Quick Guide: Setting CS:S rates

[llwyd]

Rates are a little known, yet very important part of playing CS:S online. They govern

the rate at which your computer sends and receives data from the server, obviously

the higher the better. For the OC3D server, as it is 66 tick, rates need to be fairly

high. Many people however have rates set far too low. This makes it extremely hard to

hit others / be hit by others and generally makes the game unfair. You will often see me telling

people with rates of 3500 30 20 to fix it, unfortunately its very rare that they know

how. So here is a quick rundown on what to do.

First you must enable the Developer Console. To do this, run CS:S go to

Options>

Keyboard>

Advanced>

tick 'Enable Developer Console (~)' >

Apply

Now press the tide key (button below Esc and above Tab). This should bring up something

that looks like this:

Here you can input commands. You will need to use three seperate commands to apply the appropriate

changes. To do so, type the following exactly as it is typed here:



rate 20000

<press enter>

cl_updaterate 100

<press enter>

cl_cmdrate 100

<press enter>

You should be left with a screen that looks like this:

For 66 Tick servers you can replace the 100 with 66 and visa versa. Secondly, if you are

on a slow internet connection, ie 56K you may find you need to lower the rate number to below

20000. Any problems with this please feel free to PM me.

Edit: Thought i would add some useful links for those who wish to dabble with some more commands

One

Two

Three - Probably the most useful css resource there is

Thankyou

 

[FarFarAway]

Also its worth mentioning that you can go to:

C:\Steam\SteamApps\<your username>\counter strike source\csstrike\cfg\config.cfg

Open this with Notepad and enter:

Rate "20000"

cl_updaterate "100"

cl_cmdrate "100"

Then save and make "Read Only"

That will save you doing that again^

EDIT: Stickied and repped

 

[JN]

Also, some other good values are

cl_interp 0.1

cl_interpolate 0

cl_smooth 0

 

[Dav0s]

i like this one aswell

bind "mouse1" "kill"

 

[FragTek]

i like this one aswell

bind "mouse1" "kill"

Dude don't give out the uber hack... Now everyone is going to know how we're so awesome! Gah!

 

[Harrythepot]

Helped loads thanks for the help llwyd :wavey:

 

[mrapoc]

i use casey's config (latest update) if its any good:

