How to Match Sensitivities Across Games

If you play multiple FPS games you might have already been in a situation where you wanted to know how to transfer your current mouse sensitivity across games. If you have great aim and mouse control this might be a less relevant idea since you can play on a wide range of sensitivities, but even then knowing your baseline cm is useful information.

There are two useful tools I use to figure out my cm/sensitivity across different FPS games with different engines and sensitivity scales so make sure to note this down.

Why You Should Use Cm to Convert Sensitivities

The way your mouse feels is subjective and can change depending on your mousepad and mouse feet, but what does not change is the value of the distance it takes you to do a 360-degree turn measured in cm/In.

The reason you should not use eDPI or other ways of conversion is simply because different games use different engines which measure sensitivities differently resulting in confusing results. Meanwhile, a cm/360 value will remain constant no matter what game/engine/measurements you are using.

The only time you might just want to use the same sensitivity value from one game to another is when the games use the same engine and same sensitivity scale.

Mouse-sensitivity.com

The easiest way to figure out your sensitivity and cm/360 is a handy site called mouse-sensitivity. This is a great tool that allows you to simply punch in your original game, the game you are transferring your sensitivity to, and many more other details that will ensure that the final value will be as close as possible to your desired speed (I get to see even scope/zoom sensitivities and other extra values because I am using the paid version of the site).

mouse sensitivity match

Another important value that the site shows is your FOV in both games allowing you to understand what the differences are. For people with lower capabilities when it comes to mouse control and aiming, matching FOV might also be useful since the movement in games will then feel close to identical.

Overall the site offers you all the necessary tools to identify your sensitivity, cm/360, VFOV, HFOV, etc. Even if you are not interested in matching your sensitivity perfectly between games, being able to make minute adjustments because you already know all of your baseline values will allow you to find a cm/360 that is perfect for your current game of choice.

Sensitivity Matcher

Another tool that I have found to be useful when it comes to matching sensitivities/finding out your cm/360 is called Sensitivity Matcher and is made by none other than Kovaak, the same guy that made the ever-so-popular aim trainer!

The way this tool works is pretty simple – you select the engine of your old game from the drop-down menu (or you measure it yourself if the engine is not there) and type in your sensitivity value from your original game.

Now all you have to do is go into your new game to which you want to transfer your sensitivity and find a point of reference (it can be a rock, a line, or anything you can measure your movement against). Using the instructions from the Sensitivity Matcher exe you press Alt+Backspace to do a perfect 360 turn based on the original game engine and sensitivity.

sensitivity matcher

If you matched your values properly your crosshair will end up pixel perfect on your point of reference. This way you know you did everything correctly. If your crosshair does not line up with your point of reference, decrease/increase your sensitivity in your new game accordingly until you can line up your crosshair with the point of reference while using the perfect 360 turns provided by the program (Alt+Backspace).

The process is quite simple and guarantees that your cm/360 is perfectly matching your previous values from your old game. Sometimes I initially use the mouse-sensitivity site and then to verify the value I have received I use the Sensitivity Matcher – this way I am 1000% sure I am on the correct cm/360 and therefore I have a solid starting point and can adjust my sensitivity according to my preferences.

About The Author

Chris (vile_is_dead)

Custom Windows ISO enjoyer, FPS optimizer, and aim improvement enthusiast. Will disassemble all of his peripherals (and sometimes PC parts) to mod them even if all of them work perfectly fine. Discord/Twitter: vile_is_dead

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