Rates Guide

I have made a CS 1.6 rates guide on my website which is worth a look if your interested.

I go into detail about each setting on what the best setting is and why, but if its TLDR I have just put the best settings you can use at the bottom of the page.

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http://www.mynameiscraig.com/gaming/rates-guide/

1/updaterate,

ex_interp / (interp not used) explained: http://www.kilty.com/extrap.htm

That maxrate info was something new though, how do you know?

my bad math strikes me again, ive changed it thanks.

some good stuff on there craig but there is also a lot of generalistation here, you say this is bs you cannot generalise peoples connections or if you do you have to make it clear that is a generalisation as for me 101 gives me no red dots.

Don't get me wrong there is a lot of good info there but there is also a lot of misleading information

I can't believe people still have to limit their game rates to their connections.

cmdrate = fps_max + 5
updaterate = server max
maxrate = server max
ex_interp 0

there should be a command / commands to change updaterate automatically so it matches the server

you only get a few, but still some. try staying on a server for +30minutes then checking net graph again, i dont know why but the longer you are on the server the more frequent red dots become. and every red dot is a command not sent because your cmd rate cap stopped it, if your on a server for about 2+ hours even 105 is not enough.

i will add this to the guide, thanks.

to add:

cl_smoothtime 0

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WHAT RATES SHOULD I USE ONSCREEN I HAVE 1MB INTERWEB PLS GIV ME YOUR REG.

I didnt add smoothtime as I haven't had a chance to test it, and that info is from source not 1.6, but im sure it does the same thing, just 1.6 has even more commands to do with smoothing such as cl_nosmooth and cl_vsmoothing but I will add it when I get time to test them.

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/millard1/Netcode%20Explained%20Again/members.westnet.com.au/wlloyd/netcode_explained_again.htm

Wow source has shit graphics

patronising guide

yeah source does have shit graphics LoL! oh just look at the bottom of that website, what does it say?



do you understand now?

Not a bad little guide interesting about the cmdrate being 105.. Never looked into it generally kept mine at 80 before.. will have to see when I get CS back what's better

I've never had any trouble with my rates, 20k 80 80, always get decent reg. Sure it's all in your mind

Thanks for this, always found configuring rates quite tricky.

Np mate, I agree it also depends on the server aswell for example the UKCT DM server I get the odd red dot where as on most priv/war servers I get nothing even international servers regardless of how long I play, I use 20k 101 101 if I drop my cmd below 100 I automatically get red dots

yeah im a rates n3rd and found the guide useful, thanks :] This seems to be info you've accumulated over the years from different sources, and some of it is just psychological, so I take alot of the advice with a pinch of salt - no-one will really ever understand netcode and determine the best settings imo

the thing with interp, I had interp set at 0 for years, always did OK, always had problems...nowadays i set my interp to match the ping on the server, e.g for a ping of 20MS, i would use ex_interp 0.02...and i literally cant remember the last time i complained about reg, it smoothes out my netgraph completely - I would recommend trying it out, if only for a bit.

It could be psychological, but I find unless you're playing on LAN, interp 0 doesnt do anything for me

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should fps_max be 100 or 101?

and do fps_modem and rate commands have any effect?