Added Operation Bravo Pass for access to Workshop maps in Deathmatch, Casual and Competitive. See link for details!
GAMEPLAY
Fixed the buy menu not allowing players to buy a helmet+vest when they had a vest but not enough to buy the helmet+vest.
MAPS
Inferno
Removed flowerpots on balcony near Mid.
Blocked visibility through haycart at Banana.
Blocked visibility through sandbags in Banana.
Blocked one way visibility through yellow car in Banana. Mirage
Tweaked cover in Bombsite A.
Removed trashcan near connector into Bombsite A.
Added cover at top of CT stairs into Bombsite A.
Widened box near T tunnel into Bombsite A.
Blocked visibility under the van at Bombsite B.
Removed the red pushcart near Bombsite B.
Removed bed in apartments near Bombsite B.
Removed center divider in CT sniper window.
Added cover inside Palace.
Removed scaffolding in alley near Apartments, tweaked skybox volume.
Removed chairs in Underpass.
UI
Fixed vest and helmet+vest armor costs in the buy menu.
Fixed flashbang grenade overlap bug in the UI.
The "flashed" icon no longer shows up when the cl_draw_only_deathnotices is set.
Fixed missing localization text for status of players playing the Weapons Course.
Increased resolution of death message weapons icons.
MISC
Replaced "Arms Deal Collection Contract" with "Trade Up Contract" that can be used with weapons from any Collection.
Holstered weapons now correctly show their silenced/unsilenced state.
Fixed expired Operation Payback Passes not being redeemable for Operation Payback Coin.
COMMUNITY SERVERS
Fixed a community server crash in certain Deathmatch mode settings.
Fixed a community server file transfer exploit.
Custom map scenario text files can now contain "RULESHERE" as the very first thing in the text which will get replaced by the game mode rules that are currently being loaded. The rest of the scenario text file will be added to the end of the rules text.
Just placed into Gold Nova 2, most of placements were against masters guardians, and I think my placements went like, 10W/4L
How shit am I, if I were to try to actually get into this game competitively. I used to play CS:S competitively, and placed second in a TWL but that doesn't really count.
Also, is there a generic guide for nade-spots now? The new collision models fuck up what I'm used to and I always end up smoking/flashing myself.
On September 20 2013 05:33 Badboyrune wrote: Is anyone having random lags/freezes on valves servers? Me and my brother, playing from the same connection, frequently get random lag spikes that lasts for 5-6 seconds at seemingly random times. So far it has never happened on any non-valve servers. Sometimes it has gone days without it happening, sometimes it happens multiple times in the same round. What happens is just that the game freezes, we get the "WARNING: Connection Problem. Auto-disconnect in: 00:25" and then it resumes in 5 or so seconds.
Apart from the lag it's all fine, we rarely ping above 30 and I have neither loss or choke.
This is pretty much ruining playing matchmaking because we'll just randomly lag at times and drop rounds without us being able to do shit about it.
Does anyone else have the same issue or have any idea how to fix it?
Was playing the other night and 2 of my teammates spiked to 1k ping for rounds at a time. It was infuriating.
On September 20 2013 11:48 Nagisama wrote: Gold Nova 2 is pretty low, but if you're trying to get competitively, you'll eventually work your way up.
Also, this new patch! Nice! New maps, new skins, if only I stocked up on more super cheap doomkittys to resell
Ah, I thought it felt low. Considering most of my games I was still going like, 40-15 every time. O_o It just feels like everybody at my mmr doesn't know how to aim, or communicate, or actually follow strats LOL.
Also, shameless video plug, ace but no kit, made me sad.
Of all the aces I've gotten during my placements, the only one I got on demo, was a fail.
Edit: Even with no kit, if I didn't pace around like a retard and waste time I probably could have still had it. :S
The incoming prize money boon should be great for competitive CS... more teams, more motivation. someone needs to challenge NiP.
And recent updates have me wanting to reinstall this after reformatting a few months ago.. m4a1-s and other improvements sound great. Wasn't really aware they added a pseudo-competitive 5v5 mmr mode til recently... I should give that a shot, scrimmed/pug'd a lot back in 1.6, sounds like fun. Nice to see Valve actually seeming like they give a shit about this game again... I feel like FPS developers have been fucking things up for the genre for too long, nice to see that one company seems to be starting to listen.
Operation Bravo... meh... I don't want any new maps, balancing the existing ones should do the trick much better. But I wonder if it is profitable to play this, just because of the ridiculous prices crates achieve (especially in the beginning of their existence) and to finance opening more crates with that...
