A cfg for mapping

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A1yssa
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A cfg for mapping

Post by A1yssa »

Can somone posts a cfg for mapping time?
I'm not into cfg teweaking and the one I use to play online is really high teweaked, so when I run the editor everithing looks like r_picmip 5 :)!
I read some commands in the faq, like the net_allowcheats or the spawnserver...tu quick run the map like in the mp...

Plz help! :icon23:
pjw
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Post by pjw »

I have a "Quake 4 Shortcuts" folder, where I placed three shortcuts that I created from the quake4.exe (via r-click-->Create Shortcut). For each shortcut, I added different things to the "target" field (after the path to Quake4.exe).

Play: H:\Quake4\Quake4.exe +seta com_allowConsole 1 +disconnect +exec pjw.cfg

Test: H:\Quake4\Quake4.exe +seta com_allowConsole 1 +disconnect +exec maptest.cfg

Edit: H:\Quake4\Quake4.exe +r_brightness 1 +r_fullscreen 0 +editor

As long as you have your tweaked settings saved off to a separate config (and not just in Quake4Config.cfg), then you should be able to open up Quake 4 and go to Settings-->Load Defaults, and the editor should run okay with the above command line and default settings.

My pjw.cfg is just my standard play config w. key bindings, etc. (If you want to be entertained by my weird config, you can exec pjw.cfg, since it shipped with the game. :) )

My maptest.cfg is:

seta si_pure "0"
seta net_allowcheats "1"
seta net_lanserver "1"
seta si_map "mp/pjw4tourney1"
spawnserver

so when it's exec'ed, it just automatically creates a server running whatever map you're working on and drops you into it. Saves a few clicks--especially when you're loading it up a lot and tweaking things...you could either add a line to that that loads your tweaked config, or else just change the default key bindings as needed, so you'll know what it looks like for others, or even make two different "Test" shortcuts, one with +exec a1yssa_l33t.cfg and one without. :)

Hope this helps!

VVVV Good addition Mazor, thanks!
Last edited by pjw on Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:51 pm, edited 1 time in total.
maz0r
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Post by maz0r »

You may also want to get in touch with the official Debug Huds.
A1yssa
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Post by A1yssa »

Pjw thank you very much, I made two installation of q4, one just q4 and the 1.3 patch(waiting for the final 1.4).
Searching for your config :)

Thank you maz0r, I was looking for that cfg!
:D
A1yssa
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Post by A1yssa »

pjw wrote: Test: H:\Quake4\Quake4.exe +seta com_allowConsole 1 +disconnect +exec maptest.cfg
mmmmm

it won't load the maptest.cfg

I placed it in the q4base

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pjw
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Post by pjw »

That's weird. I'm not sure what the problem might be, since my maptest.cfg is in q4base as well.

I assume you changed the seta si_map to point at a map that you have locally, and it's not trying to find pjw4tourney1, which I haven't released yet? :)

Wait...looking at that picture again, did you rename your Quake 4 directory to "Quake 4 Editor"? That's what it looks like in the "Start In" ("Da") field. Why? Here is my set up--hopefully this will help.

http://pjw.planetquake.gamespy.com/scre ... p_path.jpg

Edit: It's times like this I want to be able to reach through the internet. I stared at your .jpg for a while, and then, out of pure reflex, tried to move the windows around so I could look in your q4base... Image
A1yssa
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Post by A1yssa »

My target:

"C:\Programmi\id Software\Quake 4 Editor\Quake4.exe" +seta com_allowConsole 1 +disconnect +exec maptest.cfg

and maptest.cfg is in C:\Programmi\id Software\Quake 4 Editor\q4base\


but....WAIT...


mumbling


MUAHAHAHAHAHAH

today i formatted...and reainstalled windows...I created a text document and renamed maptest.cfg...I thought it change the extension...but by default windows hides extensions...so it was maptest.cfg.txt....


/me noob!

it works now!

smack pjw!
pjw
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Post by pjw »

Yay! :icon31:

I expect to see a map soon... ;)
A1yssa
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Post by A1yssa »

ahah

you know...I'm really slow!
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