[h][B][U]BLOG POST: [url]http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2016/12/17260/[/url][/U][/B][/h]

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Via [url=http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2016/12/17280/]the CS:GO blog[/url]:

[quote=Valve][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.
— [url]https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Counter-Strike:_Global_Offensive_Network_Channel_Encryption[/url]
[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[/quote]

Rumor has it:

- [B]Are you unable to start the game? [url=https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/5h42n1/game_wont_open_after_update/daxb980/]DavidWValve wants your help[/url] while a fix is being worked on[/B]

- 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

- [url=https://github.com/SteamDatabase/SteamTracking/commit/4dc4d882d25e007807ca4942a5c801f843a3da57]2017 Service Medals are now ready to go[/url]! Here's each level:

- [url=https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/apps/730/icons/econ/status_icons/service_medal_2017_lvl1_large.a857870b68c9e1ad98b38b8b7311db377928f2c6.png]Level 1[/url]
- [url=https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/apps/730/icons/econ/status_icons/service_medal_2017_lvl2_large.1b4e9254286bb10937bb92b8f25d9acaaf44be60.png]Level 2[/url]
- [url=https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/apps/730/icons/econ/status_icons/service_medal_2017_lvl3_large.5bc164fc0237c90012ed0cade13580a04b5d5bfe.png]Level 3[/url]
- [url=https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/apps/730/icons/econ/status_icons/service_medal_2017_lvl4_large.a304e00bb3ac29d43b8b03fe987ad652f3e01628.png]Level 4[/url]
- [url=https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/apps/730/icons/econ/status_icons/service_medal_2017_lvl5_large.3f3b089312b67944edc5f0bc08514377e6c50ba4.png]Level 5[/url]
- [url=https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/apps/730/icons/econ/status_icons/service_medal_2017_lvl6_large.119dd398088b2159598c15dee6245e68d9fa4157.png]Level 6[/url]
- [url=https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/apps/730/icons/econ/status_icons/service_medal_2017_lvl7_large.d4b2714d10d6bf20537906644ca0c2e0ca23f58e.png]Level 7[/url]

- 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

- Here's a diff of all of the associated script updates: [url]https://github.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking/commit/f9275ce6fc15f5f6689635690746fde9192fc165[/url]

- Size is ~160 MB

- [url=https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/5h42j9/counterstrike_global_offensive_update_2_for_12716/]A second ~1 MB update was released[/url], which may be absorbed into this size by the time you read this