The future of FPS Configs.

I went ahead and tested the "settings.scr" for you four, I found some interesting stuff as well.

I added this to "settings.scr":

"sv_pure"
     {
          "Set sv_pure"
          { NUMBER 0 2 }
          { "0" }
     }

"tf_birthday"
{
"Toggle Birthday Mode"
{ BOOL }
{ "0" }
}

And I was able to get this in the Create New Server Dialog Box:

http://i.imgur.com/Y3jGV4L.png

I checked the Birthday Mode and got this in-game:

I didn't have any skin mods to test sv_pure, but I bet it worked as well.

EDIT: I was thinking about what fsXD said, and it could be viable for fast swapping of config files. You could make a dropdown list and have certain configs listed.

The server settings look pretty neat and I guess that it'd be possible to change fpsconfig with a plugin :)

I'm trying to test that out right now through "user.scr."

After poking around for nearly a half hour, I've finally been able to make the FPS Config drop down menu fsXD was talking about!

I had to edit the tf_english.txt file, and then I was able to add:

	"exec"
	{
		"Select your preferred config:"
		"Execute an FPS Config"
		{
			LIST
			"#TF_ShowFPSConfig1" "FPS_Configs\maxframes.cfg"
			"#TF_ShowFPSConfig2" "FPS_Configs\dx9frames.cfg"
			"#TF_ShowFPSConfig3" "FPS_Configs\maxquality.cfg"
		}
		{ "0" }
	}

This then allowed me to configure a drop down menu in Adv. Options with selectable configs:

http://i.imgur.com/OdshNpe.png

Here, you can see it went through and execed the config: (There's a bug that makes it so it doesn't have it selected when you open up Adv. Options, probably because I'm making it exec a file instead of execing through an integer.)

This is pretty fucking cool.

I thought certain fps configs used commands exclusive to that config, so if you did switch them it might have left over settings from a previous config.

	"exec"
	{
		"Select your preferred config:"
		"Execute an FPS Config"
		{
			LIST
			"#TF_ShowFPSConfig1" "FPS_Configs\maxframes.cfg"
			"#TF_ShowFPSConfig2" "FPS_Configs\dx9frames.cfg"
			"#TF_ShowFPSConfig3" "FPS_Configs\maxquality.cfg"
		}
		{ "0" }
	}

This is awesome. Excited to see what could be done for the console GUI, if nothing better than to make it fit with a hud to make it not ugly.

Yeah, you will most likely have to reconfigure the configs you use so there aren't any leftover commands.

That's rather poor technique.

They're not exactly designed to be switched. I guess you could make a fpsclear config that would set all possible changed things to default.

Does it save the value when you close tf2?

I'm thinking of playing with a few things. I'll try a cl_interp slider that goes between default and the minimum, as well a checkbox that loads a listen server and spams impulse 101 for jump practice.

When it execs the config, all the commands inside the file are saved. However, the value in the drop down menu is NOT saved. Like I said, it's probably because I'm executing a file, instead of an integer linked to a resource.

cl_interp slider working perfectly. it snaps to multiples of 0.01, though.

note that it's rounding up on the text, the actual min value is 0.015152

Now I'm setting up a toggle between common comp. net settings and the default ones.

So we can change interp now without going to spec?

No this just puts the command in console without you having to type it.

Probably not, his slider just replicates typing "cl_interp ##" into the console.

EDIT: FUCKING NINJA'D

Wow, swapping a whole config is really easy. Didn't need to touch tf_english or whatever.

Wasn't having any success finding the settings.scr that alters the listen server dialog, but whatever.

Well yeah, it is, but I went into tf_english.txt so you can add the names of your configs.

"exec"
	{
		"Net settings"
		"The competitive settings are faster and more responsive."
		{
			LIST
			"Default" "defnet.cfg"
			"Competitive" "compnet.cfg"
		}
		{ "0" }
	}

Works just fine as it is. Valve does it the way they do so that they can provide support for other languages.

EDIT: I think that this menu won't stick when Valve updates it, and it's not possible to share menu edits without also sharing all of your settings. I'm questioning the usefulness of this discovery even though it's really cool.

OOHHHHH, I'm stupid..., I didn't know that it would work that way as well, I thought it had to go through the localization files.

Anyways, you don't need to share your menu, just add that bit of code you just pasted and tell people to add it to their own user.scr

I think you could put this file in your "custom/whatever/cfg" folder, maybe it won't be overwritten by updates.

Also I just realized that you could make the same as the fps config thing, just for serverconfigs in settings.scr like "ugc9v9.cfg" and "etf2l.cfg" and maybe a "regen.cfg" that regenerates your health over time!

This opens up a whole new window for game costumization. Great job everyone!

This all seems really cool and I dont really get it but it seems cool.
I'll leave it to you smart folks.

Could also add some preset colors for the ingame crosshairs. I remember it was fairly annoying trying to get certain colors.

The config stuff is neat, but to switch between a dx8 and a dx9 config, you still have to restart the game right? Better way to put it, you have to change the launch options and launch the game to make the directx settings go into effect.

Would someone mind uploading an unchanged user.scr file? Looks like i've deleted mine and can't seemed to find another.

http://pastebin.com/uE2HD18t

It's not totally unedited since it's using my settings.