• Set the Resolution to highest. For me it was low and the game looked very ugly by default
  
• Set Font/Ui size to normal or huge or whatever you find good
  
• Brightness and Contrast - very important settings, you might want to play with these and see which is best for you. For me brightness=0.02, contrast=1.20
  
• Leave Ambient and Intensity settings to default. (Ambient=4.50, Intensity=1.00)
  

(01-19-2012, 06:07 AM)Halogene Wrote: One of the first things to adjust is the brightness and contrast, so that shadows are not too impenetrable, and areas of alternating light and dark don't create difficulties in tracking opponents.

(01-19-2012, 06:07 AM)Halogene Wrote: Eye-candy can make the game very appealing to look at, but can also act to obscure in-game events - the flares and smoke caused by rockets, for example, can make spotting your target much more difficult in the heat of battle. Eye-candy also incurs performance hits on slower machines. Many players disable some of the visual effects, so as to make the game easier to play in this regard (things to turn off include Bloom, HDR, Gloss, Coronas and all the Realtime stuff in the settings/effects menu). Although it may seem as if removing visual (and audio) effects will make the game less immersive by reducing the mood which the game designers were aiming for, in the long run it will make it much more rewarding and fun to play. Darkness and shadows make it harder to spot opponents or items and end up being frustrating.

• Set all sliders to low
  
• Uncheck the Decals box - so dead enemies don't lay there and confuse you
  
• Uncheck Coronas box
  
• Set lighting to No dynamic lighting
  
• Enable the Reflections and set to sharp. This enables the visibility through "blue portal" things found on some maps.
  

(01-19-2012, 06:07 AM)Halogene Wrote: Although music can enhance the feeling of a game by complementing the action, it can also obscure the sounds of other events - such as players shooting at you or picking up items nearby. For this reason, many people turn off music while playing

• Uncheck the Music box
  
• Disable the Chat message sound
  
• If you use headphones, check the Headphone friendly mode
  
• Set number of channels to how many speakers you have
  

• Check Disable gore effects and harsh language
  
• If you want to appear in the leaderboard statistics here, check the 2 other boxes
  

• Set Network Speed to whatever you have
  
• I set Framerate Maximum to Unlimited and Target to 200, and Idle limit to 10.
  

• Set your Model to Mega Erebus and both model and weapon colors to bright green.
  
  
• Crosshair is something that everyone should decide what is comfortable with.
  • Selecting Per weapon crosshair by default sets a small circle for minstagib.
    
  • If you select Custom crosshair, test whichever you feel comfortable with. Usually I prefer these 7th in first row or 3rd & 5th in second row.
    
  • Play with Crosshair size and find the best size for you. (I choose 0.30)
    
  • Crosshair alpha is how bright it is. Usually I set it to 1, except when I use 7th from first row, in which case I use 0.6.
    Set crosshair color to custom and set a color. I set it to bright red, so it's comfortable to see on green enemies.
    
  
  
• Other crosshair settings
  • Check Enable center crosshair dot and set the size you feel comfortable with. The dot size changes for different crosshairs.
    
  • Uncheck the Blur crosshair if the shot is obstructed and Animate when picking up an item boxes.
    
  
  
• Model settings
  • Set Body fading to 0.
    
  • Check the Force player models to mine and Force player colors to mine boxes.
    

  (01-19-2012, 06:07 AM)Halogene Wrote: A very useful setting is to use bright player models. You can choose to replace the player models and colors chosen by thy other players with your own player model and/or colors. Now if you yourself choose the Mega Erebus model (which is the only fullbright model and therefore far easier to spot than models lighted dynamically according to the light situation of the spot they currently move in), you can make everyone get displayed with that model and so be extremely visible to you. Note that this works only if you select "Mega Erebus" for yourself. So by making everyone extremely visible to you, you become extremely visible yourself to everyone, even if those didn't enable fullbright models. Which is rather fair.

  
  
• View settings
  • Set Field of view to something bigger than 100. Usually I prefer 120, but you might find other numbers better.
    
  • Uncheck the Smooth the view when landing from a jump and Smooth the view while crouching boxes
    

    (01-19-2012, 06:07 AM)Halogene Wrote: try increasing you field of view (fov) - the amount you can see to the left and right. By default, Xonotic uses a fov of 90 degrees. Increasing this improves your peripheral vision, but also makes everything seem smaller and thus reduces your ability to aim. Decreasing it has the opposite effect. Most gamers find a nice balance somewhere around fov 100-120.

  
  
• Weapon settings
  • You can uncheck the Draw 1st person weapon model. This needs time to get used to.
    
  • Disable the Gun model swaying and Gun model bobbing boxes
    
  
  
• HUD settings
  • Set Damage Overlay to 0
    
  • Disable the Show names above players box
    
  • Now Enter HUD editor
    Disable all the panels which are visible during a game. Double click on them and uncheck the Enable panel box. Who needs the health and armor indicators and minimap for instagib? They only clutter the display.
    

Quote:I set Framerate Maximum to Unlimited and Target to 200, and Idle limit to 10.

(08-29-2012, 03:28 AM)asyyy Wrote: Setting framerate to maximum can give you input lag, better use a fixed value like 125.

(08-29-2012, 03:28 AM)asyyy Wrote: Also with a high fov and fast mouse sensitivity, in instagib you will always be disadvantaged versus players who use a low fov (85-100) and mid-low sensitivity (25+cm/360). They have more precision and you lose time on zooming which is deadly when the opponents are fast shooters.

(08-29-2012, 06:27 AM)asyyy Wrote: Well but without the optimal config you will always be stuck at "not that bad".