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ET is CPU based game so what old CPU are you playing with? every modern cpu & decent config should run ET
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other solution disable pb, we don't use it
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If i remember right 43,76 and 125 fps are for better jumping.
yup the magic fps
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a reminder read this post
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did you do that in all your cfg's you edited
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update pb is the main problem files are here in the download section & /pb_sleep 500
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name cycle
in Help
from that txt file he posted
bind / vstr Nick => let you choose your nick
bind . vstr setNick => changes your name
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Nitmod 2.2
in News
Yeah, not sorted admin levels out yet, just got the default 3, awaiting Raf's free time at the weekend for that, oops for got to mention it to him though!
levels done
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pb_cl_enable in console
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cl_punkbuster 1 in cfg
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should be solved
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did you first install the 2.6 patch and then the 2.60B
some guesses here because of the low info, pb could cause the problem if you enabled pb update your pb folder http://www.teammuppet.eu/home/index.php?/files/file/66-pbzip/
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look in your etpub/name/etconfig.cfg file for the seta name and see if that one is correct
and you got a name changer here
set f111 "seta name <=TM=[T]=>^2oli^3ve^1ira[pt] ; set 111 vstr f112"
set f112 "seta name ^0the pu^1nis^0her ; set 111 vstr f113"
set f113 "seta name ^2oli^3ve^1ira[pt] ; set 111 vstr f111"
and your name in this cfg would be seta name "<=TM=>[T]^1oli^3vei^2ra[pt]" this is this correct ?
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for the persons who's xp isn't saved aren't having a guid / etkey
so because pb isn't supporting ET anymore you have to generate your own key that will be explained later but the first step is to go to your ET installation and go to the folder wolfenstein\etmain\profiles\"profile name"
there is a filed called etconfig.cfg open it using word pad find the words seta cl_punkbuster and set it to 1
so it will look like this seta cl_punkbuster "1"
then if that is finished you can generate your own etkey,
by using this program http://www.teammuppe...tkey-generator/
or using this site http://etkey.net/
they both will creat a file called etkey, you need to place this file inside your 'etmain' folder.
If there is already an etkey placed, make sure you make a backup of that!
Do this in game to check your guid is there /pb_myguid
if now your xp is saved but you now get lags do this in console /pb_sleep 500
and if this still don't work copie these files in your pb folder so your pb should be up to date http://www.teammuppe.../file/66-pbzip/
Also added all in one pb/etkey installer http://www.teammuppe...-key-generator/
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not on etpub plzzzzzzzzz
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Going to let my pic here for some longer time.
I'm sure virus has some pics where he looks drunk on.......
those have been burned
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hey & welcome
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1. do a speedtest to a nl server, do a ping test same site as speedtest
2. ping the etpub server using the command prompt ping 213.108.29.116 and do this tracert 213.108.29.116 ==> post results
3. post cfg etmain and etpub
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Playing Field Ops - by jago
Here I will show you how I was playing fops for many years so you can try this as well if you are bored of playing medic or something else.
As Fops you should know that your support will always hit the area from left to the right but it depends where you stay when it says "Affirmative" or "On my way". Here are two shitty examples:
The most important things are that you have their spawntime from the beginning, keep it in mind or bind timerset and you should know when you have to throw your support and set your artillery. Basically it is very simple, you have to throw airstrikes 2 seconds before spawn and set an artillery 7 seconds before their spawn.
Let us begin with Supply:
- 1st stage, attack:
Well, there is nothing you can do except giving ammo. I am sometimes using this nade
Let it tick twice then jump and throw it.
- 2nd stage, attack:
When your team got the flag it depends on the enemy what you are going to do first. If it seems very hard to get the CP then set an artillery there or just throw a strike and rush with all your medics.
Set this artillery 7 seconds before they spawn.
Do not waste your nade and run to the depot gate, then let your nade tick 2 1/2 seconds and throw it to their spawn like this.
You also can cover your dynamite with an artillery but that should be obvious.
- 3rd stage, attack:
There is alot of shit you could try but i usually go medic to help our engi.
Set it on the stairs at west 4 or 5 seconds before their spawn.
- 1st stage, defence:
It is clear that you have to set an artillery 10/11/12/13 before you spawn in front of the entrance. If they plant the main gate then try to sneak to their spawn and throw this support 1 second before they are going to spawn.
If you are not lucky then just throw it somewhere to avoid them from killing your engi.
