If this is enabled, your view will automatically adjust itself so that your
aim is always parallel to the surface you're standing on. You don't want your
aim to ever move unless it's you that's moving it, so turn this off.
Mouse Smoothing - Off
This seems to introduce a barely perceptible inertia effect to any mouse
movement, so that your aim will not stop immediately as you release the mouse.
Anything which interferes with precise aiming is bad, so disable it.
Mouse Sensitivity
This is up to you, and will depend on your own skill levels and weapon
choices, etc. My setting was 3.70: experiment with this value for yourself until you find one which suits you.
It is very much a play and see I have gone to 2.5 and now with my new mouse this is perfect.
There is a bind which enables you to switch between two different user-defined mouse speeds. This can be applied in difrent ways to help with game play and stylie
Invert Mouse - Off
This is the default setting, which will scroll your view upwards when you move
your mouse forwards, and downwards when you move it backwards. The On setting
is the inverse of this.
Instant Rocket Fire - Off
When this is enabled you won't be able to fire grouped rockets. Your
rocket-launcher will only ever fire one rocket or one grenade at a time.
Turning this off will let you choose whether you want one or many when you
fire - since leaving this switch off gives you both options, go with that.
This is where you set up your key binds. Fill in all the important ones, of
course, but I'd also recommend assigning a key to the console. Pick one you will remember but are unlikely to hit by accident. I
also suggest you choose a best weapon key (some people choose the middle mouse button).
This is another area you will want to customise to suit yourself, but your
crosshair might be particularly important. Many of the better online players
favour the small dot; I prefer a small red cross. Apparently, the smaller your
reticle is, the better your aim will get with practise, but try to choose a
colour in high contrast to the game environments so the reticle stands out
more.
Options > Weapons
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This list lets you tell the game which weapons you prefer above others. This
has a bearing on two things.
One is the auto-switch weapons feature, which I suggest you disable. When
enabled, it will refer to your weapons list every time you pick up a weapon
you don't have on you, and if the new weapon is higher on the list than the
weapon you are using, the game will swap automatically to the higher one. You
will quickly find that you don't always want this to happen, especially if you
pick up a weapon by accident - this can happen when you kill an enemy at point
blank range and their weapon pops out and lands in your arms.