Maybe Someone Could Help...? Problems with Half-Life Counter-Strike

[Metal Gear Brett 0]

I just bought the Half-Life Platinum Edition the other day that comes with 5 games (including CS).Well, I'm on dial-up, so after I spend an entire day updating Half-Life and Counter-Strike, I try to play CS online. It brings up the server list, and when I join, it starts to join. Usually when it gets to the "Precaching resources..." or something like that, it stops responding. I mean, maybe it's just being slow. I could wait 30 minutes to see what happens, but I don't have that kind of patience. I know it's not my computer, because it's hardly a week old.Any suggestions? Any kind of help would be greatly appreciated (cuz I really wanna play this game).

[biscuitrat 0]

I would say it's your connection. Half Life is a fast paced game that requires a good connection. I had the same trouble with WOW, but it was on a wireless connection.

[jordanliuhao 0]

Installing the steam does not necessory mean that counter strike has finished installed. Maybe you can see that counter strike is activated. But actually it still take a long time to download some more files the first time. I have noticed that you are using dial-up, and take 1 day to download steam. So you may still need take half a day to download more.From my experience with wideband, it take about 1 hour to download the steam. And it take me around 15 more minutes in the pre-cache status the first time. Just try longer and have fun.But I think dial-up is not good to play CS. The delay is too much.

[Metal Gear Brett 0]

Yeah, I know, but I've been really wanting to play this game, and all we can get in this part of town is dial-up, sadly.

[Klas2B 0]

Check the steam monitor and watch if it's really done

[hansley 0]

Hmmm...you can try it by connecting to your friends computer via a lan cable, you can create an offline community, just use a hub to connect between 2 or more computers in a small area.

[darkmeca 0]

hhmm i thought there was a way to use the modem to connect directly to a local computer its like calling someone so you dont have to worry about the internet but i think this only works for 2 ppl max...

[hansley 0]

hhmm i thought there was a way to use the modem to connect directly to a local computer its like calling someone so you dont have to worry about the internet but i think this only works for 2 ppl max...

50685[/snapback]

Not neccessarily. That was what I'm trying to say. You can have more than 2 people playing as long as you own a connector or hub that allows more people to connect together. You can buy it in a store.

[theoutlaws 0]

It is true that source is a fast pace game and does need a fast connection. But maybe you should start thinking of your next computer based purchase to be maybe DSL or Cable internet provider. Again, HL2 does need a fast connection for online play, but to let you know, the bots in Source are alot more inteligent.

[darkmeca 0]

Not neccessarily. That was what I'm trying to say.  You can have more than 2 people playing as long as you own a connector or hub that allows more people to connect together. You can buy it in a store.

50930[/snapback]

ok i think your talking about lan because on lan you can have multiple connections but i dont think you can do that with the phone line... i meant a dial up modem so it would be like calling someones house phone but instead of talking you would be playing a game through it, cause i saw my friend do with another.

[>>-ARRoW-> 0]

This happens when you start to install a new game under Steam and then try to join a server before the content for the game has finished downloading.

 

Because there isn't a specific progress bar for the new game and Steam doesn't want to prevent you from playing other games while the new game is downloading, you get into this situation.

 

Usually what happens is your connection to the server will time out and you will get disconnected.

 

What makes it a little harder is usually you are sitting there are the splash screen trying to connect to the server when you just don't have all of the game yet.

 

If you press your Windows key (you can <alt-tab> too) you will see that the Steam icon in the tray is 'busy'.

 

The best way to see what is happening here is to pull up the Steam Monitor Window and see what is being downloaded. Often what is causing this problem is that instead of downloading just one game at a time and letting it finish, you are trying to download all of the games at once which will usually take quite a long time.

 

The monitor should report all the different games that are downloading, but it might also just report the cryptic "scanning":

 

 

You should also check in the game properties where it will tell you what percentage of that particular game has been acquired:

 

 

There is a chance that for some reason the game is not set to automatically update, so in that case change it to automatically update and let the game finish downloading.

