03-29-2016, 04:13 PM
A new update has been released!
This update focuses on fixing bugs and gives text rendering a little love.
As usual, servers will need to be updated.
Clients will automatically update when you restart your game.
Thanks to everybody who helped with testing the update and reported any bugs/problems.
Engine Changes
NEW
Added ‘mat_reloadtexture’ console command. It reloads a single texture
NEW
Added ‘whereis’ console command. It displays the real location of a file that is mounted on the virtual filesystem
NEW
Support for AE_CL_STOP_PARTICLEEFFECT & AE_CL_ADD_PARTICLE_EFFECT_CP
FIX
Texture auto-refresh no longer reloads every texture in the game and can reload JPEGs
FIX
Fixed TLK_PLAYER_ASK_FOR_BALL console warning message
FIX
Fonts on Windows and OSX can now display non-latin characters
FIX
Fonts contained within Workshop addons are now properly loaded
FIX
HTML panels and anti-aliased text are now correctly alpha-blended on OSX
FIX
The game can now be played on OSX from case-sensitive filesystems such as NTFS
FIX
Hot loaded models (e.g. playermodels, vehicle models) no longer stretch across the map and/or crash the game
FIX
Workshop Lua files now emit errors with the correct file path
FIX
WorkshopDL addons now update properly
FIX
Gamemodes within addons now have their ‘entities’ and ‘content’ directories mounted
FIX
Parented entities’ physics objects will no longer fall out of the world and cause their parents (e.g. vehicles) to be removed
FIX
Cyclic entity parenting no longer crashes the game
FIX
Navigation meshes can now be loaded from within addons
FIX
Engine tools now work. You can access them by launching the game with the “-tools” parameter
FIX
Certain NPCs no longer cause a crash when taking damage with a NULL inflictor
FIX
Airboat guns no longer cause a crash if fired as a player is joining
FIX
Airboats no longer cause a crash when attempting to eject a NULL player
FIX
Multiple bug fixes for hammer
FIX
Armor is now networked as a 32-bit unsigned integer
FIX
Health and max-health now properly update when changed on “anim” SENTs in singleplayer
FIX
“kill” input no longer puts players in an invalid inescapable state
FIX
The pistol now uses less network bandwidth when equipped
FIX
Fixed corruption in the SVC_PacketEntities net message. This should stop disconnections from servers with ‘random’ reasons and some other odd behaviour
UPD
The max size of reliable snapshots has been increased from 256KiB to 1024KiB. This should reduce or eliminate any “Couldn’t send snapshot.” errors
UPD
The max value of ‘net_max_fragments’ has changed from 1260 to 1792
UPD
Major improvements to text rendering on OSX
UPD
Forced player simulation now modifies the usercommand’s command-number and random seed
UPD
The console can now be opened by pressing shift+escape. The old behaviour remains unchanged
UPD
Improved delta encoding of ragdoll bone positions/angles. They should now use slightly less bandwidth
UPD
Improved the error message emitted when patch materials have failed to load
UPD
Limited length of URL in JavaScript error prints
Game Changes
FIX
Doors now properly play their open/close sounds even when penetrating the world
FIX
Fixed vertical text alignment on spawnicon labels
FIX
Entity spawn/remove effects should now always play properly in Sandbox
FIX
Footsteps now properly alternate between left/right clientside
FIX
Animations such as swimming and crouching are now properly applied to all players
FIX
Clientside debris will no longer get stuck inside itself
FIX
S.L.A.M. weapons now play their sounds (still requires HL2
M)
FIX
Suit rechargers now stop playing their sounds when removed
FIX
weapon_rpg no longer plays its holster sound every time it leaves the PVS
FIX
Chatbox auto-completion no longer fails when a player’s name contains certain characters (contribution by Chewgum)
FIX
Players can no longer noclip when dead (contribution by code_gs)
FIX
Footsteps no longer play while players are dead (contribution by code_gs)
FIX
Fixed bypass of certain prop-protection addons when right clicking with Hydraulic/Muscle/Slider/Winch tools (contribution by Mista-Tea)
UPD
Updated some pre-rendered spawnicons
UPD
