[ SHANGHAI MAJOR ] [list] [*]Shanghai 2024 Major Champions Capsule is now available for purchase. The capsule features autographs for each member of the winning team in paper, glitter, holo, and gold. 50% of the proceeds go to the players and organizations.[/list] [ GAMEPLAY ] [list] [*]Adjusted the threshold at which death notice displays attacker as "flashed". [*]Explosions will now more reliably throw weapons around even if multiple weapons are dropped on top of each other. [*]During warmup, weapons will no longer drop on the ground when changing teams. [*]During warmup, changing teams now has a two second cooldown. [*]Added server settings controlling which items drop on the ground during warmup period: mp_warmup_items_drop_policy, mp_warmup_items_nocost, mp_warmup_items_nocount_policy. Community servers that run with free non-droppable weapons during warmup can set these settings as follows: mp_warmup_items_drop_policy 0, mp_warmup_items_nocost 1, mp_warmup_items_nocount_policy 251. [*]Give command will now always drop the held weapon if the given weapon needs an empty primary/secondary weapon slot to be used. For legacy behaviour, which would drop the new weapon on the ground, developers can use "-keep_gear" flag, e.g. give weapon_awp -keep_gear[/list] [ MAPS ] [list] [*] Train [list] [*]Improved collision fidelity on various props [*]Updated and fixed surface types on several props [*]Adjusted wetness levels on some surfaces [*]Fixed various gaps in map[/list] [/list][ MAP GUIDES ] [list] [*]Map Guides are now supported in the Steam Workshop for submission and subscription. [*]Added a selector to pick which map guide gets loaded in practice mode. [*]Annotations nodes are now visible in the radar. [*]Added a tool (via console command "workshop_annotation_submit") to submit a map guide to the Steam Workshop.[/list] [ MISC ] [list] [*]Added a setting for CPU Cores Usage Preference to control how high performance and power efficiency cores are used by the game on CPUs with variable cores. [*]Fixed a case where graphics driver could render a corrupt graphics image for weapons in inventory item tiles. [*]Improvements to weapon inspect animations. [*]Improvements to display of extra-long custom weapon names in UI. [*]Stability improvements. [*]Added all-new 2025 Service Medal which will be available starting January 1st GMT [*]Workshop Tools - Fixed bug on shadows for low sunlight angles[/list]