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Steam Group Update

OPGman — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 05:21:18 +0000

As you might know, this group hasn't been used for anything except server update announcements for over 6 years. Starting now, these announcements will no longer be posted here. They will instead be posted to the website[lambdagaming.github.io], and they will continue to be relayed to the Discord server as well.

This group isn't going anywhere, though. If Valve ever decides to do more with the Steam groups I might consider using it again, but for now it just isn't practical enough to keep using alongside (or instead of) Discord. Speaking of which, if you're not in the Discord, you should consider joining! Lambda Gaming's 10th anniversary is coming up at the end of December, and I plan on doing an event around then to celebrate.

HLU RP Update 10/31

OPGman — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 21:40:15 +0000

Changes

Replaced the original GTerminal with GTerminal Universal. This version provides extended features and better Wiremod integration.

Fixes

Fixed the purified crystal not keeping its type when pocketed.

Deletions

Removed Gmod Legs 3 due to it causing microstutters.
Removed PCMod. It was old, kinda buggy, and mostly relied on tools to spawn things, which confused people. The new GTerminal version we're now using should make up for it.

Various Gamemodes Update 10/6

OPGman — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 16:24:03 +0000

Additions

Added The Hidden IRIS Edition.

Changes

Decreased the traitor percentage on TTT2 from 40% to 25%.
The welcome message that displays in chat every 15 minutes will now provide a link to the Discord.

Fixes

Fixed the wrong version of Zombie Survival being in the workshop collection, causing model errors and missing textures.
Fixed a Pirate Ship Wars dependency missing from the workshop collection.

Deletions

Removed MelonRacer.

CityRP Update 7/23

OPGman — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:36:09 +0000

Changes

Reduced the reward for other officers who assist the primary officer during the drunk driver event, from $4,000 and a blueprint to $1,000 and no blueprint.

Fixes

Fixed the spawning restriction for the SWAT truck not working.
Fixed players not being able to buy life insurance.
Fixed fire hoses working near nodes that had their connections broken.
Fixed the news camera throwing errors when trying to play a sound.
Fixed the drunk driver event giving multiple rewards to the primary officer who stopped the driver if there were other officers in the area.

Deletions

Removed Gmod Legs 3 due to it causing microstutters.

CityRP Update 6/1

OPGman — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 15:03:24 +0000

Changes

All food that was spawned by the cook through the F4 menu is now spawned through the cooking stove that was originally only used for fish. Each food item takes 30 seconds to cook and up to 4 items can be cooked at the same time.
Cops are now rewarded money for destroying certain contraband items. The amount of money given depends on the value of the item.
Events are random once again and no longer go through the job broker, except this time players who can participate in the event can vote yes/no to start it, instead of being forced to deal with it when they didn't want to.
Restricted spawning of the mayor's limo and Bearcat to the mayor and active SWAT officers respectively.

Deletions

Removed the old smuggling system. With the recent changes to the event system and smuggler NPC it's become more and more redundant and harder to maintain.
Removed the Ford Taurus. It was a redundant police car and apparently it was never added to the civilian car dealer for whatever reason, so there wasn't much reason to keep it.

HLU RP Update 5/28

OPGman — Thu, 29 May 2025 01:30:24 +0000

Additions

Added extension to the BMRP trash system that randomly spawns trash around the facility that the custodian gets rewarded for cleaning up. (Credits to Brill)
Added the Half-Life 2 Melee Weapons addon and added some of its weapons to the rebel crafting table.
Added additional areas to Xen on BMRP that players can get resources from.
Added the displacer cannon to the weapon specialist crafting table on BMRP.

Changes

Updated to version 2.0 of the Universal Crafting System. This will make the system much easier to maintain in the future.
Improved recipe descriptions in the rebel crafting table to state how much loyalty is required.
The refugee on Outland RP will now always have 50% Combine loyalty, preventing them from making high-end items in the rebel crafting table.
Replaced the NPCs from the Half-Life Renaissance addon with the Half-Life Resurgence addon. This addon is still being maintained and isn't partially broken like the old one. The improved AI and extra content might also open up opportunities for better events in the future.
Replaced the weapons from the Half-Life Renaissance addon with two weapon packs.
Replaced the Combine ration dispenser with a better version from the workshop.
Improved the player model selector UI.
Replaced scientist, security, medic, and custodian player models with ones from the Half-Life Extended Workforce pack.
Replaced the HECU player models with a pack that fits better with the changes to the other player models.
Replaced the player expressions and chat sound systems with TFA VOX. The callout menu can be opened by pressing G.

