Mouse acceleration: the one setting to turn off first
Acceleration means the faster you move the mouse, the further the view turns — so the same physical flick lands differently depending on how hard you threw it. For aim that you want to be repeatable, that's poison.
Why it ruins consistency
Muscle memory works by associating a hand distance with an on-screen angle. Acceleration breaks that one-to-one mapping, so the angle now also depends on speed — a variable you can't reproduce on demand.
The three hiding spots
- Windows “Enhance pointer precision” — off. It's acceleration with a friendly name.
- In-game acceleration — off, where exposed (some titles bury it under “advanced”).
- Mouse software smoothing/angle-snapping — off in the vendor app.
Bonus trap: a DPI set too low can trigger sensor-level negative acceleration on fast swipes. Another reason to stay at 800–1600.
With all of it off, your cm/360° finally describes reality, and the converter's output transfers cleanly.
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