# Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Half-Life 2 20th Anniversary Update

- Product: Half-Life 2: Deathmatch (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/half-life-2-deathmatch)
- Vendor: Valve
- Date: 2024-11-15
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/320/view/7285229827084255339
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/half-life-2-deathmatch/releases/2024-11-15-half-life-2-20th-anniversary-update

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- **fixed** — Fixed player model selection in the options menu
- **fixed** — Fixed slam not being able to be detonated if you were too close to a wall
- **fixed** — Fixed view bob with the SMG equipped
- **fixed** — Fixed using the Gravity Gun to yo-yo grenades, sometimes causing the server to disconnect or crash
- **fixed** — Fixed missing sound effects for the Gravity Gun
- **fixed** — Fixed characters playing a missing animation when switching weapons while jumping and moving
- **fixed** — Fixed weapons being invisible when being given another weapon of the same class
- **changed** — Increased player spawn point count in many maps
- **fixed** — Fixed prop placement in maps that would allow players to escape the world
- **fixed** — Fixed floating props in dm_runoff
- **fixed** — Fixed the area portal on the blast door in dm_runoff causing the world to no longer render when the door was shut
- **added** — Added geometry to many maps where the player could see outside of bounds
- **fixed** — Fixed several areas where the player could see out of the world
- **changed** — Moved the blue barrels in dm_resistance that you could pick up with the Gravity Gun through the chainlink doors

##### 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.