Doubting about cfg

I am a fifteen year old ET-player who mostly plays on the silent mods but i sometimes play some low-/+ scrims.
Now i recently changed my fov from 110 to 90, now as i always doubt my cfg after having a bad day, i am doubting if im using the 'best' cfg again.. Cause then i read on forums, "Omg, using his cfg made me do much better' then i decide to download some good players their cfg, but everything is so different from my cfg. But as they all are good, it must be that theirs are better..and i know i should stop starting to ask questiond after having a bad day, but i only wanna do that if i know if im using the 'best' cfg.. Nowmy question is: should i just start playing with that 110 fov again, or play with 90, or just play with a fov and NEVER change it again? Cause i really wanna improve in this game, but i wanna be sure to be playing with the right settings, so i wont start doubting againin the future by just reading: using his cfg made me med+ instantly!

Plzbe so kind to help me! Cause its so frustrating atm,im even doubting using a white or cyan crosshair :/
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Pmme, I'll help you out finding settings which suit you, then stay with them and fucking fuck your doubts in the anus
Just build a config that suits you the best and stay with it.
Build your own cfg, u can copy some other players config but then change the values so u make them fit your gaming style!
Its best if u just test settings one by one, read also some articles on what each settings do, so u get some basic knowledge about it, the best is to stick with one CFG and edit it bit by bit until u feel it fits to u perfectly and then dont change anything to it anymore.
For fov select somethin that will fit u in close combat and long shooting, that u wont go blind monk from not seeing anything, and still being able to do well in close combat, as well as sensitivity, select carefully which one u want and stick with it, too many changes to settings will result in never improving in this game.
K, thx for help all!
Exec one
Adjust that one manually
/writeconfig fluxis
/exec pollo

made me go insta med+
xDDDDDDDDDDD
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I have used almost every config from known players(nationcup teams) in between 2005-2012, using all their settings including things like sensitivity and binds. You can get used to anything, it just takes time.. Somewhere around May last year I decided to make my own config from nothing, an empty .cfg file and I did every command individually. Took forever to finish it but it's the best way to find something that fits your PC and your preferences. I've played with lowsens, highsens, fov 90/98/105/110/112/120/140 and I still change those things every now and then just to keep myself challenged. Don't think changing settings is bad or that you are insecure about not having the best config, the feeling of having to change something is just the drive to become better at the game and you're config is one of the things to look at to get better!

If you don't feel like going through each command individually or don't feel a need to I suggest just to ask/download configs from other players/friends. Find something that your eyes like, think brightness and color vibrancy. You can play around with things like fov, sens, mpitch etcetera to find something that suits you best. Best way to figure those out is to just put those settings on something random and see if you like it. At some game you will realize "oh I kinda like this fov, but the sens is just too high" so you keep the fov and change the sens abit.

Keep playing around with settings, change is almost never a bad thing. Your config is also an easy blame target since its so easy to think "if I change this I will be better". A bad game can have a thousand cause like maybe your mousepad was abit dirty so your sensitivity felt weird. Maybe your chair was in another position so you arms felt strained. Maybe you had a bad nightrest the night before so you were not in top shape that match. Don't assume it's your config instantly :P

Hope anything in this wall of text helps, if you want to try it you can find my config here. I use quite a high sensitivity(about 5 cm for a 360 turn with my settings and mouse) so I do suggest lowering that a bit because you will probably just fly all over the place with it. Goodluck and feel free to ask more (this community can be quite a dick but there are nice guys around hiding in the dark corners hiding from the assholes :D).
140 fov! selfbust for cvar unlocker. gg cb ban inc.
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Bet you never used my config though :(
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Think I actually have :D used so many I can't be sure but most likely I have
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find some settings u play good with and keep them...

also take a look on this, might help u:
http://www.crossfire.nu/tutorials/210/wet-aiming-tutorial-by-bosshk
Just build a config that suits you the best and stay with it
Config makes a very small difference after getting used to something.
Play a lot to get better and dont waste your thinking on something thats not (very) relevant.
Focus on actual game decisions!
Try to find out how you aim the best. Sure you should try out different sensitivities. But for example if you know you aim poorly with medium to high, then maybe you want to try like three different low sensitivities for a while! Dont just randomly adjust it all the time. Give each of those three sensitivities like a week or two. And dont test it in publics, where people dont even strafe when they duel and so on.

