Performance Issues

[old.ForgedBlades]

I am new to the the online multiplayer stuff so please forgive any ignorance that this post/question may have in it. Having read about "tweaking" my machine for performance reguarding Ping times and latency, I am a bit confused. My understanding was/is that the latest versions of Cs don't "allow" this or it doesn't work. I am on a 56K Modem line,have recently added a 64Meg vidoe card ( which made a big difference in itself) but I usually see my Ping as something like 220-250. When I chekc out the other players PIng's as they are listed when you hit the "tab" key many of the players have pings under 100. Can I actually do something to narrow the gap on this.
I don't mind getting beat by a more skilled/crafty player, that's part of the learning process. But I would like to be on a fairly level playing field to start with.
One Last note, I don't get the "console" to appear at any time while I have the game running. Is this an indicator of something?


My sincere thanks for any help with these issues.
Forged Blades

 

[Embattle]

There are many different factors affecting ping....Location, Modem, ISP, time of day etc etc.

Go here http://www.lagless.com/ to find a guide on tweaking your modem and by the way no modemer can get under 100....only ISDN/ADSL/Cable can manage sub 100 pings.

 

[old.asdfgh]

also check a file called 'config' in your cs directory, there should b a console setting in there, if it is 0 then change it to 1 that should give u a console i think, accessed by hitting the tilda key ( the ` on the left of 1)

[R!F]Soul

 

[old.Anatoly]

There is also a CS specific tweak guide here:

http://ucguides.savagehelp.com/ConnectionFAQ/Halflife.htm


Quite useful, although I think their 56K rate settings are a bit optimistic

 

[old.ollyitus]

wont make a difference to your ping but if u have a nice new graphics car open the config file ang change the

fps_max from 70 to 100

 

[]SK[]

Originally posted by ollyitus
wont make a difference to your ping but if u have a nice new graphics car open the config file ang change the

fps_max from 70 to 100

i used to find lowering my resolution gave me better pings...but i chose to use 1024x768 over pings.

 

[Ch3tan]

www.lagless.com

http://www.3dspotlight.com/tweaks/cstrike/index.shtml

http://guides.barrysworld.com/cs/tweaking/

http://www.tweak3d.net/tweak/halflife/

http://www.planethardware.com/features/tweak/cs_tweak/

http://ucguides.savagehelp.com/ConnectionFAQ/Halflife.htm

 

[old.ForgedBlades]

Thanks eveyone!!

Just want to thank everyone for the help and ideas/links provided. I am in the process of trying out each of these and hopefully will narrow the Ping and latency gap so that I am better able to compete.