Party hat usage.

[voogru]

Hey guys, here is how to use your subscriber party hats.

Party hats require console usage, if you do not know how to use the console, see this thread: http://forums.voogru.com/team-fortre...rivileges.html

The new console command for the party hat is "partyhat", the format for the command is:

partyhat <red> <green> <blue>

For example, if I wanted a green party hat, I would type

partyhat 0 255 0

Or red

partyhat 255 0 0

Or blue

partyhat 0 0 255

You can use any RGB value.

To remove the partyhat, simply type partyhat with no arguments (just "partyhat"), party hats are per session, meaning once you reconnect to the server, you will need to run the command again. If there is enough demand, I will put the party hat option in the user control panel.

To view your party hat just do the taunt. (Oh man I just love how this works so nice).

Update: if you would like to automatically have the hat added when you spawn, add this to your autoexec.cfg:

alias player_onspawn "partyhat 0 0 255"

[voogru]

Note: partyhat command will be enabled next time the server restarts.

[DJ Double S]

anyone know how to write an Autoexec command for each time you connect to a server?

[-Thief-]

putting the line at the end of the config.cfg file in \team fortress 2\tf\cfg\ might do it...
or you can make your own ubersecret.cfg then put "exec ubersecret.cfg" somewhere in the config.cfg file I think that should work

[voogru]

You need to be connected to the server for that to work.

I might be able to do something though that a client can alias and have the server run.

[DocSatan]

New to TF2 stuff. What is the autoexec.cfg and where do I find it?

if you would like to automatically have the hat added when you spawn, add this to your autoexec.cfg:

alias player_onspawn "partyhat 0 0 255"

[Baskanavitch]

autoexec.cfg is the configuration file that is loaded when you either start up TF2 or when the maps load, I'm not sure which. Either way, it is automatically executed. Poke around in your TF2 directory a bit, I bet you'll find it. Any text editor will work for opening it.

[pipski]

if your install is anything like mine it should be in
C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\<your name here>\team fortress 2\tf\cfg

the config.cfg file is the default file that holds all your binds and settings,
adding a new file called autoexec.cfg to that directory is a good way to add custom stuff cause it is run after the config.cfg file on startup

[DocSatan]

I created a file called "autoexec.cfg" in the cfg folder. I used note pad...doesn't seem to work.

[pipski]

Originally Posted by DocSatan

I created a file called "autoexec.cfg" in the cfg folder. I used note pad...doesn't seem to work.

cant remember off the top of my head but I think notepad adds a .txt to the end of txt files by default, check if you are hiding extensions of known filetypes. Then just use rename to delete the .txt off the end.

If you do a lot of file editing it may be worth picking up a decent repalcement for notepad (I use ultraedit)

[-Thief-]

when saving from notepad, File > save as > Save as type : ALL FILES

then save it as autoexec.cfg

[DJ Double S]

hey voog, Im wondering if this is a my shitty computer thing or if it's a little setting on the server thing. I can only see other peoples hats when I get really, really, really close.

[voogru]

Originally Posted by thehackerdude

hey voog, Im wondering if this is a my shitty computer thing or if it's a little setting on the server thing. I can only see other peoples hats when I get really, really, really close.

It has to be your settings, I don't have this happen on me and this is the first I've heard of it.

[DocSatan]

Thanks Everyone!! It works now.

I had initially saved the file as a .txt and then tried to change it by using "save as" and it didn't change the file type.

I just made another one and saved it correctly and now I have a nice hat to wear to battle.

[Baskanavitch]

So I did a bit of poking around the tubes and found hat color codes that match each team's clothing, if you like to be matching. I actually found some valve document that had an image of the colors used for each team, there are three different shades for each. Then I opened that image in photoshop, used the eyedropper and voila. Without further ado:

Red
189 59 59
157 49 47
145 58 30

Blue
91 122 140
57 92 120
118 138 136

Enjoy!