3xtr3m3
TD Member
Hey,
I am making this thread to help some of you to tweak their setup to perform better in the game. I will not write it detailed. Google will be your friend if you want to learn more.
1-You need a decent PC to play in good resolution. I am sure most of you have 19" or bigger monitors, +2GB ram, a good video card etc.. If you don't no surprise why you lack.
I have an 24" and play in 1920x1200,
2-Sound system. SOUND is the most important thing in my opinion. You must have headphones (speakers don't work). I have a cheap Sony MDR-XD200 from Shoppers that works just fine but if you have the money go with better brands.
You need a sound card that will give you the 5.1 surround option.
Set your sound card to 5.1 and also set your audio setting is Source to 5.1 and use HEADPHONES.
I can spot someone's exact place when I hear them reloading. How ? I don't hack, i can hear it.
If you just wanna play the game and concentrate on it, mute ppl like 47, miss haze, omissions :)
3- Don't listen to Buckshot jr. Get a good mouse and a mouse pad. My preference Razer Deathadder 3500dpi and a rocketfish pad.
Mouse settings are very critical.
-Install your mouse driver. Razer has an option to adjust vertical speed. Lowering it will help you to aim better for headshots. Setting it to 1000 mhz and 3500 dpi, you have a very accurate piece of shit in your hand :)
-WINDOWS mouse speed setting MUST BE in middle. The one you adjust in control panel in windows. Don't play with that. It has to be adjusted right in the middle. If not your mouse rates and screen resolution rates will mess up.
-MOUSE ACCELERATION MUST BE OFF. There is .reg file for (xp, vista and win7) that you run and it changes the registry and disables the acceleration. Google it and you can find it.
-Open steam - game list - cs:souce (right click) Properties - Set Lauch Options
Put these in your set lauch control option box
-noforcemspd -noforcemparms -noforcemaccel -w 1920 -h 1200 -refresh 60 -nojoy -noipx -nosync
*** -w 1920 -h 1200 -refresh 60 FOR THIS; replace the numbers 1920 , 1200 and 60 according to your resolution and refresh rate. If you don't know than don't put it there :)
4- If you are using a router forwarding ports steam uses can help. You have to go to your router's settings. And forward the ports 27000-27040 UDP/TCP)
Google is your friend for this.
5-Server settings. Some stuff from my autoexec.cfg
rate "25000"
cl_cmdbackup "2"
cl_cmdrate "67"
cl_updaterate "67"
cl_interp "0.02"
cl_interp_ratio "1"
cl_smooth "1"
cl_smoothtime "0.01"
cl_predict "1"
Your connection is also really important. When you are in game, open console and type net_graph 3
You will see some numbers. Your actual ping, lerp, loss, choke
You want your loss and choke to be "0" choke can be tolerated if it goes up to 10-15 sometimes.
With my setting up there you should be getting 20ms lerp. If it is constant white you are good if it is yellow or orange, adjust your lerp till you get white. To do that you have to change the value of cl_interp. Raise it by 0.001, it is set to 0.020. Like 0.021, 0,022, 0,023 etc.. Until you are solid white. It could be at 0.030
You also should watch your FPS, you don't want it go less than 60fps if it does than you need to tweak down some settings in display. You can use -dxlevel 81 for launch control settings to help with that.
6- Some network tweaking might help with lowering your ping.
It works for some ppl and sometimes it does nothing but give it a try.
You will have to make changes in regisrty.
1) Run regedit and find the following location…
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Tcpip\
Parameters\Interfaces\
2) In interfaces you will see a list of bunch of scrambled numbers and letters, click each one and choose the one that has dhcp values on the right hand side (shows your ip address, subnestmask etc.)
Add a new DWORD (32-bit) named “TcpAckFrequency” and set its value to “1″
Also add another new DWORD (32-bit) named “TCPNoDelay” and set its value to “1″ as well.
3) Next, install MSMQ by going to
control panel
add/remove programs
add/remove windows components
in the list, find "Message Queuing"
if it is selected, you already have it installed.
if not select it and press next
it should install MSMQ
Than go to regedit again and find this location…
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSMQ\Parameters
4) Add a new DWORD (32-bit) naned “TCPNoDelay” and set its value to “1″.
5) Close regedit, reboot, and you’re done.
These are all it comes to mind for now. I will edit this post if there are more things to add.
