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Half Life 2: CS Source + DoD Source News Update!
 It appears that the response to this week's release of the Counter-Strike: Source map Militia has been overwhelmingly positive, and we hope the community is having fun playing it. We're also planning on including two new player models, one from each side, to choose from on each side in the next major Counter-Strike: Source release.
Next week we'll be releasing the new map for Day of Defeat: Source, named Kalt, which we mentioned a couple of weeks ago. Playtesting internally has wrapped up on the map (although we're still playing daily), and we're expecting this sixth map to be one of the more popular releases we've done so far. Also, there will be a Day of Defeat: Source retail box available at software retailers around the start of February. As with all of our games, expect more updates and more content to keep coming.
Click Here to view a high-res screenshot of Kalt.
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Half Life 2: Major Source SDK Update Released
A major update to the Source SDK has been released on Steam. Included in this update are several features and fixes for the tools in the Source SDK.
New SDK Features
High Dynamic Range lighting now supported in the tools
Day of Defeat: Source support now included
New Hammer Editor features:
VGUI Model browser with real-time 3D view
Map autosave/backup
Model and displacement rendering in 2D views
Many other small improvements and bug fixes
For a full list of changes, see the Source SDK Changelist on the Valve Developer Community site.
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Half Life 2: Steam News Update
This month we're planning map releases for both Day of Defeat: Source and Counter-Strike: Source. For Day of Defeat, we'll be releasing a completely rebuilt version of the classic map Kalt. Known as a balanced level set in winter (in German, Kalt means "cold"), Kalt is also a good choice for players who are new to Day of Defeat. For this release, there has even been some custom rendering work done in the Source engine specifically to make the snow and ice look realistic.
For Counter-Strike: Source, we'll soon be releasing Militia. This version will be a fairly major reworking of the original level, and, like the recently released Nuke, it will include HDR.
There is also now a demo available for Rag Doll Kung Fu that you can check out to see if it's the right game for you.
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Half Life 2: Goldeneye: Source Alpha 1.0 Released!
The popular N64 hit game has had it's first modification onto the source engine and is now released publically as an alpha version to anyone who has the HL2 source engine!!!
The release includes:
- 8 Weapons. ( PP7, KF7, AutoShotgun, ZMG, Golden Gun, ProximityRemoteTimed mines, and both the throwing and hunting knives.
- 4 maps. ( Facility, Facility Backzone, Egyptian, Control )
- 3 Character models. ( Bond, Oddjob, Ourumov )
- 3 Gameplay modes. ( Deathmatch, License to Kill, Man with a Golden Gun )
Click here for the fastest current link available.
Go to www.goldeneyesource.com for more mirrors and server related files.
Merry Christmas indeed! :)
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Half Life 2: Small Steam Client Update
Updates to the Steam Client have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:
Steam Client
Fixed HTML control not displaying correctly under Windows 98
Improved launching behavior of 3rd party games
Stopped storefront page from loading when using the mini-games list
Fixed "Processing ..." label staying visible after Steam had finished launching
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Half Life 2: Steam GUI Update Fix + RagDollKungFu Released!
Updates to the Steam Client have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:
Steam Client
Fixed 3rd party Source Mods failing to run when launched from the games list
** This fixes the third party games that people have been complaining about not launching properly.
On a side note, Rag Doll Kung Fu has been officially released and is now available for play.
Click Read More for more details on Rag Doll Kung Fu.
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Half Life 2: Steam GUI Update Released!
"A new Steam client has been released, updating the integrated Steam store and the Games list. The update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted.
These changes are part of a larger set of features (collectively known as Steam 3) which will be introduced over the course of the coming months. Today's release allows Steam to offer a larger and more varied collection of games to our customers, and introduces a-la-carte purchases.
We hope everyone enjoys the changes.
