Steam, 1.6 Updates

[MikeJ]

=[LOST]= Superman! wrote..

HAS NO ONE NOTICED THAT THE MUZZLE FLASH AND SHELL CASINGS IN THE MIDDLE PANEL ARE FROM THE ORIGINAL HALF-LIFE????

hey whats up man

[efficient]

=[LOST]= Superman! wrote..

HAS NO ONE NOTICED THAT THE MUZZLE FLASH AND SHELL CASINGS IN THE MIDDLE PANEL ARE FROM THE ORIGINAL HALF-LIFE????

Yea, when in 1.6, when I see someone shoting a colt or ak, the muzzle flash is in the middle of the gun instead of the end. Fix this.

[x7-Superman!]

i knew ritual would turn CS CZ into crap

it was so great before ritual took over

thats what u get for getting a company that makes RPGs to finish a FPS

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[efficient]

Edited by [user="30160"] @ [time="1056057382"]

Yeah, I liked the Gearbox version of CZ way better than Rituals. Ritual looks like they're taking the game a little to far. Doesn't even look like counter-strike anymore. Gearbox version had so many great features and improvements, while at the same time, sticking to the originality of the original Counter-Strike. I already know Ritual's version of CZ is going to be good but will die very soon because of the fact, it looks cartoony and dumb. LoL, they added all this shit to the models like a walkie talkie and knife to one of the CT models. And that huge ass helmet to that other CT. CZ will suck, they shoulda sticked to Gearbox's version of CZ. If you looked at Ritual's previous games, they worked on games like Quake and Star Trek. LoL gay. And if u look at Gearbox's games, they made Halo which is an awesome FPS game. I think that's Vavle's biggest mistake by making Ritual Develop CZ. I rather have a big company like EA to make CZ than some unknown dumb developers like Ritual. And why the hell are they doing by adding Blow Torch and Fiber Optic Camera to it. LoL, I'm guessing these guys never played Counter-Strike or something. The ONLY thing I like about Ritual's CZ is the improved WEAPON MODELS, thats IT.

[bozer]

Perhaps Valve new they couldnt possibly please the CS community with Condition Zero, therefore they gave all the blame to Ritual. Plus, they are way more concerned with Half Life 2 anyway.

[Helkite]

=[LOST]= Superman! wrote..

HAS NO ONE NOTICED THAT THE MUZZLE FLASH AND SHELL CASINGS IN THE MIDDLE PANEL ARE FROM THE ORIGINAL HALF-LIFE????

Of course we did:

Rizzuh wrote..

Helkite wrote..

They're STILL USING those Half-Life MP5 muzzle flash sprites? I don't really like em... they should have made some 3D muzzle flashes. These dont' look all that great in the year 2003...

Exactly what I thought. They really need to fix that since Counter-Strike doesn't use that effect.

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Helkite wrote..

Hooray, got quoted by Rizzuh!

rizzuh wrote..

They really need to fix that since Counter-Strike doesn't use that effect.

I don't really like the (world) CS muzzle flash either. It's too dull and repetitive, IMO. They need to make different ones for each gun. Perhaps add a little graphical effect, such as dynamic lighting. The lighting could have some a strategical impact on the gameplay as well.



Make pistols' muzzle flash bigger, too. For example, the Deagle's muzzle flash (in 1st person) is big, glorious, and huge and takes up almost a quarter of the screen, but (in the world), it's a puny yellow shape....

[RaptorRage]

Great how people spew crap about the game without even playing it...

[Pharlap]

Edited by [user="3256"] @ [time="1056060357"]

efficient wrote..

Yea, when in 1.6, when I see someone shoting a colt or ak, the muzzle flash is in the middle of the gun instead of the end. Fix this.

the engine is old, u cant perfect everything.



