Half-life Tweaks
<div class="IPBDescription">Graphical Tweaks</div> is there any tweaks I could put in the command line to make Half-Life (more specifically Natural-Selection) look better?
Is there anything I could do to the .cfg file?
Is there a website for this kind of stuff? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
By the way: I am <b>not</b> talking about replacing models and whatnot, I'm talking about making Half-Life make better use of newer Graphics and whatnot.
Thanks for your time,
-Sid <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Is there anything I could do to the .cfg file?
Is there a website for this kind of stuff? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
By the way: I am <b>not</b> talking about replacing models and whatnot, I'm talking about making Half-Life make better use of newer Graphics and whatnot.
Thanks for your time,
-Sid <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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But here are some things in the CFGs:
developer 1
fps_max 500
gl_picmip "0"
gl_max_size "2048"
cl_cmdrate "999"
GL_TEXTUREMODE "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR"
fastsprites "0"
gl_playermip "0"
gl_smoothmodels "1"
cl_highmodels "1"
gl_round_down "0"
r_dynamic "1"
r_shadows "1"
r_detailtextures "1"
gl_dither "1"
rate "25000"
Do I make an autoexec.cfg, or a userconfig.cfg? Because the default .cfg under NS says it's overwritten each time settings are changed. So I'm a bit lost here...
But otherwise, thanks a bunch. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
cl_cmdrate is locked next patch.
Rate should be whatever because the server limits it, but I put mine at 25000 just to make sure I don't get a overflow.
And put these in whatever- autoexec, config, or whatever else you've got. Yes, .cfg.
cl_cmdrate is locked next patch.
Rate should be whatever because the server limits it, but I put mine at 25000 just to make sure I don't get a overflow.
And put these in whatever- autoexec, config, or whatever else you've got. Yes, .cfg. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
rate (or cl_rate)
cl_cmdrate
cl_updaterate
should all be set based on your connection speed - and not an arbitrary number. They can end up lagging you (and in some cases, the server if it lacks processing speed).
[obtained from Planet Half-Life - which isn't the defining source for networking commands but, whatever - I don't know where the good site is]
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Command:
cl_cmdrate
Default:
30
Description:
Set number of times per second client updates server. (30 is modem speed; try 50 for LAN or between for cable modems, etc) <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Command:
rate (or cl_rate)
Default
9001.204 (that doesn't seem right, I believe it's set based on which speed you select for your connection)
Description
Set rate client sends data to server (bytes/sec). Try 1000-4000 for modem, 6000-9000 cable, up to 20000 if T1. Incorrect values can increase lag dramatically.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Command:
cl_updaterate
Default:
20 ( I actually set mine to mimic the cl_cmdrate; I think the most encompassing number seems to be 30)
Description:
Set number of updates client requests from the server per second. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I can't really help you with graphical stuff though, but I'd suggest sifting around in the support forum or something for ideas (or just looking through some console listings on various sites).
[edit] Incase you'd want to know my settings in this area:
cl_cmdrate 30
rate 10000
cl_updaterate 30
and I'm running on a cable modem