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Interp is short for interpolation, a computer science term (technically math, but that's unrelated).
In Counter-Strike and CS Source the server interpolates based on your previous position your next position. Since the server determines 'where' you are the decision of this calculation determines where you can get hit from. Likewise your client also ...
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If friendly fire is on you can shoot through your teammate and damage the enemy, but the damage to the enemy is minimal. Your teammate will take full damage. If friendly fire is off your bullets hit your teammate and do nothing to the enemy.
It's generally a good idea to always move to a new line of fire and never stand right behind your teammate, but a ...
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You cannot install the original Counter-Strike 1.6 on Mac without Windows emulation software. You can however install Counter-Strike: Source, that's the revamped CS that has been ported to Source engine (the same one as used in Half-Life 2).
Requirements are:
Minimum: OS X version Leopard 10.5.8,
Snow Leopard 10.6.3, 1GB RAM, NVIDIA
GeForce 8 or ...
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Take a look here:
http://maps.cs-bg.info/maps/cs/he/
(CS 1.6)
http://www.gamebanana.com/maps/search?search=grenade
(CS 1.6 + CSS)
Or just search "he_" Maps with google or something.
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The most efficient way to climb up/down a ladder is to face the ladder on an angle (so you are perpendicular to the ladder) and look straight up to the sky then use a combination of the up key with a left/right key to move diagonally on the ladder.
To climb up
Left arm closest to ladder - Strafe left and go forward (default keys: A+W)
Right arm closest to ...
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With respect to bunny hopping, in the old GoldSrc games (Counter-Strike, TFC, HLDM) you could gain significant speed when jumping and strafing (moving sideways, e.g. with A and D) Begin by moving forward and jumping. While in mid-air, stop holding forward (W), and only strafe with either A or D. When you hit the ground, immediately jump. You continue to ...
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These two games use different engines. I was going to write some differences that I remember, but then I found a set of videos on YouTube that compare a lot of things between CS 1.6 and CS:S. Here's the final result of these videos:
A short explanation of every point:
Grenade Sizes: they are bigger in 1.6. So it's somewhat easier to see them and get a ...
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Ping is a function of your internet speed, and distance to the server. Network geographically close servers will have lower pings than those far away.
Without a faster internet connection or a closer server your stuck where you are at.
If your computer is connected to the internet via a wireless network then that could be a bottleneck in your speed. The ...
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You can use Cider port for this. Find any game with cider and then simply put windows cs1.6 files in it. Google and you will find correct steps in youtube. like this one.
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In addition:
If FF is off if you shoot a team-mate in the head their head will jerk throwing their aim off significantly; you can see sparks thrown off the head when this happens if you look closely - try it by launching your own server with bots. This is annoying!
Also, it is rare but, it is possible to be killed by the same bullet passing through ...
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First, you must download the maps. There are several good online sources for them.
To install them, follow the instructions in this faq
Most maps you just extract in your counter strike 1.6 folder, which is located at:
\Steam\SteamApps\ yourusername \counter-strike\cstrike
If the map is not packaged properly, then you'll have to place the individual ...
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In the server menu is an option to search for VAC-secured servers
There are NO official steam servers, There are only induvidual gamers and communities who run these.
Just looking for VAC secured servers should be enough to prevent having to deal with hackers.
Othwerwise consider joining a community that has some good servers (I will not name any)
Most ...
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You can configure your controls as follows:
in CS:CZ option menu, go to controls tab.
go to 'duck/crouch' action and choose the "secondary" field.
after selecting "secondary button" move your mouse scroller in any direction which you feel is comfortable.
set mouse scroll up/down for 'duck' as the secondary option, primary being ctrl (default)
So ...
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Try verifying your game cache. To do this follow the instructions below.
Load Steam
From the Library section, right-click on the game and
select Properties from the menu.
Select the Local files tab and
click the Verify integrity of game cache... button.
Steam will
verify the game's files - this process may take several minutes.
