ET Legacy Config Generator

Resolution mode. -2 uses your desktop resolution, -1 uses custom width/height. Other values are preset resolutions.

Custom resolution width in pixels. Only used when r_mode is -1 (Custom Resolution).

Custom resolution height in pixels. Only used when r_mode is -1 (Custom Resolution).

Run the game in fullscreen mode. Disable for windowed mode.

Borderless window mode. Enable for borderless windowed gaming (requires r_fullscreen 0).

Vertical Sync (VSync). Enable to prevent screen tearing but may add input lag. Disable for competitive play.

Field of View - How wide your peripheral vision is. Higher values let you see more but can cause distortion. Competitive players often use 90-120.

Maximum frames per second. FPS affects movement physics in ET. 125 is competitive standard, 43/76 for special jump techniques.

Max FPS when game window is unfocused. -1 uses half of com_maxfps. Lower values save CPU when alt-tabbed.

Max FPS when game window is minimized. -1 defaults to 10 FPS. Saves CPU when minimized.

Display refresh rate in Hz. 0 uses your monitor's default. Match this to your monitor for smooth gameplay.

Screenshot file format. JPEG is smaller, PNG is lossless, TGA is uncompressed.

JPEG screenshot quality. Higher = better quality but larger files.

Texture filtering quality. Bilinear is fastest, Trilinear is best quality.

Enable anisotropic texture filtering for sharper textures at angles. May impact performance on older GPUs.

Anisotropic filtering level. Higher = sharper textures at angles but more GPU usage. Requires anisotropic filtering enabled.

Gamma correction (brightness). Higher values make the game brighter, useful for seeing enemies in dark areas.

Player shadow rendering. Many competitive players disable this for performance and to reduce visual clutter.

Show your weapon model. Some players disable this to reduce visual clutter.

Weapon model FOV offset. Negative values make the gun appear smaller/further. 0 is default.

Show body parts/gibs when players die. Disable for better performance.

Particle effects for explosions, smoke, etc. Disable for better performance.

Corona light effects around light sources. Disable for performance.

Blood effects when players are hit. Some prefer off for cleaner visuals.

Show blood puff particle effects when players are hit. Disable for cleaner visuals.

Screen blood effect intensity when you take damage. 0 disables it completely.

Show cold breath effects on winter/snow maps. Disable for performance.

Blood flash effect when you get hit. Lower values reduce visual distraction.

How long bullet marks stay on walls (milliseconds). 0 disables them.

How long ejected shell casings are visible (milliseconds). 0 disables them.

Dynamic lighting effects (muzzle flashes, explosions). Disable for performance.

Render light flare effects around bright light sources.

Use simple sky instead of detailed skybox. Enable for better performance.

Render grass and foliage. Disable to see enemies hiding in vegetation.

Texture quality level. Higher values = lower quality but better performance.

Weather and atmospheric particle effects (rain, snow). Disable for better visibility and performance.

Bullet tracer effects. Useful for seeing bullet trajectories.

Probability that a bullet will show a tracer. 0.4 = 40% of bullets show tracers.

Width of bullet tracer effects.

Length of bullet tracer effects.

Speed of bullet tracer animation.

Muzzle flash effects when weapons are fired.

View bobbing when moving. 0 disables completely for stable aim.

General visual effects (explosions, particles). Disable for cleaner visuals.

Soft shadow rendering quality. Higher values are more realistic but cost performance.

Render the sun in the skybox. Disable for slight performance gain.

Draw the skybox. Disable for slight performance gain on low-end systems.

How long blood splatter effects remain visible (seconds). 0 removes them instantly.

Color buffer depth in bits. 0 = auto-detect. Higher values provide better color accuracy.

Depth buffer bits. 0 = auto-detect. Higher values reduce z-fighting artifacts.

Stencil buffer bits. Used for shadows and special effects. 0 = auto-detect.

Texture color depth. 0 = auto-detect. Lower values save VRAM but reduce quality.

Enable detail textures for added surface detail up close.

Enable compressed texture support. Reduces VRAM usage with minimal quality loss.

Enable multitexture support. Required for most modern rendering features.

Overall texture brightness multiplier. Higher values brighten textures.

Overbright rendering bits. Affects overall scene brightness. 0-2 recommended.

Map lightmap overbright bits. Affects how bright lightmaps appear.

Ambient light intensity multiplier. Higher values brighten shadowed areas.

Directed light intensity multiplier. Affects main light source brightness.

Level of detail scale. Higher values keep high detail at greater distances.

Level of detail bias. Negative values increase detail, positive decrease it.

Bezier curve subdivisions. Higher values = smoother curves but more polygons.

Ignore hardware gamma. Enable if gamma slider doesn't work correctly.

Use framebuffer objects for rendering. Required for some modern effects.

Enable Wolfenstein-style fog effects on maps that use them.

Near clipping plane distance. Lower values let you see closer objects.

Force GPU to finish each frame before starting next. May reduce tearing but adds latency.

Primitive rendering mode. 0 = auto-detect best for your hardware.

Apply greyscale effect to rendering. 0 = full color, 1 = full greyscale.

Mouse sensitivity. Lower = more precise aiming, higher = faster turning. Find what feels natural for you.

Always run by default. When enabled, you run unless holding walk key. Most players keep this on.

Mouse acceleration. Most competitive players set this to 0 for consistent aim.

Vertical mouse sensitivity multiplier. Adjust for independent vertical sensitivity.