 

Bottom Line ... The Solution is ...

The solution for this is to wait for the rest of the game content to be downloaded.

 

If you want, you can set all the games you aren't immediately interested in to "do not automatically keep this game up to date"

 

This will pause the download for that particular game and speed up the download for the game you are most interested in. Don't forget to re-enable the automatic update for the other games though once you are done.

 

OK, All the Games are updated but I still can't get past "precaching", what now?

 

Occasionally this will happen, perhaps something is missing or got lost in the download.

 

One thing to try is to go to your splash screen (click on the game in the games menu) and click on "new game" which will let you start a listen server. Try a few different maps and see if they all work.

 

If that doesn't work, then the next step is to enable a couple of control variables that tell Steam to let you join a game even if the cache isn't 100%.

 

What you do then is you click on your game in the Games menu and go to the splash screen again, then at the splash screen, you enter the command console (usually the ~ key) and type in:

 

fs_lazy_precache 1

 

Then you can start a server or connect to an internet server and see if that will work.

 

if that doesn't work, then you can try entering:

 

precache 0

 

and again start a server or connect to an internet server.

 

This should solve your problem and let you play normally. But since you have dialup, I recommend simply getting a new internet service provider (ISP), perhaps Telus Velocity (DSL). That would literally solve your cs problems. And go to your console (~ Key) and type in "rate 12000". Make sure it does not go higher, because that would cause "choke" and having it too low will cause "loss" which both generate extreme lag during gameplay and loading a server.

 

Hope that helped ~

[QcS 0]

You should take another connection because im sure thats the prob but, You will see it, You will lag so much and you will never be ok to play lolll sry for my english i hope you understand what i said

[malish 0]

I had the same situation with the game, but I found a good solution and I can instruct you on how to play the game in with your internet:First of all you need to to make sure counter-strike cach was fully uploaded onto your computer. By that I mean that when you run steam and go to your games list it shows you 100% beside counter-strike, which means that the game is fully downloaded. If it doen't say 100% you have to leave steam over night or maybe even couple of to make sure the game is on your computer. Because whats happening - you are trying to connect to the server but steam also updates/uploads rest of the files on your computer and your dial up cant handle it. So after you're done with the frst part you will need to create a special config to decrease your lag.You need to go to the root folder of your counter-strike folder: its usually - c:/valve/steam/steamapps/yourusername/counter-strike/cstrike, than you create a file autoexec.cfg and add the following commands to it:// Client network optimisation settingscl_allowdownload "1"cl_allowupload "1"cl_cmdbackup "2"cl_cmdrate "20"cl_download_ingame "1"cl_lc "1"cl_lw "1"cl_lb "1"cl_nodelta "0"cl_nopred "0"cl_resend "1"cl_showfps "0"cl_updaterate "20"fastsprites "2"max_shells "0"max_smokepuffs "0"mp_decals "10"mp_footsteps "0"net_graph "1"net_graphwidth "192"net_graphpos "1"pushlatency "-150"scr_conspeed "10000"// Server network optimisation settingssv_unlag "1"sv_unlagmax "0.5"sv_unlagsamples "1"// Aliases alias "net1" "net_graph 1;bind m net3" // Netgraph 1 alias "net2" "net_graph 2;bind n net4" // Netgraph 2 alias "net3" "net_graph 0;bind m net1" // Netgraph 1alias "net4" "net_graph 0;bind n net2" // Netgraph 2 bind k "net1"bind l "net2"// Reportconfig loaded. Pres ''k'' or ''l'' (net_grath ''1'' or ''2'')After you go to counter-strike - open console and type exec autoexec.cfgGood Luck and if you have any questions feel free to ask!

[jopak134 0]

you can try gg client/ garena, it acts as a virtual lan and it works fast even if your connection is not good. but on the game, i wont count your lag

[Ucrg 0]

you can try gg client/ garena, it acts as a virtual lan and it works fast even if your connection is not good. but on the game, i wont count your lag

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