- 2nd stage, defence:
If they don't have the CP then set an artillery on main or try to spawnkill them with this support.
If they get the CP then set an artillery 10/11/12 seconds before you spawn on the depot gate.
- 3rd stage, defence:
Set an artillery on main, give ammo, throw supports, do whatever you want. I'm playing at west, trying to shoot them down at main, giving ammo and waiting at the door till they spawn. So just open the door when they spawn and run into the tunnel, they should not hear/see you. Then pray to god your team will be able to hold them off and gib everyone. You should wait for their spawn or watch TV, do whatever you want to and throw this strike 2 seconds before they spawn, after you've thrown it you should also time a nade to kill them at the CP.
Hope this will help you, I will do it for other maps as well if it helps you.
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Hey!
I'll just write a short text about the things I feel most people forget but still help you survive through a game. First of all, make sure you read this shooting tutorial.
1: Improve your movement
When you're in a firefight, you're both moving and shooting. If you only focus on improving your shooting, that will only help you get that far. Improve your speed on the battlefield and learn to use your movements to your advantages in a firefight. Being flexible and unhindered (e.g. you don't bump into the doorstyles when you enter a room) in your movements gives you a great advantage.
2: Watch your surroundings
Every firefight is different. Sometimes there will be medpacks on the floor, sometimes you will be able to fall back into the direction of a teammate. Keep your eyes peeled for anything you can use to your advantage. If there are medpacks on the ground, be sure you're the one to pick them up during the fight, boosting your health greatly (1 gibbed medic = 4 medpacks = 80 hp = more than half a health bar!).
3: Tame your mouse movements
Don't do too crazy mouse movements, this will greatly increase the spread of your bullets (and make it so that even if you put your cursor on the opponent's head, bullets will miss). Crouching briefly is a good way to stabilize your aim. Put \cg_crosshairpulse to 1 to see the spread symbolised by your crosshair becoming larger. Play around with this and see what you can do to improve your spread.
Also, when your opponent is strafing left-right like crazy, it's much better to move too little with your mose than move too much. When he's strafing, he'll make two 'invisible walls', the points where he starts strafing in the other direction. Make sure your mouse stays in between these two 'walls', you'll have a much better spread and you will get much more hits. Especially sprinted strafing will tempt you to go crazy with your mouse, instead keep your cool and keep your mouse movements limited.
4: Don't listen to Limp Bizkit. Don't jump around.
Do NOT jump while in a firefight. 9 out of 10 times this will go bad simply because when you jump, your 'flight path' is as good as set (you cannot dodge whilst jumping) and good players will certainly punish you for that and possibly even kill you before you land. As an additional reason, jumping fawks up your spread pretty badly (see previous point).
5: Instead of fighting 5v1, do 5x 1v1
Play with your surroundings, play with your opponents. Make your surroundings block all but one opponent, take him out (AND gib) and move to the next one. Make your enemies block each other's shot. Dance around so that the guy you're shooting covers the guys behind him shooting you.
This also means that if you are in a safe spot, overlooking multiple enemies, don't just shoot everyone to do as much damage as possible. Instead, make sure you hit only 1 person and take them out before they know where you are. If you start shooting everyone, they'll know something is up and turn around and shoot you. Combine this with tip n° 7 to be an extra stealthy ninja!
6: Stamina, stamina, stamina
SAVE YOUR STAMINA FOR FIREFIGHTS. Do not just sprint out of spawn and run out of stamina. Stamina is represented by the (initially) green bar in the bottom left corner. Always keep an eye on it, try to make sure it doesn't drop below 70% when travelling the map. Try to find efficient ways to use your stamina and still have some left for when you bump into an opponent. An important note: when this bar is empty, it takes a *LONG* time to refill, but when you never let it drop below 25 - 30%, you'll see that it replenishes much faster. Basically, there's 3 states to the stamina bar:
•The bar is green, it will replenish quickly
•The bar is red (and almost empty), it will replenish slowly until it is in the green zone again.
•The bar is completely empty (= you press shift but you don't run any faster), the bar freezes for about a second and then starts empty in the red zone, slowly working its way up to the faster green zone.
Experiment with the stamina and get a good feel of how much you can sprint before you get into the red zone. The perfect situation would be to never have it in the red zone at all, but that's practically impossible, as most likely a firefight will consume a lot of stamina.
