Graphic config
Determine the look and performance of your game
Remember - you will generally always have to sacrifice something to see a performance increase. Selecting a config will show a demonstration with the pros and cons of the config explained.
Comanglia's "Toaster" config
Bare minimum, with a focus on simply running the game.
This is probably the ugliest looking config you can get here. It disables a lot of things, and gives your TF2 that nice "blocky" oldschool look.
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This config can actually underperform on moderate hardware, even achieving lower frames than Comanglia Stability on identical hardware.
Pros
Maximum FPS for underpowered computers
Minimizes visual clutter
Oldschool™ feeling
Cons
Minor FPS gain for powerful PCs
Sharp, distracting blocky textures
Disables glow outline on team mates/mission objective/Scottish Resistance stickies
No sheens on killstreak weapons
No shadows and most props are disabled
No 3D skybox
Comanglia's "Stability" config
A solid option for older PCs, with a focus on stability.
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Pros
Decent fps gain for underpowered computers
A great choice for midrange PCs
Minimizes visual clutter
Smoother textures compared to Toaster CFG
Cons
Small fps gain for decent PCs
Disables glow outline on team mates/mission objective/Scottish Resistance stickies
No sheens on killstreak weapons
No shadows and some props are disabled
No 3D skybox
Comanglia's "Max FPS for High Quality PCs" config
For modern multi-core PCs, with a focus on maximum FPS while retaining modern graphics settings. Looks good, performs well.
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Requires quad-core CPU or better
Pros
Decent fps gain for good computers
A great performance choice for a modern/modern a few years ago PCs
Looks good, textures are bright and shine
Sheens on killstreak weapons
Works with -dxlevel 81
Cons
Small/No FPS gain for old PCs
Disables glow outline on team mates/mission objective/Scottish Resistance stickies
May be slower than Comanglia Stability config depending on your video card
Poor shadows and a few props are still disabled
Doesn't look as good as vanilla TF2
No 3D skybox
Comanglia's "Cinema" config
Take a look at this. This is TF2 at its maximum potential. This is what quality water and 3D skyboxes look like.
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You need a high spec PC to run this comfortably. Designed for rendering videos at high quality, not for realtime gameplay.
Pros
So nice and shiny
HDR resolution textures, everything looks as good as it was originally intended.
Even more bright sheens on killstreak weapons
Enables glow outline on team mates/mission objective/Scottish Resistance stickies
Does not remove anything, it's even a more enhanced than the highest graphical settings possible in the game's menu
Good stability with demo replays
Cons
The worst performance choice for any PC
Literally unplayable unless you have a high powered computer
mastercomfig
Please note that we are not able to provide full support and customization level of the original mastercomfig, please consider using the
official site or
GitHub repository instead.
This config is by default for modern PCs and aims to disable heavily unoptimized features and adjust other settings where it does not affect behavior or visuals noticeably. The config is constantly updated with tweaks, new features and documentation improvements — iterated upon based on user feedback and benchmarks.
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Pros
Reasonable performance on modern gaming PCs by only disabling the most unoptimized/intensive features
Only slightly reduces graphical quality in other areas
3D skybox
Cons
No shadows
No ragdolls
Limited particle effects
mastercomfig: Competitive performance preset
Please note that we are not able to provide full support and customization level of the original mastercomfig, please consider using the
official site or
GitHub repository instead.
Max FPS without visibility issues or bugs
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Pros
Lowers graphical quality without having visibility/playability issues
Cons
No ragdolls
No shadows
No 3D skybox
Limited particle effects
mastercomfig: Competitive quality preset
Please note that we are not able to provide full support and customization level of the original mastercomfig, please consider using the
official site or
GitHub repository instead.
Maximizes advantage through enabling visual effects
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Pros
Enables graphical features that may help your awareness
More accurate sound and visuals
Cons
Disables some optimizations for higher visual/audio accuracy
No 3D skybox
mastercomfig: Mid quality preset
Please note that we are not able to provide full support and customization level of the original mastercomfig, please consider using the
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GitHub repository instead.
Enables graphical features without making them too high quality
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Pros
Enables all graphical/game features, at decent quality
Ragdolls
Shadows
Optimized default particle effects
Cons
Reduced performance due to the enabling of unoptimized/intensive features
mastercomfig: Maximum quality preset
Please note that we are not able to provide full support and customization level of the original mastercomfig, please consider using the
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GitHub repository instead.
