CS:S First Impressions

76 public posts in this discussion.

Post 1

After having a play I must say I am really excited about it, the way you can move barrels, or make tyres roll down hills is amazing.

Not that any of the above will matter when bullets whiz past the head.

Gotta say I am loving it.

p.s Hope you enjoy de_dust as this is the only playable map in the beta release :)

Post 2

The whole de_dust things a bit of a shitter :(
Oh well, cant wait to play it tho :D

Post 3

yeah but being a beta, what more can u ask for. has a place to reports faults directly. pretty cool

Post 4

Gonna post some screenies after I get a real run in it this arvo

Post 5

Where do i get CS:S beta from ?

Post 6

If you bought cz it should be available through steam. There's a cracked version out already but we'll have no shenanigans about that on this forum kthx.

Post 7

I bought CZ but i cant seem to get cs:s. I clicked on Game list and i didnt see it...

Post 8

CS : S isnt available yet.

Post 9

I meen the Beta where do i get that from ?

Post 10

And yet you have it. Please tell all who have bought cs:cz through steam (me included).

/waves the thought of a free drink in front of unseens eyes...

Post 11

There is a non steam version available that is the beta that has been ported out. Which is the version I have.

Must say it is very different.

Post 12

Quote from Enigma:
I meen the Beta where do i get that from ?

you don't.

Post 13

Might go configuer mine to work.

Post 14

Quote from Evil:
Might go configuer mine to work. You have been trying to do that for 3 days straight.

Post 15

lol. Evil, you need a new comp.

Gimme your old one :p

Post 16

Wooooo works now to do something other then shoot bottles.

Post 17

Quote from Knight Of Nih:
You have been trying to do that for 3 days straight.

Thats nice considering I've only had it since 4am this moring.

Post 18

http://www.users.on.net/~unseen/CLAN/dource/

I have some Screenshots up for source from last night, just real basic stuff atm will get more action shots after tonights bigger run

w00t

Post 19

OMG CS OMG

OLD................................

next game please :P

Post 20

More reviewage over here:

http://www.driverheaven.net/articles/Source/

Korny, it's CS with new graphics, and more importantly, new physics engine. If you're going to call it "old", then Doom 3 is **yawn** so 90's, and HL2? Been there, done that...next game plse?

sif...

Post 21

The glock looks really small :|

Post 22

thats what I thought too.

I love the flashes and the bomb blew and a barrel smacked saxon in the head nearly killed him hehe it was good

Post 23

hahhaa, i'd pay to see that...no, in fact, i'd LAN to see that..tonight :D

Post 24

Same maps same weapons

SAME CS
DOOM 3 is crap YAWN!!

why the hell is everyone glued to such a shit game its same thing over and over and over every round...

suppose doesnt take much to entertained small minded people huh ?

Post 25

Your an idiot Korny.

You obviously enjoying masturbating - and guess what, it's the same thing over and over and over and over again...

Post 26

I think the game play for cs is awsome. that’s why I play it.

Looking at them pictures unseen posted they look nice, yeah the glock does looks small or maybe his just got fat hands?
I love the trees too they look pritty.

Post 27

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA

ahh stay on topic.

Post 28

Well, that's fine that you have your own "small-minded" opinion, in that you cannot accept that other people **may** have a different opinion to you.

Nevertheless, your first post was not constructive to this thread. If you don't like the game, then stay away from CS threads. This is new information about a totally new change to the game. At the very least, you could have been informative about what you don't like about the NEW CS that is being discussed here.

Have you played it, or are you just over CS as we know it - who isn't? I haven't had it on the computer for over six months now - but I can't wait to play it again using the new engine.

Let my post be the end of this hijacking, and if you don't have anything constructive to add to the information about this new "flavour", then browse elsewhere.

Xaine - wannabe moderater :-)

Post 29

^ the man.

Kurt, what sort of framerate are you getting? Same with you evil?

