Console commands to reduce lag?

[dad]

Hello :)

My computer is a few years old now and I occasionally experience lag spikes when playing, which is quite annoying. I've lowered my texture and model details and a bunch of other video settings quite low.

These are some of the commands I have in my autoexec.cfg file that give me slightly better FPS:

mat_phong 0
mat_mipmaptextures 0
r_rimlight 0
cl_ragdoll_fade_time 0
cl_ragdoll_physics_enable 0
cl_ragdoll_forcefade 1
ragdoll_sleepaftertime 0


Can anyone suggest any console commands aside from these that might boost FPS or reduce lag, as well as give a brief explanation of what it does?

Thanks in advance :)

[Captain Fat Belly]

I always use cl_cmdrate +10 it really helps with my ping

[Ass exploder]

İlk olarak Strayven tarafından gönderildi:

I always use cl_cmdrate +10 it really helps with my ping

Cl_cmdrate doesnt do anything. Yes it lowers your ping but it doesnt reduce lag or anything. All it does is, it makes your ping go lower but doesnt reduce lag

[Slater]

İlk olarak Mayo ❤ tarafından gönderildi:

Thanks :)

Noice Necro

[Aralthus]

PLEASE READ ALL OF THIS TO UNDERSTAND AND TO KEEP PERSONAL LIKING
r_shadowmaxrendered 0;
r_shadowrendertotexture 0;
r_shadows 0;
cl_ragdoll_fade_time 0;
cl_ragdoll_forcefade 1;
cl_ragdoll_physics_enable 0;
g_ragdoll_fadespeed 10000;
g_ragdoll_lvfadespeed 10000;
ragdoll_sleepaftertime 0;
cl_phys_props_enable 0;
cl_phys_props_max 0;
props_break_max_pieces 0;
r_propsmaxdist 1;
violence_agibs 1;
violence_hgibs 1;
r_eyes 0;
r_flex 0;
r_lod -1;
r_rootlod 2;
r_teeth 0;
cl_hud_playerclass_use_playermodel 0;
cl_jiggle_bone_framerate_cutoff 0;
mat_antialias 0;
cl_muzzleflash_dlight_1st 0;
cl_detaildist 0;
cl_detailfade 0;
cl_drawmonitors 0;
cl_ejectbrass 0;
cl_new_impact_effects 0;
cl_show_splashes 0;
func_break_max_pieces 0;
lod_transitiondist -1;
mat_colcorrection_disableentities 1;
mat_colorcorrection 0;
mat_disable_bloom 1;
mat_disable_fancy_blending 1;
mat_trilinear 0;
mat_disable_lightwarp 1;
mat_envmapsize 8;
mat_envmaptgasize 8;
mat_filterlightmaps 1;
mat_filtertextures 0;
mat_forceaniso 0;
mat_hdr_level 0;
mat_max_worldmesh_vertices 512;
mat_motion_blur_enabled 0;
mat_parallaxmap 0;
mat_picmip -1;
mat_reducefillrate 1;
mat_reduceparticles 1;
mat_wateroverlaysize 1;
mat_viewportupscale 1;
mp_decals 1;
r_3dsky 0;
r_ambientboost 0;
r_ambientfactor 0;
r_ambientmin 0;
r_avglight 0;
r_bloomtintb 0;
r_bloomtintexponent 0;
r_bloomtintg 0;
r_bloomtintr 0;
r_cheapwaterend 0.1;
r_cheapwaterstart 0;
r_maxmodeldecal 9;
r_decalstaticprops 0;
r_decalstaticprops 0;
r_decal_cullsize 15;
r_drawdetailprops 0;
r_drawmodeldecals 0;
r_decals 0;
r_maxmodeldecal 0
r_drawflecks 0;
r_dynamic 0;
r_flashlightdepthtexture 0;
r_forcewaterleaf 1;
r_lightaverage 0;
r_entityclips 0;
r_maxnewsamples 0;
r_maxsampledist 1;
r_occlusion 1;
r_pixelfog 1
r_propsmaxdist 0;
r_renderoverlayfragment 0;
r_staticprop_lod 4;
r_waterdrawreflection 0;
r_waterdrawrefraction 0;
r_waterforceexpensive 0;
r_waterforcereflectentities 0;
r_drawtracers_firstperson 0;
r_dopixelvisibility 0;
rope_averagelight 0;
rope_collide 0;
rope_rendersolid 0;
rope_shake 0;
rope_smooth 0;
rope_subdiv 0;
rope_wind_dist 0;
tf_particles_disable_weather 1;
tracer_extra 0;
violence_ablood 1;
violence_hblood 1;
mat_phong 0;
r_rimlight 0;
refresh 60;
primarysound;
cl_showfps 1;
fps_max 150;
cl_cmdrate 66;
cl_updaterate 66;
cl_interp 0;
cl_interp_ratio 1;
cl_lagcompensation 1;
cl_pred_optimize 1;
cl_smooth 0;
cl_smoothtime 0.1;
rate 84480;
net_compresspackets 1;
net_splitrate 1;
net_maxroutable 1260;
cl_playerspraydisable 1;
r_spray_lifetime 0;
nb_shadow_dist 0;
r_eyemove 0
r_eyeshift_x 0;
r_eyeshift_y 0;
r_eyeshift_z 0;
r_eyesize 0;
blink_duration 0.2;
building_cubemaps 1;
prop_active_gib_limit 0;
props_break_max_pieces_perframe 0;
fov_desired 90;
cl_rumblescale 0;
cl_showhelp 0;
cl_showpluginmessages 0;
cl_debugrumble 0;
glow_outline_effect_enable 0;
mat_autoexposure_max 0;
mat_autoexposure_min 0;
mat_bloomscale 0;
mat_bloom_scalefactor_scalar 0;
