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Counter Strike - In Game

Note: To save me a lot of typing, Terrorists = T, Counter-Terrorists = CT.

The HUD (Heads Up Display)
The image of the HUD below has hotspots. Move mouse over the areas you want to find out about :).

Other HUD Icons

Hostage Rescue Zone
This is the place where you'll lead hostages to, to rescue them :)

Defuse Kit
Indicates you are carrying a defuse kit. These can be bought by CT's in scenarios which involves bombs. 

The Bomb (C4)
In bomb scenarios one terrorist will be given the bomb at the start of a game. This icon indicates your carrying it.

FPS Counter (Frames per second)
If you turn the counter on ( /cl_showfps 1 at the console) then in the top left of the HUD your FPS count will be displayed. 

The 'Buy Menu'
Once your in your own buy zone, like you will find yourself in at the start of a round, you will be able to press your 'buy menu key' (Default B). You'll be faced with the menu as shown on the left.

Always remember. You only have 60 seconds to buy what you need. There's no going back for more ammo, or more grenades.

If any item is greyed out it will mean your side (T or CT) does not have access to that weapon.

You can buy one primary weapon, one secondary, one HE grenade, one HE grenade, two flash grenades, and a few items of equipment.  

Note: The menus above are the old versions that can be seen when you turn off the vgui menus (click here for more details). Although there should be no need to turn off the vgui menus as they are more attractive than the versions above :).

Radar
The radar which can be found in the top left of your HUD allows players to see approximately where their team mates are. Here's what you will see on the radar:

Purple dots: A team mate on the same level as you.
Purple T shape: Your team mate is a level above you.
Purple upside down T shape: Your team mate is a level below you.
Yellow Square: When a team mate has activated a radio command.
Red Dot: (Escape/Bomb scenarios only). Indicates to the CT players the location of the VIP in the assassination scenario. Or in a bomb/defuse scenario it shows location to all terrorists of the bomb carrier. 

Example1:  Taken from a Escape Scenario Game. (2 players on my level, 1 player a level below me, and 3 players on the level above me)	Example2:  Showing a player activating a radio command. (All players are on levels below me)

Radio Commands
Communicating with other players is easy in CS. Not only can you talk to everyone in the game (default y key), or just talk to team mates (default key u), you can play radio messages to your team mates! There are 3 groups of radio commands as shown below:

A radio command command once activated is also displayed like:

Note: The menus above are the old versions that can be seen when you turn off the vgui menus (click here for more details). Although there should be no need to turn off the vgui menus as they are more attractive than the versions above :).

High Jump
To jump a bit higher than normal press jump then crouch straight after. This allows you to reach crates and things you can't jump onto by just pressing normal jump key (default space bar).

The Torch
As well as providing light the torch (default key F) can be used to signal to team mates. Some players use a quick on/off action of the torch to signal 'ok' to team mates. Or to get them to look at a certain direction.

It's never a good idea to use torches near the enemy held areas. Your team mates will hate you if you light them up like a christmas tree with your torch and they wasted by the enemy because of it. If in doubt leave the torch off. :)

Map Voting
New to beta6.5 is the ability for players to vote for maps. 

1) Type "listmaps" at the console to see a list of maps on the server + the map numbers
2) Type "votemap x" at the console where X = map number.

Once 50% of the players on a server have voted for the same map, the map will change.

Vgui Menus
New to beta7.0 are the vgui menus. These help form the in game menus you'll see. You can see a list of all the vgui menus here.