The goal of this site is to supply the average CS player or the newbie a better understanding of where everything is located on a map. Newbies can avoid being lost and blown to bits and the veteran can even pre-plot some planned movements. A team can also use these maps to create detailed tactical plans and use average image software to plot out routes and strategies. Check out the Tactical Gallery for sample strategies made with maps from this site.

Currently I have finished over 20 of the officially released CS maps and I have a further 21 Submissions by members of the CS community. You may want to read up on what my maps have in store for you, so check out my write up "About My Maps". All of my maps are available in English and many of them have been translated to German, Italian, French, Russian and Hungarian. 

I have also recently started up a new section "Sketch Pad" which showcases ideas for possible maps. Maps in the Sketchpad only exist in 2D but they might give you ideas to create your own 3D Counter-Strike maps. Check out the latest and greatest news below!

July 23rd, FPS Strat

FPS Strat is a brand new program designed to allow you to make cool Counter-Strike strategies using the maps here at Counter-Strike 2D. I wanted to update with this news earlier but such is life. It is a kick butt top notch program designed by Daniel Karlsson and his Clan zOrg.

Check out the great program here at there home site.

I will be hosting the files up as a mirror in the next few days.

I hope to complete a review of this fan software in the next week or so.

Good Hunting with the new program, Half-Pint

June 29th, It's been awhile, New Dust2, New Fat Mansion 2D and a New Sketchpad.

Ok so it's been a long time, much longer than I wanted. I still don't have a map of Chateau or Havanna, I would love a user submission for either of these maps. My mapping time keeps getting cut into by other projects. I do have several updates for everyone:

Dust 2
This is a new rendition of a 2D map for Dust 2 and I rather like it. It looks very similiar to how the map would actually look in game but it is a lot clearer than the HLTV overheads. Grab it from the Dust 2 page.

Fat Mansion
This is a 2D map created by Kampy of a fairly popular map in Germany. Now available for download here!

Sketch Pad Map DE_DRAG
New sketchpad for a map titled DE_DRAG. This one is designed by pino][wessie and hopefully a mapper out there will build on this idea and make a map for all of us to play on.  Grab the latest Sketch Pad Collection (1700kb) here.

I'm off to beautiful British Columbia for a week and I will try to update with some more fresh content when I get back in town including some user submitted tactics. In other news I'm working on Map Blasting, an article for CS-Nation that will be written like Gun Running but be for maps.

As always you can just update with the latest Collected Works in PDF (3.9Megs) or ZIPPED GIFS (5.5Megs).

Cheers, Half-Pint

April 8th, It's been a long time

Well I have been busy out of my mind with the stuff of life while I not so patiently await 1.4 CS and CZ and the new maps that come with them! Expect to see loads of new content soon after the 1.4 release as I update my 2D maps and create new ones.

Just the other day this site got it's 3,000,000th hit! That's a lot of zeros. I set this site up way back in August 2000. I'm still here and it's been a wild ride. Since this site went online it's consistently sucked away loads of bandwidth :)

While we await the imminent (meaning in a month) release of 1.4 I have a few special goodies for your consumption.

The New Site Design:

It is moving forward and the preliminary pic I got from Rizzuh looks sweet. It's looking like the new design will be in php at 800x600 Click the here or the image for a bigger version.

2 Separate Inferno Submissions:

I hate turning down good work so I had to accept both of these submissions to replace the somewhat aging 2D map of DE_INFERNO. One was created by [-KISA-]DeeKae the other was created by [EUK]Vertex. As usual you can just update your COLLECTED WORKS PDF (3.8megs) or ZIP (4.8megs).

Wicked 2D Flash of Aztec:

As many of you have probably seen this. It's a amazing flash animation for 2D strategies, hopefully they will use one of my maps on future releases.

Well that's all for now, but don't worry I'll be back soon :)

Half-Pint

February 11th, CS_ITALY REDUX COMPLETE!!!

Ok so it took forever but it is finally finished. I have redone my 2nd favourite 2D design, CS_ITALY into a redux style (this is the OLD vs REDUX ). I recommend the PDF its always the best quality. So what's new and why should you care:

-Enhanced eye candy, nice colours etc (standardized with the DUST REDUX).
-Reduced to a standard 8.5x11 paper, should make it easier then the old Legal version.
-Transparency effects, now you can see through one level into the basement, this avoids the crappy look of dotted lines.
-Reference grid using military radio terms (Alpha, Bravo etc..). It might make it easier to say where you are to friends using the handy grid.
-Italy 3D picture. This is always handy, now you can get a little reminder of just what the map looks like in the game.

It looks fantastic. I do realize the new transparency effects are more ideal for online use then photocopies. Fret not I will make a simpler version in the next week or so that will be more photocopy friendly :) GO GRAP THE REDUX NOW!!

You can of course download an updated PDF (4.2 Megs) or ZIP (5 Megs) with all of the 2D maps.

Other News:

I did an interview with Barney aka Narby for CS-Nation and somehow I talked myself into doing a contest for CS-Nation. (I think it closed now). The contest is a challenge to name Barney's new map! Please note the winner of this contest will get a free CS2D mouse pad with a 2D sketch of Barney's new map. I obviously haven't done this because well he hasn't finished it yet :)

In the next week or so a big (biggest article the CS community has ever seen) will go up on CS-Nation. Me and Rizzuh co-wrote it. But it's a surprise so you will see the details on it when it's posted.

So much news. Well I think that sums up most of the big happenings. So now what?

On The Horizon:

-New site design. Apparently Rizzuh's making a php design for me with comments and everything. I'll get some pics up as soon as I see something from him.
-CS 1.4 and CZ. While there will probably only be a few maps in CS 1.4 to make into 2D. I do plan to map out Condition Zero (the multiplayer maps only).
-Survivor, I'm hesitant to do this map in 2D as I'm not entirely sure if it will stick around given it's mix reviews. If it is in CS 1.4 I will make a 2D plan of it.
-Redux, I want to move alot of my maps into the new Redux format but it is very time consuming.

BTW, I just came back from a vacation in Boston. That city roxors!

Good hunting, Half-Pint