CSS update Topic

[Doelwit]

A required update for Team Fortress 2 is now available. This is also an optional update for Counter-Strike: Source, since it fixes a bullet penetration problem on Linux servers. The specific changes are:

Server Browser
- Server browser now starts centered onscreen when it opens up.
- Filter panel now starts expanded, instead of hidden.
- Added a warning dialog that pops up to warn players joining games with more than the recommended number of players.
- Added a "max player count" filter setting.
- Renamed quick list checkbox from "Show Map List" to "Simplified List".
- Mouseover the checkbox now explains the simplified list in the status bar.
- Quicklist now shows the number of other servers running each map.
- Fixed a couple of bugs related to toggling the quick list, which were resulting in you needing to refresh again.


Engine
- Fixed some graphical issues when alt-tabbing during a game.
- Fixed bullet penetration problems with Linux dedicated server.
- Removed an exploit that allowed people to change their names to something other than their Steam profile name.

[Doelwit]

An optional update for Counter-Strike: Source is now available. The specific changes include:

Counter-Strike: Source:
- Fixed a crash that could occur after the bomb exploded.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when attempting to exit the game.
- Changed default values of the following server variables to reflect the increase of the default tick rate from 33 to 66:
- sv_mincmdrate - 10
- sv_maxcmdrate - 66
- sv_maxupdaterate - 66
- Marked 'developer' cvar as cheat.
- Corrected kill/death reporting in gun games. Deaths were not being properly counted in games using instant respawn.
- Marked test_round_winpanel, test_match_winpanel, test_freezepanel commands as cheats.
- Added sv_nowinpanel and cl_nowinpanel options that can be used to disable the win panel that displays the team winner, MVP, and fun fact at the end of a round.
- Clamped ladder dampen values.
- Fixed jointeam cvar so giving it invalid values no longer spams the server console.
- Removed functionality of cl_minmodels.
- Fixed voice indicators to display at all times rather than just after their respective players have come into contact when -alltalk is on.
- Fixed scoreboard to display correct number of SourceTV viewers.
- Adjusted death notices to display under scoreboard.
- Defaulted 'Simplified list' to OFF and made the setting persistent.
- Fixed an issue that could make it appear as if a player already had one or more MVP stars upon joining a server.
- Made text on loading bar more legible.
- Added more materials that were missing for community maps.

Engine:
- Fixed disconnect exploit causing players to be forced off of a server due to an overflowed packet.
- Fixed players being able to start the game using a DirectX level less than DirectX8.

Windows Dedicated Server:
- Added Counter-Strike: Source to the list of games for the dedicated server when running through the Steam client.


An update on the Update
The reason for the recent update was to move Counter-Strike Source (CSS) from the older HL2 version of the Source engine to the most recent version. This brings the CSS codebase in-line with our other games. This resolves long standing issues associated with the older engine and allows us to benefit from features and bug fixes in other source games as they come online, such as improved graphic effects and more accurate hit registration.

During this process we created some unintended side effects, these are bugs. We are actively investigating all reports.

A good example of this is bullet penetration changing on Linux Servers only; not Windows Servers. This was a subtle bug to track down and understand. It has been fixed.

Rest assured we will continue to fix old and new CSS bugs. We want to retain the CSS gameplay experience that you know and love. We would also like to thank everyone reporting bugs and posting constructive feedback. This is an invaluable part of the process.

The CSS Team

[Doelwit]

A required update for Counter-Strike: Source is now available. The specific changes are:

- Fixed incorrect stat collection by forcing all dedicated servers to update to the new version

[Doelwit]

A required update for Counter-Strike: Source has been released. Please use hldsupdatetool to receive the update. The specific changes include:

Engine:
- Tuned thread initialization to improve performance on CPUs with more than four cores

Counter-Strike: Source:
- Fixed leftover shadows when ragdoll physics are disabled
- Added stats gathering to track client and server performance
- Added instrumentation to help debug network issues
- Disabled some unsupported threading convars

Jason

[Doelwit]

A required update for Counter-Strike: Source is now available. The specific changes include:

