Counter-Strike is a modification (MOD) to the excellent game, Half-Life. It modifies the multiplayer aspects of Half-Life to bring to it a more team-oriented gameplay. Not terribly unlike Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike provides the player with an experience that a trained counter-terrorist unit or terrorist unit experiences.
The MOD is team-based featuring one team playing the role of the terrorist and the other team playing the role of the counter-terrorist. Each side has access to different guns and equipment, as well as different abilities. Maps have have different goals such as: hostage rescue, assassination, bomb defusion, Terrorist escape, etc.
Weapons include the usual assortment of pistols, shotguns, assault rifles, sniper rifles, grenades, demolition devices. Each side has access to a different subset of weapons so for example only the counter-terrorist can use the M4A1, and only the terrorists can use the AK-47.
We are confident that we've created a MOD quite unlike any other. We hope you will be immersed in
the frightening and intense world of Counter-Terrorism.
| Position | Project leader, Head modeler, Head coder, Head-job
| Name | cliffe
| E-mail| cliffe@counter-strike.net
| Position | 2d-graphics, sound effects, QA, PR, jack of all trades, etc.
The Mappers:
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cs_italy
by DigiChaos
& GlenC
as_highrise
by MattS aka [BA]Pantera
pantera@hushmail.com
cs_arabstreets
by Paramedic911
jason911@home.com
as_tundra
by Zaphod Beeblebrox
coyote@eudoramail.com
cs_estate
by Zaphod Beeblebrox
coyote@eudoramail.com
as_oilrig
by MacMan
macmaninfi@aol.com
cs_backalley
by TYR
tyr@barking-dog.com
de_aztec
by Barney (aka Narby)
fragged101@yahoo.com
de_vegas
by Cadaver
de_train
by Chris Mair
chris@barking-dog.com
cs_militia
by Andrew Aumann
andrewja@home.com
cs_747
by Markus
witchdawn@hotmail.com
cs_docks
by N0TH1NG
N0TH1NG@mailcity.com
cs_siege
by N0TH1NG
N0TH1NG@mailcity.com
cs_assault
by CryptR
lmuur@dlc.fi
de_dust
by Davej
dv@btinternet.com
de_cbble
by Davej
dv@btinternet.com
de_prodigy
by Hobbit
hobbit@bellatlantic.net
cs_office
by Hobbit
hobbit@bellatlantic.net
de_nuke
by MEEEEDIC
jogi@netads.de
The texture Artists:
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Chris Ashton (aka Macman)
MacManInfi@aol.com
Ido Magal
ido@dnai.com
Splash and Console 2d Art:
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Cliffe
High Quality Shell:
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John "Rizzuh" Jensen
Special Thanks:
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Thanks to:
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Mr_Grim : for his help in coding the radio system, and other things
BETA test team : for helping us test.. and for providing the occasional premature leak
Valve Software : for their constant support
Fanny : for giving Gooseman motivation!
David "Nighthawk" Flor : for the Model Bounds Checker algorithm
Mappers, Texture artists
Extra special thanks to:
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Ben Wilder <wilder@cleanweb.net>
For writing the program to mirror the weapons to the right hand!
Also thanks to:
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Oddjob, Mr. Grim, and Dallas Frank of the A-Team; Mindvision for the great installer; MTG; A.J. McLean; Hyperboy; BetaMax @ GFN (Brent Bussey); Valve Software; Art Min; Erik Johnston; Stikky & Adrian @ Gameplay; Lestat, Anarchy, Matt; BizzyBlaster; D0gzilla; Chris Mair; Barking Dog Studios; Gamefan Network; Mutated Jellyfish; Gameplay.com; Darkman; TeamGT; Justin Bunnell, Hal; Erik Johnston @ Valve; Leon Hartwig; Arcticom's Fro; shirow @ mod central; Geronimo; Peter North; Eyeburn; all the server admins who have helped us test .dll's; RzE; MatteusX; John Jensen, Mr. Fraggle, all the CS mappers and texture artists; and the CS players.
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For full, detailed information on playing Counter-Strike visit
BarrysWorld Guides - Counter Strike @:
http://guides.barrysworld.com/cs/
Also see manual.html in your cstrike directory for more documentation.
Console Commands:
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max_shells X
X = maximum number of shells at one time
max_smokepuffs X
X = max. number of smoke puffs at one time
mp_tkpunish 0/1
if set to 1, TK'ers will sit out next round
mp_hostagepenalty X
X = max. number of hostages you can kill before the server boots you out... setting this to 0 will shut off this command
mp_logmessages 0/1
used for server admins to spit ouf chat messages in their log files
mp_forcechasecam 0/1
Setting this to 1 will force chasecam to be teammate only
(useful for LAN games)
mp_friendly_grenade_damage 0/1
Toggles friendly grenade damage
mp_autoteambalance 0/1
Toggles auto balancing of teams
mp_limitteams (default 2)
Maximum number of players that one team can have over the other. To entirely disable team limiting, set to 0.
sv_restartround (default 0 sec)
Time until the game restarts fresh, or 0 to not restart. This will reset all frags, scores, weapons and money to default. Use this to coordinate clan matches.
mp_autokick (default 1)
Enable automatic team-killer banning and idle client kicking.
mp_c4timer (default 45 sec)
C4 timer duration. Minimum of 15, maximum of 90.
mp_freezetime (default 6 sec)
The length in seconds of the Freeze period at the beginning of rounds. Set to 0 to disable.
mp_roundtime (default 5 min)
The maximum length a round can last, in minutes. Minimum of 3, maximum of 15.
mp_friendlyfire (default 0)
Set to 1 to enable friendly fire, 0 to disable.
mp_timelimit (default 0 min)
Period between map rotations.
mp_footsteps (default 1)
Set to 1 to enable footsteps, 0 to disable.
mp_flashlight (default 1)
Set to 1 to enable the use of flashlights, 0 to disable.
*for a more complete and detailed listing of CS commands, visit:
http://server.counter-strike.net/cscmd.html
Client Options:
rate (default 2500)
This command controls how much information you recieve from the server you are connected to. For a 14.4 connection set your rate to 1500, a 33.6k connection should be 3000, a 56k 3500, an ISDN should be 5000, and all connections faster than that should be between 5000 and 9999.
cl_observercrosshair (default 1)
Set to 1 to enable crosshairs in Observer mode, 0 to disable.
nightvision
Bind this key to toggle NVG when purchased.
drawradar
Shows radar
hideradar
Hides radar.
InfoKey Keynames:
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dm (default 1)
Set to 1 to display map briefings after loading new levels, 0 to disable.
ah (default 1)
Set to 1 to enable auto-help, 0 to disable. Auto-help gives the player hint messages throughout the game.
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Don't forget to visit the other sites on the Counter-strike.net network!
The Official CS Web Site
http://www.counter-strike.net/
CSSkins
http://skins.counter-strike.net/
CSNation
http://csnation.counter-strike.net/
Counter-Server
http://server.counter-strike.net/
Z_Malloc Overflow
http://zmalloc.counter-strike.net/
Bots @ CS.net
http://bot.counter-strike.net/
--readme.txt by cliffe : any flames to cliffe@counter-strike.net