Somewhere in Quake II's original documentation is the instructions to edit autoexec.cfg, I don't remember where I saw it anymore but that's how I originally discovered how to do it.
Optionally you can:Create or modify quake2\baseq2\autoexec.cfg to include an exec to your configuration file (i.e. 'exec adva3d.cfg'). This will automatically load your configuration file each time you launch Quake 2.From then on, just launch Quake 2.[...]The joystick sensitivity settings and the threshold settings are not saved after you quit your game as inadvertent settings can really hose your control. If you want to keep any changes, add them into your autoexec.cfg file or add an 'exec' call to your configuration file.
Changed it so that whenever "game" is changed, the autoexec.cfg for that game will be executed if it exists.
I believe they were ".plan" posts. There was a guy who went by the name Bugman back when Q2 was rising that knew everything about it.
works like a charm now. i opened the config file scrolled down to where i saw a bunch of "cl_" settings..typed in cl_maxfps 30 clicked save booted up q2 and it works great. thank you.
I repeat - Make a new file called autoexec.cfg and copy the settings from config.cfg into it. Make your changes in autoexec.cfg, not config.cfg.