A massive update was unleashed tonight for Counter-Strike: Source, the Source engine, as well as the introduction of severs defaulting to "secure" status (VAC2). Oh, and a sweet little map by the name of cs_assault was also released! Also included in this update is a number of improvements to bot navigation as well as new and updated player animations. As usual, restart your Steam client to grab this update while you read on below.
Want the changelog? I know you do, so here it is!
Want the changelog? I know you do, so here it is!
- Counter-Strike: Source
- New Source remake of classic Counter-Strike map cs_assault
- New "Phoenix Connection" Terrorist model (replaces existing model)
New Player Animations
- Walk/run cycles now include whole-body motion
- Players automatically raise their weapon and aim through the sights when they stop to fire
New Features/Improvements
- Weapon-specific reload animations with removable ammo clips added
- Shotgun reloads animate each individual shell reload
- Animated the bolt pull for each shot of the AWP
- Added upper-body recoil animations for shotguns and AWP
- New grenade throw and knife animations
- Spectator UI now resizes controls to account for long map names
- A notification is now displayed to all players when auto-balancing teams
- Added message for players who try to defuse the bomb while another player is already doing so
- Added item_nvgs and item_
entities for fy_ maps
- Can no longer stab with the knife while defusing or during freeze time at the start of a round
- Player count in dedicated server interface now includes bots
- Dedicated servers can now use the "timeleft" command
- Dedicated servers are now secure by default, add "-insecure" to the command line to run in insecure mode.
Bug fixes
- Dedicated servers no longer crash when setting "name" via the console
- Fixed bug that would occasionally make player weapons disappear
- Low-violence death animations no longer float if the player dies while in the air
- Fixed bug that caused the grenade throw animation to incorrectly play when spectating in the game
- Fixed view jitter caused by prediction errors when near physics objects
- Spectators now hear weapon pickup sounds
- Armor is now given with game_player_equip
- Extra pistol ammo no longer given at round restart
- Weaker flashbangs effects no longer cancel out stronger ones
- maps/cfg/
.cfg aren't exec'd if they don't exist (fixes console warnings)
- Fixed bug that caused hostage scenario HUD icon showing 1 hostage left when all were rescued or dead
- game_player_equip removes player equipment before adding new items
Bot Changes
- Bots can use sloped ladders now
- Bots open +use doors better
- Bots don't think they're stuck when hiding
- Bots using knives can break breakables while pursuing enemies now
Navigation Mesh generation improvements
- Nav generation ignores doors and breakables better
- Non-planar nav areas aren't merged into larger areas
- Added nav_generate_incremental to generate additional nav areas starting from a walkable marker, without destroying existing mesh
- Areas no longer get connected to ladders multiple times (caused a crash if the ladder was deleted)
- Added nav_restart_after_analysis
- Fixed bug where some areas would be incorrectly marked as crouch
Navigation Mesh Editor changes
- Nav areas draw a background color, making them more visible
- Nav_update_blocked warps the local player to the first blocked area
- Added nav_build_ladder (point at a climbable surface so the cursor is green, and type nav_build_ladder to automatically create a nav ladder)
- Added nav_no_hostages, to mark an area as not suitable for hostage navigation
- Added nav_remove_unused_jump_areas to remove extraneous jump areas
- Fixed a crash caused by manually creating an area before doing a nav_generate on a new map
- Can no longer stab with the knife while defusing or during freeze time at the start of a round
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