"I don't really like the (world) CS muzzle flash either. It's too dull and repetitive, IMO. They need to make different ones for each gun. Perhaps add a little graphical effect, such as dynamic lighting. The lighting could have some a strategical impact on the gameplay as well."



firing a gun already has some dynamic lighting, the player model lights up. but such a change u want will require a lot of programming work. new source engine will be better.



"Make pistols' muzzle flash bigger, too. For example, the Deagle's muzzle flash (in 1st person) is big, glorious, and huge and takes up almost a quarter of the screen, but (in the world), it's a puny yellow shape...."



you sound like michael douglas in the film 'falling down', commenting on how the burgers in the picture dont look like the ones in real life:



"it's big, it's juicy, it's three inches thick...now look at this little miserable squashed thing..."







in real life, the muzzle flash of a pistol are not THAT big. but just replace your current ones with larger ones.

[Helkite]

Pharlap wrote..

in real life, the muzzle flash of a pistol are not THAT big. but just replace your current ones with larger ones.

Not possible, as the pistol muzzle flash is actually the same as the muzzle flash for all the guns, just smaller in size. Perhaps there's a file I can edit to make them display bigger....?

[x7-Superman!]

Pharlap wrote..

the engine is old, u cant perfect everything.

yeah but they could at least change graphics that are 5 years old.



like i said

CZ is going to suck

i sure hope im wrong

[Steve_81]

I hope they fix the inch tall text. Changing resloutions doesn't fix it and it's only the colored adminmod csay style text or the Press duck for spectate menu type letters that are huge. Wehn playing on some servers where it says "<name> blew his own head off" or whatever really sucks because it fills up the whole screen.

[Pharlap]

Edited by [user="3256"] @ [time="1056077806"]

Helkite wrote..

Not possible, as the pistol muzzle flash is actually the same as the muzzle flash for all the guns, just smaller in size. Perhaps there's a file I can edit to make them display bigger....?

i think the muzzle flashe scaling is hard coded in the CS libraries.

=[LOST]= Superman! wrote..

yeah but they could at least change graphics that are 5 years old.



like i said

CZ is going to suck

i sure hope im wrong

well valve could either update the HL engine little by little, but thats not a very efficient way of programming. its wise to start writing an engine from scratch once it has exceeded its working life. rather than keep tweaking it. adding new features just gets increasingly difficult, the more of them you add to an ageing game engine.

small modifications are still possible, but major overhauls like improving memory management or changing the network code, or how objects are rendered on the screen requires a new engine.

Steve_81 wrote..

I hope they fix the inch tall text. Changing resloutions doesn't fix it and it's only the colored adminmod csay style text or the Press duck for spectate menu type letters that are huge. Wehn playing on some servers where it says "<name> blew his own head off" or whatever really sucks because it fills up the whole screen.

Press duck for spectate menu only appears when ur dead, so doesnt matter. i personally like the new text, like for radio commands.

what valve needs to remove is the ability of extrnal plugins (like adminmod) to display text on screen. or if not that, at least a cvar that removes the text.



there is a way to remove the text thats overlayed, but this requires modification of the display drivers. not easy.

[Evil Sponge]

have u noticed that when playing cs 1.6, the text options when choosing teams and buying weapons are much larger than cs 1.5? this has really been getting on my nerves, can anyone plz tell me a way, if any, to fix this small problem? thanks

[LinkinPaak]

dear freaking lord this is ridonculous. when the freak is 1.6 actually gonna come out... screw this beta crap.

XTRMNTR wrote..

Have you checked the change log...?



Almost every video game requires a good amount of testing before it goes from a Beta status until it's "gold". And the bigger the game, the more testing is required. A bad release will absolutely kill the game.

wow ur a moron... CS would never be killed by a bad release. They've released so many bad releases in the past that another one is clearly not going to matter because it's still the most played game on the internet. I mean if u call cs 1.4 and 1.5 not bad releases... and the awp with crosshair and minimal shot delay time in the first cs betas not a bad release, well then i'd say u be smokin sumthin.