Update with new Operation, de_nuke

A new update was released late into the North American evening which features numerous changes and came in at a whopping 1.6 GB download size (pun possibly intended).

The update follows on the heels of weeks of speculation on the silence of the CS:GO development team and plenty of smaller updates but a lack of a new Operation and larger changes to the current game's state.

The new Operation is titled Wildfire and includes "FMPONE's" de_santorini in addition to six other new maps and the usual baubles of missions, a journal for tracking progress, and a new in-game badge.

In addition, de_nuke has been completely revamped (the changes can be seen here) and made immediately available for matchmaking.

A few small cosmetic changes have been made to de_cache and de_mirage and a lot of backend work on the SDK is included which introduces a new mission type titled Co-op Strike.

The patch notes for the new update can be found below:

[OPERATION WILDFIRE]

• Operation Wildfire is LIVE: http://blog.counter-strike.net/operationwildfire
• Seven community maps available in Competitive Matchmaking as well as other game modes via the Operation Wildfire map group.
• The Operation Wildfire Access Pass ($5.99) is now available giving access to the following features:
• The Operation Wildfire coin, upgradeable through the completion of challenge missions.
• An Operation Journal that tracks your stats in official competitive matches and includes a Friends Leaderboard.
• The cooperative Gemini Campaign, featuring replayable missions with individual mission leaderboards.
• The Wildfire Campaign, featuring 30 missions in Casual, Arms Race, Demolition, and Deathmatch modes.
• Blitz Missions, global events that grant bonus XP for completing a specific action (must be Private Rank 3 or above to participate in Competitive Blitz Missions).
• Access to weapon drops from Operation collections: Cobblestone, Cache, Overpass, Gods and Monsters, Chop Shop, and Rising Sun.
• Exclusive access to the Operation Wildfire Case featuring 16 community-created weapon finishes and the all-new Bowie Knife.
• Nuke has returned (available in Matchmaking included in the Operation Wildfire map group). For more details, visit: http://blog.counter-strike.net/reintroducing_nuke

[GAMEPLAY]

ARMS RACE

• The leader's glow in Arms Race no longer shows through walls.
• M4A1-Silenced has been added to the rifle section of available Arms Race weapons.

[UI]

• Fixed AWP icon to better represent the weapon's silhouette.
• The English string “ALIVE” in the playercount hud element is now a localized token.
• Inventory filter for All Weapons now filters out display items and music kits correctly.
• Inventory sorting by Quality now better groups items within the same quality by their slot.
• Updated the Nuke loading screen icon.

[MISC]

• Fixed particle rain not following the “in eye” player if you were spectating someone.
• Detail sprites (like grass) have been improved so many more can be rendered for much cheaper.

[SDK]

• [vbsp.exe] increased MAX_MAP_ENTITIES to 20480 from 16384 to compile bigger maps.
• Maps can have multiple radar images based on player height.
• Added several features to support a new mission type: Co-op Strike (game_type 4, game_mode 1)
• Added Co-op Strike items: Heavy Armor, Tactical Awareness Grenades, and Medi-Shot.
• Added new spawn point (info_enemy_terrorist_spawn) for use in Co-op Strike missions to spawn enemies which can specify somethings like unique models, loadouts, behavior, etc.
• Added an Exploding Barrel entity for use in the Co-op Strike missions.
• func_hostage_rescue entity is now able to be disabled.
• Added a Heavy Phoenix enemy.
• Added item_coop_coin entity that displays how many (of 3) you've collected.
• In Co-op Strike mode, bots will no longer try to path through “blocked” nav areas.
• Bots can be set to “asleep” in Co-op Strike mode and they will stay put until they see an enemy, take damage or are the last enemy alive.
• Added a game_coopmission_manager entity to help manage and relay data to other entities/vscript for Co-op missions.
• The game_player_equip entity has been updated to allow maps to give any weapon to the activator with an argument.
• prop_door_rotating now blocks nav when closed, locked and unbreakable.
• Fixed an assert in prop_door_rotating where it tried to play a “locked” activity regardless of it had it when the player used it when locked.
• Added OnFirstPickedUp, OnDroppedNotRescued, OnRescued outputs to hostage entities.
• Added a convar (mp_c4_cannot_be_defused) that when enabled, prevents C4s from being defused.
• Resurrected the HL2 env_gunfire entity.
• Added two new convars for managing dropped weapons.
• weapon_auto_cleanup_time “If set to non-zero, weapons will delete themselves after the specified time (in seconds) if no players are near.”
• weapon_max_before_cleanup “If set to non-zero, will remove the oldest dropped weapon to maintain the specified number of dropped weapons in the world.”
• Added a third option to mp_death_drop_grenade which makes all held grenades drop on death (used in Co-op Strike).
• Updated weapons in Hammer fgd to use weapon models that match the ones used when spawned in the world. Plus added some missing weapons.
• Added env_sprite_clientside entity which is just a clientside sprite (doesn't use edicts).

[MAPS]

• Nuke:
  • Now available in Competitive Matchmaking, and other game modes in the Operation Wildfire Map Group.
• Cache:
  • Fixed DM spawns.
  • Improved radar polish.
  • Improved visual polish.
  • Added physics to fence in Sun room.
  • Fixed numerous “pixel walks.”
  • Fixed one-way wallbang at mid (thanks TomCS!)
  • Fixed fencing at T-spawn being non-solid (thanks JoshOnTwitch!)
• Mirage:
  • Removed wall-lamps that blocked visibility from ticketbooth to mid in bombsite A.
  • Removed shelf inside market near bombsite B (thanks TheWhaleMan!)
  • Added a plywood board to bomb-crate in bombsite A to make throwing grenades under scaffolding more consistent.
• Slight adjustments to Safehouse, Lake, and Shoots

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