CVAR unlock requests

Humate · 2011-07-22 17:46:55 UTC

Um… server side
Meaning it tightens it for everyone.

DarkangelUK · 2011-07-22 18:07:31 UTC

One of the few things I liked about punkbuster was that it checked client side cvars to make sure they were within limits, and booted the player if they didn’t change it within 30seconds. Not sure if VAC can do this?

r3fleX · 2011-07-22 18:27:11 UTC

1 of the most important elements of a game, yet dev’s are only just contemplating unlocking a few cvar’s.

g_playtestBalanceWeaponRecoilRateScale
g_playtestBalanceWeaponSpreadAngleMaxScale
g_playtestBalanceWeaponSpreadAngleMinScale
g_playtestBalanceDamageScale

They were actually unlocked for a short while, but after reporting them a small patch soon re-locked them. If you set them to 0 they actually made the circle around the crosshair very small, so much less noticeable and filling the screen which was really nice, however you did have no recoil/spread which was just abit op’d

So i haven’t researched the exact cvar which would do it, but having the ability to reduce the opacity of the circle around the crosshair is very much needed. I can cope with just a white dot, but that circle outline :mad:

+1 for all of coolstory’s cvar’s mentioned should provide a healthy FPS boost likely to increase the amount of players playing brink if they can run with decent FPS. Most players dont care about graphic’s quality before being able to run the game smoothly. Personally as a comp player i want to make the graphics as low as possible for performance and visual benefit.

These were taken from a CFG shared on a thread in Brink-TV forums. I don’t know the full extent of what each cvar does (i.e negative side effects) but simply providing them for others to discuss/support to be unlocked.

seta g_preloaddata “1” seta g_skipvieweffects “1” seta r_ambientScale “2” seta r_HBAONumDir “0” seta r_HBAONumSteps “0” seta r_screenFraction seta r_showAmbientLights “0” seta r_skipAmbient “1” seta r_skipAmbientLighting “1” seta r_skipAtmosphere “1” seta r_skipBump “1” seta r_skipDeforms “1” seta r_skipPostProcess “1” seta r_skipTranslucent “1” seta r_skipUpdates “1” seta r_skipparticles “1” seta r_stateCache “0” seta r_testImageScale “1” seta r_useDepthBoundsTest “0” seta r_useFrustumFarDistance “1” seta r_usePortals “0” seta s_shakeScale “0.0” seta s_useOcclusion “0” seta vt_anisotropy “1” seta vt_lodClamp “0” // enables/disables preloading data at startup – LOCKED/PROTECTED
// skip damage and other view effects – LOCKED/PROTECTED
// ambient cube mapping brightness – LOCKED/PROTECTED
// HBAO num directions – LOCKED/PROTECTED
// HBAO num steps – LOCKED/PROTECTED
“2” // used for testing fill rate, the resolution of the entire screen can be changed – LOCKED/PROTECTED
// show ambient light sources – LOCKED/PROTECTED
// bypasses all non-interaction drawing – LOCKED/PROTECTED
// skip ambient lighting pass drawing – * LOCKED/CHEAT PROTECTED*
// skips atmosphere pass – LOCKED/PROTECTED
// uses a flat surface instead of the bump map – LOCKED/PROTECTED
// leave all deform materials in their original state – LOCKED/PROTECTED
// skip post-process drawing – LOCKED/PROTECTED
// skip the translucent interaction rendering – LOCKED/PROTECTED
// skip updates: 1 = don’t accept any entity or light updates, making everything static – LOCKED/PROTECTED
// skip all particle systems – LOCKED/PROTECTED
// check state before upload to driver – LOCKED/PROTECTED
// vertical scale of the testimage (screenspace normalized) – LOCKED/PROTECTED
// use depth bounds test to reduce shadow fill – LOCKED/PROTECTED
// if != 0 force the view frustum far distance to this distance – LOCKED/PROTECTED
// Use portals – 1 = use portals to perform area culling, otherwise draw everything – LOCKED/PROTECTED
// scales the camera shake – LOCKED/PROTECTED
// use sound occlusion – LOCKED/PROTECTED
// virtual texture max anisotropy – LOCKED/PROTECTED
// clamp newly loaded tiles to a maximum virtual level, from 0 to 15. – LOCKED/PROTECTED

