[GH-ISSUE #458] [Input] Disable Mouse Acceleration on virtual trackpad #281

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Originally created by @Arouraios on GitHub (Jul 19, 2026).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/games-on-whales/wolf/issues/458

Hey,
first of all: games on whales / wolf is amazing!

However, there is one important thing I am missing: an option to disable mouse acceleration when using my phone as a virtual trackpad. Meaning I want the pointer to move the same distance no matter how quickly I move my finger across the screen.
It's a bit confusing that WolfDen / WolfLeash refers to the mouse speed as "mouse acceleration", as that is usually used to describe the velocity based acceleration I am trying to avoid.

I am sorry if the gow repo is not the right one to open this issue, I am a bit unsure where this feature request would belong.

Originally created by @Arouraios on GitHub (Jul 19, 2026). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/games-on-whales/wolf/issues/458 Hey, first of all: games on whales / wolf is amazing! However, there is one important thing I am missing: an option to disable mouse acceleration when using my phone as a virtual trackpad. Meaning I want the pointer to move the same distance no matter how quickly I move my finger across the screen. It's a bit confusing that WolfDen / WolfLeash refers to the mouse speed as "mouse acceleration", as that is usually used to describe the velocity based acceleration I am trying to avoid. I am sorry if the gow repo is not the right one to open this issue, I am a bit unsure where this feature request would belong.

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@ABeltramo commented on GitHub (Jul 20, 2026):

However, there is one important thing I am missing: an option to disable mouse acceleration when using my phone as a virtual trackpad. Meaning I want the pointer to move the same distance no matter how quickly I move my finger across the screen.

I believe that's something that the Moonlight client controls, we just receive coordinates for the mouse server side in Wolf (we don't even know it's a fake trackpad). In the official Moonlight Android app you can toggle a setting where it'll turn the touchpad as a "direct mouse" so that if you press somewhere it's like moving the pointer there and pressing it. There's also a "Remote desktop mouse mode" which I'm not sure what it does but it might help here..?

@ABeltramo commented on GitHub (Jul 20, 2026): > However, there is one important thing I am missing: an option to disable mouse acceleration when using my phone as a virtual trackpad. Meaning I want the pointer to move the same distance no matter how quickly I move my finger across the screen. I believe that's something that the Moonlight client controls, we just receive coordinates for the mouse server side in Wolf (we don't even know it's a fake trackpad). In the official Moonlight Android app you can toggle a setting where it'll turn the touchpad as a "direct mouse" so that if you press somewhere it's like moving the pointer there and pressing it. There's also a "Remote desktop mouse mode" which I'm not sure what it does but it might help here..?

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@Arouraios commented on GitHub (Jul 20, 2026):

Thanks for the info.
The direct mouse input is not something I'd like to use.
It would appear the remote desktop mouse mode does disable acceleration, but, apart from the game incompatibility mentioned in the description, it also adds some weirdness. The pointer sometimes jumps to where my finger is, especially when switching between wolf apps.

After following your advice and looking in the moonlight client repo, I found this issue. It seems this is an Android limitation, not even a moonlight one. Sucks

Edit: I think the desktop mode also adds some questionable input smoothing. Gotta try it for a little and then decide on which one of these is the lesser evil

@Arouraios commented on GitHub (Jul 20, 2026): Thanks for the info. The direct mouse input is not something I'd like to use. It would appear the remote desktop mouse mode does disable acceleration, but, apart from the game incompatibility mentioned in the description, it also adds some weirdness. The pointer sometimes jumps to where my finger is, especially when switching between wolf apps. After following your advice and looking in the moonlight client repo, I found [this](https://github.com/moonlight-stream/moonlight-android/issues/893) issue. It seems this is an Android limitation, not even a moonlight one. Sucks Edit: I think the desktop mode also adds some questionable input smoothing. Gotta try it for a little and then decide on which one of these is the lesser evil