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* Any ideas on what might be going wrong? If the parameters are in fact there when you start the shortcut, I can't think of any reason why it shouldn't just work. How does your shortcut look? Unfortunately, autoexec.cfg is not a "replacement" for shortcut parameters, see below.
 
* Any ideas on what might be going wrong? If the parameters are in fact there when you start the shortcut, I can't think of any reason why it shouldn't just work. How does your shortcut look? Unfortunately, autoexec.cfg is not a "replacement" for shortcut parameters, see below.
* Not every command or cvar will have the same effect, compared to putting them directly in the shortcut. For example setting '''player''' in the autoexec does not have any effect, and '''+menu_main''' will not skip the intro videos if set in the autoexec. This is why I prefer using both an autoexec file as well as the shortcut. It's also just quicker for me to edit the SiN shortcut on my desktop if I want to practise a specific map.
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* Not every command or cvar will have the same effect, compared to putting them directly in the shortcut. For example '''menu_main''' does not seem to do anything at all if set only in autoexec.cfg or default.cfg, and if '''player''' is set in either one of them (rather than in the shortcut), the game actually seems to load the default user config ("blade") before logging in as the chosen user (without loading ''that'' config). This is why I prefer using both an autoexec file and the shortcut. It's also just quicker for me to edit the SiN shortcut on my desktop if I want to practise a specific map.

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General Movement

Boosts

Weapons

NPCs

Health, Armor, Damage

Drops table

Optimizations

Saving and loading

General

Using the console

Useful Aliases

Glitching/Experimental Stuff

Unsolved Mysteries

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Side notes

I'm trying to get the shortcut command parameters to do what I want: I just can't get it to happen consistently. In fact it only set the player and skipped the logon menu once and persistently failed ever after. Editing the autoexec might be more reliable?

  • Any ideas on what might be going wrong? If the parameters are in fact there when you start the shortcut, I can't think of any reason why it shouldn't just work. How does your shortcut look? Unfortunately, autoexec.cfg is not a "replacement" for shortcut parameters, see below.
  • Not every command or cvar will have the same effect, compared to putting them directly in the shortcut. For example menu_main does not seem to do anything at all if set only in autoexec.cfg or default.cfg, and if player is set in either one of them (rather than in the shortcut), the game actually seems to load the default user config ("blade") before logging in as the chosen user (without loading that config). This is why I prefer using both an autoexec file and the shortcut. It's also just quicker for me to edit the SiN shortcut on my desktop if I want to practise a specific map.
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