Any good "sniping trainers" for PC?

[pingryanime]

So I was wondering if there's such thing as like a program, game, mod, whatever that might be available that sort of "trains" sniping. For example, just generic targets that move and you have to click as close to the center as possible, or maybe targets that randomly appear and you have to click them, etc etc.


Basically the reason being, I've started PC FPS gaming lately. The problem being, I've always been a console gamer and I'm always a sniper.


Being a sniper on PC is nice except when it takes you 5x longer to aim a headshot than these other PC regulars, you might as well just drop the long range rifle and pick up a mace or something and hope you can swing it enough to land a hit.


I'm a gamer at heart. I don't like it when I suck at gaming, regardless of system or game

[FlyinPenguin]

Any trainer you use likely won't use the same physics engine as the game you are playing so I would assume it would be somewhat counterproductive to practice in a "trainer". Sure, experience can carry over but I feel your best bet is to just keep practicing in the game you want to get good at.

That said, America's Army has a sniper training mode.

http://www.americasarmy.com/

[AceHigh]

Train yourself with the game you are planning to play. I remember back in Unreal Tournament I was training to snipe by having hoards of godlike bots on a map called "Face" and sniped long enough for it to become a reflex, rather than something you think about.

Since different games have different realism when it comes to sniping, you should stick to those you play.

Also, you mentioned going from console to PC, so here is an advice: turn off all mouse acceleration, that will help you to be better at aiming in general.

[lapa321]

Different games have slightly different physics, but then again, they also have different gun models with different muzzle velocities making the difference between games irrelevant. It's primarily a relation between gravity and muzzle velocity and that works across game titles.

If you just want to get used to being able to get used to judging ballistic trajectories (None of that instant-hit gun mechanics of certain FPSes), i can recommend Sniper Elite. It's an old but  easy game to play. You can turn windage on and off. And you'll learn about bullet travel time, limited time to aim when holding your breath and, most importantly, parabolic trajectories.

This is just to get you used to not having an instant-hit weapon. Each game has its own bullet mechanics, so you'll still need to fine tune how you judge distances specifically to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5lkUPOruPc

As a tip for your mouse you have two options when  fine aiming:

#1 decrease the mouse sensitivity until it takes you atleast three swipes to turn around. Sucks when you're in CQB but good for fine aiming when sniping long distances.

#2 Press down hard on the mouse and squeeze hard on its base and the mousepad with your fingers. This creates extra resistance on the mouse and lets you move it in tiny increments. Good for when you want to maintain high sensitivity for when you're not sniping. I use the claw grip and hold the mouse with just my pinky and thumb, but then i grip the mouse tighter and downwards when i'm in sniping mode (still holding with just those two fingers), this also drags my skin against the mousepad adding more resistance. When i'm done sniping, i relax my grip and i'm back to being able to do a 180 in 1 inch.

[mgz]

So I was wondering if there's such thing as like a program, game, mod, whatever that might be available that sort of "trains" sniping. For example, just generic targets that move and you have to click as close to the center as possible, or maybe targets that randomly appear and you have to click them, etc etc.


Basically the reason being, I've started PC FPS gaming lately. The problem being, I've always been a console gamer and I'm always a sniper.


Being a sniper on PC is nice except when it takes you 5x longer to aim a headshot than these other PC regulars, you might as well just drop the long range rifle and pick up a mace or something and hope you can swing it enough to land a hit.


I'm a gamer at heart. I don't like it when I suck at gaming, regardless of system or game

yea your best bet is practice find the best pub server you can where you get fucked in the face the most. Then just keep playing youll notice your scores slowly get better.

Also what game is it i might be able to make a more helpful suggestion depending on that

[Xtras]

A great way is to create a Counterstrike Source deathmatch with a huge number of bots and use the sniper rifles there. That is sniping at its purest, with little of the bullet drop and wind speed and recoil etc. Starting with bots is also useful, since at higher difficulties they are often faster than players but at the same time are consistent.

Alternatively, Sniper Fi in Modern Warfare 2 is a personal favorite of mine. Try beating that without using the UAV or normal guns.

I'm a gamer at heart. I don't like it when I suck at gaming, regardless of system or game

Now that's just silly. You're not playing a game to be good at the game are you? What use is such a skill even if you do acquire it.

[logos]

sniping is for sissies, real men use knives

[rkruger]

sniping is for sissies, real men use knives

Correction, real men use fibre wire.

[AceHigh]

Real men use fists, like the Punchmaster.

[SmokeBotKid]

best way to train on sniping is going against some friends like i do on team fortress 2

[pingryanime]

Thanks for all the responses, guys! I'll try out some of those suggestions (Mainly the one where I get fucked in the face in a pub match ) But hopefully I'll make a slightly more competent sniper with time.