Updates to Source engine, SourceTV, and CSS

[CSN NewsBot]

The moment some of you have been waiting for is now here! The BETA system for dynamic weapon pricing has just been released. This update comes in addition to updates to the Source engine and SourceTV.

Source Engine


• Exclude .lua files from being downloaded by clients
  
  
• Exclude the addons/, gamemods/ and lua/ from having files inside of them downloaded to clients (Garry's MOD support)
  
  
• Optimization for dedicated server and SourceTV relays
  
  
  
  SourceTV
  
  
• Enabled tv_deltacache by default and made size adjustable
  
  
• Removed original game server IP address from spectator "status" command output
  
  
  
  Counter-Strike: Source
  
  
• Added beta for Counter-Strike: Source Dynamic Weapon Pricing
  
  
  
  VGUI
  
  
• Correctly render underlined fonts

You may restart your Steam clients in order to grab this update. Clients and server admins, read on for more information on how to opt-in to the DWP BETA. This information courtesy of Alfred Reynolds via the Linux HLDS mailing list.[break="how to access the beta"]

We have released a special beta of Counter-Strike: Source for the new dynamic weapon pricing feature. If you want to try out this new

functionality on your server then run the hldsupdatetool with "cstrike_beta" as the game parameter, for example:



Win32:

./hldsupdatetool -command update -game cstrike_beta -dir



Linux:

./steam -command update -game cstrike_beta -dir

For people wishing to join servers using the DWP BETA, you should notice a new game under your Games list in Steam. It is a Counter-Strike: Source BETA. It is 10MB in size if you already have CS: Source installed. You'll need to install this and use this when you want to join servers trying out the BETA.

[Ava3ar]

DWP is serverside not client side, we dont opt into it

[ZackMorris]

ZIPS!!!!! Why are you always 1 second before me!

[Zips]

Ava3ar wrote..

DWP is serverside not client side, we dont opt into it

The thing is, it wasn't announced anywhere on how to opt-in. Server admin or not.

appended @ [time="1160616714"]

News post updated with necessary information for server admins.

[.Sn0w.]

Be awesome if they actually fixed some bugs rather than realease a beta version of the dynamic money rubbish...



Awesome news the degale is going to be nearly $2000 its up 75% awesome



Seriously how hard could it be to fix the half time bug I mean they have already fixed it twice sigh.

[Ava3ar]

Sn0w dont join in the beta, and when it gets released, theres proberlly going to be a server filter, so dont join any others



also it wont affect matches at all becasue those servers will have dynamic switched off, so quit complaining, if you dont like it go play somet else, no one is forcing you to play it

[Equalizer!]

so now they are completely ruining the pricing of guns which have been that way for years.... Okayyy good move....



Ah well, at least there's always the original CS itself, 1.6

[duhhhh]

Equalizer! wrote..

so now they are completely ruining the pricing of guns which have been that way for years.... Okayyy good move....



Ah well, at least there's always the original CS itself, 1.6

I agree with valve on this one, deagle is too cheap anyway.

[[+Duracell-]]

Maybe this'll force people to buy other weapons? I don't mind the M4 and the AK, but the other weapons need some loving too!



The Galil isn't such a bad weapon, really.

[Zips]

Equalizer! wrote..

so now they are completely ruining the pricing of guns which have been that way for years.... Okayyy good move....



Ah well, at least there's always the original CS itself, 1.6

They've changed it a couple of times in the past... In case you didn't know this already.

[.Sn0w.]

I dont care about the new dynamic money crap all im saying is they should really fix bugs before adding more.

[entRo]

[+Duracell-] wrote..

Maybe this'll force people to buy other weapons? I don't mind the M4 and the AK, but the other weapons need some loving too!

No they don't.



When can we stand on physics objects? If we can do it in HL2 mods, can it really be that tough to get it into CS:S? Not saying it'd be easy, but it's certainly of more importance than dynamic kiss-my-dick pricing.