Tutorials

Why a CS 1.6 server with a handful of players feels laggy, how to check the real server FPS with stats, and the sys_ticrate, rate and ReHLDS fixes that smooth it out.

Why HLDS refuses a 64-bit .so with 'wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64', how to find the offending file with the file command, and how to get the 32-bit build it actually needs.

What a stack error really means in AMX Mod X, how to enable debug to find the offending function, and why oversized local arrays are almost always the cause.

Why CS 1.6 runs your 144 Hz or 165 Hz monitor at 60 Hz, how to force the real rate with the -freq launch option, and how to stop v-sync from capping your frames.

How mouse DPI, the in-game sensitivity cvar, raw input and Windows pointer settings combine in CS 1.6, and how to pick a value you can actually aim with.

What a leak actually is, why hlbsp aborts VIS, and how to load the generated .pts/.lin pointfile in your editor and in-game to walk straight to the hole.

Why A2S_INFO query floods knock a CS 1.6 server offline, how to spot them with tcpdump, and how to rate-limit connectionless queries on UDP 27015 with iptables.

Keep a CS 1.6 server up 24/7: how hlds_run already restarts on crash, the -pingboost and -norestart flags, and a systemd unit or screen loop that survives a hard fault.

The difference between SteamID and IP bans on CS 1.6, the engine and AMX Mod X commands behind each, and which one actually holds against non-Steam abusers.

Why CS 1.6 has no native server-side demo, how to record with the client console, use HLTV as a recorder, force clients to record with a plugin, and review the files.

Bind full weapon-and-armor loadouts to single keys using the built-in buy aliases, chain purchases with semicolons, and fix binds that only buy the first item.

Why amxxpc throws error 017 when compiling an AMX Mod X plugin, and the five things that actually cause it: missing includes, wrong-version natives, typos, and scope mistakes.