Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

An update to Half-Life 2: Deathmatch has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Half-Life 2: Deathmatch. 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

• Added avatars to the scoreboard

• Added console convar "hl2mp_allow_pickup" to allow picking up objects without Gravity Gun

• Added kill, weapon equip, and health pickup events for Steam Game Recording

• Brought over the HUD/UI changes from HL2 Anniversary update

• Increased the hardcoded maxplayers to 100 to allow for more chaotic times

• Increased default maxplayers from 2 to 24

• Improved networking precision for local player positions, resulting in less prediction errors and better game-feel

• Made viewmodels use the proper Half-Life 2 viewmodel bob/sway behaviour

• Made the default server name for listen servers include the player's name

• Made the game launch in native resolution by default instead of 640x480

• Client-side prediction fixes (these fix 'jank'/rollback in certain situations)

• Implemented prediction for SMG1, AR2, Crossbow and basic prediction for the Gravity Gun

• Fixed prediction for Crowbar and Stunstick animations

• Implemented prediction for sprinting and AUX power

• Implemented prediction for crouching

• Implemented prediction for duck-jumping

• Implemented prediction for climbing and getting on/off ladders

• Fixed player hull being mis-predicted in certain instances causing rollbacks every frame when e.g. crouching or against a wall

• Fixed prediction errors when picking up ammo or taking damage

• Fixed a prediction bug where if the player was moved on the client, their input-based movement for that tick was not taken into account in non-player actions

• Improved prediction for walking on props and other entities

• Made certain client-side entities only trigger local prediction errors

• e.g. If the viewmodel experiences a prediction error, the player will not experience a prediction error

• Fixed prediction of viewmodel sway

• Fixed a prediction error regarding weapon idle animations

• Fixed a bug where the SourceTV player would get stuck in limbo if mp_allowspectators was set to 0

• Fixed ALT/AMMO text and related icons not showing on HUD

• Fixed weapon sounds and effects for Gravity Gun, SMG1, AR2 and Crossbow

• Fixed the AR2 playing the animation for alt fire twice

• Fixed the SMG1 and AR2 not playing their bob animations when moving

• Fixed the Crowbar always playing flesh hit sound effect

• Fixed the Grenade having the SLAM's impact sound effects

• Fixed the RPG laser dot not showing up

• Fixed a bug where if the alt fire was the last in the clip, it would play the dry-fire sound instead of the shooting sound

• Fixed death feed not showing player names

• Fixed a bug where player weapons could spawn below them at spawn and not be properly equipped

• Fixed certain breakable props not gibbing correctly

• Fixed an issue where certain variables like position would not be updated correctly to match the server in certain situations

• Fixed the player's base velocity (eg. conveyors, moving items etc.) getting subtly out of sync from client/server

Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Fixes

• Fixed player model selection in the options menu.

• Fixed slam not being able to be detonated if you were too close to a wall

• Fixed view bob with the SMG equipped.

• Fixed using the Gravity Gun to yo-yo grenades, sometimes causing the server to disconnect or crash.

• Fixed missing sound effects for the Gravity Gun.

• Fixed characters playing a missing animation when switching weapons while jumping and moving.

• Fix weapons being invisible when being given another weapon of the same class.

Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Maps

• Increased player spawn point count in many maps.

• Fixed prop placement in maps that would allow players to escape the world.

• Fixed floating props in dm_runoff.

• Fixed the area portal on the blast door in dm_runoff causing the world to no longer render when the door was shut.

• Added geometry to many maps where the player could see outside of bounds.

• Fixed several areas where the player could see out of the world.

• Moved the blue barrels in dm_resistance that you could pick up with the Gravity Gun through the chainlink doors.

An update to Half-Life 2: Deathmatch has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Half-Life 2: Deathmatch. The major changes include:

• Numerous security and stability improvements