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The controls are what give the player ability to do actions. They range from being able to fire a weapon to being able to talk on a microphone. The obvious differences between Counter-Strike controls and Counter-Strike: Source controls are small. In Counter-Strike: Source, they removed the ability to have an alternate key for controls. However, they have created separate controls for some of them.

In Counter-Strike, the player can use fast weapon switching and the developer console by default. However, in Counter-Strike: Source, the player can enable or disable fast weapon switching and the developer console as they wish.

To enable/disable fast weapon switching or the developer console:

  1. Go to the Main Menu.
  2. Go to Options.
  3. Go to the Keyboard tab.
  4. On the bottom of the Options window, click "Advanced...".
  5. Check/uncheck the boxes you want enabled/disabled.

You can change any of the normal controls by doing the following:

  1. Go to the Main Menu.
  2. Go to Options.
  3. Go to the Keyboard tab.
  4. Click on the control you wish to change.
  5. Click "Edit Key" on the bottom of the Options window.
  6. Press the key you wish to change it to.
  7. Apply the changes.

Movement

Action Counter-Strike Counter-Strike: Source
Default key Alternate key Default key
Move forward Up arrow W W
Move back Down arrow S S
Turn left Left arrow None None
Turn right Right arrow None None
Move left (strafe) A None A
Move right (strafe) D None D
Walk Shift None Shift
Jump Spacebar None Spacebar
Duck Control None Control
Swim up ' (apostrophe) None None
Swim down / (forward slash) None None
Look up Page up None None
Look down Page down None None
Reset view End None None
Strafe modifier Alt None None
Mouse look ; (semicolon) None None
Keyboard look Ins None None

Communication

Action Counter-Strike Counter-Strike: Source
Default key Alternate key Default key
Use voice communication K None K
Standard radio messages Z None Z
Group radio messages X None X
Report radio messages C None C
Activate in-game GUI H None None
Chat message Y None Y
Team message U None U

Menu

Action Counter-Strike Counter-Strike: Source
Default key Alternate key Default key
Buy menu B None B
Buy primary ammo (optional) , (comma) None None
Buy secondary ammo (optional) . (period) None None
Buy equipment menu (optional) O None O
Automatically buy equipment F1 None F1
Re-buy previous equipment F2 None F2
Display multiplayer scores Tab None Tab
Recap mission briefing I None I
Select team M None M
Menu item 0 0 None 0
Menu item 1 1 None 1
Menu item 2 2 None 2
Menu item 3 3 None 3
Menu item 4 4 None 4
Menu item 5 5 None 5
Menu item 6 6 None 6
Menu item 7 7 None 7
Menu item 8 8 None 8
Menu item 9 9 None 9

Combat

Action Counter-Strike Counter-Strike: Source
Default key Alternate key Default key
Fire Mouse 1 Enter Mouse 1
Weapon special function Mouse 2 None Mouse 2
Reload weapon R None R
Previous weapon M. wheel up [ (left bracket) M. wheel up
Next weapon M. wheel down ] (right bracket) M. wheel down
Drop current weapon G None G

Miscellaneous

Action Counter-Strike Counter-Strike: Source
Default key Alternate key Default key
Turn nightvision on/off N None N
Use items E None E
Flashlight F None F
Spray logo T None T
Take screenshot F5 None F5
Cheer J None J
Quit game None None None
Report bug None None F4

Advanced

Counter-Strike: Source
Option Default state
Fast weapon switch Unchecked
Enable developer console (~) Unchecked
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