This tip is very important. Very often the outcome of a firefight is heavily influenced by the amount of stamina a player has when beginning. When one player has stamina and the other one hasn't, you'll see that the slow player will almost always die.
7: Pick up enemy weapons
When you're shooting with a Thompson in an Axis camp, chances are some players will notice the sound of a Thompson coming from their rear lines and come hunt for you (if you're playing against me, I will come hunt for you). Don't give away your position if you can help it, use the weapons of the enemy and blend in sound-wise.
8: Be a ninja, pull out your knife
Most people don't realise this, but the knife is one bad-ass weapon. Know how and when to use it.
Don't use it in open areas, keep it for fights in hallways and small areas. If your opponent has nowhere to go, you can block him into a corner and slice him up. If you're being tailed by someone, you're low on hp and stamina and you pass around a corner or you pass a door opening, disappear for a second and then exactly when he catches up to you, catch him off guard with your knife. For example: in ETBeach this is a real life-saver.
9: Learn how to take a bullet
Know what your limits are as to fighting with enemies firing at you. Know when you must back up and heal. This also means that you must know what the limits of others are. You're an invaluable factor in helping your team survive if you can predict by the second when a teammate is going to die. You can have your revive needle out before he falls to the ground (and gets gibbed). Well-timed revives can change the outcome of the battle.
10: Keep your cool
Always keep in the back of your head that this is just a game. It's meant to be fun and if you notice you're not having fun because someone got you raging, take a deep breath, count to 10 and just have fun. Don't take yourself too seriously. You can't expect to play good when you're raging. Shit happens and there will be days when you will get pwned by people you know are cheap naabs. Doesn't matter. Have fun, play covy, play sniper, play rnade, play without sound, play with music on the background.. whatever makes the game fun for you.
Aiming tutorial for W:ET by BossHK
in Shooting Tips
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(Now when ET is elegantly old, its time to release old goldies. Gonna be straight copypaste from pubforums, cba to edit much nor fix fonts/forms etc. If you want to read from original source(recommended), check here:http://fearless-assassins.com/topic/23840-aiming-tutorial-for-wet-by-bosshk-enemy-territory)
Introduction
I got inspired to put this tutorial together after Blade just released his aiming tutorial here(FA forums). Why? Why two aiming tutorials? I don't know, maybe because I have been kinda lazy to make any tutorials lately and now I just got inspiration to put my knowledge to the table too. Two tutorials also mean more perspectives. :sarc
Okay, so who am I and why should you listen to me? I'm a finnish guy who has been playing W:ET since 2004/2005. Starting from etpub server, moving to NQ servers, discovering jaymod 2007/2008 and loving etpro since end of 2008. Started playing with crappy equipments and zero knowledge about internet gaming, ending up to shoot 60-70 accurasies at jaymod servers. It has been a long but a memorable, lovely way.
I'm a little bit perfectionist. Getting good became an obsession to me back then. I wanted to gather all available information, spec better players and just practise to aim. Eventually I became one of the best players of that etpub server. And then I started my journey around ET 'world'.
To this day I have gathered a lot of information and experience about aiming and now I'm gonna share it all.
Oh, those 70acc pictures: http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/5599/uceserveraccownage.jpg andhttp://img43.imageshack.us/img43/112/g2pradarstenover72acc.png
Also FA server with high ping: http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/5599/557accfa1temple.jpg
This tutorial will go in next order: First we pick our equipment, then we configure it. After that we discuss a little bit about mindset, how to handle this learning to aim thing. And last we go in game and set our config and start practising aiming.
Overview
There is a lot of information available at internet. But my approach is to simplify as much as possible. Seriously, you need to know and tune only some things and then it is just practise. I'll try to list all the important things below that we will go through:
[*] Hardware (PC, monitor, mouse, mousebad, keyboard, headset) [*] Configuring hardware [*] Mindset [*] In-game things (aiming techniques, how to practise effectively, some config settings, secret pro tips) [*] Extras to learn more
So lets get started!
Hardware
Hardware sets a base starting point to you. It also determines how much you can use of your potential. With good enought components and parts you will be better aimer than with crappy components. That is the fact. Lets take a quick example: Its like going for drag race. Imagine normal 100hp car versus 900hp race car. No matter how good the normal car driver is, he just can't win with that underpowered car. Or some rally drivers: they are not driving for world championship with some random Nissan Sunny. They wouldn't use their full potential with that poor car.
