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Vengean ce ® M60 G aming So ftware User Guide Revision 1.0[...]
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C o pyrigh t 2012, C o rs air Comp onents, I nc. Al l Rights R eser ved. Corsair, the S ails log o, and V eng ean c e are regist ered trademarks of Cors air in th e United St ates and/ or other c ountri e s. All other tr ademarks an d tradenames ar e the pr operty of their resp e ct ive own ers, wh o are n ot affiliat ed with C o rs air.[...]
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Table of Contents Table of Co ntents ......................................................................................................................... i Introducing th e Vengeance Gami ng Software ............................................................................. 1 Welcom e ........................................................[...]
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A ssign Buttons A ctivity ............................................................................................................ 9 Button Selection .................................................................................................................... 9 Playback Opti ons ...........................................................[...]
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Vengeance Gaming S oftware User GuidePage 1 Introducing the Vengeance Ga min g Softw are Welcome Thanks for choosi ng the Vengeance M60 laser ga ming mouse f or yo ur PC gaming. We hope you enjoy using it as m uch as we do . This So f tware G uide is desi gned to help y ou get the most f rom y ou r m ouse. You c an f i nd a community of other Venge[...]
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Page 2 Vengeance Gaming S oftware User Guide User Inter face O ve r view The Vengeance Gaming Softwar e is desi gned to make tuning your g aming profiles, including recordi ng, editing and storing macros, as easy as possible. All of the opti ons can be found on j ust three tabs , and most co nfiguratio n changes and edits are stored automatically. [...]
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Vengeance Gaming S oftware User GuidePage 3 M anage Profil es The Vengeance M 60 gaming mouse software sup ports creation o f up to 50 pro f il es, of which one can be stor ed directly i n the mouse’s onboard memory . Each profile indepen dently stores all the im portant data for the mouse: DP I s ettings, li ft hei ght, reporti ng rate, and butt[...]
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Page 4 Vengeance Gaming S oftware User Guide Other Important User Interfac e Ele ments Profil e selector This pull-down allows you to select the pro f ile t hat you will be modi f ying. You can only s elect existing pro files; if you need t o create a n ew profile, use th e Manage Profi les activity. M acro Re cord but ton The Macro R ecord ( MR ) [...]
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Vengeance Gaming S oftware User GuidePage 5 Using the Vengeance Gaming Software Software versus Har dwar e Pla y bac k The Vengeance Gaming Softwar e provid es two dif ferent modes of o peration: so ft w are playback and hardware playbac k. They e ach have advan tages and disa dvantages. Ple ase read this secti on to determin e which m ode is best [...]
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Page 6 Vengeance Gaming S oftware User Guide W ith the broadest c ompatibility with games, hardware playback is the mod e u s ed by most o f the gamers here at Corsair. U nless you’re using m ore than one profile at a tim e, this is probably yo ur best choice for gaming. Manage Pr ofiles Acti v i ty Profiles stor e information on h ow your mouse [...]
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Vengeance Gaming S oftware User GuidePage 7 W hen you launch a new applicati on or change focus t o an applicati on, and that ap plication is assigned to a profile, the Vengeance Gami ng S oft war e will autom atically switch to that profile. If yo u have a lock ed profil e, once that pr ofile is active , the Veng eance Gaming Software will not be [...]
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Page 8 Vengeance Gaming S oftware User Guide Copy crea tes a co py of the currently select ed profil e. A ssign A pplicati on o pen s a Windows di alog box th at allows you to navigate to the application tha t you wish t o associate with the pro file. W hen the Vengeanc e Gaming Software detec ts the applica tion is running and has fo cus , the V e[...]
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Vengeance Gaming S oftware User GuidePage 9 Exporting is a gre at way to ba ck up your pr ofiles, once you’ve perfected th em. I f your pro file were to be i nadvertently chan ged or overw ritten, you can Im port your XML backup. Exported pr ofiles can also be s hared with other Vengeance M60 own ers. Simply send them the exported XM L profile an[...]
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Page 10 Vengeance Gaming S oftware User Guide Left-clicking on th e bu tto n number s elects that but ton, and sh ows you the c urrent assignments for that button. Right-clicki ng on the butto n b rings up a co nte xt me nu as sh own her e: From here, y ou can: Copy t he current button assignment (includi ng any macr os and playback optio ns); Past[...]
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Vengeance Gaming S oftware User GuidePage 11 Play b ack Options Clicking the Play back Options butto n b ri ngs up fou r possi ble macro playback modes, as shown below: Playback once Select this optio n to play th e macro onc e for each time you press the button. Playback n ti mes Select this optio n to play th e macro a speci fic number of t im es[...]
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Page 12 Vengeance Gaming S oftware User Guide Delay Options Delay Options are used while you are recording a macro to control how t he ke ys trokes are recorded. Th e delay options have no im pact on previously r ecorded macr os. To chang e the delays betw een keypresses i n existing macro s, you n eed to edit them individ ually; please see the “[...]
