Counter Strike DL > News > Source Engine Update Released

Updates to the Source Engine have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Graphics
Fixed occasional graphics artifact tearing run running on Nvidia 6800 hardware
Fixed mismatch of bumpmapped/non-bumpmapped surfaces in HDR
Fixed bug where mat_colorcorrection wasn't getting set properly on when running for the first time
Updated default configuration settings for some newer video cards
Fixed full-screen flicker bug when Alt-Tabbing out of fullscreen (particularly at high resolutions)

User Interface
Added progress bar state to print a description when the server changes levels
Show disconnect dialog when client connection times out
Fixed anti-aliasing on fonts
Fixed a memory leak in vgui
Fix for startup video not showing correctly if running fullscreen with desktop resolution less than or equal to 1024x768
Fixed bug where game would crash when taking a bug screenshot if the screen/window resolution was wider that 2048 pixels

Sound
Fixed sound initializing twice at startup in some cases
Optimized sound engine performance
Fixed a bug where machines without proper sound hardware and/or drivers would crash

SourceTV
Added SourceTV port and delay time to status output if SourceTV is active
Added new command net_status that shows more detailed information about total and average packet loss, latency, packets/sec and bandwidth
Added convar tv_autoretry 1 so relay proxies try to reconnect after connection crashed/timed out
Added convar tv_timeout to specify connection timeout limit in seconds
Improved spectator client dispatching, should be faster and balance better
Fixed SourceTV relays being unable to connect to sv_lan 1 servers
Fixed SourceTV servers reporting password restrictions
Fixed SourceTV bots joining game even if disabled
Fixed disappearing weapons in SourceTV
Fixed spectator chat not displaying on relay proxies
Fixed SourceTV crash during changelevel
Fixed command tv_record crashing relay proxies
Reduced SourceTV CPU requirements

Posted by Spriggan
Good that they solve the artifact bug on 6800's, and even better that source TV is starting to take shape: better VF's. And says optimized the sounds: maybe now we can all hear what othes can hear?
Posted by skyfire
haven't really noticed anything different but its nice to see them trying to fixes problems with the source engine.
Posted by \|\|Xecutioner07\|&#
Nice set if fixes
Posted by Infinite~Livez
The only difference i can see is the ability to move faster.

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