Helpful fixes, tips, etc for the new player.

Hmmm I decided to make this thread after playing with Kellum last night and showing him some of the tricks of the trade. Ours is a pretty brutal public server from most of what I have experienced, it can be hard and discouraging on some of the new players so I thought I might point the way to some of the essentials that will make the game more bearable, and eventually even a metric *edited*ton of fun.

CPL mousefix, this is the *edited* essential if there ever was one, the holy of holies imo, nothing else out there that is legit that will help you out more than this will. You can get it here http://www.fpsbanana.com/tools/717

Be forewarned, it will affect the way your mouse moves, it will seem to move slower at first but this is because it removes any Acceleration from windows itself. Acceleration is when if you move your mouse faster it will go farther across the screen then if you slowly bring it across. This is ultimately bad for your aiming in counter strike because you won’t get a consistent grip on things, twitch 180s in response to sound and your damage ring are next to impossible without this because you probably wont turn exactly to your attacker. Last night I killed about 6-7 dudes in dust 2 tunnels, i was pretty much surrounded and reacting to sound and my damage rings, because of the mouse fix i was consistently turning to where they were based on sense. Ultimately you need to get used to this if you want to get better. It may seem uncomfortable at first, but you won’t find a pro player without it. Adapt to it.

Next up is something I find fairly handy, the CAL source config. It is pretty nifty, turns the graphics down, bodies disappear into thin air when they die, no blood splatters(surprisingly, I don’t actually depend on them anymore unlike when i first started playing, mini map seems to fill that function in well. ) Overall, I find the boost in framerate and the correct rates settings pretty essential.

If you want to use this config, open up note pad, copy and paste the following huge metric *edited*ton list of commands into it and save it as “cal.cfg”. Now open notepad again, this time all you have to type in is exec cal.cfg name the file autoexec.cfg

Now put both of these files in /steam/steamapps/username/counter strike source/cstrike/cfg When you load up the game it should work, you can check by bringing up the console.

// Casey’s Config v2 (CAL compliant)

// Updated for new season by CAL|Stone

// Updated 01/23/07 – Added misc settings section

//_Set Netcode vars_

cl_cmdrate “101”

cl_interp “0.01”

cl_interpolate “1”

cl_lagcomp_errorcheck “0” // Disables lagcompensation error checking, only needed if you’re having any registration/loss/choke problems.

cl_lagcompensation “1”

cl_smooth “1”

cl_updaterate “101”

rate “25000”

//_Set MP vars_

mp_decals “0” // How many player sprays will be shown.

//_Set Client vars_

cl_drawmonitors “0” // Disables the rendering of ingame “monitors” which contain 3d rendered images.

cl_ejectbrass “0” // Disables brass ejection

cl_forcepreload “1” // Forces the game to load all texture and model information into memory on map load.

cl_phys_props_enable “1” // Enables phsyics props.

cl_phys_props_max “50” // Maximum amount of physics props allowed.

cl_ragdoll_physics_enable “0” // Disables ragdoll.

cl_restrict_server_commands “0” // Compatible/needed with serverplugins

cl_show_splashes “0” // Disables water splashes.

//_Set Render vars_

r_3dsky “0” // Disables the rendering of 3d sky boxes.

r_decal_cullsize “9999” // Any decals under this size are not rendered.

r_decals “0” // Disables decals.

r_drawbatchdecals “1” // Enables the rendering of decals in batch.

r_drawdetailprops “1” // Enables the rendering of detail props.

r_drawflecks “0” // Disables the sparks and dirt from bullet impacts.

r_drawflecks 0 // Disables flecks (i.e. bullet holes).

r_drawmodeldecals “0” // Models decals (i.e. blood).

r_dynamic “0” // Disables dynamic lights.

r_eyes “0” // Disables eyes in models.

r_lod “-1” // Different level of details on models. -1 = Variable at distance. 0 = None. 1 = Minor. 2 = Less minor.

r_modellodscale “1.0” // The transitioning power of LOD.

r_occlusion “0” // Enables the Model Occlusion system.

r_propsmaxdist “100” // Max distance at which props are rendered.

r_renderoverlayfragment “0”

r_rootlod “2” // Base lod of the model in the memory.

r_shadowmaxrendered “32” // Max shadows the game will render.

r_shadowrendertotexture “1” // Rendered the shadow texture causing it to match the player model.

r_shadows “1” // Enables shadows (Change be disabled for additional performance.)

r_teeth “0” // Disables teeth in models.

r_waterdrawreflection “0” // Disables the rendering of water reflections.

r_waterforceexpensive “0” // Forces cheap water.

gl_clear “0” // Disables the gl_clear convariable.

props_break_max_pieces “0” // Disables prop fragmenting

//_Set Materials vars_

mat_antialias “0” // Disables the use of multisampling to smooth out edges.

mat_bumpmap “0” // Disables bump mapping.

mat_clipz “0” // Disables optimized Z-Buffer rendering.

