With dxlevel 90 the command mat picmip 1 raises fps by 40 but lowers fps by 3 on dxlevel 80 i m guessing tf2 lags when trying to compress the textures for skins using mat viewportscale 0 5 has no fps boost and just makes the game look much worse.
Tf2 mat phong causes black objects.
Using the developer console to change the directx level will often cause pink and black checkerboard textures to appear in which case you will need to restart the game anyway.
Team fortress 2 does not have a default cubemap applied to reflective surfaces.
R drawdetailprops 1 toggles objects like decorative foliage that fade over distance.
Mat disable lightwarp 1 no real benefit unless you use a custom.
The following is a list of team fortress 2 console commands and variables listed in alphabetical order.
On the other hand australiums look like straight up cheese with mat phong 0.
Jul 24 2019 10 40am uhhh idk if anyone said it but make a cfg file for turning the command on.
I can run tf2 on lower graphical settings without much hassle.
R rimlight 0 an additional effect to phong lighting.
The mat phong setting enables or disables phong shading.
Team fortress 2 source 2012 games.
Fadeout time r g b.
Essentially this affects the lighting and shadows on weapons and characters.
Try typing mat phong 1 manually into the command box yes try that.
Mat specular has no significant difference.
Fades the screen to black or to the specified color over the given number of.
Australiums look like straight up cheese with mat phong 0 aussies is a good choice imo cause you can like suicide in spawn and just give the aussie to a random f2p solly.
Where it makes your stickies and other objects turn black unless your close to them but it still works and looks good.
There are also similar problems with some installations of portal 2 except cubemaps will simply not appear everything shiny will shine with a pink and black checkered texture.
I have tried mat phong and that does help but i would really like to play over 30fps and be able to deal with servers with lots of people quite well.
As you can see the solider looks a bit darker but a bit more cartoony somewhat like the original tf2 trailers.
Mat phong 1 phong is an expensive shading technique.
However i would like another option which could lower them a little more or something to give me better fps.
Packs skin mods for team fortress 2 tf2.
Fades the screen in from black or from the specified color over the given number of seconds.