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Counter-Strike: Tweaking CS:Source For Competition

By: Andrew MacKenzie - Published November 24, 2004 at 10:05 AM EST - Writer Archive
Robert "rbt" Jackson of check-six offers up some configuration settings for Counter-Strike Source geared towards improving shot registration and increasing FPS.
by Robert "rbt" Jackson



m0j0 approached me after seeing a reply I made to his source article, asking me to make an annotated config file for CS:Source. x6-Drew and I have been working on CS:Source config files to make the game smooth and to make bullets register as they should. With these commands CS:Source has a more CS feel. Bullets actually hit and you will get much better fps than a straight out-of-the-box setup. This will require you to create an autoexec.cfg file in:

Valve\Steam\SteamApps\e-mail@whoever.com\counter-strike source\cstrike\cfg


Netcode Settings:
These settings are for those people that are having issues with such things as "shots not registering", "bad net-code", "lagging hitboxes", "jerky play" and other similar complaints.
(comments are included for most settings)

Setting Comment
cl_interp 0
cl_interpolate 0 Use in combination with cl_interp 0 -- See * note below
cl_lagcomp_errorcheck 1 Checks for player position errors
cl_cmdrate 100 I've always used 100, some use 101, shouldn't make a difference
cl_updaterate 100 Same as above
cl_rate 20000
cl_smooth 0 Stops the game from feeling choppy
rate 25000

* cl_interpolate makes your screen shake a little. It is nothing drastic but this may annoy some people. When interp and interpolate are both set to 0 your hitboxes will be perfectly on the player model. I can tell you from experience that after you play with interpolate on 0 for few days, you totally overlook the little shake. I have 2 keys bound for interpolate:

bind "." "cl_interpolate 0"
bind "/" "cl_interpolate 1"

You can replace “.” and “/” with whatever keys you would like. The reason I do this is I tend to AWP better with a setting of 1 and use deagle/colt/ak/everything other than AWP better with a setting of 0.
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