Major update today

[OldBloke]

Info from CS Nation ...

Valve Listens Up
rizzuh @ 4:13 pm pst - cstrike pc - 43 comments - hot topic
After years of criticism for their lack of response to community feedback, a new era of Valve may be forming. Tomorrow morning, Valve will release a major update to the Counter-Strike money system (the update had been planned for tonight, but was held back until the morning). This change would likely have never occurred if it weren't for eloquent points being raised at the community esports site, gotFrag.

Valve's Jess Cliffe, the original co-creator of Counter-Strike, has recently begun responding to some criticisms and general feedback on a gotFrag comments page. Below is some of what cliffe has said in this comments thread:
The Opaque radar and zoomed sig/aug xhairs are next on my list. I agree that these are things that we should have been fixed long ago... should be in the Steam update next week.
Believe me, the shield is something we debate about internally almost on a daily basis. In fact, I was just talking about it with Erik Johnson, Dave Riller, and John Cook. I'd love to hear what you guys think of the shield, how it should be addressed, etc etc. Feel free to email me at cliffe at valvesoftware dot com about it.
Also, in regards to the offline version of Steam... we are working on it. It's not a quick fix, sadly, and given the architecture of Steam it's taking a lot longer than anticipated. It's very high on our list of priorities though. We dropped the ball on this one.
Jess has also said, here on CS-Nation, that the Dual Berettas and the M249 PARA would be balanced shortly, in the same way that the auto sniper rifles were last November.

Steam is allowing Valve to move CS development at a more rapid pace. Only time will tell if such liquid and free-flowing development will actually improve gameplay, but judging from initial reactions it looks as if many of the more recent changes have been improvements. By tomorrow, the CS clan scene will be morphed in an extremely large way. Save rounds will be worthless, and there will be a strong focus on rushing. Clans may see games that are more fun and action packed, while spectators will no longer have to sit through three minute save rounds.

Steam's ability to deliver gameplay updates will be meaningless if Valve doesn't listen to its community, or is unable to balance the multiple needs of different types of players. Thus far, and specifically since the new year began, Valve has done an excellent job of putting its ear to the door.

I had become used to a silent Valve. I didn't think there was a problem with it. Now, I realize that I was wrong. For when Valve is silent, there isn't communication. There is a community that doesn't know if it's being heard, whether or not it actually is. Hopefully Valve and other game companies realize that the ability to effectively deliver sweeping gameplay changes in a quick manner can only be checked and balanced by a loud, two-way conversation.

Have an opinion on Valve's recent gameplay changes? Will Valve continue its dialog with the community? Sound off in the CS-Nation forums or post in the comments thread linked above (near the headline).

An opaque radar at last.  

The major update (clients and servers) will take place sometime today. All dMw servers will be updated asap after release.

[Cadaver]

Originally posted by OldBloke@Jan 15 2004, 12:34 PM
An opaque radar at last.

The major update (clients and servers) will take place sometime today. All dMw servers will be updated asap after release.

Hurrah.  That has got to be my main gripe with the game.  I hate not being able to pick out where everyone on my team is against a light-coloured map background.

I'll be looking forward to Steam doing its usual trick of not accessing the content servers to get the update this evening  

[Gh0st Face Killah]

So when is this udate being issued and will it affect the match tonight?

[Gh0st Face Killah]

A Counter-Strike update and a game engine update were originally scheduled for tonight, but have been postponed until tomorrow morning. Here's a list of the changes included in the update.

COUNTER-STRIKE:
Fixed bug where shield would be invisible if a player picked the shield up immediately after throwing a grenade.
The round timer is now disabled when the bomb is planted.
The winning defensive team now gets the same amount of money whether they win by round timeout or not ($3250 instead of $2000)
Players on the offensive team who survive the round due to a round timeout no longer receive money the next round.
The Terrorists get an additional $800 per player if they plant the bomb but lose the round.
Fixed exploit where when a player died they could sometimes join the other team during the same round.
ENGINE:
Fixed custom decals not being downloaded from the server correctly.
Fixed custom decals drawing incorrectly for the host of a listen server after another player joins.
Fixed vgui textures being corrupted after going over a number of level changes.
Fixed problem where player would be sometimes be forced to look straight up after task switching in and out of game in fullscreen d3d mode.
Fixed problem in sound system where it wouldn’t properly be shutdown at the end of a .wav file.
Fixed banner picture not working correctly in HLTV.
VGUI:
Changed the way that Asian fonts are displayed in game for compatibility on more platforms.
Optimized VGUI to use less system resources when running on the desktop.
GAMEUI:
Fixed error message that was cut off when a player was disconnected from a game server.

So the probem that people have been having with the sprays should be fixed as well.

[Dr Sadako]

A Counter-Strike update and a game engine update were originally scheduled for tonight, but have been postponed until tomorrow morning. Here's a list of the changes included in the update.

COUNTER-STRIKE:
Fixed bug where shield would be invisible if a player picked the shield up immediately after throwing a grenade.
The round timer is now disabled when the bomb is planted.
The winning defensive team now gets the same amount of money whether they win by round timeout or not ($3250 instead of $2000)
Players on the offensive team who survive the round due to a round timeout no longer receive money the next round.
The Terrorists get an additional $800 per player if they plant the bomb but lose the round.
Fixed exploit where when a player died they could sometimes join the other team during the same round.

I think valve is going TCS ...  

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by OldBloke@Jan 15 2004, 12:34 PM
Jess has also said, here on CS-Nation, that the Dual Berettas and the M249 PARA would be balanced shortly, in the same way that the auto sniper rifles were last November.

Auto Snipers balanced? Huh, they messed that up too if they think it is balanced

[DuVeL]

Just played yesterday on a server and the dudes shield was gone. I might have some pictures of it, was really weird.

[Swoop]

Well i think that is a bug that should be fixed in the update thursday.

something about picking up the shield right after throwing a grenade made the shield invisible

[FATAL]

ive never seen sas use riot shields ?  :ph34r:
clue's in the word riot shield ,it's 4 riots not counterstrike !!!!!!!! :ph34r:
by the way i hate the shield :angry:


get rid of it if u ask me :ph34r:

[OldBloke]

Update released.

Please update clients asap as servers will be updated soon.

[FATAL]

what a great time to let an update go out steam well done u morons,
i wonder how many ppl got a match tonight,
and its gonna cause lag most the night i should imagine,
mine is still checking for updates and has been for the last 5 mins and no progress,nice one steam

[Gh0st Face Killah]

Do not expect this to be a quick process, several of us have been trying for a while. Join us in irc #deadmen to bitch and moan about steam!!!

[Gh0st Face Killah]

It looks like this will have an impact on tonights match as well. we are trying toi get hold of the opposition to put it back till 9pm if they can still make that.

[Anonymous]

Yup, I'm fubared at the moment too

Bloody steam!

Ooooh, I hadn't noticed! I'm an unexplained anomaly. More than 2000 posts of complete and utter drivle

[JonnyAppleSeed]

:dribble:  mine works !!!!!!





























that is a lie  :angry: