Can I use Custom animations in casual?

[Sheldor The Conqueror]

I installed Custom animations but they only work in itemtest, is there a way to use custom animations in casual?

[♥Peachboy♥]

probably not

[Sheldor The Conqueror]

frick

[icy_spy]

Put this into your autoexec.cfg
map itemtest; wait 5; disconnect; wait 3;

[Sheldor The Conqueror]

what is autoexec.cfg?

[Aries]

Depends on what custom animations you got.

Some animations are old and use an out-dated file system that makes it near impossible to get them to work on Casual servers. The animations that do work on Casual servers only work if you "pre-load" the animations (usually the newest ones). Other animations don't work because JI broke them, and the creators haven't bothered to fix them ;-;

How do you pre-load? Easy! Launch a local server and then start queuing for Casual. Ta-da! Your custom animations work! That, or put "map_background itemtest" into your autoexec file, which will cause Tf2 to load the map "itemtest" as your menu background instead of the regular, 2d images. This lets you "pre-load" assets without having to start a local server. You could also just put "map_background itemtest" into the console when you first start the game, but putting it in the autoexec is just better.

Hope this helps!

[Sheldor The Conqueror]

Originally posted by Cosmosis:

Depends on what custom animations you got.

Some animations are old and use an out-dated file system that makes it near impossible to get them to work on Casual servers. The animations that do work on Casual servers only work if you "pre-load" the animations (usually the newest ones). Other animations don't work because JI broke them, and the creators haven't bothered to fix them ;-;

How do you pre-load? Easy! Launch a local server and then start queuing for Casual. Ta-da! Your custom animations work! That, or put "map_background itemtest" into your autoexec file, which will cause Tf2 to load the map "itemtest" as your menu background instead of the regular, 2d images. This lets you "pre-load" assets without having to start a local server. You could also just put "map_background itemtest" into the console when you first start the game, but putting it in the autoexec is just better.

Hope this helps!

I acually have no idea what you have said lmao

[Aries]

Originally posted by Sheldor The Conqueror:

what is autoexec.cfg?

A file that you either A.) need to make in the cfg folder in the tf2 directory or B.) already have and have nothing in it.

The autoexec file makes tf2 execute console commands on launch. This is what lets you get even further control of graphical settings, internet settings, and so on.

[Sheldor The Conqueror]

I installed https://gamebanana.com/skins/134400​

[Sheldor The Conqueror]

will that work?

[icy_spy]

Go to your Steam/steamapps/common/Team Fortress 2/tf/cfg folder, and copy any .cfg file, it must be a .cfg file or it wont work. Now paste that .cfg file to your cfg folder. Change the name of it to "autoexec" without the brackets. Open the .cfg file you just copied with notepad, delete all the stuff in it and paste it. If you use mastercomfig, go to your cfg file, make a folder called "user" and place your .cfg file there,rename it to "autoexec" without the brackets, open it with notepad, delete all the stuff in there and paste "map itemtest; wait 5; disconnect; wait 3;"
Without the brackets.

[icy_spy]

Your tf2 startup time should be longer, but thats how it preloading the anims. The animations should work in casual now.

[Aries]

Originally posted by Sheldor The Conqueror:

Originally posted by Cosmosis:

Depends on what custom animations you got.

Some animations are old and use an out-dated file system that makes it near impossible to get them to work on Casual servers. The animations that do work on Casual servers only work if you "pre-load" the animations (usually the newest ones). Other animations don't work because JI broke them, and the creators haven't bothered to fix them ;-;

How do you pre-load? Easy! Launch a local server and then start queuing for Casual. Ta-da! Your custom animations work! That, or put "map_background itemtest" into your autoexec file, which will cause Tf2 to load the map "itemtest" as your menu background instead of the regular, 2d images. This lets you "pre-load" assets without having to start a local server. You could also just put "map_background itemtest" into the console when you first start the game, but putting it in the autoexec is just better.

Hope this helps!

I acually have no idea what you have said lmao

To launch a local server, go to the "find a game" tab, and then go to the "Create A Server" tab. Once you hit that, a new menu pops up letting you pick the map, the time to play on the map, how many rounds to win, etc. And you can start that server, and ta-da, you have started a local server.

Or, enable the developer console, press the ` key, and type in map <mapname> (do not include <> and look up the names of the maps). And, once again, that lets you start a local server.

Or, create an autoexec.cfg in the cfg folder of your Tf2 directory, and put inside it "map_background itemtest" without quotes. Then, the next time you launch tf2, the map "itemtest" will load as your main menu background instead of the regular 2D images. This lets you "pre-load" custom assets and bypass Casual's restrictions for things like custom animations.

[Sheldor The Conqueror]

so do I just make a folder named autoexec.cfg?

[Sheldor The Conqueror]

also sorry guys if i don't get this immedently

[POPO Sandh]

No it wont work.
I have downloaded and installed some cool reanimations of weapons but they only work in community servers and offline