How to (actually) get good at Runescape

[@TastyLifeRS]

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[@YoungBreakaheart]

excuse me Mr. Tasty I noticed that you use a transparent chatbox but it's darker than normal for easier readability, how did you do it? edit: found the plugin :) love you Tasty

[@lukeelliff8121]

Johnny Sins new profession, Runescape player

[@derriktemple3213]

Step 1- shave head.

[@he_who_nuts]

Shave head = no bitches No bitches = maximum time for runescape

[@constructioncat4184]

Step - 2 KQ tatoo.

[@grantna8735]

Zulrah tattoo next

[@Chickentorchic]

10/10 after shaving stonks skyrocketted

[@stevegoldstein3402]

@@constructioncat4184Step 3 - rep grandmas earring

[@Funk-Soul-Brother]

I'm an avid cs player and this guide made me discover i've had mouse acceleration on for the past 5 years. I'm honestly broken rn

[@humongofrog]

Most FPS games will take the raw input from the mouse driver, mouse acceleration does not affect 99% of games that take control of your cursor.

[@yoink9148]

you dont need to take it off, if youre used to it stick with it. there pros that are really good with mouse acceleration on, theres also an fps game (i forgot what was it) that everyone in the pro scene uses mouse acceleration.

[@rizzcs6018]

Dont worry, GuardiaN used mouse accel his entire career and he did pretty well for himself.

[@Funk-Soul-Brother]

I should update since people are still seeing this. Humongofrog is right, cs was using my raw input, but this definitely changed the feel of desktop use/windowed games like osrs

[@reeceashford2714]

Step 1 shave head Step 2 pierce right ear

[@TastyLifeRS]

the left one got infected oops

[@Free_BossmanJACK]

step 3 to get a kq tat

[@julianrogers8608]

step 3 become gay

[@jeanbob1481]

why does your character avatar has hair but u do not

[@kiriagosbauer2044]

@@TastyLifeRSslutty

[@joeywoodard1766]

This 1000% made me better almost immediately. Got a new mouse, changed cursor speed, and switched to stretched on not full screen and immediately went from dying at vardorvis every 3rd trip and only getting 2 max kills, to getting 6 kill trips and not dying a single time regularly since switching. Genuinely did not realize how bad my settings were prior to this. Thanks so much tasty!

[@DaemonRayge]

One thing I hate about Stretched Mode is the UI scaling is its an all or nothing. I sometimes wish I could only scale up one specific interface and not the others. Bigger inventory without also having to scale up the minimap is one thing that irks me. And as for ground markers, if you dont want all of those ugly colored boxes, then try the Immersive Ground Markers plugin. It lets you mark tiles with objects and decorations. Things like skeletons, skulls, mushrooms, blood splatters. Things that are less visual clutter and can enhance the environment.

[@garneet]

at least you can disable the chat with a stretched mode plugin, made it somewhat better imo

[@Noxlion28]

@@garneet What do you mean "disable the chat"? I don't see that anywhere

[@garneet]

@@Noxlion28 "fixed mode hide chat" in plugin hub

[@garneet]

@@Noxlion28 my comments gone which is weird, its "fixed mode hide chat" though

[@bhackaa]

Bro just hold alt and move your UI around where it's closer to your character lol

[@Chealder]

When learning, look at your progress instead of getting mad not getting the kill. Looking up max hits and thus knowing when (not) to eat also really helped me a lot.

[@Fishybun]

One plugin that helped me going from trash to less trash is the true tile plugin. Knowing that you skip a tile when running for example, and just knowing where your character truly is, is huuuge for alot of content. Great video as always 10/10

[@dutchraider2]

Same. I can't imagine playing without it now. The moment you learn your character skips the tile which it moves over when moving 2 tiles (you always move 2 when running) combined with knowing where your character actually is at all times... It unlocks so much mobility during boss fights that are designed to make you feel cornered. Like corrupted gauntlet, zebak (toa/raids3), vardorvis to name a few.

[@davidevans3736]

Even better is when true tile is highlighted through the Visual Metronome plugin so that the highlight alternates between two different colors, nothing helped my gameplay and understanding of the tick system more than this

[@Yltimate_]

Holy shit its behemeth

[@E_Lyslan]

Na let him cook

[@HexaFe]

ive been PREACHING about mouse setting and client size for years. glad to see a video about it!

[@imranfariad200]

Using a phoon bhop montage in a OSRS video. Sick

[@bhackaa]

I see people always saying don't use stretch because of how far you need to move your mouse to use spells, Prayers, inventory, ect. But you can easily just move your UI around and put your inventory/spell/prayer box within an inch of your character if you want to with HDOS/Runelite. This is some end user energy.

