Good Game PC Custom Hardware Configuration for High Performance Desktop

Game needs high bandwidth and good latency not only for gaming multiplayer in the internet, but also in the core PC. Better prefer Desktop to Laptop, if you are core gamer. Every component in the System will have some frequency deciding the latency and some memory deciding the bandwidth. Here are few.

These are the factors influencing the Game Performance.

1. Processor Cloak Frequency - Latency
   
2. Processor Cache Memory - Bandwidth kind of thing
   
3. Mother Board Front Side Bus Frequency or HyperTransport - L
   
4. Graphics Processor - L
   
5. Graphics Memory - B
   
6. RAM - B
   
7. Secondary Memory - B
   

AMD is considered faster as the memory controller is built inside the processor. The HyperTransport Technology is a complete replacement of the Front Side Bus - So there is a definite improvement in speed.

If you want to buy a Good PC for gaming India, let us calculate the cost for good configuration,

Processor:
AMD is good, Intel Core 2 Duo is good - Rs. 7000/- budget will get you a nice processor

Mother Board:
Compatible with good FSB or Frequency - Rs. 4000/-

Graphic Card:
512MB to 1GB with nice chip - Rs. 7000/-

RAM:
2 GB with 833MHz - Rs. 1800/-

Hard Disk:
Which ever you like with SATA - 250GB Rs. 2300/-

Rs. 23,000/- in total. Add Cabinet, Mouse and Keyboard Headset - Will be Rs. 25,000/-.

If you buy a Laptop with same price, you will get 1/3 of the performance.

CS1.6 Key Binds for Warcraft FT Mod and Super Hero Mod

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Super Hero mod is a addon for AMXX. It can be downloaded from this alliedmods thread. The Warcraft also is a addon for AMX Mod X. It can be downloaded from war3ft.

Binding a Command to a Key means, using a key to give a command instead of repeatedly typing a command in the console. Like If you want to change sensitivity to 5, you can do it by typing "sensitivity 5" in the console. But whenever some one changes this you need to change back. So, you will bind this to another key say keypad 5 like this.

bind kp_5 "sensitivity 5"

So whenever you tap keypad 5 the sensitivity changes to 5.

In the same way, the command for ultimate power in warcraft is "ultimate". Now you can bind this command to some key say keypad pageup key. Do it like this,

bind kp_pgup ultimate

Thats it! Thats how we bind keys. Also, when you click your mouse, you are firing, this is becasue the fire command is bound to mouse1 key. The command for fire is +attack1. You can see this in the config.cfg.

Super Hero Mod Motd:

How to get Heroes:
As you kill opponents you gain Experience Points (XP), once you have
accumulated enough for a level up you will be able to choose a hero.
The higher the level of the person you kill the more XP you get.
The default starting point is level 0 and you cannot select any heroes.

How to use Binds:
To use some hero's powers you have to bind a key to:
+power#

In order to bind a key you must open your console and use the bind command:
bind "key" "command"

In this case the command is "+power#".

Here are some examples:
bind f +power1
bind MOUSE3 +power2

Available Say Commands:
say /superherohelp - This help menu
say /showmenu - Displays Select Super Power menu
say /herolist - Lets you see a list of heroes and powers
say /myheroes - Displays your heroes
say /clearpowers - Clears ALL powers
say /drop - Drop one power so you can pick another
say /whohas - Shows you who has a particular hero
say /playerskills [@ALL|@CT|@T|name] - Shows you what heroes other players have chosen
say /playerlevels [@ALL|@CT|@T|name] - Shows you what levels other players are

say /automenu - Enable/Disable auto-show of Select Super Power menu
say /helpon - Enable HUD Help message (by default only shown when dead)
say /helpoff - Disable HUD Help message

Mod's Official Site: http://shero.alliedmods.net/

Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne Binds:
Ultimate is the command to use the ultimate power. Now that you know the command for the power, select a key to bind a key. Lets say Alt. Now use the following command to bind the command ultimate to alt.

bind alt ultimate

Thats it!

amxx.cfg File of AMX Mod X

AMX Mod X uses a main config file called amxx.cfg in addons/amxmodx/configs folder. This is a file which saves the initial settings of the AMX Mod X. This config is loaded and the commands in it are executed when starting the AMX Mod X.

The first command amx_default_access "z" means that all the users who are playing as clients in the server can have the power z. Which is almost like just a user and no power.

Changing this to amx_default_access "j" means, that all the users can have the power "j". Means all the players can start voting of all kinds.

"amx_reservation 0" means there are no reserved slots. When someone starts a server they can reserve a slot for their friends by changing this to "amx_reservation 1". And that user needs to have the reservation flag set with his name in users.ini.

"amx_mode 1" this command enables/disables when set to 1/0 AMX Mod X.

Configs.ini File of AMX Mod X

Configs.ini file allows the admin to load the configs for the game through a sub-menu. This sub-menu is shown in "amxmodmenu" as Configuration. And is shown in second page of the amxmodmenu.

It lists out all the configs in the configs folder and the required config can be loaded just by selecting it in the game on screen menu.

Changing Crosshair Color to Various Colors in CS1.6

If you see in the config.cfg file, there is a command line showing

cl_crosshair_color "250 0 250"

This is the command for chosing the required color for the crosshair in Counter Strike 1.6. The colro can be chaged to various colors different than those shown in the Multiplayer Options Menu. There are only four to five basic colors shown in the Multiplayer Options Menu. This command can change the color of the crosshair to as many as 16777216 colors.

