In late June, Valve released a beta version of Counter Strike: Global Offensive that added new tools to combat cheaters. It can be downloaded by any player – for this you need to switch to the appropriate update branch in the settings. Valve encourages players to try it out to do their part to help combat cheaters, but notes that due to the nature of the beta, bugs and freezes may occur in the game.
One of the main innovations of this version will be greater restrictions on the use of third-party programs that could interact with the game files, thus allowing an unfair advantage. Running CS:GO together with a suspicious program, the player will see a warning and will not be able to enter VAC-protected servers.
At the same time, the update may cause problems for developers of auxiliary programs that are not cheating. Valve will release a list of requirements that such applications will have to meet in order to avoid being blocked.
It is likely that these updates will be added to the main branch of – soon, but not before the developers have fixed some of the problems. In particular, many players note that this version of the game suffers from short-term freezes. You can expect the developers to fix this bug in the near future.
