Major Counter-Strike: Source Update

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The moment has come! A huge Counter-Strike: Source update has been released. Two major additions to the game is the map de_nuke and Valve’s HDR (High-Dynamic Range) Lighting technology.[br]While you download, feast upon my screenshots I have taken![br]

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[br]Along with those 2 releases, a big-mutha sized update fixing various bugs and a number of improvements that have been added was given to us. Since it is quite lengthy, I will just give you the link to the change log. As per usual, restart Steam to receive the update.[br]Happy fragging!

 

[GonzoBabbleshit]

Just had a run through (after emailing you the news ).

It looks great, as always. Safe to say I don't know de_nuke at all though!

 

[SIN55]

awesome! downloading

 

[Teta_Bonita]

<3 Valve!

 

[chewyxx]

this map is so prettty only bad thing it kept like crashing my clan serv

 

[Dr. Freeman]

downloading right now, so excited to try out the new map

 

[DoctorWeeTodd]

The explosion better not be some tiny wussy blast like I've been getting in many unofficial remakes.

 

[HiPNoTyQ]

i like how the alarm goes off...very cool

 

[BeaverMon]

de_nuke looks alot better then the CS: 1.5 version. And I must say the T bots waste no time in planting that bomb.
I haven't fully explored it yet.

Only problem is it look a VERY long time to quit it. Was staring at a black screen for 5 minutes. Never happened before.

 

[Patriarch2000]

Yay! No more spec whoring to get $800 back!

 

[Asuka]

Turtle rock did a GREAT job on remaking nuke. Nice on the update <3 Valve.

 

[DoctorBonz]

Valve FTW!

 

[NeoNight]

Just had a run through (after emailing you the news ).

It looks great, as always. Safe to say I don't know de_nuke at all though!

same here I use to play cs during ver 1.3 then stoped for a long time.

 

[Patriarch2000]

- So much for not being able to spec whore anymore. I can STILL go into spec mode and come back into a team to get my money topped up to $800 if I die with less than $800. I thought you fixed this when the changelog stated "Fixed changeteam exploit"

- Sometimes player names do not show when spectating, I think this happens to the first player you spectate after dying.

- Jumping off ladders is extremely difficult now that you have changed the ladder dynamics. In de_prodigy I used to be able to look down while on the ladder in the vents, and then pounce on enemies if I saw them pass by. Now, instead of "unlatching" from the ladder when I press spacebar to jump, my body climbs up the ladder at the height that I would normally jump.

 

[bigburpco]

What happened to Argentan? It was released yesterday and yet nothing has been reported on the front news, but then de_nuke's been reported.

:sniper: :x

 

[Mopar33l]

Have'nt downloaded it yet, did we get the new player models?

 

[Drackard]

Not yet, but YES YES YES FOR DE_NUKE :cheers: :cheers: :rolling: :bounce:

 

[D€vIL²]

Its awsome. I'm gonna be playing this one alot for a while. the map is well done.

 

[blinking halo]

the map looks really nice and clean (a big plus for competitive and scrimmage play), but any word on multiple player models? i got the impression they would be included in this update.

edit:
ok i just tried running de_nuke and it crashes cs -_-

 

[Dodo]

i <3 Turtle Rock Studios

-dodo

 

[dogboy73]

Pics look nice. I love the inside shot with the blue lighting coming up from the floor. Reminds me so much of HL1. DL'ing now.

 

[blinking halo]

ok i got it running by turning off hdr, and the map is beautiful! great stuff. only problem is it lags horribly in some spots, dropping my fps from 80 to 20

 

[dogboy73]

I'm getting bad lag as well. Tried several servers running the map. My ping was around 30 on one of them & it still jumped pretty bad. I also have HDR disabled (I disabled it as soon as it became available in CS: Source as an option for future maps). Seemed to be the same for other people on the servers as well.

 

[BlackMesaDude]

Only tryied a few rounds exploring with HDR enabled and it looks nice so far.

 

[SubKamran]

Those shots seem abnormally awesome. The textures and models look sharp and beautifully lit.

Sweet. Too bad my SATA hard drives aren't working... I'd play this weekend.

 

[Dowie]

Amazing update Valve, any word on when the new models are comming though?

Btw preorder Darwinia woot

 

[Atomi]

How about the models?

 

[Dowie]

They arnt there, if you read my post I was asking when they were coming

 

[Dekstar]

lovely indeed. Pitty I won't be nuking on full graphics any time soon

 

[Fat Tony!]

This update is causing many players fps to go down significantly and weapon restrictions cannot be used without crashing... Silly valve

 

[Beerdude26]

This update is causing many players fps to go down significantly and weapon restrictions cannot be used without crashing... Silly valve

:O

Valve will make it up to us through sweet, sweet love <3

Obligatory reminder: Gabe Newell is hawt

BTW only one more post and you've got 4000 posts

 

[armanguy]

my internet is hella slow right now so i onlyplay with bots lol hahaha but they seem smarter they dont take forever to shoot eachoter anymore, de_nuke is my fav map now its so fun too bad im in school right now or i would be playin it stupid graphics class:rolling:

 

[polyguns]

wow, screenshots from counterstrike that actually look good

 

[dogboy73]

Jerky map,
jerky, jerky.
Anoint my gameplay,
anointy nointy!

 

[Drackard]

Hmmm, i have seen a slight FPS drop, but im running on highest res, full hdr and highest graphics so i ain't gonna complain about it, as that is probably the main cause more the anything, meh, still, beautiful map, and plays well, :cheers: @ valve !

 

[Dekstar]

Many problems;
Spec weapons don't play all the way through animations
Night-vision really screws text up, which it didn't do before
FPS drops
Gameplay appears 'Jerky', like cl_smooth was turned off.
Major lag for a LOT of players
Server likes dropping every player for no reason whatsoever.
Doubled "no steam ID" errors occuring

Other than that though.

 

[BeaverMon]

What about my problem where I'm stuck with a black screen for a full minute after exiting the game.
Never happened before the update.

 

[NeoNight]

anytime I exit after playing offline I get some serious menu slow down. In fact I end up having to alt-ctrl-delete my way out.

 

[polyguns]

meh, don't complain about bugs too much, when your constantly updating and trying to fix a program, of course its also gonna cause more and more problems to occur. hell look at windows. steam = windows update.

like all the problems before, they will be fixed, and in the meantime create new ones

 

[clarky003]

awsome looking map, il try it out later.. the bugs arnt just in the CS:S update the SDK is even worse off.. its totally messed up.