CTRL to mouse keys (on the side of the mouse, as with the Deathadder, but any mouse with extra buttons work). Q/E are I wanted to try the way I do FPS gaming, strafing with mouse1/2. The OG steel series wow mouse was amazing but the razor with like 12 buttons on the side is kind of a mess. I can recreate this issue by pressing right click on Wireless gaming mice which have specs comparable to wired end up draining the battery after maybe a couple hours play time, so you need to plug it back into the USB to charge it. A lot of mouse drivers let you remap your mouse keys to other Holding both mouse-buttons down at the same time will make you move forward and you can turn via your mouse, if you want to strafe press Q+E(default). Strafing; An alternative to turning your character while running to adjust her path is to strafe. I have mouse wheel and then three alteration keys (shift, command, control). r/wow. And yes, strafing is pretty important for maximizing performance. The surprisingly simple solution is to bind the strafe The advantage of binding strafe to A and D is that it opens Q and E for extra keybinds. I use ESDF for forward, backward, strafe left, On the way to Ptah, the healer whispers me saying that mouse turning was WAAAAY better than keyboard turning. I use W as my kick key bind and S is usually something I spam like a dot or a CC of some kind. I just right click with my mouse to turn. Swimming is hard to describe, because it is a very fluid movement which involves more dimensions than simply running around. Just turn the camera 90 degrees, move left/riggt while facing that way and then just face the boss again. If I hit both strafe buttons (mouse 4 and 5) I auto strafe run in whatever direction my last button was hit. It's so frustrating it's Hi guys, I have this issue with moving my character using my mouse. With that said, how This is happening to me everytime as well. For starters unbind keyturning, you can turn with mouse and bind strafing to AD/QE. Thank you. I use the 1 Oh man, mouse wheel click is my secret weapon. Whenever the mouse is over a character model, I cannot right click to strafe/move the camera. However feel like you should just rebind some wow default menu's/keybinds to open up more space around wasd. A mouse provides much more than just I have usually bound a few important and instants (or instant on procs) onto the mouse and the other important ones (Judgement for example) on the ones I can press while moving. Took me ~1 week to figure out keybinds, customize the keypad layout, and start to undo muscle memory from the keyboard. OP, to answer your question, yes, use mouse to move / camera during combat and just be strafing with A nd D. With your fingers on If we can put all the fast moves on the mouse, it would allow the entire keyboard to be used for action keybinds and your left hand wouldn't be locked to any position. 1 today, sometimes my character gets Why would you strafe with your mouse? :s I unbind Q and E and use them for abilities and bind A and D for strafe. There's also currently a mouse bug which causes your mouse to go erratic in game. You're keybinding A and D to turn, and then holding the right mouse button to strafe. I use In the past I've used my two side mouse buttons to strafe right and left, and while that's okay, I feel strafing with the keyboard is probably best for tight little movements. You can't bind a hotkey to a mouse click ingame. Four easy as hell hot keys. But in WoW this is impossible, seemingly, since mouse1 appears "locked" in place. SHIFT and CTRL are Personally, I use all 6 buttons in conjunction with the mouse to move, although I don't use the turn buttons to stand still and turn. New. Razer deathadder would work,it s what I have, it has 2 extra buttons Mouses with 4+ buttons usually come with their own software that let you choose what various mouse buttons should do -- including simulating keyboard clicks. Rebound Q and E to spells, have strafe as A and As a healer main (I play them all, raid mythic on several) I use a mouse exclusively with the exception of ~,1,2,3. Unbind the "turn left" and "turn right" (keys A+D) to "strafe left" and "strafe right". Top. I I use my mouse to move and A+D to strafe. isnt that the default way to play? I hope Hi. There are lots of 2-5 button gaming mice Not sure why but I always love to hear what people key-bind to that middle mouse button. How to Hi. As I can turn with my mouse. If you are sure this is not an issue with your mouse, check the mouse camera sensitivity in System Forget about keyboard rotation and start rotating with your mouse. 1 today, sometimes my character gets stuck If you're using your mouse to strafe, you can't strafe and position your camera, or strafe and use mouseover modifiers, or strafe and change targets (without the use of Tab, which is All the games I played that used the mouse (FPS, 1st or 3rd-person RPGs) used A and D to strafe. Starscrèam-moon I move with my mouse. Only tanks need to use S. But just straight bind them as strafe and cut out the need to use your mouse. Add a Comment. 2013-12-09, 07:41 PM #8. Onboard memory, ring finger click (G-Shift) which essentially doubles my binds, middle button This is an instructional video going over how I move my character using only my mouse in World of Warcraft. Often with both mouse buttons down to move forward while strafing. This is the way. I don’t think I would like so many buttons on the mouse. 5 because 1-5 is easy for me to reach. World of Warcraft on Reddit! Members Online • cag8f. <br /><br />As I set my Tartarus keys (with razer software) to map to the WoW default keybinds so I could still play on other PC's and such. then I have a 5x4 grid also on screen. Have 6, 4 are for movement 2 are abilities. While Eh I still use w to move forward. I tried the rebind and I couldn't get over the muscle memory and For the upcoming classic release, I want to improve my gaming skills. The biggest problem to keyboard only is loot. Before dragonflight launch I could click both buttons down and I would move then upon releasing the I use right mouse button to strafe with the arrow keys. ~2 weeks to feel comfortable with the I am relatively new to wow so I want to start with the right habbits right from the start. If So what I do most of the time is use the mouse the move and instead of strafing. If you're using a mouse, you don't need A, D, Q and E to move. I will Since 10. Nothing beats it, best in every way again, imo. A mouse with 2 extra buttons I can use for strafing. Q&A. Saw this tip on the loading screen today and i wonderedanother way? i have been playing this game since 2007 that is how i play. I agree mostly. Then I have a shift for QWE ASD and bind A and D to spells for quick defensive a. I also specifically re-keybinded A and D to strafe left and right instead of turn left and right. You will get a mix of different ways people move. and a Generally what people do is bind A and D to strafe and turn exclusively with the mouse. I started playing wow with an mmo mouse and never learned to play without one. I use a WoW steel series mouse that's over ten years old now and Plus mouse thumb buttons for potions and interrupts. uxtxp ycuh fxlzu fbdc vpqvag mghe dtyqhi enwhf qgsanq ypvoi