CSS - Increasing performance?

bloodline76 · 28 Mar 2008 at 09:15

Hi

I had my CSS running at a good speed but lost the settings on it and its reverted back to normal.

Can anyone come up with some nice commands that gets rid of stuff that is not really needed. I can not remember which ones i used.

I have got rid of things like splashes and stuff but cant remember what else I removed.

One thing I would be interested in knowing is that you can increase the memory used, I have 4gb but I think only 3.5 shows with XP.

Thanks

bloodline76 · 28 Mar 2008 at 09:39

Is that search for Caseys config in here or google?

bloodline76 · 28 Mar 2008 at 09:53

afraser2k said:
On Google.

Thanks. Unfortunately the page I found has a half dresses lady and I am at work so cant check it out lol

Anyone want to offer anything on that config, good or bad?

bloodline76 · 28 Mar 2008 at 11:04

I am not struggling, I just want to cut it down as best possible to give any advantage.

I am getting over 200 fps, just find it goes better by cutting out the extra effects.

bloodline76 · 28 Mar 2008 at 11:57

uvmain said:
Here we go again..

Does the Source Engine actually have any physics benefits with certain higher FPS, as the Quake 3 engine did?

I do find it amusing when people turn down their settings on high end rigs, to try and squeeze out any ounce of 'help' they can get..

I am glad I amuse you :rolleyes:

bloodline76 · 28 Mar 2008 at 13:55

waso_dude said:
nope to much fps is disadvantage.

As your screen will struggle sync with the fps.

i run vsync at all times

What is the best settings for this then, select max fps 100? Or 101?

There are lots of angry people in here. I wasnt saying that I wanted to know because I was rubbish and needed an advantage. I just wanted some friendly advise on running it smoothly.

bloodline76 · 28 Mar 2008 at 14:11

uvmain said:
lol.

Which one is it?

Ok ok. That wasnt too clear. I want my computer to run at its maxium performance. So that everything is in sync.

I dont want any advantages with playing. My skills are ok, but always welcome advice if you have any. Other than playing it on a regular basis I am not sure of any additional help you could advise though.

bloodline76 · 28 Mar 2008 at 14:14

waso_dude said:
Best bet is to:

Turn vsync on. - will give you 60 or 100fps. dependent on screen.
Turn HDR off.
Make sure shadows are on at all times - they are a massive give away for the camping scum

over then that it wil make the game easier to play.

Do you find the game really really unsmooth?

No its not unsmooth, its just with the settings reset I cant quite get it back to where I was before. Limiting things like splashes and stuff I found helped on less lag. My shooting seems a little out at the moment though, where as before I was hitting where i was aiming.

bloodline76 · 28 Mar 2008 at 14:33

waso_dude said:
its a mental thing i find.

It will prob just come back you concentrating on someone that isn't there really.

I find keeping a backup of your cfg the best bet. I've got a 32mb memory stick with my 1.6 and CSS ones so i can easy go to other comps/lans and reformatt and not worry.

Yeah I might do that for the future.

You might be right about the mental thing. I get rusty if I dont play for a few days. But if i am playing every day I can get some good runs together.

I have never played 1.6, whats it like?

bloodline76 · 28 Mar 2008 at 16:53

Psypher5 said:
weapons dont magically not shoot where you aim,

if you aim and shoot, it hits. If not, your not aiming.

play on better tick/fps servers, lower pings, etc.

Well if you want to pick on words then I would be aiming, i just wouldnt be pressing the fire button at the correct time.

bloodline76 · 29 Mar 2008 at 09:05

TheRedZealot said:
How the hell does it run so fast on your computers :O

Ive got an E2180 @ 3Ghz, 8800gt, 2Gb Ram and i struggle to run it at 70 constant.

800x600
All maxed
16xAF
4xAA

Must be Vista

Something seriously wrong there. Like someone said above this game is mostly cpu based. So if you are running at 3ghz then you should be getting way over 100 fps

bloodline76 · 29 Mar 2008 at 14:05

Tefal said:
Hit box lag and dodgy rates (theirs and yours if you haven't changed the default ones) tbh.

What should the rates be on? mine are on 25000. I cant say what the rates are of the others, is there a command to check?

bloodline76 · 29 Mar 2008 at 14:06

TheRedZealot said:
How the hell does it run so fast on your computers :O

Ive got an E2180 @ 3Ghz, 8800gt, 2Gb Ram and i struggle to run it at 70 constant.

800x600
All maxed
16xAF
4xAA

Must be Vista

Have you installed the VISTA drivers for your card? If so I would reinstall it all

bloodline76 · 29 Mar 2008 at 15:04

Aekeron said:
Vsync off I presume?

what does vsync do?