Maximum quality without caring about FPS too much
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Pros
Maximum quality for visuals and sound
Non-quality-affecting optimizations remain
Good for frag videos or spectating on strong PCs
Cons
Very intensive, requires a strong hardware
Not for performance oriented users
mastercomfig: Bad GPU
Please note that we are not able to provide full support and customization level of the original mastercomfig, please consider using the
official site or
GitHub repository instead.
Optimizations for weak Intel integrated graphics chips or weak/old GPUs.
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Pros
Optimized for integrated and very weak, old dedicated graphics cards
Significantly decreased graphical quality to reduce intensity
Cons
No ragdolls
No shadows
No 3D skybox
Limited particle effects
May reduce performance on modern graphics cards
mastercomfig: Stripped quality
Please note that we are not able to provide full support and customization level of the original mastercomfig, please consider using the
official site or
GitHub repository instead.
Significantly reduces playability in desperation for frames on very weak hardware.
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Pros
Very minimalistic look to the game
Severely reduced quality for every last frame
Cons
Quality reduction reduces playability in many areas
No ragdolls
No shadows
No 3D skybox
Limited particle effects
Rhapsody
Rhapsody's config with DirectX 9.0 enabled.
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Rhapsody
Rhapsody's config with DirectX 8.1 enabled.
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Key bindings
I'm pressing buttons!
Default key bindings on this page are intended to be used with QWERTY keyboards, if you use other layout you may want to change or disable them.
TF2 advanced options
The options below are set to default recommended for confortable gameplay. Please note that if you will change those options in game later, they will reset on TF2 restart.
Tweaks
Executed automatically
Custom configs
Executed manually
Demo Support
Automatically record games
Viewmodel settings
The settings above will be used for the "Use defaults" button
Toggle all settings to default / manual.
You can disable Pyro's flames by setting their primary weapon FOV to 0 while having the weapon display enabled
Combat Text
Damage numbers that appear on screen
Combat Sounds
Sounds that play when you do damage
Sounds that play when you kill
Custom hitsounds and killsounds
There are already a few hitsounds that you can select from in the "Advanced Options" in-game menu. Optionally, you can select a custom hit/killsound (or choose none here and use your own one).
Hitsound
None
Quake 3
Unreal Tournament
Quake Live
Call of Duty
Overwatch
Fortress Forever
Sonic Ring
Quack
Mario Coin
Ting
Funky
HL2 Combine
MGS Alert
Jbird's hitsound
Windows XP error sound
Airhorn
P-Rec
Sonic Spring
Skull Trumpet
Acc-e-min
Overwatch Killsound
Nintendo Switch
Zoop
Doof
Pop
Crunchy 8-bit
8-bit
Quake - Impressive
Quake - Excellent
DED
Nope.wav
SEE?
Pyro honk
Mortal Kombat - toasty
Sideshow dribble
b4nny giggle
b4nny unusual (ear warning)
tagg wtf (ear warning)
b4nny steeve
yight ohyeaa (ear warning)
tagg get toasted
FUNKe ding
drunk shade screaming
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Killsound
None
Quake 3
Unreal Tournament
Quake Live
Call of Duty
Overwatch
Fortress Forever
Sonic Ring
Quack
Mario Coin
Ting
Funky
HL2 Combine
MGS Alert
Jbird's hitsound
Windows XP error sound
Airhorn
P-Rec
Sonic Spring
Skull Trumpet
Acc-e-min
Overwatch Killsound
Nintendo Switch
Zoop
Doof
Pop
Crunchy 8-bit
8-bit
Quake - Impressive
Quake - Excellent
DED
Nope.wav
SEE?
Pyro honk
Mortal Kombat - toasty
Sideshow dribble
b4nny giggle
b4nny unusual (ear warning)
great job
tagg wtf (ear warning)
b4nny steeve
yight ohyeaa (ear warning)
tagg get toasted
FUNKe ding
drunk shade screaming
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Connection settings
Don't alter these settings if you don't understand their effects. Incorrect settings can severely hinder your gameplay experience. If you are curious, here is a small article about connection settings .
Default Good connection
Bad connection
133 tick connection
Custom commands
You may enter anything here, not just binds. Same formatting rules as for the TF2 console. This will be executed at the end of your config and overwrite existing binds.
Class specific custom commands
The following settings will be put into class config files and will only work on specific classes.