[hlds_announce] Prerelease Update available for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base

2016-04-25 Thread John Schoenick
A prerelease update is available for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of
Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch,
and the Source SDK 2013 Base. The update notes are below.

Prerelease branches can be accessed in Steam via the Properties -> Betas
tab. Dedicated servers can pass -beta prerelease to the app_update
command in SteamCMD.

If all goes well, this branch will be promoted to the current release in
the coming days, so please let us know if you encounter any issues.

 - John

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 - Fixed potential security issues (thanks to Justin G. (aka sigsegv),
Nathaniel Theis, Simon Pinfold for these reports)
 - Fixed a case where changelevel2 would print a map not found error and
fail to function in SDK2013 mods
 - Fixed an exploit that could be used to crash dedicated servers



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[hlds_announce] Mandatory Team Fortress 2 update released

2016-04-25 Thread Eric Smith
We've released a mandatory update for TF2. The update notes are below. The new 
version number is 3407456.

-Eric

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- Updated content and features for the TF2 Competitive Mode Beta
- For more information on how you can participate in testing, please 
visit https://steamcommunity.com/groups/tfcompetitive
- Added a ten second countdown to the beginning of each round after the 
first
- Added cp_gorge to the map rotation to test attack/defense format 
(using stopwatch mode)
- Fixed a potential security issue (thanks to Justin G., aka sigsegv, for this 
report)
- Fixed ragdolls not drawing the head properly when a Spy feigns death 
- Fixed the Festive Backburner missing the pilot light
- Fixed The Classic leaving laser particles in the world
- Fixed a problem with the Mann Co. Catalog images being drawn off-screen
- Updated models/materials for The Hot Dogger, Brim-Full Of Bullets, The 
One-Man Army, Your Worst Nightmare, The Patriot Peak, The Diplomat, The 
Bruiser's Bandanna, The Eliminators Safeguard, and Storm Stompers
- Added tournament medals for AsiaFortress Cup Season 9, ozfortress Season 15, 
and ozfortress Summer Cup 2016, ETF2L 6v6 Season 22 and Season 23, and ETF2L 
Highlander Season 9 and Season 10
- Added the class viewmodel animation files to the list of files allowed on 
servers using sv_pure 1
- Updated the equip_region settings for The Tools of the Trade and Captain 
Space Mann
- Updated the localization files
- Added a new Quickplay category for Alternative game modes
- Moved Territorial Control, Special Delivery, and Player Destruction 
maps to this new category



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[hlds_announce] Mandatory Team Fortress 2 update coming

2016-04-25 Thread Eric Smith
We're working on a mandatory update for TF2. The update notes are below. We 
should have it ready soon.

-Eric

---

- Updated content and features for the TF2 Competitive Mode Beta
- For more information on how you can participate in testing, please 
visit https://steamcommunity.com/groups/tfcompetitive
- Added a ten second countdown to the beginning of each round after the 
first
- Added cp_gorge to the map rotation to test attack/defense format 
(using stopwatch mode)
- Fixed a potential security issue (thanks to Justin G., aka sigsegv, for this 
report)
- Fixed ragdolls not drawing the head properly when a Spy feigns death 
- Fixed the Festive Backburner missing the pilot light
- Fixed The Classic leaving laser particles in the world
- Fixed a problem with the Mann Co. Catalog images being drawn off-screen
- Updated models/materials for The Hot Dogger, Brim-Full Of Bullets, The 
One-Man Army, Your Worst Nightmare, The Patriot Peak, The Diplomat, The 
Bruiser's Bandanna, The Eliminators Safeguard, and Storm Stompers
- Added tournament medals for AsiaFortress Cup Season 9, ozfortress Season 15, 
and ozfortress Summer Cup 2016, ETF2L 6v6 Season 22 and Season 23, and ETF2L 
Highlander Season 9 and Season 10
- Added the class viewmodel animation files to the list of files allowed on 
servers using sv_pure 1
- Updated the equip_region settings for The Tools of the Trade and Captain 
Space Mann
- Updated the localization files
- Added a new Quickplay category for Alternative game modes
- Moved Territorial Control, Special Delivery, and Player Destruction 
maps to this new category





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