Mouse control issues

[dr_magnanimus]

So I've been playing for a while and I'm noticing that I've already reached a plateau where I just can't get anything higher than a B on five star songs like Blue Danube. I'm kind of on the older side and I have some issues with my wrist that make it hard to keep the cursor steady if the song is too fast. Additionally, I am finding that my wrist and fingers hurt a lot after only playing for a couple of hours, and I have to wonder if the motions required to play perfectly are not normal or natural. I tried fooling around with sensitivity, note speed, smoothing, etc. Nothing is working for me. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I would hate to find out that I am literally too old or disabled to master this game.

Edit: should have mentioned that I use the keyboard to toot, but it's still moving the mouse and keeping it steady that is the biggest problem for me.

[StaticR]

playing with mouse only was very strenuous for longer periods of time for me, but after getting used to using my left hand on the keyboard to toot that greatly improved.

although if you still get issues even when you're not clicking notes with the mouse you maybe could use an ergonomic mouse that is held in a more relaxed position than typical mice.

[dr_magnanimus]

Yeah, I should have mentioned that I use the keyboard because clicking that much is nigh impossible for my wrist. I instantly fail any game that requires me to rapid mash buttons, like original Metal Gear Solid's torture minigame. I feel so feeble sometimes.

[dr_magnanimus]

bump

[Mr. Holy Wow]

Hello! We're totally aware that trombone champ is difficult, and that's mostly on purpose because the game is funniest when you play badly. But we definitely don't want anyone to hurt themselves or feel frustrated because they're 100% unable to continue.

Have you tried switching to left/right mouse movement rather than up/down? If you use left/right and pump up the sensitivity, you can reach the full range of notes without a lot of wrist movement. There's an adjustment period as you get used to the new control scheme, but it might help.

If you have any specific suggestions on how the game might be more accessible to you, let us know! We can imagine other devices helping (i.e., a device that allows for real motion controls), but it's difficult to imagine solutions with just a mouse and keyboard...

[Mr.]

is there a way to map controls to something like the Nintendo Pro Controller gyro...?

[diotialate]

New game patch maps left-mouse-click to Ctrl. Fixed, Please close.

[dr_magnanimus]

No

[Karra_Chr]

Originally posted by dr_magnanimus:

So I've been playing for a while and I'm noticing that I've already reached a plateau where I just can't get anything higher than a B on five star songs like Blue Danube.

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Originally posted by Mr. Holy Wow:

Hello! We're totally aware that trombone champ is difficult, and that's mostly on purpose because the game is funniest when you play badly. But we definitely don't want anyone to hurt themselves or feel frustrated because they're 100% unable to continue.

Have you tried switching to left/right mouse movement rather than up/down? If you use left/right and pump up the sensitivity, you can reach the full range of notes without a lot of wrist movement. There's an adjustment period as you get used to the new control scheme, but it might help.

If you have any specific suggestions on how the game might be more accessible to you, let us know! We can imagine other devices helping (i.e., a device that allows for real motion controls), but it's difficult to imagine solutions with just a mouse and keyboard...

This is a terrible take from the dev... Blue Danube is terribly charted. I was able to play it significantly better by removing my headphones and playing it entirely by sight. The timing on the notes are completely disparate from both the actual song and the backing track.

Please fix this song...

[SUPERSTITIONAL REALISM]

Originally posted by Karra_Chr:

Originally posted by dr_magnanimus:

So I've been playing for a while and I'm noticing that I've already reached a plateau where I just can't get anything higher than a B on five star songs like Blue Danube.

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Originally posted by Mr. Holy Wow:

Hello! We're totally aware that trombone champ is difficult, and that's mostly on purpose because the game is funniest when you play badly. But we definitely don't want anyone to hurt themselves or feel frustrated because they're 100% unable to continue.

Have you tried switching to left/right mouse movement rather than up/down? If you use left/right and pump up the sensitivity, you can reach the full range of notes without a lot of wrist movement. There's an adjustment period as you get used to the new control scheme, but it might help.

If you have any specific suggestions on how the game might be more accessible to you, let us know! We can imagine other devices helping (i.e., a device that allows for real motion controls), but it's difficult to imagine solutions with just a mouse and keyboard...

This is a terrible take from the dev... Blue Danube is terribly charted. I was able to play it significantly better by removing my headphones and playing it entirely by sight. The timing on the notes are completely disparate from both the actual song and the backing track.

Please fix this song...

I'm sorry, but what you're saying is not true. The notes do match the song pretty accurately.