Counter-Strike: Global Offensive update for 12/7/16 (12/8/16 UTC, 1.35.6.0)

[ghostR]

Holidays

Deployed Holiday Cheer for your festive fragging season.You can spread the Holiday Cheer! Gifts are now available for a limited time.

Sound

• Added new audio option that enables Head-Related Transfer Function (HRTF) processing on in-game sounds. The goal is to vastly improve 360 degree vertical and horizontal sound positioning.
  
  
• By default, Speaker Configuration in Audio Settings has been set to “Headphones with HRTF.” Selecting an alternative speaker configuration will disable HRTF.
  
  
• NOTE: For an optimal experience with HRTF, we recommend turning off any external 5.1 or 7.1 surround audio driver options.

Public Lobbies

• In the friends panel “Steam Groups” have been renamed to “Public Lobbies”.
  
• The “Public Lobbies” tab now shows nearby public lobbies and suggested steam group lobbies in addition to your steam group lobbies.
  
• Lobbies now support broadcasting to nearby players. Players can use this setting for friend or steam group lobbies.
  
• Steam Group lobbies now display the country associated with the majority of lobby members.

Gameplay

• Third-person weapon angles now visibly match first-person weapon recoil.

MISC

• Fixed 5 Year Veteran Coin to be granted to accounts that cancelled and later reactivated their old Counter-Strike license after they restart their CS:GO client.
  
• Loading screen tokens can now be localized when loading Overwatch evidence or maps created by community members.
  
• Bot names can now be localized in game language.
  
• Added experimental plugin support for managing network channel encryption keys on community servers.
  
• https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Counter-Strike:_Global_Offensive_Network_Channel_Encryption

Maps

Nuke

• Removed railing on crane in A site rafters
  
• Removed ability to climb up on/plant the bomb on top of silos in both bombsites
  
• Moved T entrance to squeaky to make movement smoother
  
• Removed window in Toxic, replaced with double doors
  
• Removed yellow bollards near Garage and Secret
  
• Removed cover on top of Mini
  
• Added some full cover in cubby next to ramp in bombsite B
  
• Replaced exposed bombsite silo with simple version in bombsite A
  
• Fixed small collision bump on ramp in ramproom where players could get stuck
  
• Added white, flat surface on fence at T side of yard
  
• Fixed various bugs listed on CSGOBugtracker.com (thanks to all contributors!)

General optimizations

Rumor has it:

If for whatever reason you need to disable the HRTF system but you can't through traditional means, use "snd_use_hrtf 0" in the console

2017 Service Medals

2017 Service Medals are now ready to go! Here's each level:

All in One Image[i.imgur.com]

• Level 1
  
• Level 2
  
• Level 3
  
• Level 4
  
• Level 5
  
• Level 6
  
• Level 7

Service Medals can be obtained by reaching a profile rank of Level 40 at least once, additional levels also require you to get up to Level 40

You'll still be able to get 2016 medals until December 31st. After UTC enters 2017, then you'll get 2017 medals.

CS:GO Perfect World

On the CS:GO in China through Perfect World side of things tonight:

• The anti-addiction system's implementation in CS:GO is now a lot more clear - if you've been online enough to get to the "yellow" threshold, you'll gain half of the profile XP you normally would, and if you get to "red", you'll gain 0 XP for at least 5 hours
  
  
• Tianjin is the datacenter location of choice
  
  
• The Sugarface Capsule's and the Team Roles Capsule's stickers now have low violence variants, as well as the capsules themselves

Here's a diff of all of the associated script updates[github.com]:

Size is ~160 MB

A second ~1 MB update was released, which may be absorbed into this size by the time you read this

Are you unable to start the game? Download update #3 for a fix

Update #3
Size is ~10 MB. Although probably unlikely, more info will be edited in if it does become available.

• If you were experiencing inability to start the game, DavidWValve says it should be fixed
  
  
• Vitaliy Genkin on Windows Server issues, via csgo_servers: "We have released an optional community server build update (ServerVersion=411) that should fix a problem on Windows servers. Please, try updating and validating your server depot."
  
  
• /u/Kryzih says that the default Headphones option is now fixed

Large FPS Loss

if you have an FPS loss ranging from 30-200. Please post your system details and FPS before and after when you report this on this GlobalOffensive Subreddit Megathread.

A temporary fix for the FPS Problems: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=815095248

[ChooseZ V2]

Bla bla

[Salty`Beast™]

We can't join each other anymore?? And when we eventually get to join we can't seem te be finding a comp??

[spitfire]

GG VALVE, i have fps 20-30, VAR 10-50, ping 200-700, +Loss ♥♥♥♥ THIS GAME !

[v_BlAck_MaxZz]

Because valve wanted it

[Frosse]

valve good update THE BEST UPDATE, now i have 30-40 fps

[Udo Bauer]

i dont have any problem with this patch, but my friends have all problem with the headset now xD or they are just dumb to set the settings ?

[sharcu1a]

Oh how this HRTF is suck. Too many high pitched sounds. Hate it.

[Usem Drogas ok]

Nvidia panel / in the 3D Settings, Adjust Image Settings, and put the "USING 3D ADVANCED IMAGE SETTINGS" option in the middle option AND APPLY

Note: at least for me fps back to normal

[Hooligan]

horrivel valve atualização horrivel travou praticamente o cs-go do meu time inteiro prejudicou legal o jogo estava rodando perfeito estava liso e agora não da pra jogar 1 round sem travar ... tira isso por favor

[Potato V2]

Downupgrade pls i have lag by this update si so ♥♥♥♥♥♥

[Cl0uD]

THIS IS ♥♥♥♥!!!!! THIS UPDATE SUCKS BALLS! U CANT CONNECT U CANT DO ♥♥♥♥! ♥♥♥♥ U STEAM STAFF!!!!!

[Potato V2]

İlk olarak Frosse tarafından gönderildi:

valve good update THE BEST UPDATE, now i have 30-40 fps

i know is 's'hitt'y'

[✪ ᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼᲼嫌い]

Ola meu cs antes rodava com 50 a 49 fps na dust ll
Agora depois dessa atualização de audio esta muito lagado e muito lagado de 50 foi para 29 na dust inferno a 5 e mirage a 10 , Help-me plis

[twoxi]

Andrey , +++++

[twoxi]

Adter todays update does not create the lobby, what can I do?