mat_debug_postprocessing_effects 0;
mat_debugdepth 0;
mat_postprocessing_combine 0;
mat_non_hdr_bloom_scalefactor 0;
mat_bufferprimitives 1;
mat_compressedtextures 1;
mat_forcemanagedtextureintohardware 0;
mat_framebuffercopyoverlaysize 0;
mat_hdr_enabled 0;
mat_hdr_manual_tonemap_rate 0;
mat_mipmaptextures 1;
mat_showlightmappage -1;
mat_softwarelighting 0;
mat_software_aa_blur_one_pixel_lines 0;
mat_software_aa_edge_threshold 9;
mat_software_aa_quality 0;
mat_software_aa_strength 0;
mat_software_aa_strength_vgui 0;
mat_software_aa_tap_offset 0;
mat_software_aa_quality 0;
mat_texture_limit -1;
mem_max_heapsize 2048;
mod_forcedata 0;
mod_forcetouchdata 1;
mat_picmip 2;
mat_reducefillrate 1;
mat_reduceparticles 1;
mat_specular 0;
mat_viewportscale 1;
r_drawbatchdecals 0;
r_hunkalloclightmaps 1;
r_lightcache_zbuffercache 1;
mat_motion_blur_forward_enabled 0;
mat_motion_blur_strength 0;
mat_motion_blur_enabled 0;
r_worldlightmin 0.0004;
r_worldlights 0;
mp_usehwmmodels -1;
mp_usehwmvcds -1;
in_usekeyboardsampletime 1;
mat_clipz 1;
mat_forcehardwaresync 0;
mat_levelflush 1;
m_rawinput 1;
mat_vsync 0;
r_fastzreject 1;
ai_expression_optimization 1;
fast_fogvolume 1;
mod_load_anims_async 1;
mod_load_mesh_async 1;
mod_load_vcollide_async 1;
con_enable 1;
con_filter_enable 1;
con_filter_text_out_particle;
dsp_enhance_stereo 0;
dsp_slow_cpu 1;
dsp_water 0;
snd_async_fullyasync 1;
snd_pitchquality 0;
snd_spatialize_roundrobin 0;
snd_mixahead .11;
snd_delay_sound_shift 0.1;
phonemedelay 0.275;
snd_async_minsize 262144;
snd_mix_async 0;
mat_queue_mode -1;
cl_threaded_client_leaf_system 1;
r_queued_ropes 0;
r_threaded_client_shadow_manager 0;
r_threaded_particles 0;
r_threaded_renderables 0;
cl_setupallbones 0;
hud_achievement_glowtime 0;
cl_localnetworkbackdoor 0;
mat_phong 0;
These keep skins and increase fps by 5-25% if your computer is low tier or a toaster, and my launch options.
+mat_phong 0 +r_rimlight 0 +r_decals 9 -high -threads 2 -nojoy -noipx -novid +r_3dsky 0 -nosteamcontroller -noff - -reuse -nohltv -limitvsconst -freq 60 -disable_d3d9_hacks these commands increase fps by about 6%, with +mat_dxlevel 81 you would see 15% more frames but lose your skins. Another thing, download the Iobit softwares Driver booster, advanced system care, smart defrag ( if you have a solid state it recognises to trim), and the uninstaller, this does what razer cortex does, but a million fold more here is the link https://www.iobit.com/en/index.php, highlight and right click and press go to this website. And go to the run manager by doing the windows icon +r and you open that menu, then type seperatly, %appdata% prefetch temp %temp%. These files are mostly useless, by that I mean keep iobit and microsoft appdata and delete what ever else you can. Also, optimise windows, I would image you have windows otherwise why bother playing tf2. If you dont optimise your OS, (operating system). Also download CPU core unparker, this is great, here is the link http://coderbag.com/Programming-C/CPU-core-parking-manager-v3 , this unparks your cores and makes them run fast always because processors from 2009 up have this parking thing that makes them conserve battery, if you want to game, disable this by setting everything to 100% in the application. And finally overclock your cpu/gpu type, if you have a intel processor of the r series download throttlestop 860 here https://www.techpowerup.com/download/techpowerup-throttlestop/, if overclocks or undervolts anything, because you have a laptop, I recommend undervolting for less heat and no damage to parts by lowering voltage and setting the multiplier of the base 6 to 10 in the application, if my giberish made no sense look up a yubtub tutorial on it. Finally, get windows 10 if you don't, best OS for gaming. If you have any questions, whisper my steam page and I'll get back as fast as possible. Here is one more download https://timerresolution.soft112.com/modal-download.html, you have to leave throttlestop and set timer resolution on for them to work.