On September 20 2013 12:37 Lockitupv2 wrote: How do I stop putting money into skins? Every time I get a crate I just want to open it.
Sell the crate, for 4-5 crates you sell you can open one for free
Feel like I'm the only person on the planet who's had nothing but awful, awful drops/chest rewards. Have had 3 set's of doubles, and half the skins I've had have been SMG's which I rarely use. Not a single AK/M4, no pistols, no knifes. Really lame
relax, you are not. I feel like it is not worth it at all... especially looking at the steep prices for keys... I mean if you don't get a drop you like 0.40 euros for the crate, another 1.80 euros for the key and then you get an ultraviolet worth 0.03 if you have it already... so i just keep selling crates and opening new ones with the money
On September 20 2013 12:24 Pibacc wrote: Checked the new changes to A on Mirage in game. Looks like it's going to be incredibly hard for T to take A now, even more so than before.
I have to disagree. From my perspective A was incredibly easy to take as T. 2 Smokes could shut down CTs and get you an easy plant without much trouble. Haven't seen the changes yet, but from the changelog they sound good. Especially CT stairs was in need of some cover.
On September 20 2013 22:27 Crownlol wrote: I haven't played much GO, though I wanted to when it came out...
Have they remade any of the classic CPL maps outside the normal Inferno/D2/Train/Nuke/Cbble core?
I'm thinking like Mill, Fire, Strike...
Strike is now called Mirage and part of matchmaking. Some leagues use a slightly diff version of Mill but it's not in official matchmaking (there's some small use in some leagues I think). I don't think anyone liked Fire enough to remake/use it.
On September 20 2013 22:27 Crownlol wrote: I haven't played much GO, though I wanted to when it came out...
Have they remade any of the classic CPL maps outside the normal Inferno/D2/Train/Nuke/Cbble core?
I'm thinking like Mill, Fire, Strike...
Strike is now called Mirage and part of matchmaking. Some leagues use a slightly diff version of Mill but it's not in official matchmaking (there's some small use in some leagues I think). I don't think anyone liked Fire enough to remake/use it.
That's interesting - Mill is probably the best map ever.
When was Cbble dropped? I was Cal-M/P seasons 8-12. I don't know if I remember Cbble being in at the end, but some strange things were (Mansion, Comrade_3rdroute, etc.)
On September 20 2013 15:53 jonich0n wrote: The incoming prize money boon should be great for competitive CS... more teams, more motivation. someone needs to challenge NiP.
And recent updates have me wanting to reinstall this after reformatting a few months ago.. m4a1-s and other improvements sound great. Wasn't really aware they added a pseudo-competitive 5v5 mmr mode til recently... I should give that a shot, scrimmed/pug'd a lot back in 1.6, sounds like fun. Nice to see Valve actually seeming like they give a shit about this game again... I feel like FPS developers have been fucking things up for the genre for too long, nice to see that one company seems to be starting to listen.
You should. It actually works surprisingly well for being a matchmaking with random people. At least at the higher ranks, people often hold their positions as CTs, try to ECO togather etc. It is of course even better if you search as a team of five people and have mumble/vent running in the background. It has some disadvantages to manual PUGs where you can blacklist people you don't like etc. But it really makes up for it by being so convenient. Just press one button and then play a scrim.
On September 20 2013 15:53 jonich0n wrote: The incoming prize money boon should be great for competitive CS... more teams, more motivation. someone needs to challenge NiP.
And recent updates have me wanting to reinstall this after reformatting a few months ago.. m4a1-s and other improvements sound great. Wasn't really aware they added a pseudo-competitive 5v5 mmr mode til recently... I should give that a shot, scrimmed/pug'd a lot back in 1.6, sounds like fun. Nice to see Valve actually seeming like they give a shit about this game again... I feel like FPS developers have been fucking things up for the genre for too long, nice to see that one company seems to be starting to listen.
You should. It actually works surprisingly well for being a matchmaking with random people. At least at the higher ranks, people often hold their positions as CTs, try to ECO togather etc. It is of course even better if you search as a team of five people and have mumble/vent running in the background. It has some disadvantages to manual PUGs where you can blacklist people you don't like etc. But it really makes up for it by being so convenient. Just press one button and then play a scrim.
Did they implement cross-platform yet?
Can the PC Master Race finally scrim against consoleFPS scrubs?
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