Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Update Released [04.12.2012]

Release Notes for 12/3/2012

[ MISC ]

– In addition to TKing, you can now be kicked/banned in two different ways for team hurting:
– For doing an unusual amount of damage in a short amount of time.
– For doing an excessive amount of team damage over the course of the match.
– Partial inferno extinguishing now properly puts out flamelets.
– Molly/Inc Grenade fire now goes out slightly faster when extinguished and updated the overall effects a bit.
– Fixed an edge case where the alerts panel would show on round start for a frame.
– Changed default tv_delay to 10s.
– Changed default tv_delaymapchange to 1. This postpones the post-match level change by the tv_delay amount to ensure that the broadcast to GOTV clients is complete. NOTE: Manually quitting the server or changing the level while the broadcast is still ongoing will kill the feed to all GOTV relays and GOTV clients and your spectators will miss the end of the match. It’s best to let the system’s timer run out on its own or wait for as many seconds as you have tv_delay set for.
– Replaced hard-coded ‚E‘ observer use command with ‚+use‘
– Tweaked autodirector based on feedback.
– Added item purchases to server log.
– Decoy grenade changes
– Reduced price to $50.
– Reduced fire rate and extended life span to make it less identifiable as a decoy.
– Physically looks more like a flashbang to allow fakes.
– Fixed assists displaying the assister’s name twice in the server log.
– Reduced default value of sv_clockcorrection_msecs to 30 and whitelisted the convar (thanks J3di)
– Reorganized net_graph options:
– 0: off
– 1: Competitively allowable data.
– 2: Additional In/Out data.
– 3: Additional real-time graphing.
– Added net_graph to convars restricted by sv_competitive_minspec ( allowable values are 0 and 1 )
– Valve can now assign official violations cooldown to accounts
– Added a game server convar sv_kick_players_with_cooldown (default=1)
– 0: allow all players to play on game server
– 1: kick players with official assigned violation
– 2: kick players with any competitive cooldown

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Update Released [31.10.2012]

again Little fixes..

[ MINOR FIXES ]

– GOTV relays now support up to 255 spectators per relay.
– Fixed a crash when connecting to a GOTV relay.
– Fixed tv_relaypassword.
– Added GOTV viewer count to the scoreboard.
– Improved highlighting of selected player for spectator.
– Fixed call vote panel showing an uninitialized button in some cases.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Update Released [26.10.2012]

Release Notes for 10/25/2012

[ SPECTATING ]
– Resurrected SourceTV as ‚GOTV.‘
– Added a map overview that displays players, events, grenade detonations, etc. Can be drawn on in a select-able colored pen when spectating or if the „sv_competitive_official_5v5“ convar is set to 1 on the server or if the client convar „mapoverview_allow_client_draw“ is set on the client (drawings are not currently networked to other players).
– Added free camera to spectator modes cycle.
clamped hud_scaling to 0.95.
– Added convar ‚cl_spec_show_bindings‘ that toggles the visibility of the spectator key bindings.
– Added spectator ability to toggle competitive scoreboard player data using the ‚drop‘ command.
– Extended team clan name support to the Team Select Screen. To use team clan name, all humans should match their Team name in Games->Settings, or the server admin can use the ‚mp_teamname_1‘ and ‚mp_teamname_2 convars.‘
– After halftime, teams no longer switch sides visually on the spectator screen, they now stay where they are and the team colors switch instead.
– Created a server convar that lets you swap the default player side position manually (CTs on right and T’s on left) called mp_spec_swapplayersides.
– Made the hotkey that’s assigned to jump to a player not change after half-time.
– You can now display a country flag next to your custom team name on the spectator scoreboard by setting „mp_teamflag_1/2“ to ISO Alpha-2 country code of the country you want to display.

[ CLASSIC COMPETITIVE ]
– Introduced „Skill Groups“, the new Skill Group emblems are now visible in the main menu and at the end of a competitive match. A players‘ Skill Group will be displayed after they achieve at least 10 competitive match wins.
– Reworked conditions of valid match leaving: A vote to concede becomes available to the team that lost a player. Otherwise the match continues.
– Number of players searching for a competitive match will display number of players compatible with the game type selected by player, for example players searching for „Dust II“ will see a number of players searching for „Dust II“ + „Defuse Mission“, players searching for „Defuse Mission“ will see sum of all players searching for „Defuse Mission“ or any specific defuse map, and so on.
– Estimated wait time for a competitive match now more accurately displays wait time based on the game type selected by player.

