More Counter-Strike Source Beta Changes

Counter-Strike Source is getting another beta update. The changes are small, but could have great effects on gameplay.

What some people did not like much about Counter-Strike: Source when it first came out was that HE grenades and flashbangs are a lot stronger than CS 1.6 player got used to. A well placed HE grenade can nearly kill you and if you run into a flashbang you could be dead any second. The smoke grenade is pretty thick and can be used for tactical advantages for example on DE_AZTEC. Now Valve is making the smoke grenade even stronger with thicker smoke.

All Beta Changes in Counter-Strike Source Update

Improved Smoke Grenade:

• Made them expand faster.
• Made the smoke thicker.
• Fixed bug that made smoke less opaque to someone standing in it.

Added check to prevent clients using plugins from connecting to VAC secured servers.

• Listen servers no longer load plug-ins unless -insecure is added to the command line.
• Clients running with -insecure cannot connect to VAC secure servers.

Added console variable sv_competitive_minspec that enforces the following restrictions on the client:

• r_staticprop_lod (-1 to 3)
• r_drawdetailprops 1
• fps_max minimum 60 (or 0)
• cl_detailfade minimum 400
• cl_detaildist minimum 1200
• cl_interp (0 to 0.031)
• cl_interp_ratio (1 to 2)

Fixed ragdolls popping with mp_fadetoblack 1