Valve Software vient tout juste de sortir un patch pour la bêta de Counter-Strike : Source. Cette rustine corrige essentiellement des problèmes de performance, des problèmes liés aux statistiques et ajoute des commandes de console demandée par la communauté. Ils annoncent par ailleurs que leur intention est de patcher le jeu original le 16 août pour lui ajouter les changements inclus dans la version de test du jeu.

La liste complète des changements se trouve dans la suite de la nouvelle.

Counter-Strike: Source Beta

* Fixed a bug where some video configuration could get reset by restarting the engine.
* Fixed a case of uneven performance on multicore machines.
* Reduced overlap in sound timing code.
* Fixed a case where audio could skip.
* Fixed materials compiled into the map not being loaded correctly if they're in the root materials folder.
* Stats:
o Fixed an issue that could cause loss of player stats if network connectivity was lost briefly, just after launching the game.
o Fixed issue that caused the favorite weapon to display incorrectly on the stats summary page when a player achieves the most kills with a knife or grenade.
o Made newly-earned achievements and stats immediately update in the achievements and stats panels instead of showing stale data.
* Community Requests:
o Added console variable sv_competitive_minspec that enforces the following restrictions on the client:
+ r_drawdetailprops 1
+ r_staticprop_lod (-1 to 3)
+ fps_max minimum 60 (or 0)
+ cl_detailfade minimum 400
+ cl_detaildist minimum 1200
+ cl_cmdrate minimum 60
+ cl_updaterate minimum 60
+ rate minimum 30,000