- Added Steam Clan Tag support ( Set yours in Options->Multiplayer->Advanced )
- Added new achievement "CLAN WARFARE": Win a match of at least 10 players where the entirety of each team is composed of a single clan.
- All weapon fire rates now tuned to match their pre-update, tickrate 100 equivalents. (http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/s ... ?t=1368659)
- Added automatic server tagging for some server convars ( "mp_startmoney", "mp_friendlyfire", "bot_quota", "sv_nostats", "sv_allowminmodels" )
- Fixed some issues for players who were experiencing stat corruption.
- Fixed several server crash exploits.
- Fixed server commands "sv_disablefreezecam" and "sv_nowinpanel" not working on dedicated servers.
- Adjusted some DX9 shaders to look more like their DX8 counterparts, e.g. flashbang effect.
- Community Requests:
- Fixed entity I/O messages "OnPlayerPickup" and "OnPlayerUse".
- Restored UTF-8 support in the console.
- Added env_hudhint entity, for use in custom maps (The allplayers flag must be set for the hint to work in Counter-Strike.)
- Added client convar "sv_hudhint_sound" to turn off emit sound for hud hints.
- Restored the "cl_minmodels" client convar.
- Added server convar "sv_allowminmodels" that allows them to prevent clients from using "cl_minmodels".
- Added a button to Options->Multiplayer that allows players to reset their in-game stats.
- Note: Due to the nature of stats corruption, it is not possible to automatically fix all types of stats (such as weapon statistics reflecting usage of the wrong weapon). Players who suspect their stats are incorrect and wish to start fresh may want to use the new stat reset feature.

[Doelwit]

A required update for Counter-Strike: Source is now available. The specific changes include:

- Fixed new weapon firing integration causing some guns to over-fire on single taps
- Fixed a couple of cases where machine guns could skip slightly with enough lag
- Fixed c4 explosion pre-caching
- Added precise audio timing fixes for client-side prediction
- Increased the tolerance for skip detection in client side audio to prevent sound dropping out due to client clock drift
- Completed work on clan tag strings validation

[Doelwit]

A required update for Counter-Strike: Source is now available. The specific changes include:

- Fixed ragdoll bug with cl_ragdoll_physics_enable 0 and cl_minmodels 1
- Changed voice stealing of entity/channel pairs to only allow one overlapping delayed sound (improves CS gun sounds)
- Fixed overlapping sounds causing a slight remaining echo on ak47
- Fixed phantom clan tags appearing for players who didn't set one

[Doelwit]

Required updates to TF2/CSS and DODS are up now. The specific changes include:

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2)
- The mat_hdr_level, r_rootlod, and r_waterforceexpensive settings are now saved in the user's config file.
- Fixed clients being able to connect to servers with spoofed SteamIDs.
- Fixed a bug where some video configurations could get reset by restarting the engine.
- Fixed materials compiled into a map not being loaded correctly if they're in the root materials folder.
- Fixed a case of uneven performance on multicore machines.
- Fixed point contents not respecting detail brushes. This fixes a bullet penetration bug in some community maps.
- Fixed clients being able to spam servers using the ai_set_move_height_epsilon, mission_show, and sv_querycache_stats commands.
- Audio fixes:
- Reduced overlap in the sound timing code.
- Fixed a case where audio could skip.
- Fixed voice communication getting corrupted while playing on a Mac.
- sv_pure 2 now protects the game_sounds files in the scripts directory.

Counter-Strike Source
- Fixed prediction errors that were causing greater weapon inaccuracy (bullet spread) on client than server.
- Made the bomb the primary target of a +USE command. This fixes a problem with objects placed around the bombsite interrupting defuse attempts.
- Fixed the 'skating' behavior that could occur when a bomb planting attempt was aborted. Also fixes the resulting out of sync hit boxes.
- Fixed bug in which a player who crouched rapidly and repeatedly was seen as stationery by other players.
- Fixed problem in which the sound of a reload that was occurring when a player was killed persisted into spectator mode, making it sound like a reload was taking place near the spectated player.
- Gave chat interface priority over scoreboard to reduce conflict between the two.
- Increased size of HUD icons.
- Fixed bug with env_hudhint that caused problems when its value was greater than 255 characters.
- Made the message of the day screen dismissible by hitting ENTER.
- Fixed servers not being able to set sv_hudhint_sound.
- Gun sounds now match up with the framerate dependent sound timing, and fixed the framerate dependent jittering bugs.
- Stats:
- Fixed an issue that could cause loss of player stats if network connectivity was lost briefly, just after launching the game.
- Fixed an issue that caused the favorite weapon to display incorrectly on the stats summary page when a player achieves the most kills with a knife or grenade.
- Made newly-earned achievements and stats immediately update in the achievements and stats panels instead of showing stale data.
- Improved the font on the achievement toast.
- Community Requests:
- Added cvar sv_enablebunnyhopping, defaulted to 0. ( A value of 1 autotags the server with "bunnyhop" )
- De_dust and De_dust2 updated.
- Fixed several exploits.
- Fixed collisions on crenellation and domes.
- Fixed minor visual glitches.
- Adjusted HDR settings.
- Removed dust clouds.
- Added console variable cl_hudhint_sound.

