Counter-Strike — patch notes and updates
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| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
|---|---|---|
| December 12, 2023 Update | 2023-12-12 | Fixes for joining games through invites and Steam friends list. Miscellaneous UI fixes for Dedicated Servers. Fixed an occasional crash when opening the scoreboard. Fixed camera movement after death in multiplayer. Fixed crash when creating a server if the server creator's Steam name was entirely non-ASCII characters. |
| December 1, 2023 Update | 2023-12-01 | Fixed crash when modifying certain video settings in a multiplayer match. Fixed server browser issues after modifying video settings. Fixed local player not showing up in player count on a listen server using Steam Networking. Fixed rare corrupted lighting rendering bug in some maps. Fixed miscellaneous fog rendering bugs. Fixed pushable entity physics in Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Condition Zero. |
| November 29, 2023 Update | 2023-11-29 | 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. |
| November 22, 2023 Update | 2023-11-22 | Counter-Strike has been updated to support many of the features from the Half-Life 25th Anniversary update. If you are still experiencing compatibility or stability issues, it is suggested that you install the "steam_legacy" beta branches of Half-Life and Counter-Strike (selectable in each game's properties page in Steam). |
| Counter-Strike 1.6 update released | 2020-08-18 | An update for Counter-Strike is now available: 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 |
| Counter-Strike Update Released | 2019-10-25 | A small Counter-Strike update is now available that fixes some issues identified after the last release. General 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 |
| Counter-Strike 1.6 update released | 2019-10-08 | An update for Counter-Strike is now available: Changes and AdditionsPrevent 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 |
| Counter-Strike 1.6 updates released | 2019-04-16 | This list covers the releases between March 20 and April 11 that are each part of a series of security updates. Larger changes: 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 |
| Counter-Strike 1.6 update released | 2018-08-21 | A small update for Counter-Strike is now available: Engine 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 |
| Counter-Strike 1.6 Update released | 2017-07-10 | Counter-Strike 1.6 update released We have updated the public release of Counter-Strike 1.6. Changes in this update are: 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 |
| Counter-Strike 1.6 Update released | 2017-07-10 | Counter-Strike 1.6 update released We have updated the public release of Counter-Strike 1.6. Changes in this update are: 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 |
| Counter-Strike 1.6 Beta update released | 2013-08-08 | We have released a Beta update for Counter-Strike 1.6. Changes in this update are: 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 u |
| Counter-Strike 1.6 Beta update released | 2013-08-08 | We have released a Beta update for Counter-Strike 1.6. Changes in this update are: 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 u |
| Counter-Strike 1.6 update released | 2013-05-16 | We have updated the public release of Counter-Strike. This update contains all the changes from the recent beta, thanks to the whole community for their help with testing and suggesting new features. Changes in this update are: 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 abo |
| Counter-Strike 1.6 update released | 2013-05-16 | We have updated the public release of Counter-Strike. This update contains all the changes from the recent beta, thanks to the whole community for their help with testing and suggesting new features. Changes in this update are: * 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 dropp |
| Counter-Strike 1.6 Beta update released | 2013-04-26 | We have released a Beta update for Counter-Strike 1.6. Changes in this update are: 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 |
| Counter-Strike 1.6 Beta update released | 2013-04-26 | We have released a Beta update for Counter-Strike 1.6. Changes in this update are: * 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 |
| Counter-Strike 1.6 Beta update released | 2013-04-23 | We have released a Beta update for Counter-Strike 1.6. Changes in this update are: * 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 |
| Counter-Strike 1.6 Beta update released | 2013-04-23 | We have released a Beta update for Counter-Strike 1.6. Changes in this update are: 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 |
| Counter-Strike 1.6 Beta update released | 2013-04-04 | We have released a Beta update for Counter-Strike 1.6. Changes in this update are: * Fixed crash when spamming grenades while having the M3 purchased ;* Fixed buy menu not working with shortcut keys if caps lock was enabled |