March 2025 Update - News (2025)

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Features

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  Added some generic logic entities from Portal 2 - logic_register_activator, logic_coop_manager, point_viewcontrol_multiplayer, point_viewproxy

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  Added new inputs/keyvalues to prop_vehicle_choreo_generic from Portal 2

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  * Inputs: SetCanShoot, UseAttachmentEyes, SetMaxPitch, SetMinPitch, SetMaxYaw, SetMinYaw

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  * Key-values: PlayerCanShoot, UseAttachmentEyes

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  Enable DMX versions 3, 4 and 5 loading for particles from newer Source Engine games

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  Ported most particle related features from CS:GO

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  Added 2 new spawnflags to env_player_surface_trigger - Trigger on player(s) leaving ground & Set output activator to the player

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  Added new inputs to game_text - SetText, SetPosX, SetPosY, SetTextColor, SetTextColor2

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  Added new inputs for game_player_equip - TriggerForAllPlayers and TriggerForActivatedPlayer, as well as "Strip All Weapons First" spawnflag

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  Added skybox_swapper entity

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  Added logic_eventlistener and logic_eventlistener_itemequip from Team Fortress 2

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  Added point_worldtext entity (CS:GO version) and added most Team Fortress 2-exclusive features into it

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  Added logic_random_outputs entity

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  Added fog_volume entity

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  Added trigger_tonemap entity

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  Added env_ambient_light entity

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  Added point_entity_finder entity

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  Added particle-based func_precipitation types from CS:GO

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  Added ability to override func_precipitation particle systems by name

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  Added func_precipitation_blocker entity

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  Implemented origin for playlooping/playrandom and ambientOriginOverride for "playSoundscape" in soundscapes

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  Added new options to Run Map dialog in Hammer

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  Restored "JellyFish" shader (Partially Community Contribution)

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  Added hostile keyvalue to npc_citizen - Will be treated as a combine. Useful for NPC reskins to not have combine noises. Or just for fun.

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  Implemented experimental 24-bit color support for Windows Dedicated Server console, and proper color support on Linux SRCDS

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  Implemented HDR override for fog colors for 20th anniversary Half-Life 2 maps (Also available in Hammer for mappers)

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  Added Master spawnflag to env_tonemap_controller

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  Added SetMaxDensityLerpTo input & HDRColorScale key-value to env_fog_controller

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  Implemented AttachToVehicle input for npc_fastzombie

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  Added sv_maxvoicepacketsperframe console variable

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  Enable "flammable" "no" prop interaction, to prevent props from igniting on explosion damage (for modellers at compile time)

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  Added min_use_angle for func_button from CS:GO

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  Added DisappearMinDist & DisappearMaxDist key values to func_lod (DisappearDist being deprecated and hidden, but still working)

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  Added GetSpeed and SnapToStartPos to func_rotating entity

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  Added AffectedByWind keyvalue to func_dustmotes entity

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  Added trigger_playermovement auto walk and no jump spawnflags

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  New localisation phrases in community.properties (Community Contribution)

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  Added ip_steam console variable

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  Added sv_usercmd_custom_random_seed console variable

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  Added sv_showimpacts console variable

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  Added radius support to env_wind

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  color_correction entities now work correctly with fog_volume - Adds Master and Simulate clientside spawnflags

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  Upgraded ColorCorrectionUI to CS:GO's version with ability to load saved presets

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  Added Quick Switches to the console dialog, allowing easy usage of common console commands and variables for debugging purposes

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  Added inputs to env_skypaint in Hammer for mapping

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Improvements

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  Do not estimate velocity clientside since we network it for every entity anyway

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  * Use networked velocity for entities that set it serverside

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  * Physics entities such as props, vehicles, SENTS do not set their velocity, since its all handled by the physics engine, so it ends up not actually being networked

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  Moved "SOLID_VPHYSICS static prop with no vphysics" warning to developer 1

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  Made particle preview background slightly lighter (32,32,32)

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  Set the default particle orientation in Particle Editor on creation

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  Added particle material name to "unimplemented sprite renderer" warning (.pcf particles)

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  Force Sandbox tool classnames to lowercase at all times to fix a bug in multiplayer where the client and server classname could have mismatching capitalization

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  Applied potential filesystem optimization suggested by the community

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  Micro optimization for SWEP think

