2026-08-25 08:38 UTC · GamingOnLinux
While Valve didn't seem to publicly celebrate their 30th anniversary, they did at least go back to some older titles to fix them up. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/valve-updated-a-bunch-of-their-older-steam-shooters/
2026-08-24 20:00 UTC · Community Announcements · erics
An update to Half-Life Deathmatch: Source has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Half-Life Deathmatch: Source. The major changes include: Security and stability improvements Fixed a bug where certain custom maps would not load assets correctly on Linux
2025-02-18 20:00 UTC · Community Announcements · erics
An update to Half-Life Deathmatch: Source has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Half-Life Deathmatch: Source. The major changes include: Added 64-bit Support. 64-bit binaries will automatically be launched on systems with a 64-bit OS. Added a borderless window option to video settings Added bicubic lightmaps (from Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Update) Added radial fog (from Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Update) Added support for Steam Networking Added UI scaling for high-resolution screens Made the default server name for listen servers include the player
2021-07-02 20:58 UTC · Community Announcements · erics
An update to Half-Life Deathmatch: Source has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Half-Life Deathmatch: Source. The major changes include: Numerous security and stability improvements
2019-10-08 22:09 UTC · Product Update · Valve
Updates for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when you restart the game. The major changes include: * Various stability and security updates; * Fixed NPCs not blinking; * Fixed being able to switch weapons while holding a primed grenade;
2018-07-24 20:22 UTC · Product Update · Valve
Updates for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when you restart the game. The major changes include: * Fixed physics not operating at the correct tickrate when specifying non-standard -tickrate options on the command line; * Fixed viewing demos recorded at a non-standard tickrate causing the next listen server hosted to be at that tickrate; * Various security and stability improvements; * Updated localization files;
2017-06-19 21:00 UTC · Product Update · Valve
Updates for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when you restart the game. The major changes include: * Fixed being unable to start any map in single-player mode;
2017-06-16 00:27 UTC · Product Update · Valve
Updates for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when you restart the game. The major changes include: * Improved Steam Voice support; * Removed sv_use_steam_voice convar. Steam voice is now selected via "sv_voicecodec steam"; * Fixed demos not properly recording Steam Voice status, resulting in potential corrupt voice in demos with differing default settings; * Will now use the native Steam Voice sampling rate, instead of clamping to 11kHz
2016-05-12 00:22 UTC · Product Update · Valve
An update for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and the Source SDK 2013 Base has been made available. Important note for SDK mod authors: This update replaces the current main branch of the SDK 2013 Base with what was previously the "beta_test" branch. The previous SDK 2013 release branch as well as the outdated "upcoming" branch are now available for a short time as "previous" and "previous_upcoming" respectively. The major changes include: * Fixed potential security issues (thanks to Justin G. (aka sigsegv), Nathaniel Theis,
2016-02-04 22:15 UTC · Product Update · Valve
A mandatory update for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, as well as the Source SDK Base 2013 beta branch has been made available. The patch notes are below. * Fixed a security issue related to the file system (thanks to Simon Pinfold for this report); * Fixed mp3 sounds causing occasional hitching and framerate stuttering; * Fixed OS X players being limited to medium texture quality; * Fixed maps compiled with static prop lighting causing crashes for players on medium or low texture quality; * Fixed steam.inf not being loaded
2015-10-15 16:20 UTC · Product Update · Valve
Updates to Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and Half-Life Deathmatch: Source have been released. The major changes include: * Fixed a problem with the Steam Overlay for Mac clients; * Fixed maps using static prop lighting producing bad lighting in some conditions; * Fixed a Linux client crash related to the sound system; * Fixed client consoles being spammed with a message about invisible weapons;
2015-09-22 01:48 UTC · Product Update · Valve
An update to Half-Life Deathmatch: Source has been released. The major changes include: * Fixed several security issues; * Latest fixes and updates from the Orangebox engine and shared game code;
2013-10-10 21:59 UTC · Community Announcements · alfred
We have started a new Beta for Half-Life Deathmatch: Source. To access this beta go to the Properties page for Half-Life Deathmatch: Source and use the Beta tab to opt-in. To opt-out use the same tab. Changes in this update are: Added in drowning sound effects when drowning Fixed glock to have 17 bullets per clip to match the original Half-Life Updated game menu to match other titles Fixed crowbar playing incorrect hit sounds
2013-10-10 21:59 UTC · Community Announcements · alfred
We have started a new Beta for Half-Life Deathmatch: Source. To access this beta go to the Properties page for Half-Life Deathmatch: Source and use the Beta tab to opt-in. To opt-out use the same tab. Changes in this update are: Added in drowning sound effects when drowning Fixed glock to have 17 bullets per clip to match the original Half-Life Updated game menu to match other titles Fixed crowbar playing incorrect hit sounds
2013-09-26 20:31 UTC · Community Announcements · alfred
We have updated the public release of Half-Life Deathmatch: Source. 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 Half-Life Deathmatch: Source to the new SteamPipe content system, for optimized delivery of the game Added support for Linux and Mac OS X operating systems Numerous bug fixes contributed by community members
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