Have a nice day :)
#7


Also the commands can go in an autoexec named file with notepad that is labeled as a CFG file.
#8


And download these mods, all these are preference, like soldier explosion animation replaced with a pulse and the smoke trail removed, the old school pack, and the hatless mod, these go in this link in your steam files, steam/steamapps/common/Team fortress 2/Tf/custom, downloads for each here https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B507LKBKAaLUU2tFbGVqcG5CN0k/view (the oldschool pack, https://gamebanana.com/effects/download/5920 (no smoke) https://gamebanana.com/skins/download/156163 (no hats, cosmetics, etc)
https://gamebanana.com/effects/download/5422 (no explosions)
https://www.7-zip.org/download.html (7-zip to unzip these, download the 64 bit one in the 2018/ whatever year it is one and download.

[Aralthus]

also delete your stuff so nothing weird happens and again this is for a toaster/ low-end pc and the refresh in my commands list is your monitors refresh rate so please change that to yours.
And do not touch these I am a professional. This could kill your game if you touch these.

[ocean man]

İlk olarak Abdil tarafından gönderildi:

r_rimlight 0 kinda ruins your fps go to steam, libary, right click tf2, properties and type -dxlevel 81

eh i did try that but problem is for some reason i can't undo it, i legit took it out now my tf2 stuck in old tf2 graphic way still even though i removed it

[Ass exploder]

İlk olarak A Magical Chef Pyro tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Abdil tarafından gönderildi:

r_rimlight 0 kinda ruins your fps go to steam, libary, right click tf2, properties and type -dxlevel 81

eh i did try that but problem is for some reason i can't undo it, i legit took it out now my tf2 stuck in old tf2 graphic way still even though i removed it

-DXLEVEL 95

[Wario scholar]

İlk olarak keqku tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Polkaslacis tarafından gönderildi:

Do unbindall and then delete the game, so it wont lag anymore..

Do a "read the date" before posting something that isn't funny in any way.

Date doesnt matter, you botched project

[Apple'']

İlk olarak Bucket tarafından gönderildi:

also delete your stuff so nothing weird happens and again this is for a toaster/ low-end pc and the refresh in my commands list is your monitors refresh rate so please change that to yours.
And do not touch these I am a professional. This could kill your game if you touch these.

İlk olarak Bucket tarafından gönderildi:

PLEASE READ ALL OF THIS TO UNDERSTAND AND TO KEEP PERSONAL LIKING
r_shadowmaxrendered 0;
r_shadowrendertotexture 0;
r_shadows 0;
cl_ragdoll_fade_time 0;
cl_ragdoll_forcefade 1;
cl_ragdoll_physics_enable 0;
g_ragdoll_fadespeed 10000;
g_ragdoll_lvfadespeed 10000;
ragdoll_sleepaftertime 0;
cl_phys_props_enable 0;
cl_phys_props_max 0;
props_break_max_pieces 0;
r_propsmaxdist 1;
violence_agibs 1;
violence_hgibs 1;
r_eyes 0;
r_flex 0;
r_lod -1;
r_rootlod 2;
r_teeth 0;
cl_hud_playerclass_use_playermodel 0;
cl_jiggle_bone_framerate_cutoff 0;
mat_antialias 0;
cl_muzzleflash_dlight_1st 0;
cl_detaildist 0;
cl_detailfade 0;
cl_drawmonitors 0;
cl_ejectbrass 0;
cl_new_impact_effects 0;
cl_show_splashes 0;
func_break_max_pieces 0;
lod_transitiondist -1;
mat_colcorrection_disableentities 1;
mat_colorcorrection 0;
mat_disable_bloom 1;
mat_disable_fancy_blending 1;
mat_trilinear 0;
mat_disable_lightwarp 1;
mat_envmapsize 8;
mat_envmaptgasize 8;
mat_filterlightmaps 1;
mat_filtertextures 0;
mat_forceaniso 0;
mat_hdr_level 0;
mat_max_worldmesh_vertices 512;
mat_motion_blur_enabled 0;
mat_parallaxmap 0;
mat_picmip -1;
mat_reducefillrate 1;
mat_reduceparticles 1;
mat_wateroverlaysize 1;
mat_viewportupscale 1;
mp_decals 1;
r_3dsky 0;
r_ambientboost 0;
r_ambientfactor 0;
r_ambientmin 0;
r_avglight 0;
r_bloomtintb 0;
r_bloomtintexponent 0;
r_bloomtintg 0;
r_bloomtintr 0;
r_cheapwaterend 0.1;
r_cheapwaterstart 0;
r_maxmodeldecal 9;
r_decalstaticprops 0;
r_decalstaticprops 0;
r_decal_cullsize 15;
r_drawdetailprops 0;
r_drawmodeldecals 0;
r_decals 0;
r_maxmodeldecal 0
r_drawflecks 0;
r_dynamic 0;
r_flashlightdepthtexture 0;
r_forcewaterleaf 1;
r_lightaverage 0;
r_entityclips 0;
r_maxnewsamples 0;
r_maxsampledist 1;
r_occlusion 1;
r_pixelfog 1
r_propsmaxdist 0;
r_renderoverlayfragment 0;
r_staticprop_lod 4;
r_waterdrawreflection 0;
r_waterdrawrefraction 0;
r_waterforceexpensive 0;
r_waterforcereflectentities 0;
r_drawtracers_firstperson 0;
r_dopixelvisibility 0;
rope_averagelight 0;
rope_collide 0;
rope_rendersolid 0;
rope_shake 0;
rope_smooth 0;
rope_subdiv 0;
rope_wind_dist 0;
tf_particles_disable_weather 1;
tracer_extra 0;
violence_ablood 1;
violence_hblood 1;
mat_phong 0;
r_rimlight 0;
refresh 60;
primarysound;
cl_showfps 1;
fps_max 150;
cl_cmdrate 66;
cl_updaterate 66;
cl_interp 0;
cl_interp_ratio 1;
cl_lagcompensation 1;
cl_pred_optimize 1;
cl_smooth 0;
cl_smoothtime 0.1;
rate 84480;
net_compresspackets 1;
net_splitrate 1;
net_maxroutable 1260;
cl_playerspraydisable 1;
r_spray_lifetime 0;
nb_shadow_dist 0;
r_eyemove 0
r_eyeshift_x 0;
r_eyeshift_y 0;
r_eyeshift_z 0;
r_eyesize 0;
blink_duration 0.2;
building_cubemaps 1;
prop_active_gib_limit 0;
props_break_max_pieces_perframe 0;
fov_desired 90;
cl_rumblescale 0;
cl_showhelp 0;
cl_showpluginmessages 0;
cl_debugrumble 0;
glow_outline_effect_enable 0;
mat_autoexposure_max 0;
mat_autoexposure_min 0;
mat_bloomscale 0;
mat_bloom_scalefactor_scalar 0;
mat_debug_postprocessing_effects 0;
mat_debugdepth 0;
mat_postprocessing_combine 0;
mat_non_hdr_bloom_scalefactor 0;
mat_bufferprimitives 1;
mat_compressedtextures 1;
mat_forcemanagedtextureintohardware 0;
mat_framebuffercopyoverlaysize 0;
mat_hdr_enabled 0;
mat_hdr_manual_tonemap_rate 0;
mat_mipmaptextures 1;
mat_showlightmappage -1;
mat_softwarelighting 0;
mat_software_aa_blur_one_pixel_lines 0;
mat_software_aa_edge_threshold 9;
mat_software_aa_quality 0;
mat_software_aa_strength 0;
mat_software_aa_strength_vgui 0;
mat_software_aa_tap_offset 0;