Or just me: I tested ET three years ago at my friend's computer. He had basic 60hz tft monitor, Logitech G5 mouse, no mousepad, and all settings were default. I shot around 30acc with those parts. The difference was just so huge compared to what I had been playing with. It was a huge downshift. I just couldn't impove much from that point(30acc), it became so hard to control what I was doing, it felt like I was playing in tar. It felt like the whole computer was fightning against me. It didn't allowed me to do what I wanted to do.
So, hardware is very important to bring out your full potential.
PC
The most important part here is the CPU(processor). ET has been published 2003 and uses Q3 game engine. Back then the games were heavily CPU orientated. Nowdays the graphic card is maybe the most important part for gaming in modern games. But as been said, ET is CPU based game. It can use 1 core. So ideally the best processor for ET would be 1 core processor with high clock rate. Nowdays there are 2, 4, 6 and even 8 core processors available. Whats the best? It doesn't matter. You should get 125fps with almoust any modern processors. Graphic card doesn't matter for ET, everything is fine. RAM doesn't matter that much, just make sure you have it enought to run basic tasks + ET(4gb is totally fine).
Monitor
Nowdays almoust everyone are using LCD or TFT monitors. What matters here most is hz and latency of monitor. Hz should be 120 and latency 2ms. Thats it. For ET other aspects are kinda meaningless.
120hz is kinda must. If you are using 60hz now, just imagine how it would feel if everything is 2x smoother. When you have used 120hz, there is no return to 60hz.
Keyboard
Only thing that matters here is the fact that keyboard should support at least 4 simultaneously presses.
Headset
For ET any headset is good. Of course 'better'(generally better) headset is usually more comfortable and might be better for other tasks like listening music etc. Just make sure you use headset and not speakers for ET. Why? Because with headset you can hear with 'pinpoint accuracy' where enemies are and what is happening around you and even further away. You can predict situations and prepare for them since you are able to hear around corner what is happening there and so on...
Mouse
Which mouse to pick? Do I need the latest high-end superduper DPI monster? No, you don't. There are three major things to be considered when choosing a mouse:
1. It should fit to your hand. I mean, it is a lot nicer, more comfortable and even better to play with mouse that feels good and you can handle it nicely.
2. Sensor should be able to handle the kinda fast paced Enemy Territory.
3. Cord mouse. DO NOT use wireless mouse to gaming. (Because of lag/delay it causes. Yes, every wireless have it(maybe excluding Razer Mamba))
How about optical or laser sensored mouse? Which one is better? Well, the laser technology has been improved lately, but generally the optical sensors are still better in term of handling fast movements.
Now, this whole mouse topic is just a way too huge to start discussing, there are so many different things to be considered so I simplified it to those three steps that I mentioned. For step 2. I have this list:https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AosJbEwEG9GpdEpBMGc1ZXo0S3BLQm1YQ09jeVZ6bEE&w=100&h=650
You should look Perfect Control and Malfunction Speed. Obviously both of them should be as high as possible.
Perfect Control = the mouse performs exactly as it should
Malfunction Speed = the mouse loses control and effectively stops working. Basically anything can happen, like mouse throws cursor to random position or its like you didn't do anything at all.
So pick a mouse that has good sensor and fits to your hand. Sometimes it can be hard to test mouse before buying but if you have a chance, use it.
Do you need more slippery mouse feets? Well, its highly recommended to get ones. Its easier, less frictioner to move the mouse and also the feets last longer. For example Hyperglides are nice special mouse feets.
Mousepad
Mousepad is a must have. It is like enabling your mouse's potential. If you don't use a mousepad, I don't care what mouse you have, what settings you have, what you have done, how good you are, who you are. It is a must have.
Mousepad gives you a smooth, stable/steady surface to move the mouse and better reading accuracy for your mouse. Though, be careful especially with laser sensored mouses that the sensor works on that specific mousepad. Generally a black surface without any design/figures is the best.
Cloth, plastic, glass or hybrid pad? Personal preference. Plastic ones clearly wear out fastest, which is kinda big minus.
Configuring hardware
Now when you have gathered you rig, its time to configure it aka use all potential it have. Even if you don't have and you are not going to get all the parts I recommend, you can still tune your current hardware, so keep reading. Without further ado, lets do it!