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Vengeance Gaming S oftware User GuidePage 13 Com paring the delay opt ions The following table illustrat es the result o f each option using a simple macro (press the A key then the B k ey): Ignore delay s Default del ay Random delay N o delay selected A A B B A 0.050 seconds delay A 0.050 seconds delay B 0.0[...]
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Page 14 Vengeance Gaming S oftware User Guide Button Options Selecting Butt on Options all ows you to selec t a mouse -speci f ic actio n that can be m apped to a button o n your Vengeance M60 mouse. The following options are available, under t he Basic and Adv anced Buttons pull-down m enus: Basi c Buttons A dvanc ed Buttons After selectin g the c[...]
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Vengeance Gaming S oftware User GuidePage 15 How to: Changing a button mapping You can contr ol what happens when yo u click any button on t he Venge ance M 60. To illustrate how t his is done, we’ll map the Pro f ile Up and Profile dow n actions to buttons th at currently have no function assi gned . 1. Open the Ven geance Gamin g Software ap pl[...]
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Page 16 Vengeance Gaming S oftware User Guide 5. Click on Button Opti ons and the n click in the A dvance d Buttons box. You sho uld see the followin g screen: 6. Click DPI Se lect to s elect that function, and then cl ick + to assig n the functi on to button 4 on the m ouse. Yo u can chan ge the name o f the b utton by clicki ng in the text box ne[...]
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Vengeance Gaming S oftware User GuidePage 17 How -to: A ssign a k eystroke You can assig n a keystrok e to any button on the Vengeance M60 . 1. Open the Ven geance Gamin g Software ap plicatio n 2. Select the A ssi gn Buttons activity 3. Choose a pro f ile to change. I n this exampl e, you c an sim ply use the d efault Profil e 1 . You can also s e[...]
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Page 18 Vengeance Gaming S oftware User Guide 6. Press the keybo ard key yo u would like t o b i nd to button 8 , and t hen press OK . In this example we ar e using 5. 7. Now click Clos e. 8. That’s it ! You’ve assigned your f irst keystrok e and now it’s time to test it o ut. Open Notepad or W ord ( or your f avorite text editor), st art a n[...]
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Vengeance Gaming S oftware User GuidePage 19 How -to: Record and assign a macro You can record a macro (a series of keystrok es) and assign it to a ny button on the Vengeance M60 . To illustrate how this is don e, w e’ll create a sim ple macro tha t types “Hello W orld” i n any appli cation. 1. Open the Venge ance Gaming S oftware applicati o[...]
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Page 20 Vengeance Gaming S oftware User Guide 7. Now, let’s giv e the macro a name. Click in the text box n ext to A ssi gn Button 5 > . Delete the existin g name (“ DPI Down ” or “No Function, d epending on w hether yo u followed our previous tutorial ), type in “Te st” and t hen press Ent er . 8. Now click Clos e . 9. That’s it ![...]
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Vengeance Gaming S oftware User GuidePage 21 How -to: Edit a macro Once you’ve r eco r ded a macro, y ou may want to edit it to remove an extra keypres s or add one you missed, or c hange the delay. To illus trate how this is done, w e’ll edit our Tes t macro from th e “ How-t o: R ecord a macro ” secti on in this guide. You can only ed it [...]
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Page 22 Vengeance Gaming S oftware User Guide 6. W e will be addin g a keypress, s o select Insert Key and the f ollowi ng dialog box wil l appear: 7. Enter the lett er A , click O K and the n select the A 8. Now click Ins ert Delay , which ins erts the default 50ms delay. You can cha nge the de f ault v alue for the del ay under Assi gn Bu[...]
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Vengeance Gaming S oftware User GuidePage 23 Manage P erformanc e Activit y The Manage P erformanc e a ctivi ty allows y ou to c on tr ol many of the par ameters of t he advanced Av ago sensor us ed i n the Venge ance M 60 . Settings such as DPI, report ra te, and lift height can be tuned to m atch your gaming style and gaming s urface, allowin g y[...]
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Page 24 Vengeance Gaming S oftware User Guide The Sniper fun ctio n can be us ed whenever y ou need more c ontrol over the mouse. At higher DPI settin gs, even sm all movements of the mouse can result i n large m ovements of the cursor o n -screen. By lowering the D PI, the c ursor is easier to c ontrol. This c an be very useful when usi ng long-ra[...]
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Vengeance Gaming S oftware User GuidePage 25 If you are exp eriencing problems wit h your c ursor lagging b ehind your m ovements, jum ping around on the scree n, or not tracki ng your movem ents of the m ouse, you sh ould check yo ur surface qu ality. If you are getting a poor r esult, try a di fferent sur face or inv est in a mo use mat to increa[...]