Thank you for choosing the World of Warcraft® MMO Gaming Mouse. This mouse has been jointly developed by Blizzard Entertainment, makers of World of Warcraft® and by SteelSeries, the leading manufacturer of innovative professional gaming gear, including headsets, keyboards, mice, mouse pads, and other accessories. This user guide is designed to familiarize you with all aspects of the mouse including setup and usage. OVERVIEW (DEFAULT LAYOUT) 1. 2. 3. 4.
CONNECTING YOUR MOUSE Connect the USB cord to a USB port. NOTE: The World of Warcraft® MMO Gaming Mouse can work in 250/500/1000Hz polling rate frequencies. This is configurable through the software and will be explained in the software section below. Some USB hubs might decrease the mouse polling frequency; if you experience decreased performance when using your mouse with a USB hub, plug your mouse directly into the USB port on your computer. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS • Interface: USB 1.
SOFTWARE OVERVIEW 1 6 2 5 3 4 8 7 1. Menu Area 2. Profile Area 3. Character Information Area 4. Button Groups with current assignments 5. Button Assignments Panel* 6. Mouse Properties Panel* 7. Illumination Panel* 8. Restore Defaults button *These panels are closed by default; press the panel tab to open.
PROFILE MANAGEMENT The World of Warcraft® MMO Gaming Mouse allows up to 10 different profiles to be programmed with unique button assignments, DPI, sensitivity and illumination settings. All settings are profile-specific. Every profile can be linked to a World of Warcraft® character of your choice.
The next step in profile customization is to set up colors and effects on the mouse. These can be accessed in the Illumination tab at the bottom - the Illumination Panel will have the following settings when opened: You can pick any color using a drop-down palette: The World of Warcraft® MMO Gaming Mouse supports up to 16 million colors. After selecting a color, choose the High, Medium or Low intensity level for how bright the colors will show on the mouse.
USING YOUR PROFILE There are 3 ways to activate your profile: 1. Select it manually in the software by clicking the profile number on top of the main window or choose a profile from tray icon Profile menu. 2. Associate an executable file with the profile, so it will be loaded automatically when the EXE is launched. This can be done through the File -> Edit Game/APP. menu: Simply browse or type in the desired EXE and press Add to add it to the list of associated EXE’s.
PROFILE SHARING You can export your existing profile to an external file using File -> Export Profile, and send this file to a friend. In order to import a profile simply click File -> Import Profile and it will overwrite your current profile settings. REMAPPING YOUR MOUSE The World of Warcraft® MMO Gaming Mouse provides simple yet powerful remapping capabilities. You can remap every single button including the scroll wheel's Scroll Up/Down functions.
3. Change Profile. Using the Change Profile function you can assign any mouse button to switch profiles. Similar to DPI you can either assign a specific profile or Profile UP/DOWN switch to load next/previous profile. 4. Custom Macros * The Custom Macros section will contain all custom created macros for the current profile. These macros can be assigned to mouse buttons similar to Game Commands. Refer to the detailed description below on how to create your own macros.
CREATING CUSTOM MACROS * Creating custom macros has never been easier! Open the Button Assignments panel and expand the Custom Macros section. Press New to create a new macro – the macro creation window will open: *Important Notice: Users and owners of the World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse are responsible for how they use the device within World of Warcraft.
Any time during the macro editing you can clear the macro window content by pressing the Clear button and start typing the macro from the beginning. If you wish to remove any existing custom macros you can simply delete them by highlighting the macro and pressing the Delete button under the Custom Macros section. Note that all custom macros are unique to the current profile and are not available in other profiles.
Finally, the Help menu includes the following items: • User Guide – opens this user guide • About – shows the mouse firmware and software information This information is useful to check whether you are using the latest software version and may be requested when you contact SteelSeries customer support. If you have any further questions – please refer to our website: http://www.steelseries.com © 2008 Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved.