Day of Defeat: Source and Source Engine Updates Available

Updates to Day of Defeat: Source and 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 some video cards being incorrectly set to DX9 when they should have been DX8. This would cause a significant performance problem for affected hardware
• Changed refresh behavior of server browser. Old behavior was generating too much traffic when list was not open
• Fixed bug where VAC would sometimes hold onto .dlls after a game had been shut down completely
• Fixed a crash which could sometimes occur immediately after launching a game

Day of Defeat: Source

• Added the default mapcycle.txt to servers running Day of Defeat: Source
• Fixed crash bug when using %s in your player name

Source Dedicated Server

• Fixed bug in dedicated server engine that incorrectly displayed their anti-cheat status (servers were showing as insecure, but were running in secure mode)

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/450/

CS:S AND HL-1: ANTHOLOGY AVAILABLE NOW AT NORTH AMERICA RETAIL OUTLETS

Valve Corporation today announced that Counter-Strike™: Source™ and the Half-Life® 1: Anthology are available now at retail outlets in North America.

In addition to the latest version of the world's number 1 online action game, Counter-Strike: Source also includes Half-Life 2: Deathmatch and Day of Defeat®: Source, the latest version of the popular WWII online action game from Valve. [...]

For more information, please visit: www.valvesoftware.com

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/451/

Day of Defeat: Source Available Now

Day of Defeat: Source is available now via Steam for just $19.95. If you have Steam installed, you can get Day of Defeat now! If you don't have Steam installed yet, click here for the Steam installer.

• http://www.valvesoftware.com/news/?id=449 --- http://store.steampowered.com/news/449/

Day of Defeat: Source Available Now for Pre-load and Pre-Purchase

Day of Defeat®: Source™, the latest version of Valve's popular WWII online action game, is available now for pre-load and pre-purchase. Day of Defeat: Source leverages the Source engine's advanced features such as high-dynamic range lighting, advanced graphics, and realistic physics simulation.

Anyone may pre-load the game free of charge and decide to purchase at any time. Those who pre-purchase the game before it is released will save 10%. To pre-load, pre-purchase or just find out more, please visit www.steampowered.com.

• http://www.valvesoftware.com/news/?id=443 --- http://store.steampowered.com/news/443/

Server-Parameter verändern

by mofdisasta @MapScene.de

Heute befassen wir uns mal damit, wie man Commands, also Befehle, die am Server ausgeführt werden in die map integriert.
Wir wollen in diesem Tutorial einfach mal die Schwerkraft ändern, damit die Spieler lustig in der Gegend rumhüpfen können. Es ist natürlich nur ein Beispiel! Man kann natürlich alle Parameter, die man in die Serverconsole eingibt verändern. Read more ...

Tutorial - Light und Sprite wie bei den Profis

by ferox @MapScene.de

Heute wollen wir uns damit beschäftigen unsere Map so zu beleuchten wie es auch die Profis machen! Read more ...

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/

Source SDK Update Released

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

Source SDK

• New hl2mp character model sample
• Fixed some cases of having to run the base game before being able to debug your mod
• Optimized bandwidth usage in mods based upon the hl2mp code base
• Implemented a fix in the lag compensation code that was occasionally preventing players from respawning correctly
• Fixed xwad running vtex incorrectly
• Fixed xwad building into the wrong target directory

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/408/

CS:S, Source Engine, and Source SDK Updates Available

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:

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

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/403/

Source SDK Update Released

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

Source SDK

• Added new example character model
• Added new character creation documentation
• Added QC eyes tool
• Added more in-depth shader examples -- including a post-process shader
• Added Motion Mapper - a tool used to map animations across differently-proportioned skeletons
• Fixed dedicated server UI not automatically finding HL2MP MODs

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/401/

Day of Defeat: Source Approaching Beta

Day of Defeat: Source, Valve's World War II-themed multiplayer action game, is approaching beta and will be available early this spring via Steam. A team-based multiplayer game that cast players in the Axis vs. Allies battles of Western Europe circa 1944, Day of Defeat: Source leverages the power of the Source engine to introduce integrated physics simulation technology, all new audio, updated maps, enhanced effects and more. More information about Day of Defeat: Source will be released in the coming weeks.

• http://www.valvesoftware.com/news/?id=398 --- http://store.steampowered.com/news/398/

Tutorial - Zwei Räume verbinden

by Dr.Death @MapScene.de

Nachdem das Level nun soweit funktioniert, bietet es sich an einen zweiten Raum anzubauen. Dieser sollte von der Größe her identisch mit dem Ersten sein und neben diesen gesetzt werden.
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Level kompilieren und starten

by Dr.Death @MapScene.de

Speicher die Map in dem vorgegeben Verzeichnis mapsrc und gib als Dateinamen testmap ein. Die Speicheroption findest du im Menü File/Save As...
Um das Level nun endlich testen zu können, musst du es vorher noch kompilieren lassen. Bei diesem Rechenvorgang wird das Level auf Fehler überprüft und Dinge wie das Licht berechnet. Drück dazu F9. Belasse die Einstellungen wie sie sind und drück dann OK. Read more ...