Corpses in Trouble in Terrorist Town now retain any blood splatters and the colour of the deceased player
Lua API Changes
NEW
CRecipientFilter:AddRecipientsByTeam( teamid )
NEW
CRecipientFilter:RemoveRecipientsByTeam( teamid )
NEW
CRecipientFilter:RemoveRecipientsNotOnTeam( teamid )
NEW
debugoverlay.Grid( Vector )
NEW
debugoverlay.ScreenText( x, y, txt, duration, clr ) ( x/y 0-1 )
NEW
debugoverlay.Triangle( vec1, vec2, vec3, duration, clr, ignorez )
NEW
debugoverlay.SweptBox( vStart, vEnd, vMins, vMaxs, dur, clr )
NEW
debugoverlay.EntityTextAtPosition( pos, line, txt, durat, clr )
NEW
Entity:GetBaseVelocity()
NEW
Entity:SnatchModelInstance( srcEntity )
NEW
Entity:TestPVS( testPoint )
NEW
ents.FindInPVS( viewPoint )
NEW
CUserCmd:IsForced()
NEW
Clientside bindings for creating and manipulating Projected Textures
FIX
CRecipientFilter:GetPlayers and CRecipientFilter:GetCount now ignore null players
FIX
Entity:GetFlexName and Entity:GetFlexBounds no longer perform undefined behaviour when called with invalid IDs
FIX
game.CleanUpMap should now always respawn doors properly
FIX
Entity:SetSaveValue can no longer write to entity inputs (and then crash)
FIX
Entity:WaterLevel now returns correct results clientside when ran on other players
FIX
Entity:IsOnGround now returns correct results clientside when ran on other players
FIX
util.TableToJSON no longer treats non-sequential tables as sequential
FIX
surface.GetTextSize now returns correct results on OSX
FIX
ents.FindByModel now returns correct results clientside
FIX
markup.Parse no longer errors when attempting to wrap an empty string
FIX
Traces created within Lua can now use MASK_ALL
FIX
Returning values inside RunString, BroadcastLua, or Player:SendLua will no longer cause Lua panics
FIX
SKIN:SchemeTextEntry now works properly with Panel:SetSkin (contribution by Bo98)
UPD
SetClipboardText now works with non-latin text
UPD
file.Open can now write “.vtf” files
UPD
Added viewCheck parameter to debugoverlay.Text
UPD
Derma checkboxes can now use custom fonts (contribution by Donkie)
Security Changes
FIX
Patched multiple DoS attack vectors
FIX
Stopped certain file names from tricking the netchannel’s security filters
This update focuses on fixing bugs and gives text rendering a little love.
As usual, servers will need to be updated.
Clients will automatically update when you restart your game.
Thanks to everybody who helped with testing the update and reported any bugs/problems.
Engine Changes
NEW
Added ‘mat_reloadtexture’ console command. It reloads a single texture
NEW
Added ‘whereis’ console command. It displays the real location of a file that is mounted on the virtual filesystem
NEW
Support for AE_CL_STOP_PARTICLEEFFECT & AE_CL_ADD_PARTICLE_EFFECT_CP
FIX
Texture auto-refresh no longer reloads every texture in the game and can reload JPEGs
FIX
Fixed TLK_PLAYER_ASK_FOR_BALL console warning message
FIX
Fonts on Windows and OSX can now display non-latin characters
FIX
Fonts contained within Workshop addons are now properly loaded
FIX
HTML panels and anti-aliased text are now correctly alpha-blended on OSX
FIX
The game can now be played on OSX from case-sensitive filesystems such as NTFS
FIX
Hot loaded models (e.g. playermodels, vehicle models) no longer stretch across the map and/or crash the game
FIX
Workshop Lua files now emit errors with the correct file path
FIX
WorkshopDL addons now update properly
FIX
Gamemodes within addons now have their ‘entities’ and ‘content’ directories mounted
FIX
Parented entities’ physics objects will no longer fall out of the world and cause their parents (e.g. vehicles) to be removed
FIX
Cyclic entity parenting no longer crashes the game
FIX
Navigation meshes can now be loaded from within addons
FIX
Engine tools now work. You can access them by launching the game with the “-tools” parameter
FIX
Certain NPCs no longer cause a crash when taking damage with a NULL inflictor
FIX
Airboat guns no longer cause a crash if fired as a player is joining
FIX
Airboats no longer cause a crash when attempting to eject a NULL player
FIX
Multiple bug fixes for hammer
FIX
Armor is now networked as a 32-bit unsigned integer
FIX
Health and max-health now properly update when changed on “anim” SENTs in singleplayer
FIX
“kill” input no longer puts players in an invalid inescapable state
