Updates to Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike: Source Beta have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Engine

• Improved crash reporting system to enable more detailed crash reports
• Fixed a client crash caused by a buffer overflow while processing temp entities

Counter-Strike: Source Beta

• Fixed not being able to add bots to the game using the Create Server dialog
• Fixed some movement ConVars to match the current Counter-Strike: Source settings for default values and flags
• Fixed several rubberbanding/stuttering issues with objects and players
• Fixed several ConVars (sv_accelerate, maxspeed, etc.) being hidden
• Fixed bloom problems
• Fixed a server crash caused by malformed client autobuy string
• Fixed developer console output being on by default
• Fixed “Report Bug” in the main menu not working
• Fixed the missing icon for the desktop shortcut
• Fixed the “rebuy” command not buying the correct items depending on the order they were purchased in
• Fixed the clock image in the spectator HUD being clipped

Team Fortress 2

• Fixed a case where the Spy could start taunting and cloak at the same time
• Flamethrower changes
  • Increased base damage 10%
  • Afterburn duration increased (from 6 to 10)
  • Flares that hit a burning player at mid-to-long range will crit
  • Reduced Backburner damage bonus from 20% to 15%

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According to the accounts of many happy Mac gamers, last week’s launch of Steam on the Mac has been a huge success. Those of us on the Steam team were especially pleased to be able to include Portal as a free download to celebrate the launch, and it appears that many of you agree it was a good idea – there have been approximately 1.5 million downloads so far. Aperture Science, we’ve heard, is pleased. Be sure to pick it up today – the offer ends on the 24th of this month.

As we’ve mentioned, Steam is going to be adding a new set of Mac games every Wednesday for a few weeks. Here is today’s dozen new Mac titles:

All of these titles support Steam Play, meaning that you’ll be able to play each title on both Windows and the Mac from any computer with just a single purchase. Several of the titles also support cross-platform multiplayer action – a first for games on Steam.

In other Mac news, we’re getting ready to add Mac numbers to our hardware survey. As longtime Steam customers are aware, our Steam Hardware Survey has become an industry benchmark for gauging what kinds of computers gamers are running around the world. We are in the process of updating this monthly report with Mac information and other new aggregate data. Here’s a sneak peak at some of the preliminary findings we’ve gathered about Mac hardware since we launched on that platform just over a week ago:

You’ll be able to dig deeper into those numbers sometime next month, which is when we’re planning to ship the complete report. After that it will be automatically updated each month with new survey data.
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