CS:GO update brings more changes to competitive matchmaking pool \u2013 January 31 patch notes The developers of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive at Valve released another minor update for the incredibly popular PC game on January 31 \/ February 1. Here\u2019s everything you need to know about the patch. As we stated after the release of the January 24 CS:GO patch, it is unlikely that we will see any game-changing updates until the conclusion of the IEM Katowice Major on March 3, but the devs seem determined to continue to tweak and improve the current maps in the matchmaking rotation. The last update focused on removing maps like Subzero and Austrian from official matchmaking \u2013 replacing them with the likes of Zoo and Abbey \u2013 and the January 31 patch seems to be dedicated to improving those replacements. Both Zoo and Abbey are now available in competitive matchmaking, rather than public matches alone, and have received numerous tweaks to their appearance and other improvements along with the new version of Vertigo, which was also added to the competitive matchmaking rotation on January 24. Abbey\u2019s skyboxes have been opened up in a number of locations, offering a more diverse range of options for grenade usage. A number of minor glitches have also been addressed along with optimization improvements. Zoo\u2019s changes are more visual than practical, with the developers noting that they have replaced and changed a number of small sections and even removed the \u2018dead guy at T spawn\u2019. The full January 31 patch notes for CS:GO are as follows: MAPS Zoo and Abbey are now available in Competitive matchmaking. Zoo: \u2013 Visual updates overall to match present standards \u2013 Replaced SWAT with FBI \u2013 Reduced the amount of corners\/spots at B site \u2013 Removed glow effects from wall mounted fixtures to prevent smoke exploits \u2013 Replaced foliage at interior lower mid to improve sightlines \u2013 Raised ceiling in connector between T spawn and A mid \u2013 Moved swinging tire out of the way of sightlines \u2013 Increased infographics\u2019 resolution \u2013 Removed dead guy at T spawn \u2013 Disabled collision on some foliage \u2013 Fixed minor visual glitches Abbey: \u2013 Opened mid skybox allowing T\u2019s to throw grenades from river area \u2013 Opened mid skybox allowing players to throw grenades from A bombsites \u2013 Opened A skybox allowing T\u2019s to throw grenades from right alley \u2013 Replaced window model with wider one in library (T\u2019s side of middle) \u2013 Added block bullets brushes in some places to prevent full penetration \u2013 Optimization \u2013 Removed bomb stuck spots \u2013 Enabled collision on window models \u2013 Reduced size of clip brushes in some places \u2013 Added missing overlays \u2013 Fixed various clipping issues \u2013 Added new 3d skybox \u2013 Removed tiny mountain \u2013 Added some color to the map \u2013 Added building on mid Vertigo: -Made door into B site from CT side twice as wide -Improved collision model of large HVAC units -Blocked visibility under HVAC units -Tweaked layout of staircase leading up to B site -Blocked visibility from T spawn to B site catwalk -Added some props near staircase to minimize fall damage -Tweaked layout of bombsite B target -Brightened ambient sunlight MISC: \u2013 Fixed game state integration truncating long workshop map names. \u2013 Fixed localization strings in some languages displaying numbers with zeroes after decimal point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CS:GO update brings more changes to competitive matchmaking pool \u2013 January 31 patch notes The developers of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive at Valve released another minor update for the incredibly popular PC game on January 31 \/ February 1. Here\u2019s everything you need to know about the patch. As we stated after the release of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37950\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}