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Alright, I played a few surf maps for a few days. Then when I went back to original servers, all the objects were REALLY bright compared to everything else. Does anyone know the command to fix this? When I shoot barrels, they look normal, but when they stop moving the turn REALLY bright again.

Thanks for the suggestions im reviewing them now. I REALLY don't need a new monitor. I already have a 22 inch gateway FPD2275W monitor... lol. I even compared it to that dell 24 inch monitor you suggested because my brother in law has the same one... The resolution it uses hinders FPS more on his system, than the resolution on my monitor... He has 2 sli nvidia cards. Im not sure what they are, but I know he paid 6 grand for his system.

Well, money is really no object... i have about... 2-4 grand to spend. Which is better the AMD processors or the Intel Extreme. You might think "Hey, why spend a lot of cash on something that'll just be out of date" Well, I'm looking to upgrade so I don't have to get another computer for another 3-4 years. This one has lasted me a long time, and I am ready for my next PC. My main concern is... which is better... I want good frame rates, but stability. I also burn a lot of DVD movies, HEY, NO I DON'T DO ILLEGAL THINGS!... I burn home movies of the kids... and I'd like something that can do that pretty quick too. I already have a great DVD burner so thats no problem. Any idea?

Can I guess who your ISP is? R to the ogers? thats a funny avatar!!!

Here is part of a screenshot i took... honestly i was amazed my cable got that high.

Well, i got my income tax, and i had to pay bills... So i only had enough for 2 new things. A mouse, and a 22 inch w HD display. The display is awsome. I can hook up and xbox360 to it. Or a Blue Ray DVD player(or HD DVD)

you mean like that kind of damage?

Clicky!!! I wouldn't mind getting shot with this thing. It sounds cool!!

Ok. This won't work because 1, you're talking to a community of players who have probably played longer than you. 2, because no one would ever pay money for you to teach them how to play a game. 3, everyone here is probably already better than you. Well, i only have 3.

My wife forces me to stay up late on the computer so she can get sleep. She can't get to sleep with the TV off. I can't get to sleep with the TV on. So I'm force to get about 3 hours of sleep waiting for her to fall asleep.

I'm looking at one right now its not too expensive its a 42 inch Viore. It does 1024x768, which is what i use anyway, and it does 1080i and 720p. Its only 998 dollars. But, I'm going to shop around some more before I decide.

Alright, I'm not sure if this has been discussed so here goes. Would a Plasma or HD LCD TV run well if it was used as a PC monitor running at 1080i or 720p? Im not asking WHICH would be better. I'm asking if there would be any ghosting. I know about all the frame rates, but is there any response time?

This is my "Suddenly CS:S is acting strange" guide. 1. Spyware: Download adaware from www.downloads.com that might help. You don't have to use this one but i personally do recommend it... also make sure windows firewall is on to help prevent some spyware. 2. Windows fire wall: make sure steam.exe and hl2.exe are in the exceptions list. start<settings<control panel<windows firewall<exceptions. 3. Hard drives: Run defrag on your hard drives(regularly). Sometimes it will cause strange things to happen in game. (start<programs<accessories<system tools<disk defragmenter) 4. Can-O-Air: Investing in one of these every now and then, if you don't use water cooling, is a good idea. Sometimes dust can clog up a heat sink, and cause heat to build up. Which can cause loss of FPS. Simply open your case, point at the heat sink, and spray. please... please... remember DON'T HOLD THE CAN UPSIDE DOWN. And make sure your computer is off.

This is my "Suddenly CS:S is acting strange" guide. 1. Spyware: Download adaware from www.downloads.com that might help. You don't have to use this one but i personally do recommend it... also make sure windows firewall is on to help prevent some spyware. 2. Windows fire wall: make sure steam.exe and hl2.exe are in the exceptions list. start<settings<control panel<windows firewall<exceptions. 3. Hard drives: Run defrag on your hard drives(regularly). Sometimes it will cause strange things to happen in game. (start<programs<accessories<system tools<disk defragmenter) 4. Can-O-Air: Investing in one of these every now and then, if you don't use water cooling, is a good idea. Sometimes dust can clog up a heat sink, and cause heat to build up. Which can cause loss of FPS. Simply open your case, point at the heat sink, and spray. please... please... remember DON'T HOLD THE CAN UPSIDE DOWN. And make sure your computer is off.