I am making this thread to help some of you to tweak their setup to perform better in the game. I will not write it detailed. Google will be your friend if you want to learn more.
1-You need a decent PC to play in good resolution. I am sure most of you have 19" or bigger monitors, +2GB ram, a good video card etc.. If you don't no surprise why you lack.
I have an 24" and play in 1920x1200,
2-Sound system. SOUND is the most important thing in my opinion. You must have headphones (speakers don't work). I have a cheap Sony MDR-XD200 from Shoppers that works just fine but if you have the money go with better brands.
You need a sound card that will give you the 5.1 surround option.
Set your sound card to 5.1 and also set your audio setting is Source to 5.1 and use HEADPHONES.
I can spot someone's exact place when I hear them reloading. How ? I don't hack, i can hear it.
If you just wanna play the game and concentrate on it, mute ppl like 47, miss haze, omissions :)
3- Don't listen to Buckshot jr. Get a good mouse and a mouse pad. My preference Razer Deathadder 3500dpi and a rocketfish pad.
Mouse settings are very critical.
-Install your mouse driver. Razer has an option to adjust vertical speed. Lowering it will help you to aim better for headshots. Setting it to 1000 mhz and 3500 dpi, you have a very accurate piece of shit in your hand :)
-WINDOWS mouse speed setting MUST BE in middle. The one you adjust in control panel in windows. Don't play with that. It has to be adjusted right in the middle. If not your mouse rates and screen resolution rates will mess up.
-MOUSE ACCELERATION MUST BE OFF. There is .reg file for (xp, vista and win7) that you run and it changes the registry and disables the acceleration. Google it and you can find it.
-Open steam - game list - cs:souce (right click) Properties - Set Lauch Options
Put these in your set lauch control option box
-noforcemspd -noforcemparms -noforcemaccel -w 1920 -h 1200 -refresh 60 -nojoy -noipx -nosync
*** -w 1920 -h 1200 -refresh 60 FOR THIS; replace the numbers 1920 , 1200 and 60 according to your resolution and refresh rate. If you don't know than don't put it there :)
4- If you are using a router forwarding ports steam uses can help. You have to go to your router's settings. And forward the ports 27000-27040 UDP/TCP)
Google is your friend for this.
5-Server settings. Some stuff from my autoexec.cfg
rate "25000"
cl_cmdbackup "2"
cl_cmdrate "67"
cl_updaterate "67"
cl_interp "0.02"
cl_interp_ratio "1"
cl_smooth "1"
cl_smoothtime "0.01"
cl_predict "1"
Your connection is also really important. When you are in game, open console and type net_graph 3
You will see some numbers. Your actual ping, lerp, loss, choke
You want your loss and choke to be "0" choke can be tolerated if it goes up to 10-15 sometimes.
With my setting up there you should be getting 20ms lerp. If it is constant white you are good if it is yellow or orange, adjust your lerp till you get white. To do that you have to change the value of cl_interp. Raise it by 0.001, it is set to 0.020. Like 0.021, 0,022, 0,023 etc.. Until you are solid white. It could be at 0.030
You also should watch your FPS, you don't want it go less than 60fps if it does than you need to tweak down some settings in display. You can use -dxlevel 81 for launch control settings to help with that.
6- Some network tweaking might help with lowering your ping.
It works for some ppl and sometimes it does nothing but give it a try.
You will have to make changes in regisrty.
1) Run regedit and find the following location…
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Tcpip\
Parameters\Interfaces\
2) In interfaces you will see a list of bunch of scrambled numbers and letters, click each one and choose the one that has dhcp values on the right hand side (shows your ip address, subnestmask etc.)
Add a new DWORD (32-bit) named “TcpAckFrequency” and set its value to “1″
Also add another new DWORD (32-bit) named “TCPNoDelay” and set its value to “1″ as well.
3) Next, install MSMQ by going to
control panel
add/remove programs
add/remove windows components
in the list, find "Message Queuing"
if it is selected, you already have it installed.
if not select it and press next
it should install MSMQ
Than go to regedit again and find this location…
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSMQ\Parameters
4) Add a new DWORD (32-bit) naned “TCPNoDelay” and set its value to “1″.
5) Close regedit, reboot, and you’re done.
These are all it comes to mind for now. I will edit this post if there are more things to add.
