de_dust
The original desert bomb-defusal map, predecessor of Dust 2.
Dust (de_dust) is a bomb defusal map, and the predecessor to Dust 2. It appears in every game of the multiplayer Counter-Strike series except for Counter-Strike 2. The map is set in a Middle Eastern town around a palace, and features two bombsites: one in the Counter-Terrorist spawn and another one in an open area nearby.
Quick Facts
- Mode
- Bomb defusal
- Original working name
- cs_destiny
- Setting
- Middle Eastern town around a palace
- Bombsites
- 2
- Appears in
- Every multiplayer Counter-Strike game except Counter-Strike 2
- Successor
- Dust 2
Facts from the source article.
Background
Dave Johnston found early screenshots of a desert map from Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood of Arms and wanted to recreate them; Jess Cliffe put him in contact with MacMan to recreate the textures. Originally called cs_destiny, the map's bomb sites were added and rearranged later, and during map testing the name was changed to de_dust. Valve completely revamped Dust for Counter-Strike: Source, mainly based on concept art by Kristen Perry and Ido Magal. In Global Offensive the location resembles a North African setting, with destroyed vehicles, damaged buildings and Humvees as signs of recent conflict.
Did You Know?
- Valve released a Demolition variant of Dust called Shortdust with the Operation Vanguard update.
- On the November 13, 2017 update, the map was removed from the Global Offensive game files because it was a lesser played map.
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