Release Notes for 8/16/2018
2018.08.16 - 
[PANORAMA]
– Panorama UI is now enabled by default on all platforms.
– Users who experience technical issues running CS:GO Panorama UI are encouraged to email CSGOTeamFeedback [at] valvesoftware.com and include #PanoramaUI in the subject line.
– Legacy Scaleform UI can be used for a very limited time with „-legacyscaleformui“ launch option.
[MP5-SD]
– Slight increase in maximum audible distance of primary fire sound.
– Chickens are no longer scared when players fire the MP5-SD.
[MISC]
– playgamesound command is now cheat protected.
Release Notes for 8/15/2018
2018.08.15 - 
[GAMEPLAY]
– Added the all new MP5-SD, available for testing Offline and in Official Casual and Deathmatch servers. It can be equipped in your MP7 loadout slot.
[MATCHMAKING]
– Lobbies advertised to nearby players and Steam Groups members will now expire after 5 minutes of the lobby leader’s inactivity.
– Added a way to start advertising single-user lobbies to nearby players and Steam Groups members from the permissions dialog.
[NETWORKING]
– Fixed a bug causing some players, especially on DSL connections, to experience high packet loss due to packets being delivered out of order.
[PANORAMA]
– Enabled Panorama UI on Windows XP and Windows Vista game clients.
– Enabled lobby chat when accept match popup is active.
– Fixed various multi-line messages clipping last line of text.
– Fixed unresponsive keyboard after typing and pressing ‘send’ in the chat panel.
– Allow sending a Steam message to recent teammates using new Steam chat.
– Spectator HUD elements now respect the cl_drawhud setting.
– Fixed reconnect button when it appears over lobby chat.
– Fixed MP7 walk up animation.
– Game state integration includes a field „round_totaldmg“ to track total damage the player dealt.
– Various scoreboard bug fixes for different game modes.
– Various stability improvements and fixes.
– Fixed mapoverview icon scaling
[HORIZON CASE]
– Added normal maps to Desert Eagle | Code Red and P90 | Traction
[PERFECT WORLD]
– Improved reliability of downloading Overwatch evidence in Perfect World CS:GO game client.
[MISC]
– This update includes a change to „csgo.exe“ which, while signed with Valve digital certificate, may still trigger warnings in certain anti-virus packages and require users to manually change their AV software settings to update correctly.
Release Notes for 8/8/2018
2018.08.08 -
[GAME STATE INTEGRATION]
– Added support for bomb info in GSI which can be turned on with „bomb“ „1“ in the configuration file.
– Added support for observer free camera information when „player_position“ „1“ is enabled in the configuration file.
– Added support for match round outcomes which can be turned on with „map_round_wins“ „1“ in the configuration file.
[PERFECT WORLD]
– Fixed Chinese voice audio for several character factions not playing correctly in the Perfect World version of the game.
[AUDIO]
– Improved quality of voice chat in the lobby.
[PANORAMA]
– Added cl_drawhud_specvote setting to disable vote screens when observing.
– Fixed map names displaying incorrectly in the voting panel in Chinese.
– Adjusted spectator player panel position at different HUD scales to reduce overlap with the chat.
– Fixed hostage icons under the radar not showing up if you had cl_hud_bomb_under_radar set to 0.
– Chat and voice panel spacing has been updated slightly.
– Fixed the player name in the spectator panel overlapping with the item name in rare cases.
– cl_radar_icon_scale_min max value has been increased to 1.25
– Added a con command (spec_cameraman_set_xray) that will allow setting whether the hltv cameraman is controlling the state of the x-ray or not (1 = cameraman controlled, 0 = spectator controlled).
– Scoreboard:
– Fixed 20 players not fitting in the Casual scoreboard.
– Fixed incorrect scrolling for servers with a large number of players.
– Fixed a performance issue when maxrounds is greater than 30.
– Fixed a case where old End of Match skill group and data would get reused.
– cl_mute_enemy_team now displays on avatars.
Release Notes for 8/6/2018
2018.08.06 -
[PANORAMA]
– Name tags on weapons now support all Unicode characters for display in UI.
– Fixed buy menu font size for long localized item names.
– Fixed font size in Overwatch verdict screen.
– Reduced width of the Vvte UI element.
– Fixed scoreboard rows state when users borrow a music kit.
– Version console command will now include Windows version detected by the game.
– Fixed overlaps in spectator scoreboard in certain aspect ratios.
– Fixed player names displaying incorrectly in end of match.
– Fixed some content fallbacks for the Perfect World version of the game.
– Multiple stability improvements including a fix to a frequent crash in buy menu on Mac and a hang binding keys to buy multiple items.
Release Notes for 8/2/2018
2018.08.02 -
[UI]
– Panorama UI is now active by default for users on all supported operating systems.
– For a limited transition time users can opt into backwards compatibility mode by adding -scaleform launch option.
[GAMEPLAY]
– Planted C4 will now emit a different beeping sound when planted at bombsite B.
– Molotovs and incendiary grenades will now consistently deal impact damage to match other grenades.
[PERFECT WORLD]
– Players using the CS:GO Perfect World launcher now have fully localized voice audio.
– Community servers now allow connections from players using the CS:GO Perfect World launcher and other launchers.
[HORIZON CASE]
– Added the Horizon Case, featuring 17 new community weapon finishes and 4 brand new knives.
[PANORAMA]
– Fixed halftime and team selection music to respect main menu music volume settings.
– Lobby voice chat will now duck main menu music volume for the duration of voice chat.
– Fixed ability to borrow music kits and added a button to stop borrowing music kits.
– Fixed a bug that caused old invites to be re-sent when returning to lobby from a competitive match.
– Friends rich presence in-game now displays the competitive match score first.
– Added chat messages for players receiving competitive cooldowns, reports, and commendations.
– Multiple fixes for IME support and text entry focus with IME.
– Updated lobby chat to show more messages.
– Fixed Lobby chat layouts for 4×3 and 5×4 aspect ratios.
– Fixed end of match rank display showing incorrect text for 40+ level ranks.
– Fixed reconnect panel layouts for 4×3 and 5×4 aspect ratios.
– Fixed scoreboard layout in war game modes.
– Improved visual separation of observers in the scoreboard.
– Fixed the spectator round timer sometimes getting stuck red.
– Fixed missing kill feed icons.
– Fixed radar and map overviews for workshop maps that don’t have a manifest file with radar data.
– Fixed workshop maps selection screen in Wingman mode.
– Impact kills with molotovs and incendiary grenades now display an icon in the kill feed.
– Fixed various mistakes on the new radar map overviews (thanks Yesber).
[MISC]
– Added fallback parameters to Overpass water material to fix stale reflection data.
– Added rare inspect animation to Desert Eagle.
– Miscellaneous stability and security fixes.
