Phase II: CS: Source Beta
 

[quote="Jess Cliff":c5861]

[b]For Immediate Release[/b]

Phase 2 of the Counter-Strike: Source beta begins today at 7pm PST, extending the beta to owners of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero and the ATIHL2 bundle.

Also included in this portion of the beta is a Valve Source technology benchmark. The benchmark will be available to all beta participants via the main menu. Results will be displayed upon completion, and beta participants will then have the option to send the results to a Valve-hosted public web page tracking the results as done in prior Valve surveys.

For more information on the Counter-Strike: Source beta, please visit: [url="http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?area=productnews_CSS"]http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?a ... ctnews_CSS[/url].
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spank:

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rofl oOo:

what time is that on the east coast? 11, 12?

10:00 PM

damn...i'm way off

Gabe himself has posted at HL2fallout with some very interesting information.
Quick update:

- ATI/CZ users will get turned on later tonight for the CS: Source test

- An update will be out today as well. This is largish (~60 MB).

- The size of the update is due to the Video Stress Test it includes. You'll be able to do some initial performance analysis using this test and report the data back to a central server. The results of the VST will be posted on Steampowered.com.

- HL/2 pre-load will begin tomorrow. It was ready yesterday, but we decided to use the bandwidth to get out the VST first since I get pelted with zillions of questions from people asking how their PC will run Half-Life 2.

Does it say on the ATI box if you can get HL2 cause i just got a new Radeon 9800 256mb card and it didnt say anything about it. Can i still try out the beta?

[quote="Bean 2":b3866]Does it say on the ATI box if you can get HL2 cause i just got a new Radeon 9800 256mb card and it didnt say anything about it. Can i still try out the beta?[/quote:b3866]

There should be a voucher with it, if not then nope :S

I WANT IT NOW!! cry:

[quote="Jess Cliffe":6d768]

[b]For Immediate Release[/b]

The second phase of the Counter-Strike: Source beta has opened and the game is now playable for owners of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero and the ATI/HL2 bundle. During this limited-time beta, issues can be reported using the in-game bug-reporting tool. In addition any crashes will automatically generate a report back to Valve's bug database.

COUNTER-STRIKE: SOURCE BETA CHANGES / ADDITIONS:
Added new benchmark level
Added command "net_start" to start networking without loading map Improved bullet penetration code Improved upper body player animation at low framerates Improved dedicated server behavior on level change Improved sniper scope zoom sound behavior Improved weapon sounds Improved weapon v_models Improved shadow behavior in de_dust tunnel Improved setmode antialiasing behavior in dx8 Improved selected weapon sound behavior Addressed players flickering in de_dust tunnel Addressed sound stuttering behavior Addressed bomb target overlays flickering Increased blast impact on ragdolls Eliminated delay when someone can pick up a tossed weapon Optimized network message

For more information on the Counter-Strike: Source beta, please visit: [url="http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?area=productnews_CSS"]http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?a ... ctnews_CSS[/url]

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For anyone getting an error saying some shit about an antialiasing settings its because you;re using some kind of refresh rate fix program, disable and set refresh rates to default to get by this.