Counter-Strike news & patch notes

• Counter-Strike: Condition Zero and Condition Zero: Deleted Scenes have been updated to support the Half-Life 25th Anniversary engine updates, including all related fixes from Counter-Strike.
• Fixed lighting rendering issues on some AMD GPUs.
• Added "Use shaders" checkbox for the video options. Servers can over-ride this setting with sv_allow_shaders.
• Miscellaneous Steam Networking fixes.
• Miscellaneous UI layout fixes.
• The Half-Life dedicated server application (app 90) which is used by Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Condition Zero has been updated with latest server code and updated windows and linux binaries. Updating is recommended.

Fixes and Updates

• Fixed viewdemo command crashing for certain demo files
• Fixed ammo boxes visibly spawning when purchasing ammo
• Security fix to client disconnect handling
• Security fixes to console command handling
• Security fix to client/server communications
• Security fix to model loading
• Security fixes to BSP and WAD loading
• Setting _cl_autowepswitch to 2 will now enable auto weapon switching on pickup of a better weapon except when holding Primary or Secondary attack

• Fixed crash when playing back certain demos recorded on older server versions
• Fixed some resources not downloading properly through FastDL
• Fixed gl_texturemode and gl_ansio not updating properly when enabling/disabling Low video quality mode

Changes and Additions

• Prevent texgamma and lightgamma and brightness cvars from affecting lighting in multiplayer
• Added support for player avatars in scoreboard for lower display resolutions
• Added scoreboard cvar to show shortened, simple headers for columns: scoreboard_shortheaders, set to 0/1 to disable/enable
• Added scoreboard cvar to enable/disable showing avatars: scoreboard_showavatars, set to 0/1 to disable/enable
• Added new server cvar, mp_infinite_ammo, set to 0 to disable, 1 for infinite ammo in guns, 2 for infinite reload ammo

• Added money and health columns to scoreboard and player/server cvars to control their display
  • Player cvars are: scoreboard_showhealth and scoreboard_showmoney, can be set to 0/1 to disable/enable the column from showing
  • Server cvars are: mp_scoreboard_showhealth and mp_scoreboard_showmoney, they can be set to the following values: ValueDescription0Disable showing health/money altogether1Show Terrorist health/money to all teams2Show CT health/money to all teams3 (default)Show CT health/money to teammates only and Terrorist health/money to teammates only4Show health/money for all players to all other players5Show CT and T health/money to teammates and to spectators

Fixes

• Fixed shotgun shell reload delay when holding +attack while magazine is empty
• Fixed non-translucent crosshair being slightly off-center
• Fixed UMP45 +attack being canceled when +attack2 is pressed

General

• Fixed setting monitor refresh rates through -freq when used with -nofbo
• Fixed unnecessary texture rescaling with NPOT textures
• Fixed slist command, will now show servers on the local network
• Fixed progress bar for individual files in resource download always showing at 100%
• Added auto-saving of several cvars (HL #2237)
• Fixed missing localizations in spectator UI
• Reordered columns in server browser to prevent game descriptions from being used to fake server player count
• Fixed sv_cheats being settable by players in a multiplayer game (sv_cheats is now controlled by the server)
• Security fixes to console commands
• Security fixes to resource loading

• Added privilege checking to command execution. Commands originating outside of the client are now only able to execute commands that are considered to be safe. Commands such as 'connect', 'bind', 'quit' and certain cvars such as 'cl_filterstuffcmd' are now only executable by trusted sources.
• Setting 'cl_filterstuffcmd' to a value greater than zero (e.g. 'cl_filterstuffcmd 1') will set a number of commands that are potentially abusable, such as 'say', 'fps_max', and 'setinfo', to also be only executable by privileged sources.

• Fixed client incorrectly blocking download of custom sprays

• All custom resources downloaded from a server now have their file name's checked for safety before being allowed to download
• Invalid file extensions are now prevented in several commands
• Dynamic libraries are no longer searched for in custom resource directories
• Added additional file extensions to custom resource blocked extensions list
• Fixed buffer overflow in message delta parsing
• Fixed RCE in weapon message handling
• Fixed RCE in model loading
• Fixed buffer overflows in TGA and BMP loading
• Fixed buffer overflow in demo playback
• Fixed buffer overflows in model name loading
• Fixed buffer overflow in detail texture loading
• Fixed buffer overflow in console map listing
• Fixed command chaining in cvar's that specified config files to be passed to the 'exec' command

• Fixed bug in skybox image loading
• Fixed bug in demo command processing
• Prevent certain path characters from being used in commands
• Enforce certain extensions be used for files specified in some commands

