We have released a Beta update for Counter-Strike 1.6.
Changes in this update are:
<ul><li>Added a "Low video quality" option in the Video tab of the Options dialog. Use this check box if you have an older GPU and want to trade off visual quality for FPS
<li>Added a "Raw Input" checkbox in the Mouse tab of the Options dialog. This button toggles the "m_rawinput" cvar from the previous update
<li>Extended hud_fastswitch options. 0 means no fast switch, 1 means switch on both number keys and mouse wheel, 2 means on do fast switch when using number keys
<li>Enabled raw input mode on by default under OS X and Linux. If you have run the previous beta you may still need to toggle this option
<li>Improved mouse capturing when using "m_rawinput 0" under windows
<li>Added listing of games from the cstrike_downloads folder in the New Game dialog
<li>Improved HTTP download performance
<li>Fixed crash if OS level DEP setting was turned on for all programs and you ran in software mode
<li>Fixed spectator UI being truncated when running in higher resolutions
<li>Fixed downloading of content from servers via HTTP, both if you got a 404 error on one of the links or the file was in the base download folder
<li>Fixed some commands writing config files to a bad path
</ul>

If you haven't already opted into this beta and wish to, please refer to the previous post for details.

We have released a Beta update for Counter-Strike 1.6.
Changes in this update are:

• Added a "Low video quality" option in the Video tab of the Options dialog. Use this check box if you have an older GPU and want to trade off visual quality for FPS
  
• Added a "Raw Input" checkbox in the Mouse tab of the Options dialog. This button toggles the "m_rawinput" cvar from the previous update
  
• Extended hud_fastswitch options. 0 means no fast switch, 1 means switch on both number keys and mouse wheel, 2 means on do fast switch when using number keys
  
• Enabled raw input mode on by default under OS X and Linux. If you have run the previous beta you may still need to toggle this option
  
• Improved mouse capturing when using "m_rawinput 0" under windows
  
• Added listing of games from the cstrike_downloads folder in the New Game dialog
  
• Improved HTTP download performance
  
• Fixed crash if OS level DEP setting was turned on for all programs and you ran in software mode
  
• Fixed spectator UI being truncated when running in higher resolutions
  
• Fixed downloading of content from servers via HTTP, both if you got a 404 error on one of the links or the file was in the base download folder
  
• Fixed some commands writing config files to a bad path

If you haven't already opted into this beta and wish to, please refer to the previous post for details.

We have released a Beta update for Counter-Strike 1.6. You can access the beta by right clicking the game in your Library list, choosing "Properties" and going to the beta tab. Linux and OS X users will need to opt into this update also. Once you opt into the beta you will automatically receive future beta updates.

Due to a Steam Client issue you will also need to have Half-Life 1 installed and also opted into the beta (using the method above) to receive beta updates right now, we are working on fixing this issue with a future Steam client release.

Changes in this update are:
<ul><li>Returned mouse input to using windows messages rather than raw input, this should correct the sensitivity change people have seen
<li>Added m_rawinput cvar, if set to 1 this enables using the raw input API's on your OS to get mouse input, usually with lower latency but missing the post processing from your OS
<li>Fixed corrupt HTTP downloads if the url sent by the game server resulted in a 404 error
<li>Fixed corruption of text input when hitting backspace while composing a message
<li>Renamed gl_ztrick cvar to gl_ztrick_old, usage of this cvar is deprecated and caused rendering issues
<li>Fixed mouse clicks sometimes being lost
</ul>

We have released a Beta update for Counter-Strike 1.6. You can access the beta by right clicking the game in your Library list, choosing "Properties" and going to the beta tab. Linux and OS X users will need to opt into this update also. Once you opt into the beta you will automatically receive future beta updates.

Due to a Steam Client issue you will also need to have Half-Life 1 installed and also opted into the beta (using the method above) to receive beta updates right now, we are working on fixing this issue with a future Steam client release.

Changes in this update are:

• Returned mouse input to using windows messages rather than raw input, this should correct the sensitivity change people have seen
  
• Added m_rawinput cvar, if set to 1 this enables using the raw input API's on your OS to get mouse input, usually with lower latency but missing the post processing from your OS
  
• Fixed corrupt HTTP downloads if the url sent by the game server resulted in a 404 error
  
• Fixed corruption of text input when hitting backspace while composing a message
  
• Renamed gl_ztrick cvar to gl_ztrick_old, usage of this cvar is deprecated and caused rendering issues
  
• Fixed mouse clicks sometimes being lost

We have released a Beta update for Counter-Strike 1.6. You can access the beta by right clicking the game in your Library list, choosing "Properties" and going to the beta tab. Linux and OS X users will need to opt into this update also. Once you opt into the beta you will automatically receive future beta updates.

Changes in this update are:
<ul><li>Re-enabled a fps cap of 100. You can override this behavior if you want to run faster by setting fps_override to "1" but some mods may not behave properly
<li>Fixed movement when running at more than 100fps
<li>Added "speak_enabled" cvar, if set to 0 then the "spk" and "speak" commands are disabled
<li>Added "edicts" option to liblist.gam file, for use in mods that want more than 900 entities in their maps
<li>Increased supported entity count in Counter-Strike 1.6 to 1800
</ul>

We will be continuing to update this beta to address bugs and features request, so if you have a problem please try it out. You can also help out by reporting bugs via out <a href="https://github.com/ValveSoftware/halflife/issues">GitHub Issues</a> page.

<b>Update</b>: <i>due to a client bug to opt into this beta you will also need to have Half-Life installed and opt it into the beta also (via the same properties page).</i>

We have released a Beta update for Counter-Strike 1.6. You can access the beta by right clicking the game in your Library list, choosing "Properties" and going to the beta tab. Linux and OS X users will need to opt into this update also. Once you opt into the beta you will automatically receive future beta updates.

Changes in this update are:

• Re-enabled a fps cap of 100. You can override this behavior if you want to run faster by setting fps_override to "1" but some mods may not behave properly
  
• Fixed movement when running at more than 100fps
  
• Added "speak_enabled" cvar, if set to 0 then the "spk" and "speak" commands are disabled
  
• Added "edicts" option to liblist.gam file, for use in mods that want more than 900 entities in their maps
  
• Increased supported entity count in Counter-Strike 1.6 to 1800

We will be continuing to update this beta to address bugs and features request, so if you have a problem please try it out. You can also help out by reporting bugs via out GitHub Issues page.

Update: due to a client bug to opt into this beta you will also need to have Half-Life installed and opt it into the beta also (via the same properties page).

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In 1991, Linus Torvalds left a ham sandwich in his bathroom, and when he came back two weeks later, discovered that he'd accidentally invented penicillin and Linux. Just think what would have happened if Linus Torvaldt hadn’t waited two weeks to go to the bathroom. It’s thanks to his enormous digestive tract that we have Linux today.

But of course, anybody who’s gone to history class knows that story. What’s less well known is Linus Torvalds’ last words as he lay dying from septic necrosis: “I decree Linux free to all, with no rules! Save one,” he whispered, his voice becoming raspy and Sarumanesque. “NEVER, EVER allow Team Fortress 2 on my precious operating system! Keep it secret from them! Keep it safe!” (Note: start playing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1Cckq3MPDo" target="_blank">this</a> now.)

And so TF2 fell into shadow. Or so Linux Torvalduman thought. Luckily a band of hobbits snuck past his ghostly burning eye-building and did something important, and wept and cradled each other and swore oaths of fealty, and there was some lava and, anyway, <a href="http://www.teamfortress.com/linux/">Team Fortress 2 is now on Linux and we're giving away items to anybody who tries it,</a> bringing to a close this epic trilogy of paragraphs.

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In 1991, Linus Torvalds left a ham sandwich in his bathroom, and when he came back two weeks later, discovered that he'd accidentally invented penicillin and Linux. Just think what would have happened if Linus Torvaldt hadn’t waited two weeks to go to the bathroom. It’s thanks to his enormous digestive tract that we have Linux today.

But of course, anybody who’s gone to history class knows that story. What’s less well known is Linus Torvalds’ last words as he lay dying from septic necrosis: “I decree Linux free to all, with no rules! Save one,” he whispered, his voice becoming raspy and Sarumanesque. “NEVER, EVER allow Team Fortress 2 on my precious operating system! Keep it secret from them! Keep it safe!” (Note: start playing this now.)

And so TF2 fell into shadow. Or so Linux Torvalduman thought. Luckily a band of hobbits snuck past his ghostly burning eye-building and did something important, and wept and cradled each other and swore oaths of fealty, and there was some lava and, anyway, Team Fortress 2 is now on Linux and we're giving away items to anybody who tries it, bringing to a close this epic trilogy of paragraphs.

We have updated the public release of Counter-Strike 1.6. This update contains all the changes from the recent beta, thanks to the whole community for their help with testing and suggesting new features.

Changes in this update are:
<ul><li>Converted Counter-Strike 1.6 to the new SteamPipe content system, for optimized delivery of the game
<li>Added support for Mac OS X and Linux operating systems
<li>Improved OpenGL rendering pipeline and output to leverage the capabilities in todays GPU
<li>Improved support for in-game chat in non-latin languages
</ul>


A full list of changes can be found in the Half-Life 1 game hub announcement area.

We have updated the public release of Counter-Strike 1.6. This update contains all the changes from the recent beta, thanks to the whole community for their help with testing and suggesting new features.

Changes in this update are:

• Converted Counter-Strike 1.6 to the new SteamPipe content system, for optimized delivery of the game
  
• Added support for Mac OS X and Linux operating systems
  
• Improved OpenGL rendering pipeline and output to leverage the capabilities in todays GPU
  
• Improved support for in-game chat in non-latin languages

A full list of changes can be found in the Half-Life 1 game hub announcement area.