Half-Life 1 Engine and CS1.6 Updates

[CSN NewsBot]

The Half-Life 1 engine and CS1.6 received a couple of minor updates today.

• Allow screen resolutions up to 2560x1600
  
  
• Fixed player names with really wide characters getting ellipses and being indistinguishable from one another scoreboard

The updates will automatically be applied through Steam.

[Diamond Dust]

we can now be reminded of polygons in massive resolutions

[InfectedSoul]

Hmm, did I miss the news when I was away, and the adds for CS went live. cause I tried beta them, and see them in there right now...

[Zips]

If you added the BETA switch, then yes, you will see them. Last I knew it was still in beta testing.

[infil87]

So now I see Portal ads everywhere, and I have NOT added the beta switch. One in the upper left corner when dead, and one above the scoreboard in the middle when viewing it.



I haven't played any official maps, yet. But it seems like they include the adware in this update as well.



Edit: Yep, they're present on Dust 2 as well. I repeat: I have not used the Beta switch! Can I swear?

[moussaka]

so... i didn't do the BETA thing either and i have ads now. they need an option to turn them off. the one when you push tab is pissing me off.

[Zom-B]

The ads are for everyone, not just those who took part in the beta.



DO NOT WANT. Uninstalling steam now, time to dust off Unreal Tournament.

[Snakebyte]

Yep, ad system seems to be out of beta.

[infil87]

moussaka wrote..

so... i didn't do the BETA thing either and i have ads now. they need an option to turn them off. the one when you push tab is pissing me off.

That is actually the worst one, I agree. I didn't think I was going to be so pissed about it, but I am.



The WORST thing is that Valve has been keeping their mouths shut! No news about it, and it isn't even in the changelog. What a bunch of assholes, seriously. They make good games and everything. I bet they're great guys and what-not, but this is just pathetic.



I think in a very short while, Valve will realize what they've done, and remove them. I can't imagine that they can get away with this.

[kalabalana]

This is so fucking annoying. These fucking ads keep knocking me out of the game. You know when you are playing a game, you get into the groove? Every time I see an ad it slaps me out of it.

[moussaka]

they just look like big giant sprays... couldn't they have thought of something just a little better?

[omgomgz]

It's as if Valve smashed my heart with a metaphorical hammer leaving me to die and rot there while insects quickly carried small peices of me away.