Post 30

^^^^

I like this guy.

Post 31

Frames between 75-100 didnt turn netgraph on. Test that tonight.

Post 32

800x600?

Post 33

I get avg of about 75fps running 1280x1024 with a 9800XT/AMD64-3200/1gig ram

Post 34

Thanks for the info OD. That's the res I run. I should still average over 60 if that is the case. Hope AF doesn't cause much of a performance hit though...

Post 35

Thats with all on high but no AA (cant remeber the filtering)

Post 36

im in 1024x768

full detail

Post 37

updated the screenshots

http://www.users.on.net/~unseen/CLAN/dource/

Post 38

I've only played for a few minutes, but it seems really cool.

weapon_hegrenade and weapon_flashbang aren't valid commands anymore though, so I can't bind HE's or flashes to keys. If anyone knows the new commands, lemme know.

Post 39

It runs pretty smooth and looks great.
Cant wait to play it online :)

Post 40

More screenies of us ****en around lastnight.

http://www.users.on.net/~weeksn/CS:S/

Post 41

is this meant to be *fully* out tommorow?

ie playable on steam

Post 42

yes

Post 43

OMG ONLY RUNS AT 60HZ

off to a bad start :(

Post 44

Well the video card stress test was fine. 77fps. Try and play the game joins server then crashes to windows.
Doh.

Post 45

Make sure you have 100% of the game - I got into the game with 97% done and let me all the way to the end of the joining process then crashed...

Post 46

Engine Error
Failed to lock vertex buffer in CMeshDX8::LockVertexBuffer.

also do you get that error or does it crash back to desktop with no error?

Post 47

Never seen that, although I'm using DX9 not 8

Post 48

There's a problem with refresh rates if your running over 60hz you crash.

btw thats not my error runs flawless on my system
just trying to find the fix for it saw it before on the node fourms.

Post 49

the error for refresh rates is something like "cannot set display mode, this may be a problem with your antialiasing settings."

but for first impressions... hmm graphics are awesome and physics are good, just the netcode imo is shocking, the whole time i was playing i was jittering around the place, whenever i stopped walking i would stop then teleport about half a metre, even with 60-70 ping it felt like 120-150...theres no recoil on the guns anymore... and the crosshair looks shit...

but then again, it's a beta, and those problems making the game pretty much unplayable (for me) don't really reflect the actual game itself, with it all fixed up i'd be damn happy if this replaced CS :)

oh and 98.91 fps on the video test 4xAA 8xAF ;)

Post 50

Dude there is recoil for everything but the ****en para.

But I'm starting to agree with saxon the movement is ****en gay.

Post 51

Caus its more accurate? ;)

You slow after crashing, you slow after jumping etc, its quite natural :)

Post 52

I have my system locked at 100Hz, I can play without an issue.

Post 53

Anyone got an idea on what the actual minimum system requirments are???

Post 54

Just hooked it up tonight and running smooth on xp2500+ / 512 / Ti4600........does anyone know where to find screenshots once taken???

Post 55

the source directory / cstrike / screenshots

And they are saved in .jpg format ;)

Post 56

colt has virtually no recoil unless they changed it today

played today and movements still screwed, not that its more realistic, but that it jerks every half a second or so, like these people: http://www.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=125656

Post 57

lol from unseen's screenies that place looks a lot more like iraq or something of the sort than dust :P

Post 58

If your a T you can buy a bomb from console. Now your whole team can have a bomb :D :D

Post 59

wow, does that mean you can have 9 different bombs planted at the same time? cause if that's true, and ur the only CT left after u killed all the T's, that's a lot of runnning around

Post 60

Hahahahaha, thats gotta suck :p

Post 61

Fixed in latest patch

Post 62

No it hasnt. Just did it then. You go into console and say Buy C4 and you get it. Try it if you want it still works.

Post 63

mmm...it's still quite royally screwed.

there's also a wallhack installed in it...gg valve!

