Otherwise, I recommend that you install the Life Mod add-on because it too has built in settings that specifically control this decal limit so perhaps it can also give you a good suggestion for what is a good decal limit to sport for. What this thread showed, if I recall correctly, is that the command responsible for the decal limit only works properly if you input a value into it that is big, but not too big, so it's always a good idea to keep it within reasonable limits. Otherwise the Source engine would crumble on itself before that happens. Having an infinite decal limit on the other hand isn't a good idea on any computer setup either because it would accumulate after playing for a long time and almost always catch up to what your computer can handle. I know this is several years old but does r_decals 0 make the decal limit infinite? No, but it would presumably prevent any decals from appearing anywhere at all. Thus you don't need to worry about every single zero you can juice out of the engine. I am not entirely sure how the engine works.įrom a realistic standpoint, using any value around the thousands is more than enough to satisfy the healthy amount of decals for your experience. Should you instead be interested in props only getting additional decals, you can raise the bar and add a zero, though there might be unintentional problems. I found that assigning the value somewhere between 900000000 (9*10^8) and 9000000000 (9*10^9) causes the decals on the map to act as if the command was set to 0 again (since the map is also it's own entity, fun fact), meaning that however many decals have been applied before you execute the command is however many decals you will be able to see, and no more.īut props and other entities will still recieve additional decals when sprayed, shot, etc, as normal.Ĭonclusion: If you want to be sure that you are recieving as much gore, as many bullet holes, as much 'detail', if you will, I recommend setting the value to 9*10^8 but not too much higher: Setting a high enough value nullifies the command, thus causing it to act as if it was set to 0: Someone suggested that r_decals -1 would enable an unlimited amount of decals. Good question, I did some research and testing as a result, and this is what i got:

Gmod police car.Originally posted by Serpentor:What's the max number of decals?

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