CZ Update Released

[CSN NewsBot]

There's a brand spanking new update for all of you Condition Zero owners. No, this isn't the highly anticipated CS: Source BETA, but there is unofficial word from Gabe Newell that the update will start to see the light of day in two weeks time.



As for the CZ update, check out the Steampowered news release, or just click on ahead.[break="full release details"]

counter-strike: condition zero


• added de_truth_cz
  
  
• added de_corruption_cz
  
  
• improved accuracy of the player hitbox
  
  
• improved bot knife fighting logic
  
  
• improved bot behavior when all 32 player slots are filled
  
  
• improved bot_auto_vacate behavior
  
  
• improved behavior of footstep sound when jumping to a different surface type
  
  
• improved behavior of weapon animations when switching weapons
  
  
• improved behavior of brass ejection in relation to player's velocity
  
  
• improved how smoke grenades come to rest
  
  
• improved sv_restart behavior (limit is increased to 60 seconds)
  
  
• improved hint message overwriting behavior
  
  
• improved closed shield behavior
  
  
• improved famas burst mode firing (matches the visuals)
  
  
• improved display of locations shown under the radar
  
  
• improved behavior of cycler_sprites on subsequent rounds (chickens on cs_italy, cs_italy_cz)
  
  
• improved shield hitbox to be more accurate
  
  
• improved behavior of team_say
  
  
• he grenades no longer damage players through walls and other obstacles
  
  
• he grenade damage and radius increased by 50% (to account for new behavior)
  
  
• he, smoke, and flashbang crosshairs are now the same size
  
  
• switching to the c4 or grenades no longer masks awp firing sound
  
  
• old-style menus can now choose milita & spetsnaz
  
  
• crosshair doesn't show at round restart if a player has the shield closed
  
  
• server prints team and player info in the console for chat messagesp>
  
  
  
  counter-strike: condition zero
  
  
• added previously unreleased missions fastline, sandstorm, and pipe dream
  
  
  
  hltv:
  
  
• addressed split packet issue (found by luigi auriemma)

[HankPym]

Edited by [user="1497"] @ [time="1089855502"]

I want more hostage rescue maps!

» Improved closed shield behavior

» Improved shield hitbox to be more accurate

Those should please some people.

» HE grenades no longer damage players through walls and other obstacles

» HE grenade damage and radius increased by 50% (to account for new behavior)

Very interesting, indeed.



Edit: I was wondering, was the CZ bot AI ever updated to account for the hostage AI?



i.e.) Will CT bots "use" hostages from a distance, and will T bots send stray hostages back to their positions at gunpoint?



And to any CSN staffers: you may want to change the second Counter-Strike: Condition Zero to Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Deleted Scenes, just to ease the understanding.

[Snakebyte]

So is regular CS going to get those HE/hitbox updates too?

[Buddah]

HankPym wrote..

I want more hostage rescue maps!

I'll agree with that.



2 weeks for me to go get CZ. :P

[Zips]

Snakebyte wrote..

So is regular CS going to get those HE/hitbox updates too?

If nothing else, I'm sure these fixes will find their way to CS 1.6 as well.

[bozer]

Of course the one night I have to stay late at work and update 100 servers with Windows Critical Updates, this comes out.. =*(



And now the CS Source Beta testing is going to probably begin right when Doom 3 comes out. I'm gonna have to take a vacation I think

[eram]

no cs update today just CZ

[Jatt Pride]

» Improved closed shield behavior

» Improved shield hitbox to be more accurate



does this mean that u can shoot their feet when the shield is closed?

[Smurfzilla]

wow wtf they update the game that no one plays...nice one valve!

[Jatt Pride]

wtf r u talkin bout???? a whole bunch of people play CZ. they just updating it cuz its the NEW CS.

[Linux]

haha, owned... Can I say owned???? CS:CZ, blah! Give me CS:S and CZ:S NOW damn it Valve, I don't want cruddy graphics and maps, I won't 1337 graphics with physics NOW!!!

[HankPym]

Smurfzilla wrote..

wow wtf they update the game that no one plays...nice one valve!

5,922 players at this very moment...that's a lotta no one.

[Tuxedo_Penguin]

Smurfzilla wrote..

wow wtf they update the game that no one plays...nice one valve!

5,922 people beg to differ.

[cold_fire1]

Awesome, now I can hide from those damn nades.

[Kenshin]

after this update, it seems to me that CZ is "maturing" and becoming more finely developed.



And for all you non-CZ owners, c'mon and go buy it already!



hint: if you buy the imported version, just use it's serial #, d/l the CZ cache via steam, and you have the full english version of CZ for the imported price! (which is usually about 15 bucks)