Graphic settings for RTCW

by **Doug the Unforgiven** » Wed Apr 09, 2003 3:02 pm

Last night I jacked my graphic settings back to High Quality while I was playing on the beach, and, of course, it looks great.

So here's my question: why does the game decide later to do whatever the hell it wants with the graphics? My computer can more than handle the settings. It even turned the particles off on it's own (after I had turned them back on for the nice effects). It seems random, but happens often enough to get really annoying.

Does anyone know why it does this? Does anyone know how to stop it? Anyone? I would love for my settings to stay what they are from day to day and not have to constantly readjust them to what I want (and what I KNOW my computer can do). Any clue?

by **El Cid** » Wed Apr 09, 2003 4:23 pm

Yeah Doug, the reason is that RTCW saves a list of your past settings, known as the "wolfconfig_mp.cfg" file. This file is generated every time you enter a new server, and there is an original inside the "Main" folder (for when you play with yourself ie; host your server). So for instance to solve your problem, you would have to delete the "wolfconfig_mp.cfg" file that is causing your settings to revert to what you dont want them at. This could either be in the "Main" folder, or in the folder that ECGN created for you, under "Shrubmod" or "Shrub" or "Shrub3.01" (I forget which exect one.

So long story short, delete the "wolfconfig" files, in the shrub mods, and change your settings again, then it should be saved.

by **Doug the Unforgiven** » Wed Apr 09, 2003 10:37 pm

Thanks, Cid. I'll give it a shot (if I can get off my lazy ass and just do it:D )

BTW, would I have to reset my binds also when doing this?
(sorry, I'm a bit of a computer tard)

by **El Cid** » Wed Apr 09, 2003 11:30 pm

Yes and no. If the binds are saved in your main wolfconfig_mp they will be safe if you only delete the shrub mod wolfconfig_mp.

by **Doug the Unforgiven** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:42 am

Just shrubmod? 'Cause I also have shru, shrub, shrubmo, etc. Kinda weird...I really have no clue

by **El Cid** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 7:59 am

delte them all! And keep the one in the main GL man!.

by **Doug the Unforgiven** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:31 pm

Originally posted by El Cid
delte them all! And keep the one in the main GL man!.

Ok, sorry to get tiresome here, but do I delete those folders as well? (the folders sh, shru, shrub, shrubm, etc.?) or just the config files in those folders?

by **LadyDeathstrike** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 1:03 pm

also doug i think there should be a autoexec.cfg in ur main remove this after doing ur settings and they will stop reverting to ur old this changes the config and overwrites the config everytime u connect to a server i did and have no prob

by **Doug the Unforgiven** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 1:19 pm

Originally posted by LadyDeathstrike
also doug i think there should be a autoexec.cfg in ur main remove this after doing ur settings and they will stop reverting to ur old this changes the config and overwrites the config everytime u connect to a server i did and have no prob

so can I do this without removing all that other stuff? and have it overwrite the config everytime still? Since I'm a bit of a tard I'm a little paranoid about removing stuff.

Sorry to drag this out. I really have appreciated the feedback, guys.

by **Wairudo Enjin** » Thu Apr 10, 2003 1:56 pm

Doug,

Since you are paranoid about removing stuff, do what I do.

Rename it ...add..... .bak or .sav or something similar to the end of the file name. This way if you did something wrong, you can always just rename the file again to its original name.

Graphic settings for RTCW

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