G String – Graphics, Gameplay and Performance Tweaks for G-String

Part 1: Autoexec tweaks

Go to the G String folder (the game’s directory) and then go to “gstringv2/cfg/autoexec.cfg”. Once you are there, scroll down until you find the “//Performance” section. Now, paste the following text below the last line in the .cfg file:

sv_minrate 5000
sv_minupdaterate 13
sv_maxupdaterate 13
sv_mincmdrate 13
sv_maxcmdrate 13
sk_autoaim_mode 0
mat_forceaniso 16
sk_auto_reload_time 9999
mat_specular 0
mat_antialias 8
mat_queue_mode 2
r_threaded_renderables 1
r_threaded_client_shadow_manager 1
r_threaded_particles 1
r_queued_ropes 1
r_queued_decals 0
r_queued_post_processing 0
cl_burninggibs 1
cl_maxrenderable_dist 8096
cl_phys_props_max 1024
cl_ragdoll_collide 1
lod_transitiondist 6400
mat_envmapsize 512
mat_envmaptgasize 512
mat_picmip -10
mat_max_worldmesh_vertices 128000
r_lod -8
r_rainradius 2250
r_rainsplashpercentage 100
r_maxdlights 300
r_worldlights 5000
c_maxdistance 800
mat_monitorgamma_tv_enabled 1
mat_monitorgamma_tv_exp 1.5
mat_monitorgamma_tv_range_max 450
mat_monitorgamma_tv_range_min 5

If you feel the image is too bright with these commands, change “mat_monitorgamma_tv_range_max 450” from 450 to 400.
I have tested playing with these commands for a few hours in the middle of a playthrough, and everything seems to run just fine. If I encounter any issues, I will update the guide with the changes, and a change log.

These commands improve responsiveness, extends draw distance, enhances overall image quality while retaining the original look, fixes the crushed black point of G-String with the mat_monitorgamma commands, disables specular lighting since I think it looks bad in any source game. You may change mat_specular to 1 or remove the line if you don’t like that change; other changes are safe to remove as well if they are not to your liking.

The only command that significantly impacts gameplay is “sk_auto_reload_time 9999” which prevents guns from auto-reloading when holstered (again, this command can be removed or changed if you wish).

Part 2: Disabling reload on empty

A separate tweak from the “sk_auto_reload_time 9999” command in the previous section, if you wish to disable guns from automatically reloading without you pressing the reload key when the magazine is empty, then go into the G String folder and go to “”gstringv2/scripts”, and then open up the .txt files labeled “weapon_” and then the name of the weapon. In the file, locate the “item_flags” line of code, and change the number to the right of it from “0” to “2”. If it is any number other than “0” by default, do not change it.

Part 3: Skip intro movies

If you wish to skip the intro videos when you start up G-String after you get tired of seeing them for the dozenth time, then right click on the game in your Steam library, click “properties” then look for the section where you can input launch commands (at the bottom of the tab it defaults to), and simply type in “-novid” without the quotation marks, and if you did it right it will work for you. The same applies with all/most Source games.

Closing

If anyone has any issues or feedback or suggestions for this guide, please let me know! This is the first Steam guide I made, since I wanted to share my discovery of fixing the messed up gamma settings in G-String and thought I may as well compile a few other tricks in there too. I hope this helps someone have an improved experience with the game!

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