After finishing Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth, I’ve decided to play NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black. And man, its default mouse camera movement is among the worst I’ve ever seen. Thankfully, though, there is a way to somewhat fix it and make the game playable with KB&M.
All you have to do is create an “Engine.ini” file inside the “C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Local\NINJAGAIDEN2BLACK\Saved\Config\Windows” folder. Then, open it and paste the following code.
[/script/engine.localplayer]
AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV[SystemSettings]
r.UseLegacyMaintainYFOVViewMatrix=TRUE
And that’s it. Just make sure to make this a “Read-only” file, otherwise the game will delete it.
By implementing this fix, mouse camera movement does not feel stuttery. It’s still not perfect, but it’s miles better than the default. Ironic how these two simple code lines can make such a difference. Not only that but this simple “fix” shows how incompetent Team Ninja can be.
I mean, the game does not even display the mouse buttons during its in-game tutorials. But hey, at least we got keyboard on-screen prompts. So, that’s better than the gamepad prompts we got in Team Ninja’s older titles.
And I get it. Most of you will say “But Ninja Gaiden was made for controllers”. Well, that’s complete nonsense. Dynasty Warriors is also a “console” franchise and its latest part is fully enjoyable with KB&M. So, let’s not make excuses for devs who constantly drop the ball on PC. Team Ninja could learn A LOT from Omega Force.
Anyway, if you’ve been planning to play this Ninja Gaiden game with KB&M, you can use this tweak to improve the camera movement. I still recommend using a controller for this particular title. Still, if for some reason you prefer KB&M, you can at least now play it without throwing up.
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What kind of mor0n you try and play this on the kb?
I know preferences exist, but certain titles aren't made for kb, the same as shooters were never meant for controllers.
Mouse camera is still somehow than the controller camera.
That f*king thing is the real final boss of NG2
among thousands upon thousands of games you could play with mouse and a keyboard, this game particularly is NOT one of them. so stop tormenting your mind and buy a controller.