There's another Steam update, offering updates for the Source Engine as well as Counter-Strike: Source and Half-Life: Source. The Counter-Strike: Source update adds validation for custom player model and weapon materials.

The Friday Steam news update is now available, covering various topics. Lost Coast, Day of Defeat, and Aftermath are all described as getting close to being done, with Lost Coast coming "in a couple of weeks". The singleplayer add-on will come with a commentary system like the PC version of Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher's Bay, and Valve mentions that if people like this, they'll consider adding it to future titles. There's also word another third party Steam game will be announced next week, and there are two screenshots from a new SAS model coming soon to Counter-Strike: Source

The Steam website has word that new updates for the Source Engine and Counter-Strike: Source are now available. The Source Engine update mostly involves fixed prediction errors, while the CS:S update takes care of a few exploits.

A new Steam update is now available upon restarting Valve's content delivery system, patching Counter-Strike: Source. The update should lower CPU usage for the game.

Restarting Steam will have you downloading the latest Counter-Strike: Source update. The patch makes the new terrorist model leaner, fixes a model feet sliding problem, and also takes care of model scale issues.

The Steam website notes that a new Steam update is available, offering a whole slew of changes for Counter-Strike: Source. Besides new player animations and bug fixes, the update includes the remade cs_assault map, and a new "Phoenix Connection" Terrorist model. Here are a few of the other changes/fixes

- A notification is now displayed to all players when auto-balancing teams
- Added message for players who try to defuse the bomb while another player is already doing so
- Added item_nvgs and item_ entities for fy_ maps
- Can no longer stab with the knife while defusing or during freeze time at the start of a round
- Player count in dedicated server interface now includes bots
- Dedicated servers can now use the "timeleft" command
- Dedicated servers are now secure by default, add "-insecure" to the command line to run in insecure mode.

The guys at CS-Nation have a preview of CS_Assault, offering their impressions of the latest Counter-Strike: Source map after checking it out at the Valve offices. Several new screenshots are included with the article, which also talks a bit about future CS:S content, VAC2, and Day of Defeat: Source (should be out early September).

The latest Steam news update is now available after restarting Valve's content delivery app, offering some news on Counter-Strike: Source update plans.

Next week we're we're planning on releasing the remade version of cs_assault to Counter-Strike: Source owners. If you don't currently own CS: Source, you can purchase it through Steam via any of the Half-Life 2 packages. Along with the release of cs_assault, we'll be including a rebuilt version of the existing Terrorist model. Over the next few months we'll be expanding the model selections for both teams.

The update also links to the Valve Developer Community which we mentioned the other day.

The latest Steam news update is now available when restarting the app. The news update offers two screenshots from cs_assault, which will be the next map remake to be released for Counter-Strike: Source. No word on when the map will be released.

There's a new Steam news update, mentioning that the promised de_port and de_inferno maps for Counter-Strike: Source are being released tonight. The Steam website also has a neat overview of de_inferno's development, with several screenshots showing how the map was built. Update: the maps are now available.

There's a new Steam news update available through Valve's content delivery system, revealing that de_port and de_inferno for Counter-Strike: Source will be released next week. A new CT model is being released as well.

Valve's Steam website has been updated, offering this overview of the Counter-Strike map de_port that's being released soon. The map overview shows possible paths for terrorists and counter-terrorists.

The Steam Powered website notes that a new update for Counter-Strike: Source and the Source Engine is now available. The update fixes several game bugs, and also adds SourceTV. Here's a partial change list

- Fixed a rare bug that caused some bullet impacts to be counted twice
- Fixed an issue with player names being out of sync with the server
- Fixed some localization issues related to player chat
- Fixed bug where bots would repeatedly fail to join with an invalid Steam ID
- Fixed timing precision error causing slower framerates on servers running continuously for more than a few days

As you might've noticed, a new Steam update has been released fixing a Source Engine exploit and a Counter-Strike: Source crash bug. Restart Steam to grab the patch.

If you're like myself you gave up on playing CS:Source at least for a little while because cheating was just getting insane. Well here's some good news from Valve Software:

Next week we'll begin beta testing the new Valve Anti-Cheat system. For people playing multiplayer games, there will not be any visible difference while we're conducting the beta, but we will be logging cheating violations into our database to make sure it's ready for general release. This will be the last public notice before the system is released and active for everyone.

If you have any cheats for multiplayer games installed on your computer, now would be a good time to uninstall and stop using them. When a cheat infraction is detected, the offender will be permanently banned from playing on secure servers.

In lighter news, work is progressing on Lost Coast, that is the level we've built to showcase a new piece of rendering technology coming to Source called High Dynamic Range lighting, first mentioned here. Valve's Doug Lombardi will be showing the level on G4 TV next Wednesday, March 30th. More information on the broadcast is available here.

As noted on the Steam website, updates for Counter-Strike: Source and the Source engine are now available. Among other things it fixes issues like "Equipping the silencer is canceled if the player switches weapons", "Fixed the Five-Seven's price not matching the value in the buy menu" and "Flashbang effect can't be reduced by hitting escape or turning off the HUD".

There's a Steam news update available if you restart Valve's content delivery software. The Valve guys express gratitude for the awards they won during GDC, and also mention that work is underway on de_port. You can find a layout sketch here.

As promised Valve has just sent out a new update for CS: Source over Steam. In addition to the new cs_compound map, an old favorite is returning... de_train! Plus a newfangled playermodel. Here are two pics from that.

The update also includes some bot fixes, an enhancement to the radar and a bugfix for HL2DM (no more playing as headcrabs). Full change details can be found here.

As promised, the latest Steam update is out with the Counter-Strike: Source bot and a new map called de_tides. There are also updates to three other CS:S maps, as well as these changes/fixes/improvements

- Optimization to the way that dynamic props are checked. On higher end CPUs, this can result in more than a 5% total frame rate increase
- Fixed bug where players would get twice the normal money at the start of a round
- Weapon models are now checked at startup to make sure they are within limits for size
- Fixed a bug that would allow a player to throw two flashbangs at once
- Added "motdfile" cvar, which sets the filename for the message of the day on the server
- Fixed logic that will automatically kick players for killing hostage or being idle for a long time

Valve sends along an email announcing that a Counter-Strike: Source bot is being released on Monday. You can also look forward to a new release of the map de_tides.

The official Counter-Strike Bot will be released for Counter-Strike: Source on Monday (January 17th). The Bot features enhanced abilities and will be available for all owners of Counter-Strike: Source. Also included in Monday's release is an updated version de_tides, rebuilt by Turtlerock Studios. For more information or to purchase your copy of Counter-Strike: Source, please visit www.steampowered.com.