1.6 Tweak Guide

[OldBloke]

http://www.sogamed.com/features.php?id=85

... and ...

http://teamzex.com/cs16guide.php

[smite]

Transfered it so we can keep it....


FPS
Commands:
With the release of 1.6 everyone has felt a sudden fps drop. With these commands you can raise your fps and get a constant 99…

gl_cull "1" // renders visible objects only
gl_affinemodels "1" // turns off correctly applying textures on a polygon which appears in 3D air without taking in account position
gl_keeptjunctions "0" // shows cracks in textures
gl_max_size "128" // sets the texture size
gl_texsort "0" // toggles sorting of textels
gl_clear "0" // texture quality
d_spriteskip "0" // unknown, but seems to increase performance
r_dynamic "1" // Toggles dynamic lighting
r_mirroralpha "0" // Turns off reflective images
gl_palette_tex "1" // Makes textures flat
r_norefresh "0" // doesn’t update hud and console at unnecessary times
gl_round_down "3" // toggles texture degrading level
gl_picmip "1.5" // Blends textures, GREATLY decreases quality
cl_weather "0" // Turns off weather (de_aztec)
max_shells "0" // Turns off ejecting bullets
cl_minmodels "1" // Shows 2 model skins
gl_texturemode "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST" // Sets the texture mode


To check your fps, type cl_showfps 1 â€" and there will be an fps meter in your top left corner.

USE: Paste those options into your userconfig.cfg or autoexec.cfg that are in your /cstrike directory. If the files are not there, create them yourself and paste those options in them.

Graphic Options:
I’ve taken three screenshots of what your graphic options should be set to:
Screenshot: http://www.sogamed.com/clubfiles/499/openg...gl-settings.jpg  
Screenshot: http://www.sogamed.com/clubfiles/499/antialias.jpg
Screenshot: http://www.sogamed.com/clubfiles/499/performance.jpg  

Overclocking:

COOLBITS: Overclocking is extremely easy, but can be bad for your GFX card when done incorrectly.
If you have an NVIDIA product then you can download a simple registry fix that will allow you to over clock your card through your video card options...
Download: http://www.overclockers.com.au/files/CoolBits.reg  
Screenshot: http://www.sogamed.com/clubfiles/499/overclock.jpg

POWERSTRIP:
You can get powerstrip at http://66.227.107.157/ps.htm
Powerstrip puts your GFX card at your hands, giving you access to just about every option available.
Screenshot: http://www.sogamed.com/clubfiles/499/pstrip.jpg


USE: Just move your core values higher little by little and launching CS after applying the values… Go as high as you can until you start to see weird colors, screen flashes, or anything that doesn’t look right in game.

RATES
Most people seem to be confused about what rates they should use etc. Well, there is really only one way to know which rates are best for you:

The highest you can put cl_cmdrate and cl_updaterate without getting any choke/loss are the best rates (not higher than 101).
And also put your "rate" to the max that the server allows:
*If server (sv_maxrate) is 10000 then you should use "rate 10000"
*If server (sv_maxrate) is 0 and sv_lan is 0 then you should use 25000
*If server (sv_maxrate) is 0 and sv_lan is 1 then you should use 10000 or 9999

Also if sv_maxupdaterate is 30 (default in 1.6) then you should use 30 updaterate, otherwise you will be sending extra packets.

You can set your HLSW do select the rate for you:
Screenshot: http://www.sogamed.com/clubfiles/499/rate.jpg

NOTE: typing sv_ commands in console while connected to dedicated server (one that you are not hosting) will not tell you the rates that the server you are connected to is using â€" but will only show the rates that your listen server would use if you were to create one.

MOUSE
With steam released, half-life and its mods have started to take up a lot more memory â€" which causes your mouse to lock up or turn off. This is not Valves fault as many believe, but actually its your power management turning off your mouse. Also this has been happening to people in previous versions, and most have reformatted in an attempt to fix the problem. Would have been a lot better if they had just asked me. There are two solutions to this problem.

