2.5.7.0

Beta

October 19, 2025

🚀 New Feature

Added automatic client update system (can be toggled in settings)
Added Matchmaking tab to New Game menu for quick game search with filters (game, mod, map) (can be toggled)
Added Discord RPC integration to display in-game status
Added a button in settings to enable/disable Steam integration
Added ConVars for scoreboard customization
- scoreboard_showsteam
- scoreboard_showdefaultavatars
- scoreboard_steamicon_offset_x
- scoreboard_steamicon_offset_y
- scoreboard_steamicon_scale

Fully reworked avatar manager: improved stability, added CDN support for fast loading
Significantly optimized lookup and execution of console commands and aliases
Optimized Options dialog opening, removed delays and implemented avatar list caching
Improved dev_console ConVar: can now be opened over loading dialogs
Improved server browser map filter: added support for exact map name search in quotes
Improved DHUD: messages now respect channels
Added support for custom sizes for the original radar via hud.txt
Added a validate to HUD radar config to prevent using a different map image for a map with the same name

Fixed round timer disappearing after reconnecting if a bomb was planted in the previous round
Fixed model collision prediction
Fixed an bug in chat during intermission
Fixed an bug in scoreboard where bottom of player names could be cut off, especially on crowded servers or at low resolutions
Fixed player names appearing twice on HUD radar
Fixed incorrect right-alignment of text in VGUI menus (e.g., buy menu)
Fixed duration formatting in demo player UI
Fixed execution order for command aliases using wait command
Fixed demos starting at the wrong time
Fixed loading of external resources (maps, models) in demos when broken by some server-side anticheats
Fixed auto-join button not working for full servers
Fixed lservercfgfile.cfg execution when creating a listen server
Fixed sprite green color in StatusIcon user message
Fixed buffer overflow when reading empty lines in sentences.txt
Fixed mouse aim getting stuck at max sniper zoom, an issue most noticeable with high-precision mice or high FPS
#874