Patch notes of Steam update #178, released on August 13th, 2026:
Maps
- HL2DM Overwatch
- Corrected blue truck's incorrect color
NPCs
- Fixed HL1 Barney tolerating violent behavior towards their resized allies
Weapons
- Fixed server crash when a player gets caught by a porn magazine thrown by a disconnected player (regression since patch 173.4)
- Fixed Friction Grenade kills counting as environmental kills (regression since patch 177)
Graphics
- Fixed significant performance drop when rendering reflective glasses (regression since patch 177)
- Fixed mega textures failing to load on Linux
- Fixed shadows bleeding through most of thin surfaces
Effects
- Entities will now use blob shadows on GoldSrc-themed maps
Miscellaneous
- Fixed client crash on exit due to an unintentional use of a global keyboard input hook on Windows (regression since patch 177)
- Possibly fixed jittery player movement when respawned with a speed modifier applied
SDK tools
- Hammer
- Fixed crash on 64-bit Windows on attempt to edit a displacement