quick question

[quadz]

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.

Oddly I don't see a mention of it in the original README.TXT nor the files in the "docs" folder.

However, it does receive passing mention in the following files:

-rw-------+ 10950 Dec 22  1997 joystick.txt
-rw-------+  2867 Mar  2  1998 3.14_Changes.txt

joystick.txt says:

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.

3.14_Changes.txt says:

Changed it so that whenever "game" is changed, the autoexec.cfg for that game will be executed if it exists.

It seems it must have been mentioned more directly in some documentation file somewhere, but I can't find it.

[QwazyWabbit]

Maybe it was in one of John Carmack's blogs back in the development/support days. (before they were called blogs, even) I remember something like "...config variables and binds in autoexec.cfg, a file you create... from the template you can find in config.cfg..." or something to that effect. Are John's memos archived anywhere? Perhaps it was in the original hardcopy manual? I think the readme.txt was pretty much everything in the hardcopy. I found autoexec pretty much as you described and only mentioned in passing in the Quake 2 command reference attributed to Stephen Amontis back in 1997. I know I was editing autoexec.cfg long before we had client source code in our hands.

[[BTF]Sigma]

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.

[Agent 420]

i found my cfg file but when i click on it it prompts me to use apprpriate promgram to open file.

the icon in my .cfg files in basq2 show "microsoft outlook configuration file." when i click on it the web cant find the appropriate program so now i'v started to heated.

thank you for all your help so far.

[|iR|Focalor]

Choose the option of "select appropriate program" and use wordpad to open and browse it.

[QwazyWabbit]

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.

You are correct. I read John's .plan log almost daily back then. I don't remember Bugman.

[[BTF]Sigma]

He was an avid player from Richmond, BC. Back then he was the first person to have a couple of VooDoo2's SLI'd together. Everyone wanted to play on his system. LOL

[Agent 420]

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.

[QwazyWabbit]

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.

[Agent 420]

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 lied it doesnt work..i must have gotton lucky once.

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.

i will do that my method did not work. thank you.