Via the CS:GO blog:
ValveReleasing 1.35.9.8-rc1 update
[GAMEPLAY]
– Shipping more changes to pistols with the goal of emphasizing skillful use of the weapons.
– Five-SeveN: The Five-SeveN has been adjusted to reward tactical positioning and defensive play.
— Slightly improved accuracy when firing several shots rapidly.
— Substantially reduced accuracy while moving.
[PERFECT WORLD]
– Prime status is now immediately granted to Perfect World accounts with identity verification.
– Enabled support for custom avatars in game.
– Enabled access to the developers console.
[MISC]
– Overhauled internal weapon data representation. (Thanks SlothSquadron and koga0995 for spotting unintended changes)
– Fixed an issue that caused players to not drop their 2nd flashbang if they are killed after throwing 1 flashbang during the round.
– Fixed an issue where sniper bots didn’t like the Scar20 (Thanks BOT Vitaliy!)
– Fixed an issue where buying non-weapon items would restock ammo for all your weapons.
– Fixed some corner cases where buying items via console could ignore the user’s loadout selection.
– Fixed an issue where attempting to drop undroppable items (like grenades) would count the item’s value towards the player’s “donations” for the round.
– Fixed a rare issue that could cause players to show incorrect holstered weapons.
– Fixed an issue where decoy grenades could make sounds from the wrong weapon.
– Fixed “buy” console command to list all options instead of being a hardcoded help string.
– Map editing: env_gunfire entities can now fire all weapon types (e.g. weapon_m4a1_silencer or weapon_revolver)
– Fixed a memory leak related to spectating.
– Adding ability to initiate trades from friend’s context menu.
– Improved map load times in some circumstances.
Rumor has it:
- CS:GO is now free to play in China (when under Perfect World influence) provided you verify your identity, in addition to granting verified users instant Prime access
- Users can still buy a "game license" if they're unable to verify their identity for free-to-play CS:GO and Prime access for 8800 "points" (that 点 symbol isn't the one for Renminbi, as 8800 yuan would be ~$1300 USD)
- Check out /u/SlothSquadron's breakdowns of both the Five-SeveN tweaks as well as a stealth buff of the Tec-9 (the Tec-9 changes appear to have been erroneous)
- Item schema update, featuring that "Game License" item: https://github.com/SteamDatabase/SteamTracking/commit/3290b651655ba42eb9069530ccc1789247aabce2
- Weapon data now lives in the item schema instead of each weapon having its own script file
- All the proof you need is in the GameTracking pudding: https://github.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking-CSGO/commit/04f48c109b6fb1addd6bc0d5166a1643d06ba1c3
- Size is close to 20 MB
Via [url=http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2017/08/19239/]the CS:GO blog[/url]:
[quote=Valve]Releasing 1.35.9.8-rc1 update
[GAMEPLAY]
– Shipping more changes to pistols with the goal of emphasizing skillful use of the weapons.
– Five-SeveN: The Five-SeveN has been adjusted to reward tactical positioning and defensive play.
— Slightly improved accuracy when firing several shots rapidly.
— Substantially reduced accuracy while moving.
[PERFECT WORLD]
– Prime status is now immediately granted to Perfect World accounts with identity verification.
– Enabled support for custom avatars in game.
– Enabled access to the developers console.
[MISC]
– Overhauled internal weapon data representation. (Thanks SlothSquadron and koga0995 for spotting unintended changes)
– Fixed an issue that caused players to not drop their 2nd flashbang if they are killed after throwing 1 flashbang during the round.
– Fixed an issue where sniper bots didn’t like the Scar20 (Thanks BOT Vitaliy!)
– Fixed an issue where buying non-weapon items would restock ammo for all your weapons.
– Fixed some corner cases where buying items via console could ignore the user’s loadout selection.
– Fixed an issue where attempting to drop undroppable items (like grenades) would count the item’s value towards the player’s “donations” for the round.
– Fixed a rare issue that could cause players to show incorrect holstered weapons.
– Fixed an issue where decoy grenades could make sounds from the wrong weapon.
– Fixed “buy” console command to list all options instead of being a hardcoded help string.
– Map editing: env_gunfire entities can now fire all weapon types (e.g. weapon_m4a1_silencer or weapon_revolver)
– Fixed a memory leak related to spectating.
– Adding ability to initiate trades from friend’s context menu.
– Improved map load times in some circumstances.[/quote]
Rumor has it:
- [b]CS:GO is now free to play in China (when under Perfect World influence)[/b] [url=https://github.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking-CSGO/commit/04f48c109b6fb1addd6bc0d5166a1643d06ba1c3#diff-2376c954aec3534dcd1d16ff16959553R2633]provided you verify your identity[/url], in addition to granting verified users instant Prime access
- Users can still buy a "game license" if they're unable to verify their identity for free-to-play CS:GO and Prime access for 8800 "points" (that 点 symbol isn't the one for Renminbi, as 8800 yuan would be ~$1300 USD)
- Check out /u/SlothSquadron's breakdowns of both [url=https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/6tzr0h/in_depth_analysis_of_august_15_2017_prerelease/]the Five-SeveN tweaks[/url] [s]as well as [url=https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/6u68ho/the_tec9_was_secretly_buffed_in_the_current_beta/]a stealth buff of the Tec-9[/url][/s] (the Tec-9 changes appear to have been erroneous)
- Item schema update, featuring that "Game License" item: https://github.com/SteamDatabase/SteamTracking/commit/3290b651655ba42eb9069530ccc1789247aabce2
- Weapon data now lives in the item schema instead of each weapon having its own script file
- All the proof you need is in the GameTracking pudding: https://github.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking-CSGO/commit/04f48c109b6fb1addd6bc0d5166a1643d06ba1c3
- Size is close to 20 MB