Fixes

Fixed the zombie arms weapon having missing textures.
Fixed chosen player models not being applied when the player respawns.

Deletions

Removed the wrench crafting ingredient from the rebel crafting table. Recipe costs have been adjusted so they still cost the same amount of iron.
Removed some metrocop player model options due to them not fitting the server well.

CityRP Update 5/23

OPGman — Fri, 23 May 2025 14:49:00 +0000

Additions

Added option to toggle cross-session property ownership without requiring a server restart. It's disabled by default but can be enabled if desired.
Added the Half-Life 2 Melee Weapons addon, and added some of its weapons to the supermarket.
Added a steel crafting ingredient that replaces wrenches in all recipes.
Added the smelter back. It now smelts iron into steel and turns crafted items into 50% of its required ingredients. It can be purchased at the supermarket.
Added multiple types of weed plants that grow weed with different effects, values, and grow times.

Changes

Improved the UI of all shop NPCs.
Renamed the Electronic Component crafting ingredient to PCB.
Merged the drug dealer and banker NPCs with the smuggler NPC. Drugs and stolen money bags are now sold at the smuggler. The smuggler now also teleports to various locations like the drug dealer did.
The smuggler will now refuse transactions if more than one person is nearby.
Taking smuggling jobs from the job broker will now instantly make you wanted by the police.
The contraband dealer will now teleport to various locations like the smuggler to help discourage camping.
Due to the banker NPC being removed, the banker's money transfer job now involves picking up a bag of money from a random shop NPC and delivering it to the bank vault. This bag can be stolen and cashed in at the smuggler.
Merged the deposit box money bag with the bank vault money bag.
Due to the removal of the evidence locker, the weapon confiscation feature of the evidence wand has been merged with the handheld metal detector.
Due to the removal of the evidence locker, PCBs can now be stolen by using a crowbar on the SWAT locker, with a chance of getting armor or a weapon from it as well. There's now also a 5% chance of getting a PCB when mining rocks.
Updated to version 2.0 of the Universal Crafting System addon. This will make the system much easier to maintain in the future.
Stripped out the remaining parts of the old mining system, including the ores, smelted ore crafting ingredients, rock and tree grinders, and the old axe and pickaxe weapons. The axe and pickaxe have been replaced with alternatives from the HL2 melee weapon addon.
Frag grenades and grenade launchers can now instantly mine rocks.
All crafting descriptions now explain the item rather than just listing the recipe.
Reduced the price of late-game crafting items.
The heat lamp can now be used in place of sunlight for all farm plants.
Farm food now restores a small amount of hunger.
Reduced the grow time for all farm plants.
Weed and coca plants are now part of the farm system. The seeds can be purchased at the contraband dealer.
Drugs can no longer be inventoried, and must be put in a drug box to be sold to the smuggler. The box can be purchased at the contraband dealer. Once an item is added to the box, it cannot be removed.
Replaced the propane canister with the GAuto fuel can for fueling all drug-related entities.
Cocaine can now be purified by any amount. Higher purification takes longer, costs more fuel, and makes the high last longer. Lower purification takes less time, and has a higher chance of having bad withdraw effects and making players instantly wanted when trying to sell it.
Replaced the meth stove and meth pot with meth mixer and meth oven entities. A wide variety of ingredients can be added to the mixer, each having their own unique effect. Some ingredients may cause only negative effects. 10 ingredients are required for the mixing process to start. The oven is used to bake the mixed ingredients into the final product. The oven requires fuel and constantly runs. Leaving cooked meth in the oven for too long will cause an explosion.
Replaced the two meth ingredients with one filler ingredient. At least one bottle of filler is required to make meth. Failing to add it will cause the mixer to explode. Adding too much filler will cause the smuggler to call the cops when trying to sell the meth.
Improved the reliability of the movement speed effects when overdosing.
The visual intensity of drug highs now changes depending on how close that player is to overdosing.

