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Post by ][nquisitor Mateo on Jan 28, 2011 0:30:04 GMT -5
Last Christmas, I got a new computer, at the same time, my XBL expired on December 25, and Steam was selling games for 85% off.
So, now I am playing BC2 and Nam on my comp, and I'm absolutely terrible, I can barely see distant enemies, and my aim is shit.
What can I do to fix this?
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Post by phale on Jan 28, 2011 0:36:47 GMT -5
Get better? LOL
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Post by aranshada on Jan 28, 2011 1:12:55 GMT -5
Get a bigger monitor, make sure you have a decent mouse, and practice. I've only ever used a mouse to play FPSs, so when I play on console I suck. I also have a hard time moving on consoles because I can never really go forward in a straight line. On PC it's simple - I hold down W and I go forward in a straight line. If I hit A or D at the same time, a certain amount of force is added left or right - I can almost calculate it in my head. On a console, it's just really hard for me to go straight in any direction, so I usually end up in some sort of weave pattern or something.
If you're not used to a mouse, all I can say is practice. Figure out if you're a high sensitivity gamer or a low sensitivity gamer (with relation to the mouse) and tweak your setup accordingly.
Also, I've just always had problems with BC2 (haven't bought Nam, and I might not). It takes a while to get used to the aiming vs other FPSs. The main thing you'll want to focus on is movement and completing objectives. Also, staying with squad mates, or at least staying with a team mate will help you out a LOT. It'll give you back up, and it'll give the enemy someone else to shoot at.
My biggest problem with almost every FPS I've ever played is target acquisition. So I bought a nice 22" monitor and run games in HD - 1920x1080. It's hardly a problem anymore (unless the graphics are bottomed out for performance reasons). Distant enemies are supposed to be hard to see, but eventually you'll get the hang of picking out a human silhouette on the horizon or even spotting when part of the map looks out of place. I still miss a lot of enemies that I mutter to myself "I should've seen that guy," but that's just how it goes.
So to recap - to see enemies better get a bigger monitor with a higher resolution, and eventually you'll also learn how to spot a human shape and tell when part of the map looks out of place. As for aiming, you'll just have to practice with the mouse, but also make sure you have a decent mouse and mousing surface - doesn't matter how good your aim is if your mouse either a) doesn't track smoothly or b) doesn't physically move at a consistent rate over the mousing surface.
I personally use a Razer Abyssus with an Xtrac Ripper XL. I sometimes swap to my MX518, though, but I used a claw grip for 8 years, and a habit like that is kind of hard to shake.
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Post by ][nquisitor Mateo on Jan 28, 2011 1:17:07 GMT -5
1. It's a laptop, the screen is of decent size though
2. I'm not even sure why I have prolems aiming either, my mouse is nice, and I've been playing CS:S, Garry's Mod, and other games for a few years.
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Post by aranshada on Jan 28, 2011 1:23:21 GMT -5
The aiming is pretty different from those games. It seems to me to be slightly more laggy or whatever... you're most likely going to just have to get used to BC2 aiming vs CS:S aiming.
God knows I had a massive problem switching from CoD, but then BC2 is a game where if you don't already have him lined up in your sights, you probably won't get the kill anyway. The main strength is having enough teamwork to allow yourself the time to line up the shot.
So again, practice is probably going to be the only cure here.
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Post by Aphoristic on Jan 28, 2011 1:24:35 GMT -5
1. It's a laptop, the screen is of decent size though2. I'm not even sure why I have prolems aiming either, my mouse is nice, and I've been playing CS:S, Garry's Mod, and other games for a few years. Problem identified. Solution: Get a desktop.
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Post by ][nquisitor Mateo on Jan 28, 2011 1:26:21 GMT -5
Lol, no, desktops are completely useless. A laptop can do everything and is portable.
Besides, 1366 x 768 is enough.
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Post by aranshada on Jan 28, 2011 1:28:38 GMT -5
Laptop can't fit two nVidia GTX 580s in it. =) Also, you could still probably hook up a secondary monitor and bump that to full HD. =)
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Post by ][nquisitor Mateo on Jan 28, 2011 1:31:10 GMT -5
A 1GB video card is more than enough for almost anything nowadays, thank you.
The idea of hooking it up to a TV is a good one though...
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Post by raxcoswell on Jan 28, 2011 9:34:38 GMT -5
Man I didn't think there was anything cooler than a PC vs console argument but boy was I wrong!
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Post by rubionubio on Jan 28, 2011 12:52:12 GMT -5
A 1GB video card is more than enough for almost anything nowadays, thank you. The idea of hooking it up to a TV is a good one though... I hate to continue this awful line of conversation, but this is like saying that "My Pentium 4 PC will do anything because it has 8 GB of RAM and a 1TB hard drive." Memory size /= processing power.
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Post by aranshada on Jan 28, 2011 13:11:41 GMT -5
Man I didn't think there was anything cooler than a PC vs console argument but boy was I wrong! Oh yeah. Desktop fans will always bash laptops because they are fundamentally flawed, and laptop fans will bash desktops because a laptop can "technically" do anything a desktop can. What they fail to realize is that the only thing a laptop will always do "better" is portability. But that's not the point of this thread. The point is to find constructive ideas for a solution to his problem of a) not seeing enemies and b) not being able to aim at enemies. I've already submitted my ideas - bigger monitor (external, since it's a laptop), check mouse stuff, and practice.