[@ColorzOFWGKTA]

id like to see a plugin vid. wicked vid man. great and important information & suggestions. killed it.

[@olx222]

I'd like to add with mouse sensitivity that certain dpi means nothing if your windows pointer speed settings are different (It's the slider just above the acceleration box). 800dpi on pointer speed 4 is not the same as 800dpi with pointer speed 8. Also, the most important thing is that sensitivity is subjective in how it affects your wrist. Your mouse settings should be optimized for osrs, but only to the point you never get wrist pain. Genetics aside, it is not the games fault you get wrist pain, it's your mouse setup and posture. High and low sensitivity can both lead to wrist pain, so try experimenting with as low as possible.

[@austinwilburn1772]

I’ve talked this over with people before but I think of the key factors of why I’m bad at bossing and stuff is the way I grew up. I spent my entire childhood playing card games, Pokémon, and jrpgs. Tons of turn based games, where I can sit there decide what and how I want to do things at every event.

[@FruitsOfTheHearts]

Not gonna lie, I'm a max main and I've been playing OSRS since like 2007, but I never passed the learning curve for endgame content out of sheer intimidation. I think it's because I learned the game in a certain way (traditional skill-less mindless auto attack with whip) that when things like raids came out, I felt that I fell too far behind to ever catch up. I'd have to unlearn and re learn new things. I feel like a hypocrite though since I have over 11,000 hours in Dota 2 which is known for being a "hard game" but with time came ease. It's just a thing where my mind is still in 2007scape and I feel overwhelemed by newer content. Not sure what to do. I did a few newer quests just to start myself off. Open to suggestions on how to move foward. (Also I feel like I missed out on COX, the new vampire raid, and even tombs) I think the term for this is catch-up anxiety. This anxiety isn't just for OSRS, but it's even bled into my work life where I have a fear of catching up to newer technologies and platforms, like containerization.

[@pmqtpqbtmz3956]

Nice earring, bro. Does Gohan have the other one?

[@martijnvandewetering5952]

The 'true tile indicator' plugin boosted my knowledge about how the game works the most. I would say it's a must have for any new player

[@Oct0ber_Skyy]

Worth noting that even Gnomonkey 9:44 has recommended a boxier client than he has to use for streaming

[@theradicalnomad7083]

Appreciate this! As a skiller I've never messed around with my settings too much, but even just a few minutes in, I can see a huge difference in how easy it is to click things!

[@deano852]

What screen size do you actually play on? Something slightly bigger than 1200x800? Edit: Great video btw, as always :)

[@sethnaffziger1402]

Bro i had my mouse on speed demon settings with acceleration on, and on peices of newer content like DT2 bosses with prayer switches (which i am currently beginning a grind on) once i had a few to many things going at once i'd fly over and misclick (overshoot) and then either have to claw my way back from low hp (and blow a multi run) or tab out... i just turned my acelleration off and played around with the speed (probably 30% slower) and now I can easily one tick dodge and hit swaps more comfortably. It all feels a lot more smooth and calculated. I wanna play with it more, but after i had gone about fixing the size of my Ui, the pointer speed was something I hadn't really considered adjusting before watching this... Appreciate it!

[@stevenguy5507]

This is extremely helpful as someone who got really used to feeling like an astronaut and struggling with various bosses that i felt i should be doing better on. Thank you homie

[@WhydYouChangeMyHandle]

One of the most important things to consider is PLAY WITH UR CHATBOX OPEN and PLAY WITH SOUNDS (also, I find animation smoothing to not be helpful / harder to see the discrete ticks, but could also be just what my brain is used to, it's hard to tell since im not new to the game)

[@Oct0ber_Skyy]

Melbuh dressed you for this video didn’t she. 10/10 work.

[@GmaulGOD]

i heard bald people purr when you rub their head

[@abposrs]

Definitely would love a more in-depth plugin guide!

[@vshockgamingandmore7735]

How do I change the size of the client? I play fixed because I do a lot of pvp and use stretched mode but I’d like to find a good medium between full screen and a minuscule client

[@LilyLemonadee]

same, i cant find out how to do it

[@ZepaOSRS]

Legit this is such a good overall advice on new players getting started! This is something people have to mention to friends who are still at tutorial island - It'll be a breeze to learn the game if you start doing stuff the 'right way' and not 32" monitor full screen mode wondering why doing a 2-way switch is impossible 😂 Solid vid, keep up the good work Tasty!

