Developer posts and news about this game.
Oh hey. Long time no see. It’s been a little over two years since the last update, and the reviews have been loving it. So what’s new? The short answer is that JBMod is going fully open source. We’ll start with the mod itself in the coming weeks, followed by the website and any o
Replaced default loading screen with a static one due to some users seeing performance issues The previous loading screen has been moved to the workshop with more details
Added new loading screen support from design beta Fixed custom vphysics interfaces causing crashes in certain tools
Added alternate unlock criteria for Launch Legend achievement
Testing out a new brand style on store & other pages Added the second achievement™ Fixed an edge case where map names could get corrupted in the server browser Fixed physics crash when certain frozen props break ( Github #62 ) Added client cvar phys_gundrawbeam ( Github #64 )
Fixed physics crash when bumping NPCs with a jeep ( Github #51 ) Added missing police.mdl with HL2MP anims ( Github #53 ) Fixed some episodic crashes ( Github #56 ) Added hacky fix for broken FOV on d1_trainstation_01 ( Github #57 ) Fixed physgun_switch crash ( Github #58 ) Chang
Vehicle values shouldn't get stuck anymore if players disconnect ( Github #39 ) Reunited the headhumper with his prized melon ( Github #40 ) Added support for brush ladders ( Github #41 ) Fixed items from crates not respawning properly if you pick them up right away ( Github #42
Disabled spamming of physgun pellets using +zoom ( Github #29 ) Removed delay when letting go with physgun ( Github #33 ) Fixed missing viewmodel bob on some weapons ( Github #35 ) Experimental physgun behavior is now default. You can change it back with phys_gunjank 1
Fixed bots not actually working ( Github #26 ) Various HL2DM weapons are no longer held by your crotch ( Github #30 ) Disabled hunk alloc for lightmaps ( Github #32 ) Removed experimental drawself cvar Player models are now drawn in render targets (weapons will be fixed later). M
Fixed crashes on most TF2 maps. TF2 content is now mounted by default HL2MP bots are now enabled for testing purposes ( Github #18 ) Changed default weapon sway to be more similar to other Valve games and added option to use non-predicted viewmodels ( Github #20 ) Suit power func
Sprays are allowed by default in SP (still disabled in MP due to exploits) HEV suit sounds now play in SP ( Github #10 ) Voice chat should now clear upon joining a new server ( Github #11 ) Spectator panel now correctly passes key presses to its parent ( Github #13 ) Prevent phys
Pushing this one out pretty quickly since I broke vbsp with yesterday's update! Fixed model selection in multiplayer options by changing a single byte in gameui.dll with a hex editor ( but Valve hasn't fixed it in 9+ years ) Removed unused footsteps cvar to prevent people using t
18 years ago today, on December 1 2004, Valve released the Source SDK. Game modding was extremely different back then. Most games didn't come with SDKs or scripting capabilities. For games that did have SDKs, mods were often very simple. They might make your crowbar glow and not
Fixed collisions with combine balls Fixed cheat flags on a few cvars that shouldn't be cheats ( Github #2 ) Changed default player model from player.mdl to one with animations Added player models to multiplayer options Fixed mic meter in options Added experimental flag cl_drawsel
Various crash fixes and stability fixes Removed the lag generators in buildingblocks and added a noise generator Blocked clientcmd access by default ( Github #1 )
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Added some entities from EP1/EP2 (Entities only. Episodic singleplayer still isn't playable) - Note: For now the game doesn't ship with Episodic content. You'll need to install either the episodes or Source SDK Base 2013 Singleplayer (should be free to everyone) to get the conten
One of my main goals is to make the base game stable with as a few crashes as possible. Please continue to report crashes and I'll keep updating the game as fast as I can fix them, as long as the crash is within my control. In the longer term the goal is to put as much control of
Crash fixes
Fixed a bunch of crashes Some SP changes Fixed physgun beam origin in MP