Template for .cfg file (C:\Steam\xxx\baseq3\)

Offering my own Quake config as template - feel free to use it as example/guide into realm of CVars.

Few things that I should mention:

1) I play on 75hz refresh rate (My screen supports 120hz, so make sure you check your monitor for max. possible refresh rate) alter graphics in .cfg file until you have stable FPS count

2) X, Y & Z axis has been altered by me, therefore either set them on default or use cg_drawgun 0 - that will hide weapon model and altered axis will not affect sensetivity etc.

3) Ensure that your USB polling rate is 500Mhz for better mouse response, "new generation" of mices often have their own software to change USB polling rate - use it.
N.B. So far in Win 10 you can't change USB polling rate in same way it was possible in older versions of Windows - to use my MWO (Microsoft Wheel Optical Mouse) at it's full potential I'm still keeping Windows 7, also I noticed that in Win 10 Quake have tendency to crash due to Gfx card driver, there is as many variations of solving that as Quake players.

4) Most likely you will have to adjust Brightness & Contrast on your screen, I'm using my own setup along with Gfx settings in .cfg file.

This .cfg was built for better performance (less lag, better visibility of enemy etc), please keep that in mind.

If someone need help with .cfg or something else releated to QL - feel free to msg me, will try to help as much as possible.

Client Side & Gfx

// Microsoft Windows 7, 64-bit
// Windows Sensitivity 6/11
// mousefix.reg OFF[MarkC aka new mousefix]
// UNCHECK Enhance pointer precision
// Last Update 14/09/2016

//BINDS//
unbindall

//MISC//

bind PGUP "+scores"
bind KP_DOWNARROW "+button2"
bind t "messagemode"
bind y "messagemode2"
bind PAUSE "pause"
bind INS "+acc"
bind ENTER "readyup"
bind / "screenshotJPEG"
bind F9 "seta cg_drawcrosshair 13;cg_crosshairsize 27"
bind F10 "seta cg_drawcrosshair 21;cg_crosshairsize 25"
bind F11 "vote yes"
bind F12 "vote no"

//TRASH & MISC//

bind HOME "say ^0|^5]"
bind KP_HOME "say ^0Gl&Hf..."
bind KP_UPARROW "say ^0Slaughter is the best medicine ^1(c)^0Hyams Amusement Park"
bind KP_PGUP "say ^1"
bind * "vid_restart"

//MOVEMENT//

bind UPARROW "+forward"
bind DOWNARROW "+back"
bind LEFTARROW "+moveleft"
bind RIGHTARROW "+moveright"
bind CTRL "+movedown"
bind MOUSE1 "+attack"
bind MOUSE2 "+moveup"
bind KP_INS "+speed"
bind KP_DEL "+zoom"

//DUEL MAP-VOTES//

bind F1 "callvote map Bloodrun"
bind F2 "callvote map Aerowalk"
bind F3 "callvote map Toxicity"
bind F4 "callvote map Lostworld"
bind F5 "callvote map Sinister"
bind F6 "callvote map Hektik"
bind F7 "callvote map Cure"
bind F8 "callvote map FuriousHeights"

