A decade-old Steam bug

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Post by freudenjmp » Sat, Jan 13, 2024, 3:37 AM UTC

Hello HN,

this is my first detailed blog post about one of the most annoying bugs I have ever come across in my life.

Hope you like it and I'd love to get feedback :)

A decade-old Steam bug
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Re: A decade-old Steam bug

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jan 13, 2024, 3:37 AM UTC

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Re: A decade-old Steam bug

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Post by asynchronous » Sat, Jan 13, 2024, 4:43 AM UTC

Great write up, amazingly thorough and interesting to read. We will watch your career with great interest

Re: A decade-old Steam bug

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Post by renewiltord » Sat, Jan 13, 2024, 5:00 AM UTC

Very detailed writeup. Nice work, man! Great read. It's been half a decade since I used to play CS:Go but this was a fun read!

Re: A decade-old Steam bug

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Post by WirelessGigabit » Sat, Jan 13, 2024, 5:28 AM UTC

I feel that drawing weapons has gotten slower in CS2. I wish they dropped the 'pull back on the charging handle' every time you draw the gun. (and I miss my custom sprays from CS: Source).

But apart from that, even though I've played CS since 1.4 I have never ever had the bug mentioned above.

Re: A decade-old Steam bug

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Post by Razengan » Sat, Jan 13, 2024, 5:44 AM UTC

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Re: A decade-old Steam bug

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Post by M3L0NM4N » Sat, Jan 13, 2024, 5:50 AM UTC

WirelessGigabit wrote: post #5

I feel that drawing weapons has gotten slower in CS2. I wish they dropped the 'pull back on the charging handle' every time you draw the gun. (and I miss my custom sprays from CS: Source). But apart from that, even though I've played CS since 1.4 I have never ever had the bug mentioned above.

If we’re nitpicking the gunplay (which I am perfectly okay with doing), how about adding in the fact that reloading with one in the chamber doesn’t give you a +1 round either? It’s like the concept of a chamber is completely ignored.

Re: A decade-old Steam bug

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Post by ranger207 » Sat, Jan 13, 2024, 5:56 AM UTC

Razengan wrote: post #6

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It's not decades old. They just revamped it a couple of years ago. That makes it merely a years-long bug

Re: A decade-old Steam bug

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Post by timeimp » Sat, Jan 13, 2024, 5:58 AM UTC

This was a fantastic write-up!

Loops are hard and its even more amusing how optimistic CS2.exe runs when you supply the server to connect to.

Re: A decade-old Steam bug

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Post by jakogut » Sat, Jan 13, 2024, 6:04 AM UTC

M3L0NM4N wrote: post #7

WirelessGigabit wrote: post #5

I feel that drawing weapons has gotten slower in CS2. I wish they dropped the 'pull back on the charging handle' every time you draw the gun. (and I miss my custom sprays from CS: Source). But apart from that, even though I've played CS since 1.4 I have never ever had the bug mentioned above.

If we’re nitpicking the gunplay (which I am perfectly okay with doing), how about adding in the fact that reloading with one in the chamber doesn’t give you a +1 round either? It’s like the concept of a chamber is completely ignored.

Try Insurgency: Sandstorm. It's a completely different style of gameplay, but in addition to properly simulating a chamber, it also properly simulates magazines. Reloading retains a used magazine rather than dumping the ammo back into a fungible pool. Double tapping the reload key allows for dropping the mag for a slightly faster reload. Once you've cycled through your supply of fresh mags, loading a used mag leaves you with the same number of rounds as when you discarded it.