Steam News Update - August 4th

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  • CSN NewsBot

    #1

    Steam News Update - August 4th

    The end of the week brings many things to people. For some it's a time to hit the town, for others it's a chance to kick back and relax at home while blowing their paycheck on the latest in lumberjack figurines. Good times. No matter what you do, you cannot escape the latest Steam news update! As the fanfare dies down, feel free to read up on the latest from Valve.
    With the 5-day Red Orchestra free trial now in full swing, we hope everyone will get a chance to get in and see what this game is all about over the weekend. It is completely free to try out until this coming Monday, so give it a try and see if it is the kind of game for you.



    Here at Valve we're all working around the clock to get all of the pieces of Episode Two ready to show at the Leipzig Games Convention. We're looking forward to showing off Episode Two, Team Fortress 2, and Portal to everyone at the show. If you're planning on being near Leipzig, Germany in late August, feel free to drop by our area and take a look.



    We're also allowing people to get an early look at the beta version of the Steam store, which we'll be releasing to everyone very soon now. If you'd like to be part of the beta, you can opt in here.
    Don't forget, if you wish to use the new storefront in Steam, you must opt in using Internet Explorer. This is a one time thing, and as soon as you decide to take place in the storefront BETA, you can go right back to using your favorite browser. If it scares you that much, you will have to use IE for 30 seconds, at most.



    The Tripwire Interactive crew has also been very busy these past few days fielding questions and comments about Red Orchestra. As expected, the game doesn't appeal to all, but the realistic nature of the game is certainly a welcome change of pace from your typical run and gun shooter. If you haven't tried it already, might as well try it out this weekend. Remember, it takes some time to get used to the game so be sure to play it a good, long while.



    Hopefully that new footage that was mentioned will find its way to Steam right after they're showcased at the Leipzig Games Convention. Any new media is good media!
  • Que_?

    #2
    Is there even a "CS POD" system anymore? Is there anyone in it? Who? I think Alfred is doing something else and is not working on CS:S.



    CS:S B-Day is coming up too!!! Where's the love?

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    • .Sn0w.

      #3
      agreed this is prob one of the longest stints of no news about css we have had for a while, its like they gave us a map and a few models then left all the bugs and went on to other things its seriously annoying when u know the potential of the game and the competitive side to it but a few small bugs stop teh game from getting anywhere.



      come on vavle at least tell us when ur not going to work on the game anymore.

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      • HACKER HELL STORM

        #4
        RO armor maps are cool but the infy feels slippery like BF1942/DC etc maybe i was just lagging but i played on two different servers over a few hours.

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        • V.C. Sniper

          #5
          More realistic for you to stop slowly after jogging or running, if thats wat u mean.



          OMG W00t!!! CAn't w4it t0 s33 more EP2 and Portal action!!! LOVE YOU VALVe!!! w00t its gonna pwnz0r3d!11

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          • Grimbal

            #6
            I think they mean the Hitboxes which r still not right..., I cant really see many competitions supporting CS:S for competitive play still simple bugs and hitboxes are way out, crouch bug do i need to go on?



            Although when i started steam up today CS:S was updating?, but no news on any updates bugs etc anyone else get this?

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            • Zips

              #7
              The hitboxes are fine. Adjust your rates and they'll be exactly where they should be.

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              • Grimbal

                #8
                adjust my rates?, why should i need to adjust my rates.. i never had this problem with CS 1.6 everything default.



                If the rates were meant to be changed why didnt they set them as default that way....

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                • Bokuho

                  #9
                  Because it changes depending on your exact connection. Some need to change the rates from default to sort out the hitboxes, some don't - and of course, some may need to change their rates only slightly whereas others will need to change them a lot. It just wouldn't be possible for Valve to set one lot of rate settings to work for everyone.



                  Anyhoo, I can't believe anyone expects them to ever update or even touch CS:S (or 1.6 for that matter) ever again. It's not going to make them any more money now (or at least, not to a degree that is worth their time sorting stuff out), so they're just going to spend their time and resources promoting and working on these other mods and HL2 add-ons and expansions etc, which will actually bring them in money.



                  If you want them to stop with this and to sort CS out instead, then you'll need to get everyone to boycott the new mods and expansions, and get everyone to buy up more copies of CS instead. But as long as these new products are proving more profitable than CS, CS won't get touched again by Valve.

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                  • Vlux

                    #10
                    If VALVe decides to abandon CS:S, anyone think it would be a good idea to make it open source? Perhaps, the community can fix the bugs themselves, or something to that extent.

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                    • FLeK0

                      #11
                      Releasing the source code would result in more advanced cheats, and a lot of exploits in any of the Source engine based games.

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                      • Que_?

                        #12
                        We have tons of cheaters on now! I liked to have the bugs fixed. Even if it does add MORE cheaters. If you have a good admin on you can see 'most' of the cheats.

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                        • DevgruSeal H.E

                          #13
                          But open source could lead to better developed anti-cheats. Eh? It could happen.

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                          • .Sn0w.

                            #14
                            I hate valve id rather them fix css so i can play it more than make a new game thats worth 6 hours of play.

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                            • HACKER HELL STORM

                              #15
                              V.C. Sniper wrote..

                              More realistic for you to stop slowly after jogging or running, if thats wat u mean.



                              OMG W00t!!! CAn't w4it t0 s33 more EP2 and Portal action!!! LOVE YOU VALVe!!! w00t its gonna pwnz0r3d!11
                              split personality?

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