Difference between revisions of "Team Fortress 2"
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=== Auto reload === | === Auto reload === | ||
| − | Options > multiplayer > advanced - check | + | Options > multiplayer > advanced - check 'automatically reload weapons when you're not firing'. |
*Potentially problematic for the spy, whose reload animation blocks the screen. Change viewmodel field of view to adjust this. | *Potentially problematic for the spy, whose reload animation blocks the screen. Change viewmodel field of view to adjust this. | ||
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=== Fast weapon switch === | === Fast weapon switch === | ||
| − | Options > keyboard > advanced | + | Options > keyboard > advanced - check 'fast weapon switch'. |
*Option makes weapon switching not require a left click. | *Option makes weapon switching not require a left click. | ||
=== Damage text above heads === | === Damage text above heads === | ||
| − | options->multiplayer->advanced | + | options->multiplayer->advanced - check 'display damage done as text over your target'. |
Damage Text: Highly recommended for newbies. It tells you exactly how much damage you do to the enemy, so you can find out that your shotgun is doing 3 damage at long range... go into | Damage Text: Highly recommended for newbies. It tells you exactly how much damage you do to the enemy, so you can find out that your shotgun is doing 3 damage at long range... go into | ||
Revision as of 16:30, 10 February 2012
Recommended gameplay tweaks
Change FOV or field of view
Options > video > advanced - move "field of view" slider to 90.
Auto reload
Options > multiplayer > advanced - check 'automatically reload weapons when you're not firing'.
- Potentially problematic for the spy, whose reload animation blocks the screen. Change viewmodel field of view to adjust this.
Viewmodel field of view adjust
Options > multiplayer-> advanced - adjust to change height of the view of your weapon.
Fast weapon switch
Options > keyboard > advanced - check 'fast weapon switch'.
- Option makes weapon switching not require a left click.
Damage text above heads
options->multiplayer->advanced - check 'display damage done as text over your target'.
Damage Text: Highly recommended for newbies. It tells you exactly how much damage you do to the enemy, so you can find out that your shotgun is doing 3 damage at long range... go into
Medigun autoheal: Although veteran medics don't use this, as they claim it makes it more difficult to switch between heal targets, I personally have never noticed any downsides. This option makes it so you don't have to hold down mouse 1 the whole time to heal your target, which gets pretty annoying and tiring. Go into options->multiplayer->advanced and check off "medigun continues healing without holding down fire button".
Hitsounds: This makes a little ding whenever you hit your enemy, not extremely necessary unless you love demoman or soldier, as the sound is pretty annoying especially as Pyro or Heavy. However, it does give you an advantage in combat with no downsides (despite the aforementioned annoying-ness). Go into multiplayer->advanced and check off "play a hitsound everytime you injure an enemy".
Medic Auto-call: This handy little setting will display a small red cross over any teammates whose hp is below a certain percentage specified by you. Found in multiplayer->advanced.
Low FPS fix
Anti-virus software can interfere with a file in TF2's folder, which gets updated constantly during gameplay.
- Open anti-virus program.
- Select settings > exceptions/exclusions.
- Add the following folder to the scan exceptions:
C:\Program Files\Steam\appcache\stats
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Set the Steam launch options:
-noborder -window
Save game cloud sync
Steam Cloud: cfg files are synced automatically
External links
Tweaks
- Fps problems article on Whisper's Wiki - a very detailed guide on how to tweak the Source engine and Steam platform, on which TF2 runs.
Wikis
- Official Team Fortress Wiki - great resource run by Valve.
- TF2Wiki.net.