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Competitive Settings for the Finals

Jul 10, 2024

Competitive Settings for the Finals

Overview

  • Increase FPS, lower input delay, improve game smoothness
  • Decrease visual clutter, improve visibility
  • Competitive advantage

Gameplay Settings

  • Enemy Team Colors: Keep this on to differentiate between teams
  • Hide Player Names: Personal preference (set to off)
  • Preferred Region: Set to your region (e.g., North America)
  • Crossplay: Turned on
  • **Crosshair Settings: **
    • Width: 1
    • Outline Width: 1
    • Color: Cyan Blue (red value turned all the way down)
    • Alternative color: Green
    • Outline: 0 (prefer black outlines)
    • Center Dot: On
      • Radius: 3
      • Opacity: 100

Video Settings

  • Window Mode: Full screen (least input delay)
  • Resolution: Stretched res recommended
    • 1728 x 1080 (preferred)
    • 1600 x 1080 (more stretched)
    • 1440 x 1080 (most stretched)
  • VSync: Disabled (adds input lag)
  • Nvidia Reflex: On (test On Plus Boost but watch for FPS drop)
  • Resolution Scaling Method:
    • TAOU 100% or
    • AMD FSR 2 at Quality
    • Avoid Nvidia DLSS and Intel XS (blur & ghosting)
  • Graphics Quality Settings:
    • Field of View: Max
    • Motion Blur: Disabled
    • Lens Distortion: Disabled
    • NVIDIA R Tracing: Static
    • View Distance: Low
    • Anti-Aliasing: Low
    • Shadows: Low
    • Post Processing: Low
    • Textures: Medium (minimal impact on FPS)
    • Effects: Low
    • Foliage: Low
    • Global Illumination Resolution: Low

Audio Settings

  • Master Volume: 100
  • Music Volume: 0 (distracting)
  • Sound Effects Volume: 100
  • Dialogue Volume: 60
  • Output Mode: Stereo
  • Night Mode: Off
  • Subtitles: Off
  • Subtitle Text Size: Small
  • Voice Chat: Enabled (personal preference for input/output devices)

Accessibility Settings

  • Color Blind Mode: Protanope (personal preference)
  • Subtitles: Off
  • Motion Blur: Off

Mouse and Keyboard Settings

  • Sensitivity:
    • DPI: 1600
    • Sensitivity: 16 (35 cm per 360)
    • Recommended Sensitive Range:
      • 800 DPI: 26-44
      • 1600 DPI: 13-22
  • Mouse Zoom Sensitivity Multiplier: 100
  • Mouse Focal Length: On
  • Mouse Input Vertical: Off

Keybinds

  • Jump: Scroll Wheel
  • Interact: Scroll Wheel
  • Toggle Shift: Enabled (movement consistency)
  • Crouch: Hold
  • ADS: Hold

Extra Tips For Performance and Visibility

  1. Sharpen rge Configuration:
  • Download file
    • Enable display-scaled image sharpening in Nvidia Control Panel
    • Add finals executable (discovery.exe) to program settings
    • Adjust sharpening to .3 (can increase if using stretched resolution)
  1. Steam Settings:
  • Right-click on Finals in Steam Library > Manage > Browse Local Files
    • Right-click on discovery.exe > Properties > Compatibility Tab
    • Disable full-screen optimizations
    • Change DPI settings to override high DPI scaling behavior
  1. Raw Mouse Input:
  • Edit engine.ini file in Local AppData to disable mouse smoothing

Conclusion

  • Settings summary for better FPS and visibility
  • Encourage feedback (likes, comments, and subscriptions)
  • Future content and streaming details
  • Social media and streaming links

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