Team Fortress 2
- Added server ConVar "sv_max_usercmd_future_ticks" which prevents clients from running usercmds too far in the future.
- Added missing Mac intro movie for cp_coldfront.
- Fixed "Hit '%disguiseteam%' to Toggle Team" string and code so they're not hard coded to 'e' and '-'.
- Fixed servers trying to validate backpack positions in inventories.
- Fixed clients validating inventories other than their own.
- Fixed item selection HUD elements showing un-acknowledged items, which resulted in items in invalid backpack positions.
- Fixed players not always getting "recent damager" credit for player suicides.
- Fixed the weapon selection menu not displaying properly when using hud_fastswitch and lastinv at the same time.
- Updated Engineer startup music.
- Updated localization files.
- Updated Pl_ThunderMountain
- Clipped off sticky outcrops for smoother movement
- Clipped various exploit ledges
- Increased environment ambient exterior light level
- Stage 1
- Fixed hole in respawn room brushes in RED spawn
- Shifted respawn times to favor BLU by two seconds
- Stage 3
- Clipped rocks off by BLU's spawn exit that leads to building B (allowed Snipers to snipe the entire area)
- Removed embedded displacement (building B interior roof)
- Removed rogue clip brush from building A balcony
- Updated Plr_Hightower
- Fixed players building in the RED spawn room.
- Fixed players building on the back window decks of the barns.
- Fixed players getting on the satellite dish platform.
- Fixed players building on the elevators.
- Reduced the ammo packs in the barns down to small ammo packs.
- Increased the hill speed modifier to 1.2 (up from .95)
- Fixed explosion particle effects playing in the skybox.
- Mine cart "window" collision fixed.
- Upped Scout-loop health to large.
- Updated Pl_Upward
- Fixed respawnroom entities not reaching the floor of split-level spawns
- Fixed griefable fence facing BLU spawn near RED base
- Added BLU high flanking route at RED base
- Added health & ammo along BLU flanking route at RED base
- Sealed BLU base left exit with block bullets brushes
- Extended clip between C and BLU spawn to prevent sticky jump spawn camping
- Fixed non-clipped non-solid railing in RED base
- Fixed kill brush in middle spawn not extending to the ceiling
- Put a block bullets brush on grate below middle spawn
- Fixed some high micro-ledges accessible to sticky-jumpers
- Community Request
- Added "item_pickup" game event for ammo/health packs.

[Doelwit]

Required update for Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike: Source are now available. The specific changes include:

Source Engine ( TF2, DoD:S, CS:S )
- 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.

Counter-Strike: Source
- Fixed a memory leak in the dedicated server.
- Fixed a problem that could cause the crosshair to expand briefly after the trigger is released.
- Made crosshair scale independently of framerate, matching the old behavior at 100 fps. This does not affect actual recoil, fire rate, or spread - only the expansion of the crosshair. Added cl_legacy_crosshair, which defaults to the new behavior.
- Made the crosshair for the Glock and Famas scale correctly upon firing in burst mode.
- Removed ability to jump to inaccessible locations using grenades (flashboosting). Added sv_enableboost (defaulted to 0) for those who prefer to allow this behavior.
- Fixed an issue with involving incorrect armor protection vs. grenade damage. Added sv_legacy_grenade_damage (defaulted to 0) to allow servers to revert to the original behavior.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the freezecam sound to be heard when spectating a player who dies.
- Fixed an issue that could cause KeyHintText to generate junk characters.
- Prevented ragdoll spasm that could occur when using the jointeam command.
- Addressed a problem with the sniper rifles that prevented unzooming during auto-reload after shooting all the bullets in a clip.
- Fixed an issue with the AWP and Scout that could cause their zooms to vibrate briefly after a reload.
- Fixed map cycling so that the cycle now starts from the map selected by the user instead of going back to the first map.
- Fixed mp_restartgame so that it resets MVPs as well as score and deaths.
- Removed fun fact from achievements summary screen and associated playerblotter functionality.
- Throttled warning messages for disabled achievements to no more than once every 60 seconds.
- Made the silhouette that appears when you hit AUTO-SELECT on the Terrorist choose a class screen fit within its borders.
- Fixed lock radar rotation option in the GUI. Setting this option now works.
- Fixed a potential crash with custom huds.
- Fixed a bug in walk prediction.

[Doelwit]

A required update to Counter-Strike: Source is now available. The specific changes include:

Source Engine ( TF2, DoD:S, CS:S )
- Fixed hang when typing "map" twice in the console.

Counter-Strike: Source
- Smoke Grenades:
- Made them bloom faster.
- Made them more opaque.
- Fixed "one way" smoke.
- Changed walk speed to be 0.52x of run speed ( Counter-Strike 1.6 )

[Doelwit]

An optional update for Counter-Strike: Source is now available.

Dedicated Servers (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2)
- Fixed a case where servers would lock-up while writing .dmp files.

Counter-Strike: Source
- Fixed some minor smoke grenade bugs.