Drawing a circle with the mouse is hugely difficult in BO4.

[ceebs]

Hi all.

I'm having problems controlling my mouse effectively in Black Ops 4. When moving my mouse in a perfect circle, counterclockwise (that's just the way I roll ), the mouse moves straight up between 4 o' clock and 2 o' clock and straight down between 10 and 8.

I have to fight this 'angle-snapping' feeling to get back onto the circular movement and often end up moving the cursor out too far.

It's definitely an in-game issue as the problem is still there using the controller, with the controller plugged directly into the PS4, and I've tried two different controller's. I've gone through all of the tweaks that I can change for the controller in Options, but no joy.

Would anybody care to check whether they have the same issue (I did all my testing on Payload, tracing a circle against the outside of the large tube in the central area)?  Or if anybody has already experienced this and found a fix, please share?

Many thanks.

[dpk_ydv]

Even I've the same issue. The issue is more apparent when I use OFF synchronisation, with common it's a lot lesser.

[RML]

With Sync Off you need to use smoothing to mostly fix this. You may also have other issues with either your mouse or pad. I use Sync off with smoothing around 5-8 for BO4. Makes micro aiming good enough for me.

[mist4fun]

You're the first to ever point this out, good find. Unfortunately this is a characteristic of the PS4 version's look mechanic. Angular movement is limited compared to the Xbox version and CoD's from other studios. BO3 has the same behavior.

[ceebs]

With Sync Off you need to use smoothing to mostly fix this. You may also have other issues with either your mouse or pad. I use Sync off with smoothing around 5-8 for BO4. Makes micro aiming good enough for me.

Thanks RML, but the issue is identical when I'm controlling the cursor with the DS4 without the Apex.

[ceebs]

You're the first to ever point this out, good find. Unfortunately this is a characteristic of the PS4 version's look mechanic. Angular movement is limited compared to the Xbox version and CoD's from other studios. BO3 has the same behavior.

Thanks Mist. In your expert opinion, is there any solution, or even a method to just minimise the effect?

[mist4fun]

No. The movement just isn't there as you've found using direct connection with a controller. It's similar to velocity jumps where movement skips from one speed to another. Nothing can be done if that portion of movement doesn't exist in the game.

[ceebs]

No. The movement just isn't there as you've found using direct connection with a controller. It's similar to velocity jumps where movement skips from one speed to another. Nothing can be done if that portion of movement doesn't exist in the game.

OK. Thanks. At least I now have an excuse for my bad aim!

[mist4fun]

[Santigold]

So thats the invisible "wall" that I was hitting while aiming. I did feel that invisible barrier multiple times while aiming, especially noticeable in CQ fights when firing from the hip when you and the enemy both move at the same time or jump etc.

Didnt bother looking closer into it, but now after trying it in a custom game, it is indeed as described in the first post.

The screen even goes from smooth circle rotation to jittering once you hit the invisible barrier.

If anyone bothers, you could try creating a reddit post about it or tweeting an image of this to vonderhaar, mattks or alexconserva and ask them to fix it. I however dont really enjoy the game, so couldnt care less about this. Id say this is like the biggest non-issue in the game right now, compared to all other major issues.

This deadzone limitation does really suck dont get me wrong, but again- thats the smallest thing to worry about right now with how much stuff is broken/overpowered/etc., sadly.

[tepidblack]

You're the first to ever point this out, good find. Unfortunately this is a characteristic of the PS4 version's look mechanic. Angular movement is limited compared to the Xbox version and CoD's from other studios. BO3 has the same behavior.

Yikes, and here was me thinking this would be the CoD where I moved to PS4. Back to Xbox I go.

[antithesis]

It may be worth trying a different ST. I think I fired up BO4 using the Fortnite ST and didn't notice the problem drawing a circle. Swapping to the BO4 ST and it became evident.

That could be in my head though, so it's worth testing more broadly.

[ceebs]

It may be worth trying a different ST. I think I fired up BO4 using the Fortnite ST and didn't notice the problem drawing a circle. Swapping to the BO4 ST and it became evident.

That could be in my head though, so it's worth testing more broadly.

Definitely in-game, anti, not ST related. The problem is the same when using a controller connected directly to the PS4.
I'm going to create a reddit post about it, as Santi suggested, and see if I get a response from 3Arch.

[ceebs]

Got no responses to my reddit post, even though I asked for a reply from u/treyarch_official. Looks like everyone's just stuck with an imperfect aim mechanic on Playstation. Disappointing from Treyarch, but I guess that it is what it is.

[1ME]

Why would you need to draw circles in a console fps?