• Fixed crash when entering certain malformed strings into the game console. Thanks to Marshal Webb from BackConnect, Inc for reporting this.
• Fixed crash when loading a specially crafted malformed BSP file. Thanks to Grant Hernandez (@Digital_Cold) for reporting this.
• Fixed malformed SAV files allowing arbitrary files to be written into the game folder. Thanks to Vsevolod Saj for reporting this.
• Fixed a crash when quickly changing weapons that are consumable. Thanks to Sam Vanheer for reporting this.
• Fixed crash when setting custom decals
• Make sure the Close button has keyboard focus when you see the disconnection dialog
• Disable showing of popup html windows
• Made the play command obey speak_enabled cvar
• Fixed being unable to pickup a primary weapon if you had an ammox box object previously stip you of items
• Fixed room type not being updated on map change/connect
• Fixed out of date information showing in the scoreboard after level change or changing servers
• Fixed the specator UI to not show a placeholder name when initially shown
• Fixed sprays not loading from the correct path causing them not to update
• Fixed the Condition Zero tours ui to display the tour number correctly when you have more than 9 entries
• Fixed crash if you issued a changelevel command on a local server while certain UI elements were visible

• Fixed crash when entering certain malformed strings into the game console. Thanks to Marshal Webb from BackConnect, Inc for reporting this.
• Fixed crash when loading a specially crafted malformed BSP file. Thanks to Grant Hernandez (@Digital_Cold) for reporting this.
• Fixed malformed SAV files allowing arbitrary files to be written into the game folder. Thanks to Vsevolod Saj for reporting this.
• Fixed a crash when quickly changing weapons that are consumable. Thanks to Sam Vanheer for reporting this.
• Fixed crash when setting custom decals
• Make sure the Close button has keyboard focus when you see the disconnection dialog
• Disable showing of popup html windows
• Made the play command obey speak_enabled cvar
• Fixed being unable to pickup a primary weapon if you had an ammox box object previously stip you of items
• Fixed room type not being updated on map change/connect
• Fixed out of date information showing in the scoreboard after level change or changing servers
• Fixed the specator UI to not show a placeholder name when initially shown
• Fixed sprays not loading from the correct path causing them not to update
• Fixed the Condition Zero tours ui to display the tour number correctly when you have more than 9 entries
• Fixed crash if you issued a changelevel command on a local server while certain UI elements were visible

• Make sure the Close button has keyboard focus when you see the disconnection dialog
• Disable showing of popup html windows
• Made the play command obey speak_enabled cvar
• Fixed being unable to pickup a primary weapon if you had an ammox box object previously stip you of items
• Fixed room type not being updated on map change/connect
• Fixed out of date information showing in the scoreboard after level change or changing servers
• Fixed the specator UI to not show a placeholder name when initially shown
• Fixed sprays not loading from the correct path causing them not to update
• Fixed the Condition Zero tours ui to display the tour number correctly when you have more than 9 entries
• Fixed crash if you issued a changelevel command on a local server while certain UI elements were visible

• Make sure the Close button has keyboard focus when you see the disconnection dialog
• Disable showing of popup html windows
• Made the play command obey speak_enabled cvar
• Fixed being unable to pickup a primary weapon if you had an ammox box object previously stip you of items
• Fixed room type not being updated on map change/connect
• Fixed out of date information showing in the scoreboard after level change or changing servers
• Fixed the specator UI to not show a placeholder name when initially shown
• Fixed sprays not loading from the correct path causing them not to update
• Fixed the Condition Zero tours ui to display the tour number correctly when you have more than 9 entries
• Fixed crash if you issued a changelevel command on a local server while certain UI elements were visible

• Fixed dedicated server logs so they don't go into _addon or _download folders by mistake
• Fixed crash due to pointer double free in Counter-Strike 1.6
• Fixed console spam if a user connected with a particularly malformed UTF-8 name
• Fixed "bomb has been dropped" message staying on the screen
• Made keypad Enter key work for MOTD, team and class menus
• Clamped health values to fix display issues when it dropped below 1 or above 255
• Fixed non-latin names being corrupted in voice labels
• Fixed HTML form control elements not rendering correctly in the MOTD
• Fix the snapshot command in the software mode renderer, and change the screenshot command in the software renderer to produce TGA files
• Fixed test microphone button not working correctly
• Fixed crash in demoplayer when using invalid time offsets
• Fixed crash when spamming grenades while having the M3 purchased
• Fixed buy menu not working with shortcut keys if caps lock was enabled

