2.5.7.0

🚀 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

• Removed dependency on the system registry, all settings are now file-based for full portability
• 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: console 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
  
• Improved hud_headname ConVar: added mode 2 to display the names of all players with their team color during demo playback
• Re-introduced and completely overhauled the progressive lazy loading mode for demo files:
  • Demos now start playing immediately without waiting for the full file to load
  • The file parsing process is now decoupled from fps_max, resulting in significantly faster buffering
  • The progress slider now displays the full demo duration from the start, while a new indicator shows the buffered portion available for seeking
• Added ConVar dem_force_preload to configurable demo loading mode
  • 0 — Enables progressive lazy loading for instant playback startup
  • 1 — Enables full pre-loading of the demo into memory, providing full seek capabilities immediately after loading
    This mode also significantly speeds up the total load time (especially for long demo files)
• Added support for the ViewModelFX custom user message
  
• Added support for the Sprite API via the HudSprite custom user message
  
• Added Fullbright support for textures in studio models. Works only on regular models, not on player models
  
• Added on-the-fly gl_picmip updates without restarting the map
• Added a gear settings menu to the Server Browser with an option to auto-open the window on startup
• Added new cl_righthand -2 mode - legacy knife left / weapons right (classic behavior without requiring cl_lw 0)
• Added ConVar cl_sync_steam_favorites to toggle synchronization of favorite servers with Steam (Default: 0)
• Added ConVar spec_draw to toggle the Spectator UI (black bars) — useful for moviemaking
  
• Added Alt+Enter support to instantly toggle between windowed and fullscreen modes
  
• Added ConVar sdl_enable_alt_enter to enable Alt+Enter fullscreen/windowed mode
  
• Added ConVar spec_menu_on_duck to enable/disable the spectator menu
  
  
• Added Nested Clipping for transparent UI panels (CS:S style).
  • Prevents visual clutter by masking overlapping windows
  • Configurable via ClipPopupOverlaps and ClipPopupAlphaThreshold in scheme files
• Added support for Rounded Corners in VGUI frames (customizable in scheme via FrameBorder)
• Added -watchscheme launch parameter for automatic Hot Reload of VGUI schemes — updates UI immediately when theme files are modified (useful for creating themes)
• Added support for goldclient:// protocol for server connection and listen server creation via web browser
  
• Added support for protocol 47 demos
  
• Added Escape scenario support to HUD radar
  
• Added ConVar cl_cmdtickrate to fully decouple movement physics from framerate (FPS), enforcing a consistent update tickrate regardless of FPS
• Added -gl_legacy launch parameter to force legacy OpenGL mode for compatibility
• Added country flags to the Favorites, Friends, and History tabs in the server browser
  
  #115
• Added ConVar cl_discord_join_mode to control Discord Join Game functionality (0 = public connection, 1 = friends-only mode respecting Discord privacy settings)

🐛 Bug Fix

• Fixed round timer disappearing after reconnecting if a bomb was planted in the previous round
• Fixed model collision prediction
  
• Fixed a bug in chat during intermission
  
• Fixed a 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
  
• Fixed a long-standing bug in Scoreboard where player counts for CT and Terrorist teams would be swapped
  
  
• Fixed con_mono (monospaced console font) when running via Valve Proton
  
• Fixed being disconnected from servers when alt-tabbing back into the game after a long period while engine_no_render_minimized is enabled
  
• Fixed r_dynamic 0 behavior map lighting now updates correctly while keeping dynamic lights disabled for performance
  
• Fixed shadow sprite issue caused by missing ShadowIdx during demo playback
  
• Fixed a bug where legacy death notice icons always appeared white instead of proper colors
  
• Fixed New Game settings execution order to prevent conflicts with 3rd party modules
  
• Fixed Steam integration issues caused by recent Steam updates
• Fixed svc_centerprint messages being truncated incorrectly
  
• Fixed nickname validation to allow the ~ (tilde) symbol again
  
• Fixed a bug where laser beams were invisible in some cases
  
• Fixed invisible enemies showing on HUD radar in some cases
  
• Fixed a bug where the MOTD title could reset after UI scheme reloads caused by changing video resolution
  
• Fixed incorrect rendering of TE_PARTICLEBURST particles
  
• Fixed keyboard input blocking caused by disabled spec_draw
  
• Fixed hostname persisting from previous server on listen servers
  
• Fixed a crash when loading truncated or corrupted WAV sound files
  
  
• Fixed a bug causing previously displayed svc_centerprint messages to reappear on-screen without server sending them during intermission
  
  
• Fixed data overflow error when playing back demos recorded on content-heavy servers
  
  
• Fixed spectator menu opening during death when spamming duck key
  
  
  
• Fixed Ctrl+Shift+Alt+R shortcut for reloading UI schemes (now works correctly)
  
• Fixed a bug where resizable VGUI dialogs could go off-screen after changing video resolution
• Fixed HUD messages overlapping the game menu when displaced by the dynamic radar
  
• Fixed HUD messages overlapping and brightness issues as they now correctly respect server channel IDs
  
  #93
  
• Fixed jittery player movement and position offset while driving vehicles
  
  #87
• Fixed a crash when parsing long vox/sentence strings
• Fixed MP3 music stopping playing after multiple custom tracks (e.g. RoundEnd sounds)
  
  
  
• Fixed a bug where HUD radar showed enemies through visually opaque non-solid walls
  
• Fixed a bug where the player gets completely stuck and unable to move on laggy servers when playing with extremely high FPS
  
  #99 #3957
  
• Fixed a bug where loading large demo files would time out and forcefully drop back to the main menu
  
  #102
• Fixed a bug where minimizing or restoring game window triggered false release events for unpressed bound keys, causing unintended actions and console spam
  
  #98
• Fixed kRenderTransAlpha not affecting viewmodels correctly when used through gcl_write_rendermode
  
  #113
• Fixed incorrect handling of key release events for custom key binds while typing in chat when the key was never pressed
  
  #114
  
• Fixed incorrect application of view angles to the local player entity during the death state
  
• Fixed anti-cheat false positives caused by the recent mouse precision update
  

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