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  • CaLFiNCaLFiN Join Date: 2002-11-04 Member: 6909Members
    edited July 2003
    I just changed my config.cfg to:

    cl_cmdrate 60, fps_max: 61, cl_updaterate 90...

    What exactly would this do for me?

    Edit: This seemed to give me worse fps.
  • GargamelGargamel Join Date: 2003-01-04 Member: 11773Members
    First of all, nice work torment. I never knew what all that stuff did, but I dont know if I bother with it either,
    cause i m covered with the halflife controls menu anyway. Now there is something i dont get. You use uparrow downarrow left right to move? 1,2,3,4,5 for weapons? F for Flashlight? and so on? You dont seem to use any nice stuff the halflife controls menu offers (Comm menu shortcuts/Alien upgrades)?
    You got everything from Harware option to Net-Stuff but you dont have the most easiest?
    Of course in battle you only NEED 4 keys for movement and a mouse, but I find this spread-around-keyboard stuff not very optimized. To offer you a nice laugh, I play all FPS Games with... with... with the NUMPAD! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
    Yes! You can get all you need in that 5x4 Keysquare, general stuff at the 3x3 Insert...Pagedown Segment and some in the l,r,u,d arrows, and comm/alien shortcuts on the normal keyboard.
    2.0 qwert asdf yxcv is a good example of this.
    I mean, if you got 2 hands only, and wanna switch to knife you raise your hand to push 3? (Yeah i know you may use lastinventory, but still you gotta first select the other weapon)
    Am I missing something or is this not the config you play with? 8o
  • ghamgham United Kingdom Join Date: 2003-05-01 Member: 15991Members
    edited July 2003
    Gargamel: Hehe nope thats my honest config, for weapon switch I use mouswheel, dont have time for 12345, I just left them in there <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> and flashlight I dont bother with because it's only uses seem to be exploits really and btw I learnt half life with arrow keys and I been using them for 3 years now so they just kinda stick.

    HAMBONE: yeah theres an ns wwcl but its hardly known by anyone which is a shame and s_occfactor is part of a3d and how it can be abused, yes.

    CaL_FiN: you need to figure out what average fps you get throughout the game, if you get 100 looking at walls but 60 when u enter a fight is it really worth having fps_max 100 because the 40fps drop is really bad. If you average 60 fps keep the settings you listed, yes it is 'worse' fps in a way but what you'll see will be so much more accurate, which is what this is all about, playing the game as best as it can be.
  • taboofirestaboofires Join Date: 2002-11-24 Member: 9853Members
    edited July 2003
    Things that can make your config file bigger but aren't cheats:

    teamsay binds and the equivalent impulses bound to keys
    obscure graphics tweaking
    all sorts of netcode cvars
    obscure voice com cvars
    commander/gorge scripting

    You can take that and double it if you have seperate configs for marines and kharaa like I do, + a few lines for readyroom stuff (9999 sensitivity mousewheel-flashlight rave <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> )

    edit: Oh, cal_fin... "cl_cmdrate 60, fps_max: 61, cl_updaterate 90..." the cmdrate and updaterate variables are for netcode. Bigger is not always better, it's matter of finding a number that matches well your internet connection. Too much or too little of either results in lag, choke, and lost packets.
  • GargamelGargamel Join Date: 2003-01-04 Member: 11773Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--.torment. g+Jul 27 2003, 11:11 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (.torment. g @ Jul 27 2003, 11:11 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Gargamel: Hehe nope thats my honest config, for weapon switch I use mouswheel, dont have time for 12345, I just left them in there <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> and flashlight I dont bother with because it's only uses seem to be exploits really and btw I learnt half life with arrow keys and I been using them for 3 years now so they just kinda stick. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Wow <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> I can understand that being used to those controls is making it difficult to get used on new ones (you ll probably get the old reflexes <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> ), but hey, the point is, if you re good with this now, you ll be much better with compact numpad controls dont ya agree >]
    By the way, you ll then probably get called much more than "3MB config dude". <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
    Hey and flashlight shouldnt be used as exploit - I agree. But it saves me many times in those dark areas ;D
    I use it often to spot stuff or give signals.
    Happy configing <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • tehwootytehwooty Join Date: 2003-07-08 Member: 18024Members
    I never really modified my NS config, since I liked the default, most of the keys I need are right around the WASD keys (which I use in almost all of my games), so it was familiar when I started playing NS. But, I do need some evolve scripts and stuff which I feel like making, just gotta find a list of impulses and I'll be set...

