Changes

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Features

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Added Filter text field to console UI, direct "bindings" to con_filter_* stuff (only affects new messages)
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You can now add a spawnmenu label by right clicking empty space in the spawnlist
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Added "Spawn with weapon" right click option for NPCs that can use weapons
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Added Preset support for Weld and Camera tools
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Added right click menu for player model selector icons to copy model path of the player model

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Improvements

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Dissolved entities now have zero G regardless of whether "Keep corpses" is enabled or not
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Spawning wheels, balloons, lamps, lights, cameras now applies the propspawn effect like other tools
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Thruster effects now try to conform to the thruster model, so a smaller model produces a smaller effect, a bigger model produces a bigger effect
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Thruster smoke effect now acts more like smoke (gravity) and acts more like a thruster when not moving
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Only show the CSS thruster models in the tool's model list if CSS is mounted
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Spawnmenu editable labels now stretch to fit the text being entered and do now overflow spawnlist panel width
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Limited Stereoscopy Effect's size to +/-11.5 to prevent "legal wallhack" in Sandbox derived gamemodes
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Gravity Gun can now successfully complete the upgrade process and is no longer a progression stopper on d3_citadel_03
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Upgraded Gravity Gun can pick up stuff from further away, has SUPER sounds and can turn NPCs into ragdolls
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Reworked models/mechanics/solid_steel/type_a_2_16.mdl so it isn't broken anymore
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item_healthvial dropped by NPCs on death also gets dissolved like the weapon/combine ball ammo drop does if they died from dissolve damage
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Updated language files, added language strings for Undone_Statue and env_entity_dissolver
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Spawnmenu handles deletion of all spawnlists upon save better, by first showing hidden ones that require mountable games, and then regenerating default spawnlists if there are no spawnlists left whatsoever

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Fixed

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Fixed combine soldiers only shooting 1 bullet per burst with SWEPs
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Fixed combine soldiers not using weapon rest times at all (only uses SWEP rest times now)
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Fixed default secondary ammo HUD not updating its visibility when secondary ammo type changes
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Fixed a crash issue with secondary ammo display when switching to a NULL weapon
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Fixed secondary ammo HUD not showing while in a vehicle with weapons in vehicles enabled
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Fixed wheel ghost spazzing out when aiming at moving entities
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Fixed wheel ghost preview floating above certain surfaces unexpectedly
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Fixed wheel direction indicator size spazzing out with certain wheel models on certain surfaces
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Fixed updating a Thruster stopping its sound after a short while if its active, instead of updating the sound
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Fixed Motor tool's Force Limit not functioning
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Fixed a bunch of render order issues with default tool entities and potentially other addon entities
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Fixed a "CUtlRBTree overflow!" crash to do with detail models (grass and stuff) on maps
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Fixed prop fading not fading but instantly hiding props
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Fixed prop fading breaking/being affected by water/mirror reflections
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SLAM tripmines now properly clean their laser when they are removed, not exploded
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SLAM weapon no longer tries to throw/place a tripmine/satchel immediately after switching to the weapon if the player switched away during the placing/throwing animation
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Fixed RPG Launcher shooting a non guidable missile in some cases
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Fixed a crash when changing r_flashlightdepthres during runtime while having projected textures around
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Fixed up/down buttons for alpha on tool color selection not functioning
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Fixed manually entering alpha value for Spawnmenu color selection not updating the UI
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Try to avoid unexplained crash to do with overflowing font cache and display a warning instead (Another "CUtlRBTree overflow" crash)
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Fixed jumping animations playing on players when landing in multiplayer (Fixed extra GM:DoAnimationEvent calls with PLAYERANIMEVENT_JUMP)
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Tracking Sandbox Camera now properly tracks players instead of tracking somewhere above them
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Fixed gravity gun (and potentially other weapons) not working properly while sitting in a vehicle
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Fixed gravity gun spamming its "DryFire" sound in a rare case when the prop is picked up but is too far to be thrown
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Fixed certain NPCs like Combine Camera/Turrets, Nihilanth, etc ignoring "Disable Thinking" setting
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Combine Ball projectile no longer makes kill sounds when hitting ragdolls, to prevent insane sound spam when it gets stuck in multiple ragdolls
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Fixed "Keep Ragdolls" setting causing dead rollermines and floor turrets to create uninteractable "ragdolls" on death
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Citadel version of Half-Life 2 armor recharger now restores the correct amount of armor
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"Make Statue" property now properly saves and restores via duplicator (affects only new dupes/saves)
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"Enable Gravity" checked status now properly saves via duplicator (affects only new dupes/saves)
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Fixed engine saves sometimes having extremely messed up sounds
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Fixed domain names starting with a number being counted as IP addresses in the old server browser when adding a new favorite server
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Fixed respawn_entities command breaking weapon sounds until player respawns
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Fixed Alyx's Gun sounds not working without Episode 1 being mounted
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Fixed Metropolice freezing the game for too long on initial spawn
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Spawnmenu now selects the first VISIBLE spawnlist, used to select hidden spawnlists
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Do not exit the game on "Couldn't create windows font" error
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Fixed extreme performance loss with SetMaterial and missing materials with Capitalized materials
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Server's IP address can now be selected and copied in the server browser (Community Contribution)

