How to do a basic css bind?

Mac2 · 18 Oct 2007 at 21:06

I would like to make the mouse button 2 on my old 5 series logitech mouse pull out the knife basically. By mouse button 2 I mean the rear one of the two thumb buttons on the left.

As far as I understand it I have to create a file in notepad called "something.cfg" and save this somewhere (where?). The text I need to save goes something along the lines of bind "?" "armknife"? I dont know what to type in place of the ? for the correct mouse button. All my other settings are standard except for the crosshairs which I have at 2500. So would I need to add an extra line saying cl_crosshairscale 2500?

sniffy · 18 Oct 2007 at 21:13

Firstly find out what number the mouse button is. Go into keyboard (within CSS) and assign something random to the button to see what it is.

I haven't played CSS in a while so can't remember which slot the knife is in. For arguments sake, say the mouse button is 4 and the knife is in slot 3. Go into console and type:

bind "mouse4" "slot3"

Let me know if that does not work

Kipper67 · 18 Oct 2007 at 21:43

Should be able to do it in the in game menu - just tried with my old 5 button mouse and setting "menu item 3" to mouse button 4 and it works fine.

Just select menu item 3 as though you are going to assign it to another key and press the mouse button you want instead - if it doesn't recognise the mouse button press chances are it won't in game either .

kidkhaos · 19 Oct 2007 at 01:10

alias +knifey "slot3;+attack"
alias -knifey "-attack"

bind "mouse4" "+knifey"

put that in autoexec, it should work

*this is if your like me and dont have quick switch on*

McBain · 19 Oct 2007 at 01:36

hud_fastswitch 1

As well

ins0mn1ac · 19 Oct 2007 at 01:59

bind "MOUSE4" "SLOT3"

that'll make the leftest thumb button pull the knife.

iBot · 19 Oct 2007 at 02:01

bind w quit

in console

afraser2k · 19 Oct 2007 at 02:21

bind mwheeldown "slot4" or bind mwheeldown "use weapon_knife" (if by mouse2 you mean the scroll wheel).

Put it in a userconfig.cfg file in your config folder and when the game loads open console and type "exec userconfig".

C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\<steam account name>\counter-strike source\cstrike\cfg is the default config folder in Source. FPSBanana have a good section for CSS binds if you don't know the names of the weapons: http://www.fpsbanana.com/pages/436.

Runbalk · 19 Oct 2007 at 22:19

Can someone tell me how to do this for auto weapon switch?