Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Developers   Valve Corporation   Hidden Path Entertainment

Engines   Source

Release dates Windows August 21, 2012 OS X August 21, 2012 Linux September 22, 2014

Counter-Strike

Counter-Strike	1999
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero	2004
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Deleted Scenes
Counter-Strike: Source	2004
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	2012
Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies	2014

Key points

Runs on low-end hardware.

Steam Workshop integration

Active community

General information

Official game blog

Counter-Strike Wiki

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums

Steam Forum thread - persistent bugs and problems.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys
Steam

All versions require Steam.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

-novid Find Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in your Steam Library Right-click the game name Select Properties Select Set Launch Options... Input -novid Press OK Launch the game

Game data

Configuration files location

	Location
Steam	<path-to-game>/csgo/cfg/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game general video settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			HUD elements do not scale correctly, and hit indicators are not properly visible.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16 samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
High frame rate		No frame rate or refresh rate cap.

Input settings

In-game keyboard/mouse settings.

In-game gamepad settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Can be enabled/disabled and customized
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller Y-axis inversion

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Over-all game volume and separate music slider.
Surround sound		5.1 surround sound, 4 speaker surround
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		"Silence the audio while the game window is in the background" check box. Also includes option to only play received mic chat on focus loss.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
Brazilian Portuguese
Bulgarian
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Turkish

Network

For more information, see the "Source Dedicated Server" section of our Source engine article.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP		Open the console (~) and use connect followed by the IP and port.

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP (outbound)	27014-27050
UDP (outbound)	3478, 4379-4380, 27000-27030

Issues fixed

Failed to find and connect to an acceptable dedicated server

Go to your Firewall and enable steaminstall steam hl hl2 steamTmp csgo

Error 55

Opt out of the Steam beta client

Re-enable the Steam service

1. Exit Steam.
2. Type "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\bin\Steamservice.exe /Install" at the Run prompt.
3. Restart Steam.

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Delete ClientRegistry.blob and AppUpdateStats.blob Navigate to <Steam-folder> Delete ClientRegistry.blob and AppUpdateStats.blob

Ignorerad command not saving

The ignorerad console command (to disable radio sounds) is not saved when changing levels.

Bind Key Bind a key to enable ignorerad every time a new level loads.

Purple and black broken textures

A generic fix for this issue can be found on our Source engine page.

Issues unresolved

Surround sound

5.1 surround sound is broken and does not play essential sound effects when hearing from certain angles. It is highly recommended to use stereo sound instead to ensure all sound effects are audible.

Reportedly other issues with surround sound with the Logitech G35

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
OpenGL	2.1	OS X and Linux only.
Shader Model support	3
64-bit executable		OS X and Linux only.[citation needed]

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok	Heavily modified variant.
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	Steamworks

Console commands

Games running on the Source engine can utilize Source Engine Console Commands for various tasks.

Enabling the console in Source games Launch the game From the main menu select Help & Options Select the Game Settings menu item Click the arrow next to Enable Developer Console (~) so that it says Yes Click Back Notes: Press ~ to open the console. Some commands may first require you enabling sv_cheats. You can do so with sv_cheats 1. Many servers will not allow you to play with cheats enabled, or will disable them upon entering the server. Users without a US keyboard may experience some problems.

You can also have the console open by default on launch by following this guide:

-console Find the game in your Steam Library Right-click the game name Select Properties Select Set Launch Options... Input -console Press OK Launch the game

Launch options

View this Steam Support Article regarding launch options as well as the relevant Valve Developer wiki page for further information and a list of useful Source engine launch options.

Enabling a launch parameter Find the game in your Steam Library Right-click the game name Select Properties Select Set Launch Options... Input your selected launch options and separate each command with a space Press OK Launch the game

Command	Output
-novid	Skip intro videos
-console	Launch console at start
-high	Set csgo process to high priority
-freq 120	Set your refresh/hz
+exec autoexec.cfg	Executes the autoexec.cfg (file containing commands)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom X3 8750 processor or better
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible Shader model 3.0 support

OS X
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6.6
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core Duo Processor (2 GHz or better)
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 2400 NVidia 8600M

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU)	2.8 GHz Dual core Intel/AMD
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 2600/3600 NVidia 8600M/9600GT OpenGL 2.1 compatible