Hi Valve,
I have to say CSGO is proving to be an impressive game, with some very good updates recently, it definitely seems to have rejuvenated the CS brand and is attracted both old and new players. However we all want the game to get even better and we know it can. I feel reading from the mailing list that there can still be some improvements which can be made to give server admins and players a better playing environment. I have collected a few issues and suggestions from the mailing list for easy reference - which i hope you can look out. I am trying to get it into one thread in particular just to prevent clogging up the mailing list. 1 - Downloading content (maps, sounds, materials) off servers. Please implement the download progress box as in previous games . It is inconvenient to look at the console and for those people who don't use a console or new players, they might think their game has crashed if all they see is a blank screen. 2 - Exposing some convars. E.g. net_maxfilesize, sv_client_min_interp_ratio, sv_disablefreezecam, sv_minupdaterate, sv_maxupdaterate, the vote and rcon commands etc... I see no reason why these have been hidden, and using workarounds to access these make no sense. 3 - Bug with forcecamera. The command does not work in practise compared to CS 1.6 and CSS. With it disabled, you should be able to see both teams but sometimes you can see only the enemy team and not your own, and it displays random behaviour. 4 - Increase the real maxplayers value on servers to 64. Most popular servers usually cannot get more than 25-28 players on the server. There is also the problem with sometimes not being able to connect to server because of a queue reservation if the server is almost full. 5 - Introduce the anonymous STEAMCmd login as you have mentioned in the past and allow more than one server to be updated accordingly. 6 - Create a CVAR to disable the ability to blocking players from playing in your session. It's not right that someone can block various players on the server, including admins and they won't be able to play just because of an idiot. 7 - Fix the ability to use the Zeus in competitive mode. mp_weapons_allow_zeus does not quite work. 8 - Arms race servers seems to crash a lot with more than 15/16 for no reason, using same mods as on a classic servers. 9 - mp_halftime in classic casual mode displaying crazy behaviour (as mentioned in mailing list). It seems to run fine in classic competitive mode. 10 - Fixing the "You do not have this 3rd party mod installed" error message when trying to join a game directly when CSGO has not yet been launched. 11 - Fix the sv_password issue where people can join private servers with any password 12 - Enable the menuselect command to work whilst dead or in spectator mode, it currently works only when alive. 3rd party admin mods obviously rely on this. Also please enable slot 0! 13 - Enable html pages (e.g motd) like in CSS and CS 1.6 through in game commands 14 - Enable .res files to work so clients can download custom content along with a map which was not originally packaged into it. E.g. Radar overviews. Currently, only NAV files (and possibly KV files???) get downloaded with the map. 15 - Reintroduce the connect function from CSS (I believe the button was F3) to allow players to directly to jump into another server ingame. 16 - Fix a bug where sometimes you are "banned from joining this session" if you have just restarted a server. Happens randomly 17 - Some better documentation on the CSGO Dedicated Server Valve wiki. For experienced admins, it can be OK to navigate and understand but for new people, it's a daunting task. Especially with the issue of custom maps 18 - Bring back ability to go in freelook when dead/spec. Its good to pass by moments flying around the map. Some general suggestions J 1 - Good enforcement of the "policy of truth". E.g. Sending warnings to communities who abuse certain policies in running servers. For example, running mods which create fake players on servers without showing them as bots in the master list, or running fast respawn mods which do not show the sv_tags. Or joining a server and automatically getting invited to a steam community group. Maybe 2 warnings, followed by delisting the servers and banning the steam community groups if they are still in violation. I personally know a large 50+ CSS server which uses a fake players mod and they have been getting away with it for a long time. Where can I send a report to? 2 - Bring back the flashlight and night vision!! 3- Some support and player model for VIP Assassination and Escape modes! That's obviously not everything but those do spring to mind. I have every confidence that the game will continue to get better and better, but hopefully there will be some more improvements to be made in the meantime.
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