[@TempestTemple]

"I have a 1440p monitor so my pixels are smaller" Me sitting here playing on a 4K monitor

[@racecarbeds-w5g]

loved the vid, would also love to see the mindset behind becoming better at rs

[@rizzcs6018]

If you master how mouse acceleration works its actually really really good for games. Its just a lot harder to master it than simply turning it off. GuardiaN who was one of most dominant AWPers in CS:GO during his prime, used mouse accsl for his entire career. I learned to play CS with mouse accel on and while making pinpoint adjustments was a somewhat easier once i turned it off, i missed being able to flick at the speed i could with mouse accel on and it really threw me off. Basically it has pros and cons, if you already learned how to play with it, i recommend not turning it off unless you're having trouble making micro adjustments.

[@nicholasdarnell4834]

Hey tasty got better thx to this but my gear switches are still terrible. Any tips?

[@jususi71]

As someone who has gotten pretty good at osrs pvm, i was having just as much fun if not more fun before i became a tryhard. Enjoy urselves while playing!

[@JM-pk2nv]

I concur. I have known fullscreen is objectively bad for a long while now, but I like it anyway. Hasn't stopped me from being able to do the content I want to do. Tryharding is cool if that's what is fun to you, but it's not for me!

[@1haunt]

applies to just about every aspect of life

[@ShizuruNakatsu]

​@JM-pk2nv I have ocd about *anything* not on fullscreen. I just can't do it. I need things to look right, and to me that means fullscreen.

[@GuyN0ir]

I play full screen and just have my inventory near the middle of the screen. I'm not sure why everyone seems to think that's such a weird thing to do. Anyone that's seen my screen seems to think I'm a freak for doing that but like....... why? Why is that not a more commonplace thing to do? Moving the UI around seems like a normal thing to do, and having it in the corner feels weird.

[@BenderIsGreat3464]

I literally just left this same comment lol, it's so much easier putting your inv screen next to the boss

[@Tyler_Gill_Music]

Thanks to this video, I was finally able to defeat Hespori. Thank you father Tasty.

[@Gengarlegend]

The full screen zulrah kill made me wince. Lowering the mouse DPI definitely was one of the things that helped my clicks, I don't have mine as low as tasty's, but after lowering my dpi I found doing a full range->mage swap-> mutadile freeze-> range swap so much more seamless and became something I looked forward to instead of dreaded when raiding.

[@HTMLRu1ezD00d]

This is due to larger muscle activation, it’s hard to get muscle memory on just twitch movements with high dpi compared to low.

[@Gengarlegend]

@@HTMLRu1ezD00d that’s interesting and makes a lot of sense.

[@Bro_Ten]

Please show us all of the plugins!

[@leetdoe2136]

I'm glad someone finally mentioned the status bars on either side of your inventory, been using them for years. But homie, how you gonna mention that and not have transparent inventory on?

[@slimygoblin5712]

the much awaited follow up. good shit.

[@jt3008]

I thought you put on a 2nd earring at 11:50

[@TheWorks1995]

Is mouse acceleration an issue with Mac or just windows? I tried finding that setting on my MacBook and don’t see an option for it

[@kevinkluesner1608]

Using resizable classic layout but it takes the entirety of my the screen like the zulrah. Feel dumb but how do I change it? I can't seem to make it like 8:00

[@kongenkongen9821]

What streamer is it at 9:00 and how can i copy his gui layout?

[@OzzyOSRS]

I play on fixed stretched, just checked it was 50% scaling and aspect ratio not kept i'll try your settings for 2 weeks and see how it goes.... Also didn't notice but my mouse dpi was 1600 i'll see how it goes on 1000

[@MrJohniscute]

Tasty where did you buy your max cape.

[@Bogby_Pogby]

Banging vid title tbh - predict this one to pop off

[@alexandrebedard3317]

What's your client size on your 1440p monitor?

[@tspooky682]

I got 70s in my combat skills and idk how to play this game

[@WhydYouChangeMyHandle]

6k dpi is the only way to play imo, easy control with the fingers (more easily finely controlled for me than the wrist/full arm) for finding exactly where to go on demand and for close movements its just a lil vibration that's perfect for right click menus and clicking diff invent slots in succession

[@WhydYouChangeMyHandle]

Buttons on the mouse are helpful, but I only use 2 for my thumb, one for escape (closing interfaces) and one for remapping middle mouse button (for camera control), any much more than that or in other locations are not helpful likely

[@LilGamingYes]

Personally my Stretched Mode plugin is at 75%. My game screen fills the whole screen, it doesn't look stretched, I can see everything and it's not too hard to switch gear setups... I got a 42" monitor, and it isn't to barely use a quarter of it.

[@Waajon]

I think a plug-in guide would be sick. There’s so many I don’t know about that I see everyone using.

