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Make the cursor larger and give it higher contrast.
UT2004: modify the setting to make it work with modern computers: https://quake.blog/configuring-unreal-tournament-2004-for-modern-windows.html#mcetoc_1g0te50f1iu - Then you need to update the settings to the new fan master server: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2902411820
Work makes me use a Mac, and the main setting I always want to change is the power state to off.
Serious answer though, motion blur in games, ick. I also usually turn off audio normalisation and max out the quality settings for streaming audio apps
I change the WASD key bindings to ASDF (D = forward). It's more natural for a typist and makes a greater number of adjacent keys accessible.
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I used to change WASD keybindings to ESDF for a similar reason. And in most of my emulators, IJKL stand for triangle, square, x, and circle (or their other console equivalents) respectively.
The rest are more or less assigned depending on the console. Since I mostly play PS1 games, the rest of the bindings are follows:
L1: AL2: QR1: ;R2: PGHInvert Y-Axis
On older android devices, I immediately enable developer mode so I can enable "force GPU rendering". You'd be surprised how much of a difference it can make when games are unoptimized and don't use the GPU to render anything. For some reason, this setting was removed from newer versions of android.
Usually screen brightness. Why does everyone else want to burn out their eyes?
About a hundred settings on a computer.
First step of playing any and every computer game is immediately going to resolution.
Disable the "tap to click" function on laptop touchpads.
This is a bit niche but is the first thing that sprung to mind: I strongly dislike the Ubuntu font family. It's one of the first things I remove from Mint when I reinstall.
I don't use the default Cinnamon look either, and picked one that looks even more like Windows 7, which is what I was using before I switched. Now it 's just a case of old habits dying hard, I guess. The icon set I use is blue though. Way better than Windows' yellow or Mint's default of green, IMO.
Dark mode? Check? Custom shell prompt? Check. Old school Minecraft grass block icon because the creeper one is awful? Check. Shell aliases, ~/bin dir and custom keybinds? Check.
More generally, there are a few websites that store what ought to be user-attached session-spanning settings in short-lived cookies. That means that certain things go back to defaults when I restart the browser, even though my login persists. Grumble, grumble, etc.
Turn off mic and camera permissions
Turn off touchscreen beep on the car infotainment screen.
Language. I can understand English with no problem, but I prefer Spanish if available.
Too long to list.
Almost all keybinds. I use a gamepad, and re-map keys on the gamepad so that all game functions are as close to the same keypress as possible. Run will always be the same, interact will be the same, hold breath, reload, etc. etc. So it’s far easier to pick up speed in a game when you don’t need to spend as much time pausing to look up what key does the funcrion you need.
I used to use WindowMaker as my windowmanager, there was a setting which had the comment "this is annoying", which unless used, wm context menus may be rendered off screen, which is really fucking annoying. I was disrohopping a lot at the time, so it was always "install windowmaker, turn on 'annoying' setting"
Mouse sensitivity. Every game it's just ESC spam until I can get an options menu. Shoutout to the games with a 5m gameplay intro before you can access options. Super double special shoutout to games with 5m of very loud unskippable cutscenes before you can change audio settings.
For first person games, map reload on mouse 4 and sprint (or whatever else was on shift, maybe a spell) on mouse 5. Melee is left alt.
Mute or disable all notifications except direct messages.
new minecraft instance -> FOV 90
new browser -> remember open tabs when closing (and install adblock)
langauge -> English (i live in Poland so many devices come with polish as a default)
in games -> subtitles on
in tv shows -> subtitles off (unless the audio is poorly balanced with sfx)
i've also built muscle memory on my specific set up of Adobe apps, so if i were to use someone else's photoshop i'd feel lost and confused
I switch from swipe to buttons on my android phone every single time.
GNOME interactive screenshot from default to Ctrl+shift+s
That's all "customization" that's needed to make GNOME work for me
I always change Sprint to Spacebar and Jump to Shift. Also I usually have to change the invert Y-Axis setting.
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