Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Quote from Vaya

35 minutes ago, Vaya said: oh okay. I assumed the assets didn't appear because they were packed into the .bsps. So how does it currently work? forced workshop download?

Yep they are all asset packed in the game files

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41 minutes ago, El_Exodus said: huh? Afaik, OP map assets were never stored in the VPKs. They would have appeared in the SDK otherwise.

And Yeah they aren't packed into the vpk but they are still included into the full game package

Makes sense to move them to workshop now so fresh downloads will be smaller, and so people with old demos won't get missing map errors

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5 hours ago, Logic said: Valve really patched the shit out of Inferno only a day after release!

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That was fast! Much better than releasing a map officially and causing a lot of trouble because of a few small, but game-breaking bugs.

I like the new Inferno. Good balance between visuals and performance (though it seems a bit inconsistent visually, some art assets are nice looking while other look a bit out-dated). Visibility is improved, movement feels smoother, less pointless clutter - even though there are still a few spots that could use some clip brush love. Seems less CT sided, though we'll have to see it played more to confirm this. Overall very nice.

Quote from Vaya

1 hour ago, Vaya said: oh okay. I assumed the assets didn't appear because they were packed into the .bsps. So how does it currently work? forced workshop download?

Yeah they were stored in the .bsp files.

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36 minutes ago, Bevielis said: What was it that you disliked about Resort? Visually it was easily above the operation standart for maps, the layout was simple and traditional with it's sharp angles and clean pathing, allowing the player's individual skill to show as opposed to unconventional real life spaghetti layouts that create a temporary fun factor in operation maps. Digging deeper into it, the detailing was textbook clean, so if you're one of those people who is legally blind and needs every texture to be a solid colour to see the enemy, this map suits your needs, furthermore it featured a moving physics ball - what more do you want?

How about two moving physics balls next time?

Alright, the news about inferno got trumped by the sounds discussion…

Just watched couple walkthroughs and because of the above comments I was expecting to see a TF2 map. I find this to be a very truthful update, stuff is cleaner, but not flat/cel shaded.

I won't say I like it more than the old, actually I don't. It has lost that rustic feeling, looks more modern day-grunge kinda place.

Also Inferno with no portico in banana is not Inferno.

Ever since CSS Inferno, banana has been crap. As the only direct path to B for Ts, it is the tightest choke. The pillars always pissed me off.

I like the layout changes. Navigation is smoother now. What I don't like is the overall look. Maybe it's because I was expecting a grittier inferno, but I'm getting the impression that the level designers had two or more artistic directions, couldn't decide on one and merged parts of them together. For one, it has some hints of degradation going on, leaning towards a darker look, but it doesn't explore that idea to a higher degree. I think that could have been used a lot more to give the level some memorable "marks". As it is, all the areas seem washed(I'm not referring to saturation) and devoid of any uniqueness. Remember that destroyed wall from Portal 2? It's never used anywhere else, but it sticks in your memory.

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3 hours ago, Bevielis said: What was it that you disliked about Resort? Visually it was easily above the operation standart for maps, the layout was simple and traditional with it's sharp angles and clean pathing, allowing the player's individual skill to show as opposed to unconventional real life spaghetti layouts that create a temporary fun factor in operation maps. Digging deeper into it, the detailing was textbook clean, so if you're one of those people who is legally blind and needs every texture to be a solid colour to see the enemy, this map suits your needs, furthermore it featured a moving physics ball - what more do you want?

I didn't realize my comment is going to bring up such a strong feelings Resort was very good looking and I admired some of stuff in it from the level design point of view many times.

However I disliked the layout. There was too much long sightlines and odd paths. Layout was simple yes, but it was also boring. I guess it's just that some maps you like and some you don't.

And... fyi I am one of those persons who find it hard to see enemy from some textures. I have been diagnosed to have slow focusing in my eyes (dunno how to say it properly in english) which makes it unbelievable hard to focus on enemy sometimes. But great to hear you mocking me about it

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Or the stickers, lol

well, lol

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And the beta branch is named "Episode 1" to boot

I guess I missed the "paid sprays controversy". Did someone/anyone actually expect sprays not to be monetized if Valve ever even deigned to bring them back at all? Surely those people who don't want to pay for sprays (nb: I have 2 sprays and have paid for precisely 0) can just pretend they're still not available, or is there some game-breaking element to them?

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31 minutes ago, text_fish said: I guess I missed the "paid sprays controversy". Did someone/anyone actually expect sprays not to be monetized if Valve ever even deigned to bring them back at all? Surely those people who don't want to pay for sprays (nb: I have 2 sprays and have paid for precisely 0) can just pretend they're still not available, or is there some game-breaking element to them?

I remember a lot of people on Reddit saying they were willing to pay for sprays and a few people even mentioned they could have limited uses. Nobody seemed to mind the suggestions. Valve did just that then everyone went crazy about it saying they're taking away features which had been free in every other CS.

The one thing which did make sense was the use of sprays in competitive. People didn't like it since they can be distracting and maybe make you think there's someone hiding where it is actually a spray.

It appears, that Dust 2 will be the next map to get a rework. It seems logic to me and i expect it to be set in Australia (as i was obviously wrong, that Inferno would make use of the Australia setting )

https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffens…t2_remake2_new/

Yup, that pretty much confirms Dust 2 is the next one to get a rework.

Kind of expected, but de_canals is surprising. I wouldn't mind if it replaces Nuke, that map just doesn't work in CSGO.

Inferno visually reminds me of dod_palermo, is this insta's work?

Inferno is now officially in the main build of the game! Some of the sexy comparisons between the old and the new version can be seen here!

After playing around on the map I can only say wow! The visibility is miles ahead of the old version and the map looks amazing in general!

A new comp. map would be amazing. Overpass turned out to be one of the most fun maps in the Active Duty after some work and I'd gladly welcome another completely new map.