The first and best solution is to disable your computers ability to turn off your mouse:
USE: Right click on my computer, select properties, click on the hardware tab, click on device manager, expand USB Controllers, select properties on "USB

Root Hub", select power management and disable it.
Screenshot: http://www.sogamed.com/clubfiles/499/mouse-freeze.jpg  

The second solution is to increase the process priority for your mouse drivers (if you use any).
Screenshot (intellipoint): http://www.sogamed.com/clubfiles/499/point32.jpg  


Acceleration
You probably know about this. But just in case:
Best way:
1) Download and extract the mouse fix ( ftp://ftp.thecpl.com/mouse_fix.zip ) then run the .reg file that is extracted. YOU MUST EXTRACT, otherwise it wont work.
2) In your mouse properties, uncheck Enhanced Pointer Precision.
3) In counter-strike, type m_filter 0
Screenshot: http://www.sogamed.com/clubfiles/499/epp.jpg

Secondary Way:
In your counter-strike command line, add the following commands:
-noforcemaccel -noforcemparms -noforcemspd
Screenshot: http://www.sogamed.com/clubfiles/499/cmdline.jpg

Miscellaneous
CS 1.6 Name Fix:
This fix will change all your CS retail weapon names to real names (AUG instead of BULLOP)
Screenshot: http://www.nextwish.org/mods/gamefix/image...withnamefix.jpg  
Download: http://ftp.nextwish.org/gamefixes/nwcsnamefix-16.0.exe  


Refresh force:
This is a program that overrides the default 60HZ your monitor gets in game. The problem with 60HZ is that it is as bad as staring into a fluorescent light bulb.
Homepage: http://www.pagehosting.co.uk/rf/

Free Ram XP Pro:
This is a program that flushes out your memory, allowing you to have much smoother game play.
Download: http://www.yourwaresolutions.com/framxpro.zip

Gamma Panel:
This is a little utility that lets you adjust your gamma with the use of hotkeys. (you do not need this program if you use powerstrip, it has it built in)
Download: http://www.stars.benchmark.pl/files/gapa.zip
Screenshot (copy and paste into address bar): http://www.softnews.ro/screenshots/12-1-25_1.png

[DarkAngel]

Must try those settings out n1 ob

[SLoWHaND]

Ok made a userconfig.cfg
pasted them settings in it.
tried it
still see ejecting shells.
executed the file manually still have shells ejecting ...........
Any ideas ?


And it dosnt like the following line either  

gl_texsort "0" // toggles sorting of textels


SLoWHaND

[FATAL]

i know most of this has been covered but the driver thing is worth a look

I'm using ATi Catalyst 3.10 with a Radeon 9600XT and I had the drop frame issue. To remedy (workaround), I followed these steps:

1- Modify (or create) userconfig.cfg (it should be in \steam\SteamApps\user@domain.com\counter-strike\cstrike) and add/modify these lines :

gl_cull "1" // renders visible objects only
gl_affinemodels "1" // turns off correctly applying textures on a polygon which appears in 3D air without taking in account position
gl_keeptjunctions "0" // shows cracks in textures
gl_max_size "128" // sets the texture size
gl_texsort "0" // toggles sorting of textels
gl_clear "0" // texture quality
d_spriteskip "0" // unknown, but seems to increase performance
r_dynamic "1" // Toggles dynamic lighting
r_mirroralpha "0" // Turns off reflective images
gl_palette_tex "1" // Makes textures flat
r_norefresh "0" // doesn’t update hud and console at unnecessary times
gl_round_down "3" // toggles texture degrading level
gl_picmip "1.5" // Blends textures, GREATLY decreases quality
cl_weather "0" // Turns off weather (de_aztec)
max_shells "0" // Turns off ejecting bullets
cl_minmodels "1" // Shows 2 model skins
gl_texturemode "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST" // Sets the texture mode

credits : http://www.sogamed.com/features.php?id=85


2- The guys from #take2 (quakenet) seem to found out what the problem for the fps problems in 1.6 was. Valve is using an old opengl driver.

Here is their way to fix it:
- Go to the Windows\System32 directory and look for your opengl.dll

If you're using a nvidia card the nvoglnt.dll is the right one.
For Ati cards it's the atioglxx.dll.
And for the rest the opengl32.dll.

- copy that file to your ..\SteamApps\user@user.de\counter-strike\gldrv directory.

- open the drvmap.txt in that directory and change the text to the following:

Default Default
gldrv/YOURFILENAME.dll OpenGL Driver

:narnar:  :narnar:  :narnar:

[Sn00ks]

I hope that all works Fatal. I've created a usercfg and done the opengl dll thing while waiting for Steam to update for the 5 time.  :unsure:

[FATAL]

i think i picked a bad time to put up that post