Release notes for 10/11/2012

[ Minor Fixes ]
-Fixed bomb defusal resetting when a server lags below 20fps.
-Fixed a case where the round and timer were not being updated when spectating.
-Fixed another case where warmup alerts panel didn't show for late joiners.
-Fixed a crash that would happen when you died that associated with the spectator panel.
-Fixed general scaleform crashes.
-Made radio commands also selectable via the keypad numbers.
-Fixed enemies on radar that were above/below you showing their up/down indicators rotated.
-Made alive/dead state on the spectator UI easier to read.
-Replaced mp_teamname_t and mp_teamname_ct with mp_teamname_1 and mp_teamname_2 to disambiguate convars from sides in a mode that supports team switching at halftime. Now the names follow the teams after the switch. ( mp_teamname_1 is the team that first plays CT ).
-Changed spectator HUD to show which primary weapon each player has purchased during freeze time.
-Made spectator HUD show all grenades carried by each player.

[ Classic Competitive Changes ]
-Added an explanation about competitive mode rules to better explain its difference from other modes.
-Added save/restore of cash for competitive matches: When a player disconnects and reconnects in competitive mode, their pre-disconnect money will now be preserved.
-Added a button requiring players to ready-up when a competitive match is found. When all 10 players ready-up then the matchmaking servers lock them in for the match. Abandoning at any point after clicking the ACCEPT button will result in Competitive cooldown.
-Increased competitive cooldowns to 30 minutes for first offense, 2 hours for second offense and so on.
-Kicking a player no longer offers a vote to continue. The game will proceed with a bot in place of the kicked player.

1.13.5.12 Patch Notes
Patch 1.13.5.12
Released October 11, 2012

MISC
- Fixed Engineer armor set that was showing up as white geometry

PERFORMANCE
- Additional UI performance improvements
- Additional rendering performance improvements
- Precacheing of skills, missiles, and particles to reduce the appearance of stutters the first time those assets are viewed on some machines

STABILITY
- Fixed a crash that could occur with a dying pet that proc'ed on save restoration

SKILLS
- Fixed some issues with Stormclaw bolt chaining
- Blazing Pillar will no longer give enemies the ability to burn you!
- Shockbolts and Shocking Orb can now build charge
- Fixed several non-working augment affixes
- On-Death Procs properly cool down if required (Fixes several issues where a proc ceases functioning after a period of time)
- Blade Pact and Stone Pact last for listed time

ITEMS
- Lore item set now has a tangle ability, instead of a nonfunctional acidrain proc
- Several affixes that work based on unit proximity can work in parallel, when they could not before

GAMEPLAY
- Fixed several issues where procs could be precluded from activation
- Set bonuses based on nearby monster count work properly
- Some more multiplayer XP distribution fixes related to player/killer delta
- Can't turn alignment on something that attaches to its master
- When a left-click skill is bound, skills won't track a second mouse click if you click and click-away again (keeps you from pointing the wrong direction sometimes)
- Player block cap set to 75 instead of 50
- Elemental armor reduction can't reduce armor below zero
- Champions all have 100% charm resistance
- Siege Turrets have 100% charm resistance

LEVEL SCRIPTING
- Can't prematurely activate Vyrax tower warp with teleportation
- Various minor level fixes
- Various visual updates to the Three Sisters' Lair
- Some snow effects were not properly tagged as 'weather' so would not disable when weather was turned off
- Tutaran trap fixes
- Alchemist can no longer be 'started' on his third stage by rerolling, going to the next level waypoint, and back up.