over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 15 ms 8 ms 30 ms 10.50.96.1 2 12 ms 8 ms 10 ms srp0-0.polkoh1-rtr2.neo.rr.com [24.164.96.66] 3 20 ms 15 ms 13 ms srp12-1.ncntoh1-rtr1.neo.rr.com [24.164.101.36] 4 10 ms 19 ms 12 ms son2-0-1.ncntoh1-rtr0.neo.rr.com [24.95.81.169] 5 28 ms 24 ms 32 ms son0-1-3.mtgmoh1-rtr0.columbus.rr.com [65.25.128 .246] 6 27 ms 27 ms 24 ms te-3-1.car1.Cincinnati1.Level3.net [4.78.216.9] 7 * * * Request timed out. 8 34 ms 34 ms 28 ms ae-21-52.car1.Chicago1.Level3.net [4.68.101.34] 9 28 ms 34 ms 26 ms unknown.Level3.net [63.208.138.134] 10 24 ms 48 ms 38 ms border10.ge2-0-bbnet1.chi.pnap.net [216.52.128.1 4] 11 28 ms 26 ms 36 ms c-216-52-148-55.internap-chicago.nuclearfallout. net [216.52.148.55] Trace complete.

It may not be your fault... I thought I was having problems from my end, and i added all the ports into windows fire walls exceptions, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS TURNED OFF. Anyway, i started doing ping polls, and tracerts. Well, i noticed that between 2 level3 servers, there was a * * * every time. I contacted my ISP, and they told me they were having complaints about the level 3 company. Then I did a search and found this. NEWS Interesting....

Hi, I was banned from all the servers. I ran through the server naked, with a pillow instead of a knife, and was instantly banned.

Me, I like to read. I've read about... 20 books this year so far. A friend and I got some Japanese material from his friend whose in college and we're both learning Japanese. Sometimes I go to. http://www.japanese-online.com and go over some stuff there if i have time. I listen to music almost... 14 hours a day, 5 days out of the week. I have my 8 gig mp3 player with me at work... so it makes work fun. I sit on IRC and chat with some people I knew back when gaming on Kahncentral.net, zone.com and kali.net was fun.(dos games). Hmm, I play with my kids when they're not asleep... or I'm at work. I think thats about it.

Anyone have any tools to make custome models and maps for source? Im really itching to get my hands on some programs.

If you want another AGP card thats cheap... you could go with a x1600 512 meg. Its not super great, but i have mine overclocked and it runs like a dream. I actually upgraded from a 9800xt OCed, I had custom cooling on it so it was pretty beefy. Im still very statisfied with the x1600 though.

I think i fixed it. I never had a legal copy of windows... but when I installed this new copy i bought, it was the latest version of windows... it had all the updates included. Well, even if you disable windows firewall, it would still block ports. So I had to individually input all the ports to unblock, to fix it. I only got to test it for 20 minutes, but it didn't disconnect... and with the power outages I can't do a full hour test.

Yeah, I did. CL_TIMEOUT 0 and 60, and 99999. I also get the "Disconnected Could Not Make A Connection To VAC Servers."

Alright... So I've been getting this message from 10-30 minutes every time I play. I recently had to reinstall windows, but I played CS:S on the new install with no problems. A day or so later I started getting disconnected. Here is what I've already tried. Resting the modem.(unplugged for 30 minutes) There is no router hooked up. Windows firewall is turned off. Start<Run<Msconfig< unchecked Process system.ini, win.ini. Reinstall STEAM. Ran steam programs that check for connectivity(shows it was fine) Updated all drivers. deleted ClientRegistry.blob Reinstalled nic drivers for my onboard nic. Talked to my ISP who says(There are currently no problems in the northeast ohio area) Ran www.speedguide.net/analyizer Does this happen to anyone else? And if so did you find a solution?

What do you guys use for mouse settings in windows, and in game. And what console settings do you guys do? There imo, there isn't a very good guide out there with what tweaks to use. I just did a clean install of windows and was attempting to tweak mine.

Ok, my little brother has a PsP. And he wants to get on the net with it. We bought a wireless ethernet card. Well, he has a modem which is wired, to the pc. And we hooked up this wireless card. This is what i tired.... I tried bridging the connections together, and it wouldn't work. It would ethier send, and not recieve. Or recieve and not send. The network bridge IP was always different. it would be a 165.xxx.xxx.xxx number, or a 192.168.x.x number. Any solution to this problem other than buying a wireless router?