Dust (de_dust) is a bomb defusal map, and the predecessor to Dust2. It appears in every game of the Counter-Strike series.
Overview
It is set in a Middle Eastern town and features two bombsites: one in the Counter-Terrorist spawn base and another one in an open area nearby.
Official Description
Counter-Terrorists: Prevent Terrorists from bombing chemical weapon crates. Team members must defuse any bombs that threaten targeted areas.
Terrorists: The Terrorist carrying the C4 must destroy one of the chemical weapon stashes.
Other Notes: There are 2 chemical weapon stashes in the mission.
Development
Counter-Strike 1.0
Dave Johnston found early screenshots of a desert map from Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood of Arms and wanted to recreate the screenshots. Jess Cliffe got him in contact with MacMan to recreate textures from the screenshots. Originally called cs_destiny, many of the elements of the screenshots were recreated in the map, as well as some extra areas that were constantly changed around. Later on, bomb sites were added and rearranged. During map testing, the name was changed to de_dust.
Counter-Strike 1.6
The map was rechecked by Valve Corporation. Some unnecessary items were removed like graffiti paintings on walls. The map was edited a little bit to make it smooth and clear. The bright yellow sunlight was reduced.
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
See also: Dust/Tour of Duty
Much of the work on the revamp was done by Ritual Entertainment and Levelord, mainly aesthetic in nature. There are different types of footpath to help the player to predict the position of enemies. For example, players walking on tiles will produce screeched sounds. In return, nearby players will know that there are enemies or teammates in the middle or at the side.
The original skybox that had desert mountains was replaced with a clearer, blue sky.
Counter-Strike (Xbox)
Dust is featured in Counter-Strike Xbox and reuses textures from Counter-Strike:Condition Zero. The official factions for this map are the Navy Seals (in desert uniform) and the Elite Crew
Counter-Strike: Source
Valve Corporation completely revamped Dust for Counter-Strike: Source, mainly based on concept art by Kristen Perry and Ido Magal focusing on architectural references. Textures were changed and brightness has also been altered to a notable extent. Palm trees were also added for aesthetic purposes.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
There are many new changes implemented for this map. Textures, such as the color of the walls and ground, have been converted into concrete and there are new props and sand particle effects in de_dust. Furthermore, the underpass of the bridge has been widened and there is a stairwell underneath the side, allowing the Terrorist team to stand better ground if they are cornered by the Counter-Terrorists and the bomb target at bombsite B was slightly moved away from the CT Spawn Zone. A wooden board walkway was also added to connect the once separated front pathways.
The Counter-Terrorists for this map are the IDF and the Terrorists are the Elite Crew.
Tactics
Gallery
Achievements
Counter-Strike: Source
Map
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Dust Map Veteran Win 100 rounds on the DE_Dust map. |
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Global Expertise
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Dust Map Veteran Win 100 rounds on Dust. |
Trivia
- This map is referenced in Valve's Team Fortress 2, on its 119th update page which is written just beside the Soldier. It can be seen here. The message reads: For the record you couldn't have done it without us either - Without us you'd still be running around in de_dust. Just sayin'...
- The helicopter that appears at the start of the round at the Counter-Terrorist base in the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive version of this map has the same sound and model as the one at the start of the Left 4 Dead 2 campaign Dead Center.
- In older versions, the underpass was called "bridge" for unknown reasons.
- It is likely that the added stairwell in the underpass of CS:GO could have been inspired by an old bomb defusal map, de_storm.
See also
External links
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