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=== Low FPS fix === | === Low FPS fix === | ||
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Once the game has loaded and the FPS have dropped below playable: | Once the game has loaded and the FPS have dropped below playable: | ||
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# Press Esc. to return to the game menu. | # Press Esc. to return to the game menu. | ||
# Go to Options -> Video | # Go to Options -> Video | ||
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# Optional: Switch back from Windowed -> Fullscreen | # Optional: Switch back from Windowed -> Fullscreen | ||
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Anti-virus software can interfere with a file in TF2's folder, which gets updated constantly during gameplay. | Anti-virus software can interfere with a file in TF2's folder, which gets updated constantly during gameplay. | ||
# Open anti-virus program. | # Open anti-virus program. |
Revision as of 10:23, 28 July 2013
Team Fortress | |
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Team Fortress (mod) | 1996 |
Team Fortress Classic | 1999 |
Fortress Forever (unofficial mod) | 2007 |
Team Fortress 2 | 2007 |
Key points
General information
- Official Team Fortress 2 Blog - Written by Valve
- Official Team Fortress Wiki - Run by the Team Fortress 2 community and hosted by Valve
- GitHub Issue Tracker for Team Fortress 2 and other Source-based games
- Steam Users' Forums
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Workshop for Team Fortress 2
- Team Fortress 2 Subreddit
Availability
- All versions require Steam, including retail.
Improvements
Skip intro videos
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Console commands
- Games running on the source engine can utilize Source Engine Console Commands for various tasks. These commands can be saved into
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\tf\cfg\autoexec.cfg
to be executed when the game launches.
Launch parameters
- You can launch Team Fortress 2 with launch parameters - these parameters dictating how certain aspects of the game behaves (outside of gameplay).
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Game data
- Achievements are stored within the Steam Community, and are thus tied to specific Steam accounts.
- The .local file in Linux is likely hidden. In Ubuntu go to your Home folder and press Ctrl+H to toggle hidden files.
Save game cloud syncing
Template:Save Game Cloud Syncing
- Team Fortress 2 uses the Steam Cloud to store settings, users' in-game sprays and Steam Workshop submissions.
Video settings
Multi-monitor
- See this Widescreen Gaming Forum article for a limited case script when using multiple monitors.
Field of view (FOV)
- An FOV slider is available within the options which is limited to a value between 75 and 90. This sets the FOV for a 4:3 monitor. The actual FOV will be adjusted for other aspect ratios, meaning widescreens gain a higher than configured FOV.
- The TF2 Tactics video on FOV has more information about FOV in TF2 and in general.
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Borderless fullscreen windowed
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Oculus Rift
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Input settings
Controller support
- See also: Xbox 360 controls on the Official Team Fortress Wiki.
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Audio settings
Issues and fixes
Generic fixes for issues
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Game Crashes at Valve Logo on Startup
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Cosmetic items do not appear on a player
This is a bug caused by the dynamic-model-loading system implemented in Team Fortress 2. Once a player touches a resupply cabinet the cosmetic items should appear.
Getting disconnected while playing on a LAN with multiple players
This is caused by multiple players trying to connect to a server using the same client port. To fix, each player needs a different client port, by adding this to the launch options: "+clientport N", where N is a number between 27005 and 27032, but not 27015 or 27020.
Game cache files are stuck validating
Close Steam and delete ClientRegistry.blob in the Steam directory:[3]
- Windows:
- 32 Bit:
C:\Program Files\Steam\
- 64 Bit:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\
- 32 Bit:
- OS X:
/Users/Username/Library/Application Support/Steam/
Low FPS fix
Linux (Ubuntu 12.10)
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Anti-Virus Exception
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- Source thread on the Steam forums from 2009.
- YouTube guide by MafiaGuy76.
- Thread on the ETF2L forums.
Disabling Aero
Alternatively if you are using -noborder -window
or just windowed mode:
Windows 7/Vista:
- Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\*Your Steam Username*\team fortress 2
- Right click on hl2.exe.
- Go to the compatibility tab.
- Select Disable Visual Themes and Disable Desktop Composition
This will disable Windows Aero when playing TF2 in noborder mode, the same way it would disable it if you were playing in proper fullscreen, this can gain you some FPS.
Issues and fixes (Linux)
Performance
Disable desktop composition while playing a full screen game Linux Install the latest graphics drivers Linux
No audio
It might happen if there is no PulseAudio in your system. If you want to use Alsa, you need to launch the Steam or game directly with "SDL_AUDIODRIVER=alsa". (From SteamCommunity).
Black screen on launch
There are various possible reasons Team Fortress 2 is booting into a black screen on Linux.[4]. Most of the following steps require you to exit out of Steam beforehand.
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- If none of these work, it may be that your graphics card is unsupported. Various AMD and Intel chips will not working with Team Fortress 2 on Linux despite working on Windows.
System requirements
Useful Links
- FPS problems article on Whisper's Wiki - a very detailed guide on how to tweak the Source engine and Steam platform, on which TF2 runs.
- Chris' FPS Configs for TF2 - Different configuration files to automatically set all settings to their absolute lowest or highest. It is recommended to troubleshoot before resorting to these as they can cause problems.
- TF2Mate - a TF2 configuration generator with support for various FPS configs, configurable key bindings, and other miscellaneous settings.