DIY Pistol (fps) Mouse

This instructable will show you how to build a pistol-grip mouse for first person shooter games.
(note: these instructions were made after the actual device, so the pictures are of the finished product disassembled)

Step 1 Preparation...

You will need:
1 old joystick (just the handle/trigger thing)
an old optical mouse
soldering iron (you can build it without soldering, but it's not as reliable)
hot glue, duct tape, third hand, molten plastic or whatever to hold it together.

Comments

[PSPerson]

I think a wii nunchuck would be perfect for this....

[Sulfurite]

exactly...

[bowmaster]

I'd mod a cheap airsoft gun by taking out the internals and putting in a momentary switch under the trigger, the hammer could be right click, and the scroll wheel would be on the side.

[bounty1012]

That is one, crazy, awesome watch you got there, how does it work?

[The Daft]

ah hahaha... Its the good old binary watch. It tells time using binary. :D

[bowmaster]

You can get them from thinkgeek.com.

[techman9]

 amen to that i got one i rocks 

[bounty1012]

Lmfao.

[techman9]

 Dude i have the same watch it's sick right!

[Nyanman]

it's one of the binary watches right? neat instructable. make a pistol grip for the novint falcon next pls. it needs one badly.

[bounty1012]

They've already got one, they probably didn't at the time though.

[eduardoh]

Here is a video of my prototype, I am still going to improve it, next thing would be to add a rumble to the gun everytime you shoot.

www.youtube.com/watch

this is part # 1 of the videos the next one will be with the gun in action.

[eduardoh]

here is the second video, showing how the game works with an actual game.

www.youtube.com/watch

this is part 2.

[Derin]

you should cover the whole room with the fps using projectors and turn a 3D mouse into a pistol mouse :D

[bounty1012]

Check out the Novint Falcon, its the most awesome thing ever.

[eduardoh]

I want to make this pistol mouse, i have all the parts but where do I connect the cables on step 3?, this are the pics from my mouse, I have a Gateway MOAKUO MOUSE MOUSE.  Please somebody help, I really want to make this instructable.

[eduardoh]

updated image of the mouse's bottom

[deathsmileyinc]

sorry, but i dint get the point of this mod, i mean, this is almost the same thing as a normal joystick, so why woulnd you use that??

[nobody394]

Well I use windows 7 which doesn't support my subsequently useless gameport joystick, also steam seems to have troubles with my usb joysticks so making a joystick that steam thinks is a mouse is golden.

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[blakeredfield]

Should be lower though, I think. So you dont have to raise your hand so high during normal use. I think. I saw a battle-mouse or something, lilke the one you guys have built here. I really like it. Dont have a spare joystick to mess up though. Thinking of alternatives....

[Peonpower]

You should check out the FPS Gun Mouse instructable, they do it as a gun, but just use these steps instead of the webcam things they do.

[cry_wolf]

Very nice, i like the ductape, it looks like melted plastic or metal and goes well with the futuristic look and LEDS. :D

[joe57005]

Thanks! that mouse looks pretty awesome too, i need to add leds to mine now!

[Nyanman]

what next on it? mini flamethrower maybe? you'll never lose a LAN party again with one of those in a mouse. just torch who ever is ahead of you. BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!

[joe57005]

no man, LASERS! big frigging lasers!

[Nyanman]

yea,but lasers are inefficient, expensive, and need big heatsinks or liquid cooing. a lethal laser won't fit on it. maybe a taser?

[bounty1012]

but tazers are weak...

[C18H21NO4]

Have you ever been tazered? I have. Tazers are not weak =D

[bounty1012]

I meant compared to a laser.

[tanmanknex]

what about, if you do this again, attaching the joystick to the scroll wheel so you can zoom in and out in your game?

[Kokkan]

That would be nice.

[Kokkan]

Is it confortable to use?
I want to make one, but I can't find my old joystick :/

[fallenspirit123]

That watch is epic, i want to get one just like it from thinkgeek.com, its just that I have to save up for it now :(

[CybergothiChe]

thats coolio

[Xamith]

binary watch!

[agis68]

COOL....i have a joystick of the old game port....Now i know what to do about it..Thanks PS...nice watch

[Elementix]

your watch is on the wrong hand.....

[red-king]

depends on what your dominant hand is usually... or sometimes its just personal preference.

[Ph3nomin0n]

I wear my watch on the right and my bracelets on the left... nothing wrong with that Great Instructable Btw