How do I reduce mouse sensitivity in Minecraft?

Whenever I set my priority to high or above normal my mouse goes crazy. Every time I want to turn to the right or left a little bit with the mouse, it makes me do a 360. And when I try to engage in pvp, I always die because when they get behind me I spin in circles trying to simply face them.

This is really making me tired of Minecraft and I need a solution, fast! I haven't really tried finding a solution because none worked. I know its not my mouse because I tried the mouse on my friend's computer and it worked just fine.

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This may not be to do with your sensitivity. I run Minecraft on a low-spec machine and also have this issue when I change priorities.

The issue here is that when you increase the priority of Java, you're making it higher priority than your mouse drivers. This means that when Minecraft is taking a large amount of processing power, the part of your computer which tracks your mouse is forced to wait- causing you to lose mouse control.

The obvious solution here is to not mess around with the priority settings and set Minecraft back to normal. If you have framerate issues, there are other solutions- I recommend Optifine. I recommend this, since screwing around with priorities can often have odd or unforeseen effects.

An alternative would be to find the process(es) related to your mouse drivers and ensure they are at equal or greater priority to Java's. This should stop the mouse issue.

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Unfortunately, I am completely unable to reproduce any potential issues caused by changing the priority of the javaw.exe process (which is the process controlling Minecraft).

However, there is a sensitivity slider in the options menu:

You can set your sensitivity anywhere from "*yawn*" to "HYPERSPEED!!!!" It is possible that your sensitivity setting was bumped up, which would cause the effect described.

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I can't seem to reproduce your mouse turning issue. I set javaw.exe's priority to 'high' and noticed no difference in mouse turning speed.

However, there are three possible solutions that I can think of off the top of my head that may resolve your problem:

1. Reduce mouse sensitivity in minecraft.
   • While in-game, hit escape to bring up the game menu and click on Options...
   • Drag the 'Sensitivity' bar down, decreasing the percentage shown.
   • Play with sensitivity bar to find the sweet-spot where you turn at an acceptable speed, clicking 'Done' and returning to the game to test various settings.
2. Change the operating system's pointer speed. (I'm only covering windows)
   • From the Start Menu, open up Control Panel.
   • Open 'Mouse', and click on the 'Pointer Options' tab.
   • Under 'motion', select your pointer speed, moving the bar more towards the word 'slow'.
   • Note that this will affect your entire operating system, and outside of the game you may need to increase the pointer speed back to what it was.
3. Don't "set the priority to high or above".
   • I don't know your system, or why you feel it is necessary to do this. But I, personally, have never had to and Minecraft runs fine. So if changing the priority causes these issues, don't?

Personally, I would play with Minecraft's sensitivity (#1) before changing the pointer speed (#2) of your entire operating system, but if setting the sensitivity in minecraft all the way down is not quite enough, it can work in conjunction with #2 to further reduce mouse movement.

Same problem. I have the priority normal.

I have some solutions for you.

1. Update your mouse driver.

2. Reinstall Java. Reinstall Minecraft.

3. Reinstall your Operating System.

4. Buy an new mouse.(Just in emergency)

5. If you have the priority to normal. Set it lower.