
My mousepad, which I never thought to matter that much, is a Titanwolf 440×350 mm.Īn amateur setup, just to be clear. My headset is a wireless Logitech G533 headset are some Bose QuietComfort 35 II. My keyboard is a Koolertron macro mechanical keyboard, which I have barely customized yet and think about swapping for a gaming keyboard. My mouse is a wireless Logitech G305 BenQ Zowie EC2. I’ve been playing on an iMac 27″ 2019 with 64 GB RAM, using macOS Catalina 10.15.7 macOS Big Sur 11.6.1 (which seems more stable than playing on Catalina). When I changed the system settings for tracking and scrolling to their lowest, that disappeared. The macOS settings turned out pretty important though: Originally I was playing with 800 DPI and a slightly higher sensitivity, but observed occasional cursor “jumpiness,” ruining my accuracy. This setup is largely due to preference, and to find a balance between cursor control and speed. Here are the settings that are not on “auto,” or that could be of interest: I have most settings on “auto” (which seems to select the best option for the system), as dialing them down or turning them off didn’t lead to noticeable performance improvements. Video Settingsįor video options, I’m tweaking. Total CS:GO has a good overview of launch options. Here are my current launch options: +cl_forcepreload 1 -nojoy -novid -tickrate 128
LOGITECH OPTIONS M1 MAC SOFTWARE
(For my hardware and software setup, see the last section.)įigure: One way of going through a pandemic.

The following is a collection of settings and thoughts on playing CS:GO on macOS. However, as a member of the tech industry working with Apple machines and macOS, that stood out as rather uncommon: Most CS:GO players, and players in general, use Windows. (I do learn and train, but let’s save my training routines as well as the sites and teams and players I follow for another day.)Īt the time of this writing, I’m a level 21 ( Lieutenant Rank 21) and yet to rank in the competitive modes. Part of what intrigued me was to see how the older Jens would approach the game, how I would learn and train. As the global pandemic meant I couldn’t perform any of my hobbies-the last one, also started during the pandemic, being kart-racing-, I got into playing CS:GO. Post from (↻ September 28, 2022), filed under Everything Else ( feed).įor 20 years, from 2001 to 2021, I hadn’t played Counter-Strike.