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Removed

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Removed "Torque Limit" from ballsocket tool as it did nothing

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TTT: Added Simplified Chinese language (Community Contribution)

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Fixed

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TTT: Fixed Duck key while spectating in roaming mode teleporting you to last spectated player (Community Contribution)
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Fixed TTT's fgd crashing Hammer when used with Half-Life 2 fgd at the same time

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Features

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Added extra info to "version" console command to help debug issues

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Improvements

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Replaced usage of "Physgun" and "Physcannon" with "Gravity Gun" in the .fgd files used by Hammer to avoid confusion between GMod's Physics Gun and the Gravity Gun
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Replaced "Bad field in entity!!" console warning with a far more descriptive one
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Move "CreateFragmentsFromFile: '%s' doesn't exist." to developer 1
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A less error prone random walk location for the example Nextbot NPC
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Thruster entity properly frees it's particle emitters
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Allow all "anim" type SENTs to automagically calculate their default rendergroup (unless overwritten)
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Replaced usage of WM_ACTIVATEAPP with WM_ACTIVATE due to a possible Windows bug to hopefully fix system.HasFocus returning wrong value when the game was minimized by clicking on it in the taskbar
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Reload language files for addons just before Lua gets initialized, instead of just after
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Added MaxHealth to NPCs that did not have it set
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DMenuOption text offset is now the same whether it has an icon or not
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prop_ragdoll no longer resets its collision group if it was set before Spawn(), unless SF_RAGDOLLPROP_DEBRIS is set

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Fixed

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Fixed console de-duplicating empty strings and text less than 10 characters long
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Fixed IP blacklist sometimes affecting wrong servers
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Gravity Gun now respects SF_PHYSBOX_NEVER_PUNT, SF_WEAPON_NO_PHYSCANNON_PUNT, SF_PHYSBOX_ALWAYS_PICK_UP, SF_PHYSBOX_NEVER_PICK_UP and SF_PHYSPROP_ALWAYS_PICK_UP spawnflags like expected
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Fixed self crash with "ent_info worldspawn" console command
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Fixed bad direct calls to PerformLayout() on built-in panels
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point_message entity works in multiplayer for the listen server host
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Added safeguard to CMDLCache::GetStudioHdr from CSGO for an "unknown cause" crash
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Fixed gestures playing at 2x the speed on Nextbot NPCs
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Dedicated servers properly go into hibernation once all players have disconnected (Use sv_hibernate_think 1 to avoid)
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Potentially fixed playing viewmodel animations from the server only not updating them on client properly in multiplayer
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+use picking up props no longer bails with sv_turbophysics set to 1
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Fixed Hammer Editor crashing with model heavy maps
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Fixed potential crashes when hitting entity limit and trying to create flex/bone manipulators
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Fixed BSP brush models after 999 not working on maps
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Trying to render out of bounds texture frames no longer crashes the game
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Restored SF_COMBINE_NO_AR2DROP ep2 spawnflag for npc_combine_s
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Potentially fixed a crash issue with RichText
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Fixed a dozen crashes with Half-Life 2 weapons when the server has hit the serverside entity limit
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Fixed certain ammo items in Hammer Editor having error models
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Lua Auto-refresh no longer breaks spawnlist saving/reverting
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Fixed self becoming NULL for Lua Effects when clientside entity limit is reached
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Fixed NPCData.Weapons (Spawnmenu NPCs) not being counted as valid weapons, causing NPCs like Fisherman from Lost Coast not being able to spawn with his signature weapon
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Fixed super tiny or 0-length slider and rope constraints causing crazy physics on props and causing potential crashes

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Removed

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Removed "dropprimary" console command
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Removed the "Couldn't find surface in GetColorForSurface()" message
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Removed a bunch of unused variables and merged double if statements across the sandbox gamemode (Community Contribution)

