HALF-LIFE

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Deep in the bowels of the Black Mesa Federal Research Facility, a decommissioned missile base, a top secret project is underway. A portal has been opened to another dimension, and human science has never seen anything like the world on the other side.

You are Gordon Freeman, a young research associate in the Anomalous Materials Laboratory. You have limited security clearance and no real idea of just how dangerous your job has become, until the morning you are sent alone into the Test Chamber to analyze of a strange crystalline specimen. A routine analysis, they tell you. Until something goes wrong.
Patches
any -> 1.1.1.0 Changes:
  • Ricochet included in this release
  • Added logging of the anti-cheat system catching and kicking detected cheats
  • Added logging of "kick" commands
  • Added logging of "banid" commands
  • Changed error message if clients try to download missing resources to be more helpful
  • Changed 'exec' command now only works on .cfg and .rc files
  • Changed 'exec' command no longer allows ".." or "\\" or ":" in the filename
  • Added new debug message for mod makers if a packet couldn't be parsed correctly
  • Linux: hlds_run now does auto-restart by default (to disable: define "-norestart" on the command line)
  • Linux: hlds_run uses "exec" when you define the "-norestart" option
  • Linux: Added -pingboost command line parameter. Currently supports three different methods ('-pingboost 1', '-pingboost 2', and 'pingboost 3'). These may not work well (or at all) on some OS environments
  • Linux: Added "-debug" flag to hlds_run to automatically run gdb and pull out useful info
  • New CVARS: Added "serverversion", can be set to '1108' to view/re-record old demos
  • New CVARS: Added "sv_logbans" to turn the logging of player bans on and off. Default is 0 (off)
  • Fixed incorrect WonID logging
  • Fixed sv_allowdownload being required to be set to 1 for clients to connect to secure servers
  • Fixed 'bad address type' fatal error on servers that attempt to run in secure mode but have no DNS resolution
  • Fixed DropClient messages for Steam clients who were banned or have a duplicate Steam ID to properly show the SteamID of the client
  • Fixed HLTV reporting wrong spectator numbers if connection to server was pending
  • Fixed "multicast 1" not working if it was issued before HLTV connected to game server
  • Fixed relay proxies reporting wrong spectator/slots numbers in multiplayer/LAN menu
  • Fixed DMC powerup bug where the invisibility ring would make people glow red
  • Fixed rcon bug in HLTV
  • Fixed delay being reset to default value during changelevel
  • Fixed a problem with propagating HLTV banners
  • Fixed client freeze on exit
  • Fixed framerate problem on some ATI video cards
  • Fixed MaxPing filter not being saved correctly
  • Fixed sky box bug
  • Fixed TFC spy disguise menu bug
  • Fixed DMC view model animation bug
  • Fixed bug using "exec " on large files (e.g. banned.cfg)
  • Linux: Fixed server using 64 MB more memory than it needed to
  • Linux: Fixed 'undefined symbol: __strtouq_internal' on some Linux systems
  • Linux: Fixed segmentation fault on some Linux systems when attempting to run in secure mode
1.1.0.9 Changes: unknown
1.1.0.8 Changes:
  • Multicast spectator added
  • Voice communication added
  • Hardware survey in installer
  • Added server chat to logging
  • Redesigned multiplayer scoreboard
  • CapsLock key is now bindable
  • HLDM weapons now use client side prediction
  • Bunny hopping removed from HLDM, Counter-Strike, TFC, and DMC
  • Fixed banned.cfg problem with more than 1024 entries
  • Fixed screenshots overwriting each other
  • Buffer overflow exploit fixed
  • "condump", "cmdlist", and "cvarlist" only write out to the game directory
  • Fixed spy crouching bug in TFC
  • Fixed team switching grenade bug
  • Feigned spies do not show a weapon model
  • Sentry guns, Dispensers, and Detpacks cannot block doorways
  • Fixed "detstart"command
  • Caltrops are being logged in TFC
  • Sentry gun and Dispensers are logged in TFC correctly
  • Switching to Spectator is now logged in TFC
  • "Tell" command is logged in TFC
  • Fixed Heavy Weapons Guy firing bug
  • Fixed medkit kill bug
  • Fixed Spy showing as a Scout in TFC
  • Fixed sounds looping in TFC when a player died
  • Fixed Quickstart crashing in the launcher
1.1.0.7 Changes:
  • Added Deathmatch Classic
  • New Automatic update system
  • Fixed GL texture binding problem (white skin bug)
  • Optimized model drawing
1.1.0.6 Changes:
  • New player models for Team Fortress
  • New Half-Life deathmatch map included (Rapidcore)
  • New 'stat' command that shows the same information as the 'status' command, but is formatted for the screen and log file
  • We've added a new variable, hpk_maxsize, that will allow servers and clients to set the maxsize of the "custom.hpk" file. Once that size has been exceded the file is automatically deleted. The cvar is set for size in megabytes. hpk_maxsize 0, is no maxsize. hpk_maxsize 1.5 is a file maxsize of 1.5 megabytes.
  • Added a new server variable for TFC, tfc_spectchat, that will allow the server to regulate whether or not spectators can chat with players in the game. When set to 0, spectators can only chat with other spectators. When set to anything but 0, spectators can chat with everyone in the game.
  • Load balancing on master server improved
  • Changelevel2 crash on Linux server fixed
  • Rcon say quote problem fixed
  • Demo playback fixed
  • Disguise5 will no longer crash a Team Fortress server
  • Tf_ceasefire fixed
  • Class limits at -1 crash fix
  • Medic gets proper credit for a suicide/changeteam of infected player
  • Launcher text in filter screen on Win98 machines not cut off
  • Put client's IP address back into the 'status' command
  • Added code to support the server variable 'sv_allowupload'
  • Increased number of entries for banned IPs and banned WON IDs to 32768 (each)
  • Changed what types of map resource files can be downloaded using .res files (to help mod authors). We've changed from what types of files ARE allowed to what types of files AREN'T allowed
  • Fixed a TFC bug where players could teamkill by shooting a rocket/grenade at a teammate and switching to specator mode
  • Fixed the "adm_deal", "adm_next", and "next" TFC commands to properly cycle through the players in the server
1.1.0.4 Changes:
  • Three new Team Fortress scenarios
  • Adjustments on two TF classes
  • All map resources can be downloaded from the game server
  • Counter-Strike proxy cheat fixed
  • Linux security issue resolved
  • Pyro's burn damage increased
  • Heavy Weapons Guy's chaingun damage reduced
1.1.0.1 Changes: unknown
LINKS
Sierra Half-life
Valve Software