CS:GO Update Details

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has received an update somewhat out of the blue, and according to the PC Games News website the updates are as follows:

CS:GO map updates

Cache changes

  • Visibility improvements based on color-blind player feedback
  • Texture improvements
  • New vent models
  • Added subtle markers for grenade throws
  • Added plant-zone decals to Bombsite B
  • Added graphic for “Sun-room”
  • Fixed fade distance on crate in checkers
  • Fixed weapons being irretrievable under vent
  • Fixed all known bomb-stuck spots
  • Fixed an exploit involving flashbangs from mid into checkers
  • Fixed pixelwalks at mid, T-Spawn, A main, A site
  • Improved .nav mesh

Nuke changes

  • Improved accuracy of grenade clips on metal containers
  • Clip brushes now play the correct material type footstep sound
  • Performance optimizations
  • Removed crate stack from CT side
  • Removed railings outside HUT
  • Removed railings at top of Heaven ladder
  • Lowered ambient soundscape volumes
  • Door opening and closing predictability fixed
  • Improved .nav mesh
  • Fixed +use interaction through tool or clip brushes
  • Fixed double doors being blocked by their sibling door being blocked by the player

CS:GO Audio changes

  • Increased radius of c4 disarm sound
  • Fixed some cases where alt-tabbing away and back to the game would cause incorrect sounds to play

Miscellaneous CS:GO changes

  • Fixed possible remote code execution bug in KeyValues parsing.
  • Fixed a bug allowing community servers to override certain game files.
  • Added support in vbsp for clip brush textures with different material types.
  • Added CS:GO in-game blog localization for Finnish.
  • Significantly reduced holiday cheer.
  • Added convars cl_weapon_debug_show_accuracy and cl_weapon_debug_show_accuracy_duration
  • With “cl_weapon_debug_show_accuracy 1,” when a shot is fired, a 12 inch circle will be drawn at the Effective Range of the weapon, i.e, the farthest distance at which the shot is guaranteed to fall within a 12 inch circle.
  • With “cl_weapon_debug_show_accuracy 2,” when a shot is fired, a circle will be drawn at the surface that is aimed at showing the area that could have been hit by the bullet given its inaccuracy.
  • cl_weapon_debug_show_accuracy_duration ( default 10 ) determines how long the debug circles last.
  • The further the shot is into the spray sequence, the more red the circle will be.

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