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Counter-Strike 1.6 Beta update

Steven Parker   on 22 July 2003 - 11:45 · 30 comments & 6175 views

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Thanks Electronic Punk a friend and loyal Neowin member! for telling me about the latest update to the long beta process of Counter-Strike 1.6 patch update. Currently this is only available on Steam.

7.21.03 - beta (current release)
    Changes/Additions:
  • Added support to choose voice codec quality.
  • More changes to Aztec to reduce CPU overhead.
  • Added new explosion sounds.

    Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed server crash when kicking bot who is defusing the bomb.
  • Fixed radio/VOX sounds not playing after alt-tab'ing out of the game.
  • Fixed bot allow rifle/machine gun options being swapped in new game dialog.
  • Fixed server info dialog staying up over game.
  • Fixed several slowdowns when having a large number of users in a friends list.
  • Fixed sniper zoom blackout not being the same size at different resolutions.
  • Fixed hitch first time sound was played through vgui when not in game.
Download: Steam
View: Counter-Strike Update History
News source: Steam Users Forums

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(1 reply) #1 on 01 Jan 1970 - 00:00
#1.1 Neobond on 22 Jul 2003 - 12:35
Half Life 2 will use Steam to validate/update too...
(1 reply) #2 on 01 Jan 1970 - 00:00
#2.1 vetToxicfume on 23 Jul 2003 - 02:10
With my dialup I don't get pings above 170 on the servers i play

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