    /me is off to do some research.... later when /me isn't feeling tired.

    -wooty
  • InertiaInertia Join Date: 2003-01-06 Member: 11963Members
    I understand what you're trying to do here g but it's reduntant in terms of the goals you seem to want to achieve. As mentioned above, anyone who's sceptical will simply assume that this config is bs, or that you have other configs in your /ns folder which you execute in game for lame **** like weapon autoswitch/fire or that jumpbitebitebite thingy that most self confessed "leet" skulks are all so fond of. If you want to seriously lay it to bed get to a lan or two and let everyone have a good look at the whole folder.

    ex_maxerrordistance "12"? Shouldn't that be 64 by default?

    rate "10150.04318"?!? How did you end up with that?

    Always thought maxed gamma in NS was pretty poor also - that gammatweak app isn't in the folder for nothing. Get a shadow or two in your game ferchrissake. It's not Quake.

    Which type of CPU do you have out of interest? We noticed optimisations in there for both AMD and Intel for some reason.
  • Ryse_SladeRyse_Slade Germany Join Date: 2002-12-22 Member: 11349Members, Constellation
    @Thansal

    You can program aimbots for every game that uses kind of predictable projectiles. Hitscan or not does not matter. It's all about math. As long as its not random aimbots will always be possible.

    @Melatonin

    I assume you never read the half-life readme file? Well, I did not read it too unless I was looking for information on creating spray paints. There you will find some information about scripting (even a link to a website with all console commands) and other useful things. Scripts are intended to be used.
  • ImmacolataImmacolata Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2140Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    <!--QuoteBegin--Tuplis+Jul 27 2003, 12:54 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Tuplis @ Jul 27 2003, 12:54 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> yea well propably that just means he has a really, really dark monitor, so that he couldn't see anything without high gamma - just like me... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I get that problem with my sony. Has awesome contrast but also renders dark really really dark. I must jack my brightness and gamma up some to get tolerable gameplay. Otherwise I just see a lot of shadows moving around.

    Some people object to messing with gamma and brightness, but its a thing you can ajdust on your monitor anyways, so what ever people prefer, it's fine with me. You get an uglier game with too much of it, but can better see whats going on around you.
  • domesticxdisputedomesticxdispute Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2300Members
    Here's a question:

    Is ex_interp locked in NS? I hope to god there isn't a big interp outbreak and everyone is shooting people around corners and what not.
  • taboofirestaboofires Join Date: 2002-11-24 Member: 9853Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--domesticxdispute+Jul 27 2003, 04:01 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (domesticxdispute @ Jul 27 2003, 04:01 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Is ex_interp locked in NS? I hope to god there isn't a big interp outbreak and everyone is shooting people around corners and what not. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Lag comp already allows that (shooting around corners). If everyone's ping is less than 100 or so, and it still happens, then you can worry about stuff like that.
  • AnimosityAnimosity Join Date: 2003-01-03 Member: 11768Members
    interp isnt locked, but afaik most people dont interp. but imo for ns it really doesnt make much of a difference. yes ive played with interp ranging from 0 to 0.15 and only at 0.15 range did it start to go a bit weird. other than that its all the same for ns.

    its really just cs paranoia kicking into ns (quite depressing)
  • kowkow Join Date: 2003-06-19 Member: 17524Members, Constellation
    thanks for the ATI fix!
  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Melatonin+Jul 27 2003, 09:36 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Melatonin @ Jul 27 2003, 09:36 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> scripting is not part of the game.

    the game is, and will always be, how it was BEFORE you start editing text files.

    its like killing when youv got a parasite, parasites are part of the game, and if your oponent was skilled enough to hit you, you should take it and allow his team the benefits. its just not equal to play against people who respect the original settings.

    to sum up, any help you gain from editing setting which are not found in the game options menu, is help that wasnt intended for you. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    This post just screams "I don't understand scripting, I've heard people can do bad things with it, therefore I don't like it." Sorry, but you're going to have to do better than this.

