fn/cstrike

Tactical-Retreat. Port of Counter-Strike 1.5 on top of Rad-Therapy.

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README.md

FreeCS

As seen on phoronix.com

Clean-room reimplementation of Counter-Strike 1.5 (mod-version).

Aiming for a stable reimagining of the original mod in QuakeC. Not aiming for accuracy, but for a smooth, exploit and bug-free experience over the Internet.

Done in my freetime for countless reasons, but most important to me: to learn everything there is to know about one of my favorite games.

This is all 100% new, original code written by good old trial and error. Differences exist and features are slowly being implemented one by one. This allows the code to be fully free and unencumbered, unlike similar projects.

Featuring proper weapon prediction to enable stress-free netplay.

The engine you want to use to run this is FTEQW (https://www.fteqw.org), which is a project unrelated to this. It just happens to support the file-formats FreeHL needs.

Features and Improvements

Native support for Windows/Mac/Linux/BSD and wherever else FTEQW runs on
Better support for higher display modes and aspect ratios
Much easier modding by having the entire logic be in modern QuakeC
Netcode that's always improving and more advanced prediction
Open-source code for transparent modding
Very permissive license (ISC/BSD)
The code doesn't rely on others work, so nobody can shut it down :-)

Installation

Grab the latest binary release, extract and put an FTEQW engine binary (for your platform) into the same folder as the default.fmf and readme file. Get FTEQW here: https://www.fteqw.org/

Run the engine and when in-game download the needed content, or optionally merge your own HL + CS 1.5 installation.

Notes

You'd think this disclaimer may be unnecessary but here we go:

This project is designed for the CS 1.5 data files.

You will have a bad time if you use it with later or earlier versions.

You won't be able to connect to most people their servers. Content may be missing.

This is designed for CS 1.5 and the Half-Life CD data files ONLY. If you want to play and later version of CS, please do it on Steam.

Building

Make sure you've cloned the FreeHL repo (external) into the Nuclide-SDK.

Clone the repository into the Nuclide-SDK:

git clone REPOURL cstrike

then either run Nuclide's ./build_game.sh cstrike shell script, or issue make inside ./cstrike/src!

Obviously make sure that Nuclide has fteqw and fteqcc set-up for building. But if you want to go about building this yourself, bring some experience with the build environment with you.

Community

Join us on #freecs via irc.libera.chat and talk/lurk or discuss bugs, issues and other such things. We've had people ask in the oddest of places for help, please don't do that.

License

ISC License

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF MIND, USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.