Problem with switching between multiple configs

[Cranky_Gamer]

Hello!

I've got different configs that I've bound to F keys in the autoexec.cfg. For the most part they work fine, but the problem I'm having is certain hud cvars keep seeming to be ignored when I switch between them.

For example, I have two configs Cranky1 and Cranky2, Cranky1 has the weapon bar on, Cranky2 has it off. I load Cranky1, the weapons bar is on, everything is fine. But when I load Cranky2 it's still on. I go into the menu, turn it off and do writeconfig "Cranky2", everything fine, but if I now load Cranky1, the weapons bar is off. It doesn't seem to write to the config at all, it'll just uses whatever was set last in the menu.

Anyone know of a way to fix this?

[*ELAPIDAE]

If your different configs only contain small changes such as the weapon bar.. You're better off binding those things in one config.

[Lorfa]

Does the value of weaponbar exist in the config file?

Instead of using writeconfig, it would be better to just put the commands manually into the config file, for example starting with a blank one and putting cg_weaponbar whatever.

[iKs]

happened same to me with my HUD. had to do vid_Restart or loadhud cant quite remember. try vid_restart after loading cfg

[Cranky_Gamer]

If your different configs only contain small changes such as the weapon bar.. You're better off binding those things in one config.

The differences between the configs are quite large, but it's just a bunch of things like the weapon bar, gun model and reward voice over, to name a few, that never seem to stick.

happened same to me with my HUD. had to do vid_Restart or loadhud cant quite remember. try vid_restart after loading cfg

Used to get caught out by that myself when I first started tweaking graphic settings, but I have been using vid_restart, so it's not that causing the problem.

Instead of using writeconfig, it would be better to just put the commands manually into the config file, for example starting with a blank one and putting cg_weaponbar whatever.

I've tried adding the commands manually but keep getting the same result. I've been using Visual Hud to generate the config in the first place so I haven't written one from scratch myself and would rather not go through all the hassle, but in the end if it gets the job done, I may just have to.

I get the impression that I'm being incredibly dumb and am misunderstanding something very simple. I've used a custom hud for a long time and never had any trouble, but now when I try to switch between two custom huds (in fact, want to use three) all of a sudden a bunch of cvars don't seem to be working right and for the life of me I can't figure out why.

Well, I'm going to try again sometime over the weekend, in the meantime just want to thank you for your responses.

[Lorfa]

You don't have to vid_restart after a hud change, you can just \loadhud

If you show us how you are doing it (you can use paste bin for the files) we will figure it out quickly I'm sure. If there really is a glitch it will become obvious.

[iKs]

i had to... i guess it was some sort of bug

[AXxXxO]

i have(had last update broke it 1 part) 2 same huds in HUD file and they are named ax1,ax2 bind them to diff keys with cg_hufiles etc;loadhud;autoexec and it should fix problem....i dont have problem when i do it like that!