I've been trying out Quake III Arena, and the lack of airstrafing is really throwing me off and the Rocket Launcher has such a small blast radius, but I'm getting used to them. I like the simplicity of the game design though. Also, the Railgun can be difficult to deal with without airstrafing and a safe respawn point.

How is Quake Live better than the others for tactical duels, and how does CPMA have the highest skill ceiling other than having air control and bunnyhopping?

I like TF2 and CS:GO for their emphasis on a clean visual style (in recent years especially for CS:GO but sadly not so much for TF2). TF2 is about "the right tool at the right time for the right situation" style of combat with its many classes, while CS:GO is about all the little things to consider, every little angle. I think the success and longevity of these two games speak for themselves.

Which Quake game is the best and why?

You mean those cvars which do not save their values to config.cfg when modified?

What would be the difference of setting an existing cvar or creating a new cvar with and without setinfo?

6.10 sure does remove a lot of commands. Wouldn't it be better to keep those redundant commands in so that they can be initialised with the optimal values (even if many users are unlikely to change these values after they reset their configuration)?

What exactly are the effects of "setinfo"? I understand that it's used to show module settings.

"Resource/UI/HudDamageAccount.res"
{
	"CDamageAccountValue"
	{
		"ControlName"	"CExLabel"
		"fieldName"	"CDamageAccountValue"
		"fgcolor"	"0 255 0 255
		"font"		"resource/tf2.ttf"
		"xpos"		"128"
		"ypos"		"r110"
		"xpos_minmode"	"110"
		"ypos_minmode"	"r75"
		"wide"		"100"
		"tall"		"26"
		"visible"	"1"
		"enabled"	"1"
		"labelText"	"%metal%"
		"textAlignment"	"left"
	}
}

What I did next is to use basefiles/clientscheme.res and resource/clientscheme.res from the Improved Default HUD, and also simply copied the contents of resource/ui/huddamageaccount.res. Still no damage number appears near the health bar.

I can't interact with anything on the main menu. The only thing that happens is the party-chat box randomly opening and closing. I'm playing on OS X 10.11.6 and have installed the fonts. I downloaded this HUD from the link in this thread.

What I really want to do is simply to use the default HUD with damage markers near the health (to replace hitsounds). How do I do that in the most minimal way?

I don't have access to TF2 currently and therefore can't actually fully use the app, so can you explain how the config installation process works, if the app is not a VPK generator? Say if I don't need the optimisations provided by the miscellaneous non-config files, would it be feasible to just compile all the desired settings in one plain .cfg file?

You have not addressed the following points:
- Why does it strictly require that a valid TF2 game folder be given? What if one just wants to generate a VPK for any reason?
- Why is the program larger than 150 MB? Does it need to be this way?
- For a simple config-generator application, does it need such a flashy UI?
- Why does the program require installation?

Sure, but there seems to be only a single mastercomfig.vpk in the latest releases. It seems like all the presets are defined in a JSON file now? Are addons supported without using the app?

Looking at the source code, it seems like the app is built with web technologies. Is this why yarn and npm are required?

This does not address the point about the flashy UI. A friendly UI doesn't require design frills (unless it's only CSS in this case). And yes, I do appreciate the conveniences of the app and can see how it will greatly reduce tedious work on your part; I just take issue with the fact that the whole program is unnecessarily huge which I presume is due to the usage of custom fonts and probably runtimes for the app.

OK, I was wrong; I ran the setup for 7.0.0-a.4 without first checking if the previous version performed an installation. Still, it would be great to have all executables, data files and preferences contained in one folder for portability.

Not a request, but what if this VPK generator were a web app instead which could be hosted online and be downloadable for offline use at the same time? What could be alternatives to the Python scripts?

Will 6.8.0 be getting a final release?

Well, only you know the most about the future developments of the project. I can only give feedback based on its current state. Thanks for putting in so much work in the app, though.

Another question: what do the JSON files do?

I doubt that it's necessary to have a whole application just for an fps config, but I like how it easily packs desired presets and addons into one nice VPK.

Some issues:
- Why does it strictly require that a valid TF2 game folder be given? What if one just wants to generate a VPK for any reason?
- Will the source code compile on macOS? I'm not a programmer.
- Why is the program larger than 150 MB? Does it need to be this way?
- For a simple config-generator application, does it need such a flashy UI?
- Why does the program require installation? Version 7.0.0a3 worked just fine being portable. Now the program will dump files all over various data folders and it will be a pain to clean them up after uninstallation. (Going forward, should there then be an additional procedure in the uninstaller to delete its own registry entries?)
- How much has the config itself improved over version 6?

Keep it small, simple and sane. Avoid overwhelming new users of the config with apparent convenience. It used to just involve dragging the VPK into the "custom" folder, something all players looking to customise TF2 should know how to do. Custom HUDs which are much more complex do not require extra programs, so why should this?

What debug systems are disabled by -noassert? How much of a performance boost can it give? Can the new recommended launch options be used now without installing the upcoming version?

What are the bug fixes run on startup?

Edit: question

Damn, I thought the mastercomfig project died already. /s

And now teasers are being made for mere configuration files? (HYPE 300 fps on Intel Celeron) From the looks of it, it seems like mastercomfig is getting a GUI frontend? I hope it isn't unnecessarily bloated or anything, and that the good old installation method will still be supported (unless the upcoming way turns out to be objectively superior).

What were the significant changes from version 5 to 6 (and from 4 to 5 and 3 to 4 and so on)?

Edit: The current Low preset seems to disable player outline effects even though I have set glow_outline_effect_enable 1 in custom.cfg.

sigsegv discovered an unused feature: airblast jumping. It might be worth looking into, although airblasting oneself could conflict with reflecting nearby projectiles. Here are my ideas for changing airblast:

- No mini-crits, just preserve whatever attributes the projectile already has when spawned
- Airblast jumping (in a way that does not result in any BS gameplay), to reduce dependence on the Detonator and Thermal Thruster for mobility
- Increase vertical force when airblasting at an upwards angle
- Airblasting the ground no longer lifts up the target, but only if is not possible to bring the target to a sudden halt this way
- Airblast force is just normal knockback; this means targets do not have reduced air control

Edit: formatting, content

I'd like to know as well. What optimisations are there in the Low preset that are not in the Medium Low preset, other than textures_low and lighting_low?

Edit: grammar

What kind of a fix will that be?

Edit: wording

Turns out that textures_low still gives a higher fps, on my system at least. To those who are using any of the new Medium presets, how is the fps since the new higher default texture quality? I know I can just activate the textures_low preset automatically but since many who use the comp preset are likely not to have "modern hardware", I think it can still be considered an improvement to revert to the old default? Some input from other users would help.