# Counter-Strike Counter-Strike 1.6 update released

- Product: Counter-Strike (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/counter-strike)
- Vendor: Valve
- Date: 2019-10-08
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/10/view/1582377291594251503
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/counter-strike/releases/2019-10-08-counter-strike-1.6-update-released

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- **fixed** — Prevent texgamma and lightgamma and brightness cvars from affecting lighting in multiplayer
- **added** — Add support for player avatars in scoreboard for lower display resolutions
- **added** — Add scoreboard cvar scoreboard_shortheaders to show shortened, simple headers for columns, set to 0/1 to disable/enable
- **added** — Add scoreboard cvar scoreboard_showavatars to enable/disable showing avatars, set to 0/1 to disable/enable
- **added** — Add new server cvar mp_infinite_ammo, set to 0 to disable, 1 for infinite ammo in guns, 2 for infinite reload ammo
- **added** — Add money and health columns to scoreboard with player cvars scoreboard_showhealth and scoreboard_showmoney and server cvars mp_scoreboard_showhealth and mp_scoreboard_showmoney to control their display
- **fixed** — Fix shotgun shell reload delay when holding +attack while magazine is empty
- **fixed** — Fix non-translucent crosshair being slightly off-center
- **fixed** — Fix UMP45 +attack being canceled when +attack2 is pressed
- **fixed** — Fix setting monitor refresh rates through -freq when used with -nofbo
- **fixed** — Fix unnecessary texture rescaling with NPOT textures
- **fixed** — Fix slist command to show servers on the local network
- **fixed** — Fix progress bar for individual files in resource download always showing at 100%
- **added** — Add auto-saving of several cvars
- **fixed** — Fix missing localizations in spectator UI
- **changed** — Reorder columns in server browser to prevent game descriptions from being used to fake server player count
- **fixed** — Fix sv_cheats being settable by players in a multiplayer game so it is now controlled by the server
- **security** — Security fixes to console commands
- **security** — Security fixes to resource loading

An update for Counter-Strike is now available:

##### Changes and Additions

- Prevent texgamma and lightgamma and brightness cvars from affecting lighting in multiplayer

-  Added support for player avatars in scoreboard for lower display resolutions

-  Added scoreboard cvar to show shortened, simple headers for columns: scoreboard_shortheaders, set to 0/1 to disable/enable

-  Added scoreboard cvar to enable/disable showing avatars: scoreboard_showavatars, set to 0/1 to disable/enable

-  Added new server cvar, mp_infinite_ammo, set to 0 to disable, 1 for infinite ammo in guns, 2 for infinite reload ammo

-  Added money and health columns to scoreboard and player/server cvars to control their display

- Player cvars are: scoreboard_showhealth and scoreboard_showmoney, can be set to 0/1 to disable/enable the column from showing

- Server cvars are: mp_scoreboard_showhealth and mp_scoreboard_showmoney, they can be set to the following values:
ValueDescription0Disable showing health/money altogether1Show Terrorist health/money to all teams2Show CT health/money to all teams3 (default)Show CT health/money to teammates only and Terrorist health/money to teammates only4Show health/money for all players to all other players5Show CT and T health/money to teammates and to spectators

##### Fixes

-  Fixed shotgun shell reload delay when holding +attack while magazine is empty

-  Fixed non-translucent crosshair being slightly off-center

-  Fixed UMP45 +attack being canceled when +attack2 is pressed

##### General

-  Fixed setting monitor refresh rates through -freq when used with -nofbo

-  Fixed unnecessary texture rescaling with NPOT textures

-  Fixed slist command, will now show servers on the local network

-  Fixed progress bar for individual files in resource download always showing at 100%

-  Added auto-saving of several cvars (HL #2237)

-  Fixed missing localizations in spectator UI

-  Reordered columns in server browser to prevent game descriptions from being used to fake server player count

-  Fixed sv_cheats being settable by players in a multiplayer game (sv_cheats is now controlled by the server)

-  Security fixes to console commands

-  Security fixes to resource loading