Console tweaks - Revision history

FREDZ at 23:24, 13 February 2025

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 | '''gl_picmip''' 0
 | set the scaling factor by which to shrink textures (higher numbers increase FPS, but look poorer, over 2 is very bad)
 |-
 | '''gl_playermip''' 0

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Variable default value ! Description |- | '''cl_blend''' 1 | enable palette-blending effects (lighting change when shot, underwater, etc.) 0 may increase FPS |- | '''cl_bloodtime''' 10 | set time before blood splats disappear (lower, or 0 may increase FPS) [Flags: ] |- | '''cl_fireworks''' 3 | enable fireworks (special effects) display, 0 - 3, higher is prettier and slower [Flags: ]..."

2025-02-13T23:23:57Z

Created page with "{{Console flags}} {| class="wikitable" |+ Tweaks: ! Command arguments<br />- or - <br />Variable default value ! Description |- | '''cl_blend''' 1 | enable palette-blending effects (lighting change when shot, underwater, etc.) 0 may increase FPS |- | '''cl_bloodtime''' 10 | set time before blood splats disappear (lower, or 0 may increase FPS) [Flags: *] |- | '''cl_fireworks''' 3 | enable fireworks (special effects) display, 0 - 3, higher is prettier and slower [Flags: *]..."

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{{Console flags}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Tweaks:
! Command arguments<br />- or - <br />Variable default value
! Description
|-
| '''cl_blend''' 1
| enable palette-blending effects (lighting change when shot, underwater, etc.) 0 may increase FPS
|-
| '''cl_bloodtime''' 10
| set time before blood splats disappear (lower, or 0 may increase FPS) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''cl_fireworks''' 3
| enable fireworks (special effects) display, 0 - 3, higher is prettier and slower [Flags: *]
|-
| '''cl_gun''' 1
| enable display of the player gun model (set to 0 to increase FPS a bit)
|-
| '''cl_lights''' 1
| enable dynamic lighting (set to 0 to increase FPS, see cl_testlights)
|-
| '''cl_maxfps''' 31
| set the maximum frames-per-second (FPS) -- higher FPS requires more bandwidth, lowering it can reduce lag
|-
| '''cl_nodelta''' 0
| disable delta compression (only use if you get network errors online -- will slow netplay)
|-
| '''cl_noskins''' 0
| disable use of custom skins on other players in multiplayer (0=enable skins, 1=disable skins, 2=enable skins, but do not download new ones from the server) -- 1 may improve lag and FPS
|-
| '''cl_particles''' 1
| enable particle display (sparks, splats) see cl_testparticles (0 may increase FPS)
|-
| '''cl_predict''' 1
| enable client-side prediction (attempts to compensate for lag by predicting player movements)
|-
| '''cl_showmiss''' 0
| enable display of missed predictions (see cl_predict) -- may want to turn off cl_predict if many
|-
| '''cl_shownet''' 0
| enable display of network packet latency information -- turn on while tweaking net settings (see also netgraph)
|-
| '''cl_vwep''' 1
| enable visible weapon models on other players (0 may increase FPS) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_bitdepth''' 0
| enable 16-bit textures
|-
| '''gl_cull''' 1
| enable culling (NOT rendering obscured objects) disabling will reduce FPS
|-
| '''gl_dynamic''' 1
| enable dynamic lighting (0 may increase FPS)
|-
| '''gl_ext_compiled_vertex_array''' 1
| enable compiled vertex arrays (try both 0 and 1 to see which is better) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_ext_multitexture''' 1
| enable multiple texture processor support (leave on if your video card supports it) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_flashblend''' 0
| enable blending of lighting effects onto the map objects (0 will increase FPS)
|-
| '''gl_fog''' 0
| enable fog (0 will increase FPS) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_maxtexsize''' 256
| set maximum texture size (lower may increase FPS on some video cards) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_mode''' 0
| set screen resolution (0=320x200, 1=400x300, 2=512x384, 3=640x480, 4=800x600, 5=960x720, 6=1024x768, 7=1152x864, 8=1280x960, 9=1600x1200), lower will increase FPS [Flags: *U]
|-
| '''gl_picmip''' 0
| set the scaling factor by which to shrink textures (higher numbers increase FPS, but look poorer, over 2 is very bad)
|-
| '''gl_playermip''' 0
| set the scaling factor by which to shrink player skins (higher numbers increase FPS, but look poorer, over 2 is very bad)
|-
| '''gl_polyblend''' 1
| enable flash/blending effect when injured or under water (0 will increase FPS)
|-
| '''gl_reflections''' 1
| enable reflections (not used?)
|-
| '''gl_round_down''' 1
| enable rounding down of texture sizes to next-lower power of 2 (set to 0 to round up, may look better, but will decrease FPS)
