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In their latest patch notes, they noted improvements with the new Panorama UI to fix a VRAM leak for OpenGL affecting Linux and also "Multiple performance improvements" for Linux as well.
The MP5-SD they recently added is also now available in official Competitive Matchmaking. Additionally, they also pushed out an update to the FBI character models, which are live on the Nuke, Agency, and Office maps.
For those interested in the full changelog, find it here.
It will be interesting to see how long Valve can keep the train going for CS:GO, there's probably a good few years of life left in it considering it's constantly in the top most played games on Steam. It did have a big dip in the player count starting around March/April, but it looks like it's rebounding now.
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Screw that, have they fixed the issue where the game won't download the maps in community servers already?!?
The one where it will always stay at 0%.
The one where it will always stay at 0%.
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Bold move going with the FBI. CS should have just stuck with Terrorist and Counter-Terrorist otherwise they run a risk of being labeled biased (sick I know). This is something Valve understood going back to September 11, 2001. Put another way, are they going to allow other national police forces? Who decides?Uh, they were always FBI for those specific maps weren't they?
I'm not advocating such stupidity I'm saying at the rate we're going it's inevitable the left will take issue with this too.
+1 graphic quality though, they've done some serious work on the textures and maps.
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buenaventura Oct 4, 2018
I am always on the ropes about buying CS:GO, my friends all played 1.6 and then I did some Source back in the and I liked it, but meeeh, dunno. I have overwatch and insurgency, feels like CS:GO is just too bland.
The FBI was already there LOL, such nonsense from devnull.
The FBI was already there LOL, such nonsense from devnull.
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Bold move going with the FBI. CS should have just stuck with Terrorist and Counter-Terrorist otherwise they run a risk of being labeled biased (sick I know). This is something Valve understood going back to September 11, 2001. Put another way, are they going to allow other national police forces? Who decides?
I'm not advocating such stupidity I'm saying at the rate we're going it's inevitable the left will take issue with this too.
+1 graphic quality though, they've done some serious work on the textures and maps.
@KayKay91 you mean this one from 2014 ? Not likely.
I am an Indian and like most others here, have grown up watching American movies (where it is hard not to feel patriotic. for America. LOL). This is nothing to be offended about.
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buenaventura Oct 4, 2018
Why do people always try and force politics into my video games?
I'm not American so I guess I don't understand why updating the FBI models is considered offensive to left-wing politics? Really getting tiring now seeing these political trolls everywhere lol
It is of course not offensive to anyone left wing, to have FBI in a game - but the "alt-right" likes to pretend that left wing people are offended by anything. In practice, as we can see in this thread, it is them who will be offended even at a made up scenario of someone else being offended :P
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Not mentioned, but they finally fix language problem for non-english users: (its take only 4 year :D)
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/csgo-osx-linux/issues/38
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/csgo-osx-linux/issues/1730
Lol , i gotta try that. I wasn't able to play Cs Go in Turkish.
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I'm British, I consider myself to the left, I literally don't care about the "FBI" being represented in CS:GO.
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I'm British, I consider myself to the left, I literally don't care about the "FBI" being represented in CS:GO.
Agreed.
That is just a game. I really can't understand people cares about "representing" in the games , unless it is very agressive and obvious one.
Fun fact:
When BF1 launched , it also had Ottoman forces in it. I literally saw people saying " How can i play this game as English forces , i can't shoot at to my elders " online.
Mind blowing experience.
Last edited by Leopard on 4 October 2018 at 8:47 pm UTC
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buenaventura Oct 4, 2018
I'm swedish, I'm left, and I don't give a damn either!
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DoctorJunglist Oct 4, 2018
I am always on the ropes about buying CS:GO, my friends all played 1.6 and then I did some Source back in the and I liked it, but meeeh, dunno. I have overwatch and insurgency, feels like CS:GO is just too bland.I say go for it.
The FBI was already there LOL, such nonsense from devnull.
I've been playing CS since 1.6, through Source, and now CS GO. It is true that by now it got a little 'bland' - but that's only because you've already spent so much time playing the previous iterations. The gameplay itself, is one of a kind, and superb as always.
I only have 46 hours in CS GO even though I've had it for a while - but still, I enjoy playing a match or two from time to time.
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buenaventura Oct 4, 2018
I am always on the ropes about buying CS:GO, my friends all played 1.6 and then I did some Source back in the and I liked it, but meeeh, dunno. I have overwatch and insurgency, feels like CS:GO is just too bland.I say go for it.
The FBI was already there LOL, such nonsense from devnull.
I've been playing CS since 1.6, through Source, and now CS GO. It is true that by now it got a little 'bland' - but that's only because you've already spent so much time playing the previous iterations. The gameplay itself, is one of a kind, and superb as always.
I only have 46 hours in CS GO even though I've had it for a while - but still, I enjoy playing a match or two from time to time.
Yeah I think you've convinced me - at the next sale I'll get it! Or perhaps trade for it if anyone has it.
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It will be interesting to see how long Valve can keep the train going for CS:GO, there's probably a good few years of life left in it considering it's constantly in the top most played games on Steam. It did have a big dip in the player count starting around March/April, but it looks like it's rebounding now.
Valve supports their games forever I think. See TF2 or L4D2. And there is a loyal community even for the old titles. I just started CSGO a year ago. Now it's my favorite game. Once you're gripped, it's hard to stop.
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strunkenbold Oct 5, 2018
Wondering if these are general performance improvements or if they just fixed performance issues caused by the new Panorama UI.
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Wondering if these are general performance improvements or if they just fixed performance issues caused by the new Panorama UI.What seems to be changed is better multicore usage.
Before, I had all 8 Cores used (4+4HT), but one core was nearly always at 100%, others around 20-30%, so effectively, it was CPU-bottle-necked.
Now, all 8 cores are very evenly around 30%, never seen such nice balanced multi-threading on OpenGL (only on Vulkan).
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Screw that, have they fixed the issue where the game won't download the maps in community servers already?!?
The one where it will always stay at 0%.
https://github.com/ericek111/linux-csgo-downloadfixer
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