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Technical - Part 1

by Will Hurrell

This article will be split into different sections. And should be the end-all of information you need to truly improve your mouse aim.

This article has been written in such a way to hopefully help you retain the information, in a specific order. So please don't skip through any content, even if you think it's irrelevant.

This first article will focus on technical things you can change in order to instantly improve your aim, things like computer settings, and devices such as mice/keyboards.

  • Monitor
    • Higher the Hertz the better! If you're not aware what monitor Hz is, it's your monitors refresh rate (maximum frame rate it can show per second). If you are getting 200 frames per second in game, but playing on a 60Hz monitor (which is nearly all non gaming monitors) guess what? You're only seeing 60 frames per second. It's a misconception by some to think that humans can't see anymore than 60 frames per second, which is ridiculous, 120+Hz looks noticeably smoother! 
  • Keyboard
    • Lightest keystroke pressure required. There's no reason to press your keys hard, this will only cause you health issues after thousands of hours of game play. Be as light and delicate as you can be.
    • 10keyless (no numberpad on the left of your keyboard) is a good option. It gives you a bit of extra room for your mouse so you don't have to have your hands so far apart.
    • Mechanical keyboards are much preferred, these are far more responsive than generic dome cap keyboards.
  • Mouse
    • Light weight and comfort are key! 
    • Test as many as you can! 
    • Mouse acceleration?  Preferably off
    • Scroll wheel 
  • Game Configuration
    • HIGHEST FRAMES POSSIBLE!
    • Smooth motion, easy visibility (colour wise)
    • Aspect ratio/Resolution

I really can’t stress how important it is to have smooth gameplay. Frame dropping is a huge killer.

When you lose frames, you don’t just lose the visual sense of fluid motion, but it actually drops data. For servers in games, a “tick” is sort of like a frame, in that it has a tick rate (64, 128 tick servers) these are how many times information is being sent to the server per second, but if you are dropping frames you are either not sending or not receiving some of that data. Which makes things look like they happen quick as hell, if an enemy peeks out behind a wall, but you didn’t receive the first tick of data that should have showed him, the game will make the enemy appear out of thin air.

Probably the biggest hindrance is that your computer actually loses mouse data. If you are moving your mouse 10 cm over 64 frames, but half of those are lost, technically your mouse will only move 5 cm. So moving your mouse can result in it ending up in a different location each time.

I'm not sure what game you're trying to improve in, so you'll have to do a bit of research into how to get your game and computer running as smooth as you can.

But searching terms like

  • "<game> graphics configuration/cfg/config"
  • "<game> config file"
  • "<game> high frames cfg"
  • "<game> graphics configuration"
  • "<game> higher fps tutorial"

Things like that, you'll eventually learn a few tricks. Pro gamers generally keep their graphic settings to the lowest possible, only increasing settings that actually help, such as anti-aliasing. Having ultra high detail may look nice, but it adds many unnecessary colours and effects, creating more visual noise and clutter, when what you're looking at is simple and plain, it's far easier for our brain to react.

You can also put Windows into performance mode.

If you have multiple monitors, you can disable one while gaming with windows key + P.

If you do have a 120+ Hz monitor... MAKE SURE YOU'VE ACTUALLY CHANGED THE SETTING SO IT'S WORKING AT THE MAXIMUM FRAME RATE! 

Windows monitor refresh rate

Mouse acceleration changes the relation of speed between the mouse and the cross hair moving on screen. It's highly recommended to turn this off!

Disable Mouse Acceleration

You should be using a low sensitivity, assuming you have windows sensitivity left at default with acceleration off. Since there are so many settings that contribute to the in game crosshair speed, the way we measure it is cm/360 or inches/360, which means how many cm do you have to move your mouse horizontally to do a 360 in game.

You can check yours here https://aiming.pro/mouse-sensitivity-calculator/fortnite

Try to get comfortable with around 15 to 20 inches per 360. With 400 or 800 mouse DPI.

For many people who play on extremely small mousepads, this may seem ridiculously low, but we suggest you get your self an ultra wide gaming mouse pad from us, and a gaming mouse so you can truly start to play at your maximum potential!

 

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