Beta update archive

Below, you can find a list of all beta updates.

This is an archive of updates on the beta branch. Check out the list of beta changes currently in beta or release updates of the game in the stable updates section.

  • Beta update – 18 Jul, 2022 @ 00:32 UTCBeta update - 18 Jul, 2022 @ 00:32 UTC
    Translations Compiled caption files are no longer used by the game. Misc Made a bit of shaky text in net_graph less shaky. Increased the default FPS limit by 1 to avoid rounding errors (on a 60Hz monitor, the limit will now start at 61, ...
  • Beta update – 15 Jul, 2022 @ 23:40 UTCBeta update - 15 Jul, 2022 @ 23:40 UTC
    Translations Added Brazilian Portuguese translation. Updated Chinese translation. Misc Added convars (rd_mixer_*) that affect the volume of various types of audio. UI is not yet written. Mission chooser titles can now wrap to the next line. Mapping Added a developer warning at mission start if any spawners ...
  • Beta update – 14 Jul, 2022 @ 21:40 UTCBeta update - 14 Jul, 2022 @ 21:40 UTC
    Campaigns Updated Accident 32’s first 4 missions, as well as the AMBER Complex bonus mission, to address feedback. Translations Updated Chinese translation. Updated German translation. TileGen Fixed additional cases where TileGen would fail to save files.
  • Beta update – 13 Jul, 2022 @ 19:02 UTCBeta update - 13 Jul, 2022 @ 19:02 UTC
    Aliens Added an experimental system where aliens can be controlled by players. There is currently no gameplay or UI associated with this system. Aliens can be inhabited using the asw_inhabit_npc concommand and spectated using the asw_spectate_npc concommand. Both of these concommands ...
  • Beta update – 13 Jul, 2022 @ 01:07 UTCBeta update - 13 Jul, 2022 @ 01:07 UTC
    Translations Updated Chinese translation. Updated German translation. Updated Italian translation. Added missing letter textures for Chinese and German mission success screen. VScript VScript save files no longer end with a NUL byte. Fixed VScript save files without a terminating NUL byte loading part of the previously ...
  • Beta update – 11 Jul, 2022 @ 18:41 UTCBeta update - 11 Jul, 2022 @ 18:41 UTC
    Translations Updated Chinese translation. Updated German translation. Updated Japanese translation. Updated Russian translation.
  • Beta update – 10 Jul, 2022 @ 20:19 UTCBeta update - 10 Jul, 2022 @ 20:19 UTC
    Translations Updated Chinese translation. Updated Italian translation. Updated German translation. Misc Moved the USE prompt to the side when hacking or using a computer. Computer hacks no longer start automatically after 4 seconds. Walking away from a computer after interacting with it no longer logs out of ...
  • Beta update – 9 Jul, 2022 @ 20:41 UTCBeta update - 9 Jul, 2022 @ 20:41 UTC
    Translations Updated Chinese translation. Updated German translation. Updated Italian translation. Misc Added the Accident 32: Complex bonus mission. Fixed a server crash during instant restart (ED_Alloc) when precaching entities pushed the edict number over the limit. Reorganized the alien class hierarchy in the code to facilitate the ...
  • Beta update – 8 Jul, 2022 @ 00:30 UTCBeta update - 8 Jul, 2022 @ 00:30 UTC
    Misc Fixed a client-server desync when an instant restart occurred during slow motion. Instant restart can now occur on challenges that use scripts. Mapping Added two orange skyboxes, one from Left 4 Dead and one from Half-Life 2: Episode One, for use in maps ...
  • Beta update – 7 Jul, 2022 @ 02:57 UTCBeta update - 7 Jul, 2022 @ 02:57 UTC
    Accident 32 Added this campaign to the game’s files for testing. It is not yet marked as an official campaign. Misc Fixed handling of UTF-8 files with byte order marks for files that get loaded from every addon. Mapping Dropped weapons can now be detected ...