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Steam BETA Update

Posted by arsen at 18:46 12/8/2003.

The Counter-Strike 1.6 BETA is still being tweaked and fixed ready for a final public release which we are led to believe will be happening in the very near future. Here's the changelog from the latest update, released yesterday:

• Changes/Additions:
  • Made Spectator settings persistent.
  • Changed defuse kit to be inactive in the CT Buy Menu on non de_ maps.
  • Bots now buy pistols.
  • Bots have a basic "understanding" of attack and defense with the Tactical Shield.
  • Bots now respond to "Report in" with "Taking fire, need assistance" when attacking, "Enemy down" if they just killed an enemy, "Enemy spotted" if they have seen an enemy very recently, or "Reporting in" if they haven't seen anything interesting.
  • Made "Normal" difficulty for Bots a little easier and consistent.
  • Added a few more Bot names.
  • Increased Tactical Shield price to $2200.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed problem with clients getting "could not load gfx.wad" errors.
  • Fixed infinite loop due to malformed infostring.
  • Fixed format string crash bug in logging.
  • Fixed screen becoming corrupt when using alt-tab with ATI cards.
  • Fixed crash when using alt-tab while a sentence was playing.
  • Fixed bug with Spectator PIP getting stuck on screen.
  • Fixed Spectator GUI staying active if you viewed the help screen across a level change.
  • Fixed not being able to use "duck" key to hide Spectator GUI.
  • Fixed problem where external mods hooking into MOTD (i.e. amxmod) left the background screen up once the dialog was dismissed.
  • Fixed banner image not showing when connecting to HLTV proxies (with an image set).
  • Fixed corrupt text in scoreboard when connecting via HLTV.
  • Fixed bug where the round would not restart until the planted bomb goes off, even if all of the players on both teams were dead.
  • Fixed bug with team menu and trying to change team when you're VIP.
  • Fixed bug where VIP team button was never being enabled for players on team CT.
  • Fixed bug where you could pick-up weapons while your Tactical Shield was deployed.
  • Fixed bug where crouching Bot that ran out of ammo would sit there unmoving with his knife.
  • Fixed bug where dropping the Tactical Shield while deploying would make the player invulnerable.

One noticeable update is the increased price of the tactical shield. This will probably mean we won't be seeing it used in eco rounds, as some were suggesting before this update.

Along with the changes to CS, Steam have also updated Half-Life, TFC, Ricochet, Opposing Force and the Dedicated Server. Click the links for the changelog for each game.