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[Stryker Ward]

Been at it for roughly two months and I still struggle targeting with a mouse. I have a logitech g300 gaming mouse and have sensitivity set to 0 in game and dpi at 2000. I am either too fast or too slow. Any suggestions?

[Xbwalker]

Wait....0? It should virtually not move at 0. Mine is at .2 and that's pushing it.

If you are using Windows (Vista, 7, 8, 10 blah blah) go to the start button, type mouse, locate the tab in mouse properties called "Pointer Options". Now, lower the pointer speed down a bit. That plus the software decreased speed in game should do the trick.

Try that and let me know what happens.

[Koniving]

Stryker Ward, on 13 November 2015 - 08:35 AM, said:

Been at it for roughly two months and I still struggle targeting with a mouse. I have a logitech g300 gaming mouse and have sensitivity set to 0 in game and dpi at 2000. I am either too fast or too slow. Any suggestions?

Sensitivity at 0... and DPI at EXTREME.

There's your problem.

Try sensitivity at half, and DPI at anywhere from 800 to 1,200.

[Ballimbo]

... and set acceleration to 0. Could be messing up, too, if you have it on a higher value (at least for me it's horrible when greater than 0).

[Tarl Cabot]

Koniving, on 13 November 2015 - 01:28 PM, said:

Sensitivity at 0... and DPI at EXTREME.

There's your problem.

Try sensitivity at half, and DPI at anywhere from 800 to 1,200.

Just want to stress this. I have my Logitech setup w/4 DPI spots. 300/600/2000/3500 and in game around .4. I use both 300/600, dependent on mech class. setup and take it to the training/testing grounds.

[Kira Onime]

2000? Jesus

I have my own DPI set at around 600 and in-game sensitivity at ~0.6

[Fox With A Shotgun]

Well, for starters I guess turn off cursor acceleration, like some people above have suggested. This gives you a 1:x correspondence between movement and mech pitch/yaw. With cursor acceleration on, you actually get less than a 1:x correspondence if you move the mouse slowly, and much higher if you twitch.

The next thing to do is to go to training and 'calibrate' your hand-eye coordination. Normally in FPS games, a movement in the X axis of the mouse's tracking sensor translates to a yaw (pivoting on foot) movement, while a Y axis movement translates to a pitch (looking up and down) movement. This, in other FPS games, is unlimited in speed. Someone can just twitch and shoot if their motor coordination is good enough to move precisely the amount needed to aim their guns the correct amount. But in MWO, this is limited by the mech's hard rotational speed limits. Every mech has its own maximum rate of pitch and yaw, and you need to tune yourself to this.

Go into a practice session (not tutorials), so that you have stationary targets available. Try tuning it so that you can move and fire in your preferred mech at a stationary target without missing badly, at maximum speed. If you can do this, then I'd say you're calibrated. Good hunting!

Edited by ArcturusWolf, 13 November 2015 - 07:35 PM.

[JC Daxion]

Xbwalker, on 13 November 2015 - 10:49 AM, said:

Wait....0? It should virtually not move at 0. Mine is at .2 and that's pushing it.

If you are using Windows (Vista, 7, 8, 10 blah blah) go to the start button, type mouse, locate the tab in mouse properties called "Pointer Options". Now, lower the pointer speed down a bit. That plus the software decreased speed in game should do the trick.

Try that and let me know what happens.

thanks man,... I never thought about changing at this place as well. I'll give ti a shot! Though i need to make a hot key, for when not playing.. way to slow for internet and strat games..

[SethAbercromby]

My mouse speed in the windows control panel I left at default and used the software to program my mouse (a R.A.T. 7) to set the DPI to 1800. Mouse acceleration ('enhance pointer precision' in control panel) is set to off and mouse smoothing in game at 0.

Smoothing and acceleration do about the same thing. The speed at which your pointer moves per mouse distance is relative to the speed of how fast you move the mouse. Moving the mouse 1 cm to the right will thus give you various distances depending on whether you took a second to do so or less than a third.

Turning those off will give you more consistent results, though some might argue that you enjoy better precision at lower speeds, which is offset by having inconsistent results when having to do quick realignments. DPI you can set to your own preference, low values are good for precision while higher give you better response times, finding the right balance for both is all depending on your personal preference and the resolution of your screen (if you have a wider field of view, you might want a higher DPI so you can respond quicker to things you see at the edge of your screen).

If you can set it via a programming software, you should leave the windows setting to default as it applies a certain numerical modifier and default will have the least impact on consistency into either direction as far as I know.

Edited by SethAbercromby, 14 November 2015 - 10:56 AM.

[Stryker Ward]

Thanks for the tips folks. I am gonna make these adjustments and test them out.

[Zookeeper Dan]

I started playing in February and it's only been in the last couple of months that I've felt my aim has gotten better. You have to learn how to aim and how to hold on target the entire duration.

Just as important as how to aim is WHERE to aim. That just takes experience on knowing what the vulnerable parts are on each mech and making sure you hit 'R' so you can see if there are any open components.

[Stryker Ward]

So I changed my settings in windows as suggested and am running .4 in game and running 1200 dpi in my mouse setup. I had a fantastic game about an hour ago and did quite well in the others I ran. Might have found my new favorite medium mech too in the enforcer.

[Shock Wave]

I must admit that I'm rather happy that I stumbled onto this thread. I've been playing since closed beta and have never been that great of a shot. With the information I just picked up from you guys my accuracy has improved tremendously. Thanks to everyone who responded to this post.

[Fnord Asteroid]

As a very basic troubleshooting technique, what I tell people is that you need to watch your reticle. If you are trying to snap on target, but pass it, or graze over it and have to track back to get on, your sensitivity is too high.

Said another way, when you go to quick aim at a target on your left and your reticle goes too far left and you have to juggle to get back on, your sensitivity is too high.

This is also a part of the 'calibration' ArcturusWolf wisely mentioned.

Perfect Practice Makes Permanent.