Team Fortress 2
How do you disable the yellow outline around dropped weapons?
I find it kinda annoying when I look around and see a bright yellow outline. Is there a way to disable it?
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rumia Jul 5, 2015 @ 1:33pm 
Why would you disable it? If the simple outline of a weapon is hurting your eyes, you should see a doctor.
Originally posted by Angel Flash:
Why would you disable it? If the simple outline of a weapon is hurting your eyes, you should see a doctor.
It might not be that it hurts the OP's eyes, it might simply be a distraction or soemthing along those lines.
Nerdygamer1 Jul 5, 2015 @ 1:37pm 
Originally posted by Angel Flash:
Why would you disable it? If the simple outline of a weapon is hurting your eyes, you should see a doctor.
because it's obnoxious and different, just like killstreak notifications were obnoxious and different and many people wanted to turn them off.

Maybe his/her eyes are just fine and they have no problem seeing weapons on the ground, but they just want to turn off the yellow glow because it breaks game immersion.
Kieranite Jul 5, 2015 @ 1:37pm 
I think advanced options and its something like highlighting objectives, just disable that.
Originally posted by Penkie:
I think advanced options and its something like highlighting objectives, just disable that.


probably something like that

but you are human i believe ( i hope )

which means we can filter information

which means you have the ability to ignore distractions



so to come back on some other posts

if you can't ignore them by your own means
that isn't a good thing - look into that though
Nerdygamer1 Jul 5, 2015 @ 1:42pm 
Originally posted by Baby_Cookie WOLF:
Originally posted by Penkie:
I think advanced options and its something like highlighting objectives, just disable that.


probably something like that

but you are human i believe ( i hope )

which means we can filter information

which means you have the ability to ignore distractions



so to come back on some other posts

if you can't ignore them by your own means
that isn't a good thing - look into that though

So there's a problem with me if I can't concentrate on my work when my neighbor is blasting his stereo? TBH, I feel honored that the town I live in has set up noise restrictions for me and me alone.
Originally posted by Nerdygamer1:
Originally posted by Baby_Cookie WOLF:


probably something like that

but you are human i believe ( i hope )

which means we can filter information

which means you have the ability to ignore distractions



so to come back on some other posts

if you can't ignore them by your own means
that isn't a good thing - look into that though

So there's a problem with me if I can't concentrate on my work when my neighbor is blasting his stereo? TBH, I feel honored that the town I live in has set up noise restrictions for me and me alone.

well let's say this

if your neighbour plays music
and you want to sleep

and you can't
that's a problem

the need for sleep will overrule the distraciton of music ( in normal conditions )
which is based on the simple principle that your brain can filter inputs such as sound and visiual effects )

so yes if you can't filter things out by natural means it isn't to say perfectly normal

not that anything bad is the cause of it

but yoru basic concentration problem isn't how the brain is supposed to work ( thus "abnormal" as to say )

then agian who is perfect ? :p
gobbie FASTNESS Jul 5, 2015 @ 2:30pm 
Thanks! I think it was the objective highlight or the minimal hud. Also I never said it hurt my eyes. I just said that it was a nuisance, like spam ads on a website.
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プツケ Jul 5, 2015 @ 2:35pm 
set dxlevel to 81
「ITSA HUMAN」 Jul 5, 2015 @ 5:41pm 
Why do the weapons have yellow lines in the first place if they're not supposed to be picked up? Once a player's weapon falls to the ground, it's useless. Why would attention be drawn to this?
gobbie FASTNESS Jul 5, 2015 @ 6:03pm 
Gun Mettle update allows you to pick up guns now.
Originally posted by sal0023:
Why do the weapons have yellow lines in the first place if they're not supposed to be picked up? Once a player's weapon falls to the ground, it's useless. Why would attention be drawn to this?
New feature : Weapon exchange and pick up. Weapons dropped by killed players can no longer be picked up for ammo. Killed players will now also drop a medium ammo box. Players that can normally equip the dropped weapon (proper class) can look at the weapon and press the 'action key' to exchange it with what they have equipped. The player's equipped weapon will be dropped on the exchange.
Mashpit Jul 5, 2015 @ 6:27pm 
Originally posted by Baby_Cookie WOLF:

