Counter-Strike Wiki


Changes/Additions[]

  • Added bots to Counter-Strike
  • Redesigned the "New Game" dialog in Counter-Strike.
  • Clarion 5.56 and IDF Defender sounds redone in Counter-Strike.
  • Bullet ricochet sounds redone in Counter-Strike.
  • Valve Anti-Cheat is now active in the Steam beta.
  • Explosion sounds redone in Counter-Strike.
  • New Knife model in Counter-Strike.
  • Added "servercfgfile" cvar back into the engine.
  • Changed references from woncomm.lst to valvecomm.lst.
  • Changed so dead players hear their teammates' radio commands (like voice) in Counter-Strike.
  • Changed so Spectators will hear team radio commands while spectating a specific player (not roaming) in Counter-Strike.
  • Reworked Counter-Strike Buy Menus.
  • Changed so weapon buttons are deactivated if the player doesn't have enough money in Counter-Strike.
  • Text is now all displayed via VGUI2. Text will properly scale in different resolutions.
  • Message of the Day in Counter-Strike can use an HTML file (either the motd.txt contains a simple URL or it is a html file itself).
  • Re-implemented ability to uparrow through history of commands in the console.
  • Added disconnect and resume buttons to the main menu.
  • Added in Steam monitoring tool. This will display Steam activity on your machine.
  • Update news is displayed during the launch of the game if content is being downloaded.
  • Optimized protocol for Steam content delivery.
  • Server browser can be refreshed using the F5 key.
  • Moved muting and friends status out of the scoreboard. This is handled in the Player List section of the UI.
  • You can run multiple copies of the same application now. This is most useful for Dedicated Servers.
  • Scoreboard will now grow dynamically in Counter-Strike, rather than having a scrollbar.
  • Added Hearts and Spades to Friends mini-games.
  • Added ability to force or disable automatic updating of individual Steam titles via Games list.
  • Changed so "sv_alltalk 1" allows spectators and players to chat with each other in Counter-Strike.
  • HLTV: New command "clearbanns" - removes all IPs from bann list.

New/Changed CVARS[]

  • Added "mapchangecfgfile" cvar. Set this to the filename of the file you want run on map change.

Bug fixes[]

  • Fixed bullets firing through the Tactical Shield in some situations.
  • Fixed bug with custom decals.
  • Fixed bug where CD Audio CD tracks were never being played even if there was a valid CD in the drive.
  • Fixed bug with pausing/starting MP3 streams when console/UI is brought up and closed again.
  • Fixed bug where game could crash when initializing MSS sound thread.
  • Fixed bug in server browser if you uparrow or downarrow in an empty list and then "connect".
  • Fixed problem with being able to buy weapon and kill yourself at the same time (server crash) in Counter-Strike.
  • Fixed a number of bugs related to Friends messages.
  • Fixed format string crash bug when logging.
  • Removed "This map has an escape zone/This map DOES NOT have an escape zone" console spam in Counter-Strike.
  • Removed "Explosion Damage" console spam in Counter-Strike.
  • Removed "unknown command _special" being spammed to the console whenever +attack2 is pressed in Counter-Strike.
  • Fixed server freeze/crash exploit caused by malformed userinfo information in connect packets.
  • Fixed potential exploits due to buffer overflows in infostring handling.
  • Fixed bug in Counter-Strike where spectators were changed to "Free Look" at the end of a round and their settings were never restored when a target was available.
  • HLTV: Fixed "NULL" player names in HLTV demos.