Alright, so I wanted to get a better handle on my spray control in CS:GO, and I heard about these recoil commands. Figured I’d give ’em a shot and see if they actually helped. Here’s how it went down.
First, I needed to find these commands. I did some digging and I found out it’s all about tweaking a few console settings. I hopped into an offline server with bots – gotta have something to shoot at, right?
I opened the console (you know, that little box that pops up when you hit the tilde key ~ ).Then, I started messing around.
Experimenting with Commands
Initially, I just wanted to visualize what i will be dealing with, so turned on the ability to display bullet impacts:
- sv_cheats 1;
- sv_infinite_ammo 1;
- sv_showimpacts 1;
The first command I played with the “weapon_recoil_view_punch_extra” command and it gave me trouble at first.
After much trial and error, these were the commands I used:
- weapon_recoil_scale;
- weapon_recoil_decay2_lin;
- weapon_accuracy_nospread;
I started spraying at walls, seeing how the bullets spread. Honestly, it looked like a wild, chaotic mess at first. I tried different values for the scale, decay and nospreed, some folks recommended setting it super low, but that just felt weird to me. Others said to keep it default. I ended up finding a value that felt somewhat comfortable, I just played with the numbers until it felt okay.
The Practice Routine
I spent a good chunk of time just spraying at walls, trying to control the patterns. AK-47, M4A4, M4A1-S – I practiced with the guns I use most. It wasn’t about getting perfect sprays right away. It was more about understanding how the gun felt with different recoil settings, getting a sense of the pull-down I needed to do.
It’s like i did’nt want to completely kill the recoil, just control it a bit.
After the wall practice, I moved on to bots. Static bots at first, just to get a feel for transferring the spray from target to target. Then, I turned on bot movement to make it a bit more realistic. Spraying at moving targets is a whole different beast!
Did it Help?
Honestly? Yeah, it did. My sprays aren’t perfect now, by any means. But I feel way more confident holding down the trigger. I’m not just spraying and praying; I’m actually controlling the recoil, at least to some extent. The biggest thing is that I understand the guns better. I know how much I need to compensate, and I can adjust my aim mid-spray much more effectively. I also am more aware of my crosshair’s behavior during recoil.
It’s not a magic fix, but it’s definitely a step in the right direction. I’ll keep practicing and refining it. It’s a grind, but that’s CS:GO, right? I’m going to keep hitting those walls and bots until my sprays are laser beams, or as close to a laser beam i can get.
