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Half-Life v1.1 Tweak Guide (Page 7/7)


Posted: June 10, 2000
Written by: Ryan "Xero" Martinez

Other Client Tweaks (cont.)

hud_fastswitch X - Turning this on changes the weapon switching method so that when you press the number for the weapon slot, it automatically picks it and brings it up, ready to fire. This is great for Counter-Strike, where Primary, Secondary, and Knife slots can only have one weapon. For any slot with more than one selection (for instance CS's grenade slot), it brings down the menu like normal. This is enabled by default in TFC, and disabled in Counter-Strike and HLDM.

hud_saytext_time XX - This is the amount of time, in seconds, that player chat messages stay on your screen before they scroll off. Setting this to 20 or so can make team communication much more effective, as you don't always have time to notice the messages as they come up. This defaults to 6.

hud_deathnotice_time XX - Similar to hud_saytext_time, this is the number of seconds that death notices stay on your screen. While this is normally 6, setting this higher can give you more time to notice the deaths of teammates or important enemies. This is very helpful in team games.

fastsprites X - This is a helpful tweak for Counter-Strike. Setting this to 1 decreases smoke grenade complexity, making it ugly, but much faster. 2 uses a different method which may be even faster depending on your machine. This defaults to 0, or off.

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