Counter-Strike: Source Update Released

[Azza]

http://store.steampowered.com/news/3976/

Counter-Strike: Source Update Released
Product Update - Valve 10:21
Updates to Counter-Strike: Source have been released and the game is now available on the Mac. To celebrate this update, Counter-Strike: Source will be on sale for 66% off until Friday. For more information, click here.

The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

General
144 achievements added
New lifetime player stats and summary screens
New match player stats and summary screens
New end of round display with MVP and interesting fact about a player
Updated scoreboard with new icons, visual style, MVP stars, and avatar pictures
New cinematic death camera
New domination and revenge system
Added avatar icons to voice chat, scoreboard, and end of round display
Incorporated many source engine updates
Disallowed the use of arbitrary command strings for the message of the day screen. Now only a specific list of commands is allowed.
Addressed issue in which AWPs and Scouts sometimes did not make the zooming sound.
cvar mat_showlowresimage is now a cheat command.
Many development console commands which would crash the server removed.
Updated source engine addresses many issues:
Better flashlight effect
Better HDR behavior
Multicore rendering support
Added sv_disablefreezecam cvar to turn off the freezecam on a server.
Added sv_nonemesis cvar to turn off domination/revenge on a server.
Added sv_nomvp cvar to turn off MVP stars on a server.
Added sv_nostats cvar to turn off stats on a server.
Removed -tickrate command line option and defaulted tick rate to 66 rather than 33. This addressed a number of issues, including:
Tick rate affecting how fast doors open / close
Tick rate causing players hitting the ground to stutter
Tick rate affecting the firing mechanisms of certain guns

UI
Added the following cvars to allow players to customize their scoreboards.
cl_scoreboard_ct_color_red
cl_scoreboard_ct_color_green
cl_scoreboard_ct_color_blue
cl_scoreboard_t_color_red
cl_scoreboard_t_color_green
cl_scoreboard_t_color_blue
cl_scoreboard_dead_color_red
cl_scoreboard_dead_color_green
cl_scoreboard_dead_color_blue
Changed the screen that appears when the message of the day fails to load to display proper error text.
Made the CT silhouette for the auto-select option in the Choose a Class screen smaller and corrected its aspect ratio.
Addressed a problem that occasionally caused characters to be colored incorrectly on the Change a Class screen.

Gameplay
Made ladders easier to climb. Added cvars sv_ladder_dampen and sv_ladder_angle.
Fixed issue that awarded three points when the bomb explodes after the round ends by elimination criteria instead.
Fixed issue in which you weren’t given credit for grenade damage if you fired a weapon at someone then hit them with a grenade (in that order). Also fixed problem in which grenading a player and then killing them with another weapon showed as ‘*** in 1’ on console.
There’s now a priority order for displaying win conditions when multiple win conditions are set.
If timelimit exists and is not 0, then show timelimit.
If timelimit does not exist, show maxrounds if not 0.
If both timelimit and maxrounds are 0, show winlimit.
If timelimit, maxrounds, and winlimit are all 0, show nothing.
Added a cvar to ignore win conditions: mp_ignore_round_win_conditions.

A little hint, change your download location to Ireland, if it is downloading slow for you.

Settings ----> downloads ----> download region tab


Not sure how many servers will have to update right away mind you.

[e-LAN-go]

Heh people are already crying foul over the tickrate but I'm willing to wait and see whether the change will at least be consistent.

[Iron Sights]

great stuff but atm I cant get into any servers yet only custom maps,

[Azza]

great stuff but atm I cant get into any servers yet only custom maps,

Most servers probably have not updated themselves.

[Flash477]

Heh people are already crying foul over the tickrate but I'm willing to wait and see whether the change will at least be consistent.

The tickrate was always an e-peen thing - the engine was never actually designed to handle 100tick.

[defgn]

Played it today for the first time in about half a year. I really need to get used to it to give a fair opinion but at the moment I hate the menu changes (scoreboard, achievements, end of round, etc) are so clunky and obstruct the view...

If it isn't broke why fix it?

Though I guess the other changes made under the hood have helped to improve the game

[AdamAnubis]

Have played it a fair bit recently, the changes weren't necessarily needed (Kill cam etc) but I don't think they're bad either. I find the scoreboard easier to read now, and achievments are okay I guess.

I was expecting it to be a lot worse than it turned out to be, they've just given it a polish rather than changed it too much.

[mrt9888]

The best change is that you can now choose not to download sounds so you don't have to wait for slow servers when you just want to play quickly.

[MoonPig]

I like the update, but that might be because i haven't noticed any issues yet. A game being improved and made to look better can't be a bad thing.

I understand that people playing it on 8 year old computers now have issues, but... maybe it's time to upgrade?

[Queelis]

The best change is that you can now choose not to download sounds so you don't have to wait for slow servers when you just want to play quickly.

"cl_downloadfilter nosounds" was available before the upgrade

Anyway, I've started noticing some strange things after the upgrade, e.g. some models not rendered (i.e. "air" shooting at me and killing me), but there's hoping it was a server issue

The main visual thing of the game itself that I've noticed is the bomb explosion, and that looks greatly improved.

All in all, I don't see a big deal with this upgrade, hasn't really changed my game experience.

[AdamAnubis]

Anyway, I've started noticing some strange things after the upgrade, e.g. some models not rendered (i.e. "air" shooting at me and killing me), but there's hoping it was a server issue

Might be custom content that's not downloaded properly or your skins (if you have custom) are being dodgy. Most likely to be a server issue though. Had issues like that pre-update too.

[montecarlos]

all them years I played CSS, i dont even have it installed anymore. il have to get it back to check this stuff out me thinks!

[e-LAN-go]

There's one particular bug that's been plaguing a lotta people recently including myself are weird invisible/displaced models.

For example if someone is shooting at you, you're unable to see them or the model appears in front of you but you're being shot from behind and vice versa.

[danroyle]

me and a few friends have noticed some serious reg issues with the bulletts you had it before but now its worse again, i like all the achievements and stuff though nice add on.

[Flash477]

There's one particular bug that's been plaguing a lotta people recently including myself are weird invisible/displaced models.

For example if someone is shooting at you, you're unable to see them or the model appears in front of you but you're being shot from behind and vice versa.

I can't say that I've experienced this at all. Are you or the server using custom skins / content?

[RossyBoy]

Cool ill have to give this a try, I havn't played CS since the mid 2000's