Counter-Strike Source Beta Update Released

[Chris D]

Counter-Strike: Source beta was updated again last night, here's a quote from the news post on SteamPowered:

An update to the Counter-Strike: Source beta has just been released. Steam will update itself automatically when you restart. Here is a list of the changes:[br]
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COUNTER-STRIKE: SOURCE BETA CHANGES / ADDITIONS:[*]Stopped spectator camera jumping to the wrong player.[*]Several fixes to allow Windows 98/ME to work.[*]Added spray-logo import ability in the Options dialog.[*]Added support for binding non QWERTY (i.e. AZERTY) keyboard keys.[*]Improved player movement on high latency links (smoothing out the experience).[*]Improved auto-pickup behavior for CS weapons.[*]Fixed splash screen not showing up immediately when starting the game in full screen in some cases.[*]Players switched via mp_autoteambalance do not lose items, score, or equipment.[*]Fixed upper-case characters not being usable in the buy or team selection menus.[*]Terrorists now win if all hostages are dead and round timer expires.[*]Enabled message of the day.[*]Added extra CPU support for Linux dedicated server.

Though unconfirmed yet, it's possible that we may see the third phase of the Half-Life 2 pre-load tonight. Thursday has been the night so far for the last two weeks, so watch this space later.

 

[KagePrototype]

Jeepers, there's no topic title! [EDIT}: Jeepers, now there is!

Anyway...

I don't see much of a difference in performance like some people are reporting (though I did see my fps jump up around 10, though it isn't really noticeable for me). The title screen also takes ages to load for me.

Oh well, blood decals on bodies is cool.

 

[Navy Man]

ooooo looks like they are really getting on top of the problems which is good to see.

eagerly awaiting the next hl2 update gw on that mate

 

[raoulduke]

"Terrorists now win if all hostages are dead and round timer expires."

YES! YES! I was waiting for that! Thank you VALVe!

Anyway, there's still like twenty severe bugs in the game that I reported. I hope they fix them soon.

 

[Nez0nline]

i think this update created a bug, the score board doesn't work for me anymore after the update, and if u hold tab when u join a game it crashes!!

 

[cyberman_sa]

And if you press F10 while in-game it crashes.

i think this update created a bug, the score board doesn't work for me anymore after the update, and if u hold tab when u join a game it crashes!!

 

[fuzzy_aus]

Thats always been the case. F10 is the 'exit' key.

ALOT of people on servers i play on are reporting problems with Scoreboard. I mean like %50 of people....

 

[Vinnie_NL]

that's a lot , and do you guys think we have a preload on Thursday again? I'm already looking forward to it

 

[Vormulac]

Thats always been the case. F10 is the 'exit' key.

ALOT of people on servers i play on are reporting problems with Scoreboard. I mean like %50 of people....

Hehe, that explains alot then. FRAPS uses the F10 key as the take screenshot key by default. I thought it was funny every time I took a screenshot, the program exited

 

[wibblemonster]

well, atleast they are squashing bugs, which means HL2 is closer to gold hopefully

 

[Murray_H]

Body decals....?

I've not seen any yet

 

[Dynasty]

well, atleast they are squashing bugs, which means HL2 is closer to gold hopefully

here's your answer: http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=37003

keep waiting guys lol

anyway, what if find REALLy weird about cs:s is that all these people are having problems with performance, scoreboards etc etc etc (literally), and im not. the only problem ive had is the welcome board thing mot coming up instantly, and long loading times to get to the main menu.

and yes!!! now everything you change actually stays when you exit and enter the game. also gamma has been fixed, but i knew how to change it anyway (ctrl+shft+b) hehehe.

 

[Dynasty]

damn! now my scoreboard doenst work!!! me and my big mouth lol.

 

[Nez0nline]

a quick fix for the score board is to change the key from TAB to something else, i used CAPS LOCK, works fine then.

 

[Wesisapie]

remember when the scoreboard would stop working in CS 1.x sometimes, and some of the beta versions too? you just had to tap alt once, then it would start working. usually happened after an alt-tab and so it was some kind of crazy clash between the alt and the tab keys after you got back into the game
anyhow im rambling and its probably not the same thing.

 

[Evil Beaver]

Whats the point of a hostage fix when there's no hostage maps?

 

[Murray_H]

Still not seeing any hit decals, I can't even see them in the list of things changed/added in the update list :/

 

[SubKamran]

w00t! Finally fixed some crappy issues! Can't wait to get home...

 

[Varsity]

Thats always been the case. F10 is the 'exit' key.

 

[RogueShadow]

Whats the point of a hostage fix when there's no hostage maps?

That's what I wanna know.

 

[Bicka]

What you mean theres no hostage maps in counter-strike source???

Oh wait...

 

[smacky]

ok so now terrorists can just kill all hostages and then hide from the CT's till the round is over... that sucks.
ive seen it happen several times that one CT won a game against 3 T's by recuing hostages, now you wont see that happen because they will be dead thanks to the terrorists.

 

[smacky]

by the way a hostage fix can only mean one thing, there are hostage maps only they forget to release them probally come out pretty soon with the next CS source update i think

 

[DevgruSeal]

I definitely want to see some CS:Source Hosties. I wonder what the AI is like...and they said the official CS bot (CZ's bots) were impressive AI..I can't wait to see Source's...

 

[Dynasty]

a quick fix for the score board is to change the key from TAB to something else, i used CAPS LOCK, works fine then.

its really annoying. i keep hitting tab and not getting anything. its hard to get used to using ANY other key.

lol, sometimes the updates do more harm than good it seems...cs:s must be delayed, so therefore, hl2 deff wont be coming out until nov....damn it.

 

[poofyfinger]

YAY!! You guys keep on reporting fricking bugs on gameplay for counterstrike like TAB buttons and shit and we will never see half life 2 this year.

 

[sublidieminal]

Wait .. hostage update? Can somebody fill me in on why there is one? I thought there was only bomb planting in CS S Beta

 

[NeoNight]

"Terrorists now win if all hostages are dead and round timer expires. "
um so that means you now can kill all the hostages and camp to win most rounds?

 

[Varsity]

And lose all of your money in the process, yes. But in clan mathches where winning is everything, it's going to cause problems.

 

[RogueShadow]

My only concern is getting 10-25 fps when playing the game even at lowest possible detail settings and resolution.
with an amd athlon xp 1800 512mb ram and radeon 9800 pro

And the stress test last tiem I ran it gave me 60fps

 

[Camon_Draconis]

anyone else's ingrams look messed up, like the reflection layer isnt rendering???

 

[Orange]

Would they really put the steam servers through both a large update AND a Preload later tonight?

I remember they put off a preload to get a cs update before didn't they?
I could be wrong. : /

 

[pdnellius]

I'm kinda thinking that Valve thinks it's hilarious :smoking: when everyone gets worked up about the preloads and stuff (me included). So they probably will ride it out as long as possible before releasing another, just to screw us up. :naughty:

 

[MetaKnight]

"Added spray-logo import ability in the Options dialog."

Ok, Valve. Now add it to the other games. :hmph:

 

[Robinhood_01]

yay another hl2 preload is downloading and they even give you the swanky html page with the barnacle attacking gordon.