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Graphics settings QuakeLive - clean and clear help (27 comments)

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Posted by dynodeath @ 07:41 CDT, 18 July 2021 - iMsg

My QuakeLive graphics settings, seem sluggish and not very clear. Has anyone got any good settings that they can suggest? I prefer not a complete .cfg of random seta values. Would appreciate any help, to make it clear vision and performance help.

Thx

Edited by p3l3.dynodeath at 07:41 CDT, 18 July 2021 - 16113 Hits

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<< Comment #1 @ 10:05 CDT, 18 July 2021 >>

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anal justice

Vision is subjective. What is more visible to one, is worse to another.

I prefer darkened maps with a bright enemy model but frankly it's not just for visibility. I just don't like the monitor blinding me

<< Comment #2 @ 14:38 CDT, 18 July 2021 >>

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melechesh ' - Reply to #1

yeah some guys prefer a whitewashed bright texture thing with black crosshair, I can't really stomach that.

<< Comment #8 @ 13:48 CDT, 20 July 2021 >>

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Gobotz - Reply to #1

i play full gfx other than bright model which is white pants, green top, white head.

<< Comment #3 @ 14:39 CDT, 18 July 2021 >>

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melechesh '

share a few screenshots of your current cfg

<< Comment #7 @ 07:59 CDT, 20 July 2021 >>

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dynodeath - Reply to #3

Edited by p3l3.dynodeath at 13:06 CDT, 23 July 2021

<< Comment #9 @ 06:34 CDT, 21 July 2021 >>

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melechesh ' - Reply to #7

It's not bad, similar to mine. Maybe try making it a bit lighter overall? Play around with r_mapoverbrightbits / r_mapoverbrightcap.

I also find that adding a non-black skybox (r_fastskycolor) is better, or at least more pleasant.

I gave my keels yellow pants too.

And I don't understand how people like razor thin LG beam, seems so much more intuitive and less distracting when it's a big thicc transparent one. Play with the LG beam style and gun x/y/z positions if you're interested.

<< Comment #21 @ 05:28 CDT, 30 August 2022 >>

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Anonymous (92.40.196.3) - Reply to #9

hey would you or anyone you know happen to know how to get the red floor monochrome type look of this cfg and the near invisible lightning https://youtu.be/T9qlKNNlQfc

i cant make a post cause esr email doesnt work to make new account and this is only place i can think of with people knowledgeable on how to customise configs

<< Comment #22 @ 07:51 CDT, 30 August 2022 >>

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melechesh ' - Reply to #21

play around with the bloom settings and r_bloom cvars

the saturation ones will determine monochrome

<< Comment #23 @ 01:37 CDT, 7 September 2022 >>

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Anonymous (92.40.197.16) - Reply to #22

Thank you so much that was it, I didn�t realise you could change the colours like that and I thought post process added input lag so never bothered using it. Sorry to bother again but you seem to be quite knowledgable, do you know how to get this look https://youtu.be/jC63pT-t4y4

I think it�s got something to do with r_light map but even in picmip 16 and nearest texture filtering the walls still don�t look as smooth and I can�t figure out what to change next

<< Comment #24 @ 04:01 CDT, 7 September 2022 >>

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melechesh ' - Reply to #23

try:

r_picmip 16
r_vertexlight 0
r_lightmap 1

and then to give it washed out look

r_mapoverbrightbits 10
r_mapoverbrightcap 150

https://i.imgur.com/aIi0kQl.png

I still some small shadows around where walls meet the floor in some places, not sure what else is needed to remove that

Edited by melechesh at 04:04 CDT, 7 September 2022

<< Comment #25 @ 11:11 CDT, 17 October 2022 >>

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ishmeow - Reply to #24

one more question but im not sure if youll have an answer this time.
Have you got any ideas how to make the shadows all square

Edited by ishmeow at 15:32 CDT, 20 October 2022

<< Comment #26 @ 14:47 CDT, 18 October 2022 >>

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melechesh ' - Reply to #25

no idea I'm afraid, but seeing how even the gametype icon next to the scores is fucked up I'd say it's not achieved by conventional means.

still if you just want the enemymodels to be darker you can use a colour like 0x112211FF or whatever

<< Comment #12 @ 16:41 CDT, 27 July 2021 >>

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melechesh ' - Reply to #7

<< Comment #16 @ 14:19 CDT, 28 July 2021 >>

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dynodeath - Reply to #12

deleted the image !!

