Are you sick of missing your stuffs because you don't master the jumpthrow? You're lost in your smokes when you're trying to impersonate Stewie2k? Your friends are still mocking you two years after you failed to find that bomb you had to defuse? No problem, VaKarM.net is here to help you. With a few simple lines to put in your config, those problems will just be memories.

Create your own autoexec.cfg

To use the commands we're showing you, you have to create an autoexec.cfg. It's easy to do, for that, open Notepad and save your new file with the name "autoexec.cfg". If the software is warning you that you'll change the file's extension, that's normal,at first, notepad is meant to create .txt files and you're creating a .cfg. You can now use this file and copy it into this folder: 

You're only one step away from using your (empty) autoexec : the modification of the launch options of the game. For that, you need to open your Steam library, look for Counter Strike : Global Offensive, right-clic on it and open "Properties". There, you'll find "Define launch options". clic on it and put that text in the box:

This commend enables you to execute your autoexec.cfg everytime you're starting the game. You just need to fill your file with the lines we're giving you. This list is for sure a partial list of what's existing. There are many other possibilities such as buy binds or custom crosshairs (for those, ther's many websites that generates the code such as this one). Here, we're gonna focus on the unusual but nonetheless usefull options to enhance your gaming experience.

Optimizing your grenades usage

An efficient usage of your grenades is paramount in CS:GO. Knowing the right smoke or the right flash can have a major impact on a round and give you an invaluable edge. There are thousands of tutorials on YouTube, most of them being as creative as they can to give you new positions and alignments. Among those countless possibilities, a lot of grenades need to be thrown with a jump; it's what we called a jumpthrow.

If you want to make sure your jumpthrows are always on point, it's recommended to have a key guaranteeing the coordination of the jump and the trhow. Note that some organizers, most notably on LAN tournaments, might forbid the use of this command, so check the rules beforehand. But for 99.9% of our readers, it's perfectly legal (Valve MM, FaceIt, ESEA).

Here is the command to past in your autoexec.cfg :

To continue in the grenades section, you may have noticed that some cues are not obvious: instead of putting your crosshar on a clearly defined spot, you might have to put it at the intersection of imaginary lines formed by elements of the map. To go faster and to ensure your throw, you can use the following bind which will lengthen the lines of your viewfinder across the whole screen :

Note that you can replace the crosshair values in the example with your own.

With that trick, noone will ever yell at you for missing the Fer flash.

Improving the in-game visibility

One of the first things that most players turn off when they've just installed, or reinstalled CS:GO, are the contextual help boxes : you know, those huge in-game messages that pop up to tell you which key to use to look at your weapon. An option that's superfluous for the seasoned gamer you are, but can be useful in a specific case.

Indeed, when you are close to a planted bomb, a contextual help appears and points directly to the explosive. This detail can be very useful when the bomb is planted in a smoke and you don't have a second to lose to defuse it. With this command, you can activate and deactivate this help in a situational way, so that it doesn't bother you the rest of the time:

It's not uncommon to be fooled by an enemy who had his back to a bloodstain on a wall inherited from a previous confrontation. Again, there is a command that "cleans" the map to avoid this problem. A good idea is to bind the same key as your jump key, so that you clean the map regularly without even thinking about it:

Exploiting the possibilities of the interface

More a question of comfort than an absolute necessity, this fifth command simply allows you to display the good old net_graph at the same time as you consult the scoreboard. It's a way to keep an eye on your ping, choke, loss and fps without cluttering up the screen with a permanent net_graph. Not a vital option then, but it's hard to do without it once you've tried it:

Linking the net_graph to your scoretab is one of those details you won't be able to do without.

You know this situation: you have a good spawn on Nuke, you announce a rush vent, break the door down and a smoke comes out in front of you. Following only your instincts, you run in, turn right hoping to fall into the duct, but the falling sound never comes. You are lost in the smoke, kissing the wall and embarrassing your team,once again.

With this command, never again. With a simple click, you'll now be able to zoom in and out of your radar at will, using it to guide you when you're missing visibility. Note that with these settings, your radar will be zoomed out to the maximum and fixed, which is not the case with the initial configuration. If this bothers you, just delete the line that corresponds (what is written after the "//" is a description of the command, it does not influence the operation of your autoexec.cfg):

On the left, the dezoomed radar. With one click, you're using the right one to navigate inside smokes.

A few essentials to conclude

It's always a good idea to remember certain commands that are essential to make sure you play in the best possible conditions. Unless you have a 2,000 euros PC, I would advise you to set a maximum FPS limit. Indeed, if your fps alternate between 150 and 250, you'll be much more comfortable with a limit set at 200: by reducing the size of the variations, you'll lessen the impact and discomfort of the famous "fps drops".

Another important point, the famous rates. Without going into detail, each of these commands sets the speed limit for the interaction between your computer and the server, whether it is the download speed or the connection frequency between the two:

What could be more annoying than connecting to a community server and having to download a whole bunch of plug-ins, sounds and other tricks that pump your precious FPS? With these commands, you won't have any of that, since they prevent those downloads:

Finally, some people know about this bug: you can disable the option on the game, but you continue to automatically equip the weapons you pick up. A good way to fix this problem definitively is to include the following command in your autoexec.cfg:

With all this, you should start having an autoexec.cfg that looks good. Some options take a little time to get used to but they are small comforts that you will find hard to do without later. If some commands don't work, especially key binds, I advise you to put them directly in your config.cfg. You will find the file in the same folder as your autoexec.cfg.

To go further, there are other launch commands, such as -novid which blocks the launch of videos in the background or -freq 144 which makes sure you are using the possibilities of your 144 Hz screen. Similarly, there are other configurations, such as training configurations, which allow you to optimize your training sessions on your server.

If you also have your little custom commands that you want to share with the community, don't hesitate to post them as comments to share them with us!