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Beta 5.0 of the Counter-Strike mod was released on 23rd December 1999, a month and two weeks after Beta 4.0's release. This version saw the most radical changes to the mod yet, now that a new developer was involved in Barking Dog Studios, more specifically, their "Popdog" division focused on FPS games. Many of the changes done by them still remain in the series to this day.
Patch Notes#
New Content:
- Added Benelli XM 1014 fully automatic shotgun
- New Hostage model and two new skins.
- SAS model added as a selectable CT
- Added maps cs_backalley and de_train
- Updated maps cs_station, de_nuke, de_dust, and de_prodigy
- New icons for HUD (money, weapons, armor, timer, C4, defuse Kit, scoreboard)
- Added buy zones, reload zones, hostage, and bomb target zones to HUD.
Gameplay Changes:
- C4 is now an equipment item in slot 5 (to plant, select then hold down fire)
- C4 can only be planted in bomb delivery zone
- To defuse a bomb Counter Terrorists must target C4, press and hold the USE key
- CTs can defuse C4 without a defuse kit in 10 seconds
- CTs can defuse C4 with a defuse kit in 5 seconds
- A progress meter is added showing CTs their progress defusing a bomb
- A progress meter is added showing Ts their progress planting a bomb (this takes 3 seconds)
- Defuse kit now an item which can be purchased - Nobody starts with a defuse kit
- Defusing bomb wins round for Counter Terrorists
- C4 can be dropped for other teammates
- Hostages are automatically rescued at hostage rescue zones
- Counter Terrorist and Terrorist teams are now labeled
- Individual frags can be toggled on or off
- Ghosts can be made visible to other ghosts (client defined)
- Pre-Round grace timer standard setting 6 seconds (server defined)
- Three observer modes: classic ghost, locked chasecam and freelook chasecam ( press jump to toggle)
- Auto-find teammate in observer mode (primary fire)
- New radio messages and organization of radio keys (standard, group and report messages)
- Can hear other players reloading
- Mission briefing added to maps (can also be invoked during round)
Context Sensitive Help System:
Terse Auto-help
- Round start notification (i.e. hint to purchase items)
- Observer mode notification
Verbose Auto-help
- What to do with hostages (CTs rescue, Ts protect)
- What not to do with hostages (injuring/killing)
- How to lead hostages
- Looking at a friend for the first time
- Looking at an enemy for the first time
- What not to do with friends (injuring/killing)
- What to do with enemies (win by killing all enemies)
- Picking up C4 for the first time
- Out of ammunition for the first time
- In a bomb target zone for the first time
- In a hostage rescue zone for the first time
Auto-ID
- Friend (name and health displayed)
- Enemy (name displayed; health displayed only if observing)
- Hostage (health displayed) Beta 5.2#
A minor patch for Beta 5.0 of Counter-Strike, mostly being similar to the former while providing some changes to de_train and other small content improvements.
Graphics#
Menu Background#
The menu background went through another change, this time having a green scope reticle pointing to two SAS. The SAS shown here are a lot more blue than the actual playermodels in this version. The font and colour for the menu buttons was also changed.
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Weapon Icons#
The weapon icons were redrawn by Barking Dog Studios artists, these icons are the same as the final game.
Models#
Hostages#
A new hostage model was added with two different skins.
SAS#
The British SAS make their first appearance in CS here, having a less detailed design than the final game.
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Weapons#
XM1014#
The XM1014 was first added to Counter-Strike with the release of Beta 5.0.
Maps#
Three new maps were added to Beta 5.0: cs_iraq by Cameron "Mr_Deth" Wu and David "Zaphod" Marsh, cs_backalley by then-Barking Dog Studios employee Jamie Mactaggart and de_train by also-then-Barking Dog Studios employee Christopher Mair.
cs_iraq#
A desert-themed Hostage Rescue map set in Iraq, presumably during Saddam Hussein's dictatorship. The map is named "Iraqi Stronghold" in the mission description. This map was unpopular, and as such, was eventually removed in the 5.2 patch.
Iraqi Stronghold - Hostage Rescue
Counter-Terrorists: Rescue the UN weapons inspectors who have been taken hostage by a Middle-Eastern extremist group.
Terrorists: Prevent the filthy American scum from penetrating our base. Maintain control of the hostages at all costs!
Other Notes: There are 4 hostages in the mission. cs_backalley#
de_train#
An iconic map of the Counter-Strike series, with it persisting all the way to Counter-Strike 2, where it was recently graphically overhauled.