Steam Beta 2 Options

[Murray]

Download it from here

Download it, install it, run it and (fingers crossed) it will install CS beta 1.6. If u get error messages, just keep trying cos it will eventually (pfffff) work

It hasnt worked for me yet goddamn valve wtf do they think they know about friggin games stupid losers i wish they would all die i hate them so much omg they are n00bs bloody faggots cant even get a download working ffs tbh

^^^^^ expect that on most cs forums

[paul]

WARNING THIS IS THE BETA ONLY - THIS WILL NOT BE INSTALLED ON RP SERVER.

We will only run the full version when all the problems have been ironed out.

[Outerspace]

I've just tried Steam again after frustrating myself with it last night, and it's worked. I have now managed to sign up to Steam. Im not entirely sure what I am meant to do now though

[paul]

LOL nice one guys

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The Counter-Strike and Team Fortress communities have maxed out the Steam 2.0 beta servers, resulting in the temporarily suspension of admission to the beta as more content servers are put online. The current Steam content servers offer over 500 megabits of bandwidth, all of which the community is consuming right now. Anyone interested in hosting a Steam content server should email biz@steampowered.com. (Content server requirements can be found at www.steampowered.com.) Those who have already joined the beta are encouraged to continue their participation and submit their feedback. This means you will no longer be able to join the betatest of CS 1.6. There's no mention of when the signup will be resumed.

[Outerspace]

Hah its shit already.

They should just release 1.6 as they always have done and then fuck off and build their silly rip off (probably) subscription system, which is all STEAM actually is.

They would have been better off calling is SHITE instead.

[Murray]

Well....it worked. It did

I downloaded it, tried to play it online, wouldnt work, tried to make a LAN game, wouldnt work (jammed). Now i can't re-connect to Steam (same errors as before). What makes it good is that you can still play 1.5, but whats gay is that there is no .exe file for CS or Half-Life, so you can only start a game through Steam.

[Murray]

t00t me + phil have played it!

although it was on a lan, we got to play it

riot shield is ace, it will definately affect the game bigtime, but i didnt get to try the galil + famas cos it crashed on me when i threw a HE.

27 jpegs of 1.6, including the riot shield and new aztec

[james]

Looks pretty cool to me!

[Murray]

Whats that? 1.6? Online? Yep ur right! Me + phil owning it up on his server. And it is ace!

Pic Set 2 - Inferno

Pic Set 3 - Airstrip

On airstrip, as you can see, phil found an ownage camping spot. Coupled with a shield, its makes a great camping spot!

[Outerspace]

Here's some pics I grabbed of various maps - aztec, inferno and airstrip.

Phil and Sherm get personal

[Outerspace]

Having played a few rounds on each new map, here are some anomalies/bugs/things that are different.

1. The shield is invulnerable and blocks all damage. Yes. Even the 'glass' part of it. I emptied a whole clip of AWP at Sherm and he continued to have 100hp. However...

2. At various times the shield acted as if it wasn't there. For example, Sherm fired AWP at me from close range and I died, despite having the shield and behing fully behind it. On a seperate occasion Sherm used the M3 at close range whilst I was behind the shield and this resulted in death also. Is this a bug or is it meant to show that the shield doesn't always protect you?

3. Whilst it blocks all guns including the AWP, the shield does not block the knife.

4. You cannot stab with the knife if you are holding the shield. All secondary functions are disabled for all pistols. No silencer - and you can't drop shield, apply silencer and pick up shield because it switches back to non silenced; also no glock burst either which I thought was weird. You cannot hold or pick up the shield with dual elites.

5. In order to pick up a new pistol if you're holding the shield, you must drop the shield, then drop your current pistol, then pick up the new pistol and then pick the shield up.

6. 1.6b crashes an awful lot and runs at a much slower fps on my system. If you can see the bomb the whole game sometimes freezes when it blows.

7. The Galil is a "mini-AK", the FAMAS is a "mini-Colt". Is anyone going to buy an MP5 any more?

8. The new smoke grenades are great - the smoke is white and more dense, and the smoke explodes into the air immediately, so its not a trickle of smoke like the old grenades. It's got to be more useful, and it looks a lot cooler as well.

9. When someone is crouching behind the shield for effectively 100% forward protection, you can run up to them, jump over them and own them from behind. Or just jump on their head and glock them. Ergo the shield isn't much good without backup.

10. DE_INFERNO: Various handy boxes on inferno have been removed. For example (and this is shown in my screenies) the small box to boost into the house from the top bomb site is no longer there, meaning you have to go through the balcony section and crawl through the vent instead. Also, the box allowing you to jump up and go through the corridor from CT spawn to top site is now gone. The low roof near T spawn which sometimes gets camped is now gone. In general they've really improved the textures but made the map fucking dark. You would need serious overbright hax now to see anyone in the archway near the ladder (this is on a screenshot too), or if you're going into the gallery from the CT spawn area.

11. DE_AZTEC: Yep, another map that has been made darker. The T spawn is a bit different - redesigned but not as detailed IMO. They have removed that 'camper' box near T spawn (the one you can get inside), and all the other T spawn camper boxes. The water section is, you guessed it - darker - but more detailed. New bridge is nice - see screenshots for that. It is difficult to spot players in the water from the bridge now, with it being so dark. Through the double doors towards A you don't notice much difference except that the site is labelled. CT spawn is the same but for a couple of new textures which, again IMO, make it look less polished. I don't think this version of aztec will be as popular because it's a bit more difficult for AWP.

12. DE_AIRSTRIP: Well here's the new unfinished map. The objectives are (I think) to blow up some fuel dumps. Start off at T spawn and notice a pink and black chequered texture on a watch tower. Not finished then eh? From there you have no choice but to go into a nice large well-lit cave section up to a T junction. Go right and you go round a sweeping left hander, observing the nice new trees and foliage, and under a wooden bridge section, and from there you can proceed at ground level or through a pipe to CT spawn (at bombsite B). Go left at the junction and it takes you through some warehouses and eventually to A. There are a lot of warehouses in this map, so you'd be forgiven for getting lost. There is no airstrip as such, and no nice aeroplane sat on the runway or anything like that. There are tons of camping spots, so CT could just sit around the bomb sites and wait, and win each round. I don't think this map will get played very often - it's a bit too big for even a 4v4 so I think it's going to be another piranesi.

So there!

Sherm will no doubt have more.

[Murray]

The gun names are now some unofficial crap e.g. nighthawk for the eagle of the desert and bullpup for the aug (which kinda makes sense as it is a bullpup rifle [goddamn i always knock my own arguments down])

It kinda takes the shine off a really good update

[Outerspace]

That's the same for CS retail but you can change them back.

[[*TROOPER*]KitB@g]

sorry to hear uve all had probs with CS 1.6

It loaded first time played first time only thing i found to be a problem was servers hosting the game they are slow but you just hop from 1 to the other till you find a good 1.

did find 1 bug thats drop ur weapon and pick up another and it defaults to knife.

Also can u use a script on this version for buy menus..

but all in all its good I like the new weapons the sheild is a bit of an strange 1 some weapons at some time can penitrate it then other times not.

but the sheild is a team work thing work together in fire teams 2 X sheild and a bulpup/colt or famos and u can knock out most things...