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 swayFixed a prediction error regarding weapon idle animationsFixed a bug where the SourceTV player would get stuck in limbo if mp_allowspectators was set to 0Fixed ALT/AMMO text and related icons not showing on HUDFixed weapon sounds and effects for Gravity Gun, SMG1, AR2 and CrossbowFixed the AR2 playing the animation for alt fire twiceFixed the SMG1 and AR2 not playing their bob animations when movingFixed the Crowbar always playing flesh hit sound effectFixed the Grenade having the SLAM's impact sound effectsFixed the RPG laser dot not showing upFixed a bug where if the alt fire was the last in the clip, it would play the dry-fire sound instead of the shooting soundFixed death feed not showing player namesFixed a bug where player weapons could spawn below them at spawn and not be properly equippedFixed certain breakable props not gibbing correctlyFixed an issue where certain variables like position would not be updated correctly to match the server in certain situationsFixed the player's base velocity (eg. conveyors, moving items etc.) getting subtly out of sync from client/server