CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM / Engine Update Released

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Engine (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM)

• Added sv_alltalk to the list of convars that are checked for the sv_tags list.
• Fixed a model instance crash.
• Removed engine ConVar "r_ForceRestore"

Other Games

• Half-Life 2: Deathmatch 
• Updated to run on the Orange Box engine with CS:S, DoD:S, and TF2

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/4411/

TF2 and Day of Defeat: Source Update Released

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

Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source

• Fixed screenshots being black when Multicore Rendering is enabled.
• Fixed sprays not showing up on some surfaces.
• Fixed decal crash during changelevel.
• Fixed crash caused by setting the decal limit too high on some machines.
• Fixed crash caused by decals in the world render loop.
• Fixed crash caused by convars changing while rendering is queued.

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/2369/

TF2 and Day of Defeat: Source Update Released

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

Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source

• Fixed clients using reloadresponsesystems, sv_soundemitter_flush, sv_soundemitter_filecheck, sv_findsoundname, and sv_soundscape_printdebuginfo to lag/crash servers

Source Engine

• Fixed client "timeout on mapchange" problem
• Fixed setinfo exploit
• Marked the r_aspectratio ConVar as a cheat

Server Browser

• Renamed "Quick List" to "Map List"
• Removed minimum ping filter from Map List

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/2203/

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/

Source Engine Update Released

Updates to the Source Engine have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Pure Servers

• Servers can now force the client to match the server's files, by becoming a pure server. When a server enables sv_pure, clients who connect and play on the server cannot gain an advantage by modifying the game content. For more information about Pure Servers, click here.

Source Engine

• In-game server browser only shows human players in the player counts column. Bots column now shows number of bots instead of a "some bots" or "no bots" icon
• Fixed servers with bots reporting incorrect number of bots when sv_master_legacy_mode is set to 0
• Fixed a server performance problem with queued packets
• Increased the maximum rate to 1 megabyte
• Added a findflags console command, which can list all cvars with a specified flag. For example: 'findflags server_can_execute' will find all console variables and commands marked with FCVAR_SERVER_CAN_EXECUTE
• Cheat protected many cvars and commands
• Removed cl_restrict_server_commands to prevent clients from being redirected
• Fixed user names reported as "unconnected" when greater than 32k players had connected to the server
• Fixed a client crash during authentication
• Fixed a crash when mashing the ~ key on disconnect
• Fixed a bug with sv_minrate and sv_maxrate not applying properly on the client
• Fixed the free roaming camera in SourceTV demos
• Fixed cl_language archiving itself and not updating correctly when the language changed
• Fixed a voice recording bug that could cause voice dropouts
• Fixed a rare crash when spectating in Counter-Strike: Source

We'd also like to thank Wim Barelds, TC from UKCS Mega Game Servers and Ray from Clan {US} East, for their time in reporting and testing this update.

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/1074/

Source Engine update released

Updates to the Source Engine have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Source Engine

• Replaced cl_interp with cl_interp_ratio. Server can limit it with sv_client_min_interp_ratio and sv_client_max_interp_ratio
• Added sv_rcon_log to allow rcon logging to be disabled
• Cheat protected many more cvars

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/907/

DoD:S, Source Engine and SourceTV Updates Released

Updates to Day of Defeat: Source and the Source Engine, along with some improvements to SourceTV have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Day of Defeat: Source

• Improved hitbox detection for player body parts that extend outside of the bounding box
• Fixed players being able to capture areas from farther away than intended
• Fixed an exploit where player could plant the bomb and switch teams, causing the bomb to explode and give the point ownership to the wrong team
• Fixed bell sound playing on knife impacts
• Fixed players switching to the tnt view model if they picked it up while a smoke grenade was deployed
• Fixed several map exploits
• Fixed minimap cap areas showing the number of players present even if those players were on the owning team
• Fixed a case where user could crash the server with a client command
• Fixed a case where dod_Jagd would not respond to mp_timelimit changelevels
• Fixed an exploit that could be used to throw grenades farther than intended
• Fixed logging events kill_planter and kill_defuser showing incorrect data
• Fixed several cvars not being saved in the config ( death effects options, hud_centerid )
• Fixed animation issue where player would not have an animation if they expended all ammo
• Fixed issue where a player would be stuck on spawn if they were defusing when the round restarted

Source Engine

• Fixed jittery animations while recording a demo file

SourceTV

• Added a convar "tv_transmitall" to transmit all entities (like HLTV)
• Fixed console messages forwarding for rcon
• Fixed spectator client crash during round restart
• Fixed flicking decal and smoke effects
• Fixed connection retry command
• Fixed recording and broadcasting player voices. "tv_relayvoice 0" turns it off now
• Fixed missing entities due to wrong PVS culling

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/724/

Source Engine Update Available

Updates to the Source Engine have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Source Engine

• Fixed command allowing clients to change sv_cheat convars
• Fixed engine trying to load incorrect skill.cfg file and defaulting game variables

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/632/

Source SDK Update Released

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

New Features to the Source SDK

• Included source code for alternative player physics - improves player interaction with physics objects in multiplayer. Look for code that references the sv_turbophysics ConVar
• Added hl2mp model animation sources under sourcesdk_content\hl2mp\modelsrc\player\player_male_anims.qc and player_female_anims.qc
• Added a sample skeleton for use with MotionMapper under sourcesdk_content\generic\modelsrc\heavy_walk.smd. This can be used with various HL2MP animations (like hl2mp\modelsrc\combine_soldier_xsi\reload_standing.smd). It is meant for use as the second parameter on the MotionMapper command line
• Added MotionMapper template files (referenced by documentation) under SourceSDK\Bin\MotionMapperTemplates
• Fixed compiling shaders with spaces in the MOD path.
• Added files for the VertexLitGeneric shader under the src\sdkshaders\advanced directory (when you install the source code)

These issues have been resolved

• Updated MotionMapper and its code to the latest version
• Fixed qc_eyes outputting a wrong filename in the QC text

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/421/