Fatal1ty Frags Blog – 3rd Frag – Mouse Sensitivity?
Mouse Sensitivity?
This is probably one of the biggest areas where I feel amateurs have a hard time making it to the semi-pro, or super pro level.
First thing to look at; what mouse are you using?
I’m using Microsoft 1.1 SE and/or Microsoft 3.0… I used my Fatal1ty 2020 Laser Mouse for a while, but I use such low sensitivity, that lasers can’t keep up with my fast flick shots… Using a laser mouse is cool, because it usually has really good DPI – which mine had, but for close combat it was not ideal… Only way to fix this, was to use a higher sensitivity or use Mouse Accel – either in some ways altered both my long range performance and consistency. With optical, it’s very exact, especially when overclocked to 500hz… It’s about as good as it gets… Don’t listen to the hype right now about laser mice… You’re going to end up sacrificing one thing or the other; it will either be incredible at close range or incredible at long range. You can’t have both with that device. So I advise optical as the way to go right now till the bandwidth on laser mice is improved so it can keep up with your moves.
I personally like using mousefix for all games, and using a sensitivity where I can turn a little more than 180 degrees… My personal sensitivities if you have mousefix ON, Windows Enhanced Mouse Acceleration OFF, and default 6/11 in windows…
Counter-Strike based games: 2
Quake Based Games: 4.2 to 4.5
I, personally, have always enjoyed using Mouse Accel in Quake games and no Mouse Accel in CS. In Quake, I liked Mouse Accel because it got me on the guy fast and allowed me to use a lower sens. In CS, the game rewards no Mouse Accel in movement and most of the fights are over within seconds. So no need to have hit-scan setup to keep your crosshair on the guy every second and be moving very slowly with the mouse. You need to just REACT as fast as possible and KILL. In Quake, you’re still killing super fast, but there’s more gun changing, positioning and fights just last longer. So if you can be dead on for a good amount of time. it really pays off.
Summary: You’re probably using too high of a sensitivity and need to lower it. If you’re missing mid-air shots with your setup right now, you’re using too high a sensitivity. You should be near 100% with all shots in the air. Work on your flick shots endlessly. Try to spend an hour only doing flick shots straight. If you do this, you’ll always beat your opponent to the first shot and this usually ends up in you winning the fight!
Good luck and keep on fragging…
-Fatal1ty
on March 11, 2010 at 5:43 pm
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Hey Fatal1ty, I’ve been a huge fan of yours for a while now and you are definitely my gaming idol, and I’ve always wondered what sensitivity you use. Thanks for this one, but there’s one more thing, what DPI do you use? Thanks, and keep fragging!
on March 11, 2010 at 6:03 pm
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Also, I emailed that address given in the comments on one of your previous blogs concerning an autograph from you, please do that for me! Thanks so much, your fellow gamer and loyal follower, Miiownzu.
on March 11, 2010 at 7:29 pm
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The ms 1.1se and ms 3.0 are both 400 dpi at 500 hz. my fatal1ty 2020 was 2700dpi, but i still used 400 dpi. just more consistent and more bandwidth. still though, optical being the better one of the two at 400 dpi.
on March 12, 2010 at 10:24 am
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THanks for the good tips, i never liked mouse accel but now that you say i might give it a try and see, i disable it from windows operating system to make sure it is not present in the game , i wasn wondering how some of you can turn around that fast and aiming from door to door that fast..as i use very low sens but i set them individually for each weapon with some bind command, i think THEFATAL1 is a rare player that plays inverted mouse like i do, i noticed it from your ql cfg, i was looking how to increase my fps because i play from another system im not home for a while.I wonder were theyr inverted mouse habbit come from,me its because i played a game called zaxxon on colecovision when i was a kid, its a litle plane game and they tought it will feel more like the real thing but now im having my brain all inverted ..hehe