• Fixed dedicated server logs so they don't go into _addon or _download folders by mistake
• Fixed crash due to pointer double free in Counter-Strike 1.6
• Fixed console spam if a user connected with a particularly malformed UTF-8 name
• Fixed "bomb has been dropped" message staying on the screen
• Made keypad Enter key work for MOTD, team and class menus
• Clamped health values to fix display issues when it dropped below 1 or above 255
• Fixed non-latin names being corrupted in voice labels
• Fixed HTML form control elements not rendering correctly in the MOTD
• Fix the snapshot command in the software mode renderer, and change the screenshot command in the software renderer to produce TGA files
• Fixed test microphone button not working correctly
• Fixed crash in demoplayer when using invalid time offsets
• Fixed crash when spamming grenades while having the M3 purchased
• Fixed buy menu not working with shortcut keys if caps lock was enabled

• Fixed console spam if a user connected with a particularly malformed UTF-8 name
• Fixed "bomb has been dropped" message staying on the screen
• Made keypad Enter key work for MOTD, team and class menus
• Clamped health values to fix display issues when it dropped below 1 or above 255

• Fixed console spam if a user connected with a particularly malformed UTF-8 name
• Fixed "bomb has been dropped" message staying on the screen
• Made keypad Enter key work for MOTD, team and class menus
• Clamped health values to fix display issues when it dropped below 1 or above 255

• Fixed non-latin names being corrupted in voice labels
• Fixed HTML form control elements not rendering correctly in the MOTD
• Fix the snapshot command in the software mode renderer, and change the screenshot command in the software renderer to produce TGA files
• Fixed test microphone button not working correctly
• Fixed crash in demoplayer when using invalid time offsets

• Fixed non-latin names being corrupted in voice labels
• Fixed HTML form control elements not rendering correctly in the MOTD
• Fix the snapshot command in the software mode renderer, and change the screenshot command in the software renderer to produce TGA files
• Fixed test microphone button not working correctly
• Fixed crash in demoplayer when using invalid time offsets

• Fixed crash when spamming grenades while having the M3 purchased
• Fixed buy menu not working with shortcut keys if caps lock was enabled

• Fixed crash when spamming grenades while having the M3 purchased
• Fixed buy menu not working with shortcut keys if caps lock was enabled

• Added better detection for older GPU drivers and the functionality they support. This should fix the green bar or black screen rendering issues people have been seeing
• Added letterboxing of the game based upon your resolution option so the game maintains the correct aspect ratio based upon your resolution choice. If you choose a "Normal" (4:3) and play on a widescreen (16:9 or 16:10) monitor then we will now place black bars at the edge of the screen to keep the right aspect ratio. The same is true for widescreen options on 4:3 monitors. Put "-stretchaspect" in the games launch options in Steam if you wish to disable this behavior
• Report bomb position more frequently to T team members when dropped, fixes it appearing at the wrong location on the radar
• Added support for "-freq " command line to set monitor frequency when running in fullscreen AND your monitor supports the frequency in question. If you don't have a CRT monitor chances are you can't use this option.
• Improved firing behavior in Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike:Condition Zero and Half-Life Deathmatch, it is no longer dependant on client or server frame rate. This change needs both your client and server updates to see the improvements.
• Strip trailing and leading whitespace on player names, and strip all styles of whitespace now unicode is supported
• Added logging of developer messages when using -condebug
• Added support for double clicking a demo to load when using the Load dialog for the viewdemo command
• Improve general dialog layout in the options UI
• Improved copy/paste functionality under Linux
• Cleaned up default keybindings
• Fixed defuse bar staying up across round restart if you died while defusing without the defuse kit
• Fixed corrupt texture when running older GPU's that incorrectly report support for non power-of-two textures
• Fixed the content lock dialog when running some video resolutions
• Fixed "snapshot" command when running certain video resolutions
• Force cl_bobcycle to be a minimum of 0.1 to prevent game exploits
• Fixed Half-Life flashing to black for a single frame on level change
• Fixed crash if you picked up a grenade in non-standard game styles
• Fixed some window size change events not passing through correctly
• Fixed white bar at the bottom of the screen and low FPS when running a 16-bit desktop under windows
• Fixed crash if you used the swapdemo command incorrectly