mat_software_aa_quality 0;
mat_texture_limit -1;
mem_max_heapsize 2048;
mod_forcedata 0;
mod_forcetouchdata 1;
mat_picmip 2;
mat_reducefillrate 1;
mat_reduceparticles 1;
mat_specular 0;
mat_viewportscale 1;
r_drawbatchdecals 0;
r_hunkalloclightmaps 1;
r_lightcache_zbuffercache 1;
mat_motion_blur_forward_enabled 0;
mat_motion_blur_strength 0;
mat_motion_blur_enabled 0;
r_worldlightmin 0.0004;
r_worldlights 0;
mp_usehwmmodels -1;
mp_usehwmvcds -1;
in_usekeyboardsampletime 1;
mat_clipz 1;
mat_forcehardwaresync 0;
mat_levelflush 1;
m_rawinput 1;
mat_vsync 0;
r_fastzreject 1;
ai_expression_optimization 1;
fast_fogvolume 1;
mod_load_anims_async 1;
mod_load_mesh_async 1;
mod_load_vcollide_async 1;
con_enable 1;
con_filter_enable 1;
con_filter_text_out_particle;
dsp_enhance_stereo 0;
dsp_slow_cpu 1;
dsp_water 0;
snd_async_fullyasync 1;
snd_pitchquality 0;
snd_spatialize_roundrobin 0;
snd_mixahead .11;
snd_delay_sound_shift 0.1;
phonemedelay 0.275;
snd_async_minsize 262144;
snd_mix_async 0;
mat_queue_mode -1;
cl_threaded_client_leaf_system 1;
r_queued_ropes 0;
r_threaded_client_shadow_manager 0;
r_threaded_particles 0;
r_threaded_renderables 0;
cl_setupallbones 0;
hud_achievement_glowtime 0;
cl_localnetworkbackdoor 0;
mat_phong 0;
These keep skins and increase fps by 5-25% if your computer is low tier or a toaster, and my launch options.
+mat_phong 0 +r_rimlight 0 +r_decals 9 -high -threads 2 -nojoy -noipx -novid +r_3dsky 0 -nosteamcontroller -noff - -reuse -nohltv -limitvsconst -freq 60 -disable_d3d9_hacks these commands increase fps by about 6%, with +mat_dxlevel 81 you would see 15% more frames but lose your skins. Another thing, download the Iobit softwares Driver booster, advanced system care, smart defrag ( if you have a solid state it recognises to trim), and the uninstaller, this does what razer cortex does, but a million fold more here is the link https://www.iobit.com/en/index.php, highlight and right click and press go to this website. And go to the run manager by doing the windows icon +r and you open that menu, then type seperatly, %appdata% prefetch temp %temp%. These files are mostly useless, by that I mean keep iobit and microsoft appdata and delete what ever else you can. Also, optimise windows, I would image you have windows otherwise why bother playing tf2. If you dont optimise your OS, (operating system). Also download CPU core unparker, this is great, here is the link http://coderbag.com/Programming-C/CPU-core-parking-manager-v3 , this unparks your cores and makes them run fast always because processors from 2009 up have this parking thing that makes them conserve battery, if you want to game, disable this by setting everything to 100% in the application. And finally overclock your cpu/gpu type, if you have a intel processor of the r series download throttlestop 860 here https://www.techpowerup.com/download/techpowerup-throttlestop/, if overclocks or undervolts anything, because you have a laptop, I recommend undervolting for less heat and no damage to parts by lowering voltage and setting the multiplier of the base 6 to 10 in the application, if my giberish made no sense look up a yubtub tutorial on it. Finally, get windows 10 if you don't, best OS for gaming. If you have any questions, whisper my steam page and I'll get back as fast as possible. Here is one more download https://timerresolution.soft112.com/modal-download.html, you have to leave throttlestop and set timer resolution on for them to work.

