Changes

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Features

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Added "sv_timeout_signon" for servers, affects how much time a player has to connect to the server before getting kicked for timing out
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Added "Activator only" flag for env_fade in Hammer Editor
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Added "Max Fog Density" to sky_camera in Hammer Editor
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resource/localization/ files now load from addons properly

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Improvements

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npc_launcher and its grenades no longer try to play NULL sounds causing performance problems
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npc_launcher defaults to RPG rocket model and 500 launch speed if those keyvalues are unset
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env_entity_dissolver will no longer remove players, will apply dissolve effect to players as expected, and will not credit its kills to a random player
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Reduced spam from mount.cfg in console, moved certain fs_tellmeyoursecrets messages to fs_tellmeyoursecrets 2
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Blacklisted servers display why they were blacklisted in console
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Changed RENDERMODE_TRANSALPHA to TRANSCOLOR in Sandbox stuff like it should always have been
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Missing localization now falls back to English rather than nothing
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Add more explanations about comments in the mount.cfg itself to maybe hopefully help people figure out why it "doesn't work"

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Fixed

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Gamemodes with malformed gamemode.txt file no longer produce Lua errors in the main menu (Community Contribution)
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RichText - Fixed links getting previous link signals in certain cases, fixed multi-line links going beyond panel bounds
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Main menu no longer errors if we failed to load API manifest or its fields changed
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Scripted entities clientside (SWEPS) update their Lua data before calling Initialize, not after
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env_fade no longer crashes the game with its hidden activator only flag set and and the activator is null

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Features

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Added IGModAudioChannel.GetPan
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Added IGModAudioChannel.SetPan
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Added IMesh.IsValid
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Added PANEL:TestHover( x, y ) hook
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Added SentenceDuration( name )
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Added IGModAudioChannel.GetTagsHTTP()
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Added IGModAudioChannel.GetTagsVendor()
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Added IGModAudioChannel.GetTagsOGG()
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Added IGModAudioChannel.GetTagsMeta()
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Added IGModAudioChannel.GetTagsID3()
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Added GM:OnScreenSizeChanged hook
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Added GetPredictionPlayer()
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Added effects.BeamRingPoint
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Added effects.BubbleTrail
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Added effects.Bubbles
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Added util.Base64Decode
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Added input.TranslateAlias( str )
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"gmod_language" is now passed to loading screens
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New members for PhysicsCollide hooks - OurSurfaceProps, TheirSurfaceProps, HitSpeed, OurNewVelocity, TheirNewVelocity, OurOldAngularVelocity, TheirOldAngularVelocity
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Added 5th argument to SWEP:FireAnimationEvent - source entity, which will be the viewmodel entity on client and the weapon itself on server
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search.GetResults now has a 3rd optional argument - maximum results to return
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notification.AddProgress now has an optional 3rd argument - fraction - 0 to 1 value overriding the progress bar animation to show a desired value
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Added Panel:SetTooltipPanelOverride
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Added Entity.IsSequenceFinished()
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Added effects.GetList() (Community Contribution)
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Added BASSCHANNEL:Set3DEnabled()
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Added BASSCHANNEL:Get3DEnabled()
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Entity.PlayScene now has a second return value - the scene entity, removing which will stop stopping the scene

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Improvements

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Entity.SetPhysicsAttacker works on more entities now, such as "anim" type SENTs and vehicles
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ENT:TestCollision now reacts to "true" return value - allows the entity to collide as it normally would
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Use floats for LuaParticle start/end sizes, fixing extremely small particle sizes not working (<1)
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Adjusted visuals for notification.AddProgress and made them truly infinite
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Entity.GetSequenceMovement() cycle arguments are now optional and default to start=0, and end=1
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game.AddAmmoType() no longer fails silently if given bad ammo type name, and the ammo type name is no longer case sensitive (Community Contribution)
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steamworks.FileInfo's fileid is 0 instead of internal InvalidID value for SteamUGC items

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Fixed

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Fixed net.Start's ErrorNoHalt crashing the game
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Fixed Player.GetEyeTraceNoCursor caching & switched Player.GetEyeTrace(NoCursor) to use FrameNumber() over CurTime() (Community Contribution)
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Derma Skin PaintShadow & PaintFrame no longer uses global SKIN and uses self instead (Community Contribution)
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Entity.GetSequenceInfo now try to fill the activity field in case the model it is used on didn't use the ACT_ stuff yet
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Negative playback rate now properly affects viewmodels
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util.IsValidModel no longer returns false for precached clientside only dynamic models
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ents.CreateClientProp's entity properly initializes its world matrix on creation
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ents.CreateClientProp automatically precaches the model it is given
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Calling ents.CreateClientProp with a model with no physics or no model and setting it later will no longer bail mid initialization and cause problems such as the prop not receiving projected textures, etc
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Constraint library minor improvements and fixes
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Entity.Remove() no longer sets FSOLID_NOT_SOLID while in a Physics callback, potentially causing crashing issues

