Half-Life Deathmatch: Source

Half-Life Deathmatch: Source launched several significant updates on February 18, 2025, including 64-bit support and Steam networking capabilities, enhancing the overall gameplay experience. The game now defaults to native resolution and includes new UI options for high-resolution screens.

• Gameplay Enhancements: Players now experience a smoother launch in native resolution instead of 640x480. The default server name for listen servers now conveniently includes the player's name.
• UI/UX Improvements: The update added UI scaling for high-resolution screens and introduced a borderless window option in video settings to enhance user experience.

• Network Upgrades: Support for Steam networking was added, improving connectivity and matchmaking capabilities.

• Visuals Refresh: The update incorporated bicubic lightmaps and radial fog, both taken from the Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Update, enhancing the game's visual fidelity.

• System Support: The game introduced 64-bit binaries, ensuring better compatibility and performance on modern systems with 64-bit operating systems.

• Gameplay Fixes: Numerous bug fixes were implemented, including improvements to player base velocity sync, corrections for breakable props not gibbing correctly, and various prediction fixes for player movement and animations.

A significant update on July 2, 2021, introduced 64-bit support for Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, enhancing compatibility with modern systems. This update also included several quality-of-life improvements, such as launching the game in native resolution by default and adding a borderless window option.

• New Support: 64-bit Support launched, allowing the game to run on systems with a 64-bit OS.
• Networking Improvements: Added support for Steam Networking, enhancing online gameplay.
• Visual Enhancements:
  • Bicubic Lightmaps were added from the Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Update.
  • Radial Fog was also introduced from the same update.
• User Interface Changes:
  • UI Scaling for high-resolution screens was added.
  • The default server name for listen servers now includes the player's name.
• Gameplay Fixes:
  • Fixed several prediction issues, including the player's base velocity sync, walking on props, and viewmodel sway.
  • Addressed bugs related to weapon idle animations, breakable props not gibbing correctly, and variable position updates.
  • Client-side prediction fixes were implemented to improve gameplay stability and responsiveness.

Half-Life Deathmatch: Source Beta launched on September 12, 2013, introducing support for Linux and Mac OS X. This beta release marked a significant milestone for the game, which also included updates like muzzle flash effects for weapons and the conversion to the SteamPipe content system for improved game delivery.

• New Platforms: The game became accessible on Linux and Mac OS X with the beta release on September 12, 2013.
• Weapon Icons: Support for weapon icons in death messages was added on September 26, 2013, enhancing the game’s feedback during matches.
• Glock Adjustment: The Glock's magazine capacity was fixed to match the original Half-Life, with the correct capacity of 17 bullets implemented on October 10, 2013.
• Game Menu Update: The game menu was updated on October 10, 2013, to align with the style of other titles in the franchise.
• Audio Enhancements: New drowning sound effects were added on October 10, 2013, enriching the audio experience during gameplay.
• SteamPipe Access: Windows users were given instructions for accessing the SteamPipe beta on September 12, 2013, marking a quality-of-life improvement for players.