h1. Preface
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-WORK IN PROGRESS - Last Update Apr.23, 2014
+WORK IN PROGRESS - Last Update Apr.24, 2014
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This tutorial aims at showing all fundamental aspects of vanilla gameplay to enable new players to pick up the ropes quickly. It includes the information of all six blog posts of the !http://xonotic.org/tag/newbie(Newbie Corner)!:http://xonotic.org/tag/newbie as well as some new things that have changed or that I didn't think about back then.
h1. Gameplay Tricks
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-<a href="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2014/04/Gameplay-Tricks.png"><img class=" wp-image-3610 aligncenter" alt="Gameplay-Tricks" src="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2014/04/Gameplay-Tricks.png" width="800" /></a>
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+!http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2014/04/Gameplay-Tricks-thumb.png(Gameplay Tricks)!:http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2014/04/Gameplay-Tricks.png
Now that we've been examining movement and weapons, the air for new newbie stuff is starting to get thinner and thinner, but there's still enough material left to be covered by one or two newbie corners, so let's get started! In this section I'll be providing some general gameplay hints that hopefully will make your life as a newbie out there on the servers easier – and longer :)
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-[caption id="attachment_3314" align="aligncenter" width="480"]<a href="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/02/combo.png"><img class=" wp-image-3314 " title="Weapon Comboing" alt="combo" src="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/02/combo.png" width="480" /></a> Weapon Comboing[/caption]
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+h2. Weapon Comboing
+!http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2014/04/combo-thumb.png(Weapon Comboing)!:http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/02/combo.png
First of all, Xonotic encourages the usage of weapon combos. How so? Well, if you shoot, you will have to wait a short while (the refire time) until that weapon is able to shoot again, unless you're holding a constant or rapid fire weapon (currently only hagar and mg). The refire time is rather short so it doesn't feel like limiting you much if you're not aware of the concept of weapon combos. But if you switch your weapon immediately after you shoot, you can land a second shot with the second weapon faster than you would be able to with a second shot of the first weapon, as the refire time is longer than the weapon switch delay. This way you are able to deal more damage per second by combining different weapons. Additionally, combining weapons also enables you to combine the specific benefits of two weapons, like slowing down a fast target with crylink in order to be able to easier finish it off with an instahit gun such as nex.
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-[caption id="attachment_3322" align="aligncenter" width="480"]<a href="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/02/keyboard.png"><img class=" wp-image-3322 " title="Keyboard Setup" alt="keyboard" src="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/02/keyboard.png" width="480" /></a> Keyboard Setup[/caption]
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+h2. Keyboard Setup
+!http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2014/04/keyboard-thumb.png(Keyboard Setup)!:http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/02/keyboard.png
This leads to the problem that it's terrible difficult for any orthopedic healthy and sane person to do weapon combos efficiently and reliably with the default keyboard layout or (omg!) the mouse wheel. Fortunately, Xonotic allows you to re-configure the entire keyboard bindings very easily (settings window → input tab). I consider direct weapon binds per weapon the easiest way to access any weapon immediately, and would strongly recommend to place the relevant binds around your movement keys or on extra mouse buttons your desktop rodent may have. You will have to find a solution that feels comfortable for you, which might require some experimenting. I for example moved my movement keys from wasd to esdf in order to have more keys available around my movement keys for weapon binds. But that's just an example, you'll have to find out what works best for you.
Don't worry, impacts on your playing skills that result from redesigning your keyboard layout will, once you found a comfortable setup, be temporary only and the change WILL pay off in the longrun. Being able to pick the right weapon for the job instantly by means of a finger reflex is a great advantage in a FPS that is as fast paced as Xonotic.
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-[caption id="attachment_3333" align="aligncenter" width="480"]<a href="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/02/splash.png"><img class=" wp-image-3333 " title="Splash Damage Travels Through Walls" alt="splash" src="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/02/splash.png" width="480" /></a> Splash Damage Travels Through Walls[/caption]
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+h2. Splash Damage Travels Through Walls
+!http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2014/04/splash-thumb.png(Splash Damage Travels Through Walls)!:http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/02/splash.png
Another thing you should be aware of is that splash damage travels through walls. Knowledge of this fact can come in very handy at various situations. Especially if you know or suspect someone to be on a higher level above you and the ceiling is thin, you can just try a lucky mortar or rocket shot at the ceiling. The hit indicator sound (that little beep) will tell you if your guess was right. If you're very confident about the location of your opponent, you can even unleash an electro combo (see the weapons part above, electro) at the ceiling, which works surprisingly well and does a great amount of splash damage, but takes a bit more time to do.
