Simviation Forum - Female mice

May 8^th, 2004 at 3:48pm

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What is the best budget female mouse / mat I can get in the UK? As a (budget) panel maker i want to upgrade my 6 year old mouse!!
Above M$ Paint, are there any better freeware *.bmp editing softs out there?
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Reply #1 - May 8^th, 2004 at 3:57pm

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Female mice eh? Try the pet shop. Grin

Anything optical is good. I just use a standard Logictech optical wheel mouse. Paid $20 for it at Staples Bussiness Depot. You don't even need a mouse pad with optical ones. Oh, they come with an adapter as well incase you don't have USB.

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Reply #2 - May 8^th, 2004 at 4:05pm

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Hi Dan. If we're talking PC hardware I don't know the difference between a male & a female mouse. ??? I've found any mouse will do. You should be able to pick a standard one up for less than £5. An optical one is usually around £10 - 15. These are more accurate but if my experience is anything to go by they're less reliable.

For the graphics editor try Pixia http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/ or PhotoPlus 5.5. http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/serif/ph/ph5/index.asp

These are both excellent free applications but will only save out in 24 bit format. You would have to open your new panel BMPs in M$ Paint to save out in the appropriate 8 bit format. Try them both to see which one suits you. They're also suitable for repainting aircraft textures.

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Reply #3 - May 8^th, 2004 at 4:43pm

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For freware image editor try Gimp, it is like a freware photoshop.
http://www.gimp.org/
http://gnuwin.epfl.ch/apps/gimp/en/index.html

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Reply #4 - May 8^th, 2004 at 4:45pm

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Hi Doug - 'Female mice' is just a little joke - they have no balls, i.e. optical! Thanks for the URL's,
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Reply #5 - May 8^th, 2004 at 4:49pm

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Hi Doug - 'Female mice' is just a little joke - they have no balls, i.e. optical! Thanks for the URL's,
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Ah. Thanks for explaining. I'm a tad slow at times. Wink

Try the Gimp by all means. They might have updated it but it was originally a Linux application with a Windows front end. I never figured it out. ???

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Reply #6 - May 8^th, 2004 at 4:58pm

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if you play games like quake series or other FPS i would advise against an optical mouse. They are a little slower than a standard mouse in these cases.

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Reply #7 - May 8^th, 2004 at 5:54pm

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I find with optical mice that in a FPS you are likely to find yourself looking either straight up or straight down from time to time.

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Reply #8 - May 9^th, 2004 at 3:13pm

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I made the switch early on to the Logitech Optical Wheel Mouse and have never looked back. It is one of the best investments I've ever made...and it was only about $20USD.

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Reply #9 - May 9^th, 2004 at 3:27pm

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I've got a female mouse...I stroke her all the time... Wink

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Reply #10 - May 9^th, 2004 at 3:43pm

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lmao

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Reply #11 - May 10^th, 2004 at 9:49pm

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lol, Fozzer is crazy!

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Reply #12 - May 11^th, 2004 at 4:26am

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Just make sure you keep the male and female far apart - If there anything like gerbils your in for trouble! But then again we had 2 males until the first babies arrived Shocked

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