CS:GO update tweaks maps

A new CS:GO update has officially gone live and its purpose seems mostly to fix a wide range of bugs and issues, mostly in a few of the competitive maps.

Outside of map changes, one interesting fix is that living enemy players will now be financially compensated for the suicide or disconnect of a player to make up for lost round-end income in killing that player.

As for map changes, a number of pixel peeks on Mirage on the A site have been notably eliminated and collision models have been tweaked on many bombsites to allow for more accurate collision detection.

Two very substantial map changes include a stairwell that leads from B platform on Cobblestone down into the bombsite and a ladder on the B site of Nuke to allow players to climb up and defuse a bomb planted on top of the silo.

The full changelog for the update can be found below:

[MISC]

• Replaced the penalty for the suicide or disconnection of a player. Instead of the elimination of round-end income, a living enemy player now receives compensation equal to the missed kill reward opportunity.
• On Valve official servers, the current map will be excluded from the vote options at the end of a match.
• Modified behavior of mp_endmatch_votenextmap_keepcurrent (default 1). When set to 0, the current map will be excluded from the end of match map vote panel.
• Full player hitboxes are now used by "cl_weapon_debug_show_accuracy 2" so that the circle appears closer to the target in 3D space.
• Fixed coin journal not being accessible from inventory UI.

[OSX/LINUX]

• Made it so "Fullscreen" sets an exclusive fullscreen mode and "Windowed Fullscreen" sets a non-exclusive fullscreen mode. Exclusive fullscreen mode allows for potentially higher performance while making switching back to the desktop slower.

[SPECTATING]

• Added the concommand spec_player_by_accountid that switches observer target to the player with SteamID64 passed as argument.
• Added the convar spec_lock_to_accountid which, when set, will lock the observer target to the specified SteamID64 player. The lock can be set regardless of whether or not the player is currently connected.

[MAPS]

Cobblestone

• Added stairs up to B site platform, giving CTs additional options for defending the site
• Updated trees with more accurate collision model
• Fixed rendering error on wall hole model used near bombsite A
• Fixed various bugs (Thanks csgobugtracker.com contributors!)
• Improved visibility from underpass to A site

Mirage

• Fixed pixelwalk in CT spawn
• Fixed some small see-through gaps in bombsite A
• Fixed small see-through gap from Short to Mid
• Fixed grenade collision on van in bombsite B
• Van now plays proper surface sounds when walking on it
• Stairs in palace and B apartments will now play correct surface sounds
• Fixed potential rendering error on wall hole model used in CT sniper position
• Fixed various bugs (Thanks csgobugtracker.com contributors!)

Cache

• Minor bug fixes

Nuke

• Added ladder to bombsite B target
• Top of bombsite B target now opaque
• Added short crate stack to CT outside
• Misc clip fixes

Collision model update

• Added more accurate collision model for bombsite models used in Mirage, Inferno, Cache.
• Added more accurate collision model for barrels used in Overpass B site.

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