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What is Counter Strike? Simply put it's a counter-terrorist mod, however it's a question I've been asked by a large number of people, and I'm sure it's being asked all over the world. You see this MOD is not being played solely in the UK or US. It's being played by countless numbers of players from a vast range of countries. Although Quake, Unreal Tournament, and other well known games are played around the world, counter strike (CS) is one game where you are guaranteed to find a lot of foreign players all playing simultaneously forming teams of Terrorists, and Counter-Terrorists who fight it out to either secure a key mission objective, or wipe out the other team.   

This game is big, and due to it's form of play it's not like any other first perspective shoot them-up. Running into this game like Rambo will see you die many times. It takes time, and patience. Together with this guide you'll soon pick up the things you need to know to excel at counter strike. Be you a novice or experienced CS player I plan to bring you everything you could possibly need here ready for you 24 hours a day :) 

Recent Updates - (recent 6 or so shown)

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The end? :( - Updated by S.A.S, Monday 22rd January 2001
General Guide News
I'm not sure what to say, but it looks like BarrysWorld will be closed down. Check out the full press release here and the official one here.

(Due to the BW website getting a lot of hits, the full press release can also  be seen here. And the official one here.)

This means I and everyone else at BarrysWorld have lost their jobs, and the guides will soon go offline. Since they are owned by BarrysWorld I won't be allowed to reuse them until a few things are sorted out (no ETA). Although I hope they resurface in some form or another, especially the counter strike guide which I've built up as the CS community grew, and it has become my most popular guide to date (receiving 8000+ page views a day).

I'm happy to have done all of this guides work, and having helped countless players with gaming issues. I'd like to thank everyone who helped contribute bits of content for the guides. 

This just leaves me to say good bye. :(

Scott Grenney "S.A.S", BarrysWorld Content Author, Guides editor, Columnist and Community liaison.

Small note:
DFLW Guide: I was working on the official guide and although it's not complete the content and what has been done so far is in Novalogics hands. It may appear in some form.

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Updated by S.A.S, Wednesday 3rd January 2001

My boxed version of CS arrived today (it has only just come out here in the UK), so I'll be having a look at all the changes from the downloadable version.

One change I've noticed is the weapons have all been renamed to alternative names, BUT fear not for after testing I've found one simple text file can change the names back to their real names thereby making the boxed version of CS match the free downloadable one :)

Details on how to do this can be found here. 

Updated by S.A.S, Tuesday 2nd January 2001

A lot of you have been asking where you can get past and custom CS maps. After a bit of searching I found this excellent site:

http://www.halflife.net/counter-strike/download-html/maps/dm_life1.html 

It's also now linked off the maps section on the cs guide :)

Updated by S.A.S, Monday 18th December

New content added including:

• Tactics by Stoney Jackson.

• A number of the weapon pics have been updated (Thanks Jmich).

• BlackBishop's weapons guide, which also includes tips and tactics has been updated.

• The CS manual has now been fully updated to version 1.0. The manual that is in the 1.0 release has the "title 1.0", but in fact there are no changes made to it from the last beta (7.1)! They are now included and you can grab a copy of the manual here which you can use to replace the old manual in your cstrike/manual/ directory.

Updated by S.A.S, Saturday 11th November

The CS guide has now been updated to cover version 1.0 changes. I also had to redo a lot of the images on the guide because of the new player models in CS.

Added: Details on the 3 new weapons. More images.

Still to come: 1) Full update to the CS manual. 2) Completion of the maps section, and 3) a page dedicated to gamers who will buy CS from the box set. I'll be including info on what changes they will face if (I should say when :)) patches are released for it.

Also if you want to see my review of CS version 1.0 you'll find it hidden away on my column here: www.barrysworld.com/news/columns.asp?Author=37&Category=5

Updated by S.A.S, Thursday 9th November

This is it. Counter-Strike is no longer in beta! Version 1.0 can be downloaded here:

• Update 7.1 - Version 1.0 (22MB)

• Full install of version 1.0 (84 MB)

• More download links from cs.net

v1.0 Changes
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[11.8.00]
- added three new weapons:
(H&K UMP .45, FN Five-Seven, & SIG SG-550)
- redone player models
- incorporated Valve's model blending technology
- left beta stages

Note: There are some issues with the new animations. I spoke to Gooseman, and it seems he to is not happy about the way they have turned out. Hopefully changes will be made, because from the reports I'm hearing at the moment all point out the new animations suck :(.

