how long will it take to adjust to controller?

I'm a PC KB/M fps player, but my friends all play halo and CoD4 on the xbox360. I've played maybe about a week or so of halo3/CoD4 and I don't seem to be getting any better in the multiplayer games. Somehow, I always get more deaths than kills.

So my problem is I can't aim with an xbox360 controller, and so I get more deaths than kills :(

How long do you guys think it will take to adjust/get better to playing/aiming with an xbox360 controller? How long did it take you guys?

crank up the sensitivity for each game, then practice. You'll be an ace in no time

I'm a PC KB/M fps player, but my friends all play halo and CoD4 on the xbox360. I've played maybe about a week or so of halo3/CoD4 and I don't seem to be getting any better in the multiplayer games. Somehow, I always get more deaths than kills.

So my problem is I can't aim with an xbox360 controller, and so I get more deaths than kills :(

How long do you guys think it will take to adjust/get better to playing/aiming with an xbox360 controller? How long did it take you guys?

Sephyzero

I'm not saying this to sound like a jerk, but if you can't aim properly with a controller then you better get your hand/eye coordination fixed. It's pretty straightforward. I have never had an issue switching from keyboard/mouse to gamepad.

well see, if your eye-hand coordination is perfect, and you can't control how well you move the control sticks, what good is that? you need to get used to being able to move the stick fast and accurately enough on the target.

and speaking of eye/hand coordination, it's not actually eye/hand coordination. its more of a eye/thumb coordination.

well see, if your eye-hand coordination is perfect, and you can't control how well you move the control sticks, what good is that? you need to get used to being able to move the stick fast and accurately enough on the target.

and speaking of eye/hand coordination, it's not actually eye/hand coordination. its more of a eye/thumb coordination.

Sephyzero

I don't get your dilemma. Good hand/eye coordination will allow you to move the stick to the proper area that your brain is telling it to. If you see something on the screen...point at it. As I said, pretty straightforward stuff.

well you tell you thumb to push the control stick so that the crosshair moves on the target. but you have to get used to the amount of force necessary to push the control stick so that you don't overdo it or something. right now, for me, many times when I try to aim at a target, my crosshair goes too far because I use too much force. that's not really hand eye coordination. that's just getting used to using the control stick.

it's like you're tring to throw a football into a hole 50 feet away. you might throw it too hard or maybe too far to the left or something.

hand eye coordination applies mainly to the hand directly interacting with what your eye is seeing. with a controller, there's a control stick which you are pushing, and you have to get used to what the control stick is like.

just because you are good with a controller doesn't mean that everyone should be like that. this isn't really hand eye coordination as much as it is a hand-controller stick-eye coordination.

I had the same problem when I first bought a console, it took me around 2-3 weeks before I really got the hang of it. The problem I had was that my crosshairs would usually fall a little too short or go past the enemy and that extra second of correcting my aim gave me a much higher chance of dying.