TF2 has things called detail sprites that typically show up on grass and such. Here's a picture of them on an old version of cp_sunshine:

http://puu.sh/bDugi/7c9f0039a8.jpg

There are two commands that control how far away they're drawn, cl_detaildist and cl_detailfade. cl_detaildist is the point at which they hit 0 opacity and cl_detailfade is the distance inwards from that where they hit full opacity. if cl_detailfade is larger or equal than cl_detaildist, fading is turned off.

the default values are a distance of 1200 and a fade of 400.

when you change maps, the values reset, regardless of what's in autoexec. just like water settings, these commands should be in your class reset config, not your fps config.

here's what happens to my FPS on a notoriously poor performing part of cp_sunshine when I set cl_detaildist 100000000:

http://puu.sh/bDuIG/4e8805cc1a.jpg

... and here's when I disable detail sprites completely:

http://puu.sh/bDuKN/3571032b06.jpg

the default settings give me about 150 FPS, a distance of 401 and a fade of 400 give me 200fps.

Hope this helps someone out there, later. If I gave any misinformation, please correct me and explain.

shit like this:
http://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/2fj6p5/release_cheat_catching_aim_analysis_tool_for_pov/
but as far as i know, nobody uses stuff like this in tf2 scene. not sure why.

the only time i ever suspected m4risa of cheating was this one cloaked spy frag on sawmill or something

and that's not saying a lot, i'm paranoid of cheaters

I hate yukon because of the ways it's different from other maps but I would not dislike playing it occasionally. I mean, I don't play in league, but if it's in league it'll end up in pugs.

If anyone wants a yukon pro and has specific suggestions I'm willing to make modifications for testing.

fuck yeah more of hyce's displacement errors

seriously wtf

I get it whenever a new weapon sound loads
whoever thought this was a good idea has NO IDEA

- Improved client memory usage by updating weapons to only be loaded on demand

nowhere NEAR as noticeable. A lag shift like that, which is the only reason the client can send input commands faster than normal, would TOTALLY fuck up one of the two players' positions, and hitreg, which it doesn't in this video.

I'll consider it a one-off glitch or speedhacks until proven to be something less ridiculous.

you probably either set it way too high or way too low (which just does the former)

just change engine_no_focus_sleep, I set mine to 20 or so
also the FPS for 0.05 is 20, just to be accurate

better, it affects every single sound in the game. it's easier for people to time things based on sound than looks, so having low audio latency is important.

do you mean that "map" re-execs the server configs while changelevel doesn't?

the only rational way to tell the difference between the systems is to make people familiar with one use the other against people who are of the same disposition as themselves. until someone does that enough to get a feeling for both, I feel like all the discussion is hot air. It's not like there's some gamebreaking critical flaw with either.

airblast can be used to airstall people that are out of your flame range which is really broken and gay

just as bad, other end of the spectrum

they're unnaturally steep for dirt but it's not that bad gameplay wise. just pretend the ground was excavated.