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Loose Canon
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Excerpt of the current interface with sample values. Values and prerequisites illustrate the controls; available tools depend on server software, plugins and permissions. · Captured on 2026-10-08
Excerpt of the current interface with sample values. Values and prerequisites illustrate the controls; available tools depend on server software, plugins and permissions. · Captured on 2026-10-08
Team Fortress 2: updates, settings and interface
Game updates, plugin versions and improvements to our interface with a traceable history.
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Steam Web APIs
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Steam Web APIs
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Listen!
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Listen!
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Three Maps. Two Teams. One Victor.
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Three Maps. Two Teams. One Victor.
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Wow, you guys are GOOD
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Wow, you guys are GOOD
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Tomorrow.
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Tomorrow.
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Danke, my hard-hatted friend!
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Danke, my hard-hatted friend!
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All I can tell you about this next procedure is that it will be excruciating.
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All I can tell you about this next procedure is that it will be excruciating.
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Gotta move that gear up!
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Gotta move that gear up!
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A Week in the Life of the TF2 Team
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A Week in the Life of the TF2 Team
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Imagine if I hadn't been drunk
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What the interface looks like
The image shows the interface on its capture date; earlier versions may differ.
What the settings do
These values come from our guided editors. Defaults are the editor starting values; they do not show the contents of a customer server.
Enable cheats (sv_cheats)
Allows console commands that are normally locked. Disable on public servers.
- Setting
- sv_cheats
- Default
- 0
LAN mode (sv_lan)
1 = reachable on local network only (no Steam auth), 0 = public.
- Setting
- sv_lan
- Default
- 0
Time limit (minutes, mp_timelimit)
How long a map is played in minutes (0 = unlimited).
- Setting
- mp_timelimit
- Default
- 30
- Range / options
- 0 – 120
Win limit (mp_winlimit)
Number of round wins before the map rotates (0 = disabled).
- Setting
- mp_winlimit
- Default
- 0
- Range / options
- 0 – 100
Max rounds (mp_maxrounds)
Maximum total rounds per map (0 = unlimited).
- Setting
- mp_maxrounds
- Default
- 0
- Range / options
- 0 – 100
Auto team balance (mp_autoteambalance)
1 = uneven teams are automatically balanced, 0 = disabled.
- Setting
- mp_autoteambalance
- Default
- 1
Max team imbalance (mp_teams_unbalance_limit)
How many extra players one team may have before balancing kicks in (0 = always balance).
- Setting
- mp_teams_unbalance_limit
- Default
- 1
- Range / options
- 0 – 30
Respawn wave time (sec, mp_respawnwavetime)
How often (in seconds) a respawn wave is triggered.
- Setting
- mp_respawnwavetime
- Default
- 10
- Range / options
- 0 – 60
Friendly fire (mp_friendlyfire)
1 = players can damage teammates, 0 = no team damage.
- Setting
- mp_friendlyfire
- Default
- 0
Random critical hits (tf_weapon_criticals)
1 = random crits enabled (TF2 default), 0 = disabled (more competitive play).
- Setting
- tf_weapon_criticals
- Default
- 1
Allow +use command (tf_allow_player_use)
1 = players can use the +use command (e.g. for some custom maps), 0 = disabled.
- Setting
- tf_allow_player_use
- Default
- 0
Default Map
The default map to use when starting the server.
- Setting
- SRCDS_MAP
- Default
- cp_dustbowl
- When it takes effect
- Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.
Max Players
Maximum number of players allowed on the server (per-order slot cap, enforced via +maxplayers).
- Setting
- MAX_PLAYERS
- Default
- 24
- Range / options
- 1 – 64
- When it takes effect
- Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.
Auto Update
1 = beim Start updaten
- Setting
- AUTO_UPDATE
- Default
- 1
- When it takes effect
- Takes effect after saving and restarting the server.