PC
Basically nothing to do here. If you want to run ET with specific amount of cores, use this program:http://www.crossfire.nu/?x=tutorial&mode=item&id=170
Monitor
Setting the refresh rate higher: Control panel-->Monitor-->Settings-->Preferences-->Display-->Refresh rate. Change it and press Use and Ok. Most normal monitors support only 60hz or max 75hz. More advanced up to 120hz and CRT monitors even over 200hz.
Keyboard
Nothing.
Headset
Not much to do here but you can boost weapon, footstep and other important sounds by boosting middle frequency sounds and lowering a little bit bass and high frequencies. I'm not an expert about this, but just do try&error method. Open your sound card settings and find a page where you can change those frequencies. This is how I have configured it: http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/9563/audiosettingsforet.png The difference is kinda big and nice.
Mouse
Now, a huge overload of information rumbles over me. I don't want to start writing. So I dig up my "I simplify everything" -idea and I'm gonna give you bunch of links. Yepii! Before doing that, I have summarized all the things you are going to do:
1. Windows sens(put it to 6/11) + disabling windows in-build acceleration
2. Polling rate
3. Find a reasonable DPI
Your source of mouse related things: http://phoon.us/mouse/
(If you are wondering what is that windows sensitivity multiplier:http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/4346/mouseinfosensexplained.png)
Read through all sections carefully, the page has summarized mouse things very nicely. If you are wondering at mousefix section that do you need the mousefix, yes you need it.
What is 'windows sens'?: http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/2961/winsens.png
When having winsens at 6/11, you have 1:1 ratio, meaning that every 1 pixel you tell your mouse to move, the cursor moves 1 pixel(thats the idea).
Disabling windows acceleration:
Win7: http://donewmouseaccel.blogspot.com/2010/03/markc-windows-7-mouse-acceleration-fix.html
WinXP/Vista: Read the mousefix section, download program.
WinXP manual way:
1. Press Start
2. Select Run
3. Type regedit and hit enter
4. Open the tree HKEY_CURRENT_USER-->select control panel-->mouse
5. Right clicking, modify the SmoothMouseXCurve and SmoothMouseYCurve hexidecimal values to the following:
(Remember to take backup copies from original values if you want later restore them)
SmoothMouseXCurve:
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
00,a0,00,00,00,00,00,00
00,40,01,00,00,00,00,00
00,80,02,00,00,00,00,00
00,00,05,00,00,00,00,00
SmoothMouseYCurve:
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
66,a6,02,00,00,00,00,00
cd,4c,05,00,00,00,00,00
a0,99,0a,00,00,00,00,00
38,33,15,00,00,00,00,00
6. Press OK after setting both(X and Y) values and you are done.
Some people like to use in-game acceleration (cl_mouseaccel) to make faster turns etc, but in my opinion it just hurts your overall mouse control. (Mouse acceleration: when you move your mouse constantly starting from a point (for example from the middle of your screen toward right), it will move faster while getting further and further from the starting point) Also fast tracking becomes harder.
Changing the polling rate of your usb port gives you faster mouse reaction time and smoother mouse movement. I can tell you to set it to 500hz(2ms), it is stable and you won't notice any difference compared to 1000hz(1ms). Again, read through the polling rate section at http://phoon.us/mouse/. (Btw, ET does NOT use direct input as mouse input, but wm_mousemove, so use that mouserate checker to check your mouse polling rate)
Changing polling rate at win7/vista: http://www.ngohq.com/news/15043-how-to-increase-usb-sample-rate-in-windows-vista-7-a.html
Same thing with video:
Now, how much DPI is useful for you? It's been made easy for you, go to http://phoon.us/mouse/, fill in all the blanks at 'settings' tab at top of the page, go to DPI section and press 'calculate'. Do not use much higher value than that recommended because you might face huge negative acceleration problems. Though there is program called Rinput that fixes this. (http://www.crossfire.nu/?x=news&mode=item&id=4053)
Where the negative acceleration comes from? I will copypaste this from another person.
More copying:
How do you know if you have negative acceleration? Well, maybe the best practical way to notice it is this:
Start ET and join server. Now put your mouse to left edge of your mousemat and in-game aim somewhere(corner/door...) that you recognize. Now move mouse slowly to center of mousemat or till to right edge of mousemat if you want. Check how much your character has turned in-game. Now move your mouse fast back to left edge of mousemat. If your aim returned to same place where you started, you don't have negative acceleration and everything is fine. But if your crosshair didn't returned to starting place but it returned less, you have some negative acceleration.