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  Optimize DListView_Line - Remove DListViewLabel's Think function since it does nothing in DListView_Line anyway

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  Minor code quality & performance improvements to Toolgun Help, RenderTarget related Lua code, skypaint matproxy, ToolGun and Post Processing control panels, ents.FindByClassAndParent, removed deprecated calls to ControlPanel:AddControl, Workshop Mount VGUI, Sandbox hints, Removed unused JS dependencies in main menu - angular-ui, jquery-ui, jquery-color, AngularJS from 1.1.2 to 1.8.2, cleaner server list layout code & Better display on small screens (Community Contributions)

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  Micro optimization for Entity.__index (Community Contribution)

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  Micro optimizations for team library (Community Contribution)

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  Potential micro optimizations in localization loading/parsing

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  Store disabled workshop addon IDs as Uint64 instead of IDs turned to strings - should save some memory

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  Clear CShadowDepthView to black instead of white - fixes reflective glass on certain maps having while glow with flashlight turned on

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  Do not throttle loopback (local servers) connections when sending data from server to client

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  Check allocated edict count before allocating more - this should prevent "ED_Alloc: no free edicts" crashes when spam spawning hundreds of entities per second

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  Improved X-axis text inset handling with center alignment (for DButton when an icon is use)

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  Change Hitbox 7 color from white to orange for the debugging console variable and HMLV

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  Search for shaders in map file if none were found in the game folder

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  Added "shaders/*.vcs" to BSP whitelist

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  Updated screenspace_general shader with some CS:GO features

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  * Removes $X360APPCHOOSER (Use $VertexColor)

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  * Adds $VERTEXSHADER

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  * Added most CS:GO parameters except for C4* and C5* parameters

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  Enable sv_parallel_sendsnapshot by default

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  Display a warning when async file read operation tries to read more bytes than there are in the file

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  Display HTTP error when FastDL fails to download a file and if it's not a 404 error

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  Made lua_run entity keyvalues case insensitive

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  Call Entity:SetCreator on all Sandbox spawned entities, not just SENTs (Community Contribution)

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  Filled in some GMod specific console variable descriptions that are defined in C++

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  Added shader name to "failed to create shader" console error message

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  Rework how LZMA decompression works for BSP files to be more reliable and less wasteful

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  Added more useful info to Client=>Server and Server=>Client GMod specific net message ToStrings for debugging purposes (net_showmsg)

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  Unhide sv_maxspeed console variable

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  Do not read mapcycle.txt file from addons or mountable games

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  Added weapon class name & entity index to "Weapon spawning in solid" console warning

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  Exit SRCDS (with a message) if GSLT is invalid or expired (can still not provide one), instead of never connecting to Steam. This behavior is consistent with CS:GO. hide_server 1 can be used to hide your server from the server list.

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  Added description for debug_dump console command and print more info about what it did when ran

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  Rollermine uses two-pass render group when open instead of translucent, this makes it render better with SSAO pass (such as with Bokeh DOF)

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  Allow Map I/O to convert integer/float parameters to strings automatically

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  Unhide sv_hl2mp_weapon_respawn_time/sv_hl2mp_item_respawn_time

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  Also made mp_weaponstay work for map spawned entities, by respawning them

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  Update verbosity of "Out-of-range value" warnings

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Fixed

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  Fixed some minor memory leaks - These are mostly in developer features to do with KeyValues, not normal gameplay

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  Initialize m_rgflCoordinateFrame on creation clientside - This fixes certain matrices being nulled out when they are not supposed to, such as when calculating prop_vehicle_choreo_generic look angles

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  Allow loading PCF version 2 in -tools Particle Editor

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  Fixed many, many potential crashes with the particle system

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  Fixed missing materials with legacy Ash precipitation type

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  Fixed 2 "Parent cvar in server.dll not allowed" warnings on client start up

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  Do not print cc_lang = with developer 1

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  Fixed "Not playing a local game" being printed on game start up

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  Fixed some warnings on map load when Portal 1 or Half-Life Source are not mounted

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  Fixed crashes with func_tank

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  Fixed crash when ents.CreateClientProp is given an empty string

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  Fixed logic_collision_pair and some other obscure entities not calling GM:EntityRemoved

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  Remove NULL entities from Entity.Constraints table when associated constraints are removed

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  * Fixes for tanktrain_ai

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  * Fixed sound playback and updated default sounds to existing files

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  * Added "Chase Target" key value

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  * Added missing "Target Entity" input to the FGD

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  * Fixed movement direction selection & movement speed

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  * !player target will update to the closest player before every move

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  * Change update rate while moving to 0.1s (from 0.5)

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  Updated RPG viewmodel to use correct muzzle flash event and prevent console warning when firing

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  Fixed a server crash exploit to do with malicious packets

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  Fixed bone manipulations (scale, position) being transformed by how much the player moved on level transition

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  Fixed which entity is the inflictor/weapon in CTakeDamageInfo when firing built-in C++ weapons, including when NPCs fire them, as well as trigger_WateryDeath.

