What is cl_updaterate and cl_cmdrate do in the console

[jaws673]

What does it do, and me being me I have to ask if you can get vac banned if you change either one of them :D.

[Darkshadow0202]

cl_updaterate, cl_cmdrate, rate, cl_interp, and cl_interp_ratio are all called netcode settings and you cant get VAC banned by changing their value.

cl_cmdrate: The amount of updates you send the server.
cl_updaterate: The amount of updates you want the server to send you per second.

Servers with 100Tick
cl_updaterate 100
cl_cmdrate 100

Servers with 66Tick
cl_updaterate 66
cl_cmdrate 66

[CenTiSoN]

All servers are currently running 66tick.

For more info refer to this thread by Echo from HPE:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1353969

[pro]

100 tick? you live on Mars?

[Darkshadow0202]

The only sentence Ive understood from you.

Tick enabler, but really it was just an example.

[pro]

meaningless example.
server tickrate lock 66 tick on second.
p.s. tick enabler - first step to x22 enabler ;).

[boin]

Nop you can't get VAC banned ... Possibly server ban but very unlikely ... Server would rather kick you and ask you to set proper values. Most servers enforce these values anyway.

[jaws673]

I heard that the values will reset when I restart the game, is this true?

[Anti-Flash]

I am so sick of this discussion.
some insight on "rates"? (http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2079160)

[red_bairn]

I am so sick of this discussion.
some insight on "rates"? (http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2079160)

At what values do you have your cl_cmdrate and updaterate at?

[EliteTemptation]

set updaterate to 101 and cmdrate to 100

This way it will cap at whatever the server offers

set them in your autoexec.cfg

If the server is running 100 tic, be aware that you need 100 frames per second to be using the 100 tic, or your tic will drop accordingly to your framerate, which will result in a disadvantage verse the other players in that server