source 1.6 ??

[noobontherun]

whats the difference between 1.6 and source is 1.6 actually a different game if so is it worth buying ?? ya i am noob 2 mnths been playing

[Mr-Me-II]

1.6 is the previous version of CS. Less pretty, but still more popular. Google image search some screenshots, it is worth every penny (I think it's only 10 dollars through Steam)

[Shinogana]

part of the reason it is still more popular is becausemany, like myself, still can't afford to upgrade their computers so they can play source.

[Mr-Me-II]

Heh. True dat. I been there...worked over X-Mas and blew over 450 on my rig. I still only get 30-50 fps though..
But...now that I upgraded for Source...normal 1.6 runs an avarage in the high 100's to 200's I limit it to 60...because high FPS make you glitch when jumping (Complete stop when you land, very slow acceleration)

[SaPpHiRe]

1.6 was built on the Half Life engine , while Source is the same engine as Half life two. 1.6 is , ofcourse , the older version , so the graphics look more choppy, while Source is much smoother. I find that 1.6 the hitboxes are a bit more accurate than source, but for some reason Source is alot easier . In 1.6 you can shoot through walls, but in source you can't. In 1.6 you can here the footsteps halfway accross maps , but in source only like 1/4.

[c0ke-Teh-Whale]

i used to play 1.6 in cal-m, and though i play source now i kinda miss 1.6 sometimes, for lack of a better word source is "noob" friendly lol. it plays alot different imo. also the hitbox's in source are semi-retarded, 90% of the time you have to aim slightly behind the person to hit them.

but 1.6 is butt ugly so source wins XD

[ProdigalSon]

maybe I'm too old, but the play is more important than the eye candy. Source looks great, no arguement, but the game play of 1.6 is sooo much better.

[fallen1]

just wanted to add a little to what people have already said.
the primary difference between 1.6 and CS Source is the engine it runs on. 1.6 is based on the older Half-Life engine, which was designed to work on Pentium 2 and 3 computers with video cards in the 16-32 MB range. While it has seen several updates from the original engine so the minimum specs to run it at full speed with all the eye candy turned up has been bumped up slightly, but it will still run fine on something like a P3 450 with 128MB of RAM and a 64MB video card (trust me, that's pretty much what I used to run it on).
CS Source on the other hand runs on the much newer and beefier Half-Life 2 engine. This includes a much more advanced physics engine that allows for more realistic game play and interaction with the environment (in 1.6 you never have to worry about giving away your position by bumping into a tin can and having it go rolling across the floor...in source things like that are possible). Because of the advanced game and physics engines the minimum system specs are much higher. you'll need at least a P4 in the 2.0GHz and up range, a minimum of 512MB RAM, and a bare minimum 64MB graphics card (128MB if you want to have good framerates instead of just playable). pretty much any video card from the ATI Radeon 9000 series up, or Nvidia 5500 and up, should be able to run it without any problems.
there's also a big difference in game play. 1.6 has been around a lot longer, so they've had plenty of time to work out the kinks in it, while CS Source can still be a bit buggy and has some known issues they are still working on (like the hitboxes not lining up correctly when people are running). 1.6 has a faster feel to it, but CSS has a more realistic feel to it. The graphics in CSS are much nicer, including things like lighting, shadows, and reflections. 1.6 shows your recoil much more than CSS, which makes it easier to figure out where your shots are actually going.
I have both 1.6 and CSS, and personally I like 1.6 a lot more. Sure CSS looks a lot better, but it just doesn't have the same "feel" as 1.6. In the end it comes down to what your hardware can handle and what you like as far as gameplay and eye candy, but with 1.6 down around $10 there's really no reason not to get it, even if you do get CSS too. Neither one is going away anytime soon, so if your computer can handle CSS and you can afford both, there's no reason not to get them both.

[Shinogana]

If you're willing to spend a little extra money, you can buy Half-Life 2 and get everything ( HL, HL2, CS, CSS, DoD).I found that if you get a hard copy it tends to be a little cheaper than getting it through Steam. You can get all HL2 with all the fixings for around $30-$40. Hell, you can probably find it cheaper than that somewhere. I would recommend it so you can try out all the games. Play HL and see where itr all started. It's a fun game. And I loved HL2, especially the Gravity Gun.Damn, that thing was fun. Especially when you were able to pick up people at the end. I dabbled in DoD at one time too, but I always came back to CS. Source works for me, but not well, so I don't play it yet.

[Mr-Me-II]

Hehe...organic gravity gun was the shit...I loved picking people up by like the foot and just shaking them

[Chicky]

What people don't understand is that Source is not a replacement for 1.6. As far as eSports go - all the big teams still play 1.6. No one really cares about Source when it comes to eSports. I don't think it will always be that way. You've got to remember where Counter Strike has come from. It's a game that is 7 years old now and honestly, when it was first released, it was horrible. Even some of the maps that originally came with counter strike were horrible (who remembers cs_docks where you'd rescue the hostages and they'd get stuck in the water because they can't swim?
). When you take into consideration that 1.6 wasn't released outside of beta stages for a full year and then remember that Source is just barely over a year old, you have to cut it some slack. Personally Source has come a long way from when it was released just over a year ago. It's still "noob friendly" but it's not 100 percent easy. There is definitely a learning curve for some of the weapons. Same with using the sounds, knowing the maps and knowing where and how to shoot. You can shoot through walls and objects now like you could in 1.6.

Either way - both are good games. I think everyone should play both as both are very good games. I do believe at some point in time Valve and Steam will stop supporting 1.6 - but I think we've got a few years before that happens.

In the meantime, everyone should download DOD Source - cause it's freakin' awesome!!!!

[Mr-Me-II]

I bought DoD source about 2 months back. Still runs at no better than 40 fps. I prefer original Dod 1.6...though I do like the slight weapon changes in DoD:S, that machine pistol for the Axis Rocket class kicks ass

- Mr_Me_II