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Challenge ProMode Arena: Client Settings
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Date: 22-Apr-2009
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This document explains some of the clientside support for CPMA. It will
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never be as current as the changelog, so you should always check that
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with each new release.
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http://www.promode.org/wiki/index.php/Client_Settings will almost
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certainly be more up to date.
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Network Settings
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cg_lagHax <-1|0> (default = -1)
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A combination of adaptive prediction and an updated version of the
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famous "50ms hack" we introduced way back in 99v6 that also does small
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amounts of lag compensation. Capped at 100ms no matter what: this is
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intended solely to make European / EastUS v WestUS / etc games a bit
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less of a hassle, not to hack dialup players into aimgods at the expense
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of everyone else. 0 disables it, -1 means "as much as I'm allowed": it's
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naturally adaptive. You'll lose some of your "feel" for lag, which
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messes up your RL aim, etc. This doesn't suffer from the CS/etc problems
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of "total BS" shots that piss everyone off; it's not trying to be some
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panacea for modemers; and I'm honest enough to call it the hack that it
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is instead of pretending that it magically makes lag suddenly not exist,
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but all in all it's a pretty nice end result. If you use this, any form
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of nudging will generally make you LESS accurate if your ping's under
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100ms, because it'll screw up the adaptive calculations.
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cg_nudge <value> (default = 0)
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An updated and much improved version of
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id's crippled cl_timenudge. Allows you to use nudges beyond -25, and
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automatically adjusts them to your ping: if you use -50 with a 20 ping,
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you get -20. If you spike to 40ms for a few seconds, you get -40 during
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the spike. This give you a "consistent worldview" that cl_timenudge
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can't, and generally helps regardless of your connection.
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cg_optimiseBW <bitmask> (default = 0)
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1 - Significantly reduces the amount of non-critical data sent to you.
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Regrettably, this also makes you unable to see players through portals,
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thanks to a bug in the Q3 engine. Small price to pay though for the HUGE
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difference it makes to team games. Servers can, and by default do, force
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this on for all clients. It's probably worth setting it to 1 anyway
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though, just in case you end up on a server that's changed it to 0.
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2 - Use this if your connection is UTTERLY starved for upstream bandwidth
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(i.e. from you TO the server). Essentially, if you're on dialup or one
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of those Belgian Warp connections. Understand that if you're warpy and
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you choose to NOT set this because you like the advantage you get from
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warping, you're screwing YOURSELF. Your shots will end up with
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potentially huge random delays on them, so even if you're LPB the server
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may not see that you fired until up to 100ms after the fact, effectively
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making your weapons act like you have an unstable and much laggier
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connection, and without cg_nudge's ability to smooth it out.
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cg_predict <0|1|2> (default = 1)
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Replaces cg_nopredict.
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0 - off
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1 - normal
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2 - optimised
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The normal prediction path is extremely slow at times (notably around
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curves) and can cost you 100fps on a GHz machine. This new scheme is
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MUCH faster, but slightly more prone to errors. Oddly enough, it's still
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more accurate than the original id prediction code (i.e. before the CPMA
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fixes). If you have a slow machine, it's definitely worth trying. Note
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that cg_predict 2 was introduced 9 Sep 2002, the definition of a "slow
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machine" has changed since then. Today's computers will not notice any
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difference at all.
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Note: Do not use cg_predictItems 1 with cg_predict 2.
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cg_predictItems <0|1> (default = 1)
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Toggle client-side item prediction. 0 option to not do local prediction
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of item pickup. If you get many false pickups (due to lag, packetloss or
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high ping) you should definitely use 0. It's annoying when the client
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predicts that you picked up RL, only to notice a bit later that you did
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not pick up anything.
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Note: Do not use cg_predictItems 1 with cg_predict 2.
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cg_smoothClients
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Does not exist in CPMA - see cg_xerpClients instead.
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cg_xerpClients <-1|0|1> (default = 0)
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A replacement for id's cg_smoothclients that does something useful. :)
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1 - Hacked extrapolation: intended for HPBs
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This smooths players out when you use high timenudges, at the cost of
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some accuracy. It's typically easier to hit a smooth target that's a few
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pixels misplaced than it is to hit one that looks like it's teleporting
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all over the map, so this combined with cg_nudge is the best option for
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HPBs.
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0 - No extrapolation. Fine you're LPB.
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1 - id's smoothclients: fine if you have cg_nudge 0, worthless otherwise.
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Note that prediction errors, such as players in walls, are likely to
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occur. Tends to increase how much other players warp to you.
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Use at your own risk.
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cl_maxpackets <30-125> (default = 63)
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The higher value, the more correct info you send to the server and the
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more you will hit and the less you will warp - set as high as your
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connection allows.
