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Source-motorn
• Refactored how lightmaps are downloaded to the graphics card at level load. On some hardware configurations this can lower level load times significantly
• Optimized some particle systems to improve performance on some hardware configurations
• Player stats are now sent up as they change, rather than when the player dies
• Improved playback of sub-frame sounds
• Fixed a crash caused by alt-tabs during map load
• Eliminated unnecessary temporary memory allocation in scenefilecache

Team Fortress 2
• Badlands released
• Changes to Dustbowl
• Added a new access point to the stage2 attacker gates (drop-down left from spawn), allowing attackers a way to reach the left route without being subjected to the spam and sentry gun fire
• Fixed a gap in stage 3, cap 1 that allowed a player with to wiggle above the ”ceiling” clip
• Fixed a gap behind stage 1, cap 1 house
• Fixed a high perch on stage1 cap1 house roof
• Fixed a perch offering view of nodraw textures and the skybox (stage1 cap2 rock barrier)
• Fixed a few places where rockets/demoman pipes could pass through non-solid models
• Sealed up a gap over stage1 lower startgate
• Clipped off tall windows in stage 3 to prevent sentry guns from behind built behind them
• Changes to Capture the Flag Well
• Fixed trains not starting on map spawn
• Removed cap association from red spawns that were spamming console
• Changes to Granary
• Removed spawn timing advantage from the middle (from -3 to 0)
• Fixed several model perch exploits (red, blue cp1 gate and blue cp2 gate pipe)
• Fixed a few places where players could get stuck between containers and silos
• Adjusted playerclips on red container that made it appear like players were floating
• Added a small delay (200 ms) before a zoomed sniper shot can get a critical hit
• Added server side convar mp_fadetoblack. Same functionality as Counter-Strike, used mainly during in-person tournaments and LAN events
• Added flamethrower ”sizzle” sound when the Pyro is hitting a target
• Updated explosion debris to be a bit darker
• Fixed idle players not being kicked from the server if mp_allowspectators was set to 0
• Added ctf_well to the default mapcycle.txt file
• Added ctf_well to the default motd.txt file
• Fixed floor tile material type
• Fixed some weapon damage info missing from TF2 game stats
• Made some small changes to the Demoman viewmodel that were causing performance problems
• Added a new timer to the HUD to show the value of mp_timelimit. This is useful if you’re playing a timed match on 2Fort, where you only set a timelimit on the server and no other win conditions.
• Added server log entry for buildings destroyed by their owner
• Fixed sentry gun shadows being clipped
• Updated glass material

SourceTV
• SourceTV now uses a hidden slot on the game server. This allows for 24 player servers to also have a SourceTV proxy connected to it
• Fixed Pyro’s flamethrower flames not showing up in SourceTV

Kvällen eller möjligen natten svensk tid bör man spendera framför datorn, för då ska en tung TF2-uppdatering anlända. Förutom nya banan Badlands och massor av annat till TF2 så förnyas även Source-motorn (optimeringar m.m.) och SourceTV.

• Added new capture the flag map CTF_Well
• Added Spanish map descriptions
• Added new option to auto-save a scoreboard screenshot at the end of a map to the Multiplayer->Advanced dialog
• Added more particle optimizations for mid range and low end hardware
• Updated CP_GravelPit to fix all known exploits and changed the scoring method to score per capture rather than per round
• Updated ”nextlevel” CVAR to trigger a changelevel at the end of the current round (not mini-round)
• Fixed SourceTV demo recording problem
• Fixed mp_stalemate_enable not preventing Sudden Death mode on some maps
• Fixed a couple cases where player stats were not being recorded correctly
• Fixed some log entries being truncated
• Fixed crash caused by trying to import a custom player spray
• Removed the ”Reset Stats” button from the Player Stats screen

Torsdagens uppdatering
• Fixed problem with building cubemaps for TF2, Ep2, and Portal maps
• Added missing models and textures for Hammer and Model Viewer. This addresses two crashes
• Fixed problem loading ‘FileSystemOpenDialog.dll’ in Hammer and Model Viewer
• Changed the game configuration logic such that only Orange Box games are available in the active games list when the SDK is set to use Orange Box tools. Only pre-Orange Box games are available when the SDK is set to use the Ep1 tools
• Temporarily disabled Hammer Lighting preview modes until compatibility issues can addressed

• You must add this to the launch options for the Source SDK in order to
  edit games that run using the Ep1 version of the Source engine:
  -engine ep1
• The sourcesdk_content folder is not getting updated consistently so we
  suggest selecting ‘Refresh SDK Content’ the first time that you run the
  SDK
• Some users are getting ‘Unable to load FileSystemOpenDialog.dll’ when
  running Hammer. Follow the same instructions as above to remedy this
• Hammer 3D Ray-traced Lighting Preview performs very slowly and should
  be avoided until we can fix it
• Hammer 3D Lighting Preview does not work well with some video
  hardware
• When running the Orange Box versions of the ‘studiomdl’ and ‘vtex’ you
  should include ‘-nop4′ on the command line to bypass our Perforce
  integration with these tools. We will eliminate this need in a
  subsequent release
• Cubemaps cannot presently be built for maps that run in an Orange Box
  game
• ‘cone_helper.mdl’ is missing from the Source SDK distribution and this
  can cause a crash in Hammer
• The %VProject% env var is not getting dynamically set anymore when you
  change the mod in the SDK launcher
• Opening Advisor.jpg in Episode Two’s GCF crashes hlmv
• The Orange Box version of Hammer is rendering textures at a lower
  quality than the previous version

Torsdagens TF2-uppdatering
• Fixed a performance regression

Onsdagens TF2-uppdatering
• Fixed crash when viewing some HTML MOTDs
• Fixed problems with 3d sound in surround mode for some Audigy X-Fi users
• Medigun no longer continues to heal enemy Spies who have lost their disguise
• Fixed a weapon switching exploit that allowed Snipers to fire slightly faster than intended
• Tweaked shadow filtering to make shadows look more smooth
• Fixed Server Plugin ”StartQueryCVarValue” falsely returning CvarNotFound for cvars that did exist
• Fixed crash in HTML control in IE7 on page load, most often seen in the server Message of the Day
• Fixed small memory leak in HTML controller
• Made HTML output more compatible with new XHTML document styles
• Fixed physics crash involving bad ragdoll friction values
• Fixed detail sprite fading
• Added anti-bunny hopping code

Onsdagens Steam-uppdatering
• Fixed case where the Team Fortress 2 statistics could become corrupted
• Improved network connectivity issues

Tisdagens Portal-uppdatering
• Optimized Portal demos to have fewer issues when going through actual Portals

Tisdagens Steam-uppdatering
• Fixed rare crash when viewing game info in the serverbrowser
• Fixed game server pings being -1 if you refreshed often

The first post-Orange release of the Source SDK is being made ready for release. This release will allow Mod authors to create custom maps and additional content for Episode Two, Team Fortress 2, and Portal. A follow-up release to allow Mod authors to create custom Mods based upon the Episode Two client and server code will be next.

När detta är släppt bör vi kunna vänta oss t.ex.mera givande hemmabyggda Portal-banor.