CSP Deathmatch weekend testing

22-3-2012 22:58

The CSPromod team are inviting the public to test their upcoming Deathmatch mode feature this weekend.

Although everyone's attention is mainly focused on the upcoming Counter-Strike: Global Offensive these days, the people behind CSPromod have been hard at work and now come bearing news.

For those of you who are new to the whole idea of CSPromod and what it actually is, the developers' frequently asked questions website explains it like this:

"CSPromod is a 100% custom-coded Source engine modification. Its goal is to bring the gameplay, feel, and competitive spirit of the original Counter-Strike to the Source engine, along with improved graphics and new features."

The game's current release version is 1.08, with 1.09 having been in the works for quite some time now. This weekend, the public will get to test CSPromod's planned Deathmatch feature.

A problem CSPromod has had to deal with in the past is the rather low level of activity. For the weekend, the team will only host two official servers, but there will be additional servers available.

In fact, CSPromod developer Saul "Saul" Rennison has informed HLTV.org that there will be a lot more servers than first anticipated, expecting the number to be in the 30's or more.

A Swedish game hosting company even offered to make 20 to 40 servers located in Sweden available for the public test weekend.

It should be noted that this is only the alpha phase of the Deathmatch mode, which means it is far from ready for release. The CSPromod team is thus depending on feedback over the weekend.

Although the 1.09 release is still down the road, some of the changes meant for the upcoming version will be put into effect this weekend, like the implementation of predicted deaths.

The development team will release the necessary files you need in order to play sometime during tomorrow. If you wish to participate in the weekend testing, here is the installation guide.

If you are interested in knowing more about the team's work and the game, the frequently asked questions section covers a lot.

nice

2012-03-22 22:58

Nice!

2012-03-22 22:59

for sure trying it.

CS1.6 > CS:GO

wow nice =D

2012-03-22 23:01

yay!

2012-03-22 23:02

i'll be streaming this tomorrow for anyone who cares

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I care and I will see it! :D

2012-03-22 23:10

CSP > CS:GO

CS 1.6 > CSP > CS:S > CS:GO

2012-03-22 23:03

6 replies

2012-03-22 23:14

GO>CS:S, agree with the rest

2012-03-22 23:15

2012-03-22 23:23

2012-03-22 23:33

CS 1.6 > CSP > CS:GO > CS:S

2012-03-23 15:34

GO is way better than CS:S

2012-03-23 23:40

Oh, yeah!

2012-03-22 23:04

2012-03-22 23:05

Yay! Everyone should give CSpromod a try. And don't forget to give feedback to the devs. They need it.

Word.

2012-03-22 23:06

We need a server in SPAIN, UK or Portugal for the Portuguese community play the game decently. wiki.cspromod.com/Servers#

2012-03-22 23:09

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This is NOT the list of servers that will be used during the testing weekend. They have yet to be announced.

2012-03-22 23:11

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Oh... Ok, then when are the lists of the servers going to be announced?

Do you already fix first time to join servers? It's really hard to wait more than 5 minutes when you try to connect server for the first time.

we need server in South America (brazil, argentina or chile will be good) Don't forget us!

2012-03-22 23:17

as i said on the other thread, i can't get 1.08 working, keeps crashing when it loads the map / retrieve server info, i only have Source SDK 2007 though, maybe i also need TF2 (a user here said it was working without it) !

There was a thread about this on CSP's forums

CSPromod its much much better then cs:go and cs:s

2012-03-22 23:13

promod > csgo by far

typo: "For the the weekend"

regardless if csp is better then cs:go they are just to slow to make this game take off

2012-03-22 23:16

yeah but the staff is made of modders who work for free to give you a free game... if more ppl would join their team they would probably finish it faster.

2012-03-22 23:42

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I understand that I was just stating why csp will go nowhere, tho i do wish them thebest of luck

2012-03-23 00:09

yes just like the original cs didn't go anywhere because it was an half life mod made by 2 guys..

2012-03-23 02:20

will be testing it out!

"alpha phase" ? isn't that usually referred to when the developers test the product :) just saying :) @on topic it's worth giving a shot ;)

2012-03-22 23:19

I guess they mean the development of the feature itself, not testing stage.

2012-03-22 23:27

lurppis should give us your thoughts about CSP and continue smashing CS:GO.

2012-03-22 23:22

CSP imo good game :)

2012-03-22 23:24

2013-09-29 00:12

hope csp will be like 1.6 :D...

2012-03-22 23:25

They need to change models to look more like 1.6 and game would be pretty good and playable.