Also at http://phoon.us/mouse/ there is the negative acceleration calculator. Fill in blanks at top of the page and press 'calculate'. Now, the value that the calculator shows, yes its real, but remember that also your mouse's sensor have limitations. So, obviously the lower one(mouse sensor or calculated value) is your bottleneck now.
Mousepad
Just keep it clean/relatively clean.
Mindset
I think its time to move on to this section and think a little bit about how to deal with this whole 'im gonna improve my aim' thing. If you feel like you can't handle all the info or this seems too complicated or something, just be patient and do one thing at time. Technical part is kinda short after all, eventhough it has much text and you can find a lot of info about those topics. So, be patient and don't give up. No one can became a champion if they give up! :yeye
Be excited! Be eager to get new information, learn new things! Being positive is a huge plus, be happy about all little things you have learned and practise them. You just increased your mouse's polling rate? Feel the smoothness and power of your mouse! Track enemies like never before! Practise practise practise! Cheer for that triple headshot.
You got tripled and you insta died? That random pro just knew you were behind that wall? Don't blame cheats, crappy mouse or lag. It was you. Try to make a quick analyze what went wrong. Did you strafe enought during fight? Maybe you couldn't track him well enought. Maybe he had better strafe-aim combination. Practise more. After all it comes to practise. The more you practise, the better you will be. Be ready and willing to practise if you are looking for to get a decent aim. To practise a lot you will need a positive attitude. If you hate to start the game and join the server just to get owned, why are you playing this game? Or maybe you enjoy about this game because different reasons, like cool people, nice chats with friends or something else. That is totally okay, but then this tutorial is not so useful for you. But as been said, if you are looking for to get better aim, be ready to practise. And now, lets move on.
In-game things
Okay, now you have tweaked your hardware and you are ready to start practise. But before you do that, you might want to tweak some config settings to make sure everything is as you like. (Btw, if you are new to configs, read this through: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VYMQTLOO (well, since MU has been shut down by FBI, here is the same text as a tutorial I made: http://fearless-assassins.com/topic/36202-enemy-territory-how-to-config-cfg-file-enemy-territory/) So, two 'must-have' cvars:
com_maxfps "x" (sets cap on the frames per second. 125, 76 and 43 common 'tweak' values, as better for jumping. 71 has slightly reduced recoil. Use the one that you have stable everywhere)
com_hunkmegs "x" (sets how much RAM ET uses. Default is 56 but you should use at least 128. 128, 256 or 512 are nice values, though 256 is totally enought)
Now, other "tweaks" are kinda personal preferences, e.g do you like to see blood when you get shot, do you like more sharp or less detailed world, how dark or bright the world should be, what kind of crosshair you like to use etc.
In my opinion the best way to learn what do you prefer is to make your own config. Either from scratch by creating new .txt file, putting cvars and commands there and then saving it and renaming .txt to .cfg or just editing the config that you already have. Or maybe you like to download someone else's config and edit it, thats how you get and idea what about to put into cfg.
If you want to create your own cfg, these two website provide all the existing cvars and commands:
http://www.antman.info/wolf/cvar/
http://www.antman.info/wolf/cvar/cmdcvarlist.html
Now, its finally time to start practise. How to aim? Move your mouse and press some buttons at keyboard. Sounds simple, right? Well, the truth is far away from it. Lately, when I have analyzed a little bit about my aiming and speccing some good aimers, I have noticed couple of things:
1. Good aimers don't move their crosshair nor mouse much at fight situation (except if person is very low sens player, then mouse will move a lot for sure)
2. They know where to aim already before enemy even pops up to screen
3. Their movement and positioning is calm and calculated (not always, but helps to get easy win from fight)
4. They know what they are doing. They have a huge amount of repeats, they have played thousands of times the same maps and same situations.
When I think about those four things, I can form a picture of cold machine. Well, if we put all feelings and emotions away, that is not far away from truth. Seriously, those are the things that make you a good aimer along with good hand-eye coordination.
So, some techniques to aim or improve aiming?
1. Aim with your keyboard. This is actually a very powerful method, you don't need to move mouse much from side to side and at same time you are dodging enemy bullets, aka strafing. So basically don't move your mouse much or at all but just move your aim with keyboard.
