Changelog

🧩 Miscellaneous​

• A maintenance release focused on minor code refactoring and various bug fixes under the hood

🚀 New Features​

• cl_smokegren_color can now be applied to server-side gas puff smoke effects
• Added command client_motd_close to let players close MOTD via a keybind or when executed from server
  
• MOTD now automatically closes when its URL navigates to browser://close
  
• gl_fog command now acts as a shadow ConVar, allowing servers to control it without overriding player config permanently

🐛 Bug Fix​

• Fixed Server Name sometimes displaying incorrectly in MOTD title

🚀 New Features​

• Changing brightness or gamma in settings no longer requires a game restart
• hud_centerid command is now a shadow ConVar, giving servers temporary control
• Crosshair convars cl_crosshairthickness and cl_crosshair_outlinethickness now accept integer values only to avoid confusion
• Increased buffer limit for MOTD from 1536 to 32768 bytes

🚀 New Features​

• Added Steam Cloud support to automatically synchronize config.cfg across devices
  Since version 2.2.1.0, the -cloud launch param is required to enable
• New command spec_movespeedkey allows spectators to fly faster by holding Shift
• Fonts can now have an outline effect
  Сonfigured in TrackerScheme.res
• Added adaptive V-Sync support for smoother frame rates on compatible hardware
  Standard V-Sync remains available
• Servers can now execute temporary keybinds on clients via a new shadow keybinding system

🚀 New Features​

• Added a toggle option in ServerBrowser to hide duplicate servers

🚀 New Features​

• Added command cl_download_delay_ms to help with file download issues from certain web-hostings

🐛 Bug Fix​

• Fixed a bug that occurred when adding a new server to Favorites list

🐛 Bug Fixes​

• Fixed a client crash that could occur when changing video options
  

🚀 New Features​

• Added a color picker for cl_smokegren_color in Advanced Options menu
• Added auto-completion for demo filenames in the game console for viewdemo and playdemo commands
• Added СonVar cl_allow_demorecord that allows servers to start demo recording on a client
• Servers can now temporarily assign keybinds to a client for the current session, if key is not already in use
• TAB key (scoreboard) can now be used while watching demos
• Default cl_dlmax value increased to 1024 for faster content downloads from game server

🚀 New Features​

• Implemented stricter content validation for FastDL files
  Now verifies that file data matches its extension, preventing corrupted or invalid content
• Added ConVar cl_smokegren_color for direct control over smoke grenade color

🚀 New Features​

• Added country flags and filters for game mode and location to internet Server Browser tab
• Added ConVar hud_headname to show nicknames above teammates in-game that are on the player's Steam friends list
• Implemented Steam integration
• Added shadow keybindings system, allowing servers to temporarily set keybinds without affecting local configuration
  ConVar sbind to enable/disable this feature, and sbindlist command to display current shadow binds from the server
• Completely reworked server command filtering system for much better security and reliability
• Favorites tab in Server Browser is now more stable and correctly shows unresponsive servers
• FPS cap during server connection removed
• Demos and screenshots are now stored in cstrike_downloads folder
• Added new ConVar cl_bob_sniper for sniper rifle weapon bobbing

🐛 Bug Fixes​

• Improved net_graph layout, fixing column alignment
• Invalid or non-printable characters are now cleaned up from server and map names
• Fixed a crash related to switching display modes in video options
  
• Fixed an issue in History tab where Last Played time was sometimes incorrect
• Fixed long server names being cut off on the scoreboard #2168