Counter Strike Source better FPS
Until recently I used to dread playing the map de_chateau in cs:s, which had been one of my favourites in the old 1.6 arena.
Every time someone threw a grenade at the center cracked wall area I would get some serious lag-g-g-g.
I decided I would go in search of some answers, so I teamed up with google and found a few....
Firstly some console tweaking
sv_robust_explosions 0
THis one reduses the effect of explosions, which was a major source of lag on de_chateau
cl_showsplashes 0
THis one takes away the splash effect from running in water and shooting the water.
and now for some source engine tweaking which can be done in the steam client. This assumes that you double clicking the game from steam and not a desktop shortcut.
Step 1. Right click the counter strike source game and select properties
Step 2. click on the set launch options button.
Step 3. Type -heapsize 1024000
Step 4. Click OK
What does that do? Good question it allocates 1 Gb of ram to the game. This is assuming you have at least 1.5 Gb of ram. As a rule of thumb I have found that allocating a third of your available ram to the heapsize is GOOD. (if you have 1 Gb ram you should allocate around 768 000 ish! - thats what my Brother Hippy Druid did and he was impressed with the results too.
further reading
Every time someone threw a grenade at the center cracked wall area I would get some serious lag-g-g-g.
I decided I would go in search of some answers, so I teamed up with google and found a few....
Firstly some console tweaking
sv_robust_explosions 0
THis one reduses the effect of explosions, which was a major source of lag on de_chateau
cl_showsplashes 0
THis one takes away the splash effect from running in water and shooting the water.
and now for some source engine tweaking which can be done in the steam client. This assumes that you double clicking the game from steam and not a desktop shortcut.
Step 1. Right click the counter strike source game and select properties
Step 2. click on the set launch options button.
Step 3. Type -heapsize 1024000
Step 4. Click OK
What does that do? Good question it allocates 1 Gb of ram to the game. This is assuming you have at least 1.5 Gb of ram. As a rule of thumb I have found that allocating a third of your available ram to the heapsize is GOOD. (if you have 1 Gb ram you should allocate around 768 000 ish! - thats what my Brother Hippy Druid did and he was impressed with the results too.
further reading