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Half Life 2: Source Engine + HL1 Engine Updates Released
Updates to the Source Engine and Half-Life 1: Engine have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:
Source Engine
Fixed loading error when trying to debug Source MODs using the SDK
Fixed a startup crash in Windows 98
Half-Life 1: Engine
Fixed name exploit causing client crash
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Half Life 2: Steam News Update
We hope everyone who is playing Day of Defeat: Source is having as much fun playing it as we had building it. Most of the team has been spending this week jumping around on servers and playing with people. It's great to get on and play something you've worked on for a number of months with a wider group of people.
Next week we'll start preloading Rag Doll Kung Fu, leading up to its release on Wednesday, October 12th at 3:00 pm PST. Coming ahead of its release will be a Steam update which restructures the way games are presented in Steam to accommodate the release of more products.
We recently refreshed the hardware survey that helps give us and other game developers a better sense of the community's hardware. This latest version of the survey has had over 800,000 responses. You can head over to the webpage to see where your individual hardware fits in.
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Half Life 2: DOD:S, Source Engine, And Source Dedicated Server Update
Updates to Day of Defeat: Source and the Source Engine have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:
Source Engine
Fixed some video cards being incorrectly set to DX9 when they should have been DX8. This would cause a significant performance problem for affected hardware
Changed refresh behavior of server browser. Old behavior was generating too much traffic when list was not open
Fixed bug where VAC would sometimes hold onto .dlls after a game had been shut down completely
Fixed a crash which could sometimes occur immediately after launching a game
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Half Life 2: DAY OF DEFEAT: SOURCE Released!
This highly popular WW2 Modification for the Source Engine has just been released for playing. The game can still be purchased over steam for the $20 and it well worth it!
Enjoy!!!
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Half Life 2: Steam Engine + Games Update
An update has been released today and here's what it's all about:
"Updates to Steam have been released. The update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. This release includes a number of very specific CPU and memory footprint optimizations brought over from the Half-Life 2: XBOX development codebase. The release also includes all of the engine groundwork to enable the Day of Defeat: Source launch that will happen Monday, September 26 at 3:00 PDT."
Many users seem to be having troubles getting in the game while others don't seem to have a single problem other than the fact servers still haven't been updated.
We'll just have to wait and see...
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Half Life 2: Day of Defeat: Source Available For Pre-Loading
You've heard that right, Day of Defeat: Source is now available for preloading! Even if you decide to purchase DOD: Source later on, you're able to preload now and purchase it at your convenience. The game will be included at no charge to owners of the Silver or Gold Half-Life: 2 package, $19.95 for everyone else via Steam.
Day of Defeat: Source, the latest version of Valve's popular WWII online action game, is available now for pre-load and pre-purchase. Day of Defeat: Source leverages the Source engine's advanced features such as high-dynamic range lighting, advanced graphics, and realistic physics simulation.
Anyone may pre-load the game free of charge and decide to purchase at any time. Those who pre-purchase the game before it is released will save 10%. To pre-load, pre-purchase or just find out more, please visit www.steampowered.com.
The pre-load process takes roughly 15-30 minutes on a speedy CPU with a broadband connection.
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Half Life 2: DOD:S News Update!
Day of Defeat: Source will be released this month. While we're not quite ready to pin down the exact date of when it will be available to play, we are confident that it will happen in September. Once we do have an exact date and time for when the game will be activated, we'll let everyone know.
There will be a period of one week at minimum during which people will be able to pre-order and preload the game via Steam, giving them the ability to unlock and play at the moment it is activated.
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Half Life 2: Steam Update + HiDef Models Released
Updates to the Steam Client have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:
Steam Client
Added Half-Life: Blue Shift game and desktop icon
Fixed HTML control sometimes drawing incorrect scrollbar
Updated required driver versions for Source games
Added support for Half-Life 1: HiDef model pack.
To install the model package, click on the install link below while Steam is running:
steam://installaddon/halflifehd
To uninstall the HD Pack, click on this link:
steam://removeaddon/halflifehd
Posted by LaZ3R on Monday, August 29 @ 21:32:09 EDT (285 reads)
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