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"Pouch Ape"
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on 26/09/2005 at 10:47:36AM
Total Posts: 1303
Original Post:
Logged into CS this morning for a quick blast on the Uni of Teeside Office 40-player, ran the update fine, but when I get to the game I can only get 10fps, and everything has an orange tint to it.  I heard that the latest upate mucked up some custom skins, but this is just plain old office, not mods or anything.  I normally get 60/70fps on maps like de_dust, and about 40/50 on the Teeside one.

The only changes I've made to my PC lately are BF2, and Serious Sam 2 (the latter changed my directx9b to directx9c, I think?).  BF2 runs ok, the demo ran ok too, but SS was just about playable, even on the lowest possible settings which was quite surprising as it didn't seem that graphically demanding - has it bodged my machine up somehow?
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Pandaemonium
"Lisan al-Gaib"
Regular
on 27/09/2005 at 7:15:53AM
Total Posts: 874
Hedfix wrote:
> I know you have an Xbox and 5 quid would solve your CS problem.

CS is a slightly different game to CS:Source. Well, it's superficially not, if you get my drift, but the mechanics of the games feel different.
Hedfix
"8==="
Regular
on 26/09/2005 at 8:13:45PM
Total Posts: 8824
Well, if you got shot whilst holding the handle of a gun and flew backwards...
monkey_man
"Pouch Ape"
Regular
on 26/09/2005 at 8:01:38PM
Total Posts: 1303
*imagines how one would fly off a handle*
Hedfix
"8==="
Regular
on 26/09/2005 at 6:09:35PM
Total Posts: 8824
Nope, much prefer the Xbox one.

I know you have an Xbox and 5 quid would solve your CS problem.

Go fly off the handle if you must.
monkey_man
"Pouch Ape"
Regular
on 26/09/2005 at 6:07:10PM
Total Posts: 1303
This is a PC forum, for PC gaming.  CS on PC is superior to Xbox in every way possible.  Now begone!
Hedfix
"8==="
Regular
on 26/09/2005 at 6:04:00PM
Total Posts: 8824
Get the old CS on the Xbox for 5 quid.
monkey_man
"Pouch Ape"
Regular
on 26/09/2005 at 4:57:38PM
Total Posts: 1303
Well thank God for that...
Chippxero
"Captain to you."
Regular
on 26/09/2005 at 4:17:37PM
Total Posts: 1648
it's ok mine still works fine :)
monkey_man
"Pouch Ape"
Regular
on 26/09/2005 at 4:05:29PM
Total Posts: 1303
Right, so that's CS ruined.  The only solution I've heard of without some fancy, unofficial, fix, is to format.  Great.
cipro
"!!!BUM!!! :-O"
Regular
on 26/09/2005 at 2:13:29PM
Total Posts: 910
Great, this better not c*ck up Day of Defeat I've waited too long for it to balls up at the last minute because some stupid Steam update.
monkey_man
"Pouch Ape"
Regular
on 26/09/2005 at 12:38:43PM
Total Posts: 1303
Ah well, BF2 still works.  Up yours, Steam!
Tomm
"the burning sky"
Regular
on 26/09/2005 at 12:32:10PM
Total Posts: 792
monkey_man wrote:
> Hmmm.  Apparently you're meant to run the game in directx8 mode, which
> you can do by right-clicking the shortcut, then adding " -dxlevel
> 80" to the path.  It made mine crash though, the gaywads.

Thats what they told my mate. But whats the point in us both having fancy gfx cards (the same actually) and not getting the most out of them. Steam are just smacktards. The game ran fine before the update :|
monkey_man
"Pouch Ape"
Regular
on 26/09/2005 at 12:23:04PM
Total Posts: 1303
Hmmm.  Apparently you're meant to run the game in directx8 mode, which you can do by right-clicking the shortcut, then adding " -dxlevel 80" to the path.  It made mine crash though, the gaywads.
monkey_man
"Pouch Ape"
Regular
on 26/09/2005 at 11:30:33AM
Total Posts: 1303
Dunno, but I'm tempted to uninstall this piece of crap and sell it.
Tomm
"the burning sky"
Regular
on 26/09/2005 at 11:22:09AM
Edited: 26/9/05 11:23
Total Posts: 792
Since the update 50% of time I try to connect I up with 'hl2.exe has encountered an error'. I also have a mate who since the update crashes out of the game every few minutes.

Anyone know when Lost Coast is going to be available for release?
J Nash
Regular
on 26/09/2005 at 11:14:16AM
Total Posts: 626
Every time I actually try and start Steam now it crashes my computer.

I've missed Steam :'  }
monkey_man
"Pouch Ape"
Regular
on 26/09/2005 at 11:04:44AM
Total Posts: 1303
Nope, it's screwed.  Could only get 10fps max on a 16-player map.  Thanks Steam, thanks.
monkey_man
"Pouch Ape"
Regular
on 26/09/2005 at 10:54:22AM
Edited: 26/9/05 10:55
Total Posts: 1303
I noticed that too, so I turned it off - had to disconnect from the game though, so just gonna retry.  I normally have everything like that low or off, but the option was on for some reason.

EDIT: I hadn't paid that much attention to the advanced settings for a while, but the option is there for maps that allow it.
Tomm
"the burning sky"
Regular
on 26/09/2005 at 10:51:51AM
Edited: 26/9/05 10:53
Total Posts: 792
The update seems to have given a lot of people framerate issues. I used to have a constant 60fps but now varies wildy to about 30fps in places. I did notice that that Hi Dynamic Range lighting has become selected in my options, but i'm sure its not available in CS Source.
monkey_man
"Pouch Ape"
Regular
on 26/09/2005 at 10:47:36AM
Total Posts: 1303
Logged into CS this morning for a quick blast on the Uni of Teeside Office 40-player, ran the update fine, but when I get to the game I can only get 10fps, and everything has an orange tint to it.  I heard that the latest upate mucked up some custom skins, but this is just plain old office, not mods or anything.  I normally get 60/70fps on maps like de_dust, and about 40/50 on the Teeside one.

The only changes I've made to my PC lately are BF2, and Serious Sam 2 (the latter changed my directx9b to directx9c, I think?).  BF2 runs ok, the demo ran ok too, but SS was just about playable, even on the lowest possible settings which was quite surprising as it didn't seem that graphically demanding - has it bodged my machine up somehow?
 
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