[ SERVER ADMINISTRATION ]
– Added Save/Restore of match state.
– Added convar ‚mp_backup_round_file [fileprefix]‘ — If set then server will save all played rounds information to files with this prefix. Backup file contains players information like KDA, MVPs, cash, kevlar, helmet, defuse kit, weapons and grenades and match score for first and second halves. In a case of a tournament server crash backup file can be loaded using ‚ mp_backup_restore_load_file‘. The default is ‚backup‘
– Added convar ‚mp_backup_round_file_last‘ — Every time a backup file is written the value of this convar gets updated to hold the name of the backup file.
-Added concommand ‚mp_backup_restore_list_files [number]‘ — Lists recent backup round files matching the prefix, most recent files first, accepts a numeric parameter to limit the number of files displayed (default 5).
– Added concommand ‚mp_backup_restore_load_file [filename]‘ — Loads the specified backup file and applies players information like KDA, MVPs, cash, kevlar, helmet, defuse kit, weapons and grenades; sets the match score for first and second half and starts next round.
– Added convar ‚mp_backup_round_file_pattern,‘ that defines the pattern for naming backup files using tokens. Example: %prefix%_%date%_%time%_%team1%_%team2%_%map%_round%round%_score_%score1%_%score2%.txt. The default pattern results in ‚backup_roundNN.txt‘
– Whitelisted ‚mp_logdetail‘ convar.
– Added convar ’sv_damage_print_enable‘, that determines whether damage given and received is visible in the console after a player is killed.
– Added ‚cl_bobcycle‘ to ’sv_competitive_minspec‘. It’s now restricted to the defauklt 0.98 on servers that have ’sv_competitive_minspec‘ enabled.
– Made all server cash_ convars notify players when they are changed.
– Servers running with sv_pausable 1 will now correctly display ’server paused‘ UI element on clients when server is paused using ‚pause‘ command.
– Added mp_spectators_max convar to control how many spectators are allowed in a match.
– Added convar mp_halftime_pausetimer that will indefinitely pause the halftime timer.
– Added convar mp_warmup_pausetimer that will pause the warmup period indefinitely. *Warmup periods shorter than 6 seconds cannot be paused.

[ PERFORMANCE ]
– Performance improvements for users running on AMD systems.
– Fixed a major performance problem for users running Bitdefender antivirus software.

[ BUG FIXES ]
– Fixed two crashes that could happen if you were on a team and went to spectator team.
– Fixed the timer display on the hud still showing even when the bomb was planted.
– Fixed avatar scaling issues on the spectator hud as well as the issues that would place the player slot avatars offset some distance from where they should be.
– Made some adjustments to the specttor UI and regular hud to account for hud_scaling set really high.
Fixed a really bad bug where going from the lobby to a game could prevent players from having input. This would result in not being able to select a team or move around.
– Changed flashbang visual effect in Spectator mode so that it is updated when the target changes.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Update Released [12.10.2012]

Release notes for 10/11/2012

[ Minor Fixes ]
-Fixed bomb defusal resetting when a server lags below 20fps.
-Fixed a case where the round and timer were not being updated when spectating.
-Fixed another case where warmup alerts panel didn’t show for late joiners.
-Fixed a crash that would happen when you died that associated with the spectator panel.
-Fixed general scaleform crashes.
-Made radio commands also selectable via the keypad numbers.
-Fixed enemies on radar that were above/below you showing their up/down indicators rotated.
-Made alive/dead state on the spectator UI easier to read.
-Replaced mp_teamname_t and mp_teamname_ct with mp_teamname_1 and mp_teamname_2 to disambiguate convars from sides in a mode that supports team switching at halftime. Now the names follow the teams after the switch. ( mp_teamname_1 is the team that first plays CT ).
-Changed spectator HUD to show which primary weapon each player has purchased during freeze time.
-Made spectator HUD show all grenades carried by each player.