    Scripting does not involve convoluted code, nor h4x0ring settings files using a hex editor. It involves opening up simple text files in notepad and entering in console commands. That's all. Are you seriously suggesting that Valve put this in for their own usage and didn't intend players to find out about it?
  • GargamelGargamel Join Date: 2003-01-04 Member: 11773Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--SoulSkorpion+Jul 28 2003, 01:00 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SoulSkorpion @ Jul 28 2003, 01:00 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> This post just screams "I don't understand scripting, I've heard people can do bad things with it, therefore I don't like it." Sorry, but you're going to have to do better than this.

    Scripting does not involve convoluted code, nor h4x0ring settings files using a hex editor. It involves opening up simple text files in notepad and entering in console commands. That's all. Are you seriously suggesting that Valve put this in for their own usage and didn't intend players to find out about it? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    As I said for myself, I dont need any scripting stuff.
    Would be nice, if everyone just uses it to optimize some stuff.
    But Melatonin gets a point here, if yoou consider many abuses.
    There are people who switch off weapon/bite grafix while firing, crouched bunnyhopping, fastswitching, the heck knows... all with simple text scripts and that IS uneven against normal players :/
    Its a game, not a scripting marathon <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • obuhobuh Not Quite Smart at NS Join Date: 2003-03-31 Member: 15072Members, Constellation
    edited July 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--Gargamel+Jul 28 2003, 05:30 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Gargamel @ Jul 28 2003, 05:30 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> There are people who switch off weapon/bite grafix while firing, crouched bunnyhopping, <b>fastswitching</b>, the heck knows... all with simple text scripts and that IS uneven against normal players :/ <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    hud_fastswitch "1" is part of the game.

    OMG H4X ! <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • ghamgham United Kingdom Join Date: 2003-05-01 Member: 15991Members
    Inertia: Optimizations for intel and AMD? [I run an AMD btw] - not sure what you mean here.

    I have no other configs with game settings or anything to hide.

    I use one script which binds leap to mouse 4 [since using arrow keys means i cant use numbers to swap quickly]
    n.b. didn't meantion this again because it's in another thread here and on ukns.org, anyone who wants to take a look go <a href='http://www.uknsleague.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=101&sid=57745aaf1845d11943049758ffaca203' target='_blank'>here</a> Also note its not a leap/bite script, i still have to bite

    But I guess you're right, until you can proove on LAN you can play well and let ppl view your folder, there's always gonna be some who won't believe you

    Oh and last thing about the gamma, I got a Sony Monitor like Immacolata and it's a **** with dark stuff, hence gamma settings.
  • NeoMatrixj2NeoMatrixj2 Join Date: 2002-11-22 Member: 9638Members
    I have configs that let me limit my weapon scrolling to the number of hives we have (which i set manually) and shows the name of the weapon I am gonna use soon as I select it. I also have a config for marine that lets me choose to restrict weapons to allow knife or not and use pistol script or not (aka welder). I'm gonna make map specific configs for commander that fills the keypad with binded alerts like need help here attack here build here. Actually with locations I can scroll to the area I need and just hit a build here bind pointing at the location in my chat. wish I could use voice comm <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • BeastBeast Armonkyi Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15731Members, Constellation
    In my quest for the better and streamlined config (i.e. decreasing the brain to keyboard lag) I Have come up with many solutions. The first being to have mouse2 as forwards, Don't know why, but it works.

    However recenty(ish), I have streamlined the weapons selection on the mouse wheel - instead of scrolling through all the weapons, instead it only selects 2 weapons - for skulk this is leap and bite, for marine LMG/whatever and pistol. With fastswitch on this is somewhat intereesting to use - the same effects can be done with the keyboard, but it allows me to reduce the ammount of thaught needed, and get my skills where they need to be - in the game, not the keyboard.

    I also have a "multi-config-binder" - which rebinds the keys at the press of a single button, which makes all the usefull commands/binds available in the right places for marines/gorges/alien/commander. It's also togglable, I just have to press "f8" to cycle through the different configs until i get the one I want - the configs (at least for aliens) also have handy echos (console messages that appear on the screen not the console) So i know which key I have just pressed, and which config I have selected. Nothing major.

    Despite having some pretty heavy scripts here, to my knowledge, I do not have anything that could be considered "foul play", as all I have done is maximize my reaction speed through simply, a better binding system. No "autoleap" scripts, no pistolhaxor, no mousewheel pistol firing - just better keybinding, with a few extra shiny bits to help myself and my team know what I am doing - eg the "h" key in alien config both makes the "heal me" sound, and says "HElp! heal meh!!" to the team, while as marine it requests a medpack with a similar message, as comm it selects the medpack.