//CG++//

unaliasall

seta ruleset "1"
seta cg_noTaunts "1"
seta cg_itemTimers "0"
seta cg_rewardsVO "0"
seta cg_awardsVO "0"
seta cg_autohop "0"
seta cg_damageplum "0"
seta cg_teamChatTime "3000"
seta cg_teamChatsOnly "0"
seta cg_teamChatHeight "0"
seta cg_stereoSeparation "0.4"
seta cg_stats "0"
seta cg_speedometer "0"
seta cg_smoothClients "0"
seta cg_showVoiceText "1"
seta cg_showmiss "0"
seta cg_projectileNudge "0"
seta cg_playVoiceChats "0"
seta cg_playTeamVO "0"
seta cg_nopredict "0"
seta cg_hitBeep "1"
seta cg_forceTeamWeaponColor "0"
seta cg_forceEnemyWeaponColor "5"
seta cg_enableBreath "0"
seta cg_drawFPS "1"
seta cg_lagometer "2"
seta cg_killBeep "8"
seta cg_chatbeep "0"
seta cg_teamChatBeep "0"
seta cg_chatHistoryLength "7"
seta cg_drawTeamOverlay "2"
seta cg_selfOnTeamOverlay "0"
seta cg_clanOnTeamOverlay "0"
seta cg_drawTeamOverlayOpacity "0.33"
seta cg_drawTeamOverlayX "0"
seta cg_drawTeamOverlayY "-25"
seta cg_itemFx "0"
seta cg_simpleItems "1"
seta cg_simpleItemsRadius "18"
seta cg_gibs "1"
seta com_blood "1"
seta cg_draw3dIcons "0"
seta cg_bob "0"
seta cg_kickScale "0"
seta cg_levelTimerDirection "0"
seta cg_drawAttacker "0"
seta cg_drawFriend "0"
seta cg_trueShotgun "1"
seta cg_weaponBar "3"
seta cg_drawFullWeaponBar "0"
seta cg_scorePlums "0"
seta cg_brassTime "0"
seta cg_switchOnEmpty "0"
seta cg_switchToEmpty "0"
seta cg_allowTaunt "0"
seta cg_drawRewards "0"
seta cg_predictLocalRailshots "0"
seta cg_predictItems "0"
seta cg_autoswitch "0"
seta cg_autoAction "1"
seta cg_shadows "1"
seta cg_playerNames "0"
seta cg_compHud "0"
seta cg_muzzleFlash "0"
seta cg_noProjectileTrail "0"
seta cg_bubbleTrail "0"
seta cg_smoke_SG "0"
seta cg_screenDamage "0"
seta cg_screenDamage_Self "0x808080FF"
seta cg_screenDamage_Team "0"
seta cg_zoomOutOnDeath "0"
seta cg_weaponColor_grenade "0x0000FFFF"
seta cg_deadBodyDarken "1"
seta cg_deadBodyColor "0x000080FF"
seta cg_waterWarp "0"
seta cg_drawFragMessages "1"
seta cg_buzzerSound "0"
seta cg_rocketStyle "1"
seta cg_plasmaStyle "1"
seta cg_enableRespawnTimer "15"
seta cg_respawnTimerX "10"
seta cg_respawnTimerY "100"
seta cg_drawItemPickups "5"
seta cg_drawAmmoWarning "0"
seta cg_lowAmmoWarningPercentile "0"
seta cg_lowAmmoWarningSound "0"
seta cg_lowAmmoWeaponBarWarning "0"
seta cg_drawStatus "1"
seta cg_drawSnapshot "0"
seta cg_drawIcons "1"
seta cg_draw2D "1"
seta cg_deferPlayers "1"
seta cg_cameraOrbitDelay "50"
seta cg_atmosphericEffects "0"
seta cg_viewsize "100"
seta cg_lowEffects "1"
seta cg_hudFiles "ui/xxx.cfg"
seta winkey_disable "0"
seta bot_challenge "1"
seta bot_nochat

//GRAPH//

seta r_picmip "5"
seta r_overBrightBits "2"
seta r_mapOverBrightBits "8"
seta r_mapOverBrightCap "255"
seta r_gamma "0.7"
seta r_subdivisions "80"
seta r_lodbias "-2"
seta r_lodscale "50"
seta r_customheight "768"
seta r_customwidth "1024"
seta r_fastsky "1"
seta r_fastSkyColor "0x000000"
seta r_fullbright "0"
seta r_simpleMipMaps "0"
seta r_vertexlight "1"
seta r_intensity "0.15"
seta r_dynamiclight "1"
seta r_inBrowserMode "9"
seta r_ignorehwgamma "0"
seta r_ignoreFastPath "0"
seta r_ignoreGLErrors "1"
seta r_textureMode "gl_linear_mipmap_nearest"
seta r_contrast "1"
seta r_teleporterFlash "1"
seta r_floatingPointFBOs "0"
seta r_aspectRatio "0"
seta r_noFastRestart "0"
seta r_ambientScale "3"
seta r_primitives "0"
seta r_facePlaneCull "1"
seta r_swapInterval "0"
seta r_finish "0"
seta r_drawSun "0"
seta r_drawskyfloor "1"
seta r_flares "0"
seta r_stereo "0"
seta r_detailtextures "1"
seta r_roundImagesDown "1"
seta r_ext_compressed_textures "1"
seta r_allowExtensions "1"
seta r_glDriver "opengl32"
seta r_fullscreen "0"
seta r_customaspect "1"

//SPARKS&SMOKE//

seta cg_marks "1"
seta cg_smokeRadius_GL "0"
seta cg_smokeRadius_RL "0"
seta cg_smokeRadius_NG "0"
seta cg_smokeRadius_dust "0"
seta cg_smokeRadius_flight "0"
seta cg_smokeRadius_haste "0"
seta cg_impactSparksVelocity "128"
seta cg_impactSparksSize "8"
seta cg_impactSparksLifetime "150"
seta cg_impactSparks "1"
seta cg_impactMarkTime "50"


//BLOOM&POST-PROCESS//

seta r_enablePostProcess "1"
seta r_enableColorCorrect "0"
seta r_enableBloom "1"
seta r_BloomBrightThreshold "0.06"
seta r_BloomIntensity "0.5"
seta r_BloomPasses "1"
seta r_BloomSaturation "1.5"
seta r_BloomBlurRadius "1"



Color chart for enemy models



Chart for CVar - r_mode - use this to configure screen resolution, aspect ratio etc

Player, Weapons & Enemy Model

Chart on crosshairs



//WEAPONS//

seta cg_drawgun "2" - if value is set to "0", gun model is not visible
bind MWHEELDOWN "weapon 1;cg_playerlean 1" - Gauntlet
bind KP_END "weapon 2;cg_playerlean 1" - Machine Gun
bind PGDN "weapon 3;cg_playerlean 1" - Shotgun
bind KP_LEFTARROW "weapon 4;cg_playerlean 1" - Grenade Launcher
bind END "weapon 6;cg_playerlean 1" - Lightning Gun
bind SHIFT "weapon 5;cg_playerlean 0" - Rocket Launcher
bind MWHEELUP "weapon 7;cg_playerlean 1" - Plasma Gun
bind DEL "weapon 8;cg_playerlean 1" - Rail Gun

Since I dont use BFG or anything like that I don't have binds for those weapons.


