Could you post a page on either your website, the github wiki, or even just in a block of text here with the default static net settings of mastercoms and the to-flavor options of net-setting related aliases(such as snapshots_safe etc)? Like in a format thats easy for someone not using mastercoms to paste into their autoexec.

I see a lot of people using either default or super harsh net settings ask for suggestion or trying to troubleshoot issues and while I'm happy with the ones I use from mastercoms I'm not really comfortable recommending them myself because I dont know shit about them and I dont want miss anything digging through aliases for the actual values.

peer-to-peer

Using one of the (centered) default tf crosshairs as a reference is what I do to center my hud xhair.

Drag and drop the nohats.vpk on vpk.exe which is somewhere in your tf2 folder. You'll need to delete any entries for the reggaelator. The easiest way is to google for some list like this then search the extracted folder using the cosmetics actual model name and delete the results. Then you drop the extracted folder back onto vpk.exe to get your new vpk.

This switcher works without causing kicks, even with intentional mousewheel spam. Has all the bells and whistles. Just plug in your desired viewmodel/crosshair settings to the set_slot aliases.

If you meant testing out particles, yes. You can change them, start the game, try them, exit the game, change to new particle etc. If you want an easier way to preview particles see post #180 in the long answer paragraph.

Some shit just doesnt work with custom particles. Cow Mangler/Dragons Fury etc. They may work on sv_pure 0 but I cant remember.

edit: woops double post

First impressions. The hud looks really clean, the timer, kill counter, meters, objective indicators. A top left chat and 12v12 scoreboard in an optional folder you could overwrite the default with would be nice. Vaccinator meter having a gap/line/notch or something to divide it into 4 parts(like the jetpack) would be nice since it doesnt have the percent number like other mediguns. Not sure what the diamond button next to loadout presets does, I think I've seen buttons there on other huds too I've just never used them.

Personal gripes: I'm not a huge fan of the team color turning completely black when hovering over it to select a team because it makes me focus on the opposite team color. The console covering the disconnect and loadout buttons by default since those are two of the buttons I use most often.

Names are hard to see when changing weapons/items. https://i.imgur.com/YzWioOc.jpg

I know with the way valve handles meters these may not be able to be changed, but I figured I'd mention the unexpected behavior with weapon charge meters.
- Scout secondary meter is below the melee meter.
- Thermal Thruster has a 1 in the ammo area for some reason
- Loose Cannon meter is below the sticky/shield meters.
- Huntsman meter is below the Jarate meter.

Any specific reason you decided to name the hud flarepunch by the way?

Do you happen to be using the no smoke mod? If so go to the most recent page and use one of the newer downloads Blungo posted. Replacing explosions with the fog particles only works on dx8 where they arent rendered.

Tried this with preset 3 of the particle limitation pack and it didnt work for me.

I was wondering if it was possible to make flames invisible using the -force_vendor_id and -force_device_id launch options. I know people used them to fix invisible flames by using a certain graphic card number. If it sounds like it could work is there somewhere I could look to find the corresponding IDs for certain GPUs and test em?

Also have you had any luck fixing the issue with enabling the wait command on local servers?

So would using the low preset vpk and putting the lighting_medium module alias in custom.cfg be like using the old comp preset?

Speaks to the heart of the TF2 player.

https://youtu.be/ll6zaUq-oy8

I mean people have done crazy shit like this so I dont see why it wouldnt be possible, but its a bit scummy for me and I'd guess it wouldnt go over too well in organized leagues.

Its worth noting that electrocuted_red_flash/electrocuted_blue_flash are both less subtle effects than the default particles used by the flaregun files, "flaregun_destroyed" on "ExplosionEffect" and "ExplosionWaterEffect". When using the Detonator/Scorch it doesnt replace their explosions it just kinda adds the specified particle on top of the default style explosions they already use.

Also "ExplosionPlayerEffect" doesnt work properly on tf_weapon_flaregun.txt or tf_weapon_flaregun_revenge.txt. The only time noticed it use its specified particle was shooting the Detonator/Scorch was into the back spawn wall of cp_well for some reason.

Short answer: "nutsnbolts_repair" and keep an eye out to make sure it doesnt cause anything fucky like env_rain_001_mist. Also that download in the quoted post has objects.txt which increases teleporter costs so if youre going to use that download edit or delete objects.txt.

I tried nutsnbolts_repair on a local server and saw no visual particles and didnt notice my frames dropping or anything so hopefully it works. Also personally I wouldnt remove sniper's muzzleflashes since his hitscan leaves no tracer.

Long answer: To more easily test particles I extracted the particles folder from tf2_misc_dir.vpk and launched TF2 using the -tools launch option. Once its launched go to Tools>Particle editor then use Open to navigate to any of the .pcf files you extracted. This should let you see the multiple particle effects in each pcf. I just looked for some that appeared to have no visible effect, FYI for some reason some look like they have no effect in the editor but actually have an effect in game such as bullet_tracer01. Restarting TF2 to test is slow as fuck so this helps minimize that as much as possible when looking for a suitable particle effect.

Yea this is weird, turns out its in Team Fortress 2\hl2\hl2_misc_dir.vpk

Thanks you, that worked perfectly. I'm not sure what was causing the engi building status panel to move but if I find out something specific can trigger it I'll post it.