Word on Steam News is that a new automatic update is now available for Counter-Strike 1.6, the Half-Life modification edition of the multiplayer shooter that stays at version 1.6 no matter how often it is patched. Here's the skinny on the new version:

Updates to Counter-Strike 1.6 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Half-Life Engine

    • Added -sys_ticrate command line option to allowed forced override of ticrate
    • Prevent more cases of server redirection

Counter-Strike/Condition Zero

    • Added -nobots option to allow forced override of bots on servers