CS:S strategies and getting good?

[Modular]

Don't play.

No kidding. This game is fun for about 30 minutes. Then it gets old and the hackers or spec/ventrillo players come in.

Good times!!>!>111:thumbsdown:

 

[Ben90]

as for buying weapons, I had my F keys set up to buy one item each - f1 was m4/ak, f2 was scout, f3 was awp, f4 was aug/sg552, f5 was m3, f6 was famas/galil, f7 was p90, f8 was mp5, f9 was deagle, f10 was flashbang, f11 was hegrenade, f12 was defuser, vesthelm and vest (in that order). it's still important to memorize which numbers were what weapon though (b31 was a TMP), especially since some T numbers arent the same as CT numbers (in rifles and in equipment).

That was the old scripting way. In source you can call the weapons directly. I personally use a +meta buy script, which is basically the same thing but opens up more keys. First we need to make each weapon we want to buy its own alias:

alias akm4 "buy weapon_ak47;buy weapon_m4a1"
alias galilfamas "buy weapon_galil;buy weapon_famas"
alias deagle "buy weapon_deagle"
alias usp "buy weapon_usp"
alias ump "buy weapon_ump45"
alias scout "buy weapon_scout"
alias xm1014 "buy weapon_xm1014"
alias p90 "buy weapon_p90"
alias m249 "buy weapon_m249"
alias autosniper "buy weapon_sg550;buy weapon_g3sg1"
alias aug "buy weapon_aug;buy weapon_sg552"
alias mp5 "buy weapon_mp5navy"
alias awp "buy weapon_awp"
alias m3 "buy weapon_m3"
alias vesthelm "buy vesthelm"
alias vest "buy vest"
alias defuser "buy defuser"

Then we make a giant ass +meta bind to wrap it all up (note you need to bind +meta to a key, i use alt:

alias +meta "bind f1 galilfamas;bind f2 usp;bind f3 ump;bind f4 scout;bind f5 xm1014;bind f6 aug;bind f7 m249;bind f8 vest"
alias -meta "bind f1 akm4;bind f2 deagle;bind f3 mp5;bind f4 awp;bind f5 m3;bind f6 autosniper;bind f7 p90;bind f8 vesthelm"

so basically when you press f1 it buys you an ak/m4, but if you hold alt+f1 it buys you a famis/galil. f4 is an awp, alt+f4 is a scout lol

Most players that are actually good will tell you to use a lower mouse sensitivity and a bigger mousepad. My mousepad is 11"x20" and I have my mouse set to 650dpi. Mouse dpi is a gimmick.

I too believe that DPI has turned into a gimmick. However be aware that lowering the DPI on some mice will cause it to pick up negative accelerate faster. I believe the best course is to leave DPI on the recommended, windows sensitivity on default, no mouse accel, and adjust sensitivity via console. Most CPL players use extremely low sensitivities.

Oh yea, THE ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT ATI CARDS:
You don't get flashed as long when using -dxlevel 95, at the expense of more dust vs -dxlevel 81. Totally worth it though as the only place the extra dust is kinda annoying is scoping into b tunnels from t spawn on dust2. No one goes there in competitive play so don't worry about it.

 

[0roo0roo]

or just use autoscript and http://www.cstrike-planet.com/files/26-AutoScript-v10-zip bind the buy keys in the regular in game keyboard setup window

and don't run from the spawn holding a rifle blocking people with your slow slow run speed like a dumbass.

 

[Ika]

That was the old scripting way. In source you can call the weapons directly. I personally use a +meta buy script, which is basically the same thing but opens up more keys. First we need to make each weapon we want to buy its own alias:

alias akm4 "buy weapon_ak47;buy weapon_m4a1"
alias galilfamas "buy weapon_galil;buy weapon_famas"
alias deagle "buy weapon_deagle"
alias usp "buy weapon_usp"
alias ump "buy weapon_ump45"
alias scout "buy weapon_scout"
alias xm1014 "buy weapon_xm1014"
alias p90 "buy weapon_p90"
alias m249 "buy weapon_m249"
alias autosniper "buy weapon_sg550;buy weapon_g3sg1"
alias aug "buy weapon_aug;buy weapon_sg552"
alias mp5 "buy weapon_mp5navy"
alias awp "buy weapon_awp"
alias m3 "buy weapon_m3"
alias vesthelm "buy vesthelm"
alias vest "buy vest"
alias defuser "buy defuser"

