Half-Life on Steam

STEAM GAMES - UPDATE RELEASED December 10, 2003, 7:03 pm · Greg Coomer An update for all Steam games has just been released. As always, Steam will update your games automatically -- you don't need to take any special action. Dedicated server admins can get the update normally via the HLDS update tool, or the dedicated server update can be downloaded directly from this page. Here's a complete list of the changes: ALL GAMES: - Fixed problem in Direct3D mode where the game would be unavailable f…

GAME ENGINE UPDATE November 12, 2003, 4:41 pm · Greg Coomer We have released a game engine update via Steam this evening. This release includes a number of additions and bug fixes, including one which should clear up the remaining cases of the authentication error people have been getting today. Server admins please note that this release will require all game servers to restart. If you run a server on Windows, you'll need to restart manually; Linux servers will restart automatically if the ser…

COUNTER-STRIKE (AND OTHER GAMES) UPDATE RELEASED November 26, 2003, 7:13 pm · Greg Coomer An update as just been released, including a few changes to Counter-Strike and minor changes to the other Steam games Counter-Strike dedicated server admins please note that this update requires your servers to restart. This can be done normally via the HLDS update tool, or the dedicated server update can be downloaded directly from this page. Also, if you run Metamod, you must download the new version or …

SMALL GAME ENGINE UPDATE RELEASED March 23, 2004, 6:41 pm · Greg Coomer A small update to all Steam games has been released tonight. Changes included are: - Allow Counter-Strike: Condition Zero to run as a dedicated server under Windows - Prevent the "connection to server lost due to level change" error Only Condition Zero dedicated servers need to update. Admins of other dedicated servers don't need to update.

COUNTER-STRIKE AND GAME ENGINE UPDATE January 15, 2004, 11:32 am · Greg Coomer A Counter-Strike update and a game engine update have just been released. Server admins who have difficulty with the HLDS update tool can get the new dedicated server updates here. Here's a list of the changes included in the update. COUNTER-STRIKE: - Fixed bug where shield would be invisible if a player picked the shield up immediately after throwing a grenade. - The round timer is now disabled when the bomb is pla…

GAME MAINTENANCE UPDATES THIS WEEK December 31, 2003, 1:14 pm · Greg Coomer A few small updates to Steam games are being released this week. These updates only affect players who run Steam games in languages other than English. Later today, an update will be released for non-English versions of Counter-Strike and Day of Defeat. No changes to the games are included, this is a maintenance release only. (Happy New Year!)

UPDATE FOR ALL STEAM GAMES RELEASED February 9, 2004, 6:26 pm · Greg Coomer An update for all Steam games has just been released. See below for a list of what's included. As always, Steam will update your games automatically. Dedicated Servers will be required to restart. If you're a server admin and you have trouble using the HLDS update tool, you can download the latest dedicated server updates here. ENGINE (all games) - Small CPU optimizations - Stop motdfile from having "..","","/" or ":" c…