On the night of December 12 to 13, 2023, Valve released another small update for Counter-Strike 1.6 and Counter-Strike: Condition Zero. This was known on the Steam pages of the games.

The last time Valve touched these versions of the game was on December 1, 2023, when they made minor changes to the game's code itself. Many users build conspiracy theories that this is exactly how the company starts its advertising campaign for Half-Life 3.

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However, about Half-Life 3 a little later, and now let's look at the main innovations from Valve.

Counter-Strike 1.6

• Fixed joining games through Steam invitations and friends list
• Various UI fixes for dedicated servers
• Fixed random crash when opening the scoreboard
• Fixed camera movement after death in multiplayer
• Fixed a crash when creating a server if the server creator's name in Steam does not contain ASCII characters

Counter-Strike: Condition Zero

• Fixed joining games through Steam invitations and friends list
• Various UI fixes for dedicated servers
• Fixed random crash when opening the scoreboard
• Fixed camera movement after death in multiplayer
• Fixed a crash when creating a server if the server creator's name in Steam does not contain ASCII characters

Yes, you are absolutely right - the updates are identical for each version of the game. While we all wait for a new Anticheat or optimization improvements - Valve is remembering 2010.