Then we make a giant ass +meta bind to wrap it all up (note you need to bind +meta to a key, i use alt:

alias +meta "bind f1 galilfamas;bind f2 usp;bind f3 ump;bind f4 scout;bind f5 xm1014;bind f6 aug;bind f7 m249;bind f8 vest"
alias -meta "bind f1 akm4;bind f2 deagle;bind f3 mp5;bind f4 awp;bind f5 m3;bind f6 autosniper;bind f7 p90;bind f8 vesthelm"

so basically when you press f1 it buys you an ak/m4, but if you hold alt+f1 it buys you a famis/galil. f4 is an awp, alt+f4 is a scout lol

I too believe that DPI has turned into a gimmick. However be aware that lowering the DPI on some mice will cause it to pick up negative accelerate faster. I believe the best course is to leave DPI on the recommended, windows sensitivity on default, no mouse accel, and adjust sensitivity via console. Most CPL players use extremely low sensitivities.

Oh yea, THE ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT ATI CARDS:
You don't get flashed as long when using -dxlevel 95, at the expense of more dust vs -dxlevel 81. Totally worth it though as the only place the extra dust is kinda annoying is scoping into b tunnels from t spawn on dust2. No one goes there in competitive play so don't worry about it.

ohh, neato. I never thought of using a toggling alias for weapon binds. I think it's too late for me to switch my keybinds around, since I have muscle memory for this going back around four years. Maybe I can implement some of the other scripts i wanted to use but was too lazy to...

I personally use a G5, but it's set to 800 DPI, windows sensitivity is default, and my in-game sensitivity is either 2.9 or 3.3 (I forget). At this sensitivity I can twitch anywhere I want to - 270º snap shots are still possible, and I barely use a 6"x6" area of my mousepad. You can tell, because only the top third of my hard mousepad is worn smooth.

the problem I hate about ATI cards is that they don't do 16-bit textures properly, and the opaque dust is a really big problem on certain maps - de_westwood (the whole damn map), de_nuke (bombsite A, looking up to the upper level and looking up into the ladder room), and I think de_train at site B are all pretty bad. Whenever my server hits a dusty map I switch to dxlevel 8.1, but occasionally I forget and it crashes me out when it tries to load the next map. I haven't noticed any benefits or drawbacks regarding flashbangs, though. might just be because FBs in WCS are pretty rare.

 

[Ika]

or just use autoscript and http://www.cstrike-planet.com/files/26-AutoScript-v10-zip bind the buy keys in the regular in game keyboard setup window

and don't run from the spawn holding a rifle blocking people with your slow slow run speed like a dumbass.

I wouldn't bind any kind of macro going to the buy menu; occasionally it lags and does something strange, so you might buy something you don't want. It's much easier just to set a bind to buy a weapon directly. I think I only have a single gripe with my setup, and it's that I only buy TMPs when I'm a CT, but never a Mac10 when I'm a T. I haven't really figured out a way around this (lol) so I just know b31 is a quick TMP. Its the only gun I use outside of my regular binds. I don't use smoke grenades because I can never seem to use them properly; either I throw one, wait for a while, run out and get shot anyway, or get killed in the act of throwing the smoke (doh). I should probably work on that...

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

or just use autoscript and http://www.cstrike-planet.com/files/26-AutoScript-v10-zip bind the buy keys in the regular in game keyboard setup window

and don't run from the spawn holding a rifle blocking people with your slow slow run speed like a dumbass.

oh man, almost as bad as the people that don't know how to hold down their +forward key before the round starts.

 

[0roo0roo]

I wouldn't bind any kind of macro going to the buy menu; occasionally it lags and does something strange, so you might buy something you don't want. It's much easier just to set a bind to buy a weapon directly. I think I only have a single gripe with my setup, and it's that I only buy TMPs when I'm a CT, but never a Mac10 when I'm a T. I haven't really figured out a way around this (lol) so I just know b31 is a quick TMP. Its the only gun I use outside of my regular binds. I don't use smoke grenades because I can never seem to use them properly; either I throw one, wait for a while, run out and get shot anyway, or get killed in the act of throwing the smoke (doh). I should probably work on that...

