Counter-Strike: Global Offensive official site is live (kinda), beta starting today
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old manatee
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Is this a crazy question? In 1.6 you had hotkeys and in CSS you had hotkeys and loadouts. In CSGO I don't see a place to save loadouts and there aren't any numbers for hotkeys, plus the buy menu is a big wheel that is clearly designed for a console controller.
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No I said that for all the reasons you just listed because it's not there. lol
spootime
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People assumed you were a cod player trying to put on some mad perkz and 5 scopes on your weapon. As for your question I'm not exactly sure tbh. I've just gotten used to buying with my mouse.
old manatee
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The right mouse button takes you out of the buy menu entirely, but I don't know about just jumping up a level.
It's not too bad in competitive mode where the game pauses for a few seconds at the beginning of the round. In whatever the other mode is called everyone just rushes as soon as the round starts, so if you want to do anything other than rebuy previous (f2) it's really stressful.
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There WILL be at least one more major update during the beta focused around the sound systems. The beta is also going open later this month.
crimsonheadGCN
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Don't think I am ever getting a key for this
Don't worry. I wouldn't be surprised if the game goes into open beta after the Summer sale.
les papillons sexuels
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you can still make buyscripts.
bind "F7" "buy m4a1;buy ak47;buy vest"
should work for example.
BrLvgThrChmstry
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I'm sure CSS will still be alive and kicking well after GO is released.
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SkoomaSuckinSwit
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CSGO has been in closed public beta since Nov.
7 months.
They've gotten a lot of info from the community, and are now in the final stage of squashing bugs (across 4 platforms) in-house before releasing in a month.
They've announced this, but people seem to think the devs should make constant announcements about what's going on exactly. Talk about entitlement.
Maybe they got tired or reading the endless 'CSGO Sucks! The End of CS is Nigh!' threads from hardcore 1.6 fanboys on the Official CSGO Steam forum. Almost all of whom hated: any amount of fog, tracers, the movement, the spray patterns, the classic map changes, the map "clutter", the lack of color, the post processing effects, the size of the characters, the size of the guns, the reload animations, the new grenades, the circular buy menu, the lack of bunnyhopping, the sound, potentially having to play with console gamers, any mention of female models or an aiming down sights feature....etc etc. Nothing was right according to these people.
And yet from the live Twitch feeds I'd watch (EQMachine), people seemed to be enjoying the game just fine.
Looking forward to playing it next month. Will be a very welcome change from CoD, indeed.
1. They posted on their own blog that they were working on a big update due in a couple of weeks on June 11th. they made another blog post on June 28th that said they were working towards their next big update for the beta. It would take them very little effort to let people know what's going on, especially considering how often they've updated the game before (once a week for some time).
2. Those are all valid concerns. The gun model animations and sounds are weak. Sound in general is bad. The fog, vignette, raytracers are annoying and there is no way to turn them off. There are no silencers in the game. They haven't made any new maps for the classic Counter-Strike game mode.
3. Really, some people seem to be enjoying the game? How many people aren't enjoying it? I know I've seen player numbers drop over the last few months
Those are valid concerns.
Personally, I stopped playing because no one's in the beta.
I mean, there are people in the beta. But last time I played, it was one or two crazy good guys that carried a team. Valve needs to widen the net and let more shitty/average people in. Which I guess they'll be doing soon.
Also, just compare how this game is treated to Dota 2. The blog (http://blog.dota2.com/) and the game are updated 2-3 times a week
They're thinking of every little thing, from the UI to physics to visual style. They're communicating this information to everyone. I guess that's the difference between Valve and a company contracted by Valve though
They're thinking of every little thing, from the UI to physics to visual style. They're communicating this information to everyone. I guess that's the difference between Valve and a company contracted by Valve though
Well Dota 2 has to compete with League of Legends. They update the game weekly and the website every other day. CS is totally different.
And that's great! Communication between developers and the community is incredibly easy these days. Valve is great at doing that with Dota 2, TF2 and Left 4 Dead.
Putting thought into every aspect of the game is what makes Valve games so great, and no one can look at CS:GOs models, animations, sounds and visuals and say that about it
Druz
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It's almost like 1.6 players care about what this game COULD BE, given the right criticism. If you want to play COD go play it, this is counter strike and no one knows what makes counter strike, counter strike better than 1.6 players, dev's included.
spootime
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The game is quite far away from what I would consider releasable IMO. As KingKong said the sound is weak, models are weak, tracers and fog are still in the game, etc. And as he said, it's not so much the lack of updates, but the complete breakdown of communication with the beta testers.
SkoomaSuckinSwit
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TF2's success says you're wrong. Hardcore players would never have liked the art style, the hats, the comedy, etc.
The majority of 1.6 players don't want anything but an HD 1.6 (despite what Wisenhunt says.) That's pretty clear from reading the threads on that forum.
Nothing that was added to GO by the devs was any good, according to vocal 1.6 community.
Any suggestions for new gametypes/equipment was always shot down. The typical response was "That might be cool in another game...but that ain't Counterstrike".
They tweaked the spay patterns numerous times in a variety of ways; feedback was mixed. Molotovs - no good. Modern circular menu - console garbage. Map layouts similar to L4D maps - devs are lazy SoBs. And so on.
I imagine when the final version is shown shortly, they'll have competitive versions of the maps with no fog & tracers, as requested. And the sound will be fixed.
Anyway, I've enjoyed this guy's CSGO videos for a number of months (TheWarOwl) - agree with almost all his opinions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCsPUSR7Kzg&hd=1
1) Success has very little to do with how good the game is, unless you think the Call of Duty franchise is the best FPS out there. Obviously a newish Valve game that they've been pushing hard and gamifying (hats, drops, constant updates) is going to be popular, but it wasn't as popular as 1.6 or CSS until it was free.
