TF2, DoD:S, CS:S / Engine Update Released

Updates to Counter-Strike: Source have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Source Engine ( TF2, DoD:S, CS:S )

• Fixed hang when typing "map" twice in the console

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/4273/

Steam client update released

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam

• Fix a bug where installing a game with a demo may not initial install all content with some left to download on first launch
• Fix a bug with ISteamNetworking getting available packet size for Steamworks Partners
• Steam Cloud improvements to support save games in more cases for Steamworks Partners
• Windows: Fix a case where minidumping due to an error could deadlock the client on startup or shutdown
• Windows: Fix a memory leak that could lead to too much memory used or a crash if you remained in a busy group chat for several days
• Mac: Fix client errantly opening a script in a text editor at startup (rare bug)

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/4272/

CS:S, TF2 and DoD:S Updates Released

Updates to Counter-Strike: Source, Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2)

• Fixed a crash on startup with some video drivers
• Fixed a bug where the speaker config would be lost on Windows Vista / 7
• Fixed a case where alt-tab would stop rendering models
• Made the ‘X’ that closes the achievements screen visible by default in 1280x720 resolution
• Made disconnect messages wrap so they don’t get truncated
• Made kick / disconnect messages more legible

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/4261/

Steam OSX client update released

A Steam OSX client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam

• [OSX] Improved font handling of non-english (unicode) characters
• [OSX] Restored ability to enter offline mode
• [OSX] Improved performance of in-game overlay

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/4249/

Steam client update released

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam

• Fixed a case where the Steam client could hang on startup for some users with unusual environment variables

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/4241/

Steam client update released

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

New Features

• Updated friends chats to use new tabbed chat interface (see Friends tab in the Settings dialog to turn off opening in new tabs by default)
• Updated in-game overlay browser to use new tabbed browsing interface (Use Middle click on links to open-in-new-tab)
• Tabbed Browser/Chat HotKeys: Ctrl-Tab and Ctrl-Shift-Tab to switch tabs. Ctrl-W, Ctrl-F4 or Middle click to close tabs.
• Updated WebKit code for client/in-game browser (improved stability and performance on OSX, various browser fixes)
• Windows: 64 bit build of the in-game overlay (useable now with any 64bit non-Steam game you may add)
• Windows: 64 bit builds of Steamworks DLLs (for upcoming titles)

Fixes

• New non-blocking game uninstall dialog
• Improved client shutdown times
• Fix some cases of Steam becoming unresponsive for 5-10 seconds when new game updates are released
• Fixed unused game tags still showing up
• Reinstalling from a goldmaster triggers a content verification if the game is already installed
• Fixed sometimes needing to restart Steam after installing PhysX
• Changed overlay hot-key detection to not consider ctrl-shift-tab to be the same as shift-tab, thus allowing its use in tabbed chat/browsing in-game
• Fixed “hidden” achievements showing up in the game details page and overlay “so close…” ui
• Fixed a crash on shutdown
• Fixed an issue with input tab ordering in group chats
• Increased timeouts on Steam Cloud file uploads
• Fixed Rabobank payment page for iDEAL checkout not showing correctly in the Steam Client
• Fixed a bug parsing certain HTML tags inside News bodies
• Fixed top half of avatar images in chats not being right clickable for context menu
• Fixed a potential crash when failing to parse new stats/achievements data for a game
• Fixed bug/exploit with malformed www. URLs in chats
• Windows: Fixed the “alt” key sometimes sticking in the in-game overlay after an alt-tab event
• Windows: Improved overlay compatibility with some previously conflicting third party applications
• Windows: Fixes to progress bar on win7 task icon in handling paused downloads as well as finished downloads
• OSX: Fix several memory leaks
• OSX: Fix copy/paste resulting in extra random string data

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/4228/

How to Make Water and Basic Displacements in Source

by Pinky @LambdaGeneration.com

Back when I was trying to learn Source mapping, I ran into several issues, most of which involved lighting or water. While I have not mastered Source lighting, I can offer some help to those having issues with water. Read more...

CS:S, TF2 and DoD:S Updates Released

Updates to Counter-Strike: Source, Team Fortress 2 and Day of Defeat: Source have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Source Engine Changes (CS:S, DoD:S, TF2)

• The mat_hdr_level, r_rootlod, and r_waterforceexpensive settings are now saved in the user’s config file.
• Fixed clients being able to connect to servers with spoofed SteamIDs.
• Fixed a bug where some video configurations could get reset by restarting the engine.
• Fixed materials compiled into a map not being loaded correctly if they're in the root materials folder.
• Fixed a case of uneven performance on multicore machines.
• Fixed point contents not respecting detail brushes. This fixes a bullet penetration bug in some community maps.
• Fixed clients being able to spam servers using the ai_set_move_height_epsilon, mission_show, and sv_querycache_stats commands.
• Audio fixes:
  
  • Reduced overlap in the sound timing code.
  • Fixed a case where audio could skip.
  • Fixed voice communication getting corrupted while playing on a Mac.
• sv_pure 2 now protects the game_sounds files in the scripts directory.

• http://store.steampowered.com/news/4210/