ghacks Technology News

Improve Team Fortress 2 Textures

Team Fortress 2 is an awesome game. If you are a gamer who loves sharp textures you might find the following console command for Team Fortress 2 useful. The command is mat_picmip -0.9 and has the effect that the textures in the game look much sharper than before.

The default value is 0 which seems to reduce the sharpness of the textures somehow. Changing that to the value -0.9 which is the lowest value that you can choose without being kicked from servers that are protected against cheating is effecting the graphic quality of the game tremendously.

If you have troubles opening the console try the following: Right-click on Team Fortress 2 in Steam and select properties. Add -console to the launch options. This opens the console by default and will bring it back whenever you hit escape in the game to see the menu.

Take a look at some of the before after screenshots to see what I mean:

team fortress 2
team fortress 2
team fortress 2
team fortress 2

Enjoyed the article?: Then sign-up for our free newsletter or RSS feed to kick off your day with the latest technology news and tips, or share the article with your friends and contacts on Facebook or Twitter.

Related Articles:

Bloodpatch for Team Fortress 2 German
Play Team Fortress 2 now
Fortress Forever, a Team Fortress Classic mod for Half Life 2
Create Team Fortress 2 Sprays
Team Fortress Arcade [Game Saturday]



About the Author:Martin Brinkmann is a journalist from Germany who founded Ghacks Technology News Back in 2005. He is passionate about all things tech and knows the Internet and computers like the back of his hand. You can follow Martin on Facebook or Twitter.

Author: , Tuesday October 2, 2007 -
Tags:, , , , ,


Responses so far:

  1. tom says:

    cool thanks

  2. Anonymous says:

    Umm… That value is set in Options/Video/Advanced/Texture Detail. 2 is Low, 1 is Medium, 0 is High and -1 is Very High. Change the value in console and look at the menu. You can see it change the value in the menu. Change it in the menu and you can see it change in the console. The little popup will have the current value listed.

Leave a Reply   Follow Ghacks   Subscribe To Comment Rss

Subscribe without commenting

© 2005-2012 Ghacks.net. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - About Us