Ok, I think I may have jumped the gun with my initial assessment of the mouse input.
Trying it more I'm realizing it's MY mouse that seems to be the problem. It tends to stall or moves sluggishly when I try to make slower, more subtle movements. I initially thought it might have been because I rest my wrist on the table surface, but even when I try to hold the mouse on top with my wrist off the table it would still hang up. I seem to have no middle range, it either zips around the screen or drags its feet. Look here:
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8UzyXn075o[/url]
He is barely moving that thing and he can get all over the screen with a great sense of control. I was hoping I could get a suitable adjustment in pointer speed through the in-game sensitivity slider but that only helps some things and hurts others. Changing my mouse speed to 4X gets me approximately a movement speed I can work with but it is way harder than it should be to hit beats that are spaced out between longer distances because the high sensitivity is difficult to predict. Let alone it's wobbly as all shit and non-easy difficulty beat markers seem like trying to stop a lambo on a penny.
It crushes me that I can't play this!
[url]http://www.shopping.com/xPR-Micro-Innovations-Micro-Enhanced-Keyboard-Mouse~RID-1069342#tabAnchor[/url]
This is my mouse, el-cheapo Wal-Marto. apparently it's supposed to be either 800dpi or 1000dpi, which sounds like enough, but I'm not sure. All considered, I think it might be that my current mouse is just worn out. But I feel like a higher performance mouse would be a good idea too.
And I've found three different Ride On Shooting Star beatmaps. lol. And one kono yono hate made but it says the author didn't upload it properly and it won't download.
Naturally I'm trying to think of pillows songs that would work well for this game. OVER AMP springs to mind.
ALSO, look for Queen - Don't Stop Me Now. The beatmap creators went ALL OUT and made an EBA/Phoenix Wright level complete with an opening cutscene and different cutscenes for passing and failing sections. It is FUCKING AWESOME. check it out: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0LgBUMlvwk[/url]