CS:S News (English)

Engine:

• Fixed a case where servers would lock-up while writing .dmp files.

Counter-Strike: Source:

• Fixed some minor smoke grenade bugs.

9. September 2010

Engine:

• Fixed clients locking up while attempting to load the game and re-enabled signature checking.

8. September 2010

Update 3:

Engine:

• Disabled signature checking to determine if it's the source of some reported launch issues.

Update 2:

Counter-Strike: Source:

Engine:

• Optimizations to multi-core rendering.
• Removed -heapsize command line argument. Some detail: This command made sense in Half-Life 1’s memory manager. The current engine manages memory in a way that doesn’t need it specified. Under some circumstances, specifying a non-optimal heapsize causes crashes and/or reduced performance.
• Fixed an exploit that allowed people to send fake VAC messages to clients.

Engine:

• 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".

7. Oktober 2010

Counter-Strike: Source:

• Fixed incorrect distance on flashbang effect.
• Reverted changes to de_inferno and de_nuke.

6. Oktober 2010

Gemeinsame Änderungen (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, HL2:DM):

• ServerBrowser now sorts by ping by default once again.
• Fixed Mac crash on launch when running Mac OSX 10.5.8.
• Fixed spectator bug where spectating a Sniper looking through scope didn't zoom fov.

Counter-Strike: Source:

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

• ixed a bug with voice recording intermittently not recording after playing in a level for a while (Mac).
• Fixed a rare client crash caused by text rendering (Mac).
• Updated the server browser localization files.

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

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

• Improved sv_pure:
  • Materials / Models / Sounds / Animations are more comprehensively protected.
  • Switched from CRC to MD5 hashes for stronger per-file validation.
  • Fixed some issues between custom files and server whitelists over level changes.
• Added HL2:MP to the list of dedicated server games when starting a server via the Tools tab in the Library.

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

• Fixed an engine crash caused by too many precached models in some community maps.