HELP: Training tips/suggesion/maps to become pro.

Rapidfire macro considered as a hack?

Horrible to use pistol & hammer without.

Imo all those hacks especially aimbots prevent you from training and improving yourself, you shouldn't use them.

For rapid-fire you can bind +fire to your mousewheel. Well I think gun and hammer should be automatic anyway and I would like to see that in the next version cause it's really annoying to click so fast.

@hammer: You generally use hammer and hook together otherwise you can't reach your enemy. First you can try to hook an enemy and if he's close enough you start hammering, additionally I recommend to rehook your opponent if he's really close to you, which makes it way easier to catch him with hook. So always try to get as close as possible for rehooking.

@flagrunning: well if they already hooked you it's really hard to escape, you can try to hook something distant to get out of them or to jump away with your grenade but the best way is still not to get into such a situation. Therefore you can try to trick your enemies and do something unexpected like taking a longer way or going back to enemies base, on public ctf5 servers for example the enemies base is often more save than yours. In general: Try to be unpredictable !

@spinning: Lots of pros have a really high mousesens and they like spinning their mouse around cause it helps them to aim fast everywhere but they don't hack. To increase your mousesens type into your localconsole (f1): inp_mousesens <number>
100 is default value, 505 is the maximum you can put at the menuscrollbar, you could try 1337 ^^.

Another thing pros do is to bind their weaponhotkeys to keys you can reach very fast/good, I use q, w and e for laser, grenade and shotgun.

One last tip: try not to die with ammunition you should rather use it. You can use the grenadethrower not only for directly shooting at enemies but also as a wayblocker, or if enemies are getting closer you can first shoot up and then hook the enemies into your grenade while shooting again.

Hope this is helpful for you, have fun with testing

p.s. I bet guys like Sonix or Magnet could tell you even more ^^

I googled. Seems that some mouse software allow translate click into fast rate clicks....

Never used but interesting how it fills with auto hook bot for one time...

OK. I already look to some matches and race records, hammer spinning, hook hammer fly tricks records.

Which are race maps useful to build moving skills?

do not

Thanks for tips. I update my ~/.teeworlds/settings.cfg with:

inp_mousesens 110     # instead default 100, with 150 I can't play - bad mouse, bad surface, bad spinal cord...

This make game so unusual that I remove after try:

bind mousewheelup "+fire"
bind mousewheeldown "+fire"

Do you bind "fire to your mousewheel"?

You @hammer tips useful: I didn't think about constant rehooking at all!

@flagrunning: In general: Try to be unpredictable ! - that lesson I learn long time ago...

Another thing pros do is to bind their weaponhotkeys to keys you can reach very fast/good, I use q, w and e for laser, grenade and shotgun. - I bind:

bind q "+weapon3"
bind e "+weapon4"

Previously I press "2"/"3" some times, but mostly use mouse wheel...

One last tip: try not to die with ammunition you should rather use it. You can use the grenadethrower not only for directly shooting at enemies but also as a wayblocker - I follow another rule - eat all hearts and shields near enemy base or enemy way and pick up weapon even if my stack is full (by making one shot into nothing) - to prevent enemy take it.

I wouldn't bind mousewheel with +fire.

I've got mouse-up: gun, mouse-down: hammer.

Also I'd try to not only play on public servers.
It seems like you're better than most public-players so I guess you can start playing some capgames with more advanced players every now and then (there you learn about tactics and so on..)

I also think playing is the most important part of becomind an advanced player (or better: I hope, because I'm neither pro ^^)

I ask about DDRace maps in games and got recommendation for training:

* ddmax, Epix, Multimap, sk_net, HDP_Obstaculos

For fewer delay I download official DDNet build of DDNet-Server from http://ddnet.tw/ instead of playing online...

Note that official server can't host race maps...