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Added SF_PHYSPROP_IS_GIB, SF_PHYSBOX_ALWAYS_PICK_UP, SF_PHYSBOX_NEVER_PUNT, SF_WEAPON_START_CONSTRAINED, SF_WEAPON_NO_PLAYER_PICKUP and SF_WEAPON_NO_PHYSCANNON_PUNT enums (all shared)
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Added NextBot.IsAbleToSee( ent, useFOV = true )
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Added NextBot:Set/GetFOV()
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Added CNavArea.IsPotentiallyVisible( cnavarea )
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Added CNavArea:IsCompletelyVisible( cnavarea )
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Added Nextbot.Set/GetMaxVisionRange()
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Added CNavArea:IsPartiallyVisible( eyepos, ignoreEnt = NULL )
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Added DLabelEditable.Set/GetAutoStretch, defaults to false
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Added NEXTBOT:OnEntitySight and NEXTBOT:OnEntitySightLost
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Added Material:Get/SetVector4D, returns/takes 4 numbers
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Added DButton.SetMaterial() (Community Contribution)
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Added Player.OwnerSteamID64(), serverside only, returns the SteamID of family sharing owner of the game license (or just the player's SteamID if not using FS), will be 0 before player is fully authed
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NPC.NavSetGoalTarget, NPC.NavSetRandomGoal, NPC.NavSetGoal and NPC.NavSetWanderGoal now return a bool - whether the path generation succeeded or failed
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Added a 2nd argument to util.RedownloadAllLightmaps - update static prop lighting
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Added "stack" argument for GM:OnLuaError
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Added DTree_Node.GetChildNodes
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Added DTree_Node.GetChildNodeCount
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Added DCollapsibleCategory.SetHeaderHeight
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Added DCollapsibleCategory.GetHeaderHeight
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PropSelect.AddModel(Ex) now returns the icon it creates (Community Contribution)
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RecipientFilter global now has a new optional argument - make unreliable

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Improvements

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DNumberWang.OnValueChanged is now only called when the value has actually changed
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Increased precision of doubles in util.TableToJSON
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Player.SetActiveWeapon( NULL ) now hides the view model as expected
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Player.SetActiveWeapon( NULL ) no longer causes next selected weapon to be force-lowered
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surface.DrawCircle is no longer made out of dots but uses lines and it's color argument is now optional
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Promoted "HTTP failed - ISteamHTTP isn't available!" to an ErrorNoHalt with stack to help identify what addon is causing the error message
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Weapon.SetClip1/SetClip2 marks the weapon to not give out reserve ammo/reset clips on weapon pickup
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Made Entity.Use's last 3 arguments optional
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More consistent "self" type/NULL checking for CNavArea and CLuaEmitter
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CLuaParticle.SetThinkFunction/CollideFunction now ErrorNoHalts on bad input, instead of a silent message
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DCollapsibleCategory now works better with Derma skins
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CreateSound() no longer forces the internal filter to be reliable

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Fixed

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surface.DrawTexturedRect(UV) now work with poster command nicely
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Fixed clientside DTVar callbacks not being called when setting an "Entity" type property to NULL
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Fixed PANEL:OnStopDragging being called multiple times per "dragging drop" (Community Contribution)
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Fixed engine.LightStyle crashing with style=64
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NPC.NavSetGoal no longer tries to generate a 0 length path failing every time, now has 2 more arguments, minPathLength and direction = vec3_origin
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Fixed render.DrawQuadEasy producing malformed/squashed quads in very certain rare cases
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Player.PickupObject now force drops the given object before trying to pick it back up, so the object doesn't get stuck in an invalid state
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Player.SetNoCollideWithTeammates( true ) no longer causes players with Team ID 1-4 to not receive melee damage from NPCs
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Fixed walking on player heads not working correctly if SetNoCollideWithTeammates() is set to true and the 2 players are in different teams in teamID range 1-4
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Fixed players on moving brush entities getting instantly killed if inside each other with SetNoCollideWithTeammates( true )
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Fixed players getting flung unexpectedly from frozen props, most noticeably with SetNoCollideWithTeammates enabled and standing in teammates
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Avoid console errors when using PrintMessage with weird input
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DMenu submenus inherit parent's derma Skin
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Fixed HTTP() global trying to use invalid ISteamHTTP pointer after changelevel on dedicated servers causing a crash
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DModelPanel clears render depth automatically fixing weird artifacts when 2 or more DModelPanels are on top of each other

