Counter-Strike (Windows)

Development Info Prototype Info Unused ModelsWant to drink a bottle of Hax0r Fine Wines? Unused GraphicsA lot of graphics from previous versions of CS wait here.

Unused Game Mode#

Escape Mode was a game mode added to Counter-Strike with the release of Beta 6.0. This game mode involves Terrorists trying to, well... escape, while Counter-Terrorists prevent their escape. It had a total of 3 maps made for it before it got removed. Escape Mode's unique feature is that Terrorists are unable to buy weapons or armor and have to pick them up at stashes scattered around the map. It is still functional on the latest version of Counter-Strike, albeit the Terrorists don't despawn when they escape.

Unused Text#

Team Hiring#

It appears that there were plans for a teammate hiring system. Inside of the GameUI.dll file, there is text that reads:

%s is not available for hiring!

"%s" would be replaced with the name of the member that was attempted to be hired.

liblist.gam#

trainmap "tr_1"

A leftover from retail versions of Counter-Strike, which included a training course.

Unused Weapons#

The game has several unused graphics for weapons and equipment that are leftovers from the unreleased Gearbox Software version of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero. Of note is that a majority of them do not seem to be properly aligned or have the proper dimensions to be displayed on the HUD.

Ballistic Shield (ES Five-Seven)#

A leftover from Gearbox's version of Condition Zero, the Tactical Shield was originally intended to only be used with the Five-Seven, and had a different name. HUD icons, a viewmodel (v_shield_r), kill icon and its HUD display data remain, under the name "weapon_shieldgun".

This edition of the shield later appeared on the Xbox port and in a single mission in Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Deleted Scenes.

CS Grenade#

A toxic gas grenade that would damage players that pass through its smoke. Two HUD icons and a kill icon remain. A viewmodel and worldmodel for it appear in Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Deleted Scenes, but is also unused there.

Flare#

Two HUD icons and a kill icon remain. An additional unused flare model could be found in Half-Life. The flare was an item planned for Rogue Entertainment's version of Condition Zero.

Gas Mask#

A piece of equipment meant to most likely combat the effects of the cut CS Grenade. It was to visibly appear on the playermodel's head, similar to the Defuse Kit.

M60#

Going Rambo on Terrorist? Sounds fun, but only HUD and kill icons exist. This weapon later reappeared only in Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Deleted Scenes.

Note that the selected display is identical, except for the "PRIMARY" text.

M72 LAW#

A rocket launcher strangely called "LAW Grenade". This weapon later reappeared in Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Deleted Scenes.

Machete#

The graphics resemble a kukri (a Ka-Bar BK4 Becker Machax specifically), rather than a machete. It reappeared in Deleted Scenes as an NPC only weapon, and was also originally planned to be used by the player.

Molotov Cocktail#

An area denial incendiary grenade. It's most remarkably featured in Global Offensive.

Unused Animations#

Players#

Every selectable model has 4 unused animations:

• dummy (Sequence #0): A duplicate of "treadwater" (sequence #9).
• I_am_a_stupid_placeholder (Sequence #54)
• so_am_I (Sequence #55)
• ref_reload_c4 (Sequence #64): Can be briefly seen by jumping and switching to the C4 while reloading any weapon.

Unused Sounds#

Radio Commands#

Counter-Strike reuses Half-Life's sentence system, allowing the game to easily call a sound, or string of sounds. Its use in-game is limited to radio voice commands.

Leftovers from previous versions#

Arabstreets#

cs_arabstreets was a map last appearing in Counter-Strike 1.0. A single sound remains, being the song featured in the map's radio; Leilet Hob by famous Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum.

Forest#

This short creepy sound played repeatedly at a random pitch inside of the hidden rat church easter egg in as_forest.

Rotterdam Docks#

Miscellaneous ambient sounds from de_rotterdam, featured only in Counter-Strike 1.1.

Vegas#

Several leftovers from de_vegas, last appearing in version 1.5. All sounds have a lower quality version. The EXIF metadata for these sounds include copyrights for a sound editing program named GoldWave: "GoldWave (C) Chris S. Craig, http://www.goldwave.com".

Italy's Sheep#

The Sheep painting easter egg in cs_italy is meant to have a continuous sound of sheep bleating playing near it. The entity that plays the sound is not set up correctly, leaving this unique sound unhearable.

Regional Differences#

German#

Please elaborate. Having more detail is always a good thing. Specifically: Get actual comparisons, for reference look at Half-Life's page. There appears to be differences between releases as well. Details about the retail version: Schnittberichte Details about the Steam version: Schnittberichte

The USK 16 German version has much of the same censorship featured in Half-Life, such as having enemies sit down and shake their head when they get shot and turning the blood yellow. In addition, every hostage uses the same character model, removing the researcher models. The German Steam version, rated USK 18, completely removes the blood.

Simplified Chinese#

If the game is installed in Steam's Simplified Chinese, an alternate version of cs_havana's texture file is installed that completely removes all references to the Cuban Revolution. Oddly, these changes do not apply to Steam's Traditional Chinese.