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Updates to Counter-Strike 1.6 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Counter-Strike 1.6

• Rolled back recent silent walking exploit fixes as we investigate less impactful ways of preventing the bug
  
• Adjusted bomb bounding box to prevent silent plant exploit
  
• Fix to eliminate or significantly reduce "flashbugs"
  
• Fixed status icons (buy zone, bomb zone, etc) disappearing when starting a recording, or issuing a fullupdate
  
• Prevent creating aliases using the same name as existing cvars
  
• Rate limit fullupdate and some other commands to prevent spamming
  
• Fixed an issue with grenades where they could go into an area and bounce infinitely, causing the server to choke and or crash

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed reconnect issues with chat rooms
  
• Fixed clients in chat rooms getting into 'ghost chats' if they disconnect and reconnect from the Steam servers
  
• Fixed client hang if the server browser window was closed while the "Add server" window was open
  
• Fixed the name of mods being played not always showing to friends
  
• Fixed switching between fullscreen and windowed mode in a DX7 game with the overlay enabled
  
• Fixed texture corruption in OpenGL games with the overlay enabled
  
• Steamworks: added more logging & warning info for the networking API

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed crash when trying to join a game from the in-game overlay
  
• Fixed the in-game overlay to clear cursor clipping when activated (fixes input in Maw)

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed "endless update" bug when trying to download Empire: Total War
  
• Fixed possible case of "Game is unavailable" bug when trying to launch Empire: Total War

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fixed possible case where Steam would get stuck with "Downloading starting..." when trying to download
  
• Added NTFS check when trying to install Empire: Total War
  
• Added new dialog to inform the user they failed to register a CD key because they do not own a game which is required to register the key (Empire: Total War Special Forces)
  
• Added more download regions for Australia
  
• Fixed several update news links for games going to the wrong page
  
• Added more information to the game launch display when first-time install steps are being ran
  
• Fixed HL2.exe hanging on shutdown
  
• Increased max width of links on game properties dialog (general tab) to match the now wider properties panel.
  
• Fixed the 'launching game' dialog always waiting for user input if there was update news available
  
• Updated localization files for dialog variable changes (fixes %s1 appearing in some languages)
  
• New notification shown when an application is downloaded or updated
  
• Added teamfortress.com, tf2.com, etc. to list of approved chat urls
  
• Fixed case where retail install would be unnecessarily slow
  
• Fixed third-party installers not running if an installer before it failed
  
• Several Steamworks updates

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Added ability to specify content download region (in Settings->downloads)
  
• Fixed a condition that would prevent Steam from automatically applying game updates until game launch
  
• Fixed a bug preventing in-game status for 3rd party games
  
• Fixed running a non-Steam shortcut not changing user status to in-game
  
• Updated processor detection for "System Information" window and hardware survey
  
• Detect Windows 7 correctly in the hardware survey/system info dialog
  
• Fixed a bug affecting Dawn of War II beta participants in certain languages
  
• Fixed a bug in the game overlay affecting some Dawn of War II beta participants who have the game overlay disabled
  
• Fixed a rare case where Steam could prevent games from launching
  
• Fix crash when right-clicking a text edit control with an input locale that is new with Vista
  
• Updated German localization
  
• Fixed some potential string truncation in non-English locales
  
• Repaired layout of controls in Event announcement popup window
  
• Additional network API warnings for Steamworks partners

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Fix Steam failing to load on Windows 2000 and Windows XP with no service packs installed

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Updated game overlay web browser to support generic web browsing, including web sites that use flash
  
• Fixed games list scrolling behavior with pageup/pagedown and mouse wheel
  
• Fixed GTA4 backups not restoring correctly
  
• Fixed several cases where matchmaking would not work in Left 4 Dead in using Cafe accounts
  
• Changed Friends to be enabled for Cafe accounts
  
• Removed 'view invites' dialog on startup, now clicking on a group/user invite toast will take you directly to the Community control page
  
• Fixed guest passes not showing immediately in games list
  
• Fixed case where a user would be told a guest pass had expired after they had bought the full game
  
• Improved Steam Windows Service restart logic in serveral places

A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:

Steam Client

• Added support for automatically launching a game after a retail install completes