Have a nice day :)
#7


Also the commands can go in an autoexec named file with notepad that is labeled as a CFG file.
#8


And download these mods, all these are preference, like soldier explosion animation replaced with a pulse and the smoke trail removed, the old school pack, and the hatless mod, these go in this link in your steam files, steam/steamapps/common/Team fortress 2/Tf/custom, downloads for each here https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B507LKBKAaLUU2tFbGVqcG5CN0k/view (the oldschool pack, https://gamebanana.com/effects/download/5920 (no smoke) https://gamebanana.com/skins/download/156163 (no hats, cosmetics, etc)
https://gamebanana.com/effects/download/5422 (no explosions)
https://www.7-zip.org/download.html (7-zip to unzip these, download the 64 bit one in the 2018/ whatever year it is one and download.

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dude thx you

[Arthur]

İlk olarak Whomst'd've tarafından gönderildi:

r_rimlight 0 kinda ruins your fps go to steam, libary, right click tf2, properties and type -dxlevel 81

I don't really like using that. It hides my war paints.

[76561198983150257]

i think it works, thanks

[Smail]

İlk olarak Mint tarafından gönderildi:

try unbindall

haha very funny bruh :/

[76561198088409502]

stop necroing this thread!

[Cpl. B. Grande [1st MRB]]

İlk olarak CardFlyer280576 tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Whomst'd've tarafından gönderildi:

r_rimlight 0 kinda ruins your fps go to steam, libary, right click tf2, properties and type -dxlevel 81

I don't really like using that. It hides my war paints.

I just learned that. it did the same to my warpaints as well