I admit that this is really a rare case, but I have a Visiontek XG6
mouse ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826998003
), which is an otherwise standard 5-button laser mouse with three 4-way
hat switches, effectively making it a 17-button mouse. It's really nice
for FPSes, and I've used it successfully with Halo: Combat Evolved for
PC and Crysis. However, whenever I touch any of the hat switches in
Halo 2, the game begins go bonkers and act as if I'm holding down "up"
on the menu screen, or continually looking upward in-game. The game
works fine otherwise, so far as I can tell. No othergame or application
has proven incompatible with this mouse so far; most see it as merely a
5-button mouse, and I remap the hat switches using external software. The input loop happens in Halo 2 whether or not I'm running said software.
The problem is that the inability to use this mouse in a 3-D
first-person shooter is a deal-breaker for me, because I am effectively
one-handed when it comes to gaming controls.
Has anyone ever experienced any sort of problem like this?