A major CSGO bug lets you hear footsteps from across the map

Fariha Bhatti • 27/Could/21 • 21:03

For those who’ve ever heard spooky noises in waters throughout Counter-Strike: World Offensive’s maps, it is doubtless a bug, one which skilled participant Martin “STYKO” Styk has simply highlighted. 

FunPlus Phoenix’s CSGO professional STYKO known as out Valve to repair a long-standing bug in maps with water that “ruins quite a lot of video games.” The professional participant encountered the bug within the new map Historic with a pond within the terrorist spawn space. 

CSGO has tons of maps with swimming pools, ponds, and fountains. Whereas some are a part of the enjoying space, others are simply there for an aesthetic contact. Nevertheless, Styko has come throughout a bug within the new map Historic that may be game-breaking when used accurately. 

The participant highlighted that when enemies step into water in any a part of the map, you’ll be able to hear the sound impact on all areas within the map with water. For instance, if somebody jumps into the B-short water on Overpass, you’ll be able to hear their footsteps on the CT fountains. The same bug is in Historic, the place gamers can hear footsteps from throughout the complete map. 

The brand new map was lately added into the active-duty pool rather than Prepare and might be utilized in esports tournaments as properly. A serious bug like this one certainly requires a repair earlier than it enters the map pool in skilled video games. 

Historic highlights previous CSGO water noise bug

The FPX professional participant requested Valve to concentrate to the long-standing bug. He really useful a fast repair for the water or utterly eradicating water from Historic because the new map has tons of muddy areas. Now that the bug has turn into higher identified, the intensive water areas will undoubtedly impression video games on the brand new map. 

The developer hasn’t responded to the bug to date, however the CSGO neighborhood is shocked at Styko’s discover. Many CSGO gamers have been unaware of the seemingly random sound cues on earlier maps with water, together with Inferno and Overpass. A herd of gamers got here ahead and complained that that they had encountered the glitch, however they hadn’t been positive the way it labored. 

Valve will doubtless repair the bug earlier than the subsequent Regional Main Rating occasion since Historic hasn’t formally entered the map pool but. Ongoing RMR occasion Flashpoint options the previous map pool that features Prepare.