Using splash damage that travels through walls is a very useful and secure technique, as the opponent will obviously not able to fire back at the same time.
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-[caption id="attachment_3331" align="aligncenter" width="480"]<a href="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/02/healthy.png"><img class=" wp-image-3331 " title="Pick up Armor and Health" alt="healthy" src="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/02/healthy.png" width="480" /></a> Pick up Armor and Health[/caption]
+h2. Stay Healthy
+!http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2014/04/healthy-thumb.png(Stay Healthy)!:http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/02/healthy.png
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-This is something which is almost too obvious to be included here, but I've seen so many new players running right past health and armor pickups without taking them. In Xonotic, your starting health of 100 can be brought below zero very quickly. It takes any experienced player two shots to accomplish this, which typically are a two weapon combo so this goes REALLY fast. If ONE player can finish you off that fast, imagine how long your life lasts in a typical EIGHT player deathmatch. This is why it is absolutely crucial to pick up any health and armor you might find on your way, unless of course this puts you in a dangerous position that outweighs the advantages of a health/armor boost. A mega armor or mega health gives you additional 100 health or armor points respectively, which obviously equals the amount of damage you can take with your starting health – you could consider a mega armor or mega health an extra life. Megas respawn within 30 seconds of being taken.
+This is something which is almost too obvious to be included here, but I've seen so many new players running right past health and armor pickups without taking them. In Xonotic, your starting health of 100 can be brought below zero very quickly. It takes any experienced player two shots to accomplish this, which typically are a two weapon combo so this goes *really* fast. If ONE player can finish you off that fast, imagine how long your life lasts in a typical EIGHT player deathmatch. This is why it is absolutely crucial to pick up any health and armor you might find on your way, unless of course this puts you in a dangerous position that outweighs the advantages of a health/armor boost. A mega armor or mega health gives you additional 100 health or armor points respectively, which obviously equals the amount of damage you can take with your starting health – you could consider a mega armor or mega health an extra life. Megas respawn within 30 seconds of being taken.
However, note that if you are above 100 health/armor, both health and armor will start to rot down to 100 a short while after you picked up your last health or armor respectively. The higher above 100 you are, the faster the rot goes. On the other hand if you are below 100 health, your health will start to regenerate a short while after you took damage for the last time. Again, the lower your health is, the faster it regenerates. This means if you get out of a battle with really low health and there is no health pickup anywhere near, it can be a good idea to retreat to a place out of action until you managed to regenerate a bit. Armor obviously does not regenerate.
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-[caption id="attachment_3325" align="aligncenter" width="480"]<a href="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/02/listen.png"><img class=" wp-image-3325 " title="Listen" alt="listen" src="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/02/listen.png" width="480" /></a> Listen[/caption]
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+h2. Listen
+!http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2014/04/listen-thumb.png(Listen)!:http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/02/listen.png
The fewer players you have in a match, the more important it gets to listen to the sounds they make. Each armor or health pickup size has its own distinctive pickup sound. Pickup sounds are louder and therefore easier to notice even at some distance than footsteps. If you know where which pickups are on the map you're playing, you'll be very often able to know where other players are before seeing them just by listening to the pickup sounds they make.
Also note that the sound a player makes when getting hit varies depending on how low that player's health is. When you hit a player and you hear the characteristic “very low health groan” (most newbies know that sound primarily from their own player model... :D), you'll know that you'll only need to deal a few damage points to finish that player off, so you can go for fast high spread (mg, shotgun) or fast splash damage weapons (crylink). Listening is a very important part of duel gameplay.
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-[caption id="attachment_3619" align="aligncenter" width="480"]<a href="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2014/04/Console-ABC.png"><img class=" wp-image-3619 " title="Console ABC" alt="Console-ABC" src="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2014/04/Console-ABC.png" width="480" /></a> Console ABC[/caption]
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+h2. Console ABC
+!http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2014/04/Console-ABC-thumb.png(Console ABC)!:http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2014/04/Console-ABC.png
Though the Xonotic menu is very powerful and offers almost every option you could wish for, some times it is faster and simpler to change settings via the built-in console. You can open the console by pressing <Shift> <ESC>. Now you have a command prompt where you can query and change settings or execute commands. If you already know how a command you are going to type is called, you can just type the first few letters and hit <TAB>. This will automatically complete the command. If the letters match several possible commands, it will auto-complete to the extent all potential completions match and show you all potential completions. For example, typing "cross" in console and hitting <TAB> will auto-complete to "crosshair" and show the commands like "crosshair", "crosshair_alpha",... If you try this you will notice the console will show you not only the possible command completions, but also more info to each possible completion: what is its current (local!) setting, what is its default setting (in square brackets) and a short description what the command does.