Smoochy · 2011-07-22 18:30:05 UTC

[QUOTE=kilL_888;359876]right now you can already change the color and alpha values for the text and icon above friendly players and the dots on the minimap for all players:

seta g_enemyColor2 “1 0 0 0.5”
seta g_friendlyColor “1 1 1 0.5”

first 3 values are R G B, last is alpha.[/QUOTE]

its more the size. too big IMO.

BomBaKlaK · 2011-07-22 18:43:16 UTC

TO big for sure and in BOLD TYPE ! normal or thin much apreciated ! thx

coolstory · 2011-07-22 20:35:03 UTC

Whats the picmip cvar in brink?

Breo · 2011-07-22 21:06:12 UTC

Unlock all the settings for the HUD plox
Take a look at BFBC2, is has a very good HUD also not adjustable and nobody complain about it.

kilL_888 · 2011-07-22 21:14:26 UTC

vt_lodbias

negative values sharpen textures, positives blur the textures. -2 is default high quality. it resets to 2 after each map load if you adjusted it above 2. max value seems to be 32, or at least i dont see a visual difference above 32.

coolstory · 2011-07-22 21:50:33 UTC

Oh I didnt notice any difference between 4 and 15…thought it was a useless after 4

Je_T_aime · 2011-07-22 21:53:32 UTC

client command to enable red tint thing over enemys, even when servers have it disabled.

BomBaKlaK · 2011-07-22 22:30:21 UTC

do you want to cheat ? when others can’t do you want to do it ? is cheat !
Go play on server with red tint, that’s all

coolstory · 2011-07-23 11:08:56 UTC

r_HBAONumDir
r_HBAONumSteps

what do these do?

Apples · 2011-07-27 10:02:38 UTC

[QUOTE=BomBaKlaK;359894]I dont think so ! that’s cheat if others dont use it
they have to tighten the spread for everyone[/QUOTE]

Server side it should be (yoda ©)

mortis · 2011-07-27 18:38:56 UTC

This signature from El Rico tells me everything I need to know about cvars…

–Mortis

Rahabib · 2011-07-28 15:19:19 UTC

[QUOTE=Humate;359891]I guess its good news for the 5 players who still play. :hooray:

For comp (server side) I’d imagine these would be useful:

g_playtestBalanceWeaponRecoilRateScale
g_playtestBalanceWeaponSpreadAngleMaxScale
g_playtestBalanceWeaponSpreadAngleMinScale
g_playtestBalanceDamageScale[/QUOTE]

+1. Although it would be nice if we could alter them for specific weapons. Just give us all the Netvars as Svars.

coolstory · 2011-07-28 15:37:21 UTC

I wish I could make the textures in brink like this…
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/9462/85951634.jpg

so smooth and clean

wolfnemesis75 · 2011-07-28 15:53:55 UTC

[QUOTE=coolstory;361732]I wish I could make the textures in brink like this…
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/9462/85951634.jpg

so smooth and clean[/QUOTE]

I like gritty, weathered like real life better. That looks like the inside of Tiger Wood’s house or something. Needs graffiti.

kilL_888 · 2011-07-28 16:14:23 UTC

[QUOTE=coolstory;361732]I wish I could make the textures in brink like this…
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/9462/85951634.jpg

so smooth and clean[/QUOTE]

if you set vt_lodbias 32 it looks almost like this.

i have to agree. i like this “washed”, clean, minimalistic look, too.

coolstory · 2011-07-31 14:13:21 UTC

[QUOTE=kilL_888;361751]if you set vt_lodbias 32 it looks almost like this.

i have to agree. i like this “washed”, clean, minimalistic look, too.[/QUOTE]

Not really…I dont notice any difference between 4 and 32. Everythings just blurier instead of smoother.

On topic is there a cvar to turn off the sound going on and off when you get shot?? Its really annoying.