Hello everyone!

It seems that quite a few players are having issues with low FPS in KZMod, which is definitely not what we want, especially since KZMod is designed to be played on computers capable of playing Counter-Strike. However, before I get to that I'd like to express how great it is to see this level of interest in the mod, as well as the amount of world record demos being submitted, those are really quite amazing to watch! Also, a shoutout to all these moviemakers who are making really great videos, nice one! It's our biggest wish that you guys have as much fun as possible playing our game, and by playing it you are making it feel very worthwhile for us, I express a sincere thank you to our community.

Now for the quick FPS improving tips:



The first thing I'd suggest is turning down the graphics settings (in the video options page of Options). This might seem obvious, but some people haven't tried setting everything to low before deciding the game is too laggy.

This might not be enough for some other computers, however. I'll take this opportunity to say that



There has been a lot of talk about this, but unlike in the Half-Life 1 engine (Goldsrc), your FPS does not need to be limited to 100 for the game to function properly. KZMod's game code is designed to run the same regardless of your FPS, so as long as you have FPS high enough to be visually smooth (i.e. 60 or more), you should have a predictable and smooth game experience.

You don't need a "FPS config" or anything else to reduce the overall graphics quality in the source engine, nor do you need to turn off water rendering and so on. The game console command mat_dxlevel controls the overall graphics quality of the game. The best way to set this is via changing the launch options. I'll explain how to get there for those who don't know:

• Go to the Steam library page, right click on Kreedz Climbing, and go to it's properties.
• Click on Set Launch Options.

Now that we are at the launch options, we can choose the DirectX level we want to run the game at. This doesn't change the system requirements of the game, it only affects the graphics quality. These are the following possible settings for this command that I know of:

• 95 - The best the engine has to offer.
• 90
• 81
• 80
• 70
• 60 - Getting pretty close to Half-Life 1 now.

My advice is to try each of these in sequence to see which one is best. Although you can change the setting ingame, it's best to do it out of game to avoid glitches. You set this in the Launch Options by adding the following:

+mat_dxlevel 95 (replace the 95 with your desired level). The plus is required. (For future reference, adding + executes a console command, so +net_graph 2 would turn the netgraph to mode 2. You can have multiple commands in the command line, but make sure you seperate them by a space).

That's my quick guide for you guys. You can turn off water rendering in the Advanced Options if necessary, but I strongly suggest you try lowering the dxlevel - low-dxlevel water (known as "cheap" water to mappers) costs very little FPS to render, so you can keep the water! Expensive water does reflection and refraction which can be difficult for old computers.

Edit: You can also use the -dxlevel 95 launch option, but this also modifies your graphics settings in the Options page, and also changes the default resolution. mat_dxlevel does not change these things, only the shaders the game uses and other low-level graphics.

Some FPS configs do actually make a difference, they turn off things like rope rendering, water rendering and so on, which can help regain some FPS. For most users though, reducing the value of mat_dxlevel should solve any FPS problem they have - there is no need to eliminate ropes and so on.

While we are here, I'll also quickly tell you all of another command: You can turn off the art tool dots by using rrdecal_maxdistance 0. This command sets the distance in units that you will see art tool dots at. Higher numbers make you able to see them further away, setting at 0 turns off the art tool dots entirely (the command defaults at 3000 units). rrdecal_mindistance sets the minimum distance you need to be from art tool dots to see them, this makes them disappear when you get close, userful if they were covering a jump.

Thanks again for playing everyone, hope you found this guide useful!

Hello everyone, 19 records were set and 22 records were broken today.




Acrasia

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akkord

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Dubstep

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Micron

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BuTaMuH

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w1zz

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K@MS3R

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DeathClaw

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Nokkan

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xperie

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omilo

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g-Lp

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anker

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kayne

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pizzah

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NeeliM

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tOni

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kz_surfcrazy_average done in 00:24.36 (00:45.63 K@MS3R)


Congratulations to all who submitted successfully.




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Hello again from the world of creative KZ! We have 2 maps today to release for you. One for bhop lovers of all skill levels and a very challenging regular jump map.




First up is kz_bhop_it_somewhere by an00biz from the CSS XC guys. If I am not mistaken he is also one of their admins. This map has an easy, medium and hard course utilizing the ever-popular brush_kzmod entities, allowing a designer to add multiple courses along the same path and display it in different ways.







Next up is a really cool yet challenging jump map called kz_melody by both DaTrippinHobbit and Kangaroo. The concept is a lone island with a gigantic magical/musical sea chest with a piece of sheet music in it. Jump the notes (and other stuff) coming off the paper to reach the top of the chest!







Enjoy and update your servers.

Hello, this week marks the release of the new demo upload script created by DaFox! The primary features of the new script are: An upload progress bar, Better error messages, Automatically deny wrongly named rar files.

We recently updated the record rules and added the following:

Shooting timers with the pistol is not allowed.
Make sure your name in the demo EXACTLY matches your site username!
For 2+man demos your usernames need to be separated by a comma. (kz_caverns_deep_2manrooftops_submittersusername,secondusername_0000.00.rar for example)
Make sure your capitalization of the mapname is all lowercase. (This is already a rule, but it will be enforced automatically now!)

This was also the last release we accept demos made on the 1.1 patch, which means if you submit old 1.1 demos now they will be denied.


MepH

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xperie

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DeathClaw

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badgamer

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BuTaMuH

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omilo

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Dubstep

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K@MS3R

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kropeq

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kayne

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NeeliM

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g-Lp

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kz_fragmania_bhopnightmare done in 00:23.73 (00:29.48 Acrasia)
kz_ghosttown_ez done in 01:32.64 (01:34.32 NeeliM)
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kz_trippin_nfslongjumpshrd done in 00:18.86 (00:20.41 @KoT@)
kz_xmas2010_present2 done in 01:08.81 (01:36.20 sooshka)
kz_xtremeblock_powerplant done in 00:40.32 (00:43.05 Dubstep)




* = This demo is denied due to starting in a position you cannot naturally get to. Rule reference:

3. You cannot use a starting point that required sv_cheats 1, noclip, the Hook, the limited Bungee or any award to get to prior to starting your timer. At the same time you are not allowed to use sv_cheats 1 to alter the position of any physics objects in a map to later be used as a shortcut prior to starting your timer.

If you got to that point K@MS3R in a normal way it has to be shown in the demo to prove it.
Thanks to SoUlFaThEr for pointing this out.


Congratulations to all who submitted successfully.



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Hello everyone, as you might have noticed the release seems a bit weird. This was because of bug in the new release system. It should be all fixed now // stuff



pizzah, NeeliM

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kot7k

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sooshka

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kayne

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pizzah

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NeeliM

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kz_trippin_nfslongjumpsez done in 00:18.92 (00:20.02 @KoT@)
kz_trippin_nfslongjumpshrd done in 00:18.98 (00:20.41 @KoT@) removed, @KoT@'s record restored.
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Congratulations to all who submitted successfully.



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