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Hello my name is chris. I play Counter Strike and Americas Army ocasioanlly. So I have an Idea that would make playing alot easyer, if I could find or make a program that I could open to run, and use task manager to close. I need the program to run a aimer in the middle of my screen just a red dot this way when using rifles I dont have to zoom to aim, and when I run out of ammo I can keep aim and reload. I tried just making a dot on my screen with a marker but when you move the aimer goes off. So it would be greatly appriectated if someone could show me how to make something like that.

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asked for a simple red dot that stays in the centre of the screen. Several replies rightly raised the ethics and risk: called it cheating and noted bans are possible. Valve’s anti-cheat system (VAC) enforces rules on many online servers. (Use external aim helpers in multiplayer at your own risk.) Valve VAC FAQ.

Why a marker on the glass doesn’t work: a physical dot is fixed to the monitor, but the game camera (the view used for aiming) moves with your in-game viewpoint and HUD scaling/FOV. Small head movements, screen offsets or resolution changes make the glass dot drift relative to the virtual centre.

Safer, practical alternatives:

  • Use the game’s crosshair. Modern Counter-Strike titles expose console cvars to make a centered dot and pick color/size; these persist in-game and don’t inject into the renderer. Example (paste into the CS console or an autoexec): 
cl_crosshairstyle 2
cl_crosshairsize 0
cl_crosshairthickness 2
cl_crosshaircolor 0
cl_crosshairdot 1

(Generators and command lists are available if further tuning is needed.) CS crosshair guide & generator.

  • For desktop/single-player accessibility (not competitive multiplayer), use OS utilities rather than game hooks. Microsoft PowerToys includes a Mouse Pointer Crosshairs utility that draws crosshairs around the cursor and is configurable. It’s intended for visibility/accessibility and can be toggled per app. PowerToys Mouse Utilities.

  • For skill-building, use aim trainers (Aim Lab, KovaaK) to practice without modifying multiplayer games. Aim Lab · KovaaK (Steam).

A final note of caution: anti-cheat tools and server admins can detect injected hooks, render hooks, or suspicious overlay windows. Open-source anti-cheat projects document techniques for finding external overlays and hooks, which is why external aim programs often trigger bans. If the goal is to practice or accessibility, prefer in-game settings or OS-level tools rather than third-party injectors. Anti-cheat detection techniques (example).

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Member Avatar for jwenting

iow, you want to cheat.
Such things already exist for almost every shooter out there, and people using them are cheaters.

Member Avatar for RwCC

Don't Valve check for scripts anyway? so even if you were provided with one you would be easily caught and banned from just about every CS:S server excluding the poorly run dodgy ones. And they get closed often enough.

Stick with using a marker on your screen or better yet, practice :) I can run and shoot with the AWP and hit my target, no cheating involved - just training :)

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Hello my name is chris. I play Counter Strike and Americas Army ocasioanlly. So I have an Idea that would make playing alot easyer, if I could find or make a program that I could open to run, and use task manager to close. I need the program to run a aimer in the middle of my screen just a red dot this way when using rifles I dont have to zoom to aim, and when I run out of ammo I can keep aim and reload. I tried just making a dot on my screen with a marker but when you move the aimer goes off. So it would be greatly appriectated if someone could show me how to make something like that.

Its just a case of practice and using a low sensitivity (I use 1.25).

If you're sat directly in front of the screen you should have no problem lining the middle up with the enemy.

To be honest though, if you do spot one while reloading you're better getting your pistol out and retreating/hiding (while shooting at him of course)

Member Avatar for Phaelax

Here's a better idea, practice and learn to play. I'm guessing that someone kicked your butt and so now you want to cheat to show them how great you are?

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