i think its one of those situational pickups that might be more useful on certain points of certain maps.

one thing that competitive tf2 does well is that it discourages you from dying. you can't switch a loadout on most maps (i think badlands is the only map where you can freely enter the forward spawn to change your loadout) so it creates an environment where a loadout might be good for granary mid (maybe you run normal stickies), so you win mid, but then you have stickies to push 2, but now maybe you'd rather quickiebomb launcher here, so you can break any traps and push choke without uber, and for all i know maybe pushing last on granary may have some charge and targe merit as you can tank up and stand on the point.

it's cool, i think there are a lot of interesting weapon combinations that are map and point specific and if no team is ready to switch it up and practice new things, i truly think they're all limiting their overall potential.

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I noticed this too but I'm not sure if its my fault or tf2's fault. if theres a hud where its like 100% perfect every time ill look into it, nothing changed on my end so its weird.

i would also suggest doing timedemos with a demo of people rocking unusuals and random cosmetics

edit.

unusuals and that cart/player glow EAT fps, you probably should consider them when testing. I know timedemo stats are good, but that benchmark dem is dated

I forgot to mention I still turned off gibs. my remaining 'fps' config is

mat_motion_blur_enabled "0"
cl_ragdoll_fade_time 0
cl_ragdoll_forcefade 1
cl_ragdoll_physics_enable 0
g_ragdoll_fadespeed 0
g_ragdoll_lvfadespeed 0
ragdoll_sleepaftertime 0
cl_phys_props_enable 0
cl_phys_props_max 0
props_break_max_pieces 0
r_propsmaxdist 1
violence_agibs 0
violence_hgibs 0
violence_ablood 1
violence_hblood 1

I'm pretty sure like 90% of those are already the default value so it might be irrelevant but I think the game wanted gibs and blood spatter everywhere.

when youre in game with -default type 'host_writeconfig derp full' into console
this saves the config that the game wants you to be using to a file called derp.cfg in your tf/cfg folder with all of the commands possible to have in tf2 set to what the game wants it to be.
next time you launch, remove -default and replace with -autoconfig
when youre in the game, type exec derp into console
now exec your autoexec (WITH NO FPS COMMANDS IN IT)

and play tf2.
when you close tf2, remove -autoconfig from launch options or you'll have to repeat the last 2 steps over and over.

that derp.cfg file will have all of the default tf2 values for you next time you need to refer to them or check your cfg against it.

you can use use -default with your fps config still in, but if you get good results you should try taking the fps config out

i think -default is strictly setting options, not binds

I'm not sure. I don't remember looking at the video options, I was more interested in the contents of host_writeconfig.

type host_writeconfig TEST into console and compare that file to your config/cfg file when you close the game to see what is different than normal.

Theres a chance that the video settings pane is reading from your cfg file but the game is loading settings based on the default config but I have no idea if that's true or not.

-default doesn't save anything. if you want to use a game with default settings replace -default with -autoconfig and remove your fps config. you have to remove -autoconfig after you launch once otherwise it'll reset it to default to every time, depending on whether or not you like that you can leave it in i guess.

use the steam overlay one to check

Also this was geared more toward the competitive players on good pcs who think they need to squeeze out the most fps and are running fps configs to make their game look like it is running on a potato in an effort to boost fps.

pre-tough break I think results were varying, I know for a fact before this update I had definitely tried playing at 16x Aniso and 8x MSAA and I was not able to get a respectable FPS.

My thread title was supposed to be a joke, but the idea was more you should try it now even if you've tried it before as I know for a fact I've never had my game look/run this well.

So you're probably all gonna lose your shit, and this thread is going to be derailed into why someone should use dx8 and how valves crazy for removing it and how you can't afford a new pc for dx9 and how you like the cinematic nintendo 64 graphics config you've been using BUT I have a CRAZY idea that works for me and will probably be worth trying for people with higher end cards and processors (im on a 970 and an oc'ed i7 4770k @4ghz)

So the story goes pre-tough break my fps was pretty solid, I had turned off a lot of excess shit like antialiasing and filtering and lowered my shadows and gib physics and whatever else. I was getting good fps in mge ~500 but I was dipping in pubs during fights and shit. Then tough break came out and my fps was disgusting, like it'd drop to 40-50 in pub fights(12v12). I know everyone always says 'you'll never break 100 in a pub fight' and I thought so too.

First things first. Remove steam beta. That steam beta is definitely doing some weird shit with cpu and gpu cycles, even I noticed an increase with that change. If you don't know how to opt out, you probably never opted in, but there are multiple posts on how to get out of it. It's a setting in steam.

Second, backup your fps config and then DELETE it. TF2 has a new launch option as of this update called -default. It runs your game completely ignoring your graphics and game settings but doesn't save anything to your config. You can use this command to check what settings TF2 WANTS YOU to be using. It's pretty nice because if your game looks better and your shit is smoother, you're probably one of the people who should stop using an fps config.

If your fps goes up, great, if it doesn't oh well. I went from 60-70 in pubs to I kid you not 200+ without dips just by maxing everything.

ALSO NOTE - host_writeconfig was changed to ONLY show you values in your cfg that aren't the default values that valve intended them to be. This means if your host_writeconfig output is smaller than mine, you have more things defaulted and vice versa if its longer.

My in game settings screen ->

http://imgur.com/K4Jh0Gf.png

My cfg - http://pastebin.com/zRgcZBPL (As you can tell there is nothing fps related except at the bottom some commands are actually made to look better.)

MY GUESS would be that valve is starting to put some load on the graphics cards when you crank your shit up, and that a lot of the inner workings of the commands people are using in fps configs are contradicting other commands that were never intended to be changed off their default values.

Idk, my game runs like cinematic butter. I'm in no way telling you this is going to work, or that your fps config is bad, I'm simply suggesting you try it since it 100% worked for me.

EDIT with steps for improvement if -default increases your fps

You should back up your tf/cfg/config.cfg just to save any binds or settings that will get lost with an -autoconfig

1. when youre in game with -default type 'host_writeconfig derp full' into console
   this saves the config that the game wants you to be using to a file called derp.cfg in your tf/cfg folder with all of the commands tf2 wants to be using
   
2. next time you launch, remove -default and replace with -autoconfig
   
3. when youre in the game, type exec derp into console
   
4. now exec your autoexec (WITH NO FPS COMMANDS IN IT)
   
5. play tf2 with a better experience assuming nothing went wrong
   
6. when you close tf2, remove -autoconfig from launch options or you'll have to repeat the last 3 steps over and over.

that derp.cfg file will have all of the default tf2 values for you next time you need to refer to them or check your cfg against it.

Edit: Default turns off multicore rendering, turn it back on and see if you get better frames, I did

youre in the future, buy some stocks

it's done, redownload the latest version