If you'd like to know more about the Xonotic console, check out <a href="http://forums.xonotic.org/showthread.php?tid=2987">BlaXpirit's forum thread about console tips and tricks</a>. In case you find consoles a little too nerdy, you can change game settings in a similar detailedness also via the "Advanced Settings" dialog located in the Settings Window → Misc Tab. The search function there works just like the apropos command in the console.
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+h1. Optimizing Perception
-<a href="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/09/effects.png"><img class=" wp-image-3514 aligncenter" alt="effects" src="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/09/effects.png" width="800" /></a>
+Xonotic aims to be pretty and to offer an immersive gameplay experience by using realistic lighting, complex particle effects and a harmonious sound environment. Whereas all these elements may help you to dive deeper into the game atmosphere, they also provide an overhead of information for you to process that sometimes has no other use than creating such atmosphere. In some cases this can even lead to gameplay relevant information getting lost under such overhead. This section deals with configuring Xonotic so you can see and hear well at the cost of atmosphere (a lot of which will get lost in the process).
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+To apply the tweaks I'll resort to showing console commands mostly, simply because it is much shorter to just show the command here than to describe the menu path where to set the relevant configuration option. So be sure to have read [[Halogene's Newbie Corner#Console-ABC|the Console-ABC section]] if you're not already familiar with the Xonotic console.
-Xonotic aims to be pretty. I myself usually play with more or less regular settings because I like to experience the great work developers, modelers and mappers have done to create decent graphics. But if you intend to play competitively, it can be to your advantage to lower the complexity of what is displayed in order to be able to fully focus on the information that is relevant for your gameplay. In this section I will try to point out a couple of settings that can help reduce complexity while maintaining all relevant information. Be warned though, if you follow all suggestions contained in this section your game will look pug-ugly to say the best.
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+h2. Visuals
+!http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2014/04/effects-double-thumb.png(Visuals)!:http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/09/effects.png
-[caption id="attachment_3475" align="aligncenter" width="480"]<a href="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/09/damageblur.png"><img class=" wp-image-3475 " title="Damage Blur" alt="damageblur" src="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/09/damageblur.png" width="480" /></a> Damage Blur[/caption]
+First of all let me state that I myself usually play with more or less regular settings because I like to experience the great work developers, modelers and mappers have done to create decent graphics. But if you intend to play competitively, it can be to your advantage to lower the complexity of what is displayed in order to be able to fully focus on the information that is relevant for your gameplay. In this section I will try to point out a couple of settings that can help reduce complexity while maintaining all relevant information. Be warned though, if you follow all suggestions contained in this section your game will look pug-ugly to say the best.
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+h3. Damage Blur
+!http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2014/04/damageblur-thumb.png(Damage Blur)!:http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/09/damageblur.png
The first thing to do is to disable the damage blur. Getting hit is already bad enough, you won't want to punish yourself with temporary blindness additionally. This is so crucial that I even disabled this "feature" in the left screenshot above in the "Visuals" caption, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to see a thing there. If you haven't done so already, disable this by doing
-<blockquote>hud_damage_blur 0</blockquote>
+<pre>hud_damage_blur 0</pre>
While we're at it, we can also reduce the damage flash when getting hit:
-<blockquote>hud_damage 0.4</blockquote>
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+<pre>hud_damage 0.4</pre>
-[caption id="attachment_3469" align="aligncenter" width="480"]<a href="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/09/fov-double.png"><img class=" wp-image-3469 " title="Field of View" alt="fov-double" src="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/09/fov-double.png" width="480" /></a> Field of View[/caption]
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+h3. Field of View
+!http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2014/04/fov-double-thumb.png(Field of View)!:http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/09/fov-double.png
