The most important part of setting up your cod4 config (Configuration)are the console commands. To do this you need to run COD4 multiplayer, choose your account, go into options, game options, and Enable Console.
Now when you hit your ~ key the console will drop down. The settings you can get to in "options" are nothing compared to the literally thousands you have in the console (we will get to video options later). For your sake, we will only have you put the most important in your cod4 config.
/com_maxfps 125 One of the most important commands in cod4 is the FPS command, and Ill tell you why. You probably already know that more fps makes the game feel much smoother. What you might not know is that COD4 is based on the q3 engine and is designed to work at 125 FPS.
What this means for you is that your going to have problems interacting with the game under 125 FPS. This can mean any thing from not being able to climb objects, or even bad hit detection during fire fights. The problem is your fps is set to 85 by default, lets fix it. Bring down you console and type "/com_maxfps 125" (with out "").
/cg_fov 80 Next up is the field of view command. FOV(field of view) is basically how much you can see on your monitor at one time. The higher the number the more you can see, which will give you a huge advantage over those who don't use this command. Default is 65 max is 80, to change it bring down your console and type "/cg_fov 80".
/r_drawdecals 1 Another helpful command is "r_drawdecals", set it to 1 for on and 0 for off. Its off by default, and don't be surprised if you turn it on then have to turn it off to get into certain servers. It basically cleans up some of the random paper and trash on the ground, and gives you an fps boost. But some servers want you to have bad fps and wont let you in unless its set to 0(note that the other commands will work fine on any server).
/maxpackets 100 Maxpackets next, this command command usually helps people who have good fps but bad hit registration. Default is 30 if your fps is set to 125 you should set maxpackets to this "/maxpackets 100".
/snaps 30 This command tells your cod4 server how many times to update positions of players, bullets ect per second. Default its 20 setting it to "/snaps 30" should make movement look smother and hits register better.
/r_drawsun 0 Disables the sun and a bunch of effects that is causes saving you a few fps.
/cg_brass 0 Turns off shell ejection. Not having to render them should send a few more fps your way, a good addition to your CoD4 config.
coolhand wrote ... /cg_fov 80 Next up is the field of view command. FOV(field of view) is basically how much you can see on your monitor at one time. The higher the number the more you can see, which will give you a huge advantage over those who don't use this command. Default is 65 max is 80, to change it bring down your console and type "/cg_fov 80".
Not always true, increasing the fov will make your screen wider and overal everything will look nearer. This is nice in long/medium distance fights, but can turn against you in close combat. Up close the action will go faster which is not in your favor most of the times.
True I guess, as it will work better on a widescreen monitor. Worth trying different values to suit your own personal preferences. There are 10 kinds of people. Those that know binary, and those that don't !!!!
Hehe, I can tell: I used to play Quake 2 CTF on fov 130. It was so bloody fast with that uber grapplinghook. My woman could not watch me play that game as she would sick of the movement. ))
Awesome manage to get aboout 3-5fps out of it nice one im aveaging about 120 now --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
some really good cfg's u can find and download here http://www.insidiae.com/download-category/6 it's also good to writeprotect ur cfg, coz so u can get sure that ur cfg will be same after leaving different servers. good post coolhand
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