\[ PREMIER ]

• Updated the map selection process to give players more opportunities to play maps they've been learning.

• Map selection process:

  • Team 1 picks one map

  • Team 2 picks two maps

  • Team 1 picks a final map. 

  • One of the four maps will be randomly selected and the match will begin.

\[ RUSH ]

• Rush is a fast-paced queued 3v3 game mode. 

• Players battle through a series of battle arenas to reach the opponent's castle and win the match.

• Battle arenas are randomly selected for each match, so no two matches are the same.

• Control the tower when you eliminate the enemy team (or time expires) to win the round.

\[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Players can now reload silently (but slowly) by pressing and holding the reload key.

• Un-scoping a sniper weapon no longer produces a sound.

• Globally increased visual clarity and improved fidelity of bullet impact decals.

• ammo_grenade_limit_total setting now also enforces the total number of grenades a player is allowed to purchase in a round.

• Chickens now take damage from the Zeus x27.

\[ SETTINGS ]

• Crosshairs have been updated to be resolution independent.

  • A new "Crosshair/Scopes" tab is available in the Settings menu, and includes updated crosshair settings.

  • Added new crosshair styles

  • Updated the default crosshair to "Dynamic Quad," which better represents weapon accuracy.

\[ ENGINE ]

• Updated engine code to the latest version of Source 2.

\[ MAPS ]

Ancient

• Fixed holes in world in Long A Main Hall.

• Adjusted door geometry and grenade clipping inside Jaguar.

Cache

• Some gap fixes and clipping adjustments around the blue doors in Mid.

Mirage

• Reinforced scaffolding by balcony in A site.

Train

• Blocked pixel gap in crates on bombsite A.

\[ MISC ]

• Added ability to set a "Clan Tag" for players who are members of Steam Community Groups. You can adjust your Clan Tag from your Player Profile.

• Added support for applying stickers to C4.

• The Starjunk 95, Industrial Sunset Memories Music Kit is now available for purchase in standard and StatTrak versions through the STORE tab.

• Halftime scoreboard stats should now fully reflect the results of the previous round.

• Fixed a case where players could avoid a kick ban.

• Players can now adjust music volume per game-mode.

\[ WORKSHOP ] 

• Added "minimap_volume" entity which enables a custom minimap image when a player is within the volume.

• Added "sky_camera_volume" and "sky_camera_volume_target", which enable custom location-specific skybox rendering.

• Added "point_deathcam_bounds" entity that constrains the player death camera.

• Added "env_shake_volume" entity that allows camera shake only within a specified volume.

\[ SCRIPTING ]

• Added CSRadarPoint entity.

• Added CSObservablePoint entity.

• Added AddTeamMoney API method.

• Added OnPlayerTeamChanged callback.

• SetDialogVariableString now accepts a localization string.

\[ MAPS ]

Cache

• Fixed various gaps in map.

• Fixed a wallbang spot on B site.

• Added a missing competitive CT spawn point.

• Added additional T spawn points.

\[ MAP SCRIPTING ]

• Reworked CSPlayerCamera:

  • Renamed it to CustomPlayerCamera.

  • Added GetPlayer, GetMode, SetMode, and SetFollowConfig.

  • Deprecated IsEnabled, SetEnabled, and SetIsControllingAngles.

• Added an 'observable' property to custom_hud_layout that controls whether an observer sees the UI as the spectated player sees it. Defaults to false.

• Fixed several bugs related to stale custom_hud_layout state when changing spectator targets.

• Added top-level custom_hud_layout classes driven by client state:

  • HUD_BUYMENU_VISIBLE

  • HUD_SCOREBOARD_VISIBLE

• custom_hud_layout now always draws on top of the base HUD.

\[ MISC ]

• Chat is now encrypted in demo files using the same rules as CS:GO :

  • Team chat is no longer readable when playing back demo files.

  • Global chat is only readable in demo files when played back via the in-game watch UI.