Denied Sniper DPI Change

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What does this suggestion change/add/remove:
It adds a functionality to Sniper Rifles where when aiming (holding the right mouse button) with a Sniper or Energy Weapon, your DPI gets lowered, or in layman's terms, your cursor speed gets slower, allowing for more accuracy when aiming at your target.

Has something similar been suggested before? If so, why is your suggestion different?:
I couldn't find any similar suggestions.

Possible Positives of the suggestion (At least 2):
  • It would allow for more accuracy with snipers on long range
  • It would be more in line with FPS games where Snipers also lower mouse sensitivity
  • It would benefit players that are unable to (or don't know how to) hotkey their cursor sensitivity

Possible Negatives of the suggestion:
  • It could make snipers less pleasant to use on short range
  • People would need to get used to the change

Based on the Positives & Negatives, why should this suggestion be accepted:
Based on the positives and negatives I think this suggestion should be accepted as Snipers are meant to be long range weapons anyway and this would be a massive Quality of Life improvement. And even if this isn't really a high priority improvement, Content Team could still put it on the back-burner, adding it when they don't have any big projects going on.
 
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+support already a way to do this but way to advanced, anyways heres tutorial!!

Go to this folder right here in your gmod directory SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod\cfg

Create a new file called "sniping.cfg" and open it with notepad, then put these commands within there

alias +sniping "+attack2;sensitivity 1"
alias -sniping "-attack2;sensitivity 2.75"
bind mouse2 +sniping

"alias +sniping" should be the sensitivity you want whilst scoping in and "alias -sniping" should be your normal sensitivity that you use regularly

Then you want to go into your regular "config.cfg" file and manually attach these binds to a key (wont work if you bind it in-game for some reason :()

bind "-" "exec sniping.cfg"
bind "," "unbindall; exec config.cfg"

pressing the bind to "exec sniping.cfg" edits your sensitivity for when you are pressing right click, the only down-side to this is that your sensitivity will permanently be lowered with every gun you use whilst scoping so to combat this, when you are done using your sniper you press a bind that says "unbindall;exec config.cfg" this basically unbinds the sniping.cfg bind and config that you have just made and re-executes your regular config.cfg file (so you dont loose all your binds)

example: in my case where I have "-" attached to my sniping bind I would press "-" to lower my ADS sensitivity whilst pressing "," when I am done sniping, change this to whatever you like

@"Wick" helped me find this
 
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Every time I've picked up a sniper I find the scope sensitivity really weird and much higher than I would expect. I know scope sensitivity in tf2 at a similar sensitivity is much lower and the zoom_sensitivity cmd doesn't seem to effect them. An option to adjust would be greatly appreciated even though a lot of mice have dpi shift buttons
 
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Mars said:
+support already a way to do this but way to advanced, anyways heres tutorial!!

Go to this folder right here in your gmod directory SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod\cfg

Create a new file called "sniping.cfg" and open it with notepad, then put these commands within there

alias +sniping "+attack2;sensitivity 1"
alias -sniping "-attack2;sensitivity 2.75"
bind mouse2 +sniping

"alias +sniping" should be the sensitivity you want whilst scoping in and "alias -sniping" should be your normal sensitivity that you use regularly

Then you want to go into your regular "config.cfg" file and manually attach these binds to a key (wont work if you bind it in-game for some reason :()

bind "-" "exec sniping.cfg"
bind "," "unbindall; exec config.cfg"

pressing the bind to "exec sniping.cfg" edits your sensitivity for when you are pressing right click, the only down-side to this is that your sensitivity will permanently be lowered with every gun you use whilst scoping so to combat this, when you are done using your sniper you press a bind that says "unbindall;exec config.cfg" this basically unbinds the sniping.cfg bind and config that you have just made and re-executes your regular config.cfg file (so you dont loose all your binds)

example: in my case where I have "-" attached to my sniping bind I would press "-" to lower my ADS sensitivity whilst pressing "," when I am done sniping, change this to whatever you like

@"Wick" helped me find this
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why not just make the sniping bind a toggle, instead of having it be two binds to enable and disable it respectively?

