Counter-Strike™: Source™ Latest News

Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life 2 and Source Engine Updates Available

2005-05-13 00:00:00 · Valve Software

An update is available for Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life 2 and the Source Engine. The update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

CS:S

New map: de_inferno
New map: de_port
Updated Counter-Terrorists player model with new headgear and color scheme
C4 red flash displays properly if the bomb is planted under water now
C4 explosion damage is no longer affected by water
When a map is loaded, an associated .cfg file is automatically evaluated. This cfg file must be located in the cstrike/maps/cfg folder and be named <mapname>.cfg. For instance, the file cstrike/maps/cfg/de_dust.cfg will be evaluated when the map de_dust is loaded. This is useful for per-map rules, bot rosters, etc.
Added new route to roof of hostage shack in cs_compound, and improved bot navigation in the map
Players must now target another player for at least a half second before the player ID text hint shows up
Grates/chain link fences no longer affect bullets
Counter-Strike player ragdolls are now affected by ragdoll magnets
Fixed a bot crash caused by finding too many hiding spots in a region
Bots no longer attack enemies that are very far away unless they have a sniper rifle, or the enemies are shooting at them. Instead, they track the enemy and move to a better attack position
Bots understand +use doors now and will pause to open a door before continuing through it on their way to whatever they were doing
Bots use less CPU now, especially when in combat with far away enemies
Extended the syntax of the bot_add, bot_kick, and bot_kill commands to also accept "t" or "ct" arguments.
Fixed bug where bots would stop and become unresponsive if they wanted to hide in an area with no hiding spots
Improved bot navigation on the windows and ledges of cs_italy
Fixed recording value of cl_interp in demo files and restore value during playback

Source Engine

HTTP downloads from the game server system support downloading .bz2-compressed files
Disable old style (non-challenged) server queries by default (use the sv_enableoldqueries cvar to change this behavior)
Added cvar tv_delaymapchange to delay map changes caused by frag/time limit until the whole game is broadcasted via SourceTV
Fixed lag compensation invalidating bone cache for players moved back in time.
Fixed lag compensation interpolation error between 2 ticks

Half-Life 2

Fixed some NPC actions not being properly randomized

SourceTV (part of the Source Dedicated Server)

Fixed memory leak in relay servers by releasing receive tables correctly
Bandwidth output in tv_status in kB/sec rather than bytes/sec
Running a new map command (spawning a server) shuts down TV relay in same process
Fixed SourceTV chase cam following ragdolls of dead secondary targets

Counter-Strike: Source and Source Engine Updates Available

2005-04-05 16:05:29 · Valve Software

An update is available for Counter-Strike: Source and the Source Engine. The update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Counter-Strike: Source

Enabled support for SourceTV
Fixed a rare bug that caused some bullet impacts to be counted twice
Improved map overview support
The message of the day file is now required to be in the main game directory
Fixed an issue with player names being out of sync with the server
Fixed "purple checkerboard" problem for Message of the Day scrollbars
Fixed some localization issues related to player chat
Death notices are no longer displayed while blind
Death notices retain the correct team color even if the player quickly changes teams
Bots immediately change their names to match the bot_prefix when it changes
Bots join dedicated servers immediately if the bot_quota is nonzero
Fixed bug where bots would repeatedly fail to join with an invalid Steam ID
Added mp_logdetail at the request of server administrators

Source Engine

Player sprays now persist through round restarts. The number of rounds a spray survives is determined by r_spray_lifetime
Fixed a bug causing the first message from a plug-in message to be colored incorrectly
Consistency checking is now skipped during demo playback
Added sv_visiblemaxplayers
Fixed timing precision error causing slower framerates on servers running continuously for more than a few days

Counter-Strike: Source and Source Engine Updates Available

2005-03-25 15:56:13 · Valve Software

Fixed crash when turning on the budget panel in Counter-Strike: Source.

Source Engine

Fixed exploit that would allow clients to spawn large numbers of temporary entities on clients, causing a crash.

Counter-Strike: Source and Source Engine Updates Available

2005-03-23 17:46:27 · Valve Software

Added buy favorite system
Added location names to voice chat
Soundscape files will be loaded properly for custom maps
Fixed tinnitus effect for HE grenades playing twice
Fixed the Five-Seven's price not matching the value in the buy menu
Fixed case where money and chat HUD icons sometimes being the wrong color at round start
Target IDs will no longer show when mp_fadetoblack is active
When mp_humanteam is active human teams will be allowed to spectate
The "hostage" field of the "hostage_rescued" event is filled in correctly
Equipping the silencer is canceled if the player switches weapons
Fixed problems with the hostage shack door in cs_compound
Fixed "Hostage Rescue Zone" not showing up properly in chat and under the radar
Players can only change their names once every 10 seconds, with a max of 5 times every 10 minutes
"Enemy Spotted" hint text doesn't show for players behind smoke clouds
Flashbang effect can't be reduced by hitting escape or turning off the HUD

Source Engine

Fixed registry handle leak in VCR mode
Added explicit engine error when trying to render too many decals in a frame
Sound files will work properly when in a packfile now.

