Next guide will cover refresh rate, launch options, and mouse acceleration/sensitivity.Īgain if you have ANY questions please feel free to message me on this site or steam chat. Use them.ĪA works by "blurring" jagged lines to make the game look as if you were using a higher resolution, it's very taxing on FPS and also causes recoil issues with rifles in 1.6, I suggest you keep that off at all times. In your CS launch options "-nofbo -nomsaa -noaafonts" will turn off AA in-game. By default AF is set to x16 in CS and can be turned off by using the command gl_ansio "0", which is included in the config I provided. 2013 now utilizes Anisotropic filtering(AF) and Anti-Aliasing(AA) and is built right into the game itself. I highly suggest using these settings to help maintain game performance, regardless of your current fps. Why? Because cl_updaterate and cl_cmdrate set to "101" will give ex_interp "0.09". I'll finish by saying, that using the common "101" is incorrect. The reason it's that setting by default is because CS was originally created to be played on LAN, where player ping is 0. In simple terms, it causes you to hit shots you shouldn't when playing online. The game default ex_interp is "0.1" which gives the player 100ms(ping) on opposing player hitboxes. I will also note any ex_interp setting other than "0.01" is ILLEGAL and is considered CHEATING in any league across the globe. This will prevent this to the best of the games ability. The reason why it's important to use those exact rates is simple, it lines the player model hitboxes up with the player model, I'm sure you've all heard the term "interping" before. Rate "100000" it's the newest maximum allowed bandwith for CS. I'm not going to go into detail about lerp, ping, etc.
There's a lot of misconception about client side(your computer) network rates and what they should be set to. I'm going to start off by saying, in my own experience, that having 100 constant fps does not mean the game will run as smoothly or as fast as it could (recoil, player movement etc.) If you're looking for nice graphics and sharp lines, CS 1.6 is the wrong game for you. It's the original res for the game and it simply plays smoother. There's several key advantages to it, gun recoil is lessened, easier to see through smokes, less fps drop, etc etc. Yes, it looks like mario, it's blurry, but you will get used to it I promise. Forgive me if I jump around, I'll try to stay on topic in some sort of orderįirst, I HIGHLY recommend that you learn to play on 640x480 resolution in CS. I decided to make a guide to help everyone out with fps and gameplay speed performance.