CS:GO-Update: Neue Sounds und Prime-Matchmaking-Funktion

In der Nacht zum Donnerstag veröffentlichte Valve ein weiteres Update für den Shooter CS:GO. Wichtigste Änderung: Ein neues Geräusch wurde eingefügt, das ertönt, wenn die Waffe beim Abfeuern nur noch wenige Schuss im Magazin hat. Die Rauchgranate hat ebenfalls ein neues Sounddesign erhalten, damit sie sich vom Defusegeräusch besser abgrenzt. Außerdem sind neue Sounds für die Waffen MAG7, M249 und die Negev eingeführt worden. Doch auch das angekündigte Prime Matchmaking, bei dem Spieler ihren Account per Telefon verifizieren können und nur gegen andere verifizierte User spielen können, ist nun bei der Gegnersuche auswählbar.

Mit dem Gamma Case wurde auch eine neue Skinbox eingeführt, die insgesamt 17 verschiedene, aus der Community kreierte Designs bietet. Das Update hat aus Spielerkreisen nicht nur positives Feedback erhalten, so kritisiert zum Beispiel Na’Vis Danylo ‚Zeus‘ Teslenko, dass die Änderungen vorrangig neue Spieler anvisiere.

Valve trying to attract new player by lowering the skill ceiling with the low ammo sounds ???? Same thing happened in DotA not long ago

— ?????? ???????? (@navizeus4444) 16. Juni 2016

Vollständige Release Notes vom 15.6.2016:

[CS:GO]
– Added new Gamma weapon case featuring 17 community-created weapon finishes and all-new knife finishes.
– Operation Wildfire Access Pass is no longer available for purchase.

[XP]
– New CS:GO players will get a significant earned XP boost multiplier in Recruit and Private Ranks.
– Competitive matchmaking for new CS:GO players is now unlocked sooner, as soon as they rank up from Recruit to Private Rank 2.

[PRIME BETA UPDATE]
– CS:GO accounts will be Prime if they have verified their phone number and achieved at least Lieutenant Rank 21 or have earned a Service Medal.
– Prime accounts can now select to search only for other prime accounts in competitive matchmaking.
– When matchmaking with a party lobby, all party members must be Prime to have the Prime-only option available.

[SOUND]
– New sound cue for shooting with low ammo.
– Upgraded sound fidelity, reduced distortion for Mag7, M249, Negev.
– New smoke sound to reduce interference with bomb defuse sound.
– New sound for text chat messages in party lobby.

[MISC]
– In classic game modes any money earned by a player mid-round will no longer be available for spending during the same round (i.e., SMG purchases are no longer possible during competitive pistol rounds).
– Suicide or disconnect compensation will no longer be awarded in warmup or during freezetime period.
– When controlling the bot and surviving round running out of time, the controlling player is now eligible to receive end of round money.
– Removed a legacy 2.5 seconds spawn grace period for players who reconnect to the round after freezetime is over.
– Increased upper limit on possible mp_halftime_duration values to 5 minutes.
– Added server convar sv_spec_post_death_additional_time that allows adding a delay for spectators between the death of a spec target and the switch to a new target.
– The convar sv_alltalk has been replaced with sv_talk_enemy_dead and sv_talk_enemy_alive.
– Classic Casual now defaults to team-restrict communication for living players.

[Mac]
– Fixed appearance of fonts in the community browser and console.
– Fixed some bugs with setting fullscreen resolution.
– Set all Mac players to use Raw Mouse Input by default since this is a better experience for most players.
Players can manually revert to not using raw mouse input if that is what they prefer.