Counter-Strike: Source, Source Engine, and Source SDK Updates Available

2005-03-09 16:36:56 · Valve Software

An update is available for Counter-Strike: Source, the Source Engine, and the Source SDK. The update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

CS:S

Fixed an issue which was affecting player movement prediction
Stopped players on de_dust2 being able to hide inside of rocks
Added clipbrushes to de_train to prevent players from reaching certain areas
Enabled bots to navigate their way out of the carts in cs_compound

Source Engine (game server changes)

Added "stats" command to print the current cpu usage, players and net bandwidth in use
Fixed rcon responses to properly reflect request id's
Added rate-limiting to connectionless queries to prevent flooding (as in HL1, the rate-limiting is controlled via the cvars: sv_max_queries_sec, sv_max_queries_sec_global, and sv_max_queries_window)
Removed sv_allowlocalquery cvar

Source SDK

Added Snow and rain materials
Added qc_eyes.exe
Made various improvements and fixes to .FGD files
Fixed an issue in Vrad which was causing visible artifacts when lighting very large objects/areas
Fixed an issue in Studiomdl which was allowing bad $modelnames to be used
Fixed the "cordon" texture used by Hammer

Counter-Strike: Source, Source Engine, and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Update Available

2005-02-24 17:21:44 · Valve Software

Counter-Strike: Source, Source Engine, and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch updates are available and will be applied automatically when Steam is restarted. The changes include:

Counter-Strike: Source

New hostage rescue map cs_compound
Added Source version of de_train
Upgraded version of the CT player model
Location names are shown in radio/team chat, and under the radar
Server tickrate can be specified with -tickrate
Added radio command aliases
Added mp_humanteam cvar [any | ct | t] (forces human players onto specified team - useful for humans vs bots)
Added new "match" mode for bot_quota -- If bot_quota_mode = "match", bot count = (human count) * bot_quota
Bots no longer automatically follow humans (bot_auto_follow now defaults to 0)
Bots are balanced before humans with mp_autoteambalance
Bots can open simple +use doors
Bots change their names to match the prefix when bot_prefix changes
Several improvements to bot behavior when paths become blocked -- solves problems specific to cs_havana
Bots won't throw grenades if something is blocking their throw
Bots are better at only breaking objects that are in their way
Fixed bug where a bot occasionally "dithered" rapidly between two or more targets without firing
bot_kick and bot_kill console commands use the bot's base name without the bot_prefix
de_piranesi - bots avoid the breakable crates better.
A bomb exploding just as the round restarts no longer kills players at the start of the next round
Grenades being thrown when the player dies no longer disappear
Increased mp_limitteams bounds to 0-30, where 0 will disable this functionality
Players' arms and hands can be hit by bullets now
Target ID font is proportional, and it doesn't resize incorrectly after a resolution change
Overviews don't show player locations when mp_fadetoblack is on
Players with spaces in their names can be selected in the spectator GUI
Observers can change their name at round restart
Throwing a grenade right at round restart no longer results in holding a "ghost" grenade viewmodel at respawn

Source Engine

Fixed a bug where snd_mixahead was not working properly. Should fix some sound popping problems for certain sound hardware when running at a low framerate
Added support for a new surround sound buffering technique that streams six discrete channels instead of using DirectSound3D. Use snd_digital_surround in the console to enable this. This allows for support of Dolby Digital 5.1 on nForce2 hardware
Allow mp3 playback at rates other than 44100Hz. This was requested by the MOD community

Master Server Query Protocol

Added a challenge number to A2S_PLAYER and A2S_RULES server queries
* setting "sv_enableoldqueries" to 1 (default) allows old style (no challenge/response) queries to work. By default queries don't require a challenge number for clients on the same B class network, change "sv_allowlocalquery" to 0 to disable this functionality
Changed A2S_INFO server query to require the string "Source Engine Query" appended to the end of the query packet.

Half_life 2: Deathmatch

Fixed model exploit that would allow players to select an invalid player model
Added weapon type to server log

Counter-Strike: Source Update Released

2005-01-17 15:12:26 · Valve Software

A Counter-Strike: Source update is available and will be applied automatically when Steam is restarted. The changes include:

Counter-Strike: Source

Added Counter-Strike bots. For a more detailed description, click here
Added new bomb defusal map de_tides
Updated version of de_cbble to allow bots to navigate ladders
Updated version of cs_office. Fixes minor issue with projector
Updated version of de_dust2 to allow 40 players
Optimization to the way that dynamic props are checked. On higher end CPUs, this can result in more than a 5% total frame rate increase
Fixed bug where players would get twice the normal money at the start of a round
Weapon models are now checked at startup to make sure they are within limits for size
Fixed a bug that would allow a player to throw two flashbangs at once
Added "motdfile" cvar, which sets the filename for the message of the day on the server
Fixed logic that will automatically kick players for killing hostage or being idle for a long time

Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike: Source Update Released

2004-12-22 15:37:26 · Valve Software

Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike: Source updates are available and will be applied automatically when Steam is restarted. The changes include:

Fixed sound stuttering problems caused by thread contention in sound system

Fixed missing models when running the Video Stress Test

Source SDK Tools Available Now

2004-11-05 13:52:41 · Valve Software

Valve has released the Source Software Development Kit (SDK) Tools via Steam. A precursor to the release of the full SDK, which will be released shortly after Half-Life 2 is made available, the Source SDK Tools release offers a comprehensive toolset for starting production on Source-based MODs, including Hammer, XSI EXP for Half-Life 2, compiling tools, the Source Model Viewer, documentation on programming, modeling, building materials, and more. For more information, please visit www.valve-erc.com/srcsdk/

Counter-Strike: Source Update

2004-11-03 19:41:13 · Valve Software

A Counter-Strike: Source update is available and will be applied automatically when Steam is restarted. The changes include:

Added cheat protection to flashlight option

Changed mp_roundtime to accept more granular values

Fixed display of Asian Windows 98 fonts

Fixed memory leak after multiple level changes