[ Classic Competitive Changes ]
-Added an explanation about competitive mode rules to better explain its difference from other modes.
-Added save/restore of cash for competitive matches: When a player disconnects and reconnects in competitive mode, their pre-disconnect money will now be preserved.
-Added a button requiring players to ready-up when a competitive match is found. When all 10 players ready-up then the matchmaking servers lock them in for the match. Abandoning at any point after clicking the ACCEPT button will result in Competitive cooldown.
-Increased competitive cooldowns to 30 minutes for first offense, 2 hours for second offense and so on.
-Kicking a player no longer offers a vote to continue. The game will proceed with a bot in place of the kicked player.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Update Released [06.10.2012]

[ Minor Fixes ]

* All information required to reconnect to a competitive match is now also saved to a file on disk so that disconnected players could reconnect sooner to their ongoing game on the official dedicated game server even before connectivity with matchmaking servers is established.
* Increased grace period for disconnected players to 3 minutes.
* Message that refers to disconnected player now uses player’s name rather than the generic term ‚player.‘
* Fixed the alerts panel not showing alerts consistently
* Made vote panel display whether you voted yes or no as well as flash each choice as people vote
* If a vote is team only (like a ‚kick‘) then the other team will now see that a vote is in progress.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Update Released [04.10.2012]

Release Notes for 10/3/2012

[ Minor Fixes ]

Matchmaking
-Added a vote to continue playing competitive match with bots after a human player abandons the match, unanimous agreement of remaining human players is required to continue playing with bots.
-Reduced time required for confirming match when searching for competitive players and servers.
-Improved overall search times in competitive queue mode.
-Added a client message when the wamup period ends.
-Extended competitive match warmup period to 90 seconds.
-Message of the day will automatically dismiss itself when competitive match starts.
-Added an explanation to competitive cooldown timer for clients.
-Added a condition to apply competitive cooldown to players who have disconnected from the match.
-Implemented scaling cooldown periods for repeat incidences.

Vertigo
-Rearranged props below the boost-up ladder to prevent players jumping onto the ladder without boosting
-Clipped off various tiny ledges
-Made small props protruding from walls non-solid
-Fixed visible nodraw in ceiling hole

Misc
-Fixed a long standing bug where you could lose mouse input when you got to the team select screen.
-Fixed a bug where the color correction during freeze time did not account for the players also being invulnerable during the new warmup – this fixed the CC gap at the start.
-Fixed some bugs relating to the warmup notification not reliably showing for late joiners.
-The chat now displays when the warmup has ended, just like when it is in progress.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive updated with two new maps [02.10.2012]

Valve updated Counter-Strike: Global Offensive today with two additional maps and a refit of the Classic Competitive matchmaking system. Vertigo, a classic Defusal map, returns with a Source facelift to its multi-leveled mayhem and shadowy camping nest corners, while Monastery chills things out with an Arms Race among the snowy promenades of a windswept temple.

Classic Competitive matchmaking now involves queuing up until 10 player matches are found before starting a game. Group queuing and matchmaking with friends are also possible through a „Play with Friends“ option. Head over to Global Offensive’s website for a short FAQ on the new matchmaking.

Fall Off A Skycraper In CSGO’s Latest Big Update

Oh, and you can fall off a skyscraper. That’s probably the most important part. In addition to de_vertigo, an updated version of ar_monastery’s also on the docket. Meanwhile, the matchmaking switcheroo functions as follows:

“As of today, Classic Competitive will use a ‘Queue’ matchmaking system. When you search for a Competitive game, either from the Find a Game menu or the Play with Friends menu, you will be put in a queue. When we identify 10 compatible players then your match will start. If you get disconnected then you should use the Reconnect button on the main menu.”

“If you disconnect from your match then you can rejoin the in-progress match from the CS:GO main menu. You also have the option to abandon your match, although this is considered poor sportsmanship and is recorded. If you abandon a match then Classic Competitive will be unavailable for 30 minutes.”

So basically, don’t quit. It’s a very, very bad idea. And while the new system does enable team matchmaking, it seems rife with potential issues. With a lack of in-progress queues comes potential for increased wait times, and what happens if someone doesn’t like the map they’re on? At this point, your only options seem to be gritting your teeth and bearing the boredom, or quitting and standing on the sidelines for 30 minutes. Neither seems particularly optimal.

Valve does, however, note that it’ll be “monitoring and tuning the system over the time.” And, if nothing else, the update’s totally free, so CSGO looks to be another footnote in Valve’s history of exceedingly strong post-launch game support. How’s the update working out for everyone so far, though? Is Valve onto something, or does this one need to go back to the drawing board?