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Post by kobefan012345 on Jan 28, 2011 14:20:26 GMT -5
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Post by kobefan012345 on Jan 28, 2011 14:23:18 GMT -5
OR, get a PS3 IT ONLY DOES EVERYTHING!
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Post by aranshada on Jan 28, 2011 16:48:38 GMT -5
OR, get a PS3 IT ONLY DOES EVERYTHING! Yeah, since they're about to go on sale for somewhere around $20 a system seeing as nobody wants to play hacked games all day long.
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Post by kobefan012345 on Jan 28, 2011 19:11:09 GMT -5
Don't be jealous because you cant play blu-ray games on your desktop buddy. Everything will be allright
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Post by aranshada on Jan 28, 2011 19:45:44 GMT -5
Considering the 12GB of RAM I have for stuffing textures into as opposed to the paltry 512MB total RAM the PS3 has for video memory and main memory...
Damn this thing keeps getting off topic...
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Post by kobefan012345 on Jan 28, 2011 20:04:02 GMT -5
I said blu ray, not RAM. I bet a PS3 with the HD input on a plasma screen TV will have better graphics than your computer
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Post by Keralastic on Jan 28, 2011 20:20:43 GMT -5
Alright, alright, that's enough of that.
This thread isn't "PC vs PS3", it's "How to adjust from 360 to PC."
Keep it on topic, people.
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Post by kobefan012345 on Jan 28, 2011 20:26:56 GMT -5
K will do
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Post by Contrary on Jan 28, 2011 20:47:06 GMT -5
naw man its a just a random slum. i have those all the time in all kinds of games, especially cod. just keep playing and youll get over it. take a break if you really need to. after a couple of days, get a good night's sleep,m take a shower, change up your classes, and try again.
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Post by raxcoswell on Jan 29, 2011 6:23:14 GMT -5
Yeah general loss of form is a problem for me. If I start a day badly it tends not to improve. Clearly I am weak mentally. And, when I'm doing well, I want to finish while doing well or go out on a high, feel pressure over failure and often stop playing pretty early. Used to be more of a cod problem for me but now I'm pretty consistent in that, but this week my battlefielding has been piss poor, not only did my stats not continue their upward climb. Some even went down (my precious engineer K/D ;( )
But I think this chap's only problem is more to do with changing input controls completely. I can't use mouse/keyboard for toss anymore either so I guess I'm no use. I guess I'd suggest playing something loose and easy as general practice for the method. I'd get stressed out playing BF and being on a losing team and not being able to make my guy do what I want. But play some other game where you literally don't have the ability to give a fuck
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Post by ZeroKelvin^ on Jan 29, 2011 6:33:33 GMT -5
dam that, the stats page clearly shows how my K/D went down with vietnam
noooooooooo
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Post by ][nquisitor Mateo on Jan 29, 2011 11:47:13 GMT -5
Update
Ok, so it seems I was just in a rut. The real problem is that I don't have perks, and my helicopter skills with a keyboard are shit.
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Post by infininja on Jan 29, 2011 12:15:28 GMT -5
The real problem is that I don't have perks
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Post by raxcoswell on Jan 29, 2011 13:48:27 GMT -5
dam that, the stats page clearly shows how my K/D went down with vietnam noooooooooo yeah my stats nosedived with the release of vietnam. engineer K/D especially, since there's much less opportunity to hide in nice safe vehicles
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Post by dog on Feb 3, 2011 11:00:43 GMT -5
Lol, no, desktops are completely useless. A laptop can do everything and is portable. Besides, 1366 x 768 is enough. And I thought my 1920x1080 is pretty small. The bigger the monitor/resolution, the better. You have to trust us on this one. If you have the buck, try getting tri-monitor eyefinity setup. EDIT: I think I need help from you guys as well. I got problem adapting from CoD to BC2. Mainly because the mouse settings in BC2 feels so... unresponsive.
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Post by aranshada on Feb 3, 2011 12:15:06 GMT -5
I got problem adapting from CoD to BC2. Mainly because the mouse settings in BC2 feels so... unresponsive. I went through that a while back. All I could do is get a better gaming mouse (or start using one of the gaming mice I already had), turn the sensitivity down and the DPI up. There are some tweaks that are supposed to remove acceleration/negative acceleration and give the mouse a "smoother" feel, but all it did for me was make the mouse feel very clicky - like, the crosshair could "click" between pixels after I'd moved my mouse for 4-5 counts, and the pixel-click-grid was rather large, so it was not uncommon that I couldn't even aim at a guy while sniping. So I'd say don't try the "tweaks" (unless you really want to), and use a high DPI while playing. It tends to negate some of the "non-smooth" feeling. Other than that, again my main advice is practice and get used to it. I remember someone said once, "BFBC2 isn't so much about aim as CoD - you can have piss poor aim and still come out on top if your teamwork is good." About the only thing you really need good "aim" for is sniping, considering the weapons have relatively little recoil compared to CoD. Also, turn off vsync. Vsync is the devil when it comes to mouse input.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2011 13:58:46 GMT -5
The "unresponsive" thing goes away after you spend a few days or a week away from COD. I hated the controls of BC2 at first on Xbox, but after a week of kickin' ass in good squads my aiming has improved a lot. There is just more "slack" in the controls with BC2, if that makes any sense. I'm staying away from COD for a while anyway, having too much fun on Battlefield.
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Post by aequinox on Feb 8, 2011 20:16:31 GMT -5
What? He just bought a laptop. For similar performance, laptops cost twice as much as desktops (on average, of course).
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