Expect more details + a full update to the CS guide ASAP.

Updated by S.A.S, Monday 30th October

News post by Speccy:
The version 1.1.0.4 update for Half-Life has been released by Valve Software, and sports three new Team Fortress scenarios, adjustments on two TF classes, in addition to some new features and fixes:

• All map resources can be downloaded from the game server.
• Counter-Strike proxy cheat fixed.
• Linux security issue resolved.
• Pyro`s burn damage increased.
• Heavy Weapons Guy`s chaingun damage reduced.

Grab the upgrade from 1.1.0.1 (17.4MB) or the full patch (~52MB) which can upgrade any previous version of Half-Life.

If your having problems with protocol errors in halflife / TFC / CS then make sure you have this patch so your halflife version is 1104 and the problem will go away :)

Updated by S.A.S, Monday 09th October

Black Bishop has updated his detailed weapon/tactics guide. Here's the list of changes:

Updated by S.A.S, Thursday 28th September

Six new brand spanking new CS servers for you all to enjoy :)

62.212.205.35 27035 Players =12
62.212.205.35 27036 Players =12
62.212.205.35 27037 Players =12
62.212.205.35 27038 Players =12
62.212.205.35 27039 Players =12
62.212.205.35 27040 Players =12

You can update the master = hlmaster.barrysworld.com:27010 to save typing in all the new ips :).

Updated by S.A.S, Wednesday 20th September

BlackBishop has finished work on an amazing weapons guide. Defiantly worth a read, as it goings into great detail and gives tips on using the weapons. Check it out here.

Updated by S.A.S, Monday 18th September

Beta 7.1 is now out! There are no changes as such to the core of the game, just a number of bug fixes. A new version of cs_siege which has a drivable APC, and a new server command (mp_maxrounds to play with :)

You can download the patches here:

• Win32 Patch 7.0-7.1 (3.9Mb)
• Win32 7.1 Full Version (70Mb)

BETA 7.1
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[9.13.00]

- fixed de_vegas crashing
- tweaked burst fire accuracy system
- slightly improved vehicle code
- included missing skies (for cs_arabstreets, de_train)
- fixed mp_timelimit bug
- added APC to cs_siege
- new server variable, "mp_maxrounds X" {X = maximum number of rounds to be played on a map, if X = 0, then maps will rotate based on mp_timelimit}
- fixed crosshairs {They now expand regardless of lag}
- fixed player heights {Player's POV is now representative of the third person player model}
- fixed shotgun not showing up in VGUI menus in as_ maps for CTs
- included new death icon for headshots

Updated by S.A.S, Tuesday 5th September

Two big updates today:

Bot section - Now with reviews and interviews of the single player bots currently available for CS. Expect regular updates from Gryffinder on all things botty :).
Scripting - Ever wanted to know how to script? Ethereal shows you how with a detailed look at CS scripting.

Updated by S.A.S, Friday 1st September

The bot section is now taking shape. Two new bots URLs have been added and Gryffinder is now working on reviews for each of the bots. Included will be  interviews with the bot creators.

Updated by S.A.S, wednesday 31th August

I've added details on how to turn on/off the radar after a number of people have recently asked me about this. Details can been seen here. :)

Also DaveyD has finished another map guide. This time to cs_assault :).

Update 1.29pm:

It seems CS bots (single player kind for practice), are becoming very popular, but people are having trouble finding them. http://guides.barrysworld.com/cs/bots should help. I also plan to review each bot with some help from others so you can get some idea how good each of them are. 

