GSG9, Arctic, and HDR in Dust

entRo wrote..

as critical as I am of Valve, I'm really really happy with this update. I couldn't care less about the models, but it is nice to have some added content.



What I'm really happy about is the lag compensation. They're pretty vague about what they actually did, but I'm definitely noticing a vast improvement in hit registration. Maybe it's all just in my head, but I hopped into a pub today..



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..and did pretty well. It's kinda blurry, but it says 50-3. I don't mean to brag about my score, but it seemed like my shots weren't dissapearing into the air as is typical of Source. I didn't have to fire 3-4 shots into the same place to get a hit, I only had to shoot once.



For once, I'm happy with an update, and it doesn't seem to have made any new bugs either.

And if you would have sucked (which happens to all of us sometimes on a bad day) you would probably have blamed it on the update.. Typical.. But I'm happy for you you did well..

4 models each side.

He meant 6 models you tool... dear god /o\

Syx wrote..

You mean 6?

No 20. http://www.steampowered.com/platform/up...20Source.html



-] August 11, 2004

Changes/Additions



* Released for play at cyber cafés

When are SpetzNatz and ARAB or militia or whatever getting released???

haha, I have an x850 and I get about 80fps constant with everything on full, but I like to play with my dxlevel at 70 rather than 90. just feels better, and flash bangs aren't as crippling.

Dude those are some sweet graphics and textures..

as critical as I am of Valve, I'm really really happy with this update. I couldn't care less about the models, but it is nice to have some added content.



What I'm really happy about is the lag compensation. They're pretty vague about what they actually did, but I'm definitely noticing a vast improvement in hit registration. Maybe it's all just in my head, but I hopped into a pub today..







..and did pretty well. It's kinda blurry, but it says 50-3. I don't mean to brag about my score, but it seemed like my shots weren't dissapearing into the air as is typical of Source. I didn't have to fire 3-4 shots into the same place to get a hit, I only had to shoot once.



For once, I'm happy with an update, and it doesn't seem to have made any new bugs either.

On the other hand, you have to harden yourself a bit against the very vocal and flammable minority of the CS community that hates everything you do. According to these folks, every release "ruins the game", every new map "sucks", and any new art that is added is "lame". They have been predicting the demise of Counter-Strike for nearly a decade now, in spite of the ongoing growth of the overall community.



^^^ I believe that pertains to you.

The GSG9 model is pathetic, very half-assed. >

I'm kind of dissappointed that it took all this time just to get CS back to where it was. Why can't we go in a new direction?

I'm not really too bothered about the slowness of model updates, they were never a big deal for me. I personally would have liked to seen Spetsnaz and Militiaman before GSG9 and arctic, but still.



Seriously though, get some new maps out. Prove that Valve can actually make a totally new map without it being a crock of ass like port and compound.

FL!P wrote..

All together it took way too long to get the models complete. As satisfied and surprised as I am to see this, it's something that should have been done a long time ago and is pathetic.

i agree too....they're freaking 8 player models, and instead they release 2. i love timely updates as much as the next guy, but this was a game that was on retail shelves



but hopefully if the big V goes above and beyond the standard 8 and starts slapping in some updated CZ (Spetsnaz? Militia T with the pimp blackness) or altered models (SAS with the hood up OR down?) i'd probably forget about it in a heart beat

All together it took way too long to get the models complete. As satisfied and surprised as I am to see this, it's something that should have been done a long time ago and is pathetic.

You mean 6?