Just wanted to show everyone something I did with my HUD.

On the July 10 update, valve added a command - tf_hud_showservertimelimit.

For those who may have not noticed, this enables the server time limit to be used as an overlay on your main HUD, whereas before, this timer could only be seen when viewing the scoreboard.

In addition to setting the command to 1, you must add supplemental text to hudobjectivetimepanel.res - thanks to rays for hooking me up with that.

And this is pretty much what you get when using that.

Today, I showed a friend a screenshot of my hud, and he asked about the extra timer he saw. I explained to him the above, and then he asked if it was possible to "swap" the two timers, so that the server time limit timer would be the default "larger" timer, and the round timer would be the smaller one. I said sure it's possible, and then proceeded to edit it.

I think the server time limit is much more useful than the round timer. As a medic, I often use this timer to count/track ubers, and communicate with my team specific times that ubers will be full, as well as other things that require specific times to be called out. So now this is my default timer.

Here's what it looks like.

It was a bit complicated to do this, but it's not too bad. If you want me to upload my hud, I can do that. Everyone's hud/resolution is different, so you can't simply copy stuff from my hud into yours, but if you'd like help doing this, I'll be glad to help.

tl:dr Since Valve added an option to put the server time limit timer on your main HUD,I decided to make said timer my default - as in my "default" timer is large, and the round timer is smaller, and centered underneath the server time limit timer.

There have been times when I boot up irc, go to the channel, and see ~16 people added up. Only one of them is added as medic, and no one is captain. Then I'll type in chat "I'll be the 2nd Med if somebody goes captain" and not a single person will budge. Maybe they just aren't reading the chat, but it's a testament to how captain-phobic people are. I can admit that I hate being captain.

canalzone!

Just added you on steam so we can leave this thread alone.

Windows would definitely run tf2 better, but you should really look into upgrading your ram. You don't have a lot of RAM to run video games, but I'd said having at least 4gb would give you more head room and would definitely help in other ways.

I don't think ddr3 ram is that expensive anymore either.

Should look into it.

Easiest way to look up your specs, is to get your model/serial number. Type that into google, and it should return a link to your mbp with all its specs. Easiest way to get that number is to click the apple at the top left of your screen, go to "about this apple" or something like that. If the first set of information isn't your serial number, click the area inside that box, it'll change what info it displays. Keep cycling through until you find your serial number.

But anyway, the big reason I wanted to know your specs, is so I could give you an estimate of what kind of performance you can expect out of it once it's running windows.

Do you think wearing this contraption would make you look as douchey as a bluetooth?

I don't think anything makes you look like a douche more than a bluetooth.

There is a similar product out there that comes in a consumable form. Amphetamine is the name I believe.

What model of MBP do you have? What are the specs?

I have a 2011 15" MBP
8gb ram
6750m radeon 1gb ram
Regular HDD 7200rpm - 500gb
i7 2820qm with 8mb L3 cache

Runs tf2 @ minimum of 130 fps.

I had a problem for a long time; about a year after I had it, my fps in TF2 started dropping, and continued to drop, until I had on average 50 fps. I fixed this by taking the MBP apart, cleaning it, and applying new thermal paste to the shitty job that Apple did when they put their shitty paste on my cpu and gpu cores at the factory.

No problem man.

You will be amazed at how well Windows can run on your mac, and even more amazed at how well tf2 runs in Windows vs OSX.

After you install Windows, if you need help making your copy of Windows "genuine," feel free to add me on steam.

Holy shit I'm stupid. Sorry

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/504/how-to-uninstall-hidden-devices-drivers-and-services/

Even if your problem appears to be fixed, it's a good idea to go ahead and do this. You'll be amazed at how many unused devices are sitting in there.

Hi b33f. I have a neat little trick I learned a while back.

Every time you unplug and plug-in a usb device, windows creates a driver package for that device and stores it somewhere. Even if you are plugging in the same device you've used before, it often creates a whole new driver setting for that device and keeps it stored.

This can create a ton of unused "phantom devices" floating around.

I have absolutely no idea if this is what your problem is, but this can clean up your hardware drivers and could maybe rule out something as a possibility.

Go to the page I've linked below, it will show you how to remove phantom devices. Follow the instructions very carefully.

Hint: when you get to the device manager, you'll be looking for greyed-out devices under the "mice and other pointing devices" section.

Also it won't hurt to look for greyed-out devices under your keyboard and HID section.

Shout out to jp_ for showing me this a while back.

Well there you go mr brolo. Looks like you have all the tools you need at your disposal.

One word of advice. When [if] you decide to do this, make sure you create enough space on your windows partition. When I first installed windows on my mac (I place tf2 on my mac, on windows) I made the mistake of making my windows partition too small - only 80gb. I don't know how big your hard drive is, and how much free space you have. But make sure you allot enough space, and consider your use on down the line. You may just be using this for certain tasks, so you may not need a lot of space.

Either way though, if you ever need more space on your windows partition, it's actually really easy to increase the partition size. You don't even have to reformat. Using the handy bootcamp assistant application in OSX, you literally just use this slider bar to increase the size.

I'm probably speaking way too far ahead of myself lol. But anyway, good luck.

Personally, I don't know much at all about the guy. But I've scrimmed against his team many times and pugged with him and he's always seemed like a solid player to me.

I can't stress to you enough how much I think you should install windows via bootcamp. Macs can run windows beautfully. The hardest part is finding a windows install disk or an ISO file. After that it's as easy as 1-2-3. Osx has a native application called bootcamp assistant and it virtually installs it for you as it guides you through the process. I know this isn't a quick and dirty fix but once you have windows on your Mac you can have the best of both world's and things will be easier.

Is a nice dude, and good tf2 player. Has REALLY good comms.