Hey public hero, tweak your TF2!

June 15th, 2010

Hi y’all!

My name is Jack “JackieBoy” Tarvajärvi and I’m the captain of RCTIC.TF2. SaMZ asked me to write a blogpost about our team and first i was like: “Oh damn, that’s easy!”. But when the deadline was getting closer, I started to panic. I didn’t actually know what to write about. So because this is the second blogpost from our team and also there was a “free weekend” in TF2 I decided to write about TF2 configs and settings. So you can get more in to the game!

I hope many of you have used the great opportunity to buy TF2 from Steam -50% off(10€). So let’s get in to some of the settings you may like to change to get your game performing better and start PWNING!

Basic info:
When you are playing TF2 publics your FPS might be crappy and your choke is high. In my opinion TF2 isn’t designed for publics. It performs better in a 6on6 enviroment. So with these tips Your game will run smoothly playing TF2 in or out of public servers.

First step: FPS
I hope many of you have been playing games before and are used to playing with good FPS. To check your settings type “cl_showfps 1″ (without the commas”) to your console. For further tests just use “net_graph 1″. If you think you have good FPS don’t change anything if you don’t like to. I’ll link some configs that will increase your FPS or they will increase your quality of graphics. Depending on what you like.

http://fakkelbrigade.eu/chris/configs/

I personally use Chris’ configs because they have the highest performance. The Quality configs are REALLY good if you have beast computer. All the instructions for the configs you can find from that link. Chris plays medic so he also has a custom made Medic.cfg there that you should try.

Second step: “Network”
Many players have their network settings wrong. They’re whining about warping, lag etc… With these settings you will have a smooth game. (Put them into your autoexec.cfg if your using Chris’ configs just put these settings to the bottom. You can autoexec.cfg from \Steam\steamapps\YOURNICKNAME\team fortress 2\tf\cfg)

If you have a good internet connection use these ones:
cl_cmdrate “67″
cl_interp “0.0152″
cl_interp_ratio “1″
cl_lagcompensation “1″
cl_pred_optimize “2″
cl_smooth “0″
cl_smoothtime “0.01″
cl_updaterate “67″
rate “60000″

If you have a bad internet connection try these:
cl_cmdrate “40″
cl_interp “0.025″
cl_interp_ratio “1″
cl_lagcompensation “1″
cl_pred_optimize “2″
cl_smooth “0″
cl_smoothtime “0.01″
cl_updaterate “40″
rate “35000″

JackieBoy's autoexec.cfg

Third step: “HUD”

Many players are using the Default HUD by Valve. There has been many HUDs before but they all stopped updating. There are couple of HUDs at the moment that are being updated. Here’s one.

Community HUD:

I use this one personally because they update it. If you want to try it out just unrar the folders to \Steam\steamapps\YOURNICKNAME\team fortress 2\tf\.

m0re HUD:
http://m0re.nocrits.com/index.php?site=files&cat=3
For nostalgy maybe the best HUD ever. (No longer being updated)

Fourth step: “View”
Many of these settings you can adjust from the in-game menu but it’s easier to change by typing them to your console. (You can apply your console by Right Clicking TF2 from the Steam games list and choosing Properties –> Set Launch Options –> Type: -console –> Ok) They all are usefull commands to change your gameplay.

fov_desired 90 = The most important setting. Makes your “view” bigger.
viewmodel_fov = Play with this one, choose the most comfortable setting (default 54).
r_drawviewmodel 1 = Try it out (default 0).
cl_autoreload 1 = Very usefull.

Well, I guess this is it! If I missed something just write it to the comments below and maybe I’ll bring it up sometime? =)

For questions and help: contact me via IRC @ Quakenet
RCTIC\JackieBoy @ #rctic

Picture of JackieBoy
Is the captain of RCTIC.tf2 and according to SaMZ a happy person!

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3 Responses to “Hey public hero, tweak your TF2!”

  1. Moi :) says:

    Hieno blogi, Hermanni!

  2. sanhu says:

    still jackieboy is shitty scout :( joke

  3. JackieBoy says:

    np: Cheek – Liekeissä

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