|-
| '''gl_shadows''' 0
| enable shadows (1 will decrease FPS) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_skymip''' 0
| enable mipmap sky graphics
|-
| '''gl_specular''' 1
| enable specular lighting effects (0 may increase FPS) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_texturemode''' GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST
| sets texture rendering mode: GL_NEAREST = nearest-neighbor interpolation (looks like software mode with colored lighting); GL_LINEAR = linear interpolation (blurs textures that are too close). GL_NEAREST_MIPMAP_NEAREST = nearest-neighbor interpolation with mipmapping (blurs textures that are too far away). GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST = linear interpolation with mipmapping; GL_NEAREST_MIPMAP_LINEAR =nearest-neighbor interpolation with mipmapping (for trilinear hardware); GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR = linear interpolation with mipmapping for trilinear hardware. (The later ones in the list look better, but are slower) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_vertex_arrays''' 0
| enable vertex array support (compare 0 and 1) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_ztrick''' 1
| enable z-buffer clearing between frames (0 will increase FPS, but may cause flickering)
|-
| '''in_initjoy''' 1
| enable joystick initialization (set to 0 if you don't use a joystick to save a bit of RAM) [Flags: -]
|-
| '''in_initmouse''' 1
| enable mouse initialization (set to 0 if you don't use a mouse to save a bit of RAM) [Flags: -]
|-
| '''in_joystick''' 0
| enable joystick input use (set to 0 if you don't use a joystick to save a bit of RAM) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''in_mouse''' 1
| enable mouse input use (set to 0 if you don't use a mouse to save a bit of RAM) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''netgraph''' 0
| enable network condition graph (green bar height indicates ping, lower is better; red/yellow represents packet-loss/lag, fewer is better) -- enable this while you tweak rate or any other setting to see what works best for you
|-
| '''props''' 1
| enable in-game props (0 may increase FPS in single-player) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''r_detail_alpha''' 0.2
| set detail reduction coefficient [Flags: *]
|-
| '''r_detail_dist''' 256
| set detail reduction distance (higher may increase FPS) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''r_detail_scale''' 8.0
| set detail reduction scale factor (higher may increase FPS) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''r_directional_lighting''' 1
| enable directional lighting effects (0 may increase FPS) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''r_lightflares''' 1
| enable lens flare effects (0 may increase FPS) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''r_painskins''' 2
| set pain skins level (0=none, 1=some, 2=all), lower may increase FPS [Flags: *]
|-
| '''r_speeds''' 0
| enable rendering speed running display (including FPS), see timerefresh, timedemo
|-
| '''rate''' 18000
| set the maximum bytes-per-second that the server can send data to the client -- enable the netgraph and try different values to find the best. Starting points: 28.8k/33.6 = 2100-3500, 56k = 3000 - 5000, for T1, cable, DSL, LAN: up to 20000 or so [Flags: *U]
|-
| '''s_khz''' 22
| set sound sampling rate, options are 11 and 22. 22 sounds better, but may decrease performance [Flags: *]
|-
| '''s_loadas8bit''' 0
| force lower-quality (8-bit) sound samples (1 may improve performance) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''s_mixahead''' .20
| set sound mixing delay -- use higher numbers to fix stuttering problems [Flags: *]
|-
| '''s_primary''' 0
| enable DirectSound primary sound buffer, 1 may improve performance a bit, but also may not work [Flags: *]
|-
| '''s_reverb_count''' 4
| set number of times reverberating sounds repeat and fade (lower or 0 may improve performance)
|-
| '''showclamp''' 0
| enable display of network clamping information
|-
| '''showdrop''' 0
| enable display of dropped network packet info
|-
| '''showtrace''' 0
| enable display of packet tracing info
|-
| '''gl_playermip''' 0
| set the scaling factor by which to shrink player skins (higher numbers increase FPS, but look poorer, over 2 is very bad)
|-
| '''gl_polyblend''' 1
| enable flash/blending effect when injured or under water (0 will increase FPS)
|-
| '''gl_reflections''' 1
| enable reflections (not used?)
|-
| '''gl_round_down''' 1
| enable rounding down of texture sizes to next-lower power of 2 (set to 0 to round up, may look better, but will decrease FPS)
|-
| '''gl_shadows''' 0
| enable shadows (1 will decrease FPS) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_skymip''' 0