Updated by S.A.S, wednesday 30th August

The CS guide has now been updated to cover beta7.0 !  :). There are too many changes on the guide to list, but here are some of the main points:

- New knife - With 2 attack modes.
- Dual berretas.
- New animations. Especially when it comes to reloading.
- Vehicles
- New vgui menus 
- New seal model

Updated by S.A.S, Saturday 26th August

BETA7.0 Here it is :)

• Beta 6.6 - 7.0 Upgrade patch ~31MB

• Beta 7.0 full install ~70MB

Changes in beta7.0:
- added dual Berettas 
- added redone Knife Model (added a secondary attack mode for knife) 
- fully implemented VGUI 
- added new player model (Seal Team 6) 
- added several new player animations 
- fixed locked chasecam 
- gave VIP a USP 
- added cs_office, as_highrise, cs_arabstreets, de_foption & de_vegas 
- fixed many bugs & exploits 
- added driveable vehicle support 
- added driveable vehicle test map de_jeepathon2000 

New Commands: 
setinfo vgui_menus X 
{X = 0 or 1, 0 disables VGUI menus, 1 enables VGUI menus} 
(also available through the "Play CS" > "Customize" menu) 
*Note: If the buy weapon system malfunctions, disable the vgui 
through the "Play CS" > "Customize" menu 
*Note: de_jeepathon2000 is meant as a test/prototype map only.

The CS guide will be updated ASAP. I hope to have it up to 
date with beta7.0 changes before tuesday.

Updated by S.A.S, Saturday 12th August
The Barrysworld CS servers 1,2,3 and 4 have been moved to a higher spec box and can now be found at the following IP addresses, or at their new location when you update GameSpy. Also 6 new servers with 12 playerlimits have been added! :)

62.212.205.35 27030 Players =12
62.212.205.35 27031 Players =12
62.212.205.35 27032 Players =12
62.212.205.35 27033 Players =12
62.212.205.35 27034 Players =12
62.212.205.35 27029 Players =12
62.212.205.66 27021 Players =18
62.212.205.66 27022 Players =18
62.212.205.66 27023 Players =18
62.212.205.66 27024 Players =18
194.88.93.70 27025 Players =18
194.88.93.70 27026 Players =18
194.88.93.70 27027 Players =18
194.88.93.70 27028 Players =18

Post by Speccy

Updated by S.A.S, Saturday 12th August
Updates:
Configs: Morpheus's advanced config (version 2), and [SG]Llama's config added.
Tactics: Updated the tactics section to include info on walking + listening in CS.
FAQ: Updated to include some solutions to error messages that can be seen in CS.

Updated by S.A.S, Thursday 20th July
DaveyD's latest map guide is now up for the map cs_estate with some excellent images showing the key sniping positions.

Updated by S.A.S, Tuesday 18th July
My next public guide will be for cs_italy, which should be up this week. After that I'll be leaving the maps to DaveyD who you can see from his militia map guide can create some damn good public map guides :). Expect to see more work from him soon :).

Updated by S.A.S, Saturday 15th July
Full credit to DaveJ for creating these excellent logos :)

Check the pic of the logos here
Logo1 - (bottom of pic, long green logo) - Download
Logo2 - (top pic, square shaped) - Download

To Install:
BACKUP your original pldecal.wad file, then place the new file from the zip into your /cstrike/ directory. Join a server and spray :)

NOTE: It may take 30 seconds or a whole minute before the logo sprays correctly. First time you use it a default logo may be seen instead, but the 2nd spray should show the BW logo you've downloaded.

Updated by S.A.S, Friday 7th July
There are now 4 new BarrysWorld CS servers each with 16 player limits, which should help ease the hassle of trying to find a free space on a server to play on :).

MASTER: hlmaster.barrysworld.com:27021
194.88.93.31:27020 (14 player)
194.88.93.31:27021 (14 player)
194.88.93.31:27022 (14 player)
194.88.93.31:27023 (14 player)
194.88.93.70 27025 (16 player)
194.88.93.70 27026 (16 player)
194.88.93.70 27027 (16 player)
194.88.93.70 27028 (16 player)

Updated by S.A.S, Monday 3rd July
Nez has updated his configs:

" ...The new tweak configs have had a few alterations over the past few days what with the new valve patch out and CS 6.6, so I set to work finding the best tweaks I could as usual. I've had a few people moan about the fact they were lpb and couldn't seem to hit anything so I had a little play around and gave the resulting cfgs to players and they were happily amazed to find they were hitting the mark again.

The hpb cfg has had a bit of a face lift and tidied up because some of you moaned at how I wasn't tidy. I've also added a few tweaks, but the one most of you will be happy with is the lowcfg for those systems that give appalling fps of 20 or less this I've really gone to town on. I'd expect quite a good fps increase... "

More details here on version 2.1 of his configs, which have been tested and reports have been very good can be found here :).

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