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Quoted from Popcorp

well, i found few configs that MIGHT do something

http://pastebin.com/bPr62aS9

try them

Snake oil.

– threadpool_affinity sets (yes, you guessed it) the thread affinity, not the number of cores to use. Leave it alone.
– mat_managedtextures allows Direct3D to manage textures. Regardless of whether this increases memory or not, it *increases performance*, Using more memory is a tradeoff for that end.
– r_drawbatchdecals draws decals in batch. Why on earth would you want to disable drawing decals in batch…? Batch drawing decals will increase performance.
– studio_queue_mode (IIRC) threads certain particle effects, but it wasn’t stable the last time I tried it. Probably not worthwhile in any case.

Quoted from Popcorp

Ok, found few other commands, again, dont know if they gonna help, but it does something with Particles, Memory usage and Models

http://pastebin.com/pZgPGKb5

p.s: try disabling your Multicore Rendering, because i noticed that FPS is practically the same, but its less Choppy. In L4D2, Multicore rendering is disabled, it says it might cause “Uneven Framerate”, maybe it works the same for Tf2…Anyway, try disabling Multicore rendering, see if it does anything to you

The effect of multicore rendering depends drastically upon the system. I wouldn’t recommend wholesale disabling it, or wholesale enabling it. Try it and see.

– r_particle_sim_spike_threshold_ms (IIRC) sets the spike time for particle system timeouts. Leave it alone.
– cl_particle_batch_mode — again, why would you want to disable batch processing?
– mat_postprocessing_combine merges AA and CC into one postprocessing pass. They’re both already disabled in the config, this will have no effect. Even if it wasn’t disabled, you’d probably want it set to on.
– r_maxmodeldecal sets the maximum decals visible on a single model. IIRC “0” at least used to cause crashes. Try “1”.

Most threaded cvars other than mat_queue_mode have been disabled, they have no effect at all.

To load it in tf2 you need to make autoexec.cfg file and copy paste the config in it and place the autoexec.cfg in /tf/cfg folder. Use notepad++ instead of windows notepad to edit anything you feel like editing (there are comments written to know what you can edit)

And make sure file extension is .cfg instead of .cfg.txt which is a common rookie mistake

add mat_phong 0 to your dxlevel 9+ configs

engine_no_focus_sleep enabled throttles the engine and typically reduces to fps to 20~ when alt-tabbed.
No reason to enable it unless your computer has trouble re-achieving your average fps after alt-tabbing, or if you stream tf2.

Also saves on your power bill if you leave tf2 open in the background ;)

I’ve been watching for new things to improve the quality of my game and i’ve found theses : http://pastebin.com/J5G1inzE (top are new commands, and bottom are change to the actual maxquality)

Should I keep them, or keep the maxquality?

Quoted from Popcorp

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“mat_drawwater 1” – Useless, it’s marked as Cheat, remove
“mat_colorcorrection 0” – Set to 1
“cl_shadowtextureoverlaysize 512” – Remove/Cheat
“cl_interp_threadmodeticks 1ss” – This Cvar was removed
“mat_picmip -10” – -2 is max
“r_lod -5” – -2 is max
“r_rainradius 8096” – cheat
“r_rootlod -10” – -2 is max

keep Maxquality

The thing is, when you use it to record a demo for exemple, sv_cheat is at 1 so it’s useful !

Quoted from Serird

Thanks for answering.

I’m just asking, are the others command useful or should I remove them too?

(and, another question : does someone have a maxquality config for demos? The config with PLDX and Lawena Recording Tool is just a copy of and old maxquality)

Im not here to teach you but having VERY high quality is not good for your GPU, the higher the quality the higher pressure on GPU, if you get like constant 300+ fps, i recommend to cap your FPS to 132, to minimize pressure on GPU. I dont know if you want Max quality for Recording or Playing tbh :P

mat_mipmaptextures 0
mat_compressedtextures 0
mp_usehwmmodels 1
mp_usehwmvcds 1

should increase Quality