Pros/Cons 2.06b patch..

[Chameleon]

First I know I ask a lot of questions and I just want to say thanks to this awesome community for helping out!! With that in mind Hehe..

 

What are the pros and cons? I don't think I have updated to this and was wondering what you all thought?

 

If there is already a thread for this, that would be great, I know these questions have probably been asked a thousand times hehe.. Thanks!!

[slenderman]

I strongly suggest to patch your Enemy Territory game to 2.6b version.

 

The major reasons are:

 

1. You will never crash or crash less for message overflow or server flow reason which happens often with 2.55 client. Your client will crash less due to ctrl + alt bug.

 

2. If server is full you will be auto redirected to another server.

 

3. Minor optimizations in client engine for lower cpu usage. - IMP for LOW END CPU users.

 

4. "Unable to load an official pak file" now reports the pak filenames in the console.

Win32 and Linux sound cvars are now unified:

s_khz, s_bits, s_numchannels

s_khz is now a CVAR_LATCH.

Players can override unsafe cvars (e.g., from a crash) with com_ignorecrash 1

 

5. Anisotropic texture filtering is now supported in renderer.

Enable with r_ext_texture_filter_anisotropic 1 and use r_textureAnisotropy to set the filtering level.

cg_draw2D is no longer cheat protected.

 

6. Wounded freelook is now enabled (a la RTCW). It is also completely moved clientside so there is no lag.

 

7. win32 specific:

Client can clear the dedicated console with /clearviewlog

s_khz 44 now works.

 

8. Security fixes.

 

Their are still TONS of more fixes but the ones listed above are most important ones.

 

 

Now question would be how to patch?

1. Download this file:

http://fearless-assa...T_2.6_Patch.zip

 

Unzip the file and install it. Now you are on 2.6 patch.

 

2. Now download this file:

http://fearless-assa..._2.6b_Patch.zip

 

unzip it. You will see 2 files name ET.exe and ETDED.exe just copy pate those file in your wolfenstein installation folder.

 

Your operating system will ask you. Do you want to overwrite the file? Say YES.

 

Thats it, and you are on 2.6b. Their is a difference between 2.6 and 2.6b. Don't get confused.

 

If you want to PLAY ET you need to use ET.exe and if you want to start your own server you need to use ETDED.exe

[Chameleon]

Wow, thank you so much.. That answered everything Hehe

[slenderman]

Yeah, I don't *think* there are any cons with the 2.6b patch, or atleast any that I'm not aware of.

[Chameleon]

I installed it and played a few maps and though I could see no physical differences, I did notice my ping seemed to be lower.. Now that may just be my imagination, but it was a little lower lol...

[ettun]

i give one reason just one reason

with 2.55 version a malicious server owner can hack your pc and get control of it

believe me i'm not kidding