Thanks Electronic Punk a friend and loyal Neowin member! for telling me about
the latest update to the long beta process of Counter-Strike 1.6 patch update.
Currently this is only available on Steam.7.21.03 – beta (current release)
Changes/Additions:
Added support to choose voice codec quality.
More changes to Aztec to reduce CPU overhead.
Added new explosion sounds.
Bug Fixes:
Fixed server crash when kicking bot who is defusing the bomb.
Fixed radio/VOX sounds not playing after alt-tab’ing out of the game.
Fixed bot allow rifle/machine gun options being swapped in new game dialog.

Fixed server info dialog staying up over game.
Fixed several slowdowns when having a large number of users in a friends list.

Fixed sniper zoom blackout not being the same size at different resolutions.

Fixed hitch first time sound was played through vgui when not in game.
Counter-Strike
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The Xidus have been developing in secret new, more powerful DemonStar
ships to destroy Earth. Your job is to battle your way through hordes of new enemies, and destroy their devastating new weapons! Download
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This is the demo for Unreal Tournament 2003, the anticipated sequel to one of the greates first person shooters of all time. This is the Macintosh build for those of you with Mac OSX v10.2.6.
The demo features 4 maps (2 DM, 1 CTF, 1 bombing run) and most of the weapons
in the full version of the game.
System Requirements
Mac OS X v10.2.6 (must have 10.2.6 update installed)
700 Mhz processor
32 MB video card (Radeon/Geforce 2MX or higher)
256 MB RAM
UT2003′s HomePage
Download:
Unreal Tournament 2003 Demo [Macintosh] @ FilePlanet

The promised first patch for Splinter Cell is now available, bringing the North American edition of the brand-new single-player stealth action game by Ubi Soft Montreal to version 1.1. Word is this patch “will make the game look better, fix some corner cases AI bugs and also give you faster FPS,” as detailed in the accompanying release notes.
Ubi Soft Entertainment
TOM CLANCY’S SPLINTER CELL
FEBRUARY 2003
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(c) Ubi Soft 2002

DETAILS – PATCH 1.1

The patch fixes the following bugs:

* RenderingModeNormal.cpp: Fix Radeon 9700 rendering issue with double sided reflective transparent surfaces.

* ETexSFX.utx: Fix “static wall/floor fire” texture issue + water quality issue.

* UnShadowProjector.cpp: Fix visibility issue with dynamic actor being clipped by the visibility engine and still being rendered because of the static shadow texture cache. Massive performance improvement on shadow filtering by removing 5 passes from the filtering algorithm.

* ETexEGO.utx: Fix

The UA Anti-Cheat Team has released a new version of Cheating-Death. This new version allows for cheating-death to be used as an alternative to the VAC on VAC supported MODs. So, in order to use this new version of Cheating-Death on a CS or DoD server, you must set VAC to insecure mode. Otherwise, if Cheating-Death detects an active VAC, it will auto-disable itself.Cheating-Death (C-D) is an anti-cheat system which includes both a server and client. Unlike HLGuard, which is a server-side only anti-cheat, C-D offers more protection by blocking the cheats themselves before the player joins the server.Win32
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Below you’ll find the download link for the STEAM v2 client which you will need in order to play Counter-Strike. Only Broadband users should download the client as you will have to download another 400mb after installing the STEAM client. Included with STEAM in VALVe’s own server browser and instant messenger “Friends”.Download
SteamInstall.exe (4.02MB)
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[01.16.03]
Changes/Additions:
Complete network of launcher UI
mp_logmessages set to "on" by default
Added spam check to "timeleft" command
Added two new rifles, the Gali and Famas
Added a Riot Shield for the CTs
New version of de_inferno
New version of de_aztec
Increased Glock damage slightly
Added widescreen view modes for hardware that supports it
Changed so the bomb and hostages use T and upside-down T in the radar like players
do (to indicate above/below the player)
Added zoom & health in HLTV
Improved load times to join servers