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  Fixed small potential memory leak with creating Lua bone followers

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  Fixed a small memory leak in gamemode .txt file parsing

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  Fixed a small memory leak with saving presets (presets library)

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  Fixed "Bad SetLocalOrigin on gmod_hands" warnings (Community Contribution)

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  Prevent .ani files from loading if they would crash the game i.e. if the .ani file is smaller than the model expects it to be

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  Update jQuery version and reduce reliance on it in main menu, as well as lazy load images (Community Contribution)

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  Do not crash with "bad inline model number", show a console warning instead

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  Fixed bone manipulated entities' render bounding box being set to invalid sizes with certain models

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  Fixed "Toggle" input on some triggers improperly toggling the entity

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  Fixed console warning about missing material when opening Options menu

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  Fixed max player speed not being set when trying to slow walk with +walk but slow walk is disabled via Player:SetCanWalk

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  Do not unexpectedly reduce maximum health on dead entities

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  Play act console command animations on the server as well (for hitboxes)

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  Fixed a stack overflow in TextEntry scrolling

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  Fixed a rare crash when net_showmsg console variable is in use

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  "Fixed" an infinite loop in memory allocation by exiting the engine/tool with a nice message

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  Prevent developer only messages about bone access not being allowed with util.DecalEx in multiplayer

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  Fixed MP3s recaching 2 times in a row sometimes for no reason

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  Fixed cache size not being able to exceed 65kb per item

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  Make MP3s skip the ID3 data immediately on cache, not on first playback. This makes loading a bit slower per-file, but makes it so we don't need to cache upwards of 400KB of unused data per MP3 for playback without hanging the game

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  Increased amount of cached data for MP3s to satiate initial burst of data access by BASS.DLL (from 16K to 96k) This was preventing asynchronous load of the entire file

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  Fixed SWEP.ViewModelFlip making view model sway backwards

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  Fixed scrollbar parent resizing not adjusting scrollbar grip position (Lua scrollbar panels)

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  Fixed CRopeKeyframe having huge serverside bounds when not attached to anything, such as being the last entity in a series

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  Fixed trigger_remove OnRemove output not working at all

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  Made cmd console command not kick people (And hide it)

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  Fixed .gma files being left open in some cases if they failed to load/parse

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  Prevent potential crashes to do with traces on models

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  Materials using the SpriteCard shader can now render correctly with render_sprite_trail particle renderer

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  Mitigate invalid vehicle scripts causing server crashes

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  Fixed player_squad NPC squad being overflown when spawning too many npc_alyx or npc_citizen entities

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  Fixed spawnmenu NPC squads being overflown when spawning many NPCs in the same faction at once

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  Fixed infinite loop with removing world decals

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  Fixed input parameter type for prop_ragdoll's StartRagdollBoogie input

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  Fixed out of bounds pose parameters sometimes getting garbage values

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  Fixed a crash in trace code that could happen after a changelevel

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Removed

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  Removed scratchpad from game builds

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  Removed bloodspray console command

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  Removed some perforce VGUI panels from builds

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  Removed some useless strings from garrysmod_english.txt

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  Removed mat_surfaceid and vgui_drawtree_panelptr console commands/variables

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  Removed unused resource/chromium/ folder

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  Removed non existent commedit.dll from sdkenginetools.txt

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  Removed cl_threaded_client_leaf_system console variable, which was doing nothing since 2016, except to mislead people

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  Removed sv_autojump as it also does nothing besides misleading people

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  Removed hack for Intel GPUs that disabled Shader Model 3 shaders

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  Removed some clientside weapon stubs for non existent weapons

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  Removed usage of DOFModeHack from Bokeh DOF

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  Remove cl_customsounds as it no longer has an effect on anything