[@derekwalker4622]

Seven seconds into this video, and I have to say, "THANKS" for being a real person, and taking the time to make the video. So many videos these days with AI voice-over, just annoys many people. If your content is worthy, I may be closer to subbing to your channel than many others.

[@VallianceRS]

please also set your mouse to 6/11 windows setting. your example for pointer precision looks like its at 4/11? which would be causing a form of mouse acceleration/decelleration too.

[@Vetionarian]

The #1 plugin for learning any new PVM mechanic is the TRUE TILE plugin.....literally game changer. I was a noob until I found that thing and now I can solo all the gwd bosses, solo toa 400s, solo cox, etc etc etc.

[@mugoloo]

As a 5-year enjoyer of Logitech's G502 I take offense to 5:50 lmao. Thanks for telling me about mouse acceleration tho. Never knew.

[@AliEl-Zayat]

A Plugins set video would be great, Thanks in advance

[@rowdyfranken3750]

Extremely curious how to get the boosting info like yourself, it looks so clean! Any help mister Tasty? :D

[@Bananathan25]

Earring looks great man

[@Borchert97]

Should've mentioned to highlight true tile over highlighting tile since in some instances that's way more useful, like wave skipping at Zebak or trying to reset Nex, all things where true tile indicator serves you way better than standard NPC highlight.

[@codycrowe4880]

Please give us a full runelite run though of your settings dude.

[@DoctorSockrates]

Ah yes, our 100 BPM medieval fantasy rhythm game. Once OSU players transition over PVP and PVM will never be the same.

[@wtfdued]

stretched mode makes my client blurry, anyway to change that?

[@flowerpowermanful]

Why use a wireless mouse when you play low dpi? (Sorry i have ptsd from my mouse dying mid boss)

[@Liveandlearn-]

I respect the gains in the gym. Looking big man keep it up

[@5tony]

if you have 1 or 2 side mouse buttons you can swap them to shift and control. can be helpful in some pvm

[@developersean]

Why do you look like a level 3 bot? (Just playin')

[@lon514]

i played fps shooters for 5 years and never knew i had mous accel on lmao

[@DeltaInsanity]

This is actually not that surprising as most modern FPS games use raw mouse input which bypasses system settings. It means you don't get any mouse acceleration in game, but it would be enabled when navigating your desktop.

[@lon514]

@@DeltaInsanity oh makes sense

[@CaptainHandsome]

The other big thing about the GPU plugin is that it's not called that for no reason, the Java client RuneLite is based on runs all the graphics on your CPU

[@nathanwood7492]

I have havoc mouse had the keyboard to but it crapped out anyone know if havoc is decent

[@samuelmontypython8381]

It should be noted that disabling mouse acceleration should be accompanied by changing mouse pointer speed. If you just turn off that setting alone, your mouse will move slow af and you'll think that it was a terrible choice. I changed my mouse speed to just a hair above the median between slow and fast, removed enhanced pointer precision option, and then it was perfect.

[@alphaaxd]

man i really wanna try the zowie FK-1 white but i have like 7 mice and im just rocking a zowie one rn and i dont think ill ever move from it

[@jacobwengren5440]

how do you measure your screen to be 1200x800 or less

[@thatboyashley]

The boy is back! Where have you been my guy?? Love to see you!😊

[@abesmith193]

Don’t want a plug in guide but fuck it I’ll watch it for the ad rev for the boy

[@awkwardtouches]

I also play 27in 1440p and I keep my icons at 150% size and have my inv moved about 30% to the center on the bottom from the right corner

[@FizzTheFox]

hold alt and drag your inventory to the top left. it instantly makes you 73% cooler which in turn makes you better.

[@TheSpazDevil]

One of the best videos from you in a while, meaning absolutely no offence just feel I really enjoyed this and it’s great content for newer players and even me!! Big help.. please could I also mention this in one of my videos if I like this as a reference

[@Saphiros]

I had some dudes clowning on me during a bingo because I've moved my minimap closer to my inventory so I could click quick prayers/cure poison via hp orb more consistently. Started moving all my ui shit all over the screen just to mess with them for loot screenshots. Playing with inventory at top left is really weird

[@stevenguy5507]

Damn, been a few months since I watched you! Holy glow up, looking damn good dude

[@GregsEndeavor]

as a returning player a plugin guide would be nice ty.

[@im420back]

can boodev teach me what i need to know to start doing some light automation in game?