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Features

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Added client console de-duplication, can be toggled with con_filter_dupe
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Added Mass icon resize and re-render feature to the spawnmenu, by selecting many icons and right clicking on them
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Added Freeze/Unfreeze effects check boxes to Physics Gun Settings
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Added "Sandbox Settings" in User category in Utilities which contains the search max results slider + some sandbox related toggles from the menubar
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Weapons in the weapons tab now have an "NPC" icon if they can be used as NPC weapons, with a right click option to set that weapon as the current NPC weapon override
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Added kill icons for prop_ragdoll, prop_physics_respawnable, func_pushable and func_physbox (same as prop_physics)
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Added 51 new main menu backgrounds from the contest, replacing old ones

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Improvements

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Changed "persistence mode" to "persistence file" and added a bit more info about persistence itself to Spawnmenu's Sandbox Settings menu
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Garry's Mod Terms Of Service and Privacy Policy now open in Steam overlay if possible
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Links that open in Steam Overlay fallback to built-in HTML renderer if Steam Overlay is disabled
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Servers with ping under 60 now have identical ranking impact from ping in the server browser (Community Contribution)
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Bot players are also subtracted from maxplayers, so there are no cases of server appearing with open slots while it has none
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NPC weapon selection is now sorted alphabetically
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Added sk_npc/plr_dmg_crowbar/stunstick convars that control Crowbar and Stunstick damage, as a result default crowbar and stunstick damage was reduced to its Half-Life 2 values, matching all other built-in weapons
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Improved performance of projected textures (Lamp tool, flashlight, etc) when looking away from them (Community Contribution)
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Reduced minimum width for rope based constraints to 0.2, from 1 (Community Contribution)
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weapon_fists now obeys the phys_pushscale convar (Community Contribution)
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Updated language files
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Main menu backgrounds never switch to the same image unless there's only 1 image
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Exiting the server browser will now immediately stop searching for servers
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Resizing the spawnmenu tabs will affect all tabs on the same side at the same time

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Fixed

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Fixed extreme lag when entering PVS with props that have material override pointing to a non existent material, most noticeable on multiplayer Sandbox servers
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Fixed extreme performance loss when trying to render unmounted materials (unmounting CSS while on a map that uses CSS content and re-joining that map)
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Fixed certain props disappearing and spamming the console on map change
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Underwater sounds no longer play when dead and player's camera is not underwater
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Dying to Half-Life 2 leeches no longer keeps playing the leech sounds until you respawn
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Dying above water with leeches also no longer plays the leech sounds when your player entity falls underwater while you are dead
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Addons that use too many decals will no longer boot players to main menu when trying to start singleplayer game
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Fixed Undo & Cleanup panels in Utilities becoming blank after spawnmenu_reload
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Fixed Motion Blur and Overlay Post Processing effects not working well with poster command
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Fixed Toy Town post processing effect having 1px tall gap at the bottom of the screen with certain settings
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SuperDOF UI window now repositions itself when player's screen resolution changes so it will not be left off-screen
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Fixed a large memory leak when decompressing files embedded in the BSP map file
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Physics Gun glow/beam will no longer render in 3rd person if the weapon itself is not visible
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Fixed echo and other DSP effects not resetting on map change
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"retry" console command in singleplayer now acts like "map currentmap.bsp", instead of locking up the game
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Reduced/removed high frequency noise on wood, concrete, tile and metal footsteps
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Reduced hard cutoff on rubber footstep sounds (loud clicking noises) when sprinting
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Player's footsteps no longer play mid-air if the prop they were walking on got deleted
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Reduced volume of chain link footsteps to match the other footstep sounds
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Fixed missing Stalker NPC sounds
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Right click removing stuff with the Remover tool now properly progresses the Remover achievement on Steam (Community Contribution)
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Fixed missing sounds for Narrator from The Stanley Parable
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Self-controlled func_tank turrets obey "Ignore Players" option
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Fixed props on certain maps (Half-Life 2 Episode 2 for example) going invisible or becoming transparent unexpectedly
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Fixed Star Scale, Fade and Speed fields of Sky Editor not saving/restoring properly with the duplicator/save tab
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Fixed certain (looping) sounds not restarting when reconnecting to a server
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Fixed certain (looping) sounds not updating properly sometimes (such as Thruster sounds keep playing when the thruster is turned off)
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Fixed addon titles in the Spawnmenu not properly reflecting the addons' Workshop title
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Picking up an Effect with the Physics Gun now applies the glow effect to the model itself, not the green ring
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Fixed spawnlist divider not restoring its width properly (Community Contribution)
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Fixed pressing Enter in Tool tab search/filter collapsing all categories unexpectedly

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Removed

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Removed cheat flag from "viewmodel_fov" console variable
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"Drive" property no longer appears for Jeeps as it simply cannot move them