Finding the best Mouse and keyboard or controller settings for Modern Warfare 3 can give you a significant advantage in multiplayer. In this guide, we will provide you with some of the best settings to use, based on our own testing and feedback from other players.

Modern Warfare 3 Guide – Best Mouse Settings

• Aim Down Sight Sensitivity: Keep it at 1.0
• Custom Sensitivity Per Zoom: Turn this option off
• Vertical Aim Axis: Standard
• Mouse Sensitivity: Set it to 7 (Adjust to 6 if it feels too fast)
• Mouse Acceleration: 0
• Mouse Filtering: 0
• Mouse Smoothing: Off
• Mouse Wheel Delay: 75

These settings provide a strong foundation for precise aiming. If you prefer higher Sensitivity for sniper shots, you can enable the “Custom Sensitivity Per Zoom” option to fine-tune your precision.

Modern Warfare 3 Guide – Best Keyboard Settings

Movement

• Change Stance/Slide: N/A
• Sprint/Tactical Sprint/Focus: Left Shift
• Interact: E
• Jump/Stand/Mantle: Space Bar
• Prone: Z
• Movement Advanced Keybinds: Default
• Move forward: W
• Move backwards: S
• Move left: A
• Move right: D

Combat keybinds

• Lethal Equipment: F
• Tactical Equipment: Q
• Fire Weapon: Left Mouse Button
• Aim Down Sight: Right Mouse Button
• Reload: R
• Melee: F
• Next Weapon: 2 or Mouse Wheel Down
• Weapon Mount: ADS + Melee
• Field Upgrade: X
• Armor Plate Drop Item: G
• Combat Advanced Keybinds:
  • Mission Ability 1: 4
  • Mission Ability 2: 5
  • Killstreak 2: 4
  • Killstreak 3: 5
  • Killstreak 4 (extra): 6
  • Change Zoom/Toggle Hybrid: N/A
  • Previous Weapon: 1 or Mouse Wheel Up
  • Switch to First Weapon: N/A
  • Weapon Inspect: I
  • Alternate Fire: B
  • Switch to Second Weapon: N/A
  • Detonate C4: N/A
  • Night Vision Goggles: N
  • Killstreak 1: 3
  • Killstreak Wheel: K
  • Focus: N/A

Vehicle keybinds

• Vehicle Advanced Keybinds: Default

Overlay keybinds

• Show Scores: TAB
• Ping: Middle Mouse button
• Ping Wheel: Alt
• Danger Ping: N/A
• Show Map: Caps or M
• Change to Loadout 1, 2, 3 etc: Default

Menu keybinds

• Menu Advanced Keybinds: Default
• Voice Chat (Push to Talk): V
• Settings Menu: F3
• Social Menu: F2 or O

These keyboard settings are the default and offer optimal movement control.

Modern Warfare 3 Guide – Best Controller Settings

Controller

• Input Device:
• • Aiming Input Device: Controller
• Inputs:
• • Bumper Ping: Turn it off
  • Controller Vibration: Turn it off
  • Trigger Effect: Turn it off
  • Flip L1/L2 and R1/R2: Keep it off unless preferred
  • Stick Layout Preset: Set it to Default
• Deadzone Inputs: Use the “Test Stick Deadzone” setting to check for stick drift. Stick drift can negatively affect your aiming and movement. If your controller shows signs of drift, customize the analog stick deadzone settings until the L and R indicators align in the center.

Aiming

• Sensitivity Multiplier:
  • Ground Vehicles Sensitivity Multiplier: 1.00
  • Tablet Sensitivity Multiplier: 1.00
• Vertical Aim Axis:
  • On Foot: Standard
  • Ground Vehicles: Standard
• Horizontal Stick Sensitivity: Set it to 5
• Vertical Stick Sensitivity: Set it to 6 (or adjust to your preference)
• Aim Response Curve Type: Dynamic
• ADS Sens. Multiplier: 1.00 (affects aiming while holding breath with sniper scopes)
• ADS Sensitivity Transition Timing: Instant
• Custom Sensitivity per Zoom: Turn it off
• ADS Sensitivity Multiplier: Keep it at 0.90
• Tactical Stance Sensitivity Multiplier: 1.00

Aim Assist

• Target Aim Assist: On
• Aim Assist Type: Black Ops

Motion Sensor Aiming

• Motion Sensor Behavior: Off

Gameplay

• Automatic Sprint: Off
• Sprint/Tactical Behavior: Toggle (you can turn on Auto Sprint if preferred)
• Grounded Mantle: On
• Automatic Airborne Mantle: Partial
• Automatic Ground Mantle: Low Edges Only
• Auto Move Forward: Off
• Tactical Sprint Behavior: Double Tap
• Invert Slide and Dive Behavior: Standard
• Ledge Climb Behavior: Mantle Only
• Plunging Underwater: Trigger
• Sprinting Door Bash: On

Combat Behaviors

• ADS Interruption Behavior: Interrupt
• Weapon Mount Exit Delay: Medium
• Depleted Ammo Weapon Switch: On
• Change Zoom Shared Input: Sprint/Tactical Sprint/Focus
• Equipment Behavior: Hold
• Quick C4 Detonation: Grouped
• Aim Down Sight Behavior: On
• ADS Stick Swap: Off
• Weapon Mount Activation: ADS + Melee
• Tactical ADS Activation: ADS + Down Button
• Tactical ADS Behavior: Release ADS
• Interact/Reload Behavior: Tap to Reload (can be changed to “Prioritize Interact” for Warzone)

Vehicle Behaviors:

• Vehicle Camera Recenter: Short Delay
• Camera Initial Position: Free Look
• Lean-out Activation: Melee

Overlay Behaviors:

• Ping Wheel Delay: Moderate
• Killstreak Wheel Behavior: Hold

Modern Warfare 3 Predicted System Requirements

Minimum

• CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200
• Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon RX 470
• Video memory: 2GBRAM: 8GB
• Storage space: 72GB at launch
• Sound card: DirectX-compatible
• Recommended graphic drivers: Nvidia – 516.59, AMD – 22.9.1

Recommended

• CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K / i7-4770K or AMD Ryzen 5 1400
• Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580
• Video memory: 4GB
• RAM: 12GB
• Storage space: 72GB at launch
• Sound card: DirectX-compatible
• Recommended graphic drivers: Nvidia – 516.59, AMD – 22.9.1

These settings provide a strong foundation, but feel free to fine-tune them to your liking. With these optimized settings, you’ll be better equipped to dominate your opponents in Modern Warfare 3. Good luck on the battlefield!

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