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cl_packetdup <value> (default = 1)
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Set to 0 if your connection is fine.
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Set higher if you experience much packet loss.
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cl_timenudge <value> (default = 0)
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This still exists in CPMA, but should always be 0 unless you're so used
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to "normal" Q3 netcode that you've become dependent on it. All it really
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does now is mess up the automatic adaptive nudges.
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snaps
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snaps should NOT be set in your config. CPMA adjusts snaps value
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according to the server's sv_fps value. If you join a sv_fps 20 server
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your snaps get set to 20, if you join a sv_fps 30 server your snaps get
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set to 30 etc...
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cl_allowDownload <0|1> (default = 0)
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Toggle downloading of pk3 files from servers. Should be left at 0 as you
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rarely reach high download speeds.
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CPMA Colors
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CPMA uses a-y to display colors, with a-x being an HSV table and y being
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white. Colors can be used in \name, \nick, \ch_crosshairText, \say_team,
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\say_teamnl \ch_crosshairColor and several others.
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Note these colors do NOT apply to the SuperHud which uses rgba
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Chat Tokens
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You can use any number of chat tokens in binds. Would recommend adding
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[#H/#A] #U to all binds where team mates need to know your current
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condition - for instance "say_team ^3Need Weapon! ^5[#H/#A] #U".
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But do NOT overdo it as excessive use of tokens can easily cause
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information overload. For instance, CTF high/low binds should be as
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simple as possible. The location of EFC is of must importance and your
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own health/armor/weapon/pu/etc nearly irrelevant.
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#A - Armor Current Armor level.
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#a (lower case) does not change color according to Armor level.
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say_team "Hurting bad - #H/#A"
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#C - Corpse The location where you last died.
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say_team "Overrun at #C"
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#D - Damaged by The last player to score a hit on you.
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say_team "#D is heavily armed! RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!"
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#E - Enemy presence Detailed information on all enemies in your FOV.
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"2 enemies", "EFC", "Enemy QUAD plus 1", etc
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#F - nearest Friendly player's \name
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Not the same as #N which uses \nicks when available.
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It's recommended to use #N instead of #F.
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bind ? "say_team drop; Dropped weapon for #F"
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#H - Health Current Health level.
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#h (lower case) does not change color according to Health level.
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say_team "Hurting bad - #H/#A"
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#I - nearest Item
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Shows the nearest "significant" (weapon, armor, powerup, or MH)
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available item, including dropped items.
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say_team "#I available"
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#L - Location
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Many maps have terrible target_location entities e.g. PG on PRO-Q3DM6
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shows as YA. This shows the nearest "significant" item spawn (weapon,
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armor, powerup, flag or MH), whether the item is there or not.
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say_team "Took/waiting for #L"
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#M - aMMo wanted
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Lists all types of ammo for weapons you have that are empty or nearly so.
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say_team "Need #M"
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#N - nearest team mate's \nick
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Uses your nearest team mate's \name should he not have set his \nick.
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It's recommended to use #N instead of #F.
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bind ? "say_team drop; Dropped weapon for #N"
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#P - last Pickup
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say_team "Took #P"
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#S - item in Sights
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Item that you are aiming at directly. Distance to the item is irrelevant.
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#T - Target The last player you hit.
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say_team "#T is weak - finish him!"
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#U - powerUps Powerups you carry - Includes flags.
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#W - Weapon
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#w (lower case) does not change color according to Ammo level.
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Lists the current weapon and ammo you have.
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say_team "Need weapon! I only have #W"
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Player Model & Color Cvars
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color <string> (default = nnyny)
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Colour string characters 0-9 and a-z.
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First # is your Railcore color.
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Second # is your Helmet/Visor color.
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Third # is your Shirt Color.
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Fourth # is your Legs Color.
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Fifth # is your Rail Spiral Color.
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This also affects your team mates' color if you use cg_forceColors 1.
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cg_deadBodyDarken <0|1> (default = 1)
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Darkens players as soon as they become corpses.
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cg_enemyColors <string> (default = "iiiiii")
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Formatted as RHBLX, same as \color.
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Requires a PM cg_enemymodel - eg cg_enemyModel sarge/pm.
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cg_enemyModel <modelname> (default = "sarge/pm" )
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Setting this will force all players on the enemy team to appear to
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have this model.
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PM model highly recommended.
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cg_forceColors <0|1> (default = 0)
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Force your team to use the same color as you.
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PM model and cg_forceModel 1 recommended.
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cg_forceModel <0|1> (default = 0)
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Force your team to use the same model as you.
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PM model and cg_forceColors 1 recommended.
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cg_showPlayerLean <0|1> (default = 1)
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Allows the disabling of viewed model leaning that was introduced in
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the 1.27x patches. 0 is more accurate in regards to hitboxes.
