How to increase mouse sensitivity in Skyrim?
How can i increase mouse sensitivity in Skyrim?
- on the main menu the mouse cursor is sluggish
- in-game mouse sensitivity is too low
Things i've tried:
-
increasing Look Sensitivity in-game:
-
In my
SkyrimPrefs.ini
file:- Increasing
[Controls]\fMouseHeadingSensitivity
from0.0125
to1.0500
- Adding
[Controls]\fMouseHeadingXScale
=1.0500
- Adding
[Controls]\fMouseHeadingYScale
=1.0500
- Turning off mouse acceleration: Changing
[Controls]\bMouseAcceleration
from1
to0
- Turning off v-sync: Adding
[Display]\iPresentInterval
=0
- Increasing
Changing Detail in the launcher to Low from auto-detected Ultra
- Running in Windowed mode
- Turning off Steam's Overlay UI:
- Increasing my mouse pointer speed in Windows
Note: My question is different from How can I sync vertical/horizontal mouse sensitivities?, which looks to make the poor mouse sensitivity equal in both directions. i want not poor mouse sensitivity.
Note: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\Skyrim\SkyrimPrefs.ini"
Note: And restarting Skyrim after each change.
Note: Including details of what i've tried are only presented to shut people up who bitch about a "lack of research effort". i should be able to ask my question with explanation, justification, or research. Also people love screenshots - it draws them in like moths.
See also
- FoV and sensitivity.
- How do I even out the mouse sensitivity?
- Tweaks to make Skyrim that much better (self.skyrim)
Solution 1:
The suggested SkyrimPrefs.ini
i was using was the wrong one.
Using Process Monitor i was able to figure out that the correct one is:
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Skyrim\SkyrimPrefs.ini
e.g.
C:\Users\Ian\Documents\My Games\Skyrim\SkyrimPrefs.ini
Changing [Controls]\fMouseHeadingSensitivity
to
fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.1250 (new)
fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0125 (old)
did the trick.