well let's say this

if your neighbour plays music
and you want to sleep

and you can't
that's a problem

the need for sleep will overrule the distraciton of music ( in normal conditions )
which is based on the simple principle that your brain can filter inputs such as sound and visiual effects )

so yes if you can't filter things out by natural means it isn't to say perfectly normal

not that anything bad is the cause of it

but yoru basic concentration problem isn't how the brain is supposed to work ( thus "abnormal" as to say )

then agian who is perfect ? :p
Someone stick an acid-soaked burning blender up in this guy's shithole and tell him that him being in incredible pain is because he's unable to "filter out" the pain like a "normal human being"

Anyways, you can disable objective glows in the game's advanced options.
Boomyz Jul 5, 2015 @ 6:51pm 
Originally posted by Mashpit | I should study:
Originally posted by Baby_Cookie WOLF:

well let's say this

if your neighbour plays music
and you want to sleep

and you can't
that's a problem

the need for sleep will overrule the distraciton of music ( in normal conditions )
which is based on the simple principle that your brain can filter inputs such as sound and visiual effects )

so yes if you can't filter things out by natural means it isn't to say perfectly normal

not that anything bad is the cause of it

but yoru basic concentration problem isn't how the brain is supposed to work ( thus "abnormal" as to say )

then agian who is perfect ? :p
Someone stick an acid-soaked burning blender up in this guy's shithole and tell him that him being in incredible pain is because he's unable to "filter out" the pain like a "normal human being"

Anyways, you can disable objective glows in the game's advanced options.
This. Comment.
I peed.
Baby_Cookie[WOLF] Jul 6, 2015 @ 11:01am 
Originally posted by Mashpit | I should study:
Originally posted by Baby_Cookie WOLF:

well let's say this

if your neighbour plays music
and you want to sleep

and you can't
that's a problem

the need for sleep will overrule the distraciton of music ( in normal conditions )
which is based on the simple principle that your brain can filter inputs such as sound and visiual effects )

so yes if you can't filter things out by natural means it isn't to say perfectly normal

not that anything bad is the cause of it

but yoru basic concentration problem isn't how the brain is supposed to work ( thus "abnormal" as to say )

then agian who is perfect ? :p
Someone stick an acid-soaked burning blender up in this guy's shithole and tell him that him being in incredible pain is because he's unable to "filter out" the pain like a "normal human being"

Anyways, you can disable objective glows in the game's advanced options.


cause viual and auditive stimuli are the exact same as physical pain
in that case i am wrong

then again - back to reality - they are not ( unless someone is flashing a light of high luminicence or blasting sounds of high decibels directly into your eyes/ears it is not a painfull experience ( and as op mentioned it has nothing to do wiht pain in the first place )

i could wonder how much medical training or anatomy you have had in your life
but this is the internet, so it holds no value ( neither does it hold value when i tell you i had university level education in these subjects - i oculd be lying so there is no point to using that as an argument )

basic point here - if you don't know the difference between simple stimuli and pain then you shouldn't take part in a discussion about these subjects ( cause all you will say will by default be wrong )

to conclude - there is no point in replyig to this now
since it has nothing to do with the matter at hand

all i ment to say was

if op has severe issues with visual stimuli ( note severe! ) their might be some nerve issues or sight problems ( which are all fixable )
if it doens't hurt the eyes and is just annoying it might also just be simply annoying
and since he mentioned there was no pain
it won't be very severe

alhtough he did mention annoyance ( which if it suddenly appeared and wasn't there beofre is a symptom of a pontential problem )

it's up to op to decide wether or not it would be his body telling him something or just simple annoyance

all i can do is point out to not diminish things from the getgo

gaming = spending a lot of time behind a screen ( mostly close to said screen )
which by default isn't good for the eyes in the first place
( and don'"t even attempt to deny that ... )

advice of the day - take care of your senses ( cuase life can get lot more difficult if you get issues with your hearing or your eyes - ( also don't even try to deny that, cause that's just rude to people who are blind or deaf )
Last edited by Baby_Cookie[WOLF]; Jul 6, 2015 @ 11:02am
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