Combat Skirmish — client downloads

Connection fix

Improved

• During updates the site now shows a short maintenance notice in your language and reloads by itself, instead of an error page
• The key bindings on the loading screen fit small windows and phones
• The co-op map list shows when a hidden filter is narrowing the results
• When playing inside another site, turning the view past the top or bottom edge is now highlighted too

Fixed

• After the last update, joining a server could sit on "Connecting…" forever. Connections go through again, and if a server stops answering while you join, the game now falls back to another way in instead of waiting
• Co-op rooms hosted from a background tab could show up in the room list before they were ready to join

Steadier connections and bigger crowds

Added

• If your connection drops for a moment, such as when switching Wi-Fi or mobile data or waking your device, the game picks up where it left off on the same server instead of disconnecting you

Improved

• Lower ping on many routes: the game now picks the relay that is actually fastest for your connection, not just the nearest one on the map
• Higher frame rates in crowded fights on many more servers, especially Zombie Plague hordes
• The buy zone icon is now drawn by the HUD, sharp at any screen size

Fixed

• Teams are labelled Defenders and Attackers on every map, including hostage and VIP maps, in the spectator card, join messages and competitive matches

Android fixes

Improved

• Android app: if your phone blocks the app's network access, it now tells you and opens the setting to allow it
• Grenade practice: grenades thrown over the edge of the map come back down into view, and their fuse waits while they are above the sky
• Release notes on the downloads page are easier to read

Fixed

• Android app: no longer freezes and closes when you join a server
• Android app: shows the Combat Skirmish icon on your home screen
• Messages in the middle of the screen, such as the end of a game, no longer show raw text codes

Removed

• The GoldSrc Webring links in the main menu

Ray-traced flashlight and spectator upgrades

Added

• A realistic flashlight in the ray-traced renderer: a real beam from your hand that casts shadows, shines on metal and lights up the room, and other players' flashlights shine too
• Competitive matches: your shots now count against players exactly as your screen showed them
• When spectating, a card under the player's name shows their health, weapon, money and bomb, kit or shield
• When spectating in Counter-Strike, both teams are listed down the sides of the screen with health bars
• Map location names such as "Bombsite A" under the radar and next to voice-chat names, on maps that have location data
• New radar settings for zoom and the location name
• The server browser marks Xash3D servers with a badge
• A "Rate the game" button in the footer and after a finished ranked match

Improved

• Ray tracing: metal reflections no longer show raindrop-like sparkles while you move
• Ray tracing: much less grain on walls lit by lamps and screens, and steadier lighting and reflections while moving
• Ray tracing: less shimmer on metal and chrome, and fewer grainy pixels at the screen edges when turning
• Shafts of sunlight no longer lay a white haze over dim walls
• If the graphics device resets in the WebGPU renderer, the game reloads instead of crashing, and switches to the standard renderer if it happens again
• Voice chat labels use the speaker's team colour
• Clicking while the scoreboard is open frees the mouse, so you can mute players
• The crosshair recoil expansion option now works in Counter-Strike

Fixed

• Sven Co-op: the train speed indicator showed numbers instead of the train icon on large windows
• Sven Co-op: the damage direction indicator did not show on large windows
• Custom player models no longer have invisible torsos, heads or hair in the WebGPU renderer
• Names, chat and menus from Russian servers no longer show as garbage characters
• Names and chat containing certain Cyrillic letters are no longer cut off
• Spectating in first person no longer shows your own health and armour instead of the player's
• Spectator health bars now update when players take damage
• The spectator round timer now stops once the bomb is planted
• The killfeed duration setting now changes how long kills stay on screen
• A server's custom weapon skin no longer shows another weapon's picture or crashes the game
• Weapon icons of custom guns no longer include the arms