Counter-Strike: Global Offensive patches/September 15, 2015

Patch Notes

[ ANIMATION / GAMEPLAY ]

• Replaced all player body animations (Existing character models retained for demo compatibility)
• Replaced all world model weapon animation
• Updated shared player skeleton
• Re-rigged all player model geometry and player scaffold animation
• Updated animation networking to continually synchronize animation state instead of periodically latching
• Player animation sequence selection is now server-initiated
• Added new player states including bomb defusal and ladder climb poses
• Added thirdperson weapon deploy animations to more accurately represent viewmodel deploy state
• Extended all vertical aim matrix ranges to encompass the majority of vertical aim pitch so weapons line up precisely to firing angle
• Added reverse-bone-merge animation support so weapon models can store and play independent animation on the player holding them
• Added support for arbitrary numbers of articulated mechanical parts on world weapon models
• Updated weapon world model articulation points, bodygroup presets, holster positions and reverse-bone-merge skeletons
• Added physics motion to holstered attachment weapon locations
• Added support for non-polygonal capsule-shaped hit volumes, defined by a line segment and radius
• Replaced shared hitboxes with new capsule-based set
• Rebuilt player ragdoll angular constraints, physics hulls, and interaction pairs
• Ragdolls now assume more exact pose of their parent player on physics init
• Re-built animation statemachine to support blending locomotion over any weapon aim or action poses
• Enabled support for dynamic player animation layer re-ordering
• Sequence blendlayers now correctly contribute to computed cyclerate
• Added defuser cables and multimeter model
• Added hlmv support for capsule rendering, submodel attachment previewing, ragdoll constraint limit and bone name rendering, plus numerous small fixes
• Added model format support for named bodygroups, combined physics hulls, activity modifiers and animation system specific metadata

[ UI ]

• Fixed a bug where the mini-scoreboard armor/helmet information was not displaying for coaches
• Added sv_show_voip_indicator_for_enemies server convar. If set, it will make it so the ‘voice chat’ icon shows over enemy players as well as allies when they are using their microphone.
• Added sv_showbullethits feature to visualize server-confirmed hits and near-misses on listen servers

[ RENDERING ]

• Fixed improper stencil state in glow pass rendering

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Added dynamic player culling^[1] to prevent players and weapons poking through thin walls and revealing their position
• M4A1-S:
  • Reduced price
  • Reduced armor penetration^[2]
  • Reduced ROF
  • Increased base spread
• Zeus x27
  • Reduced price to $100
• Dual Berettas
  • Increased armor penetration
  • Increased range modifier

[ GOTV ]

• Added viewmodel position lerp to gotv camera transitions

[ OVERWATCH ]

• Players can now report enemies for anti-competitive griefing (i.e. deliberately losing).

Undocumented changes

• Added ability to player to publish your own "Music kit" via workshop_publish.

Patch #2^[3]

• Minor tweaks to help players with FPS problems.

External Links

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive update for 9/15/15 (1.35.0.0) on Reddit.com
• CS:GO's Awesome September Update on YouTube.com

References

1. ↑ CS:GO Update 2015/09/15 Player and weapon culling
2. ↑ The M4A1-S Armor Nerf is NOT in effect. Sorry for the misinformation. Explanation inside. on Reddit.com. The reduction is present in game, but not actually functioning.
3. ↑ Counter-Strike: Global Offensive update #2 for 9/15/15 (9/16/15 UTC, 1.35.0.1) on Reddit.com