Code: 
alias +x_sniping "exec sniping.cfg; alias tog_sniping -x_sniping"
alias -x_sniping "unbindall; exec config.cfg; alias tog_sniping +x_sniping"
alias tog_sniping +x_sniping

bind - tog_sniping

and just put that in autoexec.cfg
 

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Wolff said:
What does this suggestion change/add/remove:
It adds a functionality to Sniper Rifles where when aiming (holding the right mouse button) with a Sniper or Energy Weapon, your DPI gets lowered, or in layman's terms, your cursor speed gets slower, allowing for more accuracy when aiming at your target.

Has something similar been suggested before? If so, why is your suggestion different?:
I couldn't find any similar suggestions.

Possible Positives of the suggestion (At least 2):
  • It would allow for more accuracy with snipers on long range
  • It would be more in line with FPS games where Snipers also lower mouse sensitivity
  • It would benefit players that are unable to (or don't know how to) hotkey their cursor sensitivity

Possible Negatives of the suggestion:
  • It could make snipers less pleasant to use on short range
  • People would need to get used to the change

Based on the Positives & Negatives, why should this suggestion be accepted:
Based on the positives and negatives I think this suggestion should be accepted as Snipers are meant to be long range weapons anyway and this would be a massive Quality of Life improvement. And even if this isn't really a high priority improvement, Content Team could still put it on the back-burner, adding it when they don't have any big projects going on.
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Yea, also add that to any scope, cause i can't snipe with a deagle/magnum without my cursor going towards another person's head
 
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Emilia Foddg said:
why not just make the sniping bind a toggle, instead of having it be two binds to enable and disable it respectively?

Code: 
alias +x_sniping "exec sniping.cfg; alias tog_sniping -x_sniping"
alias -x_sniping "unbindall; exec config.cfg; alias tog_sniping +x_sniping"
alias tog_sniping +x_sniping

bind - tog_sniping

and just put that in autoexec.cfg
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cause binding stuff to the same key usually fucks up on gmod and sometimes one of the binds just disappears randomly
 
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Mars said:
+support already a way to do this but way to advanced, anyways heres tutorial!!

Go to this folder right here in your gmod directory SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\garrysmod\cfg

Create a new file called "sniping.cfg" and open it with notepad, then put these commands within there

alias +sniping "+attack2;sensitivity 1"
alias -sniping "-attack2;sensitivity 2.75"
bind mouse2 +sniping

"alias +sniping" should be the sensitivity you want whilst scoping in and "alias -sniping" should be your normal sensitivity that you use regularly

Then you want to go into your regular "config.cfg" file and manually attach these binds to a key (wont work if you bind it in-game for some reason :()

bind "-" "exec sniping.cfg"
bind "," "unbindall; exec config.cfg"

pressing the bind to "exec sniping.cfg" edits your sensitivity for when you are pressing right click, the only down-side to this is that your sensitivity will permanently be lowered with every gun you use whilst scoping so to combat this, when you are done using your sniper you press a bind that says "unbindall;exec config.cfg" this basically unbinds the sniping.cfg bind and config that you have just made and re-executes your regular config.cfg file (so you dont loose all your binds)

example: in my case where I have "-" attached to my sniping bind I would press "-" to lower my ADS sensitivity whilst pressing "," when I am done sniping, change this to whatever you like

@"Wick" helped me find this
Click to expand...
Beat me to it :(

However its way better to bind it to a key so you have lower sens only when holding down a certain key, ill send my binds when Im on pc
 
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Emilia Foddg said:
why not just make the sniping bind a toggle, instead of having it be two binds to enable and disable it respectively?

Code: 
alias +x_sniping "exec sniping.cfg; alias tog_sniping -x_sniping"
alias -x_sniping "unbindall; exec config.cfg; alias tog_sniping +x_sniping"
alias tog_sniping +x_sniping

bind - tog_sniping
and just put that in autoexec.cfg
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i personally used to use this cfg setup for a while

other gun addons (such as CW2) already have this feature so it's quite annoying to have to enable and disable this whenever switchign between SP and MP
 
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