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How to fade to black on death in CS:S

Type mp_fadetoblack 1 in the server console and dead players see a black screen until the round ends, which stops ghosting.

mp_fadetoblack

Toggles fading a player's screen to black when they die.

mp_fadetoblack <0|1>

Examples

mp_fadetoblack 1

Black screen for dead players.

Values

ValueWhat it does
0Default Off
1 On

Arguments

0|1Required
1 turns it on, 0 turns it off.

What it does

Dead players see a black screen until the round ends, so they cannot see anything or give callouts based on what they spectate. Some competitive leagues used it as an anti ghosting measure.

The game's own description: fade a player's screen to black when he dies

Run it on your server

On a SLASHPLAY server, type it in the Console tab of the server page; the reply shows right under it. A value set there lasts until the server restarts. To keep it, add the line to cstrike/cfg/server.cfg. New to this? Start a CS:S server first.

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