Basicly stop thinking that everything is related to your settings, because its so far from the truth, atleast in my opinion.
your opinion is good
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Quoteusing his cfg made me med+ instantly!

must've been nazty's
You can test around a bit, but stability is key. Once you narrowed it down to a few different settings you can play pretty decent with, pick one and stick with it. I don't really play anymore, but when I did I used to change every setting all the time. Even during games when I was bored or dead. This included FOV, m_pitch, sensitivity and r_mode. It's really not the way to go, most stable players have been playing with the same settings and config for years.

But the two periods I played at my best and consequently the most active, were when I decided to stick with a certain setting and just try and get used to it. Undead didn't even want to play with me because he tought I was cheating. The person who is the most comfortable with his settings, has a slight edge over the other one usually, not the one who has the "best" config or settings.

That being said, some settings ARE better in certain situations and you might want to consider that when picking your settings. For example :

1. Low sensitivity is more difficult to play with when things get hectic but a lot better for precision shooting or perfect tracking.
2. Low FOV is easier for long range, but harder for tracking up close when being shot at (because of the knockback).
3. Low m_pitch is easier to keep your crosshair on head height when being shot at, but can be harder to adjust your aim in mid duel or fights on uneven ground (depending on the sensitivity)
3. Resolution : I'd advise you to stay between r_mode 4 to r_mode 8. I know some great players play with a higher resolution, but I feel like tracking is less fluid with a higher resolution in ET. Also, go with the highest displayrefresh you can get.

EDIT : Ow, if you care, the settings that almost satisfied my quest for the perfect aim were : 1.0 sensivity with 900 DPI, m_pitch 0.022, r_mode 6, fov 90 (or sometimes 100). Aim was my one obsession in this game.
Even I doubted you some times :3
Hi!
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i did /r_mode 8 and i got like a shadow on my gun and on the walls when i walk, as they are like dark spots on the map, its so annoying to play with! U know how i can higher my resolution without having 'such black spots' ?
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Should have nothing to do with r_mode 8. It's possible that you have a lower "r_displayrefresh" with a higher "r_mode". I used to get weird colours when I switched to a lower refresh rate. If it's not that, it's probably nothing related to the "r_mode" command.
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Haha, it seems like a lot of people did when I managed to stick to settings and play active. I remember Ross and butchji whining at me for an entire match eventhough we were losing. Didn't help that I liked to play with a different name every game, but you usually recognized me when I used those metal inspired names!

But even if you doubted me from time to time, you always stood up for me if they tried to kick me from a public server! Now that's a true friend! :D
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And whats default r_mode? 4?
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<3 :D
You still playing a little or stopped for good now?
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I still play sometimes
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I stopped playing. Mainly playing singleplayer games, takes up less time and it's less addictive. You? I guess UK is no longer either? Good times, but I'm done with the game though :D
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Still playing pub a ltitle but nothing serious any more.
UK dead, few of us still idling in the channel but that's about it. I still see English playing ET some times but that's about it left from there I think. Or Gnome.
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wait what? cf community being actually nice to a newcomer? fuck dat shit tomorrow it will be snowing in africa
These comments helped me a lot! Thx y'all!
Go for something like 105 fov :) You sound awful alot like me hahaha
Alltho adeto, lettu and crook prwrty much Said it all id like To add that one of the Most inportant things arter finding settings is ur mind. Trust ur aim and urself
Just like me not so long ago. I was complete shit at this game and I would blame my cfg. Spent 50+ hours just combining others configs, finding settings that I want to use etc. etc. After all of that I made a cfg that me and all my friends now use. Complete with scripts, top notch graphics (fps and visibility-wise), all the binds I needed and shit. After that I realised that I spent so many hours just studying others cfgs and mine isn't anything like theirs. It's completely different and it suits just me. You can get used to any settings possible and almost no settings will make you any better. Just find what seems to be comfortable.

ps. I'm still shit at this game.
why are here so incedibly many serious answers? the fuck
i guess we have gotten to the point where instead of calling people newfags, we accept new players because we dont want etpro to die.
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Or this is just lone island :p
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oh god :XDDDDDD 4/5 bro u almost got me
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It's nice to see someone who is still learning things about the game. I have great memories of my time in this game and if I can help someone improve and get the same enjoyment out of this game, why not? :)
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I'm not saying it's bad, I was just really surprised.

