Counter-Strike 1.6 News

[CSN NewsBot]

Oh goody boys and girls! The news you've been clamoring and asking and begging for is here! On the Steam support site, they list when CS beta 1.6 is approximately going to come out. If you click on the link above, you'll be directed to the Steam support page, which says:

Steam Beta 2.0 and Counter-Strike Beta 1.6 are slated to launch in mid-November. Please, watch this space for more up-to-date information!

Well, at least we know kinda when the beta will come out, but keep checking CS-Nation for the latest developments on 1.6 and other Counter-Strike news.

[FLeK0]

Can't wait.. I hope there will be no more delays :/

[Obsidan]

whats up with the gh3y yellow?

[ShoNuff]

Yes they do state that the BETA will be released mid-november :/

[Skip]

theres always delays though :-\

[FLeK0]

Obsidan wrote..

whats up with the gh3y yellow?

It's rizzuhs l33t halloween design!

[xredebility]

Valve's November is rest of the world's February :)

[azz0r]

Bug Fixes / Changes / Additions :

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General:



- Fixed recording/playback of demos.

- Fixed crash on exit from engine.

- Moved backend master server location.

- Fixed a bug with the rcon port being setup correctly when a client is already connected to

the server and no rcon_port has been set

- Changed so a client can set rcon_address and rcon_port (while connected to a server) to

administrate a completely different server than the one the client is connected to.



Counter-Strike:



- Spectator settings are persistent.

- Dead bodies of hostages stay for entire round.

- Fixed problem with dead bodies floating in the air.

- Hostages show on the radar screen and flash blue. They will flash red when killed or

rescued.

- Knife swing animation problem fixed.

- Grenade toss animation problem fixed.

- Blackout areas around zoomed in AWP scope is consistent when zoomed across

resolutions.

- Auto Team-Balance moves the last player to connect to the other team, rather than the

one with the highest score.

- Added diffuser icon in first person spec mode.

- Client prediction of viewmodel animations cleaned up.

- Fixed problem with output of "listplayers" command.

- Fixed bug with the VIP spawning and not getting the default weapons.

- Fixed bugs in the "vote" and "votemap" commands.

- Created server cvar "mp_kickpercent" to set the percentage of teammates it takes to vote

a player off the server.

- Fixed players getting kicked for being idle when they shouldn't be.

- Renamed setinfo items "ah" and "vgui_menus" to "_ah" and "_vgui_menus".

- Added new setinfo item "_cl_autowepswitch" (default: 1) which controls whether or not a

client switches to picked up weapons (if they're more powerful).

- Updated version of maps de_train, de_vegas, and de_nuke.

- Fixed bug where none of the Terrorists would spawn with the bomb.

- Fixed suicides appearing as headshot kills sometimes.

- Fixed grenade deaths appearing as headshot kills sometimes.

- Hostages now automatically follow a Counter-Terrorist when he gets close to them (instead

of making the CT "use" the hostage first).

- Created client cvar "cl_minmodels" (default: 0) that allows players to only use the

minimum set of player models. This cvars sets it so players only see leet.mdl, gign.mdl,

and vip.mdl

- Fixed left-hand view models looking incorrect on ATI cards when using Npatches.

- Fixed bug with software mode and view models (only right-hand view models are available

when in software mode).



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What bothers me is the hostages following you when your close, its a chance for llamas on your team to run by and steal em :E

[ja]2ev]

Will the hostages go up/down stairs consistantly and ladders at all yet????

[Wintermute]

um i seriously dont think those are the 1.6 changes....



/me rolls his eyes

[Monteiro]

Heeeeeeeeeere we go :P

[425u6493253421686589]

dam it lol are the new weopons going be in cs1.6 beta or not?

[ja]2ev]

I know...maybe some day...sigh



Not that I'm comlaining that there aren't enough good changes.

[sniv]

Obsidan wrote..

whats up with the gh3y yellow?

I think it looks cool. maybe when you tilt your head a bit... then... oo nice.... *drool*



maybe I shud lay of the spiff

[cheetarah654]

yeah that list of changes doesnt seem correct, some of that is old, and it doesnt mention the new stuff being added, such as weapons and the fix of sound being lost when youre brought to desktop. csn will post the real list on the mainpage when they get it