An update to Day of Defeat: Source has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Day of Defeat: Source. The major changes include:

• Numerous security and stability improvements
  

Updates for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when you restart the game. The major changes include:

• Various stability and security updates
  
• [SDK2013] Fixed NPCs not blinking
  
• [DoD:S] Fixed being able to switch weapons while holding a primed grenade

Updates for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when you restart the game. The major changes include:

• Fixed physics not operating at the correct tickrate when specifying non-standard -tickrate options on the command line
  
• Fixed viewing demos recorded at a non-standard tickrate causing the next listen server hosted to be at that tickrate
  
• Various security and stability improvements
  
• Updated localization files

Updates for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when you restart the game. The major changes include:

• Fixed being unable to start any map in single-player mode

Updates for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when you restart the game. The major changes include:

• Improved Steam Voice support
  
  • Removed sv_use_steam_voice convar. Steam voice is now selected via "sv_voicecodec steam"
    
  • Fixed demos not properly recording Steam Voice status, resulting in potential corrupt voice in demos with differing default settings
    
  • Will now use the native Steam Voice sampling rate, instead of clamping to 11kHz
    
  • Improved compatibility with Steam client beta
• Added CELT audio codec currently in use in TF2 and CS:GO
  
  • Server operators may enable use of this codec via "sv_voicecodec vaudio_celt"
    
  • Steam voice remains the default voice codec in all SDK2013 games
• Updated spec_player command to match recent improvements in TF2
  
  • Now accepts partial player names, Steam IDs, etc.
• Fixed security issue reported by Amat Cama via GeekPwn
  
• Fixed security issues reported by Justin Taft from One Up Security, LLC
  
• Updated engine with recent stability and bug fixes from TF2
  
• Updated handling of game language setting to match Team Fortress 2 behavior:
  
  • Steam per-game language setting is now properly honored and syncs with the in-game setting
    
  • In-game UI language now honors above language setting, rather than improperly using the Steam client's UI language setting
    
    • Users wishing to have separate UI and audio languages may pass -audiolanguage on the command line
• Updated the localization files
  
• [DoD:S] Updated custom loading error dialog to include numerous tweaks and fixes that have previously been applied to the base version

An update for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base has been made available.

Important note for SDK mod authors: This update replaces the current main branch of the SDK 2013 Base with what was previously the "beta_test" branch. The previous SDK 2013 release branch as well as the outdated "upcoming" branch are now available for a short time as "previous" and "previous_upcoming" respectively.

The major changes include:

• Fixed potential security issues (thanks to Justin G. (aka sigsegv), Nathaniel Theis, Simon Pinfold for these reports)
  
• Fixed a case where changelevel2 would print a map not found error and fail to function in SDK2013 mods
  
• Fixed an exploit that could be used to crash dedicated servers
  

A mandatory update for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, as well as the Source SDK Base 2013 beta branch has been made available. The patch notes are below.

• Fixed a security issue related to the file system (thanks to Simon Pinfold for this report)


• Fixed mp3 sounds causing occasional hitching and framerate stuttering


• Fixed OS X players being limited to medium texture quality


• Fixed maps compiled with static prop lighting causing crashes for players on medium or low texture quality


• [SDK] Fixed steam.inf not being loaded from the base directory for SDK mods


• [CS:S] Fixed server crash when running with 64 players plus SourceTV

• Fixed ent_teleport causing a crash when issued by the server


• Fixed buildcubemaps command not working for maps that already have cubemaps embedded


• Fixed -buildcubemaps command line option generating black non-HDR cubemaps

Updates to Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and Half-Life Deathmatch: Source have been released. The major changes include:

• Fixed a problem with the Steam Overlay for Mac clients
  
• Fixed maps using static prop lighting producing bad lighting in some conditions
  
• Fixed a Linux client crash related to the sound system
  
• [Day of Defeat: Source] Fixed client consoles being spammed with a message about invisible weapons
  

Updates to Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The major changes include:

• Fixed several security issues
  
• Latest fixes and updates from the Orangebox engine and shared game code
  

Updates to Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically. The major changes include:

• Fixed a case where some clients/servers would crash during map load
  

Updates to Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically. The major changes include:


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

• Fixed the skybox on 3rd party maps when using certain sky materials
  
• In Hammer, while using the Vertex Tool, pressing CTRL+B will snap selected vertices to the grid
  
• Allow about:blank in the MOTD
  
• Marked mat_texture_list as a cheat to prevent client exploits
  
• Removed the sv_voicecodec convar because it isn’t necessary anymore and was being used as an exploit
  
• Updated the con_logfile convar to checking for invalid filenames
  
• Updated the network resource download path to check for invalid filenames
  
• Updated the plugin_load command
  • Servers can only load plugins if they are not running a map
    
  • Clients can only load plugins if they are not connected to a server

• Fixed a bug that would cause the Sentry’s health to look overhealed when it wasn’t
  
• Fixed an exploit with the Red-Tape Recorder and Sentry where the Sentry could build up a large amount of health
  
• Fixed a bug where the Spy could not place a sapper without switching weapons first
  