2012-03-22 23:34

That's in the works. Already in the texturing phase for the T model.

2012-03-22 23:38

"A problem CSPromod has had to deal with in the past is the rather low level of activity." Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't ESEA host CSP servers until the devs tried to force ESEA to pay them for the privilege because they wanted to be in control? Since the U.S. scene is localized on ESEA, that means it'll never take hold in the U.S. Of course American CS is a very small part of the pro scene, but if the CSP devs intend to lock down the game like that, is there any chance it will take off? Moreover, is it even worth playing if they plan to do that?

2012-03-22 23:45

I don't know about this, but this must have been chibsquad's (alex garfield) idea. He never was a developer and he doesn't seem to be part of CSP anymore.

2012-03-23 00:16

#whatnext on gamesurge mIRC. We 10 man nightly. Come join in on the fun?

2012-03-22 23:52

Instead of making another useless CSS, i mean CS:GO, valve could pick up these guys, offer them job and build CSPromod officially. I always claimed that promod is better CSS, but i believe it could be more like 1.6 one day. gj

2012-03-22 23:53

+1 Agree 100%

2012-03-22 23:54

while the idea is great, i'm afraid valve guys would mess up promod... afterall, they're paying. no the good thing about promod as it is... is that it is 100% community made... so we know it will be almost perfect, if it ever gets completed :)

2012-03-23 00:19

Link For csp plz :)

2012-03-23 00:01

cspromod.com/

2012-03-23 00:02

tx bro :)

gonna be extremely hard to compete with valve, honestly I think their just wasting their time

2012-03-23 00:03

2012-03-23 00:23

Good NEWS!

2012-03-23 00:31

I've just installed the game few hours ago, played it and was really positive surprised. The game really feels like 1.6 with Source graphic. I was playing it for like 1,5-2 hours or so. I'm really looking forward to test Deathmatch mode. So far so good CSP team.

2012-03-23 00:41

invest something in bringing CS:GO and CSPROMOD together and make something good OMFG!

2012-03-23 00:54

just make Saul Rennison CEO of CSGO project, and let him be in charge of the developing team

2012-03-23 01:33

CSP is just 1.6 on the source engine AND it's in beta so it's getting fixed to suit us 1.6 players. If only valve can pick them up, we can make a good switch, that's if CS actually dies though which may take a few years still.

2012-03-23 01:55

Lol do you know how long they have been developing csp??? Hold your breath and wait on that 1.6 gameplay with source graphics.

2012-03-26 07:30

Stop what you're doing right now, go to cspromod.com and download the latest version. Install it and play it. Tell me it doesn't feel like 1.6. Sorry, but I read three posts from you and its clear that either you haven't touched the thing in a long time or you just don't understand what 1.6 is in the first place and how well CSP replicates it. I'm sorry if you may have gotten burned on some donation that Alex Garfield screwed you out of but the fact at the end of the day is that these guys are making a DAMN good version of the game we've been playing for the last decade and change and this sort of thing needs support if we want a future where we are still playing a game that is competitively viable especially if you're from North America. I'm in the CS:GO beta and while the game has potential, the sad truth is that the game is still very far from being competitively viable and Quake 5 isn't coming anytime soon either so this really is the best option for guys like us who appreciate competitive FPS whether you like it or not.

2012-03-26 09:31

cs 1.6 > all

2012-03-23 03:17

so source, not buying into this.

2012-03-23 04:14

erm do we need to have source to install promod? :S

2012-03-23 04:42

no, you don't need CSS; CSP is for free. read the installation guide.

2012-03-23 04:53

HLTV sharing CSP news..... WOW

2012-03-23 05:30

they always had csp news....?

2012-03-23 06:01

its been an year since something came out in those regards....and more over GO wasnt there that time...

2012-03-23 08:50

Valve should help csp developers and make everyone happy. Let cs:go be for consoles and csp for pcs. Petition Valve ffs.

2012-03-23 06:09

finally deatmatch

2012-03-23 07:55

Finally! Ty Pus!

2012-03-23 08:49

Latest Update news from CSP: update.cspromod.com/post/559

2012-03-23 09:11

That "sounds" good :D

2012-03-23 13:30

Isn't it possible to make a game which has the same movement,recoil and feeling like 1.6 just with better graphics for example ?! Is this so difficult ?! That is exactly what the community wants if u bastards kill 1.6

2012-03-23 09:56

I dont think it would be difficult but noone can do it because Valve ownes all rights to CS. They wil release "new" CS instead of remaking old one because that will bring more money.

2012-03-23 10:31

they can own a game and its engine but the recoil patters and movements??is it even possible??

