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

• Fixed a client crash
• Fixed sv_allow_wait_commands restricting the server using wait
• Fixed a crash in "soundlist" command
• Reallowed fps_max value of 0, which means unrestricted fps
• Fixed a crash playing back demo files recorded with the previously-released engine
• Client forwards server commands it doesn't understand back to the server
• sv_pure 1 now allows custom spray decals by default

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/1082/

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

• Fixed crash when running in Offline mode

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/997/

Source Multiplayer Update Released

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

Source Multiplayer

• Improved multiplayer voice communication, now using a much clearer codec
• First release of a completely reworked in game text chat to which now includes a chat history and a filter to only see important chat messages
• Fixed not being able to use sounds, decals or models if they were downloaded from the server

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/975/

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/

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Source SDK Update Released

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

New Features

• Visual Studio 2005 Support for SDK Code
• Spectate Mode Added to Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

Bug Fixes

• Faceposer Crashes When When Trying to Extract or Add a .txt File
• Lag compensation added back into Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/820/

Source Multiplayer Update Released

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

Source Multiplayer Games

• Fixed console command exploit that could crash multiplayer servers
• Fixed crash with team swapping in Source Multiplayer Games

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/753/

Source SDK Update Released

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

Source SDK

• SDK shaders have been revamped
• Linux Dedicated Server Build now properly builds and links
• 'vbspinfo.exe' and 'splitskybox.exe' have been added to SDK
• 'mathlib' source code has been added to the Source SDK
• Procedural materials now working

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/750/

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 SDK Update Released

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

Source SDK

• Fixed compilation issues for Linux dedicated server in SDK
• Removed 3D Lighting Preview menu choice from Hammer
• Fixed SDK Launcher bugs when performing outdated MOD check
• SDK Wizard now creates 'maps' directory underneath the new mod directory. This prevents a map compilation error
• The 'cs_milita.vmf' distributed with was loading in a bad state if the grid is set to be displayed at startup. New version has grid off

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/717/

Source SDK Update Released

A major update to the Source SDK has been released on Steam. Included in this update are major features and fixes for the tools in the Source SDK. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Major New Features

• Half-Life 2: Episode One enhancements
• NPC behavior enhancements
• New Tool application called 'Source SDK Base'
• Uses the latest shipping version of the Source Engine (HL2: Episode One)
• This content will be updated whenever a new version of the Source Engine ships
• Mod makers should always use its SteamAppId (215) in their single player and multi-player mods
• Many other improvements and bug fixes

For a full list of changes, see the Source SDK Release Notes on the Valve Developer Community site.

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/715/