Help with Weather Effects

[[12K]Uber-Police]

Yo HL2.net peeps,

Ok in CZ u could turn the weather sound effects and weather effects off for maps like aztec by entering in the console cl_weather 0 and bind "any key u want" stopsound.

However in the new source aztec these commands no longer work. does anyone know how to turn them off so my pc doesnt get bogged down on aztec because of all the intense weather effects.

 

[Exclamatio]

something like

cl_rainsimulate 0
cl_rainradius 0

i notice that i actually get higher fps on aztec than some other maps with no real weather effects

 

[[12K]Uber-Police]

Yeah source is weird when it comes to fps, ive noticed on my machine i get constant 85 fps in indoor sections of maps but when i go outside it can drop to anything as low as 45 fps.

is there any other usefull commands to make the weather effects easier on the graphics card.

 

[ch0ke]

i think theyve taken out the stopsound client command it was considered "cheating" so i dont think it will be available.

 

[[12K]Uber-Police]

ah that explains things, i dont consider it to be cheating, it just frees up fps thats why i do it.

 

[Exclamatio]

there is a command for stopsound but its different now

 

[[12K]Uber-Police]

any idea what it is mate, help is appreciated.

 

[disruptioN_]

I heard somewhere that stopsound and cl_weather can only be changed if sv_cheats 1 is on in CSS.

 

[[12K]Uber-Police]

hummm good point that sound about right.