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=Before calibrating the mouse=

Set the in-game sensitivity to the highest, and set the mouse dpi to the highest value.

=Start calibration=

<div class="image200px">[https://gimx.fr/img/screenshots/Calibration_1.png https://gimx.fr/img/screenshots/Calibration_1.png]</div>
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Select Messages>curses in gimx-launcher. Then click on Start.

<div class="image200px">[https://gimx.fr/img/screenshots/Calibration_2.png https://gimx.fr/img/screenshots/Calibration_2.png]</div>

Current mouse calibration values appear in the "Mouse calibration" part of the gui.<br />
This calibration mode reads values from the loaded configuration.<br />
If you use multiple mice, it lets you calibrate each mouse independently.

=General instructions=

Press ctrl+F1 to enable the calibration.
<div class="image200px">[https://gimx.fr/img/screenshots/Calibration_3.png https://gimx.fr/img/screenshots/Calibration_3.png]</div>
Press F1 ... F12 to select the parameter, and use the mouse wheel to change the value.
Press ctrl+F1 to leave the calibration and save the parameters.

=Step-by-step instructions=

# Press ctrl+F1. If you use multiple mice, select the mouse to calibrate with the mouse wheel.
# Press F2 and select the profile to calibrate with the mouse wheel (generally, profile 1 is for hip fire, and profile 2 is for aiming down the sight).
# Press F3. If the sight moves, decrease the x dead zone value with the mouse wheel until the sight does not move. Once the sight does not move, increase the x dead zone until the first moving position.
# Press F4. Set the same value as the x dead zone value.
# Press F5. Set the dead zone shape value to "rectangle". If the sight moves, set the dead zone shape to "circle", and let it set to "rectangle" otherwise.
# Press F6 to start a translation test. The sight will move horizontally at different speeds in both left and right directions. A 1:1 translation means the sight should come back near the start point. If it doesn't, use F7 and the mouse wheel to change the x acceleration value. Note that it's not always possible to get a 1:1 translation (this depends on the game).
# Press F8. Set the same value as the x acceleration value.
# Press F9. Adjust the x sensitivity to your liking.
# Press F10 to start a circle test. Adjust the circle radius and speed (F10/F11 + mouse wheel) if necessary. The x/y ratio is properly set if the sight moves in a perfect circle. If it doesn't, adjust the x/y ratio using F12 and the mouse wheel.
# Press ctrl+F1 to save.

=Smoothing=

The mouse motion can be smoothed using previous mouse motion reports.<br />
This is useful for lowering jerkiness, especially with a low DPI mouse (below 2000 DPI).<br />
It is configurable with two parameters: a buffer size and a filter.<br />
A deeper description of the smoothing technique used by GIMX is available [http://www.flipcode.com/archives/Smooth_Mouse_Filtering.shtml there].

==Note==

Before adding smoothing, you should have properly set the other parameters.

==Buffer size==

The buffer size (in the 0..30 range) is the number of mouse motion reports that are used to smooth the mouse motion.<br />
The smoothing window is the buffer size multiplied by the GIMX update period (inverse of the frequency).<br />
Examples:
 GIMX frequency = 250Hz, buffer size = 10
 1000/250 * 10 = 40ms

GIMX frequency = 100Hz, buffer size = 10
 1000/100 * 10 = 100ms

Keep in mind that increasing the buffer size makes motion smoother but increases the latency.

==Filter==

The filter (in the 0..1 range) defines how much the previous motion reports will count in the final motion.<br />
Value 1 means that the final motion is an average of the buffered motion reports.<br />
Value 0.5 means that the current motion report counts for 1, the previous one for 0.5, the next oldest one for 0.25 (=0.5x0.5), and so on.<br />
Value 0 means that only the current motion report counts (resulting in an unfiltered motion).<br />
So as to preserve a low latency, high filters (1) should only be used with low buffer sizes (2), and high buffer sizes (>10) should only be used with low filters (<0.75).

=Pitfalls=

This summarizes all common errors you should avoid, and what you should do instead.

* Don't change the mouse dpi to adjust your aiming speed. Always let the mouse dpi setting to the max value. Adjust the GIMX sensitivity instead.
* Don't change the in-game sensitivity to adjust your aiming speed. Always let the in-game sensitivity to the max value. Adjust the GIMX sensitivity instead.
* Don't change the mouse parameters of the OS (Linux/Windows) to adjust your aiming speed. GIMX uses raw (unmodified) events from the mouse!
* Prefer editing the sensitivity with the calibration mode. The calibration mode keeps the x/y ratio.

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