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model <modelname> (default = "mynx/pm" )
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Your model. It is highly recommended that you choose a pm model.
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This also affects your team mates' models if you use cg_forceModel 1.
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Audio Cvars
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cg_ammoWarning <0|1> (default = 1)
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Toggles the "click" sound.
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The visual effect can be changed in your HUD config. (see HUD.txt)
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cg_nochatbeep <0|1> (default = 0)
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Allows client to suppress "beeps" heard during normal chat messages.
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Especially convenient when connected to spam-riddled GTV servers.
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cg_nohitbeep <0|1> (default = 0)
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Disable hit beep. Some like it for LG.
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cg_noTaunt <0|1> (default = 1)
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Disable all taunts, not just voicechat ones.
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cg_noteamchatbeep <0|1> (default = 0)
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Allows client to suppress "beeps" heard during team chat messages.
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cg_oldCTFSounds <0|1|2> (default = 2)
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0 - TA sounds, with voiceovers on captures, flag pickups, ete
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1 - Near-worthless Q3 1.17 sounds, same for both teams
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2 - Team-specific sounds, no voiceovers
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Also controls non-leadchange FTDM end-of-round announcements.
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s_ambient <0|1> (default = 1)
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Disable ambient sounds like the gongs on q3wcp2 and the void/wind/water
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background noise on a ton of maps.
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s_announcer <string> (default = feedback)
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Set to hellchick for alternative game feedback sounds - requires
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\snd_restart. If using Challenge Q3 executable you can set s_announcer 0
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to remove all announcer sounds. Not recommended for original quake3.exe
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which plays sound/feedback/hit.wav.
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General Cvars
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cg_altLightning <string> (default = 0)
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0 - Original (pre-TA) id LG beam
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1 - CPMA lightning
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2 - Thin lightning
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3 - Lightning using 1.44 render
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Switch between various LG shaft visuals. Example: cg_altLightning 032.
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First character is player lightning.
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Second character is enemy lightning.
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Third character is team lightning.
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First character is default for enemy and team mate lightning if not
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specified.
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cg_altPlasma <0|1|> (default = 0)
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0 - Original id plasma
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1 - CPMA plasma
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cg_autoAction <bitmask> (default = 0)
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Perform game actions such as demo recording and screenshots.
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1 - save stats to a local text file at the end of a match.
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logs are stored in: <cpma_root>/stats/<date>/<logname>.txt.
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2 - take an end-of-game screenshot.
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4 - record a demo of the game. Requires warmup to be on, i.e. \ready.
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It will NOT trigger if you join a game that has already started
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(or you got disconnected). In those cases you should use \autorecord.
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8 - multiview the game. This also works for GTV even if left unattended!
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PLEASE use it GTV admins. If put in gtv.cfg the gtv just has to be
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connected to the q3server, there is NO need for a camera guy as the
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MV will start once players ready up!
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16 - only do these things if you're actually playing in the game.
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32 - follow power up.
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64 - follow killer.
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cg_brasstime <value> (default = 2500)
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Controls the time shell casings being discharged from MG+SG are visible.
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cg_damageDraw <0|1> (default = 1)
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Obscure player's vision with blood effect when they are hit.
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cg_drawGun <0|1|2> (default = 2)
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Toggles the gun being drawn.
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0 - gun off
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1 - gun on
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2 - gun on, no sway
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cg_fallKick <0|1> (default = 1)
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Toggles the screen bouncing when player falls.
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cg_fov <0-130> (default = 102)
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Field of view. Higher values give better peripheral vision while lower
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values give better frontal vision.
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cg_gibs <0|1> (default = 1)
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Gibs and blood splatter effect.
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cg_gunOffset [x,y,z] (default = "")
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Moves gun along x,y,z axis. Valid x,y,z values are -9 to 9, for instance
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cg_gunOffset 5,-9,9.
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cg_itemFX <bitmask> (default = 7)
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Control the cutesy gimmicks on cg_simpleitems 0 items.
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With cg_simpleitems 1 the only difference is flags as they have no
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simple model.
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1 - bob up and down
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2 - rotate (asymmetric items will always rotate)
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4 - scale up on respawn
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cg_lightningImpact <0|1> (default = 0)
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Draw the "glowing ball" at the end of the shaft.
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cg_marks <value> (default = 2500)
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Milliseconds marks after explosions are visible.
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cg_muzzleFlash <0|1> (default = 1)
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Specifies if there is a muzzle flash when gun is fired.
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cg_noAmmoChange <0|1> (default = 1)
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Disables the ability to switch to a weapon that doesn't have any ammo.
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Useful for multiple-weapon binds.