Horizontal mouse sensitivity multiplier. Adjust for independent horizontal sensitivity.

Mouse smoothing filter. Most players disable this for raw input response.

Enable mouse look (looking up/down with mouse). Should always be enabled.

Milliseconds for double-tap detection (prone, sprint). 0 disables double-tap.

Automatically reload when magazine is empty. Some prefer manual control.

Auto-switch to new weapons when picked up. Most players disable this.

Auto-switch weapons when current weapon runs out of ammo.

Weapon cycling includes all weapons. When off, only cycles through equipped weapons.

Client-side prediction for item pickups. Reduces perceived lag when picking up items.

Auto actions on events. 1=auto demo, 2=auto screenshot, 4=auto stats. Add values to combine (e.g., 3=demo+screenshot).

Default zoom level for scoped weapons. Lower values = more zoom. Range 4-32.

Amount to change zoom per scroll step when using scoped weapons.

Sensitivity multiplier when using scoped weapons. Lower = slower when zoomed.

Delay in ms between weapon switches. Prevents accidental double-switches.

Use weapon keys (mousewheel) to zoom in/out when scoped.

Automatically activate doors and interactive objects when nearby.

Enable leaning when pressing activate key near corners.

Mouse input mode. 1 = raw input (recommended), 2 = non-raw input.

Keyboard yaw (left/right) rotation speed. Only affects keyboard turning, not mouse.

Keyboard pitch (up/down) rotation speed. Only affects keyboard looking, not mouse.

Enable weapon alternate fire reload sequences.

Enable weapon switching via alternate fire key.

Bandwidth rate limit in bytes/second. 25000 is standard for competitive play. Higher for fast connections.

Maximum packets sent per second. 100-125 is competitive standard. Higher = smoother but more bandwidth.

Duplicate packets to reduce loss effects. 1 is standard, increase if experiencing packet loss.

Snapshots per second requested from server. 20 is standard, server may limit this.

Client-side prediction adjustment. 0 is recommended. Negative values can help with lag compensation.

Allow downloading missing files from servers. Useful for custom maps.

Maximum ping filter for server browser. Only shows servers below this ping.

Buffering of server packets to smooth over packetloss and ping instability. 0=off, 1-4 increasingly smoother.

Extrapolation margin for network prediction. Higher values help with unstable connections.

Allow downloading files via HTTP/WWW. Faster than standard downloads.

Connection timeout in seconds. How long to wait before disconnecting from unresponsive server.

Enable server-side antilag compensation. Essential for fair hit registration on high-ping connections.

Use fixed-time player movement. Can improve movement consistency across different framerates.

Player movement tick duration in milliseconds. Only used when pmove_fixed is enabled. 8 is standard.

Crosshair style. 0 disables crosshair. Each number is a different design.

Crosshair size in pixels. Smaller crosshairs can help with precision.

Crosshair transparency. Lower values make it more transparent.

Primary crosshair color.

Crosshair expands to show weapon spread. Useful feedback for accuracy.

Crosshair color changes based on your health level.

Horizontal crosshair offset. Move crosshair left (negative) or right (positive).

Vertical crosshair offset. Move crosshair up (negative) or down (positive).

Display frames per second counter on screen.

Display network lag meter showing connection quality.

Mini-map compass display. Essential for team coordination.

Show the round timer on your HUD.

Show player names when your crosshair is over them.

Action hint icons near interactive objects (doors, objectives, etc.).

Display all HUD elements. Disable for clean screenshots or videos.

HUD transparency level. Lower values make HUD more transparent.

How long chat messages stay visible (milliseconds).

Maximum number of chat lines visible.

Use alternate HUD layout. Different visual style for health/ammo display.

Show location names on the HUD. Useful for callouts and team coordination.

Display country flags next to player names.

Enable announcer voice for game events (objectives, kills, etc.).

Play hit confirmation sounds when you damage enemies.

Display spectator names. Useful for streamers and competitions.

Use simplified item rendering for better visibility of pickups.

Scale of simplified items when cg_simpleItems is enabled.

Environment awareness icons (flags, objectives, teammates). Bitmask: 1=objectives, 2=mines, 4=teammates.

Display sprites over fireteam members for easy identification.

Command map (minimap) zoom level. Higher values zoom in more.

Instantly tap out when killed instead of waiting for the tap out prompt.

Display notification text for game events (kills, objective updates).

Duration in ms for banner messages to display.

How long center screen messages stay visible (seconds).

Highlight interactive items when crosshair is over them.

Quick chat mode for faster voice command access.

Print objective status updates to the console.

Duration voice chat sprites appear over players (milliseconds).

How long popup messages stay visible before fading (milliseconds).

Duration of popup message fade-out effect (milliseconds).

Console text size scaling. Higher values make console text larger.

Master game volume. Important to hear footsteps and enemy sounds.

Background music volume. Most competitive players set this to 0.

Audio sample rate. Higher = better quality. 44 kHz recommended.

Doppler effect on moving sound sources. Adds realism to audio.

Mute voice chat audio (V-say commands). Enable if they distract you.

Hide voice chat text messages.

Mute all audio when the game window is minimized.

Mute all audio when the game window loses focus (alt-tabbed).

Enable voice chat sounds (V-say audio). Disable to only see text.

Display voice chat text messages when V-say commands are used.

Only show team chat messages, hide all public chat.

Only play voice chat from teammates, mute enemy voice.