It obviously is crucial to see what is happening around you. To increase the area that you can see, adjust the field of view to your liking. While the default value is at 90, I personally play with a field of view of 120, and find this a quite usable setting. Remember though, that changing the field of view has an impact on your ability to aim, very similar to changing settings of your mouse sensitivity. The higher the field of view, the harder it can be to aim. I have a lousy aim anyway, so I can play with fov 120 alright. You can change the field of view in the menu or via console by:
-<blockquote>fov 120 (adjust to your liking)</blockquote>
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+<pre>fov 120 (adjust to your liking)</pre>
-[caption id="attachment_3487" align="aligncenter" width="480"]<a href="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/09/forceplayers-double.png"><img class=" wp-image-3487 " title="Visible Players" alt="forceplayers-double" src="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/09/forceplayers-double.png" width="480" /></a> Visible Players[/caption]
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+h3. Visible Players
+!http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2014/04/forceplayers-double-thumb.png(Visible Players)!:http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/09/forceplayers-double.png
Most player models are really hard to spot, as they are optimized to look good and, to some extent, realistic. This means their textures are subject to the usual rendering procedures which calculate how much light from the surroundings will be reflected by the player models. Consequently, most models are hard to see in dark corners, and don't have a strong contrast to the background in general. There is one model though that uses "fullbright" textures, which are always displayed at full brightness, and this is the "Mega Erebus". Now there is a way to make every other player be displayed to you as "Mega Erebus" even if they selected a different model, and you can do that by selecting it for your own player and forcing your own model on everyone. This can be done via menu, but here's the console command:
-<blockquote>cl_forceplayermodels 1</blockquote>
+<pre>cl_forceplayermodels 1</pre>
Be warned though that the sounds other players make still remain the same, so don't be shocked if a Mega Erebus is commenting to you in a Pinky Pie voice on servers that have ponies enabled. If you dislike other people using colors that may blend too well into the map, you can also select a particularly bright color for yourself and force it onto everyone as well:
-<blockquote>cl_forceplayercolors 1</blockquote>
+<pre>cl_forceplayercolors 1</pre>
These settings obviously have the disadvantage that you become extremely visible to everyone else, too - but it would be rather unfair if you could make everyone extremely visible while staying a grey mouse, wouldn't it?
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+h3. Particle Effects
+!http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2014/04/other-effects-thumb.png(Particle Effects)!:http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/09/other-effects.png
I personally strongly dislike blood splatter and gibs flying around as a matter of taste, but disabling all the gory mess also has visual advantages beyond personal preference. The more unnecessary detail gets rendered, the harder it is to filter out the information that is actually relevant. Therefore, turning off gibs is a good way to get rid of a whole bunch of effects that only get in your way if you want to keep an overview in the heat of a fight:
-<blockquote>cl_gentle_gibs 1 (note that you may need to restart Xonotic or reconnect for this change to take effect)</blockquote>
+<pre>cl_gentle_gibs 1 (note that you may need to restart Xonotic or reconnect for this change to take effect)</pre>
But not only gibs can obscure things, also particle effects of explosions, coronas and bloom can impact on visibility:
-<blockquote>cl_particles_alpha 0.2 (feel free to experiment with values between 0 and 1)
+<pre>cl_particles_alpha 0.2 (feel free to experiment with values between 0 and 1)
cl_particles_sparks 0
cl_particles_blood 0
r_coronas 0
-r_bloom 0</blockquote>
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+r_bloom 0</pre>
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+h3. Picmip and Simple Items
+!http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2014/04/picmip-and-simple-items-double-thumb.png(Picmip and Simple Items)!:http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/09/picmip-and-simple-items-double.png
Now the game still looks somewhat ok-ish. Time to change this! Let's get rid of all those details in textures that generate contrasts where it isn't needed:
-<blockquote>gl_picmip_world 10
-gl_texturecompression 1 (if you like, or need faster loading)</blockquote>
+<pre>gl_picmip_world 10
+gl_texturecompression 1 (if you like, or need faster loading)</pre>
What, still looks the same? Well, then do
-<blockquote>vid_restart</blockquote>
+<pre>vid_restart</pre>
and enjoy :D
Some people even like to replace the beautiful pickup models by twodimensional, bright sprites. I personally don't see a visibility benefit, but the bright symbols could be considered as easier to spot. To enable "simple items", do:
-<blockquote>cl_simple_items 1</blockquote>
+<pre>cl_simple_items 1</pre>
You will have to reconnect to the server (or, if you test it in a local game, type "restart" in console). Note that this change only works on servers that allow this setting to be used.
