Posted: 29-08-08 In: Counter-Strike By: DigiQ8 | (12) comments | Add your comments

Yes, Valve is actually touching Counter-Strike 1.6 again. There is a Counter-Strike 1.6 Beta available to all existing Counter-Strike owners adds some of the Steamworks features. To opt into the Beta, run

steam://install/150

The focus of this beta is on the dedicated server component, in particular the Linux piece. Here are the specific changes:

Integrated Steam Community features into Counter-Strike

• In-game player name now automatically uses player's Steam Community name
• Avatars are displayed on the scoreboard

Other Fixes:

• Prevented some cvar exploits (thanks to AnAkIn for pointing them out)