<< Comment #17 @ 15:34 CDT, 28 July 2021 >>

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melechesh ' - Reply to #16

more like you deleted the entire conversation. whatever

<< Comment #4 @ 17:21 CDT, 18 July 2021 >>

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fau

Default works for me, very good visibility. I think picmip is just a quake superstition.

<< Comment #5 @ 04:29 CDT, 19 July 2021 >>

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YouTroll

one of quite a few threads to get you started

https://www.esreality.com/post/1950022/high-v...ost-yours/

<< Comment #6 @ 04:36 CDT, 19 July 2021 >>

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dynodeath - Reply to #5

Thank you.

Will have a read.

I liked the look of the CharlyChad's visuals, I posted in his Fragmovie.

https://www.esreality.com/post/2964004/charlychad-frag-movie-quakelive-pql-ca-vamp/

Edited by p3l3.dynodeath at 15:56 CDT, 19 July 2021

<< Comment #10 @ 14:54 CDT, 22 July 2021 >>

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Heartlesss

best cfg

<< Comment #11 @ 15:15 CDT, 22 July 2021 >>

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dynodeath - Reply to #10

That's brilliant TY. Will give parts of it a go.

<< Comment #13 @ 17:11 CDT, 27 July 2021 >>

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ggnore

Does anyone have any idea why Quakelive all of a sudden lags for no reason on my system now?

My system is capable of running the newest AAA titles maxed out at a consistent 60fps so Quakelive should be if I wanted to run at 1000+fps but it just stutters like crazy and never holds a consistent 250.

Sometimes the screen itself will stutter and freeze. I've heard of other people encountering a similar problem on high-end rigs so I know that I'm not the only one, just wondering if anyone on here has experienced similar issues and if so have they found a way to rectify the problem?

Thanks.

<< Comment #14 @ 17:38 CDT, 27 July 2021 >>

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melechesh ' - Reply to #13

check com_idlesleep, should be 0 iirc

also maybe try allocate more RAM? com_zonemegs or com_hunkmegs or something

<< Comment #18 @ 18:21 CDT, 3 August 2021 >>

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ggnore - Reply to #14

Never seen your reply, I'll try them commands though I've never needed to input them in the past.

Thank you.

<< Comment #19 @ 14:33 CDT, 4 August 2021 >>

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melechesh ' - Reply to #18

Yeah I misunderstood that you were trying QL on a new PC for first time, but if it used to work fine on that PC before I have no idea.

<< Comment #20 @ 16:42 CDT, 4 August 2021 >>

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ggnore - Reply to #19

Actually it's still the same PC, it's just specifically Quakelive not performing like it used to be.

At first, I thought it could've been my computer degrading in performance, but I've had zero issues with every other game I've tried, only Quakelive.

Yeah it's cool, I'm going to reset my config and see if that fixes it, if not then R.I.P to QL.

<< Comment #15 @ 14:19 CDT, 28 July 2021 >>

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dynodeath - Reply to #13

Mine tends to stutter frame wise from 250fps - downwards to 220 odd. The change is so fast its hard to tell what it goes down to. Not too sure why this happens.

<< Comment #27 @ 00:35 CDT, 4 November 2022 >>

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LOLatRoflexTimers '

Something that they ruined in QL is that some maps look too bright or too dark when using overbrightbits 250 to get the nice classic Q3 low res look.

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