How to Reduce LAG on Cstrike 1.6 Server

- Step 1 - The firs step is that the server has "Realtime" priority.
Start the server, press CTRl + Alt + Del, click Processes, find hlds.exe in the list, and right click on it, Set Priority - Realtime.

- Step 2 - The second step is:
- Go o the hlds.exe folder (from where you have opened the server), make a shortcut to the hlds.exe, then you will find in the same folder another file "Shortcut to hlds". Right click on this one, press Proprieties, and in the first raw you have Target, and there yo have something like HDD:\location\hlds.exe .
Now add -console -game cstrike -pingboost 3 +sys_ticrate 1000 +heapsize 250000 +maxplayers 20 +map de_nuke.

Step 3 - Step 3 is for more quick change of the map:
- Enter the cstrike folder, where you have the installed the server , find the custom.hpk file and remove it for good.

- Step 4 - Can be used as a script for rates:
Code:
alias "dslow" "sv_minrate 2500;sv_maxrate 2500;sv_minupdaterate 5;sv_maxupdaterate 5;echo dead slow"
alias "vslow" "sv_minrate 3500;sv_maxrate 3500;sv_minupdaterate 13;sv_maxupdaterate 13;echo very slow"
alias "slow" "sv_minrate 3500;sv_maxrate 5000;sv_minupdaterate 14;sv_maxupdaterate 14;echo slow"
alias "norm" "sv_minrate 3500;sv_maxrate 7500;sv_minupdaterate 15;sv_maxupdaterate 15;echo normal"
alias "fast" "sv_minrate 3500;sv_maxrate 9999;sv_minupdaterate 20;sv_maxupdaterate 20;echo fast"
alias "vfast" "sv_minrate 3500;sv_maxrate 20000;sv_minupdaterate 20;sv_maxupdaterate 60;echo LAN fast"
alias "rates" "sv_minrate;sv_maxrate;sv_minupdaterate;sv_maxupdaterate"

Add the file server.cfg to the script, in the cstrike folder where you have installed the server.
Usage: After you have started the server, write in the console what setting you want, considering the type of internet connexion you have, and also considering the type of computer that you keep the server on. For exemple, if you have a server on lan, write in the console vfast, or if you have a server where you have players in the same network you can use fast or norm. You can acces this script by "rcon" considering the variation of the lag on the server. you should not have any setting about the rate in server.cfg, listenserver.cfg, game.cfg, settings.cfg, amx.cfg etc.

- Step 5 - It refers to some setings that you should add on the server.
- You have the following settings:
Code:
log off
sv_logbans 0
sv_logecho 0
sv_logfile 0
sv_log_onefile 0
mp_logmessages 0
mp_logdetail 0
sv_unlag 1
sv_maxunlag .1
fps_max 600

You shoul add these settings in server.cfg .

- Step 6 - It refers to some settings that you should use considering the type of internet connexion you have.
Code:
// Modem 56k //
rate 5000
sv_rate 5500
sv_cmdrate 40
sv_cmdbackup 2
sv_updaterate 45
mp_resend 2
sv_dlmax 40
mp_decals 50

Code:
// 128k //
rate 10000
sv_rate 10000
sv_cmdrate 60
sv_cmdbackup 3
mp_updaterate 60
sv_resend 2
sv_dlmax 100
mp_decals 100

Code:
// 256k //
rate 12000
sv_rate 12000
sv_cmdrate 101
sv_cmdbackup 4
sv_updaterate 101
sv_resend 3
mp_dlmax 256
mp_decals 100

Code:
// 512k //
rate 15000
sv_rate 15000
sv_cmdrate 80
sv_cmdbackup 4
mp_updaterate 45
sv_resend 3
mp_dlmax 400
mp_decals 100

Code:
// 1024k //
rate 20000
sv_rate 20000
sv_cmdrate 80
sv_cmdbackup 6
mp_updaterate 80
sv_resend 6
mp_dlmax 800
mp_decals 300

Code:
// 2048K //
rate 25000
sv_rate 25000
sv_cmdrate 101
sv_cmdbackup 6
sv_updaterate 101
sv_resend 6

Code:
// DSL High //
rate "12001.000521"
sv_rate "9999"
sv_latency "-21.000521"
sv_updaterate "160"
sv_cmdrate "40"
mp_resend "2"
mp_cmdbackup "2"
sv_dlmax "768"
ex_interp "0.01"
ex_extrapmax "10"

Code:
// DSL Low //
rate "9001.000521"
sv_rate "9999"
mp_latency "-51.000521"
mp_updaterate "67"
sv_cmdrate "40"
sv_resend "2.5"
mp_cmdbackup "51"
mp_dlmax "512"
ex_interp "0.05"
ex_extrapmax "4"
cl_dlmax 800
mp_decals 300

Code:
// qDSL //
rate "15001.000521"
cl_rate "9999"
cl_latency "-16.000521"
cl_updaterate "101"
cl_cmdrate "400"
cl_resend "1.5"
cl_cmdbackup "2"
cl_dlmax "1024"
ex_interp "0.01"
ex_extrapmax "10"

- Step 7.
In step 7 you will learn some Windows settngs:
- Right click on My Computer, press Properties, click up on the Advanced, and in Performance, click Settings and do like in the image below:

- Step 8 - About the optimization of some processes, and how to disable the unuseful ones.
- Press the Start button, click Run... and write regedit, then press [+] from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, than press [+] from SYSTEM, then press [+] from CurrentControlSet, then [+] from Control, than press [+] from Session Manager and then press on Memory Management. In the right you will have a list with some registers.
Double click DisablePagingExecutive and at Value data change the 0 with 1.
- In order to stop the unusefull processes:
Press Start, clik Run and write msconfig. A window will apear, click on Services and click the ones you do not need. Also, press Startup and click on those you think you do not need.

- Step 9 -
- Click on Start, press Run... and then write gpedit.msc. Under Computer Configuration press the [+] from Network, and then press QoS Packet Scheduler and you will have a lst in the right, where you can make some settings. Double click on Liit reservable bandwith, then mark Enabled and change rom 20% to 0% at the Bandwith limit. Then click Apply and OK.

- Step 10-
- Right click on the Desktop - Properties - Apperance - Effects. In this window, only the raw Hide underlined letters... should be marked.

-Step 11 -
- Click Start - Run and write Sigverifexe. Then press Start.

- Stept 12 -
- Go to Control Panel and then Administrative Tools - Services. Right click - stop on the following:
Application Management
Clipbook
Error Reporting
Distributed Link Tracking Client
Help and Support
Indexing
IPSEC
Messenger
Remote Registry Service
Telnet
Windows Time
WMI Performance Adapter

- Step 13 -
- Go to Start - Run and write regedit. Then go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM -> CurrentControlSet -> Control -> Session Manager -> Memory Management -> PrefetchParameters. Then enter the EnabePrefetcher and set the value 3.

-Step 14 -
- Enter Start - Run and write regedit. Then go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SYSTEM -> CurrentControlSet -> Control -> PriorityControl. In the right press New - DWORD Value. Write IRQ8Priority. Then press Modify and put the value 1.

- Step 15 -
- Use the "TCP Optimizer" software in order to optimize the internet. It is a good software that I tested.

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