//LIGHTNING GUN//

seta cg_lightningImpact "0"
seta cg_lightningImpactCap "0"
seta cg_trueLightning "0.8" - default value - 1 disables "wet noodle fx" on LG beam
seta cg_lightningStyle "4"

//RAIL//

seta cg_railTrailTime "250"
seta cg_railStyle "2"
seta r_railSegmentLength "4"
seta r_railCoreWidth "2"
seta r_railWidth "4"
seta color1 "17"
seta color2 "17"


//ZOOM//

seta cg_zoomScaling "0"
seta cg_zoomToggle "0"
seta cg_zoomSensitivity "0"
seta cg_zoomfov "45"

//MISC-II//

seta cl_anonymous "0"
seta cl_avidemo "0"
seta cl_demoRecordMessage "0"
seta cl_freelook "1"
seta cl_run "1"
seta cl_viewAccel "1.7"
seta handicap "100"

//PRIVATE//

seta clan ""
seta headmodel "doom/phobos"
seta model "doom/phobos"
seta name ""
seta sex "male"

//MODEL SETTINGS//

Use appendix from Gfx section to edit Model Settings

seta cg_forceTeamModel "mynx/bright"
seta cg_teamUpperColor "0x000080FF"
seta cg_teamLowerColor "0x000080FF"
seta cg_teamHeadColor "0x000080FF"
seta cg_forceEnemyModel "keel/bright"
seta cg_enemyUpperColor "0xffff00ff"// 0x00ff00ff
seta cg_enemyLowerColor "0xffff00ff"//0x00ff40ff
seta cg_enemyHeadColor "0xffff00ff"

//CROSSHAIR+FOV+ETC//

seta cg_gunX "-7"
seta cg_gunY "2.6"
seta cg_gunZ "-2.7"
seta r_mode "9" (Resolution 800x600)
seta r_displayRefresh "75"
seta com_maxfps "125"
seta cg_fov "93" - default value - 100, max value 130
seta cg_drawCrosshair "21"
seta cg_crosshairX "0"
seta cg_crosshairY "0"
seta cg_crosshairSize "25"
seta cg_crosshairHealth "0"
seta cg_crosshairHitStyle "0"
seta cg_crosshairHitTime "0"
seta cg_crosshairHitColor "0"
seta cg_drawCrosshairTeamHealth "2"
seta cg_drawCrosshairTeamHealthSize "0.15f"
seta cg_drawCrosshairNames "1"
seta cg_drawCrosshairNamesOpacity "0.7"
seta cg_crosshairColor "5"
seta cg_crosshairPulse "0"
seta cg_crosshairBrightness "1"


//MOUSE SETTINGS//
//MWO - 400CPI@500HZ//

seta sensitivity "3.25"
seta cl_mouseSensCap "0"
seta cl_mouseAccelPower "2"
seta cl_mouseAccelOffset "5"
seta cl_mouseAccel ".1"
seta m_pitch "0.018" - default value - 0.022 - for both, pitch & yaw
seta m_yaw "0.018"
seta m_filter "0"
seta m_cpi "0"
seta in_mouse "2"
seta in_mouseMode "win32(Raw)"//info cvar(read only)

//NETWORK SETTINGS//

seta cl_maxPing "800"
seta cl_packetdup "0"
seta rate "25000"
seta server_optimiseBW "0"


//SOUND SETTINGS//

seta s_ambient "0"
seta s_doppler "0"
seta s_mixahead "0.140"
seta s_mixPreStep "0.05"
seta s_musicvolume "0"
seta s_volume ".7"

//CONSOLE SETTINGS//

seta cl_allowConsoleChat "1"
seta com_idleSleep "1"
seta com_allowConsole "1"
seta con_scale "0.97"
seta con_speed "3"
seta con_opacity "0.75"
seta con_height "0.4"
seta con_background "0"
seta in_joystick "0"
seta in_mididevice "0"
seta in_midichannel "1"
seta in_midiport "1"
seta in_midi "0"
seta in_nograb "0"
seta com_introplayed "0"
seta com_hunkMegs "128"
seta com_soundMegs "16"
seta com_zoneMegs "24"

[Crocco Barocco]

Thanx, looks helpful