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Improvements

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Sandbox's prop_effect will now change its color if the player is looking at it, indicating which/if prop_effect will be picked up via Physics Gun/Tool Gun
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Only allow vehicle boost/"nitro" in forward direction and only if we are not recovering from previous boost
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Added closecaptions and subtitles for all languages supported by Half-Life 2 games
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Switch spawnicon editor skins/bodygroups to sliders from dropdowns
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Updated language files
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Translated drag'n'drop right click drag dropdown menu
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You can no longer modify unmodifiable Spawnmenu tabs (NPCs, Weapons, etc), but you can still copy from them to your spawnlists as usual
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Display a console warning during addon mounting when an addon contains a Lua file already mounted from another addon
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"Missing map somemap.bsp, disconnecting" error now tells the player if their cl_downloadfilter is set to not download maps and how to fix it
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Renamed Other tab back to Multiplayer in the Options menu
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Added "Do not download Workshop addons" option to the download filter in Multiplayer Options menu
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Spawnmenu resizes save between sessions
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Added "Revert changes" button when editing spawnlists
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Sprinting and clicking on spawnicons no longer selects them and allows the player to spawn things
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Area selection while holding Shift key only adds to current selection, while holding Control will invert current selection (old behavior)
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Holding control key (CTRL) now also toggles multi-selection in spawnmenu
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Adjusted minimum sizes for spawnmenu areas to work better on extremely small resolutions
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Increased brightness on some map icons (Half-Life Source) so you can actually see what's on them and added some missing icons for Left 4 Dead and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive maps
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Moved certain community made maps from Counter-Strike games into their own category (aim, fy, awp, etc)
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Renamed certain games in the mountable games list to more closely match their actual names on Steam
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Do not complain about undefined water overlays in console
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TTT: Updated Portuguese translation (Community Contribution)

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Fixed

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Fixed func_breakable being misaligned on Half-Life: Source maps
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Fixed Half-Life: Source snarks not attacking anything when spawned from spawnmenu on flat surfaces
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Fixed Faceposer tool forcing hidden "useless" flex controllers to 0 causing problems with other flexcontrollers, such as eyelid control on Team Fortress 2 player models
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Half-Life: Source turrets start in retracted animation rather than in the firing? animation
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Restored close caption support
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Fixed certain build-in chat messages getting cut off if player's name is too long
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Very tall disconnect messages are no longer being cut off vertically midway and don't go off screen
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Fixed a progression stopper on d2_coast_11.bsp if "Keep Corpses" option is turned on
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Fixed a progression stopper on c2a5g.bsp (not being able to use the airstrike controls)
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Level transitions (as well as loading engine saves) no longer resets Suit Power as well as Crouched and Flashlight states
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Combine Soldiers, Metrocops, Stalkers, Zombine, Eli and Antlion Guards get their custom footsteps back
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Death ragdolls copy dead NPC/Player's flex and bone manipulations, as well as RenderFX and targetname (serverside ragdolls)

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Removed

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Disabled overview_mode completely (Counter-Strike like radar), it was used to cheat, and is completely replaceable by Lua

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Improvements

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Minor changes to Workshop subscriptions
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Workshop server downloads: Also try to mount the old steamworks.Download files if they exist
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Include Workshop file ID for the "There is no file to mount" console error message
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Improved Offline Mode for workshop addons - now uses the cached subscribed list from Steam
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Do not mount already mounted Workshop files when joining servers

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Fixed

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Do not try to mount Workshop files we failed to rename when joining a server and mount the old file instead
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Fonts are now properly extracted from Workshop addons when joining severs
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Resolved some issues with stuck download prevention for server Workshop downloads
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Subscribing to addons with missing Type tags while in-game no longer fails

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Features

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Loading Screens are now passed game volume via GameDetails() (Community Contribution)
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Added new CLIP tool textures with custom step sounds to mimic Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
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Allowed usage of multiple unique clip brush textures in vbsp.exe to enable custom footsteps on them
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Added -nocrc option to gmad.exe which will skip CRC calculations when creating addons to help with very big addons

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Improvements

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Force lowercase map names on changelevel/map
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Updated "DefaultUnderline" font to match "Default" font's weight so that RichText URLs and text look consistent
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Made Menu Lua errors appear mostly like Client/Server errors appear (formatting)
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Made ErrorNoHalt w/ trace and menu errors trigger the "Something is creating script errors" message
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Minor changes to config_default.cfg - mp_decals & r_decals set to 2048 (from 5000), sensitivity set to 6 (from 8) and removed spawnmenu_icon_precache since it doesnt exist (Community Contribution)
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WaterLevel() for non player entities will report WL_Eyes(3) if touching water, rather than WL_Feet(1) when fully submerged
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Do not add models/*.sw.vtx files to the server download list automatically
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Fixed Dedicated servers not being able to read unlisted collections
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"Connection to Steam servers lost" message now also displays user friendly error messages
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Fixed Lua autorefresh on Linux causing Lua errors with big files and SFTP
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Added position printout to vrad.exe's "Zero area child patch" message
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Added Toggle input for func_brush in base.fgd
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gmad.exe will complain and bail if it fails to get file's size instead of writing 0 causing malformed addon files being created
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Reduced amount of "Failed to grow buffer" errors with gmad.exe
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Skip newline as first character when copying text from RichText

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Fixed

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Do not reset angles/position/speed when unparenting entities since it causes unexpected results
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$decalfadeduration now works on world brushes & displacements (Jeep gauss gun hit marks now fade away like intended)
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Changing RT no longer sometimes clamps viewport bounds to backbuffer bounds
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Fixed a crash issue with prop_combine_ball when it's missing its physics object
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Clientside crazy physics: Delete the entity AFTER simulating all of its physics objects to avoid crashing
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Fixed an infinite loop with decal cleanup
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Striders no longer leave entities they created behind slowly filling up server entity limit
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buildcubemaps no longer crashes the game in main menu
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Fixed RichText selection being offset from cursor with clickable text using a different font to the rest of the text
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Fixed RichText clickable text becoming unclickable if the currently rendering text ranges start with a clickable text
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RichText now uses clickable text font height for clickable text overlay panels
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RichText's default color is now black, not fully transparent
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Fixed RichText clickable panels never being clickable if the first character is a new line
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Fixed RichText crashing when containing a lot of text without a newline and with the same color