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Does the original Counter-Strike have "official" servers?
it never had official servers, as they never hosted any sort of Match Making or anything close to that prior to Global Offensive.
Any and all servers in CSSource and older are all community servers.
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Etymology of announcing headshots, double kills, multi kills, etc
1 and 2 are easily answered in one answer:
The sounds are a combination of both, Unreal Tournament and Quake.
The kill streaks and headshot sounds are from UT and other sounds like Impressive, Holy ...
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How is the shooting and hitting managed in common shooter online multiplayer games?
I will address your question in the realm of Counter Strike since it is the game out of those you listed that I am most familiar with. Take it with a grain of salt since not all FPS games are the ...
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What is the name of the knife?
It's a modified Strider "Badlands Bowie" Knife
This is from a PDF file:
The new Counter-Strike knife is based on Mick Strider's award winning bowie. It is an integral design that started as a 1/2" ...
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How to read my own rank status in counter strike 1.6?
Usually in servers with mods like this, typing /rank in chat (press T to open chat) or in console (press the tilde ~ to open console) will display your current rank.
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Games not smooth when I play while internet is connected
Problem is solved.
When I had posted this question, I was still trying to find issue on my end. After a lot of hit and trials, I felt that if the problem is because of Internet, let's check who's ...
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Is there any particular technique to shoot down your opponent during Flash bomb in Counter Strike?
Hitting someone with a flash does not guarantee them to be blind.
It is possible that they turn away or take cover behind an obstacle in time or that the grenade explodes behind them for some other ...
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Does having different model of gun affect multiplayer games?
If you are talking about Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, it's just a joke. The skins in CS:GO have NO influence on any stats of the weapon.
But if he is using custom skins in e.g. Counter-Strike: ...
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Do I have to use "userconfig.cfg" instead of "autoexec.cfg" in the original Counter-Strike?
You can name it whatever you want, as long as you have exec <filename>.cfg in your config. It's a bit of a habit to name it autoexec or userconfig (because there was an empty file with that name ...
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Difference between game server and vps
A Game Server is only the instance of the server you bought. This means it is limited to only running that particular game with the amount of slots you've paid for. The advantage for the hosting ...
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How do I make a mod for Counter-Strike 1.6 or Half-Life 1?
I assume you have the games on Steam.
In order to create mods for Counter Strike 1.6 and/or Half-Life, you can use the Half-Life SDK. This set of tools can be downloaded by heading to your Library -> ...
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Is there a way that I don't get the c4 explosive every time in counter strike?
Its randomly chosen who gets the bomb. There is a very absurd, but tactical solution to pass the bomb by dropping it (G is the default key) directly to another player's body. It can also be a tactical ...
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How to install MetaHookSv in Counter-Strike 1.6 Using a Non-Steam Scheme (Linux/Wine and MS Windows)?
Install MetaHookSv in Counter-Strike 1.6: A Non-Steam Scheme (Linux/Wine and M$ Windows)
IMPORTANT:
You should make a backup if you are not using the indicated version (below) of Counter-Strike 1.6;
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Counter Strike 1.6 - How to modify the limit of grenade allowed to carry?
You can only do this using mods. Unlike in CS:GO there is no way of doing this with commands in CS 1.6.
If you can host a local server with AMX you can try this plugin for example. I'm not sure how ...
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Play (any) counterstrike on LAN
If you just want to play vanilla (no mods, plugins, etc. - just a plain Dust2 brawl) it's pretty much the same for all of those. However, CS:GO has the advantage of having several game modes already ...
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How to find out which WAD (textures) files are in effective use by a BSP (map) file in CounterStrike 1.6?
This is an old question and the answer is simple, NO.
WHY? Because the BSP file does not have this information.
In reality, BSP files only have the list of WAD files it uses and the names of the ...
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Is there any way to increase the bomb timer in Counter Strike 1.6?
mp_c4timer [value]
You can set it anywhere between 15 and 90 (seconds). The default value is 45 and competitive games are usually using 35.
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Condition Zero game "HD Models" option makes no difference at all
As Roddy theorized, this option is a leftover from an engine update: Gearbox's "High Definition Pack" update for Half-Life.
As for CZ: yeah, the option never changed anything. Little fun-...
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How to enable death notices in console of CS 1.6?
Okay, this is 3rd time I posted a question and myself found the solution by mistake. Actually I pressed I while playing by mistake and it turned on the death notices in console. By default, GUI ...
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How to enable one vs one death messages in Counter Strike 1.6?
hud_deathnotice_time <time>
0 turns it off
1 or more displays that notice for <time> seconds
The default value is 6 seconds, so if you just want to revert it to default it's ...
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Is there a way that I don't get the c4 explosive every time in counter strike?
Players don't take turns who gets the bomb, unless they choose to do so. At the start of each round the bomb will be given randomly to a human member of the Terrorist team and there's nothing you can ...
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How can I show my Counter-Strike server in the "find servers" list?
Just make sure it's set up properly and you'll find it. Start a search for your server IP and you should eventually find your server. If not, read on...
Check/edit your server.cfg
sv_lan 0
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What is the console command to join a team in CS 1.6?
type in console jointeam 1 or 2 or 5
or just type jointeam and the menu will appear
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What is the console command to join a team in CS 1.6?
I do not believe there is a command to automatically join a team. You can use the changeteam command to pull up the team change menu and then menuselect 1 to chose T or 2 for CT.
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Getting cl_flushentitypacket even after wired connection and low ping
You have basically covered all the areas from which you could get a cl_flushentitypacket error, so, the only suspect might be your rates for that server. You can ask the server for the rates and that ...
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How to make a counter strike source server that only allow a specific weapon to use?
Without plugins the best way to disable weapons in general is to do the following:
go to the cstrike/scripts/ directory of your server
rename or move all weapon_xy.ctx files of the weapons you do not ...
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How can I set Bot names by team?
No, T stands for preferred weapon that they use, not always join terrorist; there is no way to do that. You only can use command to spawn them specifically... or maybe a plugin out there
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Why do some pros play in 4:3?
I'm not a pro but..
I've played 4:3 because the models are bigger and you're less likely to miss.
However, it's a minor difference and as Stark already noticed, it comes down to personal preference.
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How do you get inside the hidden chambers on fy_buzzkill?
As @Nitrous Oxide said above. It is not a "Secret Room" per say - It is a secret glitch that players exploit to get kills from un-expecting victims. Its a cowards paradise.
If you crouch and walk ...
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CS 1.6 error with sxe Injected
I know this question is too old now, but here's what I found.
For me, when CS 1.6 crashes, SXE will produce a log file inside of its main folder, the file is named injected.txt and there is a line ...
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