Counter-Strike: Global Offensive patches/February 20, 2014

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February 20, 2014 Release notes for 2/20/2014

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Patch Notes

[ OPERATION PHOENIX ]

• Started Operation Phoenix
• Operation Phoenix Passes are available for purchase. They provide access to:
  • Eight maps, chosen by the community, available on official CS:GO matchmaking for all game modes.
  • An upgradable Operation Coin, that tracks all competitive matchmaking statistics for the duration of the event.
  • Exclusive access to the new Operation Phoenix Case, with 13 Community-Created Weapon Finishes.

[MISC]

• Teammate Colors:
  • Added convar cl_color to allow players to set their preferred teammate color index.
  • Renamed teammate colors convar to cl_teammate_colors_show and added option to display Color Letters over teammate colors in competitive (“cl_teammate_colors_show 2″).
  • Teammate preferred color can now be chosen when in a lobby and displays above player avatars.
• Damage can no longer be done to teammates during a freeze period in any mode.
• Fixed cs_baggage skybox texture.
• Fixed cl_draw_only_deathnotices 1 and cl_teamid_overhead 0 not hiding the overhead player arrows.
• Fixed player flair icons getting cropped on avatars in the lobby.

[Aug and SG556] [sic]

• Scope dot no longer fades too quickly during online play.
• Scope dot is slightly more visible against bright backgrounds.
• Scope dot is now tinted using the player’s crosshair color settings.

[MAPS]

• Overpass
  • Smoothed out movement on truck in Bombsite A
  • Simplified cover in bombsite B
  • Removed some trees in upper park
  • Smoothed out ground in canal
  • Removed small walls near playground entrance
  • Tweaked cover in playground
  • Small fence at birthday area no longer block bullets/grenades
  • Simplified corridor to CT sniper position
  • Improved player visibility
  • Improved performance
• Nuke
  • Made wallbanging through large metal doors consistent
  • Added back pretty lighting in bombsite B
  • Made it possible to throw grenades through skylights in warehouse
  • Fixed some graphical bugs

[NETWORK]

• Added support for threaded socket processing on clients and servers.
• Significantly reduced the size of client connect packet to be below MTU.
• Optimized split packet processing sequence.
• Client address is no longer transmitted in official game events or saved in official GOTV demos.
• Client P2P NAT requests are now always rejected when connected to a game server.