i have my cfgs in custom and everything works nicely

I had the exact same problem yesterday. Check that you dont have the configs saved as .txt. If it still doesnt work try to move all your cfgs to tf/cfg that did it for me.

all of the files are correct and my cfg is already in tf/cfg :< I did also try to have my cfg in custom but that didn't work either.

Oh i got confused my bad. Also my pc seems to have some problems with autoexec so i made a flower.cfg config that i execute every launch that works for me.

Hmm I'll try that but it still doesn't explain why tf2 won't read my HUD either. This is strange.

EDIT: So it seems that any cfg I try to exec in console that isn't my autoexec I get this error.

] exec leaky.cfg
'leaky.cfg' not present; not executing.

This is when I tried renaming my autoexec.cfg; yet when it is actually named "autoexec.cfg" I dont get the error, as if it worked, but nothing changes.

I guess I should mention that all of my launch options work except for -dxlevel 81 aswell.

just redownload tf2

I have twice :<

ok so for starters your cfg should be in there with your hud, i.e. the path for autoexec should be tf/custom/userstuff/cfg/autoexec.cfg. All those "cannot find" errors are due to that. Put them in there and try again, might not work but you'll be 1 step closer.

I just get errors when exec autoexec if i do that, and its the same autoexec i had 2 days ago

okay I just tried it and still nothing :< but hey atleast I'm a step closer :D

make sure you have "Show file name extensions" enabled and files are actually cfg, also make sure files saved are in right encoding - im not sure which one is right, but i think someone mentioned that tf2 cant read some encodings.

Does it still say it can't find them, and can't find other cfg files you make? Has anything changed now you moved it around?

Create a new cfg (make sure it's ANSI, not a .txt file and ends in .cfg) and put something noticeable in it and try it out.

I saw this solution in a previous thread for someone with the same problem as me. Except their HUD still worked and mine doesn't. I do have "Hide file name extensions" disabled, and they are actually cfg. I'm not sure how to check for encoding though. ANSI is default though.

EDIT: they are ANSI

I assume you mean enabled?

The most likely thing I can think of is steam cloud fucking up, that thing is a bitch. Try enabling steam cloud inside steam, then disabling it for TF2 and make a new cfg file again. If that doesn't work, disable it inside steam for all games too (unless you need it for another game of course).

Steam was already enabled in Steam and disabled in TF2, so that can't be it. I'm going to try disabling it for Steam aswell and see if it detects my cfg files. It seems as though it isn't detecting my custom folder at all.

When I launch tf2, it says this in my Console btw, I dont know if it matters or not.

Steam config directory: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\platform\config

What's in that directory for you? Just has 2 vdf files for me...did you tell steam at some point after the steampipe update to load your cfgs and hud from vdf? I remember that was an option but I have no idea how it worked - I think you've told it to do that somehow.

I fully reinstalled windows and wiped my harddrive because I got a new motherboard/processor.
Currently, There are NO files associated with TF2 on my computer, and somehow, I can still open the game.
And if they are loading my cfg/hud files from those two vdf's then i have no clue how that happenned. I literally just installed Steam today.

He literally has no Team Fortress 2 gcf files at all. I don't fucking understand.

I have no idea, greater minds than mine are required.

CALLING ALL GREATER MINDS

Problem Fixed. So after Deleting my Team Fortress 2 folder completely! and EVERYTHING inside of it. I reinstalled tf2. but when I reinstalled tf2, the Team Fortress 2 file did not appear. so i asked myself, where are the files being loaded from? So i went into Properties and browsed Local Files, and I got this

http://i.imgur.com/hf5wblp.png

As I investigated the contents, I saw there was no autoexec.cfg inside the tf/cfg folder, nor were there any folders in the custom folder. So I tried putting my files into THIS custom folder, and it worked. So it seems I have to access my files this way from now on. Thanks for the help everyone!

You possibly backed up your Steam library but didn't set the backed up dir as your library path when you reinstalled Steam and your OS. So it just downloaded the game again into the default directory (in Program Files).

I had similar issues, resolved by renaming C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\platform\cfg to cfg.bak