Counter-Strike: Source Update in Public Beta

It's now impossible to play with a bad computer... Even with the lowest resolution it is all the time lagging. We are not happy of theses modifications, we can't play as before... We liked our old css and we want it back please.
About me, I won't be able to play anymore with theses new settings and a lot of players are in the same case.

Wow, nice! I haven't played this regularly in years but I am really glad they keep supporting it even now. Might have to boot it up and check these changes out when they hit (and get mercilessly raped by all the people still playing)

I wonder if the lifetime player stats will start at 0 or if they will include years past, and if so how far back they will go.

Hopefully they improved the netcode/hitboxes. They drove me crazy and I had to stop playing.

The last big change they made was that DWP system. I understand why they made it, but I don't think it adds anything but unnecessary complexity.

Here are some other changes I would suggest:

Greater accuracy penalty for moving with AWP, it should take half a second to steady your aim. (think along the lines of splinter cell conviction, u really have to pause and time your shots right. Otherwise it's way too much mobility for snipers, it's practically a railgun with 1 hit kills)
Increase cost of Kevlar + Helmet to around $1800, or add an extra really expensive armour that gives a slight benefit (keeps the winning team poorer for not too much of a gain, right now theres no reason not to get kev + helmet once you have a little money)
Increase cost of AK47, it's too accurate and too powerful for such a low cost (but i do like how it shoots, its just too cheap compared to other guns)
Reduce cost of Steyr Aug and Sig552 to be close or equal to Colt / AK47. They dont really offer much of an advantage if any, only at long range. Not many people use them because it's a waste of $ at the moment.


Pistol Changes:
Increase cost of Desert Eagle (but should be still able to buy it first round with no $ spare for other gear). Because there should be the first round of Save Money / Deagle / Vest, pick one.
Create better diversity between pistols, e.g. Accuracy, Range, Damage, Magazine capacity, Maybe add another silenced option for CT.
Nobody uses anything apart from Deagle or defaults, so might as well give everyone a free choice.
Give Terrorists choice of glock or p226 free
Give CT's choice of USP or Fiveseven free
Desert Eagle and Dual Berettas still cost $
Reduce cost of submachineguns slightly (the cheap rifles are so much better for roughly the same cost)


There are plenty of other avenues that could be explored, such as upgradeable weapons/items as found in other games, unlocks etc. But I guess CS has always had a pretty simple formula so it may not be in the same vein as true CS.

WHERE THE F IS MY RUSE GAME!!!

Well, I hope this is a good update...I don't want one of my favorite ever-lasting games to be ruined.
Its looks cool can't wait :)

Aw3SOME!!!

I could use some CS:S buddies, if anyone is interested my Steam community name is razor851.

Neat. Just don't break it like TF2.

Does anyone know if and when they will release Counter-Strike Source for the Mac. And will it have SteamPlay?

You know, I always thought of the MW games as updated versions of CS.

Thanks Valve for updating CSS and saving me $50!

Wow. Can't wait for this. I love me some Steam achievements!

I'm one of those annoying guys who grew up on 1.6 and could never make the switch, but I've stopped playing CS anyway. Achievements in CS sounds a little weird, but as long as none of this negatively affects competitive play, knock yourselves out.

All fluff and no actual game changes.

How about doing something that actually alters or changes gameplay to some extent. A new weapon... a new gametype... readjusting the economy. Ah, yes the last one was done, but the CS community immediately rejected it and started giving cash to everyone to buy precious deagles, m4s, and aks.

It's sad that Valves hands are tied as far as what they can do with such a popular franchise.

fuck me this is buggy as all hell

Holy shit, this is awesome!!
This is everything that's in TF2 that's missing in CSS. It's what I've really only wanted in a CS2, but Valve just went ahead and added it to CSS as an update. Now that is what I call an awesome game developer!

Looks like they finally upgraded this game from Source Engine 7 (original hl2 build). Dear SHACKNEWS, that is a key bit of information to include in a story like this. Just a friendly fyi :) <3

Why do they keep shoehorning dominations into games?

Well, at least its not crits.

Oh, the same thing they did with Day of Defeat...

Death cameras and dominations work in TF2 but they make a more serious shooter like this feel cheesy.

Still one of my favorite games even though I am AWP or AK food most of the time. I love playing on the shack's CSS server. I'll get you one day, _jon! And thanks Valve!

I wonder if they added func_vehicle to the engine? I know Mr Blip over at joe.to has wanted that feature for a long time.

always forget to check css again, liked 1.6 alot more, but played neither in a long time but this makes me less interested to play it again since now it's like most fps games these days - achievements in counter-strike.... why?

I still like 1.6 waaaayyy better.

Aw, page says it's full. :(

Perfect timing! I was just reminiscing games of CS with a friend and we were thinking of getting back into it.

Forget about CS and CSS... GIVE US CSS 2... and in the mean time how about Episode 3??? now that would be AWESOME.

Can I get an invite to the shack CSS group please? Steam: Gnerma.

No flipping way. Well, this is a bit of a surprise.

Its a shame that this game didnt feel right to me after so many years of pre-source CS

This is a nice surprise!

Awesome...there is still a lot of people playing this game. Hopefully, we can get more people to play CS:S.

Haven't played this game in so long, I cant even begin to log how many hours I've dumped into CS and CSS but I'm still burned out by death match games, its always the same thing over and over again no matter what FPS game you play. GIVE ME COOP.

This is why I love Valve though, great support for free and they don't charge pc users for weakass DLC, good job you guys.

What has Hidden Path Studios done before this? Google points to Hidden Path Entertainment. Same company?

Release Date: Nov 1, 2004
Significant Update: Mid-2010

<3 Valve

I played this out the ass in my earlier years. Maybe I'll try it again here soon for the hell of it.

LOVE VALVE!!!

Bullet points are messed up, basically repeated twice. Nice update though. :)

Holy crap. Out of the blue.

neat

What an unexpected surprise! Just what I needed to boot up CS again and get humiliated in a drown of racial slurs, aimbotters, and speed hackers.

Joking aside, it's pretty cool that they are updating CS.