2) Who is this "majority of 1.6 players"? Is it people on a forum? I don't think a handful of people posting on a forum constitutes a majority considering there are over 40k people playing 1.6 right now.
3) If they tweaked the spray pattern, that means the spray pattern had problems. Isn't that what they should do? Keep in mind that 90% of the game is copied straight out of CS 1.6, so when the other 10% is not only different, but worse, people will rightfully complain.
4) You imagine that they will fix everything that's wrong with the game? Why? They haven't given any indication that they even think tracers or fog are a problem. Sure, it could happen, but what makes you think it will?
Canis lupus
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Hope this as addicting as the older CS, getting it off PSN Play in a month.
spootime
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I don't really think this is representative of most 1.6 players though. Personally as a 1.6 player I think the decoy and molotov are good additions. They could add some new strategy to the game which is always cool. What sucks currently is recoil (you can just run around with the p90, spray, and get three headshots), tracers, fog, bad sound, etc.
1.6 Players don't expect an HD 1.6 (although that would be awesome), but they expect at the very least a competent sequel. Retarded decisions like fog, tracers, and strange map edits like taking out back halls in nuke are bad enough, but they refuse to take these out of the game despite the entire beta testing player base not wanting them. It also doesn't help that they haven't made a real content patch or even communicated with the beta testers in terms of feedback in two months.
I can not stand this clowns voice.
zephervack
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And even then, they would all turn off the post effects, and turn down the graphics to get the best performance and least visual distraction for competitive matches.
I love 1.6 and Source, but in a way I always hope that they would develop the game on their own, stop trying to recreate an old game and make it evolve to something new that still retains the pure visceral gun play in the series.
Don't forget that the release date is for the 360 and PS3 versions as well, and considering how long the approval process for those platforms is, I doubt we'll be seeing an update in the middle of August
I would think they will release an update soon, put up pre-orders and make it open beta until release. I would hope that they continue working on the game after release but you never know.
I would think they will release an update soon, put up pre-orders and make it open beta until release. I would hope that they continue working on the game after release but you never know.
Still having controller problems.
I got it to work as suggested, select the game with the controller.
good to go right? no
I can't aim up or down. Looked it up and i'm told to run exec 360controller.cfg.
Problem is that when I enable developer console it doesn't work. the ~ only allows me to turn off console, console comes up when I hit up on my left analog stick. I can type but my enter key wont respond to my command not will selecting submit via mouse click.
I tried turning off the developer console option, but I'm back to square one, no up or down aiming. I turned it back on after a restart of the steam app and the computer but it goes back to enabling console only when pushing up on left analog stick and same results as above.
I'm almost done with this beta and haven't had a chance to play it. And before anyone tells me to use a keyboard and mouse, its just not going to happen. controller or bust for me.
worst beta experience ever.
Is the PS3 getting a beta for this?
I got it to work as suggested, select the game with the controller.
good to go right? no
I can't aim up or down. Looked it up and i'm told to run exec 360controller.cfg.
Problem is that when I enable developer console it doesn't work. the ~ only allows me to turn off console, console comes up when I hit up on my left analog stick. I can type but my enter key wont respond to my command not will selecting submit via mouse click.
I tried turning off the developer console option, but I'm back to square one, no up or down aiming. I turned it back on after a restart of the steam app and the computer but it goes back to enabling console only when pushing up on left analog stick and same results as above.
I'm almost done with this beta and haven't had a chance to play it. And before anyone tells me to use a keyboard and mouse, its just not going to happen. controller or bust for me.
worst beta experience ever.
Is the PS3 getting a beta for this?
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Have you sent Steam Support a ticket, checked around the CS:GO SPUF forums, etc? Hell, shoot a tweet to csgodev and see if Chet replies.
I hope you manage to get your controller issues sorted out. I have 200+ hours in the CS:GO beta and I've been loving the heck out of it, even when (aka the majority of the time) I absolutely suck.
I think the beta is PC only, but the game will be out on Steam/XBLA/PSN.
Oh, and some new info:
A crosspost from SPUF from an HPE dev discussing CS:GO.
A crosspost from Facepunch/SPUF discussing Steam translation strings.
PS: Don't read the rest of that thread. Not worth your time.
No, I haven't sent a ticket. That's the right thing to do.
I did search their forums and web for just my issue but it doesn't seem to be a common one.
Thanks
Tried a program like Xpadder or Joy2Key?
hate xpadder.
Joy2key is for ps3 controller right? While I'd love to use my ds3 over my 360 controller, most games are 360 controller native support which makes it easier. No matter the preference sometimes its best to go with whats supported.
At best I am willing to get a pinnaclegameprofiler pin, which I am going to try tonight for DayZ.
But then again CS supports the 360 controller, I shouldn't need a third party app. I still need to send that ticket, ended up loading up dayz for the first time and lbp kart racing instead.
SteveWinwood
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Worst. Beta. Ever.
crimsonheadGCN
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Sgt.Pepper
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... yeah. I jumped the gun. : (
SteveWinwood
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There were some times in the dota 2 beta that were pretty damn dry too. If you've only been playing in the last few months you've been very spoiled with 2, 3 hero weeks recently.
Valve are not making the game though. I would say that since its so close to release its expected to go a bit quiet during the crunch time. I hope that people who have been in the beta gets some kind of pre-order rebate.
That would be nice. Newell often talks about rewarding good customers, and I can't think of a better customer than those that'll rabidly test your game for you. I got into the beta very late and think I still put a good 50+ hours into it.
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Yes they are. They are making it in collaboration with Hidden Path Entertainment.