CS: Source Playtest

[HankPym]

|)3stroyer wrote..

WHY DOES NO ONE TEST BOOSTING AND AWP DELAY, GEEZ ALA CRAP IN A RAIN STORM!!!!! But, beyond that rant, I cant wait for Source

My prediction: boosting probably works just fine, with maybe some issues with certain moveable objects. And the awp delay will still be there I'm sure.

[smallguy78]

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It's going to be really interesting to see how much of the environment is interactive. I say this because iD have said that you need an absolute monster of a server just to run Doom III 4 person multiplayer, so to see the existing servers out there coping with 32 player physics will be interesting.



All the different things the client is either sending to the server will mean a huge amount of network traffic too, another point iD made. People will, I imagine, need 512k broadband min to play counter strike source. I wonder how Valve have built the HL2 MP (mulitplayer) code to cope with all these things going on - compared to the current game which only has to deal with death, headshot, suicide, grenade events, defuse etc...



Maybe Valve have been spending the last year getting around this problem?!!

[Sm[o][o]th]

well i'm on a 2800 + with 1.5gb ram and a 9200 256mb... so it shud all run nicely

9200? o_O

[HankPym]

smallguy78 wrote..

Maybe Valve have been spending the last year getting around this problem?!!

I'd imagine they've been dealing with it in some way. I agree that it will be interesting to see how well it all works.

[mathyou]

SubNeoN wrote..

well i'm on a 2800 + with 1.5gb ram and a 9200 256mb... so it shud all run nicely

Your Radeon 8500 (oops, I mean 9200) is going to get owned.

[SubNeoN]

hence why im gettin the 9800 or x800 as soon as i get chance.. i only got this coz it was about £60, cheap for a 256 ddr card if u ask me

[Th0r_Asgard]

A Radeon 8500(R9100) will not get owned as you say. A Radeon 9200 is a crippled 8500LE(R9100).. But you should be able to run the game @ 800x600 easily on medium/low detail.



Always remember that valve had to consider most people/systems when making this game. Making it for high end machines only would only get there ass's kicked against other games.



My 2 pence :)

[Sm[o][o]th]

You are gunna want a fully DX9 compatible card to get the full experience though.

[David Johnston]

SubNeoN wrote..

but GOD DAMN HL.EXE CRASHING.... that's like the 5th time.. can they PLEASE fix it!

Well I'm sure if you tell Valve that "HL.EXE IS CRASHING" they'll know exactly what the problem is and exactly how to fix it, and feel immensely stupid for not spotting the problem earlier, given that there are only an almost infinite number of different hardware/software configurations.

[jo0ni3]

FarCry was an AWESOME game. But it won't be as awesome as HL2 and CS:S because of its bad multiplayer.

From what I've heard and am hearing about CS:S and HL2, I'm more excited about CS:S and HL2 than the time when I was waiting for FarCry to hit the store shelves.

[azz0r]

GODAM FIX HL.EXE CRASHING WHEN MINIMISING CZ PLEASE.

[Gpig]

David Johnston wrote..

Well I'm sure if you tell Valve that "HL.EXE IS CRASHING" they'll know exactly what the problem is and exactly how to fix it, and feel immensely stupid for not spotting the problem earlier, given that there are only an almost infinite number of different hardware/software configurations.

It involves the latest update and how it got rid of the quickswitch to nades to muffle sound glitch. If people do that with awps/scouts it crashes everyone. Go try it yourself. Works everytime. In console it says missing model or something like that.

[EL17E]

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It looked like a standard Dell Dimension mid tower, P4 2.8C processor, 1gb DDR400, and a Radeon 9800XT video card.just your run of the mill gaming box.

ph33r.hell_raiser wrote..

run of the mill? jesus, thats better than my pc.

Those are my exact specs. Hopefully I can get at least 100 fps? Cliffe, Please tell me I can get 100 fps constant with AA @ 6x and AF @ 16x.

[KhAoS]

I have a hypothesis for CS:S. For the first few weeks after release, knife kills will reach an all time high because eveyrbody is playing around with the physics.



Also, the new FB effect sounds a lot like hte one on Raven Shield. And I have to say, that is awesome. When I first got Raven Shield, I flashed myself a few times just so I could see it.

[EL17E]

I wish that the BETA would have dust2 instead of dust.