teach this noob the ins and outs of this game plz!

[webhead]

hi all. i've been playing for about a week or 2, but i suck pretty bad. but i'm sure i'm not using the game to my full advantage (i.e. i'm sure there are features that i don't know about that would help me). i'd like to learn about all the console commands and stuff (the docs only mention very few).

for starters: somebody told me to type impulse 3000, and it screwed me up royally. i'd like to know what that command does exactly, and what the number means.
also what are some other commonly used commands?

i'm sure there are enough l33t players here to help me out..

[Spook]

There are really no console commands to extremely help your game. Learning the physics is the most important thing (ball flight and strafe jumping mainly)

[webhead]

honestly, i don't really care how much they help, i just want to know what kind of options are out there.
strafe jumping -- i wouldn't exactly say that i've mastered it. i can do it, but i can't seem to do anything else well when i do it.

[KiLo]

Practice, practice, practice is all I can say.

As for console commands, there really aren't any to know like Spook said unless you are a server admin because those are easier to use than always going to the menus.

[y00tz]

Yeah just experiment with strafing and shooting techniques...

some console commands that I've used
bind mwheelup hand1
bind mwheeldown hand3
bind mouse3 hand2
umm
maxfps stuff..

That's pretty much it...

Some help may be to download a hi-res texture pack... it makes the textures easier to make out and what not (good for visual distance calculating) also turn on reflective water... that can be a benefit on maps like battle2.bsp

[KiLo]

You can get the high-res texture pack/packs here.

I can't remember for sure but I think you just extract them to the textures folder.

[Spook]

y00tz stole my hand binds

[KiLo]

maxfps stuff..

also turn on reflective water... that can be a benefit on maps like battle2.bsp

Yeah forgot about the fps commands although I don't use them that much. They are more for those worthless jump maps that I own (sorry Spook  ).

Reflective Water=VERY NICE (although at times it can kill your fps)

[y00tz]

y00tz stole my hand binds

Haha I actually did.. you posted them somewhere and I thought, 'hey those are good!'

[Spook]

KiLo it's ok that you live in your own dream world.

Y00tz, i hand out my config file all the time, i could care less that you use one little part of it haha

[Zorchenhimer]

somebody told me to type impulse 3000, and it screwed me up royally. i'd like to know what that command does exactly, and what the number means.

Haha. I think that was to stop cheaters dead in their tracks. I read somewhere in these forums that one of the wallhacks or some similar hack used that command, and just to screw with them, and naturally render the cheat useless, Jits made it do what you experienced. If I ever find the thread I'll post a link to it.

[KiLo]

webhead I have a good command for you.
Type impulse 101 in the console.

[y00tz]

"omg make it stop"
-y00tz after he tried impulse 101

"omg don't stop"
-The banana to the left of this post

[KiLo]

"omg don't stop"
-The banana to the left of this post

If it's what I am thinking I don't even want to know.

If it's not what I am thinking then you need to unconfuse me. 

[webhead]

umm
maxfps stuff..

as in??

Haha. I think that was to stop cheaters dead in their tracks. I read somewhere in these forums that one of the wallhacks or some similar hack used that command, and just to screw with them, and naturally render the cheat useless, Jits made it do what you experienced. If I ever find the thread I'll post a link to it.

thanks for answering that. good to know. but what is the impulse command made to do??

also one other thing. how does this rating thing work (on the forums)?

[y00tz]

I think you missed it...
He said that a cheat had that line in there so jitspoe (the developer) made it so that it makes it go crazy..

[KiLo]

umm
maxfps stuff..

as in??

but what is the impulse command made to do??

also one other thing. how does this rating thing work (on the forums)?

maxfps=maximum frames per second

In my opinion the impulse command is there to piss you off. (Or to do what y00tz said above)

The rating works by people evaluating your posts and how helpful or unhelpful they are. You must have 50 posts before you can give people +'s or -'s. Don't be surprised if you get a negative rating either because about 97% of the members here have negative ratings.

[webhead]

I think you missed it...
He said that a cheat had that line in there so jitspoe (the developer) made it so that it makes it go crazy..

yes i got that, i was just wondering what it did before he crippled it?

maxfps=maximum frames per second

yes i know, but when you say "maxfps stuff" in with "console commands i've used" what kind of commands does that entail?

[y00tz]

I think they're something like this:

cl_locknetfps 0
cl_maxfps 0
gl_swapinterval 0

[Spook]

cl_sleep 0
cl_cmdrate 80