Return to Castle Wolfenstein

Return to Castle Wolfenstein

I remember
I got the game to work and started playing the game again after many years. I remember why I ultimately stopped the campaign. Because no matter what you do the instant you see an enemy you're constantly being hit by their bullets. It's still frustrating to this day. No matter what you do unless you have perfect precision, you will get shot by their near-perfect aim the instant you see enemies. The entire time your shooting your gun to kill the enemies you constantly get hit which results in the camera constantly recoiling from the hits.

I want to like this game but the difficulty of not getting hit constantly is a major annoyance.
Last edited by Dr.Mario'sTeabaggin Squirrel Rx; Apr 27, 2023 @ 8:45pm
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ke Apr 27, 2023 @ 8:55pm 
Crouch and aim on the head and you will be better in this game :/
I'll give that a shot...does anyone complain about this? I feel like I'm missing something...
Also, I just saw you have 2500 hours of rtcw gameplay. Is there an easy way to play the original multiplayer? Are there still players in servers? I played the hell out of the multiplayer back in the day. Not ET, but the original.
Originally posted by tweety`:
Crouch and aim on the head and you will be better in this game :/
ke Apr 27, 2023 @ 9:06pm 
Originally posted by Dr.Mario'sTeabaggin Squirrel Rx:
I'll give that a shot...does anyone complain about this? I feel like I'm missing something...

if you are goin to start to play again RTCW multiplayer i recommend you install rtcw 1.0 and try to make a CFG that will help you alot to improve in this game.
ke Apr 27, 2023 @ 9:07pm 
Originally posted by Dr.Mario'sTeabaggin Squirrel Rx:
Also, I just saw you have 2500 hours of rtcw gameplay. Is there an easy way to play the original multiplayer? Are there still players in servers? I played the hell out of the multiplayer back in the day. Not ET, but the original.

Yes there are many people playing RTCW mostly on 6v6 gathers or 3v3 but if you wanna something casual there is a server called "EastCoastDM" focused mostly on Deathmatch that server is probably the best way to start to improve the aim
I have the original rtcw game on steam but if theres a lot of work involved to get it working I probably won't do it. I've never made a CFG file.
ke Apr 27, 2023 @ 9:11pm 
Originally posted by tweety`:
Originally posted by Dr.Mario'sTeabaggin Squirrel Rx:
Also, I just saw you have 2500 hours of rtcw gameplay. Is there an easy way to play the original multiplayer? Are there still players in servers? I played the hell out of the multiplayer back in the day. Not ET, but the original.

Yes there are many people playing RTCW mostly on 6v6 gathers or 3v3 but if you wanna something casual there is a server called "EastCoastDM" focused mostly on Deathmatch that server is probably the best way to start to improve the aim


type on console /connect wolfdm.xyz

RTCW Discords:

EastCoastDM: https://discord.gg/S5kqKwW2 (is not permanent the link)
RTCW: https://discord.gg/dMpz3jbW
Planet RTCW: https://discord.gg/planet-rtcw-272106365307060225
Kritzburgh Apr 27, 2023 @ 9:14pm 
It's a Quake 3 engine game, so the aim punch from getting hit is merely cosmetic. Your bullet will still go where the crosshair was prior to the camera bumping up, so you don't have to worry about compensating for that.
Also, like tweety says, you can crouch to lower your center of gravity and get heavily increased accuracy on your SMGs at medium range. You'll notice your crosshair pulse has a much tighter cone of fire when you do this, and it's a huge help when you're overwhelmed and not able to rush in and fill your crosshair with their heads instead. There's no penalty to your accuracy for moving or sprinting, so make sure you're constantly moving while shooting when you can. It throws their aim off, and you can reset their windups by breaking line of sight often. It also helps to learn some burst control and fire in short bursts to keep the RNG spread at a minimum. Have fun!
Last edited by Kritzburgh; Apr 27, 2023 @ 9:21pm
ke Apr 27, 2023 @ 9:14pm 
Originally posted by Dr.Mario'sTeabaggin Squirrel Rx:
I have the original rtcw game on steam but if theres a lot of work involved to get it working I probably won't do it. I've never made a CFG file.

i dont recommend play RTCW 1.4 (steam version) and more if you goin to focus on multiplayer, RTCW 1.4 it has alot disvantages in make cfg like disabling blood effect or modding the game like using custom models ETC i highly recommend you install rtcw 1.0 (SE) https://rtcwchile.webs.com/rtcw-multi the page is on spanish but you can translate it there in the page it tells every detail what include version 1.0 and 1.4 rtcw and the changes give a look!
Last edited by ke; Apr 27, 2023 @ 9:16pm
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great thanks for the multiplayer info. I'll definitely check that out and see if I can mod it. RTCW and moh:aa were my mm games back in the day. I managed to get mohaa up and running a while ago. people still play on those servers.
Last edited by Dr.Mario'sTeabaggin Squirrel Rx; Apr 27, 2023 @ 9:18pm
ke Apr 27, 2023 @ 9:29pm 
Originally posted by Dr.Mario'sTeabaggin Squirrel Rx:
great thanks for the multiplayer info. I'll definitely check that out and see if I can mod it. RTCW and moh:aa were my mm games back in the day. I managed to get mohaa up and running a while ago. people still play on those servers.

When you have installed version 1.0 you will be able to modding the game to your liking to multiplayer is the best advantage of this version and it also includes hitsounds and custom crosshairs in which it can benefit you a lot check this page if you like any of these models and paste them in the RTCWPub folder (if you entered eastcoastdm that rtcwpub folder will be created) if you play another server with bots they will make a custom folder (ffmod example) check the folders that are left when you enter the server and to install the models paste the model *example*.pk3 on RTCWPub folder and thats all, see you in the game ;)

https://freedomfighters.aforumfree.com/t834-skins
Last edited by ke; Apr 27, 2023 @ 9:34pm
Kritzburgh Apr 27, 2023 @ 9:32pm 
Originally posted by Dr.Mario'sTeabaggin Squirrel Rx:
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Also, I'd recommend playing on the Easiest difficulty if the enemy behavior is giving you problems. RTCW's difficulties don't change much about the game, but they do slightly alter the enemy behavior. On Don't Hurt Me, it's more common to send the enemy into a pain chance (hitstun) animation when you shoot them, their attack patterns are a bit less aggressive, and their accuracy is much lower. It's a more fun experience for most people playing it for the first time, and you don't have to worry about missing out on higher enemy counts since those don't change with the difficulty, and even on the the easiest mode, it's still relatively challenging.

To change the difficulty mid-playthrough, you can just enter these two commands into your in-game console:
/g_gameskill 1
/vid_restart

To change it back to medium or hard difficulty, set /g_gameskill to "2" or "3", respectively.
I'll definitely do that difficulty change...also I ended up downloading vanilla mod after installing the realRTCW mod. Now it always shows the vanilla version. How do I revert back to the realRTCW? I'm assuming there has to be a setting but I don't see anything
Last edited by Dr.Mario'sTeabaggin Squirrel Rx; Apr 27, 2023 @ 9:35pm
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