// Currently using qw-client-glx -nosound -zone 1024 -mem 32 +setrom cl_maxfps 72 +set gl_max_size 256 +set vid_fullscreen 1 +_windowed_mouse 1 +set vid_width 640 +set vid_height 480 +cl_parsesay 1 +show_time 2 +exec glspeed-v1.cfg +set snd_interp 0 +timedemo overkill
// And these settings I get
// 1382 frames  41.1 seconds 33.60 fps
// on my Voodoo 3 2000 pci
// Draw the weapon model. Turn off to gain fps
r_drawviewmodel "1"

// smooth vertex lights. Older cards set to 0 for a speedup.
gl_dlight_smooth "0" 

// Choose texture mode for GL. Valid settings, roughly from worst to best
// quality: (Thank you Despair)
// gl_nearest, gl_nearest_mipmap_nearest, gl_nearest_mipmap_linear, gl_linear
// gl_linear_mipmap_nearest, gl_linear_mipmap_linear
// You should experiment with this, many cards work better with other settings
// Default is gl_linear_mipmap_nearest
// This setting works fairly well on my voodoo 3
gl_texturemode "gl_linear_mipmap_linear"

// dimensions of displayed textures. 0 is normal, 1 is blurry, 2 isn't worth it
// 1 is pretty good for a decent speed up - you can still tell what you're
// looking at
gl_picmip "1"

// Set to 0 to turn off colinear vertexes upon level load. You'll be able to
// see through junctions of some objects and walls - will give you ~1 fps
// if you turn it off.
gl_keeptjunctions "0"

// How blurry is the player model? 2 makes them still identifyable, but speeds
// it up enough to be noticable. 4 is highest setting, 0 is default.
gl_playermip "2"

// Set to 0 to turn off most lighting. Generally you *can* leave this on
// with gl_dlight_polyblend set to 1 and gl_dlight_lightmap set to 0 and get
// absolutely NO hit in speed. 
r_dynamic "1"

// Turn on freaky bubble lighting. Really really fast, use this with r_dynamic
// 1 and gl_dlight_lightmap 0 so you can see static lights on the map
gl_dlight_polyblend "1"

// Turn this off to disable dynamic lightmaps. Only has effect with
// r_dynamic 1 - Really, you only should use this with gl_dlight_polyblend 1
// Note turning this *OFF* nets me 5 fps more in overkill.
gl_dlight_lightmap 0

// Lightmap texture components. 1 is greyscale, 3 is RGB, 4 is RGBA.
// I've heard 1 is fastest, 4 is faster on older DRI and 3 is faster on 
// newer DRI. Comments welcome.
gl_lightmap_components "1"

// turn these two on to turn on fullbrights for all models - mostly useful
// in MegaTF/2k to see the proximity mines in dark places! If you don't play
// those, or stay out of dark places which go beep, turn them off to gain ~2 fps.
gl_fb_bmodels "0"
gl_fb_models "0"

// Rocket trails, smoke etc. Turn off to gain a LOT of fps in battles, as well
// as make it a hell of a lot easier to see your enemy.
// NOTE: Heck of a lot easier to use cl_max_particles to reduce
// how many you see instead of just shutting this off now :)
r_particles "1"

// How many particles can be seen in your vision? Default is 2048. 60 is just
// enough to see what is going on without slowing down at *all* on my 
// old voodoo 1, so other systems likely can handle far more than this 
cl_max_particles "60"

// Toggles lavaball and rocket fireballs, - 0 gives a bit of a speed up.
gl_fires "0"

// Speed at which the console background spins. Leave it off unless you like
// your console background to spin :P
gl_conspin "0"

// Alpha value for the console background.
gl_conalpha "0.6"

// Slide the console or stretch it.
gl_constretch "0"

// Sets the division value for the sky brushes. Higher is faster, generally.
gl_subdivide_size "128"

// Set to 1 by default. Fixes status bar flicker on some buggy hardware.
// Normally sane people set it to 0... Because it's a speed hit if it's on.
gl_triplebuffer "0"

// Set to 0 *default* to draw sky before anything else, 1 to draw it last, >1
// to not do it at all.
gl_sky_clip "2"

// subdivide sky polys, 0 is faster when gl_sky_clip >0
// default is 1
gl_sky_divide "0"

// The next four options can be set to 1 by the SERVER, so if it doesn't
// work, check that the server admin hasn't set them to 1 himself.
// Set to 0 to turn off quad/suit/pent screen filling color. 2 fps increase.
cl_cshift_powerup "0"

// Set to 0 to turn off 'bonus' flash, and item pickup flash. 2 fps increase.
cl_cshift_bonus "0"

// Set to 0 to turn off pain screen filling color. 2 fps increase.
cl_cshift_damage "0"

// Set to 0 to turn off water/lava screen filling color. 2 fps increase...
// However, it can be used to cheat in megatf/mega2k with flash grens/mines.
// Smart server admins would force this to 1 for quakeforge servers running
// megatf/2k. Older quakeworld servers couldn't disable gl_polyblend anyway.
cl_cshift_content "1"

// client's maximum fps allowed. 72 is the highest it can be set to
// However, and this is important, setting it higher currently
// causes more packets to need to be sent. This is bad, so mine is set to
// 30 for the moment
cl_maxfps "30"

// Set to 0 to go faster, 1 is older mode and slower
// Or not. Some people say 0 is slower and 1 is faster.
// *shrugs* Pick your favorite I guess.
cl_sbar "0"

// If you set this to 120 your status bar will disappear completely and
// your fps will improve slightly. But I like my status bar.
viewsize 100

// Don't show gibs. Should improve speed slightly if you're experiencing lots
// of gibs in battle :)
cl_gibfilter 1

// Don't show dead bodies. Should improve speed slightly if... well, a lot
// of people are dying. Note in TF/Megatf/2k this is BAD TO USE, spies
// can feign and you won't be able to see them at *all*
cl_deadbodyfilter 0