CSGO Patch Notes (Aug 24) - Initiators Music Kit, Fixes, Map Changes

In the early hours of the morning on 24th August 2022 (BST), Valve released a new Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) update. While it is not as big as the update on 17th August, which unleashed the 10-Year Anniversary Coin and Capsule, there are still some excellent additions and changes in the CS:GO 24th August patch notes.

The CS:GO patch notes for the update on 24th August reveal the Initiators Music Kit Box featuring six new Music Kits, fixes some issues, and makes map changes and fixes to Breach, Cascade, and Blagai, so let's just straight in.

CS:GO Update Patch Notes 24th August 2022

The only content addition in the latest CS:GO update is the Initiators Music Kit Box, which is pretty groovy.

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There's a StatTrak version of the Initiators Music Kit Box and a regular version. It features six new music kits, namely:

• 3kliksphilip, Heading for the Source
• Humanity’s Last Breath, Void
• Juelz, Shooters
• Knock2, dashstar
• Meechy Darko, Gothic Luxury
• Sullivan King, Lock Me Up

Today we are shipping the Initiators Music Kit Box with six music kits in standard and StatTrak™ versions: pic.twitter.com/56wzzOCV6H

— CS:GO (@CSGO) August 24, 2022

Alongside the Initiators Music Kit Box comes several fixes, including squashing a bug that caused players not to receive the 10 Year Birthday Coin.

Check out the map changes and the fixes as per the official patch notes below.

CS:GO Update Fixes & Changes:

• Added a message on the main menu for players whose inventory is reaching full capacity.
• Awarded “10 Year Birthday Coin” items to players whose inventory was at full capacity and did not receive a drop during the birthday week.
• Users without Prime Account Status can only invite Steam friends to a party lobby.
• Users without Prime Account Status see a limited profile view when inspecting non-friend accounts.
• Blocked player avatars will now display one of a set of premade custom avatars instead of a no-avatar-outline.
• Fixed Steam Controller input overlay mismatch during warmup.

CS:GO Blagai Map Changes & Fixes:

• Fixed bot navigation.
• Added position names in the upper left corner.
• Fixed various visual bugs.
• Improved optimization a bit.
• Moved the map away from the zero coordinates.
• Reworked model of the fence, canopy, steps.
• Various minor visual improvements.
• Improved clipping throughout the map.

CS:GO Cascade Map Changes & Fixes:

• Updated cave collision model.
• Improved clipping.
• Reduced detail to help boost performance and limit visual bugs.
• All particles, sprites, and glows have been removed.
• Lighting has been altered.

CS:GO Breach Map Changes & Fixes:

• Fixed various bomb stuck spots and clipping issues (thanks Joaokaka1998, LATE and Kerluck!).
• Made the blinds at A non see-through.
• Added missing clipping to T spawn lamps.
• Various small visual bug fixes.

If you are wondering what Cascade is since you've not seen it before, please note that Primetime has been renamed to Cascade, so it is not an entirely new map.

So there you have it, all the map changes and general fixes in the latest CS:GO update via the official patch notes released in the early hours of the morning on 24th August 2022, alongside the Initiators Music Kit Box.

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Featured image courtesy of Valve.