| enable mipmap sky graphics
|-
| '''gl_specular''' 1
| enable specular lighting effects (0 may increase FPS) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_texturemode''' GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST
| sets texture rendering mode: GL_NEAREST = nearest-neighbor interpolation (looks like software mode with colored lighting); GL_LINEAR = linear interpolation (blurs textures that are too close). GL_NEAREST_MIPMAP_NEAREST = nearest-neighbor interpolation with mipmapping (blurs textures that are too far away). GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST = linear interpolation with mipmapping; GL_NEAREST_MIPMAP_LINEAR =nearest-neighbor interpolation with mipmapping (for trilinear hardware); GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR = linear interpolation with mipmapping for trilinear hardware. (The later ones in the list look better, but are slower) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_vertex_arrays''' 0
| enable vertex array support (compare 0 and 1) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_ztrick''' 1
| enable z-buffer clearing between frames (0 will increase FPS, but may cause flickering)
|-
| '''in_initjoy''' 1
| enable joystick initialization (set to 0 if you don't use a joystick to save a bit of RAM) [Flags: -]
|-
| '''in_initmouse''' 1
| enable mouse initialization (set to 0 if you don't use a mouse to save a bit of RAM) [Flags: -]
|-
| '''in_joystick''' 0
| enable joystick input use (set to 0 if you don't use a joystick to save a bit of RAM) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''in_mouse''' 1
| enable mouse input use (set to 0 if you don't use a mouse to save a bit of RAM) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''netgraph''' 0
| enable network condition graph (green bar height indicates ping, lower is better; red/yellow represents packet-loss/lag, fewer is better) -- enable this while you tweak rate or any other setting to see what works best for you
|-
| '''props''' 1
| enable in-game props (0 may increase FPS in single-player) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''r_detail_alpha''' 0.2
| set detail reduction coefficient [Flags: *]
|-
| '''r_detail_dist''' 256
| set detail reduction distance (higher may increase FPS) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''r_detail_scale''' 8.0
| set detail reduction scale factor (higher may increase FPS) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''r_directional_lighting''' 1
| enable directional lighting effects (0 may increase FPS) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''r_lightflares''' 1
| enable lens flare effects (0 may increase FPS) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''r_painskins''' 2
| set pain skins level (0=none, 1=some, 2=all), lower may increase FPS [Flags: *]
|-
| '''r_speeds''' 0
| enable rendering speed running display (including FPS), see timerefresh, timedemo
|-
| '''rate''' 18000
| set the maximum bytes-per-second that the server can send data to the client -- enable the netgraph and try different values to find the best. Starting points: 28.8k/33.6 = 2100-3500, 56k = 3000 - 5000, for T1, cable, DSL, LAN: up to 20000 or so [Flags: *U]
|-
| '''s_khz''' 22
| set sound sampling rate, options are 11 and 22. 22 sounds better, but may decrease performance [Flags: *]
|-
| '''s_loadas8bit''' 0
| force lower-quality (8-bit) sound samples (1 may improve performance) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''s_mixahead''' .20
| set sound mixing delay -- use higher numbers to fix stuttering problems [Flags: *]
|-
| '''s_primary''' 0
| enable DirectSound primary sound buffer, 1 may improve performance a bit, but also may not work [Flags: *]
|-
| '''s_reverb_count''' 4
| set number of times reverberating sounds repeat and fade (lower or 0 may improve performance)
|-
| '''showclamp''' 0
| enable display of network clamping information
|-
| '''showdrop''' 0
| enable display of dropped network packet info
|-
| '''showtrace''' 0
| enable display of packet tracing info
|-
| '''sizedown'''
| shrink the view screen (will increase FPS if your video card will let it shrink)
|-
| '''sizeup'''
| enlarge the view screen (will decrease FPS if your video card will let it grow more)
|-
| '''snd_restart'''
| restart the sound system, required for most sound setting variables to take effect
|-
| '''timerefresh [arg]'''
| If no [arg] given, will spin view in place and report average FPS for the 128 frames required for the full spin (FPS = 128 / time_required_to_spin). see timedemo, r_speeds
|-
| '''vid_restart'''
| restart the video rendering system, many video tweaking variables will not take effect until this command is executed
|}