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Update Released [14.09.2012]

Release Notes for 9/14/2012

 

[ GAME ]
– Added third-person gunshot flinch reaction animations for all players
– Molotovs and incendiary grenades now explode in mid air if they haven’t touched the ground after a small amount of time has passed
– Molotovs and incendiary grenades now no longer throw shorter than the other grenade types
– Fixed grenades bouncing really high if you threw them straight at the ground
– Fixed grenades that don’t have a timer (like the smoke) not detonating if they found a spot to continually bounce and not touch what was considered „the ground“
– Fixed a bug in bullet penetration where a bullet would penetrate walls much thicker than intended when the first brush the bullet hit was a detail brush.
– Fixed a rare case when server reservation would not load correct map on official servers
– Flipped MP7 viewmodel fire selector from safety to full-auto

[ UI ]
– Fixed spectator glows not updating state often enough which could allow glows to show at the wrong time
– Fixed player target ID names not showing properly in some cases when observing/spectating
– Fixed the spectator UI showing in Arms Race
– Fixed player not auto observing their killer after the death camera if no bot was available to take over
– Fixed round in spectator screen not updating if you connected mid round
– If all players on a team share the same team tag, the scoreboard and spectator team names will display the players‘ team name (steam group name)
– Improved rendering performance of text UI elements

[ COMMUNITY ]
– Added default loading screen for direct connects and custom maps that shows loading progress
– Fixed server console say command to deliver text to all connected clients
– sv_password can now be set on community dedicated servers when they have no players connected and will be enforced.
– Matchmaking: blocking relationships do not prevent direct server joins, they only filter during matchmaking
– sv_pure: VPK files contain the necessary hashes so the dedicated servers do not need to compute them at startup but can be checked with the command “sv_pure_checkvpk”

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Update Released [30.08.2012]

Release Notes for CS:GO update 2012-08-30

Finally some good news!

[ Gameplay ]
– Adjusted footstep volume fade out and maximum audible distance to match source/1.6.
– Increased default Casual match length to 15 rounds.
– Fixed an issue that caused the AWP to zoom to the wrong level after reloading.
– Tuned flinch aimpunch values.
– Fixed a bug in the penetration code that incorrectly determined the exit spot as being not solid when it was which allowed penetrating much further than it should have.

[ UI ]
– Added x-ray vision of own teammates for dead players.
– Added new spectator UI that shows both team’s active weapon, player name, health, armor, etc, when spectating a 10 player match.
– Added a new convar „sv_competitive_official_5v5“ that:
o Forces a match to display 5v5 scoreboards regardless of maxplayers setting ( Allows setting maxplayers to 12 to allow spectators into a 5v5 match ).
o Allows connected spectators to see both teams in x-ray.
– Added support for international characters in play with friends lobby chat.
– Fixed an issue that caused the mouse cursor to reset its mouse position when clicking on the UI when the window didn’t have focus.
– Fixed being able to open the radio menu when you were an observer.
– You can’t toggle the scoreboard in half-time now
– Fixed the scoreboard win animation firing before the scoreboard was told to come up in the end match state and was usually missed
– The countdown timer now flashes prior to the start of a match.

[ General ]
– Reduced frequency of polling server console to save CPU.
– Fixed a rare crash when applying decals.
– Significantly improved precision of dedicated server frames to match tickrate.
– Clamped dedicated server fps to match quantized tickrate.
– Fixed two exploits. One that would allow players to see out of smoke with much more clarity than players could see them if they were boosted up while inside the smoke volume. Also made the smoke a tad shorter/smaller. Two, fixed players being able to see through a few trains out of the corner of their screens on de_train and de_train_se. Thanks Volcano.
– Fixed messages in scoreboard overlapping at end match.
– To pass a vote in competitive mode, all eligible voters minus one must now vote yes

[ Community Servers ]
– Fixed cases when values of some convars set on community servers would not correctly replicate to clients.
– Game modes configuration file now specifies cfg files to exec instead of keyvalue pairs of convars to make it easier for server operators to configure their game modes. To tweak game modes it would be sufficient to provide gamemode_competitive_server.cfg and _server.cfg files for other game modes which will exec after stock cfg files.
– Linux: running srcds_run with -autoupdate will now update the server during hibernation, in addition to changelevel.
– Fixed an issue that was limiting connectivity to community servers to only 25 players.
– Deprecated mp_ggtr_rounds_per_half. Use mp_maxrounds instead.
– Changed timelimit matches to stop at round end instead of exactly when the limit expires.

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