2. If enemy is even some distance away, crouch. Crouching increases your accuracy (Standing:http://www.enemy-territory.net/images/MP40StandingContinuous.jpg versus Crouching: http://www.enemy-territory.net/images/mp40crouchingBurst.jpg) and you are harder to hit.
3. Always try to get a first hit before your enemy does. This gives you an advantage because if you hit first, enemy gets a knockback effect and its harder for him to start hitting you. Though experienced players know how to counter this by doing quick dodge and starting to shoot back at right time when they are not getting knockback.
4. Obviously obvious, aim at head level. Headshot makes 50hp damage(though first hs makes 40hp damage because of helmet), bodyshot 18hp. At long distance bodyshots make 9hp dmg and headshots 10hp dmg. Generally if enemy crouches, you should crouch too.
5. Generally try to limit your mouse movement. All poor aimers are moving mouse a way too much. This might be hard at first, but when you learn where enemies are propably coming, this becomes easier and easier. You know, when you know that enemy will come that way, you can just aim there already and be prepared to fight. Practise is a key here too, when you have faced enemy 5930 times same way as this, you know how most of the enemies will react and you know what you need to do to beat him.
6. In fights, after you have learned the basic strafing pattern, try to make some unpredictable moves, like crouch during strafe and strafe a little bit longer to other side etc.
7. Sensitivity. Get one that you are comfortable with. Personally I have played with very high sensitivity, uber low sensitivity and all between those and I can't say what is the best. But how you know what sens is good for you? Well, one quick and effective way to find it is to go to a server, find some little solid point, preferably at head height, and start strafing in front of it while trying to keep your crosshair at that point. If your crosshair is bouncing around and jitters, your sensitivity is probably too high. In turn, if you notice that crosshair is falling behind target when you change your strafing direction or you must picking mouse much, your sensitivity is probably too low. This training is also good to get known your mouse controlling, which I will talk next.
8. Mouse controlling. Ultimately this is the key to your aiming. Controlling the mouse movements gives you a feeling that you are in charge, you tell your mouse to move and crosshair will move exactly as you wanted. Practise this as you want, idea is just to move your mouse around fast(snap) and trying to end up aiming to direction you wanted, or just run around while tracking one same point. Do slow movements and fast ones. Your mouse(crosshair) should obey you, do exactly as you wish, go where you want it to be.
9. When you are dueling and you get shot, still keep that crosshair steady, don't start to move your mouse to 'fix' your aim, just keep it there and keep strafing.
10. After all everything comes up to practise and repeats. You get experience, you start to remember things, like at which height to put your crosshair here to get a headshot, you can tell after 0,5 second if you are propably gonna win or lose that fight etc.
You wanted some secret pro tips? Too bad they don't exist. Except one. But it isn't a secret. Here it is: practise.
I think this is all I am able to give you. The top aiming, shooting that 70acc, it is something that cannot be shared, it comes somewhere inside me, its like sixth sense, you know what to do now and what you are gonna do next. The smoothness, the harmony, it all comes somewhere deep inside and cannot be put into words. It all is in spinal cord and comes up when needed. I can give you all the technical things and I can analyze my and others aiming at some level but I can't describe the final touch, the feeling, the thing that I know I'm gonna get this fight. How I could possibly share the feeling that I know I'm gonna win this fight because I have hit x amount of bullets to enemy and I need to hit x amount more and enemy just made a mistake by crouching at wrong time and I see I'm gonna land a headshot in 0,25 second and that will be crucial for me to win this fight and all what I need to do now is to make sure I keep doing this what I have done whole fight, not to differ from my aiming-strafing route and I will land that headshot and I'm gonna win that duel. Meanwhile I also got that sixth sense telling me that everything is not fine, someone is coming soon behind me, I need to keep calm and just finish this duel which I'm gonna win and then I will do a fast, 140 degree snap to left and face that enemy, crouching when my crosshair will be there because I have processed the fact that I'm gonna face him at uphill road, me being bottom. Now back to that duel, that headshot is landing, I hear lovely 'cling' sound and I hit 2 more bullets to him, he falls, I start doing that snap, I remember I'm gonna crouch and I have already a good chance to win that duel based on fact that I have a good chance to land easy headshots when enemy needs to fight from up to down, makes it hard at that slanting slope.
Did you catch my drift? Its just something you personally know, the experience that has came via practise. All those little inexplicables things that only you know, somewhere deep inside you. Nerd? No. Pro? Definitely.
© BossHK 10/2011