// Casey's Source Config

// Updated 9/21/06

// _Set netcode settings_

// _adjusts hitboxes and netcode settings for optimal registration_

cl_cmdbackup 2

cl_cmdrate 101

cl_interp 0.01

cl_interpolate 1

cl_lagcomp_errorcheck 1

cl_lagcompensation 1

cl_updaterate 101

cl_smooth 1

rate 25000

// _Set graphics settings_

// _adjusts graphics settings to boost framerate_

cl_forcepreload 1 // _forces preload to help increase performance_

cl_phys_props_enable 0 // _disables trash and cans etc_

cl_phys_props_max 0 // _disables trash and cans etc_

cl_ragdoll_physics_enable 0 // _disables dead animations and bodies_

cl_show_splashes 0 // _disables splashes when in water_

fps_max 101 // _caps FPS_

mat_forceaniso 0 // _disables anisotropic filtering_

mat_antialias 0 // _disables antialiasing_

mat_bloomscale 0

mat_bumpmap 0 // _disables bumpmapping_

mat_clipz 1 // _disabled non visible object rendering_

mat_fastnobump 1 // _faster bump mapping_

mat_fastspecular 1 // _fast specular lighting_

mat_mipmaptextures 1 // _texture quality decreases with distance_

mat_hdr_enabled 0 // _disables high dynamic range lighting_

mat_picmip 1 // _lower texture quality--set between 0 and 4_

mat_reducefillrate 1 // _reduces shader fill rate_

mat_specular 0 // _disables specular lighting_

mat_trilinear 0 // _disables trilinear filtering_

mat_wateroverlaysize 16 // _lowers water quality_

mat_vsync 0 // _disables vertical synchronization_

mp_decals 50 // _how many bullets etc will be shown_

muzzleflash_light 0 // _disables muzzleflash_

r_3dsky 0 // _disables 3D skybox_

r_avglight 0 // _disables average lighting_

r_cheapwaterend 1 // _worse water rendering_

r_cheapwaterstart 1 // _worse water rendering_

r_decal_cullsize 2 // _lower texture quality at distance_

r_decals 0 // _disables player sprays_

r_drawdetailprops 0 // _disables detail props_

r_drawflecks 0 // _disables bullet impacts_

r_drawmodeldecals 0 // _disables decals on models_

r_dynamic 0 // _disables dynamic lighting_

r_eyes 0 // _removes eyes from player models_

r_lightaverage 0 // _disables average lighting_

r_lightinterp 0 // _disables light interpolation_

r_lod 0 // _adjusts model quality--set between -5 and 5_

r_occlusion 0 // _disables occlusion--lowers image quality but gains FPS_

r_propsmaxdist 100 // _lower object fading distance_

r_renderoverlayfragment 0

r_rootlod 2 // _lower overall game detail level_

r_shadows 1 // _set to 0 to disable shadows (not recommended)_

r_teeth 0 // _removes teeth from player models_

r_waterforceexpensive 0 // _disables high-quality water_

rope_averagelight 0 // _disables average lighting on ropes_

rope_smooth 0 // _disables antialiasing on ropes_

rope_subdiv 0

rope_wind_dist 0 // _disables wind effects on ropes_

// _Set instruction sets_

// _note: verify processor support before enabling_

//r_3dnow 1 // _enables 3DNow! instruction set_

//r_mmx 1 // _enables MMX instruction set_

//r_sse 1 // _enables SSE instruction set_

// _Set violence settings_

// _increases blood to help you see hits better_

violence_ablood 1

violence_agibs 1

violence_hblood 1

violence_hgibs 1

// _Set HUD and xhair settings_

// _adjusts HUD and xhair for easy viewing_

cl_crosshaircolor 0 // _green crosshair_

cl_crosshairalpha 999 // _bright crosshair_

cl_crosshairusealpha 1 // _enables adjustable crosshair brightness_

cl_c4progressbar 1 // _enables C4 progress bar_

hud_centerid 1 // _centers player IDs_

net_graph 3 // _enables net_graph 3--CAL required!_

net_graphpos 2 // _adjusts netgraph position-set between 1 and 3_

// _Set various settings_

budget_show_history 0 // _disables history graph_

cl_downloadfilter "nosounds" // _disables annoying sound downloads_

jpeg_quality 100 // _high quality screenshots_

mat_monitorgamma 1.6 // _maximum ingame brightness_

sv_forcepreload 1 // _forces preload to help increase performance_

clear

echo "_casey's config loaded_"

 

[Ham]

I use Ins'

Modifyed a little...

 

[Ty07allstar]

Can soemone be a good config for CS:S? Thanks

 

[llwyd]

Can soemone be a good config for CS:S? Thanks

huh?

 

[mrapoc]

add the word give and me and remove be and uve got urself a sentence there

casey's is pretty good for low end users but i suppose u could tweak it

 

[AKtodaface]

yea ive used caseys config also

its pretty good

 

[Dav0s]

caseys removes muzzleflash :S

major disadvantage

 

[glocktodahead]

I don't see the benefit of using casey's config with my computer. It would be good if you need every little bit of help to make the game run smooth but I don't have any problems running with my max settings, thanks llwyd I will check these out

 

[mrapoc]

lol i need all the help i can get, even with this loaded and all settings low (800x 600) basically it looks like 1.6, i still get 30fps max on a busy server such as yours - 1 on 1 i can get 50ish and on my own i get 80-100

 

[Dav0s]

wow u need a new rig

 

[mrapoc]

thus the new conroe coming soon

 

[Ty07allstar]

huh?

What i meant was does anyone have a good autoexec.cfg file that they would like to share with me to optimize my gameplay?

 

[Ham]

Try the resident pr0s config, im using a slightly altered version and its helped alot tbh.

http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=6010&page=2

 

[llwyd]

yea ins's is good but im not sure how it would fare on UK servers considering the distance. also ive added some links worth looking at ^