batch file

[*NastyGradeA*]

anyone know how to cfreate a batch file with all of my settings in, so if I join a server via the eye and my tag is not there i can run the batch file and my name and all my settings load up??

[*NastyHoodlum*]

Heya Gradester

Not sure you need a batch file as such, usually your default q3config.cfg in your insta folder will load when you start a game of insta. Your settings in there should load automatically, complete with name, tags, etc

I used to have a problem with my cfg in that sometimes it would overwrite itself. So i made mine read only... this means any changes i make during play are discarded once i exit a server and it reverts back to my "good" copy, so if you are losing changes you make it might be worth checking that you are allowed to write to the file.

You could make a new config and save it in your insta folder, call it for instance GradeA.cfg if you want to switch to this cfg ingame, pull down the console and type /exec GardeA.cfg and it will load it up with all of the settings in there.

Hope this helped

[snowman]

Just a small addition to what Hoody said Grade...

I also have my cfg's as read-only, but I also keep a couple of cfg's in my base3 folder and have binds to them. So if I join a server and things are screwed up....I can just press one key to exec a new one.

[*NastyAuri*]

I wrote a batch file for my config
Usually Quake always overwrote my nice config and it didn't look like it does now at all anymore. Generated by Quake, urgh.
Besides there was also the problem that if I make changes then I have to do them in every config of every game folder that I have because I use only 1 config for all mods.
I have a video config as well, that is the one that I need to use when I capture scenes for my movie.
So I have written one batch which when I exec it, copies the safe auri.cfg from the Quake III Arena folder to all mod folders and replaces the q3configs. If the q3configs in the folders will be changed, that is no problem, because always when I make changes in auri.cfg they are being replaced.
Same with video. Video.cfg from Quake III arena will be copied to all mod folders with the name q3config.cfg.
That's easy and helps me a LOT!.
Here an example:

@echo off
del arena\q3config.cfg
del IU1.2Beta\q3config.cfg
del IU1.2Beta2\q3config.cfg
del IU1.2Beta3\q3config.cfg
del InstaUnlagged\q3config.cfg
del proball\q3config.cfg
del battle\q3config.cfg
del baseq3\q3config.cfg
del defrag\q3config.cfg
del defrag191\q3config.cfg
del cpma\q3config.cfg
del osp\q3config.cfg
del beryllium\q3config.cfg
del ufreeze\q3config.cfg
del quickdeath\q3config.cfg
copy auri.cfg quickdeath\q3config.cfg
copy auri.cfg ufreeze\q3config.cfg
copy auri.cfg beryllium\q3config.cfg
copy auri.cfg osp\q3config.cfg
copy auri.cfg arena\q3config.cfg
copy auri.cfg cpma\q3config.cfg
copy auri.cfg IU1.2Beta\q3config.cfg
copy auri.cfg IU1.2Beta2\q3config.cfg
copy auri.cfg IU1.2Beta3\q3config.cfg
copy auri.cfg InstaUnlagged\q3config.cfg
copy auri.cfg proball\q3config.cfg
copy auri.cfg battle\q3config.cfg
copy auri.cfg baseq3\q3config.cfg
copy auri.cfg defrag\q3config.cfg
copy auri.cfg defrag191\q3config.cfg

That's how my config.bat looks inside. Good day. John

[*NastyGradeA*]

thanks for that chaps
ill have a look at it when i get home

thats a great help

[*NastyFr8shaker*]

U dont understand the last post I wish i did.

[*NastyAuri*]

It's a spahm!

[dday]

Isn't there an extension to overwrite existing files so you can eliminate half the commands in that batch file? Just wondered, food for thought.

[*NastyAuri*]

Sure is, I am too lazy to change it now.
It's like copy bla.txt bla2.txt /s or something for not asking. Don't know which letter though.