• Fixed the Engineer being able to purchase the Disposable Sentry Gun upgrade in Mann vs. Machine, build a disposable Sentry, and then refund the upgrade without the Sentry being destroyed
  
• Improved client-side critical attack prediction for rapid-fire weapons (i.e. Flamethrower, Minigun)
  
• Updated the equip_region for the Pyromancer's Mask
  
• Fixed the equip_region for tournament medals conflicting with other items
  
• Added the LBTF2 Season 9 tournament medals
  
• Updated the localization files
  

Updates to Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically. The major changes include:

• Fixed another issue where compressed community maps would not be decompressed by clients if the file size was too large
  

Updates to Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically. The major changes include:

• Fixed an issue where compressed community maps would not be decompressed by clients if the file size was too large
  

Updates to Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically. The major changes include:

• Fixed an issue where plugin_load may load a non-binary file type
  
• Fixed an issue where decompressed file sizes were not being checked by the engine
  

Updates to Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically. The major changes include:

• Updated Orange Box games with server, client, and engine fixes from Team Fortress 2
  

Updates to Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

• Updated with other Orange Box client/engine crash fixes
  

An update to Day of Defeat: Source has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Day of Defeat: Source. The major changes include:

• Fixed regression causing game to not start on older Intel graphics cards under Linux
  

An update to Day of Defeat: Source has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Day of Defeat: Source. The major changes include:

• Fixed clients not being able to run the game in languages other than English
  
• Fixed server CPU spikes caused by compression of string tables and packets.
  
• Added sv_netspike, sv_netspike_sendtime_ms, and sv_netspike_output convars for investigating server performance
  
• net_compresspackets_minsize default value increased to 1024. This convar now also determines the threshold to determine when a "fragment" (logical game network message, before being broken up into network packets) is compressed.
  

Updates to Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

• Added "Only allow map files" to the possible selections in the download filter option for clients
  
• Network interpolation and update convars can no longer be changed when playing. To configure these convars, players must not be connected to a server or must join the spectators.
  
• Fixed a client crash related to the material system
  
• Fixed a client crash when downloading custom maps for the Mac version
  
• Fixed browser cookies not persisting across game restarts
  
• Fixed the in-game UI not using the Language setting from the game's Properties dialog in the Steam UI
  
• Fixed the game failing to launch on Mac OS X 10.5
  
• Fixed mat_viewportupscale using an error material for clients using DirectX8
  
• Removed range restrictions from viewmodel_fov_demo
  
• Updated the Linux version
  • Fixed triggers never registering as "released" on certain game controllers
    
  • Fixed clipboard issues on some window managers, most notably KDE
    
  • Fixed a bug where the map list would be reversed
    
  • Made loading custom fonts for third party HUDs work on certain fonts
    
  • Improved performance and stability

We've upgraded Day of Defeat: Source to Steam's new content delivery system!

The benefits to players are:

• Faster and smoother downloads
  
• Faster game boot times and map load times
  
• Easier distribution, installation, and management of mods
  

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


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

• Disabled Java for the in-game web browser
  

• Added support for running VR mode on the Oculus Rift
  
• Fixed a server crash related to game stats
  
• Fixed custom paint not showing in the tool tip when you mouse-over an item in your backpack
  
• Fixed the Spy not holding sappers correctly in third person
  
• Fixed a bug where sentries would not rotate to face their target under some circumstances
  
• Fixed a scoreboard bug where domination count was reduced by 2 when a dominated player left the server
  
• Fixed the Fists of Steel not reducing damage from ranged weapons that use energy rings
  
• Fixed the death notice icon for the Eureka Effect
  
• Fixed the Neon Annihilator sometimes floating in the world after death
  
• Fixes for strange parts:
  • The Big Earner can no longer accept Long-Distance Kills strange parts
    
  • The Festive Grenade Launcher can now accept Critical Kills strange parts
    
  • The Neon Annihilator can now accept Sappers Destroyed strange parts
• Removed some description text from the Manmelter that incorrectly stated its projectiles could not be deflected
  
• Updated the Blind Justice so it can be equipped with other misc-slot items on the Demoman's face
  
• Updated the backpack image for the Upgrade to Premium Gift item
  
• Updated Mann Vs. Machine
  • Fixed the boss health bar sometimes disappearing
    
  • Fixed the uber Medics in Wave 4 of the Broken Parts mission charging at the incorrect rate
• Updated the localization files
  

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


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

• Added a new ConVar sb_filter_incompatible_versions. This will default to true and hide servers on the Internet tab that are running incompatible versions.
  

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


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

• Improved performance for the Linux version
  

• Fixed a problem that was preventing some older demos from being played
  
• Fixed a client/server crash when a flamethrower gets destroyed while firing
  
• Fixed missing buttons on the item import tool
  
• Removed the promo restrictions from the Shred Alert, the Brutal Bouffant, and the Buck Turner All-Stars
  
• Updated the Vaccinator with its own uber-off sound and a sound when toggling resist types
  
• Updated some of the animations for the Shred Alert taunt
  
• Updated a couple HUD panels to support team scores with more than two digits
  

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


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

• Fixed a missing material when changing the value of mat_color_projection
  

• Fixed an item description bug that would not display the not-tradable text for some untradeable items