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-[caption id="attachment_3496" align="aligncenter" width="480"]<a href="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/09/crosshair.png"><img class=" wp-image-3496 " title="Crosshair" alt="crosshair" src="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/09/crosshair.png" width="480" /></a> Crosshair[/caption]
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+h3. Crosshair
+!http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2014/04/crosshair-thumb.png(Crosshair)!:http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/09/crosshair.png
The next thing is to set an always visible crosshair. Though I personally like the per-weapon crosshairs, they unfortunately are not very bright. With them, I often had the problem of identifying where that crosshair actually is in the middle of a battle. Even though I probably ended up landing quite some hits this way due to my particularly fuzzy aim which seldomly places the crosshair on the target, I decided to make the crosshair really visible, now that I deliberately chose to use the darn thing. You can very comfortably configure the crosshair via the menu or just copy my settings:
-<blockquote>crosshair 27 (this is really all about personal preference)
+<pre>crosshair 27 (this is really all about personal preference)
crosshair_alpha 1
crosshair_effect_scalefade 0
crosshair_effect_time 0
crosshair_ring 0 (this removes the nex ring, keep it if you like to see it)
crosshair_ring_reload 1 (mg reload ring might be useful)
crosshair_ring_reload_size 1 (adjust to your liking, default is too big imho)
-crosshair_size 0.28 (adjust to your liking)</blockquote>
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+crosshair_size 0.28 (adjust to your liking)</pre>
-[caption id="attachment_3510" align="aligncenter" width="480"]<a href="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/09/fine-tuning.png"><img class=" wp-image-3510 " title="Fine Tuning" alt="fine-tuning" src="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/09/fine-tuning.png" width="480" /></a> Fine Tuning[/caption]
+h3. Fine Tuning
+!http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2014/04/fine-tuning-thumb.png(Fine Tuning)!:http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/09/fine-tuning.png
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+If you have already set up weapon binds following the instructions [[Halogene's Newbie Corner#Keyboard Setup|above]] and are really confident about them, you might even choose to remove the rendered first person weapon model so it doesn't block your view:
-If you have already set up weapon binds following the instructions above (Gameplay Tricks, Keyboard Setup) and are really confident about them, you might even choose to remove the rendered first person weapon model so it doesn't block your view:
+<pre>r_drawviewmodel 0</pre>
-<blockquote>r_drawviewmodel 0</blockquote>
+Now you'll only know what weapon you hold by remembering the bind you pressed last and by the color of the crosshair. But if you managed to get the weapon binds into your cerebellum, this is manageable - decide for yourself if you're ready for this. I started using this setting when publishing the !http://www.xonotic.org/2013/09/halogenes-newbie-corner-part-6-optimizing-perception(Newbie Corner #6):http://www.xonotic.org/2013/09/halogenes-newbie-corner-part-6-optimizing-perception , and feel very comfortable with it for already quite a while.
-Now you'll only know what weapon you hold by remembering the bind you pressed last and by the color of the crosshair. But if you managed to get the weapon binds into your cerebellum, this is manageable - decide for yourself if you're ready for this. I started using this setting when publishing the <a href="http://www.xonotic.org/2013/09/halogenes-newbie-corner-part-6-optimizing-perception/">Newbie Corner #6</a>, and feel very comfortable with it for already quite a while
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When using the zoom to improve sight in a fast paced game like Xonotic, you won't want the view to be impaired by some mask around the crosshair that generates the impression you look through some binoculars or something:
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-<blockquote>cl_reticle 0</blockquote>
+<pre>cl_reticle 0</pre>
Also, who wants to waste time for the transition between zoom and non-zoom?
-<blockquote>cl_zoomspeed -1</blockquote>
+<pre>cl_zoomspeed -1</pre>
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Bobbing effects are generally only for conveying a "realistic feel" but don't serve a purpose that's important for the gameplay. Quite to the contrary, they make your view less steady. So you might want to switch off all sorts of bobbings:
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-<blockquote>cl_bobfall 0
+<pre>cl_bobfall 0
cl_bobmodel 0
-cl_bobup 0</blockquote>
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+cl_bobup 0</pre>
If you like to keep an eye on the action (and on who takes which items) when you get fragged, you can disable automatically showing the scoreboard when dead with:
+<pre>cl_deathscoreboard 0</pre>
-<blockquote>cl_deathscoreboard 0</blockquote>
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-<a href="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/09/audio.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3505" alt="audio" src="http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/09/audio.png" width="2000" height="400" /></a>
+h2. Audio
+!http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2014/04/audio-thumb.png(Audio)!:http://www.xonotic.org/m/uploads/2013/09/audio.png
Apart from all the visual stuff, you can of course also improve perception by adjusting the audio settings. While there is quite some remarkably good music in Xonotic, in-game music can distract you and predominate pickup or movement sounds that you might want to hear. The same goes for ambient sounds. Whereas these greatly add to the atmosphere of the game, they can prevent you from predicting where an opponent will come from, what the player's approximate health status is and what is being picked up. So if you can do without the atmosphere, you might want to turn those off via the menu.
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-THE END
+h1. THE END
I hope this wall of text remained readable. If not, I hope you enjoyed looking at the pictures :)
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