I posted this in requests last night and I realize most people aren't subscribed to that forum so I thought I'd test my luck again.
I'm mentoring a steel team with some of my real life friends and our medic doesn't have enough hours to practice any competitive besides when they scrim and newbie mixes. I feel like he would greatly improve if he was able to practice during lobbies and gain some experience with healing, ubers and positioning. Thanks, it would be greatly appreciated.
I posted this in requests last night and I realize most people aren't subscribed to that forum so I thought I'd test my luck again.
I'm mentoring a steel team with some of my real life friends and our medic doesn't have enough hours to practice any competitive besides when they scrim and newbie mixes. I feel like he would greatly improve if he was able to practice during lobbies and gain some experience with healing, ubers and positioning. Thanks, it would be greatly appreciated.
why not have him idle the hours?
why not have him idle the hours?
Turn pc on over night, open tf2 to main menu go to sleep. Profit?
Iduno not sure how many people have alts that they want to give out. Wish I could help tho :(
Turn pc on over night, open tf2 to main menu go to sleep. Profit?
Iduno not sure how many people have alts that they want to give out. Wish I could help tho :(
hi :)
tell your medic to add me
hi :)
tell your medic to add me
launch tf2 with -textmode before you go to sleep
launch tf2 with -textmode before you go to sleep
Ps: I would also be careful as sharing accounts with multiple people is against the steam TOS. I don't think anything will happen but be warned.
Ps: I would also be careful as sharing accounts with multiple people is against the steam TOS. I don't think anything will happen but be warned.
Use steam achievement manager to idle without starting the game or any of these other methods
Use steam achievement manager to idle without starting the game or any of these other methods
DiplomattUse steam achievement manager to idle without starting the game or any of these other methods
You can't edit your number of hours with SAM. The best method of idling is textmode and some sort of sandbox program or vm
[quote=Diplomatt]Use steam achievement manager to idle without starting the game or any of these other methods[/quote]
You can't edit your number of hours with SAM. The best method of idling is textmode and some sort of sandbox program or vm
idle your hours with node.js
idle your hours with node.js
DiplomattUse steam achievement manager to idle without starting the game or any of these other methods
Textmode is still the best method cause you can launch and forget
[quote=Diplomatt]Use steam achievement manager to idle without starting the game or any of these other methods[/quote]
Textmode is still the best method cause you can launch and forget
kinda funny how each of these methods are getting more and more complicated just for fucking idling
kinda funny how each of these methods are getting more and more complicated just for fucking idling
Why not just open tf2 then alt tab to idle? Or do you guys have toaster computers that can't handle that?
Why not just open tf2 then alt tab to idle? Or do you guys have toaster computers that can't handle that?
dollarlayerWhy not just open tf2 then alt tab to idle? Or do you guys have toaster computers that can't handle that?
text mode is way less intensive in case you want to do something like play another game while you idle
[quote=dollarlayer]Why not just open tf2 then alt tab to idle? Or do you guys have toaster computers that can't handle that?[/quote]
text mode is way less intensive in case you want to do something like play another game while you idle
fightdollarlayerWhy not just open tf2 then alt tab to idle? Or do you guys have toaster computers that can't handle that?
text mode is way less intensive in case you want to do something like play another game while you idle
Interesting. I have MSI Afterburner opened and I'm looking at 0-1% GPU usage and task manager is averaging about 1-2% CPU usage. This is with about 20 chrome tabs open as well. I can't imagine anything more efficient than that.
I'm alt tabbed out of TF2 at the main menu.
IMO the only time text idling is measurably more efficient is if you are actually idling in a server for the purpose of increasing class hours, strange weapon farming, or item drop idling. If you just want more hours in TF2 just alt tab at the main menu.
[quote=fight][quote=dollarlayer]Why not just open tf2 then alt tab to idle? Or do you guys have toaster computers that can't handle that?[/quote]
text mode is way less intensive in case you want to do something like play another game while you idle[/quote]
Interesting. I have MSI Afterburner opened and I'm looking at 0-1% GPU usage and task manager is averaging about 1-2% CPU usage. This is with about 20 chrome tabs open as well. I can't imagine anything more efficient than that.
I'm alt tabbed out of TF2 at the main menu.
IMO the only time text idling is measurably more efficient is if you are actually idling in a server for the purpose of increasing class hours, strange weapon farming, or item drop idling. If you just want more hours in TF2 just alt tab at the main menu.
dollarlayerfightdollarlayerWhy not just open tf2 then alt tab to idle? Or do you guys have toaster computers that can't handle that?
text mode is way less intensive in case you want to do something like play another game while you idle
Interesting. I have MSI Afterburner opened and I'm looking at 0-1% GPU usage and task manager is averaging about 1-2% CPU usage. This is with about 20 chrome tabs open as well. I can't imagine anything more efficient than that.