What i meant was the guns. But in any case it just makes your keyboard setup list in the game options longer, listing the guns etc so you don't have to use the console. or edit files.

 

[TBSN]

Does anyone know how to bind a key to throw a grenade, so you don't have to switch to it?

 

[Ben90]

There are three main commands for dealing with weapons/equipment
buy
give
use

buy obviously purchases weapons/equipment
give magically spawns you a weapon out of no where when on a server using sv_cheats 1
use selects a weapon

For weapon names (including grenades) you always put a weapon_ when using the command. So for some examples you would type:

use weapon_m4a1
use weapon_hegrenade
use weapon_xm1014

equipment doesn't use the weapon_ that so to buy a vesthelm you would type

buy vesthelm

Now just add the bind command:

bind key "use weapon_hegrenade"
bind key "use weapon_flashbang"
bind key "use weapon_smokegrenade"

here is the complete weapon/equipment listing:
vest
vesthelm
defuser
nvgs
flashbang
hegrenade
smokegrenade
galil
ak47
scout
sg552
awp
g3sg1
famas
m4a1
aug
sg550
glock
usp
p228
deagle
elite
fiveseven
m3
xm1014
mac10
tmp
mp5navy
ump45
p90
m249
*edit*
knife

 

[Bman123]

I cannot believe this game has such the following that it does, but it does go to show you that some people prefer gamplay over graphics. CSS looks like crap but ppl play the hell out of it still

 

[Ben90]

CS:S looks pretty beautiful to me... I have a dedicated CRT for some 800x600 @ 240hz goodness

 

[0roo0roo]

some maps look ok

mostly its the higher levels of fsaa/aa we can now handle without a fps hit.

your screenshot is a bit of a blurry mess because of the lack of aa, the textures just turn into a blob, look at the floor. even the usp and the hand lack detail.

i forget the name of the map in your screenshot

 

[Athadeus]

The best I ever was at CS was in 1.5. It was mostly because I just played the same side on the same level and got really good at owning one spot. I would use gametiger.net or something like that to find fast and busy public servers on Aztec, then copy paste the IP into the game in console mode and be in the match in like 7 seconds. I would always take CT, and save all money (just taking dropped weps) until I could get AWP. I would just rush to the CT side corner door of the courtyard area and rack up the kills. The only time I ever got accused of cheating in an fps was in a public game doing that where I dominated that area and ended up with something like 72-6

I guess that the advice for you was the same as the other guy(s) suggested, to learn one map (and even parts of each map) at a time. Last time I played much was in CSS, and I stuck to Office, and got back up to speed much more quickly after I decided to do that.

Also, no mention of the good ol' nub cannon? You can get good results with the pump action ones if you take the right routes on office and some other maps. Obviously they hardly have a place in competitive play, but you gotta give the boom stick some love.

I don't play anymore though, because I feel that it is too difficult to find servers without strange mods, poor performance, bad admins, or cheaters. I really wish more of my friends would get it for LANs, but they are into what I consider casual shooters (Halo 3 lol, they just don't get how it can't compare).

 

[SonicIce]

CS:S looks pretty beautiful to me... I have a dedicated CRT for some 800x600 @ 240hz goodness

what monitor can go to 240hz?

 

[Ben90]

Basically any CRT that can do 2048x1536 should be able to handle that. As you lower the resolution with a CRT, the maximum refresh rate skyrockets.

 

[SonicIce]

Basically any CRT that can do 2048x1536 should be able to handle that. As you lower the resolution with a CRT, the maximum refresh rate skyrockets.

but the vertical sync range max ive seen is 160hz at 1024x768 and lowering the resolution still won't allow higher than 160hz. what monitor do you have?

 

[0roo0roo]

but the vertical sync range max ive seen is 160hz at 1024x768 and lowering the resolution still won't allow higher than 160hz. what monitor do you have?

yea he can afford to turn on 16x aniscopic filtering etc, his textures are mud.

should be crisp

 

[nsafreak]

Didn't know that folks still played it. My problem is finding a server where folks actually try and play as a team instead of everybody pulling a lone ranger. When I came across servers that consistently had those types of players I added them to my favorites list. Much harder to find those kinds of servers/players nowadays it seems. For reference I've been playing since the early beta days.