Team Fortress 2 — Steam Launch Options

Remove window border (borderless windowed)

Specify number of CPU threads to use

Set window height

Launch option from Steam Community guide

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Disables mouse speed forcing.

Run the game in windowed mode instead of fullscreen

Set process priority to high

Proton/Wine compatibility option.

Skip video files and cutscenes

Set window width

Set maximum FPS (e.g., +fps_max 144)

Use Vulkan renderer

Enable developer console

|tracked motion controllers notes = Supports Sixense API. Exit the Hydra tray application and use the 1.

Proton/Wine compatibility option.

Disable joystick/controller support

threads 4 -noforcemspd -noforcemaccel -noipx -nod3d9ex -nod3d9ex1 -full -sw -windowed -h 480 -gl_enablesamplerobjects

console -novid -nojoy -nosteamcontroller -nohltv -particles 1 -precachefontchars -noquicktime

threads 4 -noforcemspd -noforcemaccel -noipx -nod3d9ex -full -sw -windowed -w 640 -h 480 -gl_enablesamplerobjects

Specify number of CPU threads to use

threads 4 -noforcemspd -noforcemaccel -nod3d9ex -nod3d9ex1 -full -sw -windowed -w 640 -h 480 -gl_enablesamplerobjects

Disables HLTV functionality. Minor performance improvement.

Run the game in DirectX 9 or higher

|windowed notes = Toggle with or use the .

Preloads font characters. Reduces text rendering hitches in TF2.

threads 4 -noforcemspd -noforcemaccel -noipx -nod3d9ex -nod3d9ex1 -full -sw -windowed -w 640 -h 480

Example: 120 forces a 120 Hz refresh rate.