• Added better detection for older GPU drivers and the functionality they support. This should fix the green bar or black screen rendering issues people have been seeing
• Added letterboxing of the game based upon your resolution option so the game maintains the correct aspect ratio based upon your resolution choice. If you choose a "Normal" (4:3) and play on a widescreen (16:9 or 16:10) monitor then we will now place black bars at the edge of the screen to keep the right aspect ratio. The same is true for widescreen options on 4:3 monitors. Put "-stretchaspect" in the games launch options in Steam if you wish to disable this behavior
• Report bomb position more frequently to T team members when dropped, fixes it appearing at the wrong location on the radar
• Added support for "-freq " command line to set monitor frequency when running in fullscreen AND your monitor supports the frequency in question. If you don't have a CRT monitor chances are you can't use this option.
• Improved firing behavior in Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike:Condition Zero and Half-Life Deathmatch, it is no longer dependant on client or server frame rate. This change needs both your client and server updates to see the improvements.
• Strip trailing and leading whitespace on player names, and strip all styles of whitespace now unicode is supported
• Added logging of developer messages when using -condebug
• Added support for double clicking a demo to load when using the Load dialog for the viewdemo command
• Improve general dialog layout in the options UI
• Improved copy/paste functionality under Linux
• Cleaned up default keybindings
• Fixed defuse bar staying up across round restart if you died while defusing without the defuse kit
• Fixed corrupt texture when running older GPU's that incorrectly report support for non power-of-two textures
• Fixed the content lock dialog when running some video resolutions
• Fixed "snapshot" command when running certain video resolutions
• Force cl_bobcycle to be a minimum of 0.1 to prevent game exploits
• Fixed Half-Life flashing to black for a single frame on level change
• Fixed crash if you picked up a grenade in non-standard game styles
• Fixed some window size change events not passing through correctly
• Fixed white bar at the bottom of the screen and low FPS when running a 16-bit desktop under windows
• Fixed crash if you used the swapdemo command incorrectly

• Report bomb position more frequently to T team members when dropped, fixes it appearing at the wrong location on the radar
• Added support for "-freq <X>" command line to set monitor frequency when running in fullscreen AND your monitor supports the frequency in question. If you don't have a CRT monitor chances are you can't use this option.
• Fix defuse bar staying up across round restart if you died while defusing without the defuse kit

• Report bomb position more frequently to T team members when dropped, fixes it appearing at the wrong location on the radar
• Added support for "-freq <X>" command line to set monitor frequency when running in fullscreen AND your monitor supports the frequency in question. If you don't have a CRT monitor chances are you can't use this option.
• Fix defuse bar staying up across round restart if you died while defusing without the defuse kit

• Improved firing behavior in Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike:Condition Zero and Half-Life Deathmatch, it is no longer dependant on client or server frame rate. This change needs both your client and server updates to see the improvements.
• Added logging of developer messages when using -condebug
• Added support for double clicking a demo to load when using the Load dialog for the viewdemo command
• Strip trailing and leading whitespace on player names, and strip all styles of whitespace now unicode is supported
• Improve general dialog layout in the options UI
• Don't keep playing the door open sound if it is blocked
• Fixed corrupt texture when running older GPU's that incorrectly report support for non power-of-two textures
• Fixed the content lock dialog when running some video resolutions
• Fixed "snapshot" command when running certain video resolutions
• Force cl_bobcycle to be a minimum of 0.1 to prevent game exploits
• Fixed Half-Life flashing to black for a single frame on level change

• Improved firing behavior in Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike:Condition Zero and Half-Life Deathmatch, it is no longer dependant on client or server frame rate. This change needs both your client and server updates to see the improvements.
• Added logging of developer messages when using -condebug
• Added support for double clicking a demo to load when using the Load dialog for the viewdemo command
• Strip trailing and leading whitespace on player names, and strip all styles of whitespace now unicode is supported
• Improve general dialog layout in the options UI
• Don't keep playing the door open sound if it is blocked
• Fixed corrupt texture when running older GPU's that incorrectly report support for non power-of-two textures
• Fixed the content lock dialog when running some video resolutions
• Fixed "snapshot" command when running certain video resolutions
• Force cl_bobcycle to be a minimum of 0.1 to prevent game exploits
• Fixed Half-Life flashing to black for a single frame on level change

• Improved support for older video cards when running in full screen. Fixed both seeing only a black screen when launching the game fullscreen and the white bar on the bottom of the screen.
• Fixed crash if you picked up a grenade in non-standard game styles

• Improved support for older video cards when running in full screen. Fixed both seeing only a black screen when launching the game fullscreen and the white bar on the bottom of the screen.
• Fixed crash if you picked up a grenade in non-standard game styles

• Fixed skybox rendering as black
• Force the GL renderer to pick a video mode with at least 4 bits for each color channel. Fixes older Intel drivers choosing 0 bits for the red channel
• Fixed some window size change events not passing through correctly