Just to clarify, there are two actions required to disable steam cloud sync.

First, launch tf2.
Go to options
>multiplayer
>advanced
>scroll down to the bottom, and near the bottom you will see "enable steam cloud sync"
>uncheck this option
>click apply/ok.

Second, go to your steam library
>right click team fortress 2
>click properties
>click the "updates" tab
> uncheck enable steam cloud synchronization for Team Fortress 2

I think this hud is really nice. Aesthetically, it's amazing, maybe too beautiful. I like it and everything, the fonts are great and easy to read, but there is just too much stuff going on around the scoreboard, and a little too much going on around the target id's. But it truly is a nice hud.

I have a problem with steam on my phone.

I currently am using the more stable nightly builds of cm 10.1 (android 4.2.2).

The problem is that when using steam chat on my phone, push notifications rarely get pushed to my device. If they do get pushed, it's several minutes, sometimes half an hour before they do, and I get this huge flood of messages out of nowhere.

I can send messages from my phone to other people on steam and they send promptly without any issues, but most of the time their response never gets pushed to my phone; when I get back to my computer, I see that the person had been sending me messages all along.

Any other custom rom users having the same issue?

Steam Cloud sync is the devil. Turn that shit off.

Silly question but I have to be sure.

In mumble, go to configure>settings and make sure that the advanced box is checked.

Then, in audio input, make sure the "device" you have selected is the mic you want. If you don't see it in there, quit mumble, unplug your mic, plug it back in, and restart mumble, and check there again.

The whole reason that I decided to the local recording thing is because syncing up a pov with mumble comms and making a video out of it is a -huge- pain in the rear. Call me lazy but I just want the convenience of a local recording.

I'm wondering if overclocking my gpu would help with this at all, even though it's most likely my cpu that can't take the load. My gpu happens to be oc'able and at the same time run cooler.

If my last sentence didn't make sense, check out the following link. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1142028

Maybe i'll try the msi thing that jp recommended, but it seems like more of a pain.

have you seen this http://teamfortress.tv/forum/thread/8143-steampipe-freezing#post-119832

I packed my hud into vpk files as well and I don't have this problem.

do you use an fps cap? (fps_max xx)

but I have this relentless urge to download this hud and try it right nowwwwwwwww :(

edit: it works now, yay!

I can't download the zip from any of the links. I get: "502: failure"

Giving the laptop a good thorough cleaning will most likely restore the performance he wants, and if that works and he's happy then he doesn't need to get a desktop.

I've only used game capture.

I tried lowering the quality all the way down to 7, and tried lowering the max bit rate, but I still get lower fps. I guess I'm either gonna have to make it look like crap or just forget about it period. :(

Thanks for the help anyway.

I highly recommend that you take some time to research your computer model, and learn how to open it up properly. With a little perseverance, and the right tools, I guarantee that you could become proficient enough to open your baby up and get a good look inside.

The suggestion to create an airflow under the laptop with a fan is good, and should be done. However, if you have dust bunnies living inside your portable, you'll never get the performance you want out of it.

Check out this picture below. This is what I found in my computer before I replaced my thermal paste. I cleaned out this dust days before the thermal paste repair, and with that alone I had a significant increase in performance. Just saying, I know it's scary diving into the unknown with electronics you don't want to ruin, but the ends justify the means.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43946806/mac4.jpg

Hey Kirby, I read this whole thread and I know that this is a really deep issue that probably won't be fixed by anything short and simple, but I just wanted to say a couple of things that have helped me recently.

Besides cleaning out my computer and putting new thermal paste on my cpu and gpu, I've also started using an fps cap via MSI afterburner.

It may sound silly but capping my fps at 132 makes my cpu more consistent and keeps my frames right where they need to be. The tf2 fps cap sucks and that's why I started using the MSI one.

This is a long shot I know, but I also know how desperate you are at this point. Maybe you'll give it a shot. Good luck anyhow.