DATE: 17 March 2002
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SUBJECT: USSID 21: Dissemination of Counter-Strike abnormalities (U) -
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TABLE OF CONTENTS  (U)...............................................    i

PREFACE  (U).........................................................   ii

IN-PAGE VIDEO  (U)...................................................   ii

DIVX 5.0 INCOMPATABILITY  (U)........................................   ii

VIDEO CODEC DOWNLOAD AND INSTALLATION  (U)...........................   ii

BROWSER REQUIREMENTS  (U)............................................   ii

UPDATE HISTORY  (U)..................................................   ii

SECTION I.  HITBOXES AND BONES  (U)

1.  Introduction  (U)............................................    1
2.  Hitbox Distortion  (U).......................................    2
3.  Headshots  (U)...............................................    3

SECTION II.  CLIENTS AND SERVERS  (S)

1.  Client-Server Communication  (U).............................    4
2.  Bandwidth Issues  (U)........................................    5
3.  Latency Issues  (U)..........................................    6
4.  Client-Server Communication Configuration  (U)...............    7
5.  Other Client Side Behaviours  (U)............................    8

SECTION III.  NETWORK CONFIGURATION  (U)

1.  Introduction to TCP/IP  (U)..................................    9
2.  MTU  (U).....................................................   10
3.  RWIN  (U)....................................................   11
4.  TTL  (U).....................................................   12

SECTION IV.  WEAPONS AND GUNFIRE  (S)

 1.  Gunfire Analysis  (S)........................................   13
 2.  Gunfire Critique  (S)........................................   14
 3.  Extreme Range Headshots  (S).................................   15
 4.  Recoil  (S)..................................................   16
 5.  Improving Accuracy  (U)......................................   17
 6.  Shotguns  (U)................................................   18
 7.  Gunfire Audibility  (S)......................................   19
 8.  Silencers  (S)...............................................   20
 9.  Knives  (U)..................................................   21
10.  HE Grenades  (U).............................................   22
11.  FB Grenades  (U).............................................   23

SECTION V.  MINOR ISSUES  (U)

1.  Pistol-Type Cold Barrel Syndrome  (U)........................   24
2.  Rifle-Type Cold Barrel Syndrome  (U).........................   25
3.  SSG-550 Miss Pattern  (U)....................................   26
4.  AUG/SSG-552 Zoomed Miss Pattern  (U).........................   27
5.  Damage Direction Indicator Error  (U)........................   28

SECTION VI.  MAJOR ISSUES  (S)

1.  Distortions in the Fabric of History Space-Time?  (S)........   29
2.  Deflection and Aiming  (S)...................................   30

SECTION VII.  OBJECT PENETRATION  (U)

1.  Description of the BSP File Format  (U)......................   31
2.  Consequences of the BSP File Format  (U).....................   32
3.  Illusionary Object Penetration  (U)..........................   33

SECTION VIII.  HACKS AND CHEATS  (S)

1.  Introduction  (S)............................................   34
2.  Capabilities  (S)............................................   35
3.  Identification  (U)..........................................   36

SECTION IX.  MISCELLANEA  (U)

1.  Armour  (U)..................................................   37
2.  Instant Crouching  (U).......................................   38
3.  Projectile Impact Momentum  (U)..............................   39

APPENDIX I.  DOWNLOADS  (U)

1.  Maps  (U)....................................................  iii
2.  Applications  (U)............................................   iv

APPENDIX II.  CONFIGURING HALF-LIFE  (U)

1.  Introduction  (U)............................................    v
2.  Client-Server Communication  (U).............................   vi
3.  Banning and Kicking  (U).....................................  vii
4.  Binds and Aliases  (U)....................................... viii
5.  Demos and Movies  (U)........................................   ix
6.  Console  (U).................................................    x
7.  Miscellaneous  (U)...........................................   xi