[@yobanyhernandez125]

ima sound like a lunatic but using a trackball increased my click accuracy (had to switch from a regular mouse due to injury) so it feels like I traded speed for accuracy but I am doing content better.. ( getting into deeper waves of the inferno and dieing less at the d2 bosses)

[@7amianAkaDame]

You mean to tell me that that one mouse setting just fixed my clicks no shot, like a good 75%... Thanks dude, like frfr.

[@friendzonesOSRS]

when did i turn mouse acceleration back on??????

[@pacarculture1288]

i got my first phosani nm kill with no vid n no coach today am i good at orsr?

[@NinetyUnderScore]

Mouse acceleration itelf is not bad for muscle memory! Windows mouse acceleration however, is. Using custom tools like rawaccel allows you to create your own custom mouse acceleration curves. Personally I have been using mouse acceleration with a linear curve for years now, and I would like to say that I am quite good at fps games.

[@therebelofchaos1674]

After that little UI scaling bit, omg. Thank you. You have made it so that I can see the Christian god, Guthix, Zamorak, Saradomin, Armadyl, Zaros, Bandos, AND the Matrix. I can see EVERYTHING now lol. Feels like I just unlocked my true abilities after playing on handicap for so long lmfao.

[@universellesradio]

the thing about playing on a smaller screen is completely inaccurate based on the argument that you cant see your UI... You can literally resize your UI in RL 1:1 until is taking up half your screen if you want

[@adamkelly1296]

Why is Odablock posting on TastyLife?

[@JarlZiccone]

Give us the full plug-in guide!

[@alagon2047]

PLUGIN GUIDE LETS GOOO!

[@wiznendo]

I play full screen on a 34 inch 1440p ultrawide, with 2500dpi, I always wondered why I find switches and prayer shit so hard, and just wish I could hot key some stuff. Now I know, and will try some of this stuff

[@Aleskt]

I mostly disagree with this video; I went down the rabbit hole of always playing games with the most optimized settings back when I was more hardcore about gaming and if there's one thing I learned, being comfortable with your setup is more important than optimizing everything perfectly. I play OSRS on resizable fullscreen, with stretched mode on at 50% resizable scaling with 4300 DPI and I have done and can comfortably farm every single piece of content the game has to offer, I was even in the first 100 players to complete the colosseum on release. While I do agree that playing the game insanely zoomed out with a minuscule UI is objectively a big disadvantage for OSRS, the truth is most people are bad because they don't know how to practice properly, not because they're playing with the wrong layout. Find a layout where you can comfortably play, but still enjoy playing the game rather than optimizing everything perfectly for optimal clicks and travel distance. Just because it works for someone else does not mean it will work for you. As much as some people love to stress the importance of having everything optimized to the max to be a top tier player in the game you're playing, the truth is, unless your layout is absolutely horrendous (like the one shown at 6:30), optimizing will only very marginally improve how good you are and the vast majority of what actually makes you good is your mindset; Being introspective, being open about learning, not making excuses, staying competitive, vod-reviewing when you die to find your mistakes, etc. That's the one major attribute most top tier gamers have in common. It sucks to hear because the idea of fixing your setup and instantly becoming better is a lot more appealing, but while it might make you SLIGHTLY better, that's just not what's going to make you a good player.

[@estusf1ask]

disable mouse smoothing was the biggest thing in here for me personally, i did not realize how big of a difference it was gonna make

[@arturchrz]

i changed my screen size and its making my switches and everything faster even tho my monitor isnt that big it helps just feels weird not being full screen something i have to get use to

[@sorwddeath]

Honestly I love mouse acceleration but a 3rd party accelerator called raw accel it is so nice to have a threshold you have to move to kick up the dpi

[@chief3796]

Turning off mouse acceleration blew my mind, ive got to relearn years of muscle memory and im not sure if its worth it lol

[@steven_himself]

i did the same. usually fps games turn it off by default so i never noticed. but runelite doesnt

[@JustGeoffs]

I did this like a year ago, takes a minute to get used to but it’s very much worth it

[@ignatiushazzard]

It's super weird. I made the transition a couple times (computer in storage once and didn't realize it had restored the setting) - I'd say it probably takes like a week 100% worth it if you want to do anything but afk skill

[@chief3796]

@@ignatiushazzard ive gotten pretty far with it on unfortunately, now im thinking back to all the misclicks while pvming over the years wondering if it was me or my settings lol

[@hemmoau]

Very worth it, work through it :) if you DO want mouse accel make it a choice and use a custom program like Povohat's (odds are you don't want to).

[@fredq6118]

I forgot to turn off mouse acceleration on my new computer... that I got a year and a half ago. Fuck my life it's gonna take so long to rewrite my muscle memory but I've been making my life a million times harder having to learn distance AND mouse speed for each movement...