mat_compressedtextures “0” // Disables texture compression. Users with low amounts of system memory should turn this on.

mat_disable_bloom “1” // Disables bloom effects.

mat_hdr_enabled “0” // Disables HDR.

mat_hdr_level “0” // Double Disables HDR.

mat_mipmaptextures “1” // Enables the use of mipmapping to make textures look smooth.

mat_monitorgamma “1.6” // Lower the number the brighter the screen. Only works in fullscreen.

mat_picmip “2” // Changes the resolutions of textures when they’re loaded into memory. May improve FPS on graphics cards with low memory sizes.

mat_reducefillrate “1” // Reduces the fillrate when the game is run in DXLevel 8.

mat_specular “0” // Disables Specularity on objects.

mat_trilinear “0” // Disables the use of Trilinear mipmapping.

mat_wateroverlaysize “8” // Sets the resolution of water distortion. Must be multiple of 8.

//_Set Violence vars_

violence_ablood “1”

violence_agibs “1”

violence_hblood “1”

violence_hgibs “1”

//_Set HUD vars_

hud_centerid “1” // Centers player IDs

net_graph “3” // Enables net_graph (Required in SS round)

net_graphpos “2” // Adjusts netgraph position-set between 1 and 3.

//_Set Misc settings_

cl_downloadfilter “nosounds” // Disables annoying pub sound downloads

fps_max “101” // Caps framerate. Set to max monitor refresh rate + 1.

jpeg_quality “100” // High quality screenshots

clear

echo _Casey’s Config v2 (CAL compliant) loaded_

This here below can be added to the launch options, it basically accentuates what CPL mouse fix does. Launch options can be found by clicking on the game name in the steam window, goto properties, and launch options from there.

“-noforcemspd -noforcemparms -noforcemaccel”

Tips.

Set your voice communication button to something easier and more convenient then the K button. More than likely your hands will be no where near it when in the process of laying down the law and you may need to give commands on the fly in a heated situation. Personally I use the Q button, and I have my quickswitch as Alt, so I can press it with my thumb. All this is personal preference though. You may like it, but that really depends on the shape of your hand and what is most ergonomic/comfortable.

Rushing.

A big tip for rushing is to autobuy, if you are gonna go previous just press F2 and it will rebuy so you won’t have any delay in that crucial foot race for ground.

Pretty important tactically, The way I think of matches is to consider time and ground as tactical variables You have a limited amount of time to do things, also you have to think about how the enemy is going to spend his time. He is gonna spend his time gaining ground against where you spawn at. you have to rush so you have as less distance to fight till you get to the objective. This is rather important. Your life expectancy, contrary to popular beliefs about badassery, declines along with the game timer. The more time you waste, the more area you have to fight over, even if just a one or two choke points, they could be deadly, the greater chance you have of dieing.

To me at least, tactics are further broken down into two themes, one for each side.

For Counter Terrorists it is all about mobility, time, and tactical/situational reaction time. Big important example here. Bunch dumbass CTs rush Long A and get to the double doors and sit on their asses thinking the Ts are sitting on their asses, if no grenades have occured then most likely the Ts are going B, or short A, in which you should be able to hear them walking on the stone terrace going over ct spawn from the double doors at long A. It is crucial that CTs quickly appraise the situation and react accordingly, they can’t let Ts get cozy over at B otherwise it will be like cracking a safe because they will have tense, players who have just pushed through and just come off of some woop *edited*, they have a bit more confidence, you proly have less because your worthless teamates got themselves killed by the great chain of woop *edited* that the Terrorist force should be.

For Terrorists, it is all about the Great Chain of Woop *edited*. It has to keep moving, *edited*ers sit and die to death so many *edited* times in B tunnels it is not even funny. IN fact the best tactic is to spearhead your way in B bombsite without throwing nades, it will throw them off as they will be expecting nades, not a sucker punch from your AK. Along the way in whatever map their will be chokepoints, break through these *edited* quick as possible. Next important consideration is situational awareness, as the Great Chain of Woop *edited* mosies along to its destination, sneaky *edited*ers like me will try and come in on the tender flank, coming in from a direction yall aren’t moving at. While usually just one man flanking you, you can’t let it escalate such that he has played with you long enough for his homies to get in the neighborhood.

Don’t close range fight with an awp like you would with an AK/Colt as you proly don’t have the skill to mushroom tattoo someone with it at that range as it requires really good and accurate reflexes.

One last suggestion is maybe signup at caleague.com the forums there can be useful.

This isn’t directed at anyone like Flakes, Kuros, or GXTI, badasses in their own right, but rather to the new player who comes to our server, finds the steep learning curve, and needs some sense of the game. For those of you who are consumate *edited* woopers, feel free to contribute your own insights with some additional posts and *edited*.

Also, maybe make this a schticky… I dunno, seems logical. If you don’t want this post to be so *edited* big, then let me upload files with the .cfg extensions.