2012-03-23 14:18

That's exactly what the CSP-devs are trying and their getting closer and closer to 1.6 with every new release. Try CSpromod, search for differences to 1.6 and tell the CSP-devs about them.

However, don't even bother posting some BS like: 'game feels wrong', 'recoil sux', etc. Use precise and descriptive style ;)

2012-03-23 13:54

Deathmatch update this weekend, next update jan. 2013.. By the time promod is any good we will all be dead and burried

2012-03-23 13:41

I've been reading this sicne like the 2008-2009 period O_o

2012-03-23 13:55

hello, how to make bots on csp to play normally (doing things like planting/defusing bombs, camping/rushing and shooting directly at enemys not at walls)?

2012-03-23 14:59

no way. This is really not a priority since the PROmod.

2012-03-23 16:41

As far as I know better bots are already in progress...

2012-03-23 17:02

CSP is actually getting pretty damn good. The newest one is getting pretty close to 1.6, few bugs to iron out....but it shits all over csgo and source.

2012-03-23 15:14

i downloaded / installed the game but on find server i see only 3 servers with 500 ms and i couldn't find any other servers which weren't empty so how am i supposed to try this game ....

2012-03-23 15:36

At this moment your are trying to play a heavily outdated version (Sep 2011). So don't be surprised nobody plays this version anymore.

2012-03-23 16:42

No thanks :)

2012-03-23 16:25

CSP = Futur

2012-03-23 16:27

since its evolved to the alpha.... can we expect eh release of the game sooner???

2012-03-23 17:15

This is actually good CS Promode should be better then CS go ! I got high hopes ! Fingaz crossed

2012-03-23 19:11

the site is down?

2012-03-23 20:34

When is the list of servers going to be revealed?

2012-03-23 20:58

DDOS too strong mayne!

2012-03-23 21:00

Bitch, where's mah csdm at?

2012-03-23 21:21

CSP GO!!

2012-03-23 21:09

You disabled the site because you're writing the news and don't want to have spam on forum with bump posts? :)

2012-03-23 21:32

Any statement so far?

2012-03-23 22:13

We're having some trouble with our servers and we have some issues to sort out before we can release anything. Sorry for the inconvenience.

2012-03-23 22:50

9 replies

Damn! How much time it will take?

2012-03-23 23:01

8 replies

Not sure; twitter.com/#!/DreamHost + dreamhoststatus.com/

2012-03-23 23:03

Ok, it's back you have 15 minutes to release the 1.09 DM beta. :P

2012-03-23 23:45

It's the CSPromod team, what did you expect? Everything about this project has been delayed, so why not this DM testing.. I really did, as well as you, hoped that this was true and no delay would appear, but I was proven wrong. I think it's quite sad, especially when it comes to maybe 1.6's true, and only savior, for a already large scene. I hope they'll soon will get their fingers out their *****, and give us something final. How long has this project been arround? 3 years or so? To long imo.. I know it's voulenteer work, but still.

2012-03-24 00:58

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yeah it's out now. you complain too much.

2012-03-24 01:43

Complain? Yes, but I'll bet ya, that I say what a hole lot of other people think as well. And well, maybe I whine a lot, but I'm just frustrated about how long this project has been under progress. None the less, the information by the CSP team, has since the started lacked. A thing that I think would not have taken many minutes once in a while.

2012-03-24 12:29

I'd be more thankful. It's not like they owe you anything.

2012-03-24 02:43

They owe me nothing, no, but their vision/mission about the cs promod, was never from the beginning set to take this long time, it already has.. They give us hope ealier, than they can realize to the hole community. They should instead have waited to publicate it, till there was actually something out. But it's good your thankful, but when they will finally come out with a ready product, people will already play something else (of course not everyone) - Though I hope they'll prove me wrong. :)

2012-03-24 12:35

3 years? Are you kidding? Try closer to 10 in all. Between the different developers. Alex Garfield of EG took donations for years towards CSP. Promising 1.6 with better graphics. Then never gave the community even a decent beta.

2012-03-26 07:33

docs.google.com/document/pub?id=17R7XD9C..

2012-03-24 01:37

my stream of the DM is going live own3d.tv/pbandy1

2012-03-24 02:39

*retweet*

2012-03-24 02:41

It's fun :D

2012-03-24 03:10

going live again in lower res so i don't lag as much (640)

2012-03-24 03:55

Played it for last hour or so and so far it is flawless in terms of bringing 1.6 feel to Source engine. I don't get why Valve puts their money into utter shit game CS:GO is, instead of this.

2012-03-24 16:54