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cg_nomip <#bitmask> (default = 1023 - all r_picmip 0)
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Allows changing graphics to picmip 0 setting, regardless of current
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r_picmip setting. Changes require vid_restart.
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1 - Lightning
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2 - Plasma
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4 - Rocket and Grenade explosions
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8 - Grenades (the grenade ITSELF, not the same as 4)
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16 - Bullets (machinegun and shotgun)
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32 - Railgun
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64 - BFG
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128 - Blood
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256 - Smoke
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512 - Rockets (the projectile, not the same as 4)
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cg_noProjectileTrail <0|1> (default = 0)
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Removes underwater bubble trails from weapon fire.
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cg_railstyle <0 to 7> (default = 5)
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Changes the style of the rail trail.
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0 - no trail
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1 - straight core (line) only
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2 - spiral only, no core
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3 - spiral with straight core
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4 - dotted core only
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5 - original id style
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6 - spiral with dotted core
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7 - everything
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cg_railCoreWidth (default = 2)
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Width of the Core. BaseQ3 r_rail* cvars are now obsoleted.
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cg_railRingWidth (default = 8)
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Width of the Rings. BaseQ3 r_rail* cvars are now obsoleted.
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cg_railRingStep (default = 32)
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Distance between Rings. BaseQ3 r_rail* cvars are now obsoleted.
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cg_railTrailTime (default = 400)
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Rail time in milliseconds. BaseQ3 r_rail* cvars are now obsoleted.
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cg_shadows <0|1> (default = 1)
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Player shadows.
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cg_simpleitems <0|1> (default = 0)
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Simple 2d items.
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cg_smoke_SG <0|1> (default = 1)
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Controls the smoke on the shotgun blast.
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cg_smokeRadius_GL <value> (default = 4)
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Controls the size of the smoke trail for grenades.
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cg_smokeRadius_RL <value> (default = 6)
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Controls the size of the smoke trail for rockets.
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cg_trueLightning <0.0 to 1.0 and negative> (default = 0.75)
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0 - Default LG feedback as seen in baseq3.
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1 - Pure client side rendering of LG graphic.
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Fractional values - Mix between server and client rendering of LG.
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Negative values - No LG graphic.
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cg_useScreenShotJPEG <0|1> (default = 1)
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Whether cg_autoaction 2 uses tga or jpg format.
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cg_viewAdjustments <0|1> (default = 0)
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Replaces and unifies cg_run* and cg_bob* which are all deleted.
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ch_playerNames <0|1> (default = 0)
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Display player names above model heads. Only works during demo playback.
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com_blood <0|1> (default = 1)
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Show blood when players are hit.
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com_hunkmegs <value> (default = 64)
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Amount of RAM allocated to q3. Generally set to 2/3 of your available
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memory but anything above 256 is plenty.
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com_maxfps <value> (default = 85)
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Fps cap. Unlike BaseQ3, movement in CPMA is not dependant on FPS. You
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will jump just as high/far with 30fps as with a million fps. Set to 125
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or your monitor's maximum display refresh.
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r_mode <value> (default = 4, 800x600)
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Controls game resolution.
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Type \modelist in console to see exactly what mode each number means.
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r_mode -1 enables custom resolution.
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r_customHeight <value>
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Game resolution Height when r_mode -1 is used.
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For instance r_customWidth 1680, r_customHeight 1050.
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r_customWidth <value>
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Game resolution Width when r_mode -1 is used.
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For instance r_customWidth 1680, r_customHeight 1050.
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r_displayRefresh <value> (default = 0)
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Display refresh rate. Set as high as your monitor supports.
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r_ext_max_anisotropy <value> (default = 16)
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Anisotropic filtering - Challenge Q3 executable only
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r_ext_multisample <value 2^n> (default = 4)
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Anti-aliasing - Challenge Q3 executable only
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r_fastsky <0|1> (default = 0)
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Toggle fast sky.
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r_gamma <0.5 to 3> (default = 1)
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Brightness.
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r_intensity <1.0 to infinity> (default = 1.0)
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Intensity of texture colors.
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r_mapoverbrightbits <value> (default = 2)
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Brightens or darkens the map. Players use values from 1 to 5 depending
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on the look they want.
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r_picmip <0-16> (default = 1)
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Texture detail. Lower value equals higher detail.
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r_swapInterval <0|1>
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Vertical Synchronisation.
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r_textureMode <value> (default = GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST)
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Texture Filter.
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GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR - Trilinear
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GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST - Bilinear
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GL_NEAREST - None
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r_vertexlight <0|1|2> (default = 0)
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0 - Don't use vertexlight
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1 - Use vertexlight
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2 - Use vertexlight and enable dlights on various objects
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like flag carriers (in vq3, has no effect in cpm)
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requires r_dynamiclight 1.
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