How to lower texture quality in TF2

Type mat_picmip 2 in your game console for smaller, blurrier textures and better performance. 0 is normal quality.

mat_picmip

Sets texture quality. Higher values use blurrier, smaller textures for better performance.

mat_picmip <value>

Examples

mat_picmip 2

Low texture quality.

Arguments

valueRequired: -10 to 4. Higher is lower quality.

What it does

0 is normal quality. Low-end configs raise it, and values beyond the menu options need the game to allow them.

Run it on your server

On a SLASHPLAY server, type it in the Console tab of the server page; the reply shows right under it. A value set there lasts until the server restarts. To keep it, add the line to tf/cfg/server.cfg. New to this? Start a TF2 server first.

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