CS:GO Update Adds Better Positional Audio and some Christmas Cheer

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  • CS:GO Update Adds Better Positional Audio and some Christmas Cheer

    Tonight's update for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive includes some improvements to the game's positional audio. The team added in HRTF (head-related transfer function) to allow for better 360 degree positional audio.

    The update also includes some special Christmas cheer.

    CS:GO update for December 7, 2016

    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.
    https://developer.valvesoftware.com/...nel_Encryption

    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
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