CS2 News LIST

Fixed a case where a disconnected player could cause a poltergeist CT model to appear in the middle of the map Player model of a disconnecting player should now immediately suicide when disconnect is detected instead of lingering for 10 additional seconds under certain conditions Fixed a case where damage prediction was incorrect due to view angle changes mid-spray Lag compensation now runs when shooting at teammates and mp_teammates_are_enemies is enabled even when mp_friendlyfire is disabled Fixed layout inconsistencies for ranks display and player profiles Train Updated sounds on main menu background Improved movement around ladders Fixed various gaps in map Fixed z-fighting in various spots Inferno Fixed various holes Adjusted clipping in multiple spots Fixed various texture bugs Nuke Fixed a spot that players could get stuck on Office Fixed a case where a T would spawn in the air

Fