Release Notes for 5/29/2013

[ OVERWATCH ]
- Updated Overwatch FAQ (http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/overwatch/)
- Overwatch case reviews will highlight kills and assists from The Suspect in kills feed.
- Overwatch case reviews will not record the team name when all five players play with their clan tag.
- Servers running with default setting sv_kick_players_with_cooldown 1 will not allow players convicted by Overwatch to play, setting it to 0 will allow convicted players to join.

[ STEAM BADGES ]
- Updated CS:GO Steam trading card art to their final designs and names

[ MISC ]
- Fixed an exploit with disconnecting and reconnecting players being able to respawn in the same round.
- Network interpolation and update convars can no longer be changed when playing. To configure these convars, players must not be connected to a server or must join the spectators.
- Enforced signature validation of game dlls and plugins. Clients launching with tampered dlls will be informed of the invalid signatures error, and will not be allowed to connect to VAC secure servers to avoid being VAC banned.
- Fixed a problem in the GOTV recorder that could result in some non-delayed data getting written into the recorded stream, causing playback artifacts.

An update to Left 4 Dead 2 Beta has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Left 4 Dead 2 Beta. The major changes include:

- Improved scripted template entity spawning performance
- Don't allow Mac and Linux clients to load plug-ins without -insecure

EMS
- ent.GetOwnerEntity() - return an entity's owner
- player.SetReviveCount( count ) - set the number of times a survivor has been revived, and update third-strike state and effects
- player.ReviveFromIncap() - revive an incapped player
- player.ReviveByDefib() - revive a dead player by defib
- player.HitWithVomit() - target a player with a vomit attack
- player.Stagger( position ) - stagger a player away from a position. Use Vector(0,0,0) to just stagger forward.
- player.IsDead()
- Player.GiveUpgrade( upgrade ) - give a primary weapon upgrade
- Player.RemoveUpgrade( upgrade ) - remove a primary weapon upgrade
Upgrades: UPGRADE_INCENDIARY_AMMO, UPGRADE_EXPLOSIVE_AMMO, UPGRADE_LASER_SIGHT
- DropSpit( location ) - drop a spit pool from the specified vector location
- DropFire( location ) - drop a fire pool from the specified vector location

Awesomenauts is now available on the Linux!

The year is 3587. Conflict spans the stars as huge robot armies are locked in an enduring stalemate. In their bid for galactic supremacy, they call upon the most powerful group of mercenaries in the universe: the Awesomenauts!

General
• Added Fill Hole task. This task is placed in an empty floor cell and builds a wall in the cell below.
• Changed Replace Floor task to work without having to deconstruct existing furniture or Workshops

Fixed
• Crash when clicking "Move Down" without a Job Type selected
• Gnomes not equipping armor on their left side if their right side currently had better equipment
• Worn equipment not storing in crates

Updates to The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client (in on-line mode) is restarted.

Major changes include:

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing v1.0.05

Known issues:
- The multiplayer game still has some issues. Please play it with a character created for the multiplayer only because data loss may occur sometimes.
- The cutscene after the Lair Siege might trigger once again even if you have done that quest before patch 1.0.05.
- Options are reset in 1.0.05. Sorry for the inconvenience – we had to do it for “greater good”.

Performance:
- Sync CPU to GPU is enabled (default).
- Affect GUI Resolution (Fullscreen) is enabled (default).

Balance changes:
- Second siege slightly weakened

Fixed bugs:
- Multiplayer:
- It should no longer try to join to a friend, when double clicked on them, and they are not in a game.
- There are some quest rewards what you no longer receive, if you have already received once( like ability points, skill points, skills )
- Some performance fixes

- You can now use the Enchanter again.
- Lagging in Lair Sieges fixed
- Fixed "Lair Protected" message at second Lair Siege.
- Fixed a random bug at Borislav's Statue
- Fixed an issue where the active Objective list disappeared after a Lair Siege.
- Fixed the XP requirement of Lady Katarina's 20th level.
- Fixed exploit - Lady Katarina does not return automatically if teleport cancelled.
- Splitting quest item stacks is not possible anymore

New Features
- Polish language available (subtitles only, no audio support)