CS:S, TF2 and DoD:S Updates Released

Updates to Counter-Strike: Source, Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2)

• Fixed a crash on startup with some video drivers
• Fixed a bug where the speaker config would be lost on Windows Vista / 7
• Fixed a case where alt-tab would stop rendering models
• Made the ‘X’ that closes the achievements screen visible by default in 1280x720 resolution
• Made disconnect messages wrap so they don’t get truncated
• Made kick / disconnect messages more legible

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/4261/

Steam client update released

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

New Features

• Updated friends chats to use new tabbed chat interface (see Friends tab in the Settings dialog to turn off opening in new tabs by default)
• Updated in-game overlay browser to use new tabbed browsing interface (Use Middle click on links to open-in-new-tab)
• Tabbed Browser/Chat HotKeys: Ctrl-Tab and Ctrl-Shift-Tab to switch tabs. Ctrl-W, Ctrl-F4 or Middle click to close tabs.
• Updated WebKit code for client/in-game browser (improved stability and performance on OSX, various browser fixes)
• Windows: 64 bit build of the in-game overlay (useable now with any 64bit non-Steam game you may add)
• Windows: 64 bit builds of Steamworks DLLs (for upcoming titles)

Fixes

• New non-blocking game uninstall dialog
• Improved client shutdown times
• Fix some cases of Steam becoming unresponsive for 5-10 seconds when new game updates are released
• Fixed unused game tags still showing up
• Reinstalling from a goldmaster triggers a content verification if the game is already installed
• Fixed sometimes needing to restart Steam after installing PhysX
• Changed overlay hot-key detection to not consider ctrl-shift-tab to be the same as shift-tab, thus allowing its use in tabbed chat/browsing in-game
• Fixed “hidden” achievements showing up in the game details page and overlay “so close…” ui
• Fixed a crash on shutdown
• Fixed an issue with input tab ordering in group chats
• Increased timeouts on Steam Cloud file uploads
• Fixed Rabobank payment page for iDEAL checkout not showing correctly in the Steam Client
• Fixed a bug parsing certain HTML tags inside News bodies
• Fixed top half of avatar images in chats not being right clickable for context menu
• Fixed a potential crash when failing to parse new stats/achievements data for a game
• Fixed bug/exploit with malformed www. URLs in chats
• Windows: Fixed the “alt” key sometimes sticking in the in-game overlay after an alt-tab event
• Windows: Improved overlay compatibility with some previously conflicting third party applications
• Windows: Fixes to progress bar on win7 task icon in handling paused downloads as well as finished downloads
• OSX: Fix several memory leaks
• OSX: Fix copy/paste resulting in extra random string data

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/4228/

Steam client update released

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Reduces bandwidth used for stats and achievements on OSX
• Improves reliability when multiple achievements are unlocked simultaneously
• Fix for possible Steam lockup when launching a game
• Added 'view game store page' option on the context menu for friends who are in a game
• Fixed steamclient.dll importing a function not available on Win2k

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/3958/

Day of Defeat: Source Palermo Update Available Now

Leveraging the recently released set of free services available in Steamworks, the Palermo Update adds 51 achievements to Day of Defeat: Source, player avatar displays in the scoreboard and win panel, and detailed player statistics that are integrated with the Steam Community features (www.steamcommunity.com).

In addition, this update adds support for popular features introduced in Valve's Team Fortress 2 (TF2), the PC title named multiplayer game of the year by Gamespy.com and PC Gamer. These include "nemesis/revenge" freeze cam and new effects driven by the particle system introduced to the Source engine for TF2.

Finally, this update also introduces a new map, Palermo, which is a remix of the most popular community map, dod_salerno, originally created by Magnar "insta" Jennsen.

For more information, visit the Day of Defeat: Source Palermo site.

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/1673/

Day of Defeat: Source Beta Update Released

Updates to Day of Defeat: Source Beta have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Day of Defeat: Source Beta

• Achievements are now all stored locally as well for offline achievement dialog
• Fixed view model lag being jittery
• Fixed some viewmodels occasionally skipping their fire animations
• Fixed quickswitch exploit
• Fixed some overlays being too transparent
• Fixed a case where an enemy player could be credited for an area capture
• Playtime statistic now records time spent as class, not time alive as a particular class
• Upload stats when we join spectator, change class and on changelevel
• Fixed crash with ai_test_los console command
• Adjusted global bloom scale
• New nemesis icon

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/1616/

Day of Defeat: Source Beta Update Released

Updates to Day of Defeat: Source Beta have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Day of Defeat: Source Beta

• Added Steamworks stats
• New team identifier icons as rewards for completing achievements - 1 per class achievement, and 1 for completing all achievements
• Added cvar dod_friendlyfiresafezone - units around the player where they will do no direct damage on FF on servers ( default 100 units )
• Dropping a weapon in the spawn and changing class will now fizzle out the dropped weapon
• Fixed unducking while jumping potentially getting you stuck in the roof
• Player model fixes to address the 'left peek' issue
• Fixed kb_act default binding for large map being broken
• Marked r_screenfademinsize and r_screenfademaxsize as cheats
• Players now respawn even if they have the class menu up - changing class will respawn them instantly now
• Fixed "Don't Tread On Me" achievement triggering off of bomb defuses
• Fixed long range rocket achievement being awarded when you kill an ironsight k98 or garand
• Fixed picking up an mg42 with an empty clip playing the wrong animation
• Achievement progress now stored in steam
• Added more default crosshairs
• Adjusted scoreboard to make the local player a bit more readable

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/1602/

Day of Defeat: Source Beta Update Released

Updates to Day of Defeat: Source Beta have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Day of Defeat: Source Beta

• Fix for client crash in spectator gui
• Fixed third person tracers not drawing properly
• Reverting view position change when sniper zoomed
• Added cvars dod_playrivalrysounds and dod_playachievementsound
• Suicide no longer removes a kill
• Fixed bullet decals being misaligned when iron sighted
• Fixed being able to dominate a teammate if friendlyfire was on
• sv_friction and sv_stopspeed are now accessible again
• Reduced size of impact effects at distance
• Fix for deployed bazooka and mg having full mouse sensitivity
• Fix for iron sight deploy animation sometimes taking longer
• Player avoidance now prevents stationary players from occupying the same space
• Some particle systems updated
• Fixes to the custom map achievement

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/1600/

Day of Defeat Steamworks Update in Beta

A new update adding support for Steamworks is currently available in beta for Day of Defeat: Source, the popular World War II online action game from Valve, creators of the Half-Life and Counter-Strike games.
Leveraging the recently released free set of services available in Steamworks, the Day of Defeat update will add 51 achievements for DoD, player avatar display in the scoreboard and win panel, and detailed player statistics integrated with the Steam Community features (www.steamcommunity.com).

This update also adds support for popular features introduced in Valve's Team Fortress 2 (TF2), the PC title named multiplayer game of the year by Gamespy.com and PC Gamer. These include "nemesis/revenge" freeze cam and new effects driven by the particle system introduced to the Source engine for TF2.

In addition, this update will also introduce a new map, dod_Palermo, which is a remix of the most popular community map, dod_salerno.

Owners of Day of Defeat: Source, retail and Steam versions, may join the beta free of charge.

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/1594/