TF2 config maker

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Choose settings and key binds, and download them as autoexec.cfg and class configs. Only what you change is written, so everything else in your game stays as it is.

All classes: what you set here goes in autoexec.cfg, which runs once, when the game starts. Pick a class to change something for that class only.

View and mouse

9 settings

How much of the map you see. 90 is the highest the game allows.

fov_desired Game default: 75 · Range: 20 to 90

The field of view your weapon is drawn with. Valve's competitive mode keeps it between 54 and 70.

viewmodel_fov Game default: 54 · Range: 0.1 to 179.9
r_drawviewmodel Game default: On
tf_use_min_viewmodels Game default: Off
cl_flipviewmodels Game default: Off
sensitivity Game default: 3 · Range: 0.0001 to 10000000

An extra factor on the mouse sensitivity while the field of view is zoomed in.

zoom_sensitivity_ratio Game default: 1
m_rawinput Game default: On

Averages the mouse movement over 2 frames.

m_filter Game default: Off

Gameplay

13 settings

Switches weapon at once, with no click to confirm.

hud_fastswitch Game default: Off

Weapons with a clip reload whenever they are not being fired.

cl_autoreload Game default: On
tf_remember_activeweapon Game default: Off
tf_remember_lastswitched Game default: Off
hud_classautokill Game default: On
tf_respawn_on_loadoutchanges Game default: On
tf_medigun_autoheal Game default: Off
hud_medicautocallers Game default: Off
hud_medicautocallersthreshold Game default: 75 · Range: 0 or more
hud_medichealtargetmarker Game default: Off
cl_autorezoom Game default: On
tf_sniper_fullcharge_bell Game default: Off
tf_simple_disguise_menu No default published by Valve

HUD and screen

12 settings

The game's advanced minimalist HUD mode.

cl_hud_minmode Game default: Off
cl_hud_playerclass_use_playermodel Game default: On
tf_hud_target_id_disable_floating_health Game default: Off
tf_colorblindassist Game default: Off
tf_scoreboard_ping_as_text Game default: Off
tf_hud_show_servertimelimit Game default: Off

Used when you spectate in tournament mode.

cl_use_tournament_specgui Game default: Off
cl_disablehtmlmotd Game default: Off
cl_showfps Game default: Off

Network details and FPS in a corner of the screen.

net_graph Game default: Off

The highest frame rate the game can reach.

fps_max No default published by Valve
con_enable No default published by Valve

Damage numbers and hit sounds

15 settings
hud_combattext Game default: On
hud_combattext_red, hud_combattext_green, hud_combattext_blue Game default: 255 0 0
Don't change
hud_combattext_batching Game default: Off
hud_combattext_batching_window Game default: 0.2 · Range: 0.1 to 2
hud_combattext_healing Game default: On
hud_combattext_doesnt_block_overhead_text Game default: On

Plays a sound every time you hurt an enemy.

tf_dingalingaling Game default: Off
tf_dingaling_volume Game default: 0.75 · Range: 0 to 1

A small hit is 10 damage or less.

tf_dingaling_pitchmindmg Game default: 100 · Range: 1 to 255

A big hit is 150 damage or more.

tf_dingaling_pitchmaxdmg Game default: 100 · Range: 1 to 255

0 plays a sound for every hit.

tf_dingalingaling_repeat_delay Game default: 0 · Range: 0 or more

Plays a sound when one of your attacks kills an enemy.

tf_dingalingaling_lasthit Game default: Off
tf_dingaling_lasthit_volume Game default: 0.75 · Range: 0 to 1
tf_dingaling_lasthit_pitchmindmg Game default: 100 · Range: 1 to 255
tf_dingaling_lasthit_pitchmaxdmg Game default: 100 · Range: 1 to 255

Crosshair

5 settings

To draw the crosshair itself, open the crosshair maker.

Turn it off if your HUD draws a crosshair of its own.

crosshair Game default: On

None gives each weapon its own crosshair. Weapon-specific crosshair files only work with None.

cl_crosshair_file Game default: None
cl_crosshair_scale Game default: 32 · Range: 0 or more
cl_crosshair_red, cl_crosshair_green, cl_crosshair_blue Game default: 200 200 200
Don't change
tf_hud_no_crosshair_on_scope_zoom Game default: Off

Network

7 settings

Valve has not published the code of the first five settings, so they show no default. Their notes are from mastercomfig.

cl_cmdrate No default published by Valve
cl_updaterate No default published by Valve

mastercomfig uses 1 for the lowest delay, 2 for most players and 3 for an unstable connection.

cl_interp_ratio No default published by Valve

mastercomfig pairs 0.015 with a buffer of 1, 0.03 with 2 and 0.045 with 3.

cl_interp No default published by Valve

The rate used for communication with the server.

rate No default published by Valve
cl_smooth Game default: On
cl_smoothtime Game default: 0.1 · Range: 0.01 to 2

Key binds

A bind gives a key one command. A key you do not list keeps the command it has now.

Your own lines

Added to the end of autoexec.cfg as you type them: aliases, scripts and any command this page does not have.

Make a TF2 config

This TF2 config maker runs in your browser, with nothing to install. Choose from 61 game settings and 59 commands for key binds, add lines of your own, and download the result as autoexec.cfg and class configs. The config generator writes only what you change: a setting you leave alone gets no line, so it keeps the value it has in your game.

What autoexec.cfg and the class configs do

A TF2 config is a text file of console commands in the tf/cfg folder. autoexec.cfg runs once, when the game starts. A class config runs every time you switch to that class. The nine files are scout.cfg, soldier.cfg, pyro.cfg, demoman.cfg, heavyweapons.cfg, engineer.cfg, medic.cfg, sniper.cfg and spy.cfg.

The game only runs the file of the class you switch to, and nothing undoes it when you switch away. A setting changed in sniper.cfg alone would stay changed for every class you play afterwards. So when one class changes a setting or a key, this page writes all nine class files, and each one sets that setting or key again: to the class's own value, or back to the value for all classes.

TF2 saves most of these settings itself once they are set. A few are not saved, among them r_drawviewmodel, cl_showfps and net_graph, so a config is the way to keep them.

Install your TF2 config

  1. Unzip the download.
  2. In Steam, right-click Team Fortress 2, then Manage, then Browse local files. Open tf, then cfg. It is next to the custom folder: the install guide shows where that is on Windows, Linux, Steam Deck and Mac.
  3. Copy the .cfg files from the tf2hud-config folder into tf/cfg.
  4. Start TF2.

If tf/cfg already has an autoexec.cfg or a class config of yours, do not replace it. Open it in a text editor and add the new lines at the end, or copy them from the preview. To remove the config, delete the files you copied. Key binds and saved settings keep their last value, so change those back in the game options.

With mastercomfig

mastercomfig is a customization framework for TF2 with its own presets and modules for graphics and performance. It reads your files from a folder called overrides that you make in tf/cfg, so tick I use mastercomfig above the download and the install steps name that folder. This page does not change graphics settings: for those, use mastercomfig's presets.

Where the settings come from

Every setting name, default and range on this page is read from the TF2 source code Valve has published. A few settings, such as cl_interp and fps_max, live in a part of the game Valve has not published. The page offers them without a default, and their notes are taken from mastercomfig. The key names are those of the cfg.tf bind generator.

HUD and crosshair

A config holds settings and key binds. To change how the screen looks, make a HUD in the TF2 HUD builder or pick one of the TF2 HUDs. For the shape of the crosshair, draw one in the TF2 crosshair maker or read the crosshair guide.