Opposing Force framerate issues

[Thomas]

Hi.

Just purchased Opposing Force yesterday and was delighted to play this expansion again, although coming straight from Black Mesa to Opposing Force makes me realize hos much the graphics have improved since then.
Anyways, everything was going well until I decided to open the console and "mess around" a little. I was actually just looking for a way to show fps, for fun, but the command changed itself into set max fps on, or something similar, and the framerate then dropped to 1fps.
I tried to reverse the command by entering something like set maximum fps off, but to to avail.
I've also re-verified the game buffer integrity(?) twice as well as removing local files (deleting the game) and re-installing it. Switching from OpenGL to Software crashes the game.
Is there some simple command that I can input to fix this?
I promise that I will stay out of the console after this.
Thanks for any help, tips and suggestions.

[IronCore]

well you can try delete your config.cfg ( located at gearbox folder ) and let steam make you new one by using the verify game integrity and hopefully everything will go back to default settings.

as for to show fps I use this command....
net_graph 1
or
cl_showfps 1
...change 1 to 0 to turn if off.

[Thomas]

I pretty much feel like a fool now, but this actually worked. Thanks!
I've tried to delete the config file before and then start the game but without verifying the game integrity. I also contacted Steam support whom suggested to do a steam://flushconfig, restart and then verify the game integrity. It didn't help, so I'm glad your suggestion above did.
Thanks once again.

[:ekoe]

Originally posted by Thomas:

I tried to reverse the command by entering something like set maximum fps off, but to to avail.

The way you worded this makes me really think that's your problem. fps_max isn't something you set on or off, it's always on.
I think the default is 72 and the maximum value you can set it to is 99, so I'm curious what commands you were entering. I'd think someone trying to "turn it off" would probably try things like fps_max 0, and that's probably what was wrong. You just needed to set it to a higher value.

[Thomas]

I believe I tried to set it to max 100 at some point aswell as "0" to "turn it off" - but that didn't work (I had no idea about the maximum being 99).
So, yeah that would probably have solved my problem.
However, deleting the config file and re-verifying the game cache, as IronCore mentioned,
did the trick.
I finished Opposing Force SP a few days ago, and I just found out about the in-progress Operation Black Mesa. I hope that it eventually gets a Steam release, like Black Mesa, which is just stunning.

[MrMcSwifty]

Originally posted by spl:

I think the default is 72 and the maximum value you can set it to is 99, so I'm curious what commands you were entering.

Maybe it doesn't work in Steam verison anymore, but you've always been able to override the frame cap by using "developer 1" in the console.