Post 64

It.

Is.

A.

BETA.

ffs.

Post 65

http://www.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=127569

jerky movement fix 8)

"cl_smooth 0" and "cl_smoothtime 0.7" in console

Post 66

Quote from Evil:
Engine Error
Failed to lock vertex buffer in CMeshDX8::LockVertexBuffer.

also do you get that error or does it crash back to desktop with no error?

Hey, yeah someone I know is getting this same error and this is what he has tried so far:

Drivers: Every driver set he can think of - back as far as the 53.** series
DirectX: 9.0, 9.0b, 9.0c
Uninstalling & Reinstalling
CS:S Official Forums (nothing)
Other forums (nothing)
REGEDIT FIX (changing which directx source uses in-game)

It just started within the past 48 hours. It only crashes right before the map loads. It doesn't crash for the video test though. That's the part he doesn't understand.

The other crazy part - and this is really crazy - He has outright deleted the living crap out of the CS:CZ, CS:S, and HL2 folders only to have them magically reappear the moment he start's Steam up again, even though the data fills almost 2 whole cds. He has deleted it, emptied his recycle bin, and restarted, and it will still magically reappear.

If you guys know why this happens and how to fix it please let me know :D...

Post 67

^ That right there is screwed up.

Besides a format... I think he's tried everything :|

Post 68

Try this maybe:

http://www.games-fusion.net/filedb/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=874

Post 69

Thanks for the link but overdrive, he isn't getting a memory error :( so I'm not sure how much that would help but thanks nontheless :D...

Post 70

i reckon a nice improvement to the game is a kick button, so you can kick stuff around. or be able to pick up stuff, so you could throw something and maybe distract people. Also, if u step in something like glass, CRUSH, loud noise!

And if u could pick up and throw things, i reckon if it's heavy enough, and if u throw it at someone, with a direct hit to thead head, it should have a flashbang effect muhhahahha.

either way, better way to malipulate objects then to just shot or bump into them

Post 71

Patches now work for me. Yes a bit jerky. Its Beta.

I am impressed with the ability to now shoot and move objects.

Smoke is real, I almost smell it.

I do not like flash bangs.

They are now like really getting flashed.

"what was that... bang... I can't see or hear anything....."

Bang you are dead.

So far worth the wait and would pay "00 for the CS:2 game.

Lots of fun here for many years.

And not putting down the DC game at all.....

Post 72

Quote from Arkane0690:
Hey, yeah someone I know is getting this same error and this is what he has tried so far:

Drivers: Every driver set he can think of - back as far as the 53.** series
DirectX: 9.0, 9.0b, 9.0c
Uninstalling & Reinstalling
CS:S Official Forums (nothing)
Other forums (nothing)
REGEDIT FIX (changing which directx source uses in-game)

It just started within the past 48 hours. It only crashes right before the map loads. It doesn't crash for the video test though. That's the part he doesn't understand.

The other crazy part - and this is really crazy - He has outright deleted the living crap out of the CS:CZ, CS:S, and HL2 folders only to have them magically reappear the moment he start's Steam up again, even though the data fills almost 2 whole cds. He has deleted it, emptied his recycle bin, and restarted, and it will still magically reappear.

If you guys know why this happens and how to fix it please let me know :D...

yo, i got exactly the same problem... how the hell may i fix that??

Post 73

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/

Post 74

Quote from MetalAttack:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/

so what?

Post 75

What he means, is go and search those forums for your answer, instead of resurrecting year-old threads that say absolutely nothing!

BTW, welcome to the forums - leave dead things where they are, and you won't stink the place out ;-)

Post 76

failed to lock vertex buffer in CMeshDX8::LockVertexBuffer

For those who have the error message
"failed to lock vertex buffer in CMeshDX8::LockVertexBuffer "
try to dowload omega drivers (http://www.omegadrivers.net/) It works with my ATI 9800pro:o .
Ciao !