This thread https://www.teeworlds.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=10095 have link http://www.mediafire.com/?su6vdbuwr3lbsvh to CLASSIC DDRACE MAP PACK:

* Atticus 1-6 & Comp, Warch 1-5 & Comp (later named War4yH), Eagle 1-4 & Comp, Brain Race 1-4 & Comp, Anali 1-3 & Comp, Koule 1-16, Skillz 1-6, Killa 1-5, Pados 1-3, Amor 1-2, Wale, Mikey III, ep!x,  Chdd, Skynet 1-10 & Comp (from DDMax), Campain 1

I found most easy (but still very challenging) Skynet_1 map.

Also I clone map repository of main DDNet developer (he recently put it alive):

  $ git clone https://github.com/def-/ddnet-maps

I was frustrated by http://ddnet.tw site, here screenshorts for maps http://ddnet.tw/releases/ - but there are no link to download!

How differ Novice, Solo, Brutal, Moderate, Oldschool maps between each other?

Currently I have problem with hook levitation - I try to fly near ceiling - but during rapid rehooks some hooks move me to ceiling and I fail. In order to survive I need to make very quick right click, without ever small delay. Are there only practice required or some configuration can help?

I know - in ~/.teeworlds/downloadedmaps/

Thanks, that is racemod? Is that map that build for official teeworlds-server?

Wow, you bind hook to keyboard? Is that usual practice? I play with right click all time.

What I surprised is that in ~/.teeworlds/settings.cfg I find only:

bind a "+left"
bind d "+right"

There are no "+up" or "+down" commands...

I play occasionally during 3 years with pressing W for up and S for down and think that they have effect (((((((

Thanks for advices!

I found some gores servers and get Aip-Gores and Aip-Gores-Blue maps in ~/.teeworlds/downloadedmaps. Really good maps for novices!

Some player teach me say /pause and kill commands.

And start playing with hook remapped to W key instead of Right Click - it awesome! While I need to learn moving from zero - it more responsive that with mouse...

I find OpenFNG mode to be a good laser practice.

Hi.

Here are my ideas on how to improve what you are asking.

- how train to hook other player?
If you really find it hard to throw one hook to latch on to a player, I remember I learned by spamming hook at any enemy tee just to mess their movement up. When I got used to the aiming (I could hit most tees within range with enough spamming), I started trying to commit to the hooks and swing them around. Practice on everyone you see and be that annoying tee.

* how train to kill by hammer?
* how train to kill by hammer during hooking other player?
- I think the hammer is useless unless you get really good. Don't bother with it unless you think you are one of the "pros". Just use a shotgun until you can hit with it the majority of the time. You can use the hammer after you get used to using the hook properly and you can kill a tee while hooking them.

* how train to run away with flag when you had hooked by 1-3 enemies?
- This is basically train by experience. What you can try is instead of running away, if you ever get hooked and you have no momentum anymore, run in the direction other than where you would find it natural to run away and repeat that while shooting at the enemy until you get away. If you find yourself escaping the first time and then getting caught, you have to change direction more often. In general, unless you are a step above those players, you should be dead.

- For movement, if you can move on maps without bumping into walls, you're fine. Otherwise, practice on ctf5 first, then ctf4 and ctf2 until you can move without bumping. To see if you are above average in movement, get the flag in ctf, then run through the map as long as possible without shooting or getting killed. If you are fast enough and you arn't playing against any monsters, you should survive pretty long.

More on movement: There are two general types of hooks. Long hooks for changing direction and short hooks for gaining speed/ balancing yourself. If you are bumping into stuff, practice using only long hooks to change your direction smoothly while keeping your momentum. After you can move around normally, you can try short hooks. To a certain point, the more short hooks you use, the more control you have over your tee. Try using more extra (spammy) hooks to speed up or balance yourself but make sure they arn't slowing you down.

Settings

- Specific mouse settings don't matter. My mouse settings are where it is easy to get to the edges of the aiming circle but I can still control the mouse in the inside. Faster is better but make sure you have a speed you can handle.

Teeworlds is basically learning by doing. If you want to improve at ctf, then just play ctf. To improve just focus on what you are doing, point out all the things that a pro can do that you can't, and start trying to do what they are doing. Its all muscle memory so you have to play alot to improve. Just make sure you are paying attention and not mindlessly trying the same thing over and over again.