Widescreen (4K/1440p/1080p) Background Megapack addon

Widescreen (4K/1440p/1080p) Background Megapack for Counter-Strike 1.6
V1 release 28/11/2022

[Contents]

- A grand total of 33 (!) backgrounds in 3 widescreen resolutions [4K (3840x2160), 1440p (2560x1440), 1080p (1920x1080p)], which include:
* Rebuilt (from scratch) Counter-Strike 1 Anthology DVD case as a background (with 7 variants);
* 23 different backgrounds from 7 different Counter-Strike games (CS, Condition Zero, Source, Global Offensive, Online, Online 2, Nexon: Studio);
* Background from the Paranoia Mod for Half-Life, 2 backgrounds from Battlefield 3 and 1 background from World War 3.

[BONUS CONTENT]

- Original .png files in all 3 resolutions, sorted and catalogued with complete bibliography, for use outside the game as your desktop's wallpaper or any other purpose;
- Counter-Strike 1 Anthology Steam Grid icon to replace your Steam Library cover;
* To install, right-click the game in your Steam Library then go Manage > Set custom artwork.
- Original (1.0 to 1.5) Counter-Strike background taken directly from a version of the 1.0 client, in its original 640x480 resolution (and in .png format) and also an AI upscaled 2560x1920 version!;
- High quality photos of the Counter-Strike 1 Anthology DVD.

[Install Instructions]

- Go into the "Background Gallery" folder and choose your desired background;
- Go into the "In-Game Background Files" folder and choose your desired resolution (pick the one you have the game running at, which should be your monitor's native resolution);
- Choose the specific background you want;
- Copy the follwing files and folder: BackgroundLayout.txt, BackgroundLoadingLayout.txt, background (folder);
- Paste them in the in the "Resource" Folder. It should look something like "\steamapps\common\Half-Life\cstrike\resource";
You can right-click the game in your Steam Library then go Manage > Browse Local Files for easier access.

[Uninstall Instructions]

- If you regret or just wanna change back to the default background, replace the files with the 1080p resolution version of the CS 1.6 background included in this mod. Just deleting the files wont give you the default background as the game will launch with the Half-Life 1 background and Steam WONT be triggered to download the missing files;
- Alternatively you can delete the files/folder in question and right-click the game in your Steam Library [WARNING]* then go Local Files > Verify integrity of game files.
* This will cause Steam to check all the game files and PROBABLY WILL delete any modded files you have!*

[Notes]

- If you pick a background from a resolution that is not the one your game is running at you can expect it to be stretched or compressed in a weird way;
- Most backgrounds where edited and upscaled in some form or another. I tried my best to prevent any quality loss but you should NOT expect perfect, raw quality for ANY of the resolutions I am releasing them in as it took some clever trickery (and help from AI) to even get them at above-decent quality at such high resolutions;
- I have the Counter-Strike 1 Anthology and Counter-Strike: Source games on DVD and used them as visual reference;
- The Counter-Strike 1 Anthology backgrounds where hand-drawn by me and completely remade from scratch, I had to scour the internet to actually find the fonts used and even so I had to try to mimick some due to lack of information;
- The following fonts where used to recreate the "Counter-Strike™ 1 Anthology" logo:

Counter Strike ™ - Counter Strike
A N T H O L O G Y - Palatino Linotype
- - Tahoma
1 - Bright Beauty

- Works on both Steam and non-Steam versions of the game;
- Usage of this free-to-use modification requires ownership of a copy of Counter-Strike.

[Licensing]

- I claim absolutely no right, copyright or trademark over ANY of the images NOT made by me (i.e. all except the CS 1 Anthology ones). They belong to their specific artists/creators;
- You may freely use this or modify it, just link my ArtStation and/or Steam and message me if you can (so I can get an ego boost);

[Software Used]

- GIMP;
- Paint;
- CS Background Maker 1.2 by kober;
- ImgUpscaler: Imgupscaler.com
- Upscale.media: Upscale.media
- UpscalePics: Upscalepics.com
- CoolUtils' VTF to PNG Converter: Coolutils.com

[Credits]

- Minh "Gooseman"Le, Jess Cliffe, VALVe Software: Developers of the game;
- VALVe Software (Steam), Sierra Studios: Publishers of the game;
- koeber: Creating the CS Background Maker utility;
- Murse Faneca PT: Mod creation, CS 1 Anthology images;

- All other creators for images and backgrounds used in this mod for their hard work and originality;
- Windows96: For making chill and super cool varporwave music (most of this was made while listening to his discography, Windows96.bandcamp.com)

- Songs in release video:
* Zak Belica - Main Theme (Counter Strike Main Menu) 2000
* haircuts for men - 私はあなたの夢を見る (I Dream of You), Album: 壊​滅​悲​し​み, 2016 (https://haircutsformen.bandcamp.com/album/--4)

[Links]

- Steam Profile: Steamcommunity.com
- ArtStation Profile: Artstation.com
- YouTube Profile: Youtube.com
- Download:
- Nexus Mod mirror: Never. Fuck that shitty website
- Mod DB mirror:
- GameBanana mirror: Gamebanana.com
- Steam Grid release (on SteamGridDB): Steamgriddb.com

[File List]

Check the video for full visual preview!

[Bibliography]

Check READ ME.txt