CS:S+DOD:S Beta

[DontWannaName]

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=685289

CS:S info coming tomorrow apparently.

No servers are allowed to get into the beta yet but you can update your hldsupdatetool to version 30 from 25.

Also, there is a steam client beta out in order to receive these betas to play in.

[trewq]

cool thanks for the info

[Drocona]

Oh no, this is bad.... How can they be so stupid....

[DontWannaName]

I tried installing my server for the beta but it says its out of date, i need client files in order to start my server like lotus clan.

[skeletor]

Drocona Wrote:Oh no, this is bad.... How can they be so stupid....

thats what I'm saying. I can already see the load doubling on all of our boxes once this is actually released..

And your server will be out of date compared to the steam servers since its a different version. Thats why it says that. You will need the beta client to connect to the server when its got the beta installed. I am not sure how to install the beta client tho.. lol.

[trewq]

I have the beta client.
In steam goto file -> settings -> Beta Participation and change it to the only one thats their.

[Mooga]

Drocona Wrote:Oh no, this is bad.... How can they be so stupid....

OH WHO CALLED IT!

[Hazz]

Uh oh...

This better not kill any of my addons.

[Mooga]

At least it's only beta.
The last big TF2 update killed all Windows Servers. After about 2 or 3 hours they updated the Windows Server so it worked... but all plug ins would crash the server.

Ya, that was a fun night

[raydan]

CS:S beta?

[HBS|Ryan]

i swear valve hates counter strike and are trying to make no one play the game

[skeletor]

I keep hearing about a CS:S beta, but haven't seen anything. I don't understand it..

Either way changing over to the orangebox engine will, without a doubt break ALL plugins.

[Spartanfrog]

If you download the steam beta client, you can see Counter-Strike: Source Beta. Apparently it says it's using the orangebox's engine when you check in console but there are no servers yet.

[Mooga]

Code:

C:\srcds>HldsUpdateTool.exe -command update -game list
Checking bootstrapper version ...
Getting version 30 of Steam HLDS Update Tool
Downloading. . . . . . . . . .
C:\srcds>Checking bootstrapper version ...
Updating Installation
** 'game' options for Source DS Install:

        "Counter-Strike Source"
        "dods"
        "dodsbeta"
        "garrysmod"
        "hl2mp"
        "tf"

** 'game' options for HL1 DS Install:

        "cstrike"
        "czero"
        "dmc"
        "dod"
        "gearbox"
        "ricochet"
        "tfc"
        "valve"

** 'game' options for Third-Party game servers:

        "darkmessiah"
        "garrysmod"
        "redorchestra"
        "ship"
        "sin"
        "tshb"
HLDS installation up to date

[Drocona]

Like everyone is spamming on the steampowered forums:

CSS BETA has NOT been released, ONLY DODS is available, there is no timeframe as to when they will release CSS beta, which I hope NEVER EVER!