FIX
The pistol now uses less network bandwidth when equipped
FIX
Fixed corruption in the SVC_PacketEntities net message. This should stop disconnections from servers with ‘random’ reasons and some other odd behaviour
UPD
The max size of reliable snapshots has been increased from 256KiB to 1024KiB. This should reduce or eliminate any “Couldn’t send snapshot.” errors
UPD
The max value of ‘net_max_fragments’ has changed from 1260 to 1792
UPD
Major improvements to text rendering on OSX
UPD
Forced player simulation now modifies the usercommand’s command-number and random seed
UPD
The console can now be opened by pressing shift+escape. The old behaviour remains unchanged
UPD
Improved delta encoding of ragdoll bone positions/angles. They should now use slightly less bandwidth
UPD
Improved the error message emitted when patch materials have failed to load
UPD
Limited length of URL in JavaScript error prints
Game Changes
FIX
Doors now properly play their open/close sounds even when penetrating the world
FIX
Fixed vertical text alignment on spawnicon labels
FIX
Entity spawn/remove effects should now always play properly in Sandbox
FIX
Footsteps now properly alternate between left/right clientside
FIX
Animations such as swimming and crouching are now properly applied to all players
FIX
Clientside debris will no longer get stuck inside itself
FIX
S.L.A.M. weapons now play their sounds (still requires HL2
M)FIX
Suit rechargers now stop playing their sounds when removed
FIX
weapon_rpg no longer plays its holster sound every time it leaves the PVS
FIX
Chatbox auto-completion no longer fails when a player’s name contains certain characters (contribution by Chewgum)
FIX
Players can no longer noclip when dead (contribution by code_gs)
FIX
Footsteps no longer play while players are dead (contribution by code_gs)
FIX
Fixed bypass of certain prop-protection addons when right clicking with Hydraulic/Muscle/Slider/Winch tools (contribution by Mista-Tea)
UPD
Updated some pre-rendered spawnicons
UPD
Corpses in Trouble in Terrorist Town now retain any blood splatters and the colour of the deceased player
Lua API Changes
NEW
CRecipientFilter:AddRecipientsByTeam( teamid )
NEW
CRecipientFilter:RemoveRecipientsByTeam( teamid )
NEW
CRecipientFilter:RemoveRecipientsNotOnTeam( teamid )
NEW
debugoverlay.Grid( Vector )
NEW
debugoverlay.ScreenText( x, y, txt, duration, clr ) ( x/y 0-1 )
NEW
debugoverlay.Triangle( vec1, vec2, vec3, duration, clr, ignorez )
NEW
debugoverlay.SweptBox( vStart, vEnd, vMins, vMaxs, dur, clr )
NEW
debugoverlay.EntityTextAtPosition( pos, line, txt, durat, clr )
NEW
Entity:GetBaseVelocity()
NEW
Entity:SnatchModelInstance( srcEntity )
NEW
Entity:TestPVS( testPoint )
NEW
ents.FindInPVS( viewPoint )
NEW
CUserCmd:IsForced()
NEW
Clientside bindings for creating and manipulating Projected Textures
FIX
CRecipientFilter:GetPlayers and CRecipientFilter:GetCount now ignore null players
FIX
Entity:GetFlexName and Entity:GetFlexBounds no longer perform undefined behaviour when called with invalid IDs
FIX
game.CleanUpMap should now always respawn doors properly
FIX
Entity:SetSaveValue can no longer write to entity inputs (and then crash)
FIX
Entity:WaterLevel now returns correct results clientside when ran on other players
FIX
Entity:IsOnGround now returns correct results clientside when ran on other players
FIX
util.TableToJSON no longer treats non-sequential tables as sequential
FIX
surface.GetTextSize now returns correct results on OSX
FIX
ents.FindByModel now returns correct results clientside
FIX
markup.Parse no longer errors when attempting to wrap an empty string
FIX
Traces created within Lua can now use MASK_ALL
FIX
Returning values inside RunString, BroadcastLua, or Player:SendLua will no longer cause Lua panics
FIX
SKIN:SchemeTextEntry now works properly with Panel:SetSkin (contribution by Bo98)
UPD
SetClipboardText now works with non-latin text
UPD
file.Open can now write “.vtf” files
UPD
Added viewCheck parameter to debugoverlay.Text
UPD
Derma checkboxes can now use custom fonts (contribution by Donkie)
Security Changes
FIX
Patched multiple DoS attack vectors
FIX
Stopped certain file names from tricking the netchannel’s security filters
