How-To Patche(s) - Step-by-Step?

[echo9]

Originally Posted by von Pilsner

You need to let steam update you to the latest version, only beta patches are available for manual download.

Hey thanx for replying fast

but.. only beta patches..??

so is this my current v.1.0.13954 (April 8, 2011) a beta or the release/final patch?

Could somebody guide me to any link where i could find the final patch?

Also, with which patch (please quote the version) should i update my current version? beta will also do.. as it is unplayable as of now
Reg,
echo9