The Panorama UI has been available to Counter-Strike players for some time now. There are several features in the new UI that make it a player favorite. From having a sleek design to customizable home screens, the Panorama UI has seen a high adoption rate. It was optional until today.

The Panorama UI is now the default option for CS GO players. One does not need to type anything in their launch options. Previously users were required to type in -Panorama in their Game Launch options in order to access Panorama Beta.

Here is the full list of changes in the new update.

[UI]

Panorama UI is now active by default for users on all supported operating systems.

For a limited transition time, users can opt into backward compatibility mode by adding –scaleform launch option.

[GAMEPLAY]

Planted C4 will now emit a different beeping sound when planted at bombsite B.

Molotovs and incendiary grenades will now consistently deal impact damage to match other grenades.

[PERFECT WORLD]

Players using the CS: GO Perfect World launcher now have fully localized voice audio.

Community servers now allow connections from players using the CS: GO Perfect World launcher and other launchers.

The C4 sound update

One of the bigger changes in this update is the C4 sound update. While this change affects one map the most, it is implemented across the map pool. Nuke has a vertical alignment of the bombsites. Unlike other maps, which have the bomb sites at two different locations, often at a respectable distance from each other, Nuke has been notorious for its unique design.

However, this design essentially always confused players when a C4 was planted. Unless they have specific information about the position of their opponents, players would often spend crucial seconds in trying to determine where the C4 is planted.

Now the C4 will emit a different beeping sound when planted at Bombsite B. This will help players in quickly determining the location of the bomb. It makes the two teams play on an equal footing as they can then plan their retake of the site. Every second in a retake is important and we have seen rounds won or lost by milliseconds.

More updates

[HORIZON CASE]

Added the Horizon Case, featuring 17 new community weapon finishes and 4 brand new knives.

[PANORAMA]

Fixed halftime and team selection music to respect main menu music volume settings.

Lobby voice chat will now duck main menu music volume for the duration of voice chat.

Fixed ability to borrow music kits and added a button to stop borrowing music kits.

Fixed a bug that caused old invites to be re-sent when returning to lobby from a competitive match.

Friends rich presence in-game now displays the competitive match score first.

Added chat messages for players receiving competitive cooldowns, reports, and commendations.

Multiple fixes for IME support and text entry focus with IME.

Updated lobby chat to show more messages.

Fixed Lobby chat layouts for 4×3 and 5×4 aspect ratios.

The end of match rank display now shows the correct text for 40+ ranks

Fixed reconnect panel layouts for 4×3 and 5×4 aspect ratios.

Scoreboard layout in war game modes fixed..

Improved visual separation of observers in the scoreboard.

Fixed the spectator round timer sometimes getting stuck red.

Missing kill feed icons fixed.

Fixed radar and map overviews for workshop maps that don’t have a manifest file with radar data.

Workshop maps selection screen in Wingman mode is now fixed.

Impact kills with molotovs and incendiary grenades now display an icon in the kill feed.

Fixed various mistakes on the new radar map overviews (thanks Yesber).

[MISC]

Added fallback parameters to Overpass water material to fix stale reflection data. Added rare inspect animation to Desert Eagle. Miscellaneous stability and security fixes.

Most of the updates are crucial to ensure a stable platform. There is also a new rare inspect animation for the below deagle weapon.

What to do if Panorama is not for you?

For now, Valve has provided a temporary solution to users who cannot or do not want to play on the Panorama update. In order to revert back to the old UI, you simply need to enter -scaleform in the Launch options.

You will need to restart your client in order for the changes to take effect. This is only a temporary solution and Valve might remove access to scaleform UI altogether soon. We suggest you get used to the new UI and practice on it.

New Skins, 4 new Knives

A new weapons case released, there are four new knives in the new update. The four new knives are of different styles – Stiletto, Ursus, Navaja, and Talon. This is quite high for a weapons case release as usually, there are 1 or 2 knives in a case.

Take a look at the various weapons and their designs below.

New Knives:

New Skins:

Source : Counter-Strike Blog