Can you 1.5 click?

[Claudz]

I play classic minesweeper pretty regularly and there's a technique you can do in it called 1.5 click. as described in the minesweeper info wiki: "The '1.5' Click trick is to press and hold down the right button to flag. Press the left button as you start moving to the adjacent number, then release both buttons on the number to chord. Instead of the original "down up down up", you only click "down down up". This reduces your clicks by 25% and saves a lot of time. "

I was wondering if there's anyway to do it in this game? it really messes up my flow to not be able to do this as I'm so used to it when I play minesweeper.

[Therefore Games]

Hi Claudz,

Thank you for letting us know about this technique! We were not aware of it, and as such, it is probably not available in the DemonCrawl engine.

We need to experiment with 1.5 click in Classic Minesweeper to get a better idea of how it actually works, but it's worth mentioning something: in DemonCrawl, you don't need to use both mouse buttons to chord - left clicking a visible cell is sufficient.

Not sure whether that affects the usefulness of the 1.5 click technique. Just wanted to throw it out there. If it turns out that 1.5 click is still desirable, we'll look into implementing.

Thanks again!

[Claudz]

Glad I let you know about this technique. The game might become more attractive to pro minesweeper players with 1.5 click. A lot of pro players that aim for speed like to use the technique.

[.//slayer]

you don't need to use both mouse buttons to chord - left clicking a visible cell is sufficient.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like this feature eliminates the need of 1.5-clicking. The reason to 1.5 click in Minesweeper is because you're forced to click the right mouse button to chord.

In Demoncrawl, this can be done with the left mouse button, so the functions of the two buttons don't overlap and you never have to double click (and thus have no need to "save" the effort on double-clicking).

[Claudz]

it's mostly a muscle memory thing; i cant really speak for all minesweeper players but when i try for speedclears I use 1.5 click alot so its kind of ingrained in my muscle memory.

With 1.5 click I can flag a cell with right click, hold it and immedietaly chord with a left click. But in demoncrawl i have to flag with a right click, release the right click, then left click to chord. I waste alot of time trying to 1.5 click in demoncrawl but it doesnt work because i'm not used to releasing the right click. so yeah it's a pretty niche complaint