I will go over how to do this in the Configs section.ĭisplay damage done as text over your target: Also, you can make the pitch of the sound change according to the amount of damage you did. This means that if you shoot a rocket in a corner and you hit someone, you will know it.
This will make a beep sound whenever you hit an enemy. There is absolutely no down side here.ĭingalings (Play a hit sound everytime you injure an enemy): So if you're reloading your shotgun and you see an enemy coming, you can start firing immediately. Well, good sir, in TF2 you can stop reloading at any time and start shooting instantly. I know right now any one who ever played an FPS probably says "Are you insane?! What if I need to shoot again but I'm reloading?". Pretty self explanatory - when you stop firing your weapon, it'll start reloading it immediately. There are some extremely useful options here that are usually off by default, I'll go over the most important ones (to access these options either press Advanced Options in main menu or go to Options->Multiplayer->Advanced).Īutomatically reload weapons when you're not firing:
This is the part most people miss, or don't use to its' full extent. Now I'm on 3.25 with 2 full spins and I can tell you it's much better, even if I had to take a week to get used to it. I used to play with 13 sensitivity (yes, I know.) and could do around 6-7 full spins when I moved my mouse from one side of the mousepad to the other. Of course, every one likes his sensitivity a bit higher or lower, but it's recommend to stay within that range. You should do around 1.5-2.5 360 degree spins, adjust your sensitivity accordingly. Go on a server and place your mouse on the left side of your mousepad and move it all across your mousepad to the right. Mouse sensitivity is extremely important. Without ticking this you won't be able to open the console. Developer console let's you open the console by pressing the tilde (~ or `) key (it's next to 1, under Esc). This is a left-over from Counter-Strike (or, more correctly, Half-Life), where you could carry multiple weapons in the same slot. Fast weapon switch means that when you press 2 you switch to your secondary weapon immediately (when it's unticked you will have to 'confirm' it). In the Keyboard tab, press "Advanced" and tick both "Fast Weapon Switch" and "Enable Developer Console". Most users go through the Options screen at some point, so I'm assuming you will know most of the stuff I will talk about in this part, so I'll just go over the stuff you might miss: I'm gonna start with pretty basic stuff and go over to more advanced settings, I'm sure every player can find something interesting here, so keep reading. (Also, apparently many veteran players don't know about very important stuff such as hit sounds). Since many people just started the game I decided to share with you everything I know about settings, configs, etc.
When it comes to technical customizations, there's lots of "hidden secrets" in TF2 that can dramatically change the way you play. Give it a read if you're interested in 6v6 ! Thanks everyone for the great comments :)ĮDIT3: I have released a new guide, The Ultimate TF2 Competitive Guide. Since many people asked me, in the next few days I will post a "new-to-competitive-tf2" guide that'll hopefully go over everything you need to know to get started in Competitive TF2. Also I'd appreciate if you delete me after your problem is solved (my friends list is way too crowded with people I don't know lol). If there's a lot of demand I might make a couple more guides, there's a lot to talk about in TF2, from classes, to competitive, to map strategies, etc.ĮDIT2: I have received an overwhelming amount of friend requests, please only add me if you have questions that you can't find by googling. EDIT: Thanks for all the positive feedback! I'm glad you guys enjoyed it.