I'm alt tabbed out of TF2 at the main menu.
textmode is more efficient than that even if you can't imagine it. I don't see how you would think that running the game with a gui is less intensive than without
[quote=dollarlayer][quote=fight][quote=dollarlayer]Why not just open tf2 then alt tab to idle? Or do you guys have toaster computers that can't handle that?[/quote]
text mode is way less intensive in case you want to do something like play another game while you idle[/quote]
Interesting. I have MSI Afterburner opened and I'm looking at 0-1% GPU usage and task manager is averaging about 1-2% CPU usage. This is with about 20 chrome tabs open as well. I can't imagine anything more efficient than that.
I'm alt tabbed out of TF2 at the main menu.[/quote]
textmode is more efficient than that even if you can't imagine it. I don't see how you would think that running the game with a gui is less intensive than without
deetrtextmode is more efficient than that even if you can't imagine it. I don't see how you would think that running the game with a gui is less intensive than without
It's also more efficient to use the bathroom before driving your car, as you weigh less and therefore your car consumes less gas. lol
You also have to remember that even if it is 1% more efficient to text idle, most games never use 100% of your CPU/GPU resources (unless you have a toaster). TF2 might average 30% from my GPU and 20-30% from my CPU. Other games rarely use over 50% of either.
Hell I used to literally litecoin and dogecoin mine at the same time as playing TF2 and other games. I'd set the mining to use about 50% of my GPU and I'd play TF2 with no frame drops or decreases in performance.
[quote=deetr]textmode is more efficient than that even if you can't imagine it. I don't see how you would think that running the game with a gui is less intensive than without[/quote]
It's also more efficient to use the bathroom before driving your car, as you weigh less and therefore your car consumes less gas. lol
You also have to remember that even if it is 1% more efficient to text idle, most games never use 100% of your CPU/GPU resources (unless you have a toaster). TF2 might average 30% from my GPU and 20-30% from my CPU. Other games rarely use over 50% of either.
Hell I used to literally litecoin and dogecoin mine at the same time as playing TF2 and other games. I'd set the mining to use about 50% of my GPU and I'd play TF2 with no frame drops or decreases in performance.
dollarlayer
It's also more efficient to use the bathroom before driving your car, as you weigh less and therefore your car consumes less gas. lol
You also have to remember that even if it is 1% more efficient to text idle, most games never use 100% of your CPU/GPU resources (unless you have a toaster). TF2 might average 30% from my GPU and 20-30% from my CPU. Other games rarely use over 50% of either.
Hell I used to literally litecoin and dogecoin mine at the same time as playing TF2 and other games. I'd set the mining to use about 50% of my GPU and I'd play TF2 with no frame drops or decreases in performance.
To be fair I don't recall ever shitting out 1% of my car's weight
[quote=dollarlayer]
It's also more efficient to use the bathroom before driving your car, as you weigh less and therefore your car consumes less gas. lol
You also have to remember that even if it is 1% more efficient to text idle, most games never use 100% of your CPU/GPU resources (unless you have a toaster). TF2 might average 30% from my GPU and 20-30% from my CPU. Other games rarely use over 50% of either.
Hell I used to literally litecoin and dogecoin mine at the same time as playing TF2 and other games. I'd set the mining to use about 50% of my GPU and I'd play TF2 with no frame drops or decreases in performance.[/quote]
To be fair I don't recall ever shitting out 1% of my car's weight
ScilliantI posted this in requests last night and I realize most people aren't subscribed to that forum so I thought I'd test my luck again.
I'm mentoring a steel team with some of my real life friends and our medic doesn't have enough hours to practice any competitive besides when they scrim and newbie mixes. I feel like he would greatly improve if he was able to practice during lobbies and gain some experience with healing, ubers and positioning. Thanks, it would be greatly appreciated.
Hi Scilliant. I'm a moderator on TF2C. Add me on steam when you've got some time. I cant guarantee anything, but I'd hate to see a new player with team interests not able to play center.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/highclass/
[quote=Scilliant]I posted this in requests last night and I realize most people aren't subscribed to that forum so I thought I'd test my luck again.
I'm mentoring a steel team with some of my real life friends and our medic doesn't have enough hours to practice any competitive besides when they scrim and newbie mixes. I feel like he would greatly improve if he was able to practice during lobbies and gain some experience with healing, ubers and positioning. Thanks, it would be greatly appreciated.[/quote]
Hi Scilliant. I'm a moderator on TF2C. Add me on steam when you've got some time. I cant guarantee anything, but I'd hate to see a new player with team interests not able to play center.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/highclass/
deetrDiplomattUse steam achievement manager to idle without starting the game or any of these other methods
You can't edit your number of hours with SAM. The best method of idling is textmode and some sort of sandbox program or vm
I know you can't, you just open SAM.picker and click on the game you want and leave it open.
[quote=deetr][quote=Diplomatt]Use steam achievement manager to idle without starting the game or any of these other methods[/quote]
You can't edit your number of hours with SAM. The best method of idling is textmode and some sort of sandbox program or vm[/quote]
I know you can't, you just open SAM.picker and click on the game you want and leave it open.