These colors can be obtained by giving their corresponding numbers in the command. Each argument ranges from 0-255 and it should not exceed 255. The first argument is for Red, then the second one for Green and the third for Blue. If an argument is dominating the other, then that colors is shown better in the crosshair. All 255's mean white and all 0's mean black colors.

Demo Playback Config for Counter Strike 1.6 and CSCZ

Demo Playback has many features in it when you open any demo with the commanf viewdemo. This will let you see the demo in low motion, extreme slowmotion and ultra slowmotion and there is no limit. Similarly for the fast play and ultra fast play and extreme fast playback also. But if you need to write a command for everything in the console then it would ake you bored of viewing demos. This is the configuration in userconfig.cfg I use to make the dmeoplay back much easier than what it is without any config.

echo "Demo Playback Config Loaded"
echo "----------------------------"

bind "KP_END" "host_framerate 0.001"
bind "KP_DOWNARROW" "host_framerate 0.005"
bind "KP_PGDN" "host_framerate 0.0075"
bind "KP_LEFTARROW" "host_framerate 0.01"
bind "KP_5" "host_framerate 0.00; dem_pause 0"
bind "KP_RIGHTARROW" "host_framerate 0.03"
bind "KP_HOME" "host_framerate 0.04"
bind "KP_UPARROW" "host_framerate 0.05"
bind "KP_PGUP" "host_framerate 0.06"
bind "KP_MINUS" "dem_jump -10; dem_pause 0"
bind "KP_PLUS" "dem_jump 10; dem_pause 0"
bind "KP_INS" "dem_pause 1"
bind "KP_SLASH" "dem_jump -60; dem_pause 0"
bind "*" "dem_jump 60; dem_pause 0"
alias vote amx_votemapmenu

You can paste this in config.cfg of your cstrike or in userconfig.cfg. Once you have done this. You can use the demo playback config for cs1.6. All you need to do is see what key does what and start viewing demos. There wouldn't be any need for you to open the console while in the demo playback.

How to change the Config .cfg files and AMX Mod X Plugin Source.sma files

How to Open:
You can always open any file in the operating system windows with wordpad or notepad. These are called basic text editors. The notepad is much more basic than the wordpad. It is always easier and better to open a file in notepad but if you want it to be clear and formatted, then you can open it in wordpad.

What is a Config .cfg File!
The files with the extension .cfg are called as config files which will be taking part in configuring the game as the user needs it. These files will contain a number of commands and configuration variables and their values. You can edit these variables and commands by changing the text. This should be done only if you are well aware of what to do and what you are doing.

What are .sma Files!
.sma files are the program source files of the AMX Mod X pluigns. These sources are compiled and the output file .amxx is used for modification of the game. These pluigns are written in languages like c++, pawn etc. You can create your own source or .sma files by writing a program referring to the AMX Mod X Documnetation and in the amx studio which is created when you install the amx mod x with the installer. It will provide you good information about the functions available and what they do. These files can be seen in your installation in the folder cstrike\addons\amxmodx\scripting, or any other folder where you installed the addons.

AMX Mod X Docuentation:
The AMX Mod X Documentaion will provide the complete information of available commands and thier uses. These functions are those present in dlls which come with amx mod x. You can write your own plugins like CSDM, GunGame etc if you are very good at programming. All you need to do is start writing a program in wordpad or notepad and finally save it as .sma file in addons\amxmodx\scripting and run the compile.exe in the same folder. See for the errors and correct them. If you are successful, people start playing your mod, very similar to CSDM and GunGame.

Some functions in AMX dlls look like this:

• get_user_armor
• get_user_ammo
• get_user_authid
• get_user_weapon
• get_user_health

These are used to input in the program.

And some commads for editing configs:

• con_color "255 255 255" - Changes the color of the text appearing in chat to "255 255 255" which is RGB. You can ahve your own values not more than 255.
• cl_rughthand 1/0 - whether to use right hand or not.

This is the config I use to play back demos

• echo "Demo Playback Config Loaded"
  echo "----------------------------"
  
  bind "KP_END" "host_framerate 0.001"
  bind "KP_DOWNARROW" "host_framerate 0.005"
  bind "KP_PGDN" "host_framerate 0.0075"
  bind "KP_LEFTARROW" "host_framerate 0.01"
  bind "KP_5" "host_framerate 0.00; dem_pause 0"
  bind "KP_RIGHTARROW" "host_framerate 0.03"
  bind "KP_HOME" "host_framerate 0.04"
  bind "KP_UPARROW" "host_framerate 0.05"
  bind "KP_PGUP" "host_framerate 0.06"
  bind "KP_MINUS" "dem_jump -10; dem_pause 0"
  bind "KP_PLUS" "dem_jump 10; dem_pause 0"
  bind "KP_INS" "dem_pause 1"
  bind "KP_SLASH" "dem_jump -60; dem_pause 0"
  bind "*" "dem_jump 60; dem_pause 0"
  alias vote amx_votemapmenu
  

I think you can understand the keys and their uses from this. You can change the framerate in demos with a tap on your keyboard. Whole numpad is used as the controller for the demo playback. It is great to use. paste it in your userconfig.cfg It will help you greatly.

For more such config segments see other posts on this blog.