Setting up a Configuration File

When playing Counter-Strike competitively, it is crucial that you are using a proper configuration file. Below, you will find a link to the configuration that I currently use in-game. This configuration was put together by my team after extensive research and through trial and error. Within the config, you will find comments explaining what most of the commands do. You can ignore the section that talks about setting up game launch settings. That will be discussed in an upcoming post.

Config

The next step is to actually "apply" this config. You can set it up so the config automatically executes, but I actually prefer to manually execute it each time. If you wish to use an autoexec, search for "autoexec csgo" and you will see a ton of guides that will tell you how to set it up. First, you are going to want to create a new text document in notepad or notepad++. Copy and past the entire config, which I linked above, into this document. You can name the config anything you want, but mine is called tobin.cfg after the player on my team who put the most work into setting up the config. Be sure to throw on the extension .cfg so CSGO recognizes it as a configuration file. I'm sure you are wondering where you save this file to. You're going to want to navigate to your CSGO cfg folder. Typically, you will find it located here:

          E:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\csgo\cfg

After you save the file, right click on it and set it to read only so the game will not overwrite your settings. After launching your game, open up the console by hitting "~". You should have enabled your console if you followed my guide on setting up your in-game settings. After opening the console, type exec configname and press enter. Of course, configname should be replaced with whatever you named your config. If you left the config unaltered, you should see a little graphic once it executes. 

And there you go! You have set up a competitive config file for CSGO. If you have any questions, concerns or possible improvements regarding this config, please let me know by posting a comment on the config page that I linked above.