Fixes

Fixed the GAuto repair kit and fuel can not being able to be inventoried due to the entity names being changed.
Fixed the taser model showing up as an error in the contraband dealer menu.
Fixed the crafting table telling the gun dealer their ingredient discount was applied when it wasn't.

Deletions

Removed the evidence locker. Realistically it's not going to serve much purpose since cops can just inventory the evidence or take it to PD manually. I plan on adding something else later on that will reward cops for confiscating contraband items.
Removed the rock scanner and rock decimator weapons.
Removed the iron refiner due to the smelter taking over its main functions.

HLU RP Update 2/3

OPGman — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 22:32:47 +0000

Additions

Added 3D2D text to Xen trees and regular trees that displays their name and health.
Added the Combine door auth tool to the rebel crafting table.
Added a menu to BMRP that allows players to select which sector or area they want to spawn in. HECU Marines do not get this option and will always spawn topside.

Changes

Reduced the chance of Xen crystals dropping pure and harvested crystals when mined.
Reverted back to the other media player version since the newer one was somehow even more broken.

Fixes

Fixed the yell and whisper chat commands cutting off any messages with spaces in them.
Fixed the turret parts box in the Combine and Rebel crafting tables being linked to an invalid entity.
Fixed an exploit where players could remain invisible if they changed jobs after going into Gman's portal.

HLU RP Update 2/2

OPGman — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 17:55:26 +0000

Additions

Added the Combine prisoner transport vehicle addon to Outland RP.
Added PAC 3.

Changes

Vending machines on BMRP will now charge a small amount.
You can now return fire extinguishers back to their case on BMRP.
Increased loyalty reduction when mining on City 17 RP from 3% to 6%.
Decreased the max amount of iron that rubble piles can drop from 6 to 4.
Increased the minimum loyalty requirement for crafting the lockpick on City 17 RP from 75% to 85%.
Lowered the amount of metrocops that need to be killed before Combine Soldiers and Resistance Leaders are unlocked on City 17 RP, from 5 to 3.
Combine Elites will now be unlocked when the Citadel detonation sequence is activated on City 17 RP. (They can still be unlocked through the science locker beforehand.)
The Combine vehicle cooldown on Outland RP now varies depending on the number of players on the server.
Adjusted starting ammo values for all jobs.
Rebels on Outland RP now need to craft a key and insert it into the rocket launch button in order to use it.
The Combine on Outland RP are now limited to transport vehicles (dropship and transport truck) until the initial 30 minute cooldown is over.
Reduced the max health of the rebel's sentries on Outland RP.
Replaced the media player addon with a different version that's more frequently updated to hopefully fix the issues people were having.
Increased the damage and radius of mines and tripwire grenades on City 17 RP and Outland RP.
Enabled realistic fall damage.
Increased the lifespan of flares from 20 seconds to 30.
The endgame messages will now indicate which side won, and will give a 60 second warning before closing the server.
The overhead text on certain damageable entities will now display the entity's health.
Changed the material on the detonation code decryptor to make it more visible and to distinguish it from science locker keys.

Fixes

Fixed battering rams, handcuffs, and Gman's briefcase being dropped on death.
Fixed the door system throwing errors when trying to knock on an unownable door.
Fixed the battering ram not working.
Fixed players not being able to pocket pure crystals and vending machine items.
Fixed most rubble piles on rp_city24_v4 not spawning in the right places.
Fixed run speed, walk speed, and jump power being decreased after a player respawns.
Fixed the Combine spawns on rp_city24_v4 not being positioned properly.
Fixed Combine vehicles on Outland RP sometimes killing players when spawning.
Fixed door co-ownership not working.
Fixed fire extinguisher cases floating and not being up against the wall on BMRP.
Fixed all dropped weapons having the same fallback rifle model.
Fixed the detonation code decryptor being able to be crafted on Outland RP.

