May I suggest that downloaded content get put in the new addon folder as well, for easy locating and removal.
edit: Can also probably close #1113 that I made a while back, since I pretty much asked for something like this.
also i am pretty sure that every time the game updates I lose all my favorites
@InmanInman would you create a separate bug for that issue lest it gets forgotten when this one is closed.
Okay, next release will check for content in valve_addon/ before the usual folders (and cstrike_addon for CS 1.6, and so on for other games). If you want to customize any asset you can simply put it in this folder. Note that game servers enforce consistency on certain files so if you want to play online the server of things you can modify is limited.
More details, loading of addon content is something you will need to enable, there will be a check box on the Video tab (next to the hd models one). That way someone can't poison your install without you knowing, you need to opt into loading alternate content (which is what you want anyway, because you are deliberately putting this new content on disk).
@alfred-valve Is it going to download maps/other stuff into _addon/ folder, or just cstrike/?
So what does this allow us to do? Load custom textures and models etc?
@xPaw, this update doesn't address in-game downloaded content, just tweaks you make manually.
@Yulike, yes, you can customize textures, models, sounds, ui files, etc.
@alfed-valve
is this _addon folder can customzie some BSP files??
and i am a chinese ,my counter strike 1.6 is schinese vesion, there are four folder: cstrike ,cstrike_schinse,cstrike_download,cstrike_addon, which one's priority level is the highest?
Nothing extracted yet.
Add support for loading content from a _addon/ folder (similar to how _hd folders work). This will allow users to customize game assets without risking loosing them due to an update.