Patch 178

Patch notes of Steam update #178, released on August 13th, 2026:

Maps

• HL2DM Overwatch
• Corrected blue truck's incorrect color

NPCs

• Fixed HL1 Barney tolerating violent behavior towards their resized allies

Weapons

• Fixed server crash when a player gets caught by a porn magazine thrown by a disconnected player (regression since patch 173.4)
• Fixed Friction Grenade kills counting as environmental kills (regression since patch 177)

Graphics

• Fixed significant performance drop when rendering reflective glasses (regression since patch 177)
• Fixed mega textures failing to load on Linux
• Fixed shadows bleeding through most of thin surfaces

Effects

• Entities will now use blob shadows on GoldSrc-themed maps

Miscellaneous

• Fixed client crash on exit due to an unintentional use of a global keyboard input hook on Windows (regression since patch 177)
• Possibly fixed jittery player movement when respawned with a speed modifier applied

SDK tools

• Hammer
• Fixed crash on 64-bit Windows on attempt to edit a displacement