HLU RP Update 12/21:

OPGman — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 18:15:54 +0000

Additions

Added an automated system to trigger the cascade on BMRP. When the survey team is mining crystals in Xen, there is a 10% chance of obtaining a pure crystal sample. These samples can be inserted into the AMS to trigger the cascade. There are currently two samples that correspond with the available City 17 RP maps. When the HECU detonates the nuke, the chosen City 17 RP map is no longer random and now depends on what sample was inserted into the AMS.
Added a loyalty system to City 17 RP that determines when citizens are allowed to perform certain actions. For example, citizens cannot have more than 90% loyalty to spawn the rebel crafting table, and cannot have more than 25% loyalty to become a Resistance Leader. Loyalty can be reduced by mining and killing Combine units, but the Combine can also force a citizen's loyalty to increase by beating them with stunsticks, killing them, or arresting them.
Added a cooldown when being demoted from a job so that players cannot immediately choose that job again.
Added GAuto. Vehicles can now run out of fuel and be destroyed, but not permanently. The Custodian on BMRP will now spawn with vehicle fuel and repair tools, and rebels on Outland RP can craft repair kits and fuel cans. Vehicles that spawn around the map on Outland RP will spawn with random health and fuel amounts.
Added a 1.5 hour time limit to Outland RP. If the rebels cannot launch their rocket or destroy the Combine base within this time period, the Combine will automatically win.
Added support for more boss events on rp_bmrf.
Added textscreens around rp_bmrf to make it easier to navigate, especially at tram stations.

Changes

Replaced Gman's teleporter with the Gman Teleporting Briefcase addon.
Moved the HECU Weapon Crate to the locked weapons room on rp_bmrf.
Replaced both Outland RP maps with rp_mezs. This is a fantastic map that fits with the server better than the other two.
Updated rp_city24_v3 to rp_city24_v4.
Merged the Weapons Engineer job into the Weapon Specialist job on BMRP. Due to this change, the Weapon Specialist has been moved to the Science category and will no longer spawn with weapons and ammo, but being able to spawn weapon shipments hasn't changed.
Renamed the Service Official to Custodian.
The Biochemist now spawns with the Possessor by default instead of having to craft it.
Vortigaunts will now be demoted back to Citizen when killed on City 17 RP.
The loading screen will now indicate and give a short explanation about what segment of the RP the server is currently playing on.
The Overwatch Soldier, Overwatch Guard, and Resistance Leader jobs are now restricted until at least 5 metrocops are killed. This was done to make the progression to more powerful units feel more natural.
Increased the time, range, and conditions for spawning loot around the map on Outland RP.
Replaced the portal closing button on Outland RP with a central core that the rebels must destroy to eliminate the Combine and end the session.
Manhacks on Outland RP are now deployable by Overwatch Soldiers instead of by all Combine units from an NPC.
Players will now automatically enter Combine vehicles when deploying them on Outland RP.
Combine vehicles will now automatically despawn after 5 minutes of inactivity on Outland RP.
Players will now be forced to respawn when switching teams on Outland RP to prevent abuse.
Changed the Combine Vehicle NPC to a Vehicle Deployment Terminal.
Improved the rebel rocket launch button to make it more noticeable.
Moved the Refugee to a separate category on Outland RP so it doesn't have access to the rebel buy menu.
Due to changes made to Outland RP, the gm_atomic map is now accessible from BMRP, but only under special conditions that allow for inserting a nuke into the AMS.
Reworked how events are handled on BMRP. The Gman can choose what event should trigger next, but can no longer trigger it directly. Events will be triggered by the server if the right conditions are met, and events that the Gman "nudged" will take priority.
Improved the GUI for the item NPCs and buy menu.

Fixes

Fixed the Gman event menu on BMRP being completely broken.
Fixed the keys not being able to lock or unlock doors that were part of predefined groups.
Fixed the door system creating errors when trying to lock/unlock Level 2 Security doors on BMRP, due to it referencing a job that was removed a while ago.

Deletions

Removed the Forklifts from BMRP.
Removed rp_sectorc_beta and rp_city17_district47. They weren't necessarily needed and reducing the amount of maps makes it easier to manage the remaining ones.
Removed the ceasefire system from City 17 RP since the new loyalty system should naturally prevent rushing.