cation much more effective, as you don't always have time to notice the messages as they come up. This defaults to 6. hud_deathnotice_time XX - Similar to hud_saytext_time, this is the number of seconds that death notices stay on your screen. While this is normally 6, setting this higher can give you more time to notice the deaths of teammates or important enemies. This is very helpful in team games. fastsprites X - This is a helpful tweak for Counter-Strike. Setting this to 1 decreases smoke grenade complexity, making it ugly, but much faster. 2 uses a different method which may be even faster depending on your machine. This defaults to 0, or off. ...