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Hello everyone,

We are releasing a small patch today with some minor fixes. This patch mostly affects game clients.

The changelog is as follows:

• Fixed HL:S skill configs setting HL2 convars
  
• Fixed an infinite loop crash with Panel.KillFocus and Panel.OnLoseFocus
  
• Fixed a crash with text rendering
  
• Fixed crashes with filesystem printing warnings
  
• Fixed custom HTTP methods not working on clients
  
• Applied file.Exists fix to file.IsDir for Lua paths
  
• Use double precision floats for physenv.GetLastSimulationTime
  
• Added fallback sounds for EP2 vortigaunt attacks
  
• Unspecified minor security fixes
  

Hello everyone,

We are releasing a small patch today with some minor improvements. Servers are recommended to update at their earliest convenience.

The changelog is as follows:

• Added util.IntersectRayWithSphere
  
• Added util.IsSphereIntersectingSphere
  
• Added util.IsBoxIntersectingSphere
  
• Added util.IsPointInCone
  
• Added util.IsSphereIntersectingCone
  
• Panel.PaintManual can now render panels larger than the screen, when its first argument is set to true
  
• Added "Clear" button to the console
  
• Added missing TF2 map icons from its new updates
  
• Added "Color Lit Per Particle" particle initializer, update "Color Random" initializer to include new options
  
• Added duplicator.Disallow (Community Contribution)
  
• Added DPanPanel (Community Contribution)
  
• Added math.CHSpline (Community Contribution)
  
• Added SANDBOX:ContextMenuShowTool hook (Community Contribution)
  
• Added Global.ScreenScaleH (Community Contribution)
  
• Added table.Pack (Community Contribution)
  
• Added table.Flip (Community Contribution)
  
• Added DHScrollBar (Community Contribution)
  
• Added math.CubicBezier (Community Contribution)
  
• Added math.QuadraticBezier (Community Contribution)
  
• Made language.Add type-error on invalid input instead of silently fail
  
• Last argument of util.IsOBBIntersectingOBB is now optional
  
• Try to prevent static prop lightmap crashes when given invalid data
  
• Panel.PaintAt restores zpos of the panel
  
• Clamp physics forces phys_torque applies to prevent crashes/crazy physics
  
• Duplicator saves and restores sub materials by default
  
• Restored nav_generate progress dialog UI
  
• Move OnRequestFullUpdate warning to developer 1 so it is not as spammy
  
• Matched behavior of SteamID functions for bots between clientside and serverside
  
• Made Player:SteamID64 and Player:AccountID never return no value
  
• Error no halt when player.CreateNextBot would crash due to being ran too early
  
• Remove limits when reading SteamHTTP response headers
  
• Entity.IsMarkedForDeletion now checks Entity.Remove queue, so its output is now more correct
  
• Applied an experimental change to render.RenderView to render using VIEW_MONITOR instead of VIEW_MAIN as a potential fix for sprite rendering when using that function
  
• Added more NPCs categorized as hostile and friendly towards players (IsFriendEntityName global) (Community Contribution)
  
• Added Versus Saxton Hale map category from recent TF2 update (Community Contribution)
  
• TTT: Disable notification sound by default and add a setting for it (Community Contribution)
  
• Various code cleanups (Community Contribution)
  
• Fixed trigger_hurt forgiveness not resetting damage correctly
  
• Increased limit of language.GetPhrase output to 4000 bytes, from 1000 - if limit is hit, truncate the string, instead of outputting an empty string
  
• Fixed a crash due to BSP ZIP hash collision
  
• Fixed crashes due to combining Entity:EnableCustomCollisions and Entity:PhysicsInitSphere
  
• steamworks.GetList "days" parameter is functional again
  
• Restored functionality of "dtwarning" convar, which defaults to 1 now to maintain old behvaior
  
• Make Entity:InitializeAsClientEntity do nothing and error no halt when used. The function was useless and would often crash when used inappropriately
  

August 9 hotfix:

• render.RenderView now accepts "viewid" option, instead of forcing a speicific ID, no longer breaks some addons
  
• Added missing dependencies for linux client for distributions that are missing them
  
• CNavArea:SetParent can now accept nil as first argument
  
• Player:IsListenServerHost is now shared
  
• Stricter access control for lua_find* conncommands
  

Hello everyone,

We are releasing another small patch today, addressing some issues found out from the last update, as well as some additional improvements.

The changelog is as follows:

• ents.GetMapCreatedEntity is now shared
  
• Fixed a crash issue when loading certain particle files
  
• FIxed skill configs not applying in time for singleplayer, resulting in NPCs not having health set, etc
  
• TTT: Made Poltergeist weapon range easier to override (Community Contribution)
  
• TTT: Fixed notification sound cue and make it toggleable (Community Contribution)
  
• DListView now ignores invisible lines (Community Contribution)
  
• Fixed metropolice NPC crashing when its target is removed during a weapon burst fire
  
• Steam Voice Settings opens Steam Settings in overlay
  
• Increased vtx filesize limit for studiomdl.exe, and added safeguards against crashing when the limit is hit
  
• Fixed a regression with halo/outline rendering
  
• poster command now works correctly with cl_leveloverview enabled
  
• Fixed up ToS/Privacy Policy links on Options menu
  
• Added voice_recordtofile to blocked concommand list
  
• DNS lookup Global.HTTP URLs before sending them to Steam
  
• Potential improvement to 64x64 cubemap quality when building map cubemaps (Community Contribution)
  

July 18 Patch:

• Removed Global.HTTP DNS lookups as they were causing too many issues
  
• Added missing snow footstep sound fallbacks
  
• Fixed npc_(template_)maker crashing the server when spawning non NPC entities
  
• Added VMatrix.__unm (negate operator)
  
• Prevent display of concommands in gamemode settings
  
• Do not run OnRequestFullUpdate outside of main thread to prevent server crashes
  
• Defer gamemode loading until all other components are loaded
  

Artwork showcased: "Movie Night"

The June 2023 Update is now live.

This update adds a few new visual effects for mappers and modellers to take advantage of, for better visuals.

There are also new additions for the Hammer Editor for mappers to enjoy, such as new entities, static prop lightmaps, and more.

We are also introducing experimental changes that remove the script limit for singleplayer, so that you can play with all your addons regardless of how many you have installed.

This update also adds a new option to delete temporary server files on game shutdown, such as sprays. This feature is controlled by gmod_delete_temp_files console variable and is enabled by default. If you wish to disable this feature, you can set the console variable to 0.

And as usual, there are plethora of new Lua API additions and changes for modders to create even cooler addons.

You can find the full change list for this update in our blog post:
https://gmod.facepunch.com/blog/june-2023-update

This update requires servers to update before you can join them.

This means that for a certain amount of time after the update releases you may be unable to join servers and get a message saying "The server is running an older version of the game" instead. You will have to wait for servers to update before you can join them again.

You cannot downgrade to a previous version of the game. Please be patient and let server owners update their servers.

June 30 Hotfix:

• Fixed a crash related to rendering static props
  
• Case insensitive search for singleplayer files
  
• Fixed addons breaking properties system clientside
  
• Fixed a server crash when maxplayers is set in server.cfg and the command line
  
• Made Combine Gunship aim at player's center so it can actually hit players
  
• Fixed Combine APC bullet tracer coming from the wrong attachment
  
• Fixed combine APC rockets going over player's head with certain hold types
  
• Fixed a crash with DMX unserializer when external references are used