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Started by MeRc_4_HiRe , Feb 02 2008 10:23 PM

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Posted 02 February 2008 - 10:23 PM

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a few weeks ago i got hooked back on cs when i played on a mates css. and i was thinking of getting it myself, but my problem is that i have a pretty small cap. meaning my speed will get lowered to a mere 28.8k speed. so i was wondering is that safe to run steam + css with a low ping if i play on the same countries servers? and also will it be a bitch for updates? how big are they and how regulary do they update?
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Posted 02 February 2008 - 11:09 PM

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Updates are actually pretty frequent for an FPS. But running CSS at 28k most likely would be an experiment that would end in tears.

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Posted 03 February 2008 - 03:17 AM

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QUOTE (anatomy187 @ Feb 2 2008, 11:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Updates are actually pretty frequent for an FPS. But running CSS at 28k most likely would be an experiment that would end in tears.


agreed i used to play some things on dial up in middle school (no other option at my house) but i remember it sucking quite badly...


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Posted 03 February 2008 - 03:57 AM

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you can only just play at 56kb/s IMO

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Posted 03 February 2008 - 04:16 AM

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hmm i had dial up a few years ago i think it was 32k i did ok in cs good server u could get 150ms-250ms which is pretty playable
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Posted 03 February 2008 - 08:10 AM

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i remember back in cs1.5 days (LOL WON) ppl could play on like 28k.

thnx for the advice, i guess i need to wait till internet in australia is cheaper, or i should go find a job =="
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Posted 03 February 2008 - 11:03 AM

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ya even w. 56k, if you're east you wont be able to play on central servers. you'll ping about 90 on east ones and 90 - 100 is where lag starts interfering...
mhm...

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Posted 03 February 2008 - 12:52 PM

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Heyyo,

Merc, I say just try it man! icon_biggrin.gif

There's 2 kinda games that run really good on dialup... rts's and rpg's.

Heck, who here remembers the days of Warcraft 2 where you could dial up your bud's home phone and get his game set to receive and game that way!? that's fucking righteous man... Some great times, lol. I remember heading over to one of my best friend's houses, and he'd phone up his bud and say "warcraft II time" and then next thing we knew his dialup modem called ross and he received it on his pc... hahaha, that was so mind-blowing first time I saw that. icon_razz.gif

I used to play Worm's Armageddon online, that game's seamless with dialup.. then again there's not much to it.

I also used to play a bit of Age Of Empires II with my dialup, that was alright.

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Posted 03 February 2008 - 02:43 PM

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At work, I use dialup w/ my laptop, and I ping about 90-120 to 1.6 servers in my country, and over the roof (300) to Source servers.

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Posted 03 February 2008 - 07:13 PM

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what about texture maps?

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Posted 03 February 2008 - 07:29 PM

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QUOTE (ThE_MarD @ Feb 3 2008, 10:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I remember heading over to one of my best friend's houses, and he'd phone up his bud and say "warcraft II time" and then next thing we knew his dialup modem called ross and he received it on his pc... hahaha, that was so mind-blowing first time I saw that. icon_razz.gif

Rofl...that is awesome.

Also, you can always play CS 1.6, many people still play it and it will run much faster than source will for you. 28k is pushing it though. I remember when I had it...took 5 minutes to load a website let alone try and pwn someone with it. Haha. Games weren't as demanding back then though.

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Posted 03 February 2008 - 07:36 PM

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Heyyo,

QUOTE (anatomy187 @ Feb 3 2008, 05:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Rofl...that is awesome.

Also, you can always play CS 1.6, many people still play it and it will run much faster than source will for you. 28k is pushing it though. I remember when I had it...took 5 minutes to load a website let alone try and pwn someone with it. Haha. Games weren't as demanding back then though.

Yeah man.. it was leet. One thing I love about civilization is you can still play it via e-mail, for those guys who play at the office or dialup. Bud takes his turn, emails it to ya, and then you take yours and email him back.. hahaha, so leet. icon_wink.gif

Yeah, the netcode was more basic too. CS1.6 you'll notice that people kinda "pop" around the screen instead of fluid movement as it is in the source engine, it's cause cs1.6 didn't use a lot of interpolation unlike source where it relies heavily on it.

Now that I think of it.. QuakeWorld works pretty good on dialup, and I used to play Quake 3 Arena on my 48.8K connection, lol.. Quake3Arena you had to lead your shot by like, two seconds.. it was hallarious, I suggest trying it for the lol's.. the only gun that's pretty useful is the rocketlauncher. Quake 4 does the weaponlag even on high speed internet, so us adsl and cable internet users can experience the delay of 56k that q3a had. icon_razz.gif

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OH! I used to also play HaloPC on dialup.. and it wasn't that bad at all! just don't join servers bigger than 8 players and you'll be ok. Before when I tried it with my clan they were in teamspeak saying "aww.. ThE_MarD's trying to game with his homies.. how cute" but when I tried to respond "fuck you!" I didn't have the bandwith and teamspeak dropped whatever I tried to say, hahaha! icon_biggrin.gif

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Posted 04 February 2008 - 01:20 AM

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yeah u defently can play games online with dial up maybe u should try getting into a mmorpg game or somthing if fps doesnt work out on dial up they work fine with dial up
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Posted 04 February 2008 - 12:05 PM

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QUOTE (Dex @ Feb 3 2008, 11:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
ya even w. 56k, if you're east you wont be able to play on central servers. you'll ping about 90 on east ones and 90 - 100 is where lag starts interfering...


I live in Virginia, I ping 40 to Chicago, and about the same to Dallas. It's probably due to the fact that I live in Northern Virginia though... mmm 55% of the world's internet traffic comes through here, mmmm tasty.

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Posted 07 February 2008 - 02:09 PM

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QUOTE (ThE_MarD @ Feb 3 2008, 12:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Heck, who here remembers the days of Warcraft 2 where you could dial up your bud's home phone and get his game set to receive and game that way!? that's fucking righteous man... Some great times, lol. I remember heading over to one of my best friend's houses, and he'd phone up his bud and say "warcraft II time" and then next thing we knew his dialup modem called ross and he received it on his pc... hahaha, that was so mind-blowing first time I saw that. icon_razz.gif


Ahhh, the good ol' days.

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Mom: "What?" *picks up the phone

Me: "Damnit, mom!"

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Posted 07 February 2008 - 03:29 PM

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I have to agree, it won't be a fun experiment. With lower settings you could probably pull it off, though. As for the WCII, that was a very cool idea, did it with a few friends from my town.

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Posted 07 February 2008 - 09:06 PM

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Hey, it's worth a shot, you can't really know till you give it a try.

Most likely though, you'll be tempted to throw your PC into a wood
chipper after the first few times you lag into a bullet.

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Posted 07 February 2008 - 09:20 PM

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CSS and dial-up internet is like oil and water....

plus , css and other games are updated with a certain frequence , and it would take AGES to DL'em bro...

i recomend u to get a broadband connection...


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Posted 08 February 2008 - 09:41 PM

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Pfft, On Rts? Most people cry when they get tiny lag spikes and kick you when you have 3 bars on StarCraft. Usually they ban me. Hamachi ftw.

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Posted 09 February 2008 - 01:22 AM

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play Wolfenstein 3D instead.. lol
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