I've been able to get into CS 1.6 for a while

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Anybody else? Here's a report for those who can't get in.

Aztec now has these battery powered stationary lamps in the sewers near the bridge. I suppose it's to keep people from camping there. The new art is cool, but not wow. The starting areas are drasticly different in appearance but identical in function. They took out the extra blocks in the T spawn probably to prevent camping and also took out that huge crate that some Ts would camp in.

The Galil seems just like an AK. I was getting headshotted all day by the thing, so watch out for that. I mean it. My last twelve deaths in a row were Galil HS. Has a 35 clip which is convenient, but can only carry an additional 70.

The Famas has even worse spray than the AK by far. Terribly terribly inaccurate by the third round of a burst or while moving. Rate of fire slightly slower than MP5 with about double the power.

The riot shield is cool, but rarely blocks anything if you're moving or if your attacker isn't directly infront of you. Only expert players will get the most out of them, but what they can do with them makes them appear over-powered. Ts look just like CTs when they have the riot shield up which can make it a little confusing. I thought Ts weren't supposed to be able to use them.
 

Zim Hosein

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Ts look just like CTs when they have the riot shield up which can make it a little confusing. I thought Ts weren't supposed to be able to use them.

I thought so as well :confused:
 

NikPreviousAcct

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Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Ts look just like CTs when they have the riot shield up which can make it a little confusing. I thought Ts weren't supposed to be able to use them.

I thought so as well :confused:

Uh... have you ever seen a riot cop get knocked down, then the rioters use his stuff? It's a weapon that you can pick up and use on your own. I did wonderfully as a T with a riot shield. In fact, I got kicked off a server for sneaking around behind the CTs with the riot shield and marching in among them as one -picking them off with headshots virtually right beside them after jumping out from behind the shield- simply because they were dumb enough to let me do it time and time again.

Moral?

Find a corner facing a direction that you'll see someone run by you without noticing you (preferably in the dark), a shield, and a deagle.

:cool:
 

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I have been playing for the last day or so also. I love it, the famas is a great gun when used in burst mode and the gali is a decent gun when used in short bursts. I like the new layout of the game and i am actually looking forward to the switch over to steam.
 

Vortex22

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I still can't even download it. It says "ERROR: DoBlockingConnectionShutdown" when I try to run steam.
 

hdeck

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i cant connect to any servers. it freezes when it tries to connect to them then disconnects me.
 

hdeck

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ok it freezes when it says "validating game resources". i leave the computer for a while, come back and it says connection closed. when i open up the task man while it's trying to connect it says it's not responding. *sigh*
 

AudiPorsche

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Originally posted by: hdeck
ok it freezes when it says "validating game resources". i leave the computer for a while, come back and it says connection closed. when i open up the task man while it's trying to connect it says it's not responding. *sigh*

same here...
 

Jittles

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If I download Steam and then get 1.6, can I uninstall it if I want to play on an older server? Or do I even have to uninstall it?
 

hdeck

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Originally posted by: Jittles
If I download Steam and then get 1.6, can I uninstall it if I want to play on an older server? Or do I even have to uninstall it?

you don't even have to uninstall it. if you run the regular cs.exe file it will play 1.5
 
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Originally posted by: AudiPorsche
Originally posted by: hdeck
ok it freezes when it says "validating game resources". i leave the computer for a while, come back and it says connection closed. when i open up the task man while it's trying to connect it says it's not responding. *sigh*

same here...

Just keep trying. The step after that is "loading game resources" or something.

Just got to play Inferno too and the texture updates to it make a much bigger difference than Aztec. It looks almost Italian.

 

NikPreviousAcct

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Originally posted by: minus1972
is steam the only way to get 1.6?

At the moment, yes.

If you're getting timeouts, that's fine. Just give it some time. Servers are getting hammered. You also might consider power cycling your cable modem / DSL modem & router to refresh your connection, making sure you have a good one. Make sure nothing else is running, and just be patient. It loads a lot slower than CS 1.5, but it r0x0rZ my d0g. Trust me, it's worth it.