• Height of the 'pillar' of flame for both Molotov and Incendiary grenade now decreases over time
  
• Reduced the terrorist team award when bomb was planted but defused from $800 to $600, to decrease the impact of the first-round on subsequent rounds
  
• Reduced the price of the M4A4 from $3100 to $3000
  
• Minor adjustments to first-person camera movement
  
• Added explicit "switchhandsleft" and "switchhandsright" console commands
  
• Deathmatch bonus weapons are now the same for all players regardless of loadout
  

Incendiary Grenade

• Adjusted the explosion and flame visual treatment
  
• Reduced duration
  
• Reduced area covered by spreading flames
  
• Reduced price from $600 to $500
  

• When players open a Kilowatt case with a key, they will have the option to rent the entire Kilowatt collection (i.e., every weapon in the case, excluding the rare special item) for a week instead of receiving an item from the collection
  
• Equipped rented weapons will be replaced with the stock version of the weapon when the rental period expires
  
• Rented weapons cannot be modified (e.g., via stickers or name tags), traded, or sold on the Steam Community Market
  

• Fixed a bug where the MVP player name displayed incorrectly during bot takeover
  
• Fixed a bug where the Refund All button in the Buy Menu would only refund a single flashbang grenade
  
• Fixed a bug where the ESC menu scoreboard during end-of-match didn't match the TAB scoreboard
  
• Fixed a bug where the Loss Bonus scoreboard tooltip would get stuck on-screen after closing the scoreboard
  
• Blocking stranger Steam avatars will now block other user-generated content such name tags and sticker placements
  

• Chickens have a few new animations
  
• Chickens can now walk up hills
  
• Chickens can now turn right while walking
  

• Various performance improvements to the Warehouse main menu and item inspect background scenery
  

• The demo playback timeline now show indicators for kill and death events
  
• Demo playback can be toggled into "highlight mode" which will show only kills and deaths for the active player
  
• Various minor demo playback UI changes
  
• Fixed a demo playback crash
  

Vertigo:

• Added catwalk by bombsite A, connecting to back of A
  
• Removed connector between back of A and elevators
  
• Opened up passage between elevators and scaffolding
  
• Slightly tweaked size of bombsite A
  
• Tweaked spawn timings slightly
  
• Changed Wingman layout to feature bombsite A changes
  

Baggage:

• Fixed movement hitch on lower conveyor
  
• Lowered height of central conveyor tray to help open sniper view
  

Office:

• Fixed a case where a player could shoot through multiple walls
  

Mirage:

• Fixed bad collision on certain props
  
• Fixed some sticky collision around windows in palace
  

Today's update includes some love for the CT economy, with price cuts to the M4A4 and Incendiary grenade, and a bit less cash going to the T's when the bomb gets defused.



In addition to the price cut, the incendiary grenade has gotten a bit of a makeover with a new visual treatment for its explosion and flames, and reduced spread and duration.

And in other gameplay news, Vertigo's A-site has gotten some significant changes--it's now the site featured in Wingman matches, so check it out.



Calling all Kilowatt Collection fans! Now, when you open a Kilowatt case with a key, you'll be given the option to rent the whole collection for a week (excluding the rare special item) instead of keeping a single item. You can play with the weapons as much as you like during that week, but they can't be modified by stickers or nametags.

Lots of other changes in today's update, including some quality of life improvements for demo playback, slightly smarter chickens, and a bit of spring cleaning--good news for fans of 'various bug fixes.'

Jump into a match and see what's new!

• Added support for AMD Anti-Lag 2.
  

• Reduced the opacity of teammate names near the crosshair.
  
• Made the death experience during bot takeover match the normal death experience.
  
• Fixed several bugs with looping through bot takeover spectator targets.
  
• Fixed several bugs with scoreboard buttons not working as designed.
  
• Fixed a bug where the in-air kill feed icon didn't work with certain weapons (thanks aquaismissing).
  
• Fixed a bug where the HUD would be offset after watching a demo (thanks again aquaismissing).
  

• Fixed a visual bug where sniper rifle viewmodels could be visible at the edge of the scope screen overlay.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented HE grenade explosions from breaking the vents in de_nuke.
  
• Fixed an issue where viewmodels would sometimes emit double shell eject effects.
  
• Minor performance improvements
  

• Fixed a crash related to the scoreboard
  

• Fixed a bug where the game would stop taking keyboard input during the end-of-match map vote.
  
• Fixed a bug where UI characters always had default gloves equipped.
  
• Demo playback will pause at the end of a recording instead of returning to the main menu.
  
• Minor demo playback optimizations.
  

• Added arms race game mode for workshop map submissions
  

• Grenade kills no longer display the "in-air" killfeed icon.
  
• Fixed several cases where clicking on the buy menu or scoreboard would cause the game to stop taking keyboard input.
  
• Fixed too many usercommands being processed when skipping forward in demos. This reduces the skip time by as much as 80%.
  
• Added console output that may be helpful for advanced users to diagnose performance problems. When a very long frame occurs, a brief profile of the frame is printed. At the end of a match, a summary is printed.
  

• Fixed a bug where grenade throw animations would get stuck when switching hands.
  
• Fixed a bug where the same grenade type couldn't be thrown multiple times without switching to another weapon first.
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed picking up grenades beyond the normal maximum.
  
• Fixed a bug where smoke grenades would sometimes appear lit as if a flashbang detonated inside them.

• Fixed a spot in Dust 2 above mid doors where grenades would fall through the world.
  
• Fixed a spot in Inferno where weapons could fall through the world.
  

Today's update includes a bunch of quality-of-life improvements that touch upon every part of the game, from maps to UI to gameplay. A few highlights are below, but check out the release notes to see what's new!


Lefties rejoice! Players can now redeploy their weapons, swapping between the left and right hand. You can set your preferred handedness in the settings menu and then switch hands temporarily mid-round with a key press (H on US Keyboards by default).


The buy menu has a few new tricks. To help you decide whether to buy or save, the top right of the buy menu now features the minimum amount of money you're guaranteed to have next round (thanks Kadomos). And at the bottom you'll find the new 'Dropped Weapons' panel, where you can see (and directly pick up) any weapons that you or teammates have dropped in the buy zone.


There are several more HUD/UI changes in today's update. For those of you who have memorized a library of grenade line-ups, a line-up reticle will appear shortly after you pull the pin (you can even customize the delay for each grenade type). And if you've had trouble navigating through smoke, set a Radar Map Alternate Zoom and add a Toggle Radar Zoom key binding, which will let you switch between zoom levels during a round.


We've updated the Active Duty map pool (for both Premier and competitions), removing Overpass and bringing back Dust II. And there are changes to many other maps, including significant changes to Inferno.

Jump right into a match and see what's new, or practice with your friends--practice matches and workshop maps can now be launched with members of your party.