Console Commands for Graphics

[Boreas]

Anyone have any commands or anything to improve how the game looks? whenever i google it, i just get somebody telling me to edit the Config file which i dont trust myself well enough to do.

[Kylee!]

Re: Console Commands for Graphics

Anyone have any commands or anything to improve how the game looks? whenever i google it, i just get somebody telling me to edit the Config file which i dont trust myself well enough to do.

Why not just use the Video settings menu?

[Boreas]

Re: Console Commands for Graphics

Why not just use the Video settings menu?

i am, i'm just wondering if there are any commands that further it.

[iQue]

Re: Console Commands for Graphics

Using a config file isn't very hard really - I don't know the specifics for HL engine games, but all you do in source games is make an "autoexec.cfg" file and place all the commands after each other in that, you could enter the console commands right in the game but you'd have to do it every time the game starts and only good if you want to test something out. If it does something you don't like, delete the autoexec and it will start up with default settings.

That said you can't go that much further than the ingame menu when it comes to graphics, but I'd personally increase your field of view (default_fov I think). There might be some commands to improve texture quality as well.

[Boreas]

Re: Console Commands for Graphics

Thank you

[Namakan]

Re: Console Commands for Graphics

I use this for TF2, not all commands work for HL

mat_software_aa_quality 1
mat_software_aa_strength 1
mat_software_aa_strength_vgui 1
mat_software_aa_blur_one_pixel_lines 0.5
mat_software_aa_edge_threshold 1.4
mat_picmip -10
mp_usehwmmodels 1
mp_usehwmvcds 1
r_eyeglintlodpixels 12 
cl_ragdoll_collide 1
cl_new_impact_effects 1
cl_burninggibs 1
jpeg_quality 100