The Arms Deal

Notable update

Weapon finishes, cases, knives and StatTrak arrived, and Counter-Strike gained an economy.

13 August 2013 · 26 changes

Interface 10 Gameplay 8 Platform 3 Cosmetics 3 Anti-Cheat 1 Competitive 1

ARMS DEAL UPDATE

Platform

Visit http://blog.counter-strike.net/armsdeal/ for complete details.
All Arms Deal Update items can be traded.
All Arms Deal Update items can be sold and purchased through the Steam Marketplace (visit the FAQ for details).

Gameplay

Cosmetics

-Standard and eSports Weapon Cases now available - a portion of the proceeds from eSports Weapon Case Key sales will help support prize pools for upcoming community competitive CS:GO tournaments.
-Weapon Cases have a chance to contain new knives and StatTrak weapons, which track all player kills with that weapon.
Every decorated weapon has a unique finish and exterior condition and can be thoroughly inspected in game. The ability to launch the in-game inspection view for an item is available in the Steam Inventory, Community Market, and Steam Trading.

Anti-Cheat

-Players can receive decorated weapons through timed item drops, available on any VAC-secure server.

Interface

Upgraded Scaleform version to 4.2.
Improved memory management of Scaleform UI elements.
Added Inventory to Main Menu and the In-Game Pause Menu.
Added Loadout to Main Menu and the In-Game Pause Menu.
Added blog.counter-strike.net blog to the main menu
Added drop shadows to some UI element text for improved readability.
Improved some HUD layouts to avoid overlap.
Game no longer truncates player names in most HUD UI elements. Fonts will now scale down to fit the full string.
When a player picks up a weapon, the original owner of that weapon will now be indicated.
Fixed certain buttons missing clicks

Gameplay

Added Silenced M4A1.
Added Silenced USP.
New weapons can be equipped through the Inventory UI.
When a player reloads their weapon, they now drop a magazine that persists in the world.
Machine gun belts now visually match the ammo count in the viewmodel when firing and reloading.
Added holdable action key +lookatweapon that allows players to visually inspect their first person weapon while in-game. This has been bound to the F key by default (if that key was previously unbound).
Players now automatically crouch while planting bombs.

Competitive