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Steam/CStrike Update

Posted by Blitz at 13:46 10/2/2004.

Valve have distributed a new email letting everyone know that they've released a new steam/CS update. Finally, they've fixed the shield bug everyone's been talking about, whilst also making the elites into something that might acually get used. Here's a list of the changes:

ENGINE (all games)

• Small CPU optimizations
• Stop motdfile from having "..","","/" or ":" characters in filename
• Added new command line option "-dll"; Syntax is -dll [game_dll_to_load]
• Fix for updated files on the server not getting to the client when using compression
• Fixed extremely large rcon packets not being returned correctly

CSTRIKE

• Increased hit damage for elite pistols (slightly)
• Decreased price for elite pistols to $800
• Optimized entity lookup routines to reduce CPU load
• Fix xm1014 and m3 from making endless empty clip sounds when out of ammo
• Fixed shield bug where client could purchase multiple primary weapons
• Cstrike spectator health fix (switching players sometimes left health display incorrect)
• Cstrike lastinv fix (lastinv works at start of round, after picking up items, etc)
• Cstrike corpse popping fix
• Cstrike FL_FAKECLIENT fix (3rd-party bots should work fine in cstrike once more)
• Fixed file leak in ReadWaveFile() function

DEDICATED SERVER

• Change white background to black for status bar on console app

As usual, clients simply need to restart Steam, and dedicated servers need a restart too. Any server admins having trouble with the HLDS update, can download the server updates separately.