Scripts

A script is a list of commands that you can bind to a key to simplify play and perform actions quickly that would normally take a while. They can also make performing certain actions easier or enable you to do things you couldn't normally do. You put scripts in your .cfg files - have a look at the Configs section to see how it all hangs together. There are simple scripts and hugely complicated scripts - personally I use few scripts but there are a couple that I couldn't do without and I will use them as examples.

Duck Toggle

This script toggles you standing up and ducking. Normally, when you press duck you duck (duh) but when you release it you stand up. Thus, when you are playing as a sniper, for example, you have to hold the duck key if you want to stay ducked and hold the fire button to keep your rifle charged - this is a pain. To make this easier I use the following script...

alias ducktog "duckon" alias duckon "+duck ;alias ducktog duckoff" alias duckoff "-duck; alias ducktog duckon" bind "x" "ducktog"

So, when you press x you duck and stay ducked until you press x again. Hugely useful and very easy to set up.

The spy convincing fake death script

This is a very cool script - it gives you that little bit more chance of faking death sucessfully if you are a spy. Normally, if you feign you just groan and drop. All well and good, but you don't drop an ammo bag - when anyone dies they drop an ammo back and relatively switched on players will notice this and realise you are faking it.

alias fakedeath " feign; discard" bind x fakedeath

So, when you press x you will groan, pretend to die and drop a backpack at the same time - this gives you MUCH more chance of faking sucessfully and I personally find it works pretty well against a lot of players.

I hope these examples have given you a good idea of what scripts are all about - have a look at my links page where you can find links to sites containing loads and loads of useful (and useless) scripts and you'll soon wonder how you did without them.