CS:GO has much more restricted options than TF2, yet it's a huge esport. The only thing that's really killing the competitive scene is the lack of a Valve backed tournament. Money shifts a lot of things around and makes people able to ignore annoyances.

Sure, we could also have some optimizations to the game like CS:GO has had, but really just a Valve tournament would be enough.

I've considered it, but I don't think I'm ready to contact them yet. I'm still not sure about a lot of the options.

mastercomfig 8.0.0-b10:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/389091098922057728/630059882250240010/mastercomfig.zip

* Removed lod=very_low
* Rescaled lod=low and lod=medium to account for this
* More experimental networking changes
* Rescaled networking rate to account for buffers
* Finely optimized shadows
* Optimized temp ent collision
* Increased the size decals will disappear at
* Optimized ragdolls=high
* Fixed in-game modules selection system to work after update
* Cleaned up some useless settings in the config
* Updated the localization files

Changes from 8.0.0-b9:

* Ragdoll optimizations
* Minor adjustments to increase performance in various modules
* Experiment with optimizing animation load

You all need to read the docs! :D

For your class config issue, custom configs: https://docs.mastercomfig.com/en/latest/customization/custom_configs/
For your killfeed issue, modules: https://docs.mastercomfig.com/en/latest/customization/modules/

But I'd recommend using low, not very low if you want to enable HUD stuff. Because then you aren't the target demographic for very low, which is for people who are incredibly desperate to turn everything off.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/389091098922057728/626489264447815711/mastercomfig.zip

mastercomfig 8.0.0-b8:

* Rescaled network values to Valve developer findings/statistics
* Experimentally disable threaded frame order
* Mastercomfig no longer sets various advanced options
* Updated the localization files

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This was a typo in the config settings and is fixed in the updated 6 versions or the 8 beta, sorry. I've deployed a hotfix to mastercomfig 7 to override these settings. You should get it if you apply the config again.

Addons override modules and presets.

mastercomfig 8.0.0-b7:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/389091098922057728/622854214497992734/mastercomfig.zip

* Fix r_drawropes and dsp_off being improperly set
* Updated the localization files

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You can request me to design a custom config according to your computer, and your personal quality vs performance preferences.

Additionally, as an addon, you can get help from me to do advanced scripting in your config, within reason.

It is so fun to play. Everything feels great, weapons are unique and interesting, and the story is pretty good so far. The quality of life improvements are so good, and like 99% of the cosmetics are in-game rewards.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/389091098922057728/620972432928538644/mastercomfig.zip

mastercomfig 8.0.0-b6:

* Removed Bad CPU addon. The base config is now optimized enough for these CPUs as well.
* Cleaned up Very Low preset
* Adjusted packet size and compression thresholds for enhanced reliability
* Changed lighting=low to make world lighting not as dark
* Bumped up ultra modules across the board to use more costly, minor quality improvements as well
* Enabled post process pass combining always to simplify config logic
* Disabled gameplay checks for stats, so community gamemodes track stats

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/389091098922057728/620607005668671537/mastercomfig.zip

mastercomfig 8.0.0-b5:

* Improve performance on props_high by enabling static lighting for props
* Increase packet delay limit from 30ms to 60ms
* Use dxsupport cvar values in cfg. This fixes many issues where people were not getting full performance benefits out of their modules, or were not seeing the effects of their modules properly applied.
* Added -gl_enablesamplerobjects and -gl_texclientstorage to OpenGL launch options. These options can improve texture management, and reduce memory usage.
* Mastercomfig automatically enables ropes for official Mannpower maps
* Removed cvars that were setting to default, reduces file size
* Disabled cl_showpluginmessages since the TF2 default was changed intentionally from 1 to 0 a year ago
* Enabled net graph solid ticks (like TF2 default, comfig default was improperly set to 0)
* Added early particle removals to Bad GPU. These cost time to check on the CPU, but are worth the GPU particle rendering savings on bad GPUs.
* Fixed a bug where the server could disable prediction https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Source-1-Games/issues/2618
* Removed packet_size=lowend completely
* Improved documentation and fixed typos

me!

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/389091098922057728/620277650946129930/mastercomfig.zip

mastercomfig 8.0.0-b4:

* Increased rate from 262144 to 281952 to add padding for split packets. Improves network reliability.
* Added a max accumulated network delay of 30ms (similar to the 15ms delay limit in 6.14). May cause some network resources to be exhausted, let me know if you see problems.
* Restored client precache from before experimental change in 6.12.0 to improve performance
* Removed some redundant to default filesystem settings, improves performance
* Updated screenshots on docs
* Fixed typos/style in documentation

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/389091098922057728/619854792386281482/mastercomfig.zip

mastercomfig 8.0.0-b3:

Updated recommended base launch options: -novid -nojoy -nosteamcontroller -softparticlesdefaultoff -reuse -nohltv -particles 1 -primarysound -snoforceformat

* Added -primarysound and -snoforceformat to launch options. These reduce stutters related to the sound system.
* Improved networking compression settings to reduce overhead in packet processing on packet_size_balanced
* Decreased smoothing time to stay in sync with other entity's smoothing (interp)
* Increase rate to a stable speed that resolves stutters when dealing with larger traffic.
* When on packet_rate_congestion, don't do added interp for snapshots_balanced
* Optimized lighting settings
* Tweaked lip sync rules to ensure smoothing is disabled on lower modules
* Addons now override modules
* Enabled batch decals across the board for improved performance
* Reduced overhead of decal system when decals are disabled
* Improved decals_high usage of memory systems
* Added hud_panels module to disable health/player info panels
* Reordered console module selection execution to reduce delay up front in loading settings
* Removed Slow IO addons. These changes are now in the base config, because model loading in the thread pool was causing performance issues even on fast SSDs.
* Fixed color correction not being enabled on post_processing_ultra
* Fixed some unused software anti-aliasing settings being used
* Decreased dynamic light limits
* Fixed hud_reloadscheme once not working properly
* Renamed game_override_once_c to game_overrides_once_c
* Fixed typos in documentation and improved some descriptions slightly