Source: Steam

An update to the Counter-Strike: Source beta has just been released. Steam will update itself automatically when you restart. Here is a list of the changes:

COUNTER-STRIKE: SOURCE BETA CHANGES / ADDITIONS:

• Fixed players being able to trigger a screen shake on other players


• Fixed Shift-F1 debug panel being accessible when cheats are disabled


• Fixed server browser not being displayed


• Improved refresh rate selection behavior

Source: Frieldly Garg

ust to let you know we're still working hard on the Half Park custom character creator and on the new websites. You'll find some new screenshots of our newer version which displays new characters and a load of objects on several sites, so go find them

If your interested in drawing your own characters and submitting them to us, you'll need an "empty" character (no face and bodyparts, just a body and head where you can draw on) which has our standard sizes otherwise it would be useless to us. You'll need to mail me about that and I'll send the files to you.

For questions, feedback or any other discussions join our forum:
- http://friendlygarg.hlgaming.com/phpBB/index.php

Sorry for the lack of news the last few days. Things will begin to pick up this evening. Sorry for the wait.

Source: modDB
Source: Frontline Message Board
Related: ammahls
This is from the HL SDK mailers list:

Here is my first pass at writing a spec for the RCON format, feel free to ask questions.

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Source Server RCON format

The protocol is based around command/response packets encapsulated in a TCP/IP stream. The stream can have multiple outstanding commands and can be extended to allow for multiple sub-channels of data.

The command packet format consists of:

packet size (int)
request id (int)
command (int)
string1 (null delimited string)
string2 (null delimited string)

Source: Interlopers

Interlopers.net is a brand new site dedicated to keeping the user up-to-date with the latest news and happenings in the Half-Life world,
we also cater for the level-designers among you with a comprehensive collection of tutorials and guides.
We encourage submissions from our users and also forums for the tougher editing questions and general discussion.
A site for the beginner and advanced alike.

Source: modDB
Related: Secret of Mana

Just wanted to show you the newest Media.

Another model has been done and we are happy to show the first concept arts from our new artist mobius.

Soma will be a RpG and more a total conversion than a mod based on the Hl² engine

Source: modDB
Related: Empires

We've uploaded a new site redesign for Empires mod which includes completely new media showcasing our progress and a vast array of new information. With this redesign we are marking our official move to the Half-Life 2 engine and shrugging off any past decisions for which engine to develop for. For more information, visit the new site and check out the new Info section.

Source: Frontline Message Board

Do you know what time it is Pink? Time to flush our heads down the drain Brain?? No Pinky, it's to to announce the winner of the F-M-B.org ATI Half-Life 2 Coupon Contest.

It was a really hard choice, great entries have been entered, great reason why people want to win the coupon, including great to read complete stories. But there can be only one winner. Do note that the entries are not judged by which program they have been made, or how many skills the creator has. Paint entries have just a big a chance of winning as 3D Studio Max entries.
The choice at the end was between a great wallpaper containing the Half-Life logo but then displayed as a Chinese character made by Million, and another great darker wallpaper made by Xirow.

But as I said there can only be one winner, and that person is:

Xirow:


Congratulations with your prize. The scans and the code will be e-mailed to you as soon as possible, and have fun with your free Half-Life 2 and with the Counter-Strike: Beta, hope to see you online sometime :)

All the entries can be viewed here and they have also been added to the arts page here.

For those that did not win, there is also a contest going on at CS Nation in which you can win Counter-Strike: Condition Zero and a spot in the Counter-Strike: Source Beta.

Source: HL2 Mods (UK)
It should now be easier to see what new mods have just been added

Both the multi/single player categories have been updated. A new style has now been introduced to this page (may need to refresh), adding in the latest mod additions and the 'Mod Corner' which will briefly keep you up to date with mod updates.

Source: Second Assault
The Second Assault website will be updated shortly with the uploading of new images and the public opening of their message boards. Stay tuned for more information.