Have a good day sir :)
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Lol people helping someone wtfffffff
find a config or build one from the top and stick with it. Changing something all the time will result in doubting/placebo effect :)
find the best resolution/r_mode and sens that fits you. good luck !
pm med+ config
Just select the highest fov, which u can still see and hit enemies far away,
select a sensi which you can turn 180 comfortably,
make sure your graphics settings are good for visibility,

Anyway configs are highly overrated. Its like a shoe for a tennis player. A pair of shoe will never make you a good tennis player, but its important for u to feel comfortable in it, also you dont slip in a good shoe etc.
You need a good config that will give you the basics to be able to improve, but a config will never make you a better player. Just make sure its not holding you back (for example if u have a small monitor you shouldnt play with 110 fov, because u cant see shit in the distance).
i stopped reading halfway because you seem to worry about the wrong things.
get a sens ur comfortable with, get some visual config you seem comfortable enough with and KEEP THEM.

most important step is to just KEEPING THOSE SETTINGS.
configs don't make you better. practising does.
best is finding a config and settings you are comfortable with, and just sticking with it. ET isn't about settings and config (I almost the same on other peoples setup). I've played with mine for over half a decade, and a lot of people seem to like it as well -- you could give it a try if you want. http://borge.nl/et/cfg.rar
"best is finding a config and settings you are comfortable with"
Wow, says exactly nothing. But dont worry, everyone repeats this shit
Its like: to kill enemy u need to aim on head, to win a match u have to make obj faster than enemy, im fcking prophet
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sometimes i kill enemy without even giving headshots
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I know, it happens when u play with me or apricot and u stealing our frags.
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No. It's impossible for someone else to know what another person would be comfortable with.
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So read my essey below. That mean.
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Headshots overrated.
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True,webe cant win a match with 96 hs/ map :/
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can resolution really make a differenc?
It does make it, mostly on visual effects of how u see, u should keep it somewhere between 4 and 8, depends as well on ur GPU and ur monitor, altho u shouldn't overrate with it at very end.
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óh yes it does
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and i dont like cfg's where everything is different from colour or u can like hardly recognise the map where u play because the cfg changed all things, but now i know what to do and i should stop doubting :D again, thx all! Helped a lot
Np man, it's how a community of grown men should act. image: favicon
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After full of useless shit about using settings that u like i will try to explain u how changes of settings can change ur aim.
Higher fov makes u feel enemy's and mouse moves are slower and smoother, gives u better control aroud. But 2high fov makes invisible little mistakes of mouse moves. Lower fov is harder at the beggining, u need to learn aim by heart firstly but later when u learn it its easier to fix little tracking mistakes. High sensitivity in game is easier to control, gives u better tracking but sensitivity decides about highest possible skill to achieve, for example if u'll get sensitivty 50 and 50 dpi, controlling every point is simple, but hitting hs on long distance is random or impossible. Lower sensitivity is harder to control but edge of mistake is bigger, for example 3x lower sens in game gives u 3x more points on enemy's hitbox, also lower sens gives u better feeling of mouse position. 2low sensitivity in game gives u negative accel -> fast mouse moves are reported as slower than they were ( comes from quake engine, depends on resolution and fps, higher values gives u higher max speed without neg accel, sometimes comes from mouse sensor if its old or bad). Dpi changes balance between control and tracking, lower dpi - harder tracking, easier control, higher dpi easier tracking, harder control. 2 high dpi will prevent u tracking on distance, 2low dpi will make ur aim shaky (ofc as effect of practice, at the beginning its inverted), u'll lose control and tracking on close distance. I can recommend u highest dpi u can control.
R_stencilbits "8"

See dyna get planted through wall. :aweyeah:
fov 90 is good but hard to get use to it. just stick with that. and dont go under 120hz.
Never seen this many helpful comments in Crossfire.
I guess because everyone went through these stuff at least once :p
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cl_mouseaccel 0.08 -> insta med+
np
fov 90 insta win
Nicht so frech!
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@KareN what does that do?
@crook i did /r_mode 8 and i got like a shadow on my gun and on the walls when i walk, as they are like dark spots on the map, its so annoying to play with! U know how i can higher my resolution without having 'such black spots' ?
you can reply to a comment directly by clicking on the "REPLY" button :)
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I replied. See above.
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learn to play with mouseaccel = all problems about high/lowsens bullshit solved.
ggwp
and can anyone recommend me the settings of m_pitch and m_yaw? im using 2.06 sens now and thats good :D
both default for the win
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delete game and quit
nice to see so many positive comments
I really dont care about the negative ones
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