Is there any program, app, or piece of hardware that can overlay a better crosshair on my screen?

[Noodles4Pasta]

I do not see this as a cheat, and for my purposes, it is actually NESSICARY to play a shooting game.

My problem is that I am color blind and the in-game modes for this do not help at all. I CAN NOT see the reticle unless it has a high contrast with whatever is behind it, and that happens less than 5% if the time. I might as well be closing my eyes and firing! it might actually be more accurate!

What I would like to see, for visually challenged people like me, is an app, program, or piece of hardware that works with the game designers to customize a crosshair for use in whatever game is played. the only function it could provide is a static overlay so that it could not be adapted to provide a cheat over the game. Then players like myself might be able to hang with others and be a valuable contributor to the team in a game, or not struggle to get through a game simply because we cant get on target at all.

For example, ever since HALO1 I have been only able to use shotgun and explosives in games effectively... Any weapon requiring aiming, I just end up using a "spray and pray" method of firing. So if I could actually SEE THE DARN CROSSHAIR then I would be able to use those the way they were intended.

FYI I sucked at that bird hunting game as a kid, almost never got a hit.

After some research, the “average” human eye and brain has a 100-250 ms processing time to register a something new onscreen. Even the best has a response time of about 50 ms. So a good 4K TV with a 30 ms input lag, VS about 10 ms for a high end gaming monitor, is still less then what your eyes can process. A good 4K TV costs less than the 4K monitors, and less than most 1440 gaming monitors, and it often will have a better contrast ratio than a monitor will.

So if I’m getting a TV, I don’t want to mark it’s screen, and it won’t have built in crosshairs, so that why I’m looking for a device to add one.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by Snapjak:

Yes that is very true SoT. It's even more niche than 4k right now.

Yep, and I know, as I have and Ultrawide.

[Noodles4Pasta]

ok i used the wrong term... my bad. I ment more pixles as the ability to distinguish a bush from a person at a long range would be useful to me in some games/game maps. Though the game would need to support 4K obviously, otherwise it would just be an enhanced 1080 or 1440... though I can see that they are heading that way.

And as far as the moniters that have crosshairs, the reviews on them are that they are not that great...

[Don't drink the koolade]

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[Noodles4Pasta]

So after doing some research, a gaming monitor has about a 10-15 ms lag between input and and processing. Good TVs have a 30-50 ms lag. And the best human eye can take 20-30 ms to process and send info to the brain, then the brain takes a min of 50 ms to process, for a total of 70-80 ms. But the average person takes 150-200 ms to see and process something. Also factor in “persistence”, the amount of time an image stays in memory before your brain realizes its gone, which is 40 ms, and a 30 ms tv lag will NOT effect your gaming. Especially if there is already a deficit like I have. But having a higher amount of detail WOULD be beneficial.

So getting a larger 4K TV over a gaming monitor would actually be a good idea, cuz it’s cheaper, as long as it wasn’t a “cheep” made one with a higher lag. But I don’t want to physically mark on a 4K TV, and they don’t come with the built in crosshairs, so that is why I’m looking for a physical device to overlay when a game is in full screen, as games run better full screen.

[Tesityr]

Originally posted by comprodigy:

So after doing some research, a gaming monitor has about a 10-15 ms lag between input and and processing. Good TVs have a 30-50 ms lag. And the best human eye can take 20-30 ms to process and send info to the brain, then the brain takes a min of 50 ms to process, for a total of 70-80 ms. But the average person takes 150-200 ms to see and process something. Also factor in “persistence”, the amount of time an image stays in memory before your brain realizes its gone, which is 40 ms, and a 30 ms tv lag will NOT effect your gaming. Especially if there is already a deficit like I have. But having a higher amount of detail WOULD be beneficial.

So getting a larger 4K TV over a gaming monitor would actually be a good idea, cuz it’s cheaper, as long as it wasn’t a “cheep” made one with a higher lag. But I don’t want to physically mark on a 4K TV, and they don’t come with the built in crosshairs, so that is why I’m looking for a physical device to overlay when a game is in full screen, as games run better full screen.

If I may add to this though, while a 30ms response time won't affect the GAME, it will negatively affect how the game LOOKS, as in potential ghosting and echo effects that end up looking like blurring or other negative artifacts.

Always get the lowest response time you can afford, as it will always help how a game LOOKS (but not technically how it performs).

[Noodles4Pasta]

Yeah, Im gonna suck at any game so im not worried about performance... I havent gamed in years so I know I'll be behind. I just dont want to be at a disadvantage from most other players because I cant aim