WIN2k and CS

[tkim]

i have a geforce 2 gts 32 and when i play cs on win98 i get about 71 fps....now that i installed 2k server, i get 30 or less!!! i knew it was going to be bad but i didnt expect this!!!!

 

[Agamar]

Make sure you have your refresh rate set at 75+..Make sure you have the MAXFPS setting to ~60. Make sure your video card has vsync disabled.

 

[Towenaar]

Is there a way to force half-life into a certain refresh rate within the .cfg file. I know you can do this with Q3?

 

[vash]

Change these settings:

fps_max 100
fps_modem 100

You'll be getting nearly 100fps now. Half-Life is limited to 100fps, so you can't get any higher.

vash

 

[vash]

<< Is there a way to force half-life into a certain refresh rate within the .cfg file. I know you can do this with Q3? >>


Nope, sorry. Can't do it with CS. If you are having tearing problems, enable Vertical Sync in your vid card drivers and the problem will go away.

vash

 

[tkim]

shouldn't it automatically be optimized?? what i mean is, isn't my vid card acting this way cause it can't handle anything higher?? if i had an ultra or a GF3, would i get a higher rate off the bat?? what's vsync?


btw, what are the console commands to activat the fps?

 

[vash]

<< shouldn't it automatically be optimized?? what i mean is, isn't my vid card acting this way cause it can't handle anything higher?? if i had an ultra or a GF3, would i get a higher rate off the bat?? what's vsync?
btw, what are the console commands to activat the fps? >>

Half-Life doesn't know anything about your video card. The limitation in Half-Life made by Valve and your video card's drivers know nothing about Half-Life's limitations. This is a really old thing they did a long time ago and they never corrected in any patches -- you need to manually adjust this.

You just to adjust the maximum FPS to accomidate your needs. Just adjust this in Half-Life/Counter-Strike and move on. Everyone's done it, you are behind, that's why you are asking this question. Also, Half-Life/Counter-Strike won't go any higher than 100. You can set the fps_max, or fps_modem to 10000, but the engine has a built in limitation to 100.

If you want to see _just_ fps, type this in the console: cl_showfps 1
If you want to see network and fps, type this in the console: net_graph 3

Vsync forces the refresh rate of your video game to be as high as your monitor can display. If your monitor refreshes at 85hz, then the vid drivers will make sure your FPS is never higher than 85. If your fps is higher than 85, you can see &quot;tearing&quot; on the screen because your refresh rate can't keep up.

vash

 

[tkim]

hey guy....i tried &quot;fps_max 100&quot; and i still get only 35 fps!!

i am running server on a p3 1gig with 128 rdram. i have a gf2 gts pro 32mb.

is this normal? is my vc too weak?? thanks!!

 

[BreakApart]

Go into your Halflife\couterstrike directory.

Make sure your in the &quot;Counter Strike&quot; folder, not the main &quot;half life&quot; folder.

Find the file &quot;config.cfg&quot; open it.
halflife\counterstrike\config.cfg

Find these lines, change them to: (include the &quot; &quot; )

fps_max &quot;100&quot;
fps_modem &quot;100&quot;
r_shadows &quot;0&quot;

(add this line at the bottom)
cl_showfps &quot;1&quot;


Thats about as simple as i can explain it. 🙂

www.tweak3d.net has an autoexec.cfg creator for halflife. It is a bit out-dated, but it still works.

 

[vash]

<< hey guy....i tried &quot;fps_max 100&quot; and i still get only 35 fps!!

i am running server on a p3 1gig with 128 rdram. i have a gf2 gts pro 32mb.

is this normal? is my vc too weak?? thanks!! >>

If you are hosting the server, that is the problem. Hosting the server really hurts the frame rate by quite a bit. Why not try connecting to an internet server with the tweak commands we listed and see how good your FPS is.

vash