Steam News (12/5/2006)

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SiN: Emergence was released this past week. We know when Episode One is due to come out… How can there possibly be any new announcements that would entice even the most demanding of gamers? Knowing Valve, they've found a way. In this weeks Steam News, Valve announces that "…Counter-Strike: Source has more HDR-enabled versions of maps on the way, along with some enhancements to the game itself." Enhancements? Will they finally add support for my Flux-Capacitor and bring back bunny hopping?! A guy can dream… Also, Day of Defeat: Source's new gameplay-mode will be coming very soon with the map Colmar.

We hope everyone who is playing through the first Sin Episode, Emergence is enjoying the game. From the feedback we've seen, it appears that people are having a lot of fun. It's exciting for us at Valve to see the first episodic game released on Steam, and we're looking forward to our own Episode One coming out in a little less than three weeks.[br]Counter-Strike: Source and Day of Defeat: Source are also both gearing up for releases in the next few weeks. Counter-Strike: Source has more HDR-enabled versions of maps on the way, along with some enhancements to the game itself. Day of Defeat: Source is getting ready for a significant release that will add a number of new features, along with a new map named Colmar. Colmar is the first map to take advantage of a new objective system that allows us to build different kinds of levels than currently exist. Stay tuned for specifics on how the map plays out, but for now here's a screenshot of the sleepy night-time village.[br]

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Now lend me your fingers and clickith thy linkith to view the Steam News for yourself!

 

[-smash-]

Ugh... Post looks so sloppy - Sorry peeps, some reason I can edit or delete my posts. :x

 

[bigburpco]

Are the much awaited DoD: S effects here? If that's so... Coolios

 

[DiSTuRbEd]

You know, one of the devs commented about jagd and british, he said one of them were true. Now if his statement is CORRECT, I think we might know what some of the enhancements MIGHT be.

 

[Javert]

FINALLY a night map!

 

[TheMastahC]

If only my Steam account wasn't stolen ;(.
Right after I bought Episode One too.
I hate humanity.

 

[Bleeder]

Does nobody else see the bomb in the nazis hand?

 

[DiSTuRbEd]

Does nobody else see the bomb in the nazis hand?

Yeah its an objective type map.

 

[Javert]

Does nobody else see the bomb in the nazis hand?

And the yellow outline on the 2nd pic's AA gun.

 

[bigburpco]

Looks like fun.

 

[Asuka]

Ugh... Post looks so sloppy - Sorry peeps, some reason I can edit or delete my posts. :x

Hey smash. You can Bhop in source like crazy. My friend has been Bhopping for years and he is INSANE at it in source. So ya just wanted to clear it up but you can Bhop in source very fast and crazy.

Nice steam update anyway, i cant wait for the new stuff.

 

[Apostle11]

Finally! A DoDS update, what I've been waiting for too.

This objective mode will bring me back to playing the game, it's about time.

 

[CrazyJeepDriver]

Screenies look very nice, and its about time there was an update for DOD:S.

 

[Unfocused]

Enhancements for CS:S? Proper (props ) physic objects maybe?

 

[Maxey]

You know, one of the devs commented about jagd and british, he said one of them were true. Now if his statement is CORRECT, I think we might know what some of the enhancements MIGHT be.

They said one of those was true, but that didn't mean they were going to put them now, in the next update. It just meant that one of these features are in the making and might be put on one of the future updates. Of course, it doesn't mean that they didn't put them now. I'm just alerting you, to stop expecting things or else you'll get disappointed.

 

[-smash-]

Hey smash. You can Bhop in source like crazy. My friend has been Bhopping for years and he is INSANE at it in source. So ya just wanted to clear it up but you can Bhop in source very fast and crazy.

Nice steam update anyway, i cant wait for the new stuff.

It's not true bunnyhopping, though.

 

[DiSTuRbEd]

They said one of those was true, but that didn't mean they were going to put them now, in the next update. It just meant that one of these features are in the making and might be put on one of the future updates. Of course, it doesn't mean that they didn't put them now. I'm just alerting you, to stop expecting things or else you'll get disappointed.

But I want the people that always complain about no british to not have to complain anymore

Yeah I know, we could get jagd along with this new map, WHO KNOWS! We'll just have to wait and see.

 

[Apostle11]

I imagine that this is the first of hopefully many objective maps to come from Valve. So yes, Jagd may be on the release schedule in the future, it seems like an obvious map to update to Source to me.

 

[{Neoblade} 111]

I fukin love jagd :O :O :O w0000000000000t

 

[alphadec]

These pics are not inline game pics but drawing or some sort of render, why ?

 

[^Ben]

These pics are not inline game pics but drawing or some sort of render, why ?

What? Have you played the game, that's exactly how the game looks.

 

[DiSTuRbEd]

These pics are not inline game pics but drawing or some sort of render, why ?

Those are ingame pictures....

 

[poullos]

Maybe - beta engine in steam properties show some light...

 

[Grimmar]

I'd like seeing Valve remaking hl2 in hdr...:upstare: because I usualy put off hdr in cs:s to have more fps.:thumbs: (If my english is not correct, excuse me, I'm french)