CS-ZOOM is a Counter-Strike 1.6 mod I made back in 2016 — a personal project that mixed game-server admin work and learning C through AMX Mod X plugins. It’s one of the older things on this site, but I keep it here because it was the first project where I went from “writing scripts” to actually shipping something other people used.
What’s in it
- Adjustable gameplay — gravity, bot behavior, and other server settings that can be changed live without restarting the server.
- HD mode — re-tuned graphics settings for cleaner visuals than vanilla 1.6.
- Bot play — single-player practice against bots, which mattered for people who didn’t have an internet connection good enough for online matches.
- ZConfig — a small in-game utility that maps weapon loadouts to single keys (X / C / V) so you don’t have to dig through the buy menu mid-round.
- Multiple modes in one install — deathmatch, classic, knife-only, and a few others, switchable per-server.
- Custom in-game logos — over a hundred logos you can swap with the T key.
The community part
I ran a public server for the mod for a while. It was small — a weekend group of friends and a few people from the local gaming community. Nothing official, but it stayed active long enough to build a regular group of players around it.
Videos
The plugin code in AMX Mod X / C:
The mod’s intro screen: