Show HN: Cs16.css – CSS library based on Counter Strike 1.6 UI

Post by archagon » Fri, Jan 24, 2025, 11:51 PM UTC

sintezcs wrote: post #42

nolan_wyss wrote: post #23

Very nice! I installed CS 1.6 last year again, after almost 15 years of not playing, and now I almost play every day 10 - 15 mins against bots to clear my mind. To make it more fun I even created my own bot team and a whole tournament where I play against all the pro teams of the ±2008ties. I also rediscovered a map I created back then on a super old hard disk - never thought that with almost 40 I would still play it…

I also haven’t touched CS 1.6 for 15-16 years, it will be cool to try it. Is it possible to run it on Mac M1 or I need a VM? Also, can you recommend any resources where I can read how to setup and configure bots? TY!

Post by unethical_ban » Sat, Jan 25, 2025, 12:03 AM UTC

archagon wrote: post #91

brap wrote: post #88

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Don’t even get me started on modern games’ menu UIs. I got the latest CoD for PS5 like a year ago and I couldn’t figure out what the fuck was going on in the menu. Incoherent mess impossible to navigate. I felt like I was going insane. I guess I’m just getting old.

You’re fine, the CoD UI is indeed an inscrutable mess designed to maximize “engagement.” Same for other live service type games. I think they want the same entrancing effect as stepping into a casino.

Post by culi » Sat, Jan 25, 2025, 12:14 AM UTC

fusedshadow wrote: post #75

culi wrote: post #74

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I like it! But how would you describe this one? This collection is meant more for tight/inspired themes. But I also included https://bootstra386.com/ which is on the edge too so I'm not against including this

Geocities is infamous.

Post by dylan604 » Sat, Jan 25, 2025, 1:23 AM UTC

marcellus23 wrote: post #71

dylan604 wrote: post #19

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why make everything need a class rather than just styling the DOM elements directly. Why wrap a checkbox into a div rather than just a ? why did you skin the cat that way when there's 98 other ways to do it? maybe there's a logical reason more than "that's just what came to mind", maybe not. that's the beauty of the whole thing. there is no one way

I'm not sure that argument holds here, not every solution in programming is equally good just because. A element has the advantage of semantically actually representing a progress bar, which improves accessibility and who knows what other browser behavior and heuristics. In general you should try to use semantically correct HTML tags unless you have a really good reason not to. Maybe in this case he couldn't get the…

Post by Insanity » Sat, Jan 25, 2025, 2:07 AM UTC

brap wrote: post #88

duxup wrote: post #6

I was watching my son play Half Life 2 recently and it occurred to me how much more real or immersive it seemed when the menus and such had this style and they look like actual computer system UI. Dated maybe, but they feel industrial and real.... and easy to use all in one. Meanwhile many games have hyper stylized menus with flowery wingdings all over them and makes it unrealistic / a horrible experience / chore.

Don’t even get me started on modern games’ menu UIs. I got the latest CoD for PS5 like a year ago and I couldn’t figure out what the fuck was going on in the menu. Incoherent mess impossible to navigate. I felt like I was going insane. I guess I’m just getting old.