Counter-Strike: Global Offensive update adds CZ75-Auto pistol, several balancing tweaks & more

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive developer Valve has rolled out a new update that adds a new CZ75-Auto pistol, and a range of balancing changes.

The full patch notes were posted on Reddit last night and go as follows:

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive February 12 Update

CZ75-Auto

• Added the CZ75-Auto as a new stock pistol that is a loadout alternative to the P250. Its stats are identical to the P250′s with the exception of being fully automatic and having only two magazines.

CS:GO Weapon Case #3

• Introducing the CS:GO Weapon Case #3, comprised entirely of pistol finishes, including finishes for the new CZ75-Auto.

GAMEPLAY

• Weapon adjustments based on data collected:
  • Increased Aug recoil
  • Reduced Aug rate of fire
  • Reduced Aug and Sg553 scoped run speeds
  • Increased Desert Eagle accuracy recovery by 2.5%
• Improved scope visuals for Aug and Sg553.
• Aug now has a new firing sound.
• Pressing the walk key while running now properly decelerates your speed to walking instead of instantly capping it.
• Fixed regression that broke environment fog not being reduced when zoomed with a scoped weapon.

UI

• Added text filter to loadout.
• Added peel animation when player cycles position.
• Fixed enemies on the square radar not rotating to match their view.
• Fixed teammate colors sometimes shuffling on some panels when a player disconnected in Competitive Mode.
• Crosshair style 2 (Classic) has been changed to accurately show weapon accuracy.
• Added some ConVars to be used with crosshairstyle 2 (Classic) to allow users to further customize how they want it to display. (cl_crosshair_dynamic_splitdist, cl_crosshair_dynamic_splitalpha_innermod, cl_crosshair_dynamic_splitalpha_outermod, cl_crosshair_dynamic_maxdist_splitratio)

MAPS

• Overpass
  • Improved visibility.
  • Removed small cover on CT side of Bombsite B.
  • Drastically reduced the number of trashcans.
  • Widened tunnel near T spawn.
  • Widened lower door in park connector.
  • Widened corridor near CT sniper room.

MISC

• Fixes to improve game stability during startup.
• Added diagnostic info to debug video config reset.
• Fixed dedicated server to write steam_appid.txt
• Fixed several game server memory leaks.
• Fixed a bug causing certain workshop maps to re-download every time the game is launched.

Via MP1st.