Release Notes for 11/16/2023

GAMEPLAY

• More sub-tick visual and audio feedback improvements

• Reduced sniper scope bob animation magnitude and frequency

• Fixed a bug causing duck to be slower when the Duck Mode was set to Toggle

• Fixed a case where grenade throws weren't registering on the server

• Thrown grenades no longer prematurely detonate if thrown while intersecting a teammate

• Players can no longer mitigate fall damage by defusing the bomb

• Adjusted weapon drop trajectories to make throwing weapons more consistent, especially when throwing weapons downward

• When a network interruption is detected by official game servers, the affected match will be cancelled

• Added unique sounds for running and jumping on metal railings and poles

ANIMATION

• Fixed a bug that occurred when interrupting the CZ75a deploy with inspect

• Fixed the inspect and other animations for the Shadow Daggers

• Fixed a 'broken wrist' animation with the Survival Knife

• Adjusted the Mac10 first person animation to include strap and bolt movement

• Fixed AWP and SSG firing animation/inspect behavior while zoomed in

• Fixed a case where the Deagle slide would fail to reset on round restart

• The Revolver barrel now incrementally rotates for each shot

• Fixed some animation issues with weapons placed in community maps

• Fixed cases where the C4 light would not blink when held or holstered by players

• Fixed some cases where the player's shadow would show an incorrect pose

MISC

• Fixed a bug where bot_knives_only didn't work for T's

• Fixed some visual issues with demo playback

• Improved performance of screen particle effects

• Fixed the Mute Enemy Team and Mute All But Friends settings failing to mute voice

• Text from blocked players will no longer be visible in the premier pregame chat

• Players frozen by half-time gamerules are now immune to certain damage types

• Decals now evict the lowermost decal if enough decals overlap in a single location

• Player visibility fog adjustment no longer applies to dead ragdolls

• Smoke particles no longer stick to dead ragdolls

• Fixed self/team burn damage getting recorded as enemy damage

UI

• Revised some common chat strings

• Added convar cl_deathnotices_show_numbers for observers to have quick access to player's spectate index

• Added a warning message for AMD and Nvidia graphics users with out-of-date drivers

• "Kevlar & Helmet" entry in the Buy Menu will now present itself as simply "Helmet" when contextually correct

• Added time to weekly rollover to the reduced XP message in the player profile tooltip

• Fixed kill feed and death panel not displaying correct information if the killer died earlier or disconnected

• Fixed round-delayed stats not updating at match end

• Changed deathmatch scoreboard stats from K/D/A/Score to K/HS%/DMG/Score

• Fixed case where text during defuse would get cut off

• Added direction indicators to players in the square radar

• Fixed case where kill icon would not display in the post-round damage info panel

• Fixed bad string in the commend dialog panel

• Fixed case where round stats in the Watch Menu would be assigned to the wrong side

WORKSHOP

• Fixed custom sound events files in workshop maps

• Added some material settings for water refraction/caustics

• Workshop maps can now be tagged as supporting Wingman mode

• Linux clients can now run workshop maps without requiring -insecure

• Added trigger_hostage_reset trigger and logic_eventlistener entities

• Added convars sv_walkable_normal and sv_standable_normal to allow community servers to tweak player movement on angled surfaces

• Fixed health getting clipped when it exceeds 3 digits

MAPS

Overpass:

• Fixed various cases where level mesh was disappearing occasionally

• Various visual updates and fixes to models and materials

• Straightened out some collision that was pushing