    I will be working on a public version of this multi-binder script soon, If anyone wants it.
  • InertiaInertia Join Date: 2003-01-06 Member: 11963Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--.torment. g+Jul 28 2003, 06:45 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (.torment. g @ Jul 28 2003, 06:45 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Inertia: Optimizations for intel and AMD? [I run an AMD btw] - not sure what you mean here. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Depending on amd cpu you may see a slight performance increase by changing r_mmx to "0"

    Would still love to know how you decided on that rate (10442.0343402342345458785768576897234 etc) <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • statusqstatusq Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12142Members
    Isn't 10000 maximum rate Half-Life allows ?
  • InertiaInertia Join Date: 2003-01-06 Member: 11963Members
    edited July 2003
    No funnily enough the 10k cap only comes into effect when the server is set as sv_lan 1. Bit of a throwback from the days when Q2 was played with three-figure rates and 10000 was enough for ANYONE on a token ring college network (ahem).
  • ghamgham United Kingdom Join Date: 2003-05-01 Member: 15991Members
    edited July 2003
    Ahh I tried mmx at both values but found no difference so just left it.

    And my rate was completely random spam <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

    I remember in cs when my friend got his cable, there was an optimum rate setting for his cable which looked something like that, with random numbers, am just playing atm <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Gargamel+Jul 28 2003, 06:30 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Gargamel @ Jul 28 2003, 06:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--SoulSkorpion+Jul 28 2003, 01:00 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SoulSkorpion @ Jul 28 2003, 01:00 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> This post just screams "I don't understand scripting, I've heard people can do bad things with it, therefore I don't like it." Sorry, but you're going to have to do better than this.

    Scripting does not involve convoluted code, nor h4x0ring settings files using a hex editor. It involves opening up simple text files in notepad and entering in console commands. That's all. Are you seriously suggesting that Valve put this in for their own usage and didn't intend players to find out about it? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    As I said for myself, I dont need any scripting stuff.
    Would be nice, if everyone just uses it to optimize some stuff.
    But Melatonin gets a point here, if yoou consider many abuses.
    There are people who switch off weapon/bite grafix while firing, crouched bunnyhopping, fastswitching, the heck knows... all with simple text scripts and that IS uneven against normal players :/
    Its a game, not a scripting marathon <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    This is exactly my point. No offense, but you don't understand scripting either if you think that those things are expoits which scripts are to blame for.

    1: Switching off weapon graphics
    Is hardly a script. It's a single cvar. Besides, it's been (or is being) disabled. So it's no longer an advantage. I do agree that this is an exploit, but it's a bit of a moot point since it's no longer available.

    2: Crouched bunnyhopping
    Is an exploit, but there's a difference between taking advantage of an exploit (bunnyhopping) and using a script to bunnyhop. You do not need a script to bunnyhop; I doubt you need one to silently bunnyhop. The fact that a script can be written to bunnyhop is besides the point - the script is not to blame for the exploit.

    3: "Fastswitching"
    hud_fastswitch 1 is not even remotely a 133t-h4x0r config, known only to the great 133tm45t4hs. It's barely even a tweak. If you're referring instead to switching weapons rapidly to load up at an armoury... again, that's not a script. Please tell me you're referring to that, and don't honestly believe changing a standard cvar is h4x0ring? :/

    4: "the heck knows"
    Exactly my point. Look, I've got nothing against people being ignorant about scripting. I've got something against people blaming scripting for all of gamings ills. I'm not saying you are, I'm just making a point. Scripting in and of itself is harmless. At best it moulds the user's setup to their hand, so to speak. That's all. Even if you had a config so 133t you could hook your brain directly up to the game, bypassing the keyboard, you'd still be bound by all the same rules of the game as everyone else.
  • EKSEKS Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2790Members
    .torment. g:

    cl_cmdbackup If im not mistaken this is how many times the client will send a rcon command to the server. If it fails the first time.

    gl_overbright <-- Most would consider changing it cheating.
    gl_monolights <-- Chaning it IS consider at cheat. ( VAC blocks chaning it now )

    Other that that, great work. Changed a few cvars lets see if i get better GFX in the game now <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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