Once the process is ...
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Steam allows for games to specify the minimum content required for launching a game.
This feature is more often used for single-player games where you wouldn't realistically need more than the first few levels right away.
From your description, it sounds like CS does the same, being that the maps and map-specific models are the largest pieces of content ...
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Ways to roughly gauge bottlenecks:
Set the games you want to play on ultra low quality, do they run smooth? If not, its probably the CPU.
Turn the graphics up to the level you can tolerate playing at, is it smooth? If not, its your graphics card.
Does your game stutter or have long load times? If so, its probably your memory.
Your entire computer is ...
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It might be difficult to completely answer your question, but I can provide some considerations.
Which games do you want to play? If they are fairly old ( 3-4 years ) and your graphics card is new, then usually investing in more RAM helps.
Are you ok with poor graphics? Dialing down the graphics settings, anti-aliasing, anisotropic filtering, far distance, ...
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Reading through the link provided by @pixel above, it appears the reason that strafe-jumping works is actually pretty simple.
Instead of capping the maximum velocity, the authors of Quake/CS cap the net-acceleration of the player such that the velocity in the acceleration's direction will not exceed the max velocity. This means that, if you accelerate in a ...
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The ingame settings only show the default resolutions. To set it to a higher resolution:
Open your Steam game library
Right click on CSCZ and select Properties
Click on Set Launch Options
Enter -w 1920 -h 1080 and accept
CSCZ will now run at 1920x1080.
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In CS 1.6 and CS:S you can just use the following console commands(as in this video:
)
Step by step what they say there:
Open console
Type: sv_cheats 1
Type: thirdperson
That's it. ...
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You can use tracert to check for bottlenecks in your connections.
Fire up the terminal and issue the following:
tracert zombo.com
Your target doesn't really matter here, because we are focusing on the first hops. Assuming a typical home connection, with router and a DSL link:
The first hops up and until your router (usually 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1) ...
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I think your best option is AMX Mod X. The developers of AMX Mod (of which you have experience) joined the AMX Mod X project some time ago. There is an almost comprehensive range of free plugins written by the community that add to the core functionality. I've found that their forums are generally helpful if you can't find what you want or need help with ...
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I think I got the answer.
It's the Microphone Volume in Control Panel controlls the voice transmit volume.
But they are not synchonized. When adjusting one volume, the other one does not changed at the same time.
When adjusting from Control Panel, you need re-open CS option dialog to see the new voice transmit volumne.
When adjusting from CS, the new ...
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On most home networks, there's only one "public" IP address, and it's assigned to whatever's connected directly to your cable or DSL modem. This device is usually a router of some sort.
This router box "shares" the single IP with all the devices on your local network through a set of technologies and protocols called Network Address Translation, or NAT.
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The main difference is the way you use weapons. For example weapons shoot differently, they tend to spray a bit more, causing a loss of accuracy. Grenades are not thrown the same way (there is a different gravity). Maps have been remodeled so there's some box or barrel added to add some more safe spots. There isn't much more mechanics to the game, it still ...
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It does block bullets, so if you still get damaged, you probably don't use it correctly.
You should make sure that you are totally covered by it, so running and showing your back to an enemy would lead to shots in the back. Most probably. Also, don't forget that when you just use it, your legs(feet) are not covered by the shield, so enemies will probably ...
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Your subnet mask is not allowing you to see other subnets on the network.
In routing, the network mask tells your computer what IPs it can see. In your case, your subnet mask is probably set to 255.255.255.0, which only allows your computer to see IPs on the 172.31.54.x subnet. To tell your computer to see IPs on the 172.31.x.x subnet, you'll have to set ...
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An option you can use is connecting to the server directly.
But to do it you will have to know the IP address and the port of the server. When you know it, just start the game, open console(if you don't have the console button, enable it by adding -console in the shortcut after hl.exe(or whatever it is named)) and type:
connect <IP address of the ...
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