Seit vergangenem Sonntag gibt es eine neue (Beta) Version von zBlock. Die Entwickler veröffentlichten die Version 4.6 Beta mit folgenden Änderungen im Vergleich zur Vorgängerversion (siehe unten). Seitens der ESL gibt es noch keine Stellungnahme zum Update, weshalb ich rate für den offziellen Ligabetrieb weiterhin auf die letzte stabile Version von zBlock zu setzen.

Additions:
-Made a change to the netcode to optimise it better for competitive play.

-Added new cvar “zb_removals” (Default: 0 – Disabled).
When set to “1” all junk props are removed from the map.
When set to “2” it removes all oil drums.
When set to “3” it removes both oil drums and junk.
Best combined with the client setting “cl_phys_props_enable 0”.

-Added new cvar “zb_beta_tagging” (Default: 0 – Disabled).
When set to “1” tagging is much more forceful and your movement is restricted similarly to CS1.6 (but tweaked).
We’ve added this as an experiment to see how it affects play, possibly this is a future enhancement for the game.

-Added new cvar “zb_beta_illegaldefusefix” (Default: 0 – Disabled).
When set to “1” you are unable to defuse unless you can see the bomb and a message is displayed telling you so.

-Added “zb_record”/”zb_stoprecord” commands.
Records a SourceTV demo with name “MAPNAME_YYMMDD_HHMM”.

Other changes:
-Fixed crash when “zb_active 0” and adding a bot.
-Fixed crash where “zb_logs” directory was read-only or could not be created.
-Fixed cash calling not appending the “+” to the cash under the correct circumstances (broken since last update).
-Interp ratio removed from zb_netinfo as this value is ignored when cl_interp is greater than the ratio.
Replaced with the actual interpolation amount.
-Warnings are now given when the “tv_delay” is set to less than 30 on an Internet server (zb_warmode).
-“sv_client_max_interp_ratio” is now forced to “1” on a LAN server.
-The cvar scanner is no longer active with sv_cheats 1.
-“zb_antispeedhack 1” now just prevents speedhacks, when set to 2 it also kicks obvious offenders (1 is default).
-Various other surprises 🙂

Changelog after initial beta release:
06/02/2011 Update:
-Added “zb_beta_antiflash” (Default: 1 – Enabled).
When players are under the full effect of a flashbang they are unable to see other players.
-Added some more exploitative cvars to the scan list.
-Fixed a problem where some servers would produce a kick for cvar values not matching the servers.
-Fixed some player cvar violations not being broadcast in server chat.
-Fixed a crash when rapidly changing “zb_removals”.
-Fixed a problem where LAN players could get banned by “STEAM_ID_LAN” instead of IP.
-Players with “cl_interp” greater than “0.1” (default) are now kicked whilst zBlock is enabled.

The zBlock Team
J3Di, CodeRed, Orion and everyone involved in testing so far.

To install the beta download it from our files section or
use rcon zb_update beta.

Den Download der Betaversion gibt es hier auf der offiziellen Webseite: zBlock 4.6 Beta Downlaod