Release Notes for 9/21/2017
2017.09.21 - 
[ PERFECT WORLD ]
– Added UI to see current Perfect World account balance and add funds from the main menu.
– Added ability to purchase keys outside of case opening.
[ OPERATION HYDRA ]
– Operation Hydra passes are now 50% off.
– Fixed a rare case where Operation Hydra rewards were earned at reduced rate for accounts who maxed out their regular weekly XP.
– Fixed an issue where the Operation Hydra UI erroneously claimed that more stars would become available next week.
– Fixed an issue that caused some UI elements to show a gold operation coin for users with diamond coins.
– Removed weekly “Operation XP Exhausted” end-of-match warning for players with the maximum amount of event stars.
[ MISC ]
– Fixed some cases where footstep sounds would not be heard. Thanks to /u/Jambozx for his video demonstration this issue.
– Updated Mac-10 | Oceanic to have more randomness in the texture pattern.
– Fixed several security exploits (thanks Sikari!)
Release Notes for 9/14/2017
2017.09.14 - 
[ PERFECT WORLD ]
– CS:GO is available today in mainland China through partnership with Perfect World.
– The CS:GO Launcher can be downloaded from the official Perfect World website at http://www.csgo.com.cn/download/index.html, or the game can be launched by Perfect World players using -perfectworld launch option after they have completed their Perfect World account registration.
– All Perfect World players with a valid registered Perfect World account who play CS:GO during the launch month will get a promotional gift package free of charge which will include the following limited-time exclusive items:
— one sticker from the “CS:GO Perfect World Sticker Capsule 1”
— one sticker from the “CS:GO Perfect World Sticker Capsule 2”
— one graffiti from the “CS:GO Perfect World Graffiti Capsule”
– After the promotional exclusivity period, in October, both Perfect World sticker capsules and the Perfect World graffiti capsule will be available for purchase worldwide.
[ ECONOMY ]
– Added the Spectrum 2 Case, featuring 17 community designs. In the Spectrum 2 Case, the rare special item will be the second generation of knives in Chroma finishes.
[ GAMEPLAY ]
The following changes from the “1.36.0.3-rc1” CS:GO Beta depot have also been included in this update:
– Significantly reduced unarmored aimpunch.
– Additional changes to pistols with the goal of emphasizing skillful use of the weapons.
– Glock: Slight adjustments favoring accurate players who close the distance to their opponent.
— Increased base damage
— Reduced damage at longer distances
— Slightly improved accuracy while firing rapidly
— Slightly improved accuracy while moving
– P250: The P250 has been adjusted to reward longer-distance engagements, particularly against unarmored opponents.
— Increased base damage
— Reduced armor penetration
— Improved damage at longer distances
— Reduced accuracy while moving
[ MISC ]
– logaddress_add_http will automatically ignore duplicate entries.
Pre-Release Notes for 9/12/2017
2017.09.12 -
The following changes are in the “1.36.0.3-rc1” CS:GO Beta depot.
[GAMEPLAY]
– Significantly reduced unarmored aimpunch.
– Additional changes to pistols with the goal of emphasizing skillful use of the weapons.
– Glock: Slight adjustments favoring accurate players who close the distance to their opponent.
— Increased base damage
— Reduced damage at longer distances
— Slightly improved accuracy while firing rapidly
— Slightly improved accuracy while moving
– P250: The P250 has been adjusted to reward longer-distance engagements, particularly against unarmored opponents.
— Increased base damage
— Reduced armor penetration
— Improved damage at longer distances
— Reduced accuracy while moving
Release Notes for 9/11/2017
2017.09.11 -
[ PERFECT WORLD ]
– Enabled person to person trading.
[ MISC ]
– Fixed a rare crash on dedicated servers that disallowed votes.
– Fixed players sometimes losing helmets when restoring round backups in tournament matches.
– Added error detection when failing to fully initialize NVIDIA graphics driver.
Release Notes for 9/7/2017
2017.09.07 -
[ OVERWATCH ]
– Added an explanation to Overwatch griefing convictions that players can be convicted for not participating in the match for an extended period of time.
[ INVENTORY ]
– Added support for asynchronously loading gift sender’s name for unacknowledged items received as a gift.
– Fixed an issue that prevented display items from getting unequipped in loadout.
– Applying a trade-restricted sticker will now also transfer its ‘Tradable After’ restriction to the weapon. If both the sticker and the weapon were sellable immediately on Steam Community Market then the weapon with the sticker will remain sellable immediately.
[ STORE ]
– Limited-time offers will now always be available to users launching the game.
– Limited-time offers will now always be replenished when one of them is purchased.
[ MISC ]
– For log-parsing, all disconnect messages will no longer contain a newline character.
– Added a plugin method IServerTools::CreateItemEntityByName which should be used when plugins need to create weapon entities by schema name.
– Fixed an issue that caused a client error “CL_ReadPreserveEnt: u.m_nNewEntity == MAX_EDICTS” on some community servers.
– Expanded server capacity for official datacenter in Tianjin, China.
