Corsair Blog - M90

Enabling Hardware Playback Mode on the Corsair Vengeance M90 Performance MMO and RTS Laser Gaming Mouse

If you’ve got an M90 you may have noticed that your profiles don’t work in some games. I explain why and show you how to use “Hardware Playback” on your Corsair Vengeance M90 Performance MMO and RTS Laser Gaming Mouse.

In an effort to prevent cheating most games today are designed to ignore input from third party software applications. This is not a bad thing as I’m sure you’ll all agree as most of those external programs are designed to help people cheat in game (bots, etc.). I’m sure most everyone has experienced this at one time or another. My personal favorite was getting shot out of my helicopter while capping a base in BF3 by a tank from across the map.

The Vengeance® M90 Performance MMO and RTS Laser Gaming Mouse is a great piece of hardware which can help you automate repetitive tasks and take your gaming to a whole new level! But first you need to know how to take advantage of all those extra buttons and the first step to doing that is making profiles. I'm here today to show you how to do just that in a few simple steps! After reading this you'll be on your way to a whole new way of getting things done. =)

Congratulations on your new Corsair Vengeance gaming peripheral! Now that you've got it out of the package the first thing you'll want to do is download and install the latest firmware and software and I'm here to show you how. It's easy to do, and everything you need can be found on the product page for your Vengeance mouse, keyboard, or headset on Corsair.com. I promise you'll find this to be a painless process, that ensures you're up to date with the latest features and bug fixes.

I was recently at QUAKECON 2012 in Dallas and while I was there I noticed a lot of people playing a new MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) called SMITE. So I decided to get my very own Beta Key and give it a try. Gameplay in SMITE is challenging, fast paced, and a lot of fun!  I also found that, while they’ve done a great job laying out the keyboard, your gameplay can be greatly enhanced with the creation of a few simple macros.  The perfect venue to show off some of the capabilities of the Vengeance M90 Laser Gaming Mouse!  ;-)

Corsair recently released two types of high performance mice, the Vengeance Gaming Series M60 and M90. The performance and features of both mice can be customized with the Vengeance Gaming Software. Below, you will find a screencast which covers all the basic functionality and options of the software. If you are wondering what features are available, and want some pointers on how to use the software, take a look!

Back in October there were two large LAN events going on in Northern California, while some of us at Corsair went to NVIDIA’s GeForce LAN event, I decided to check out Intel’s LANfest 2011 in Folsom, CA. The most popular games at the party were League of Legends, World of Warcraft, Battlefield BC2, Team Fortress 2 and of course Starcraft 2. Corsair sponsored some of the events and gave away a bunch of gear ranging from speakers, headsets, cases, memory and more! There was a great crowd and we were able to catch a lot of the highlights on film, check out the video below. I had a great time and even got to participate in the Starcraft 2 tournament, although it didn’t take long before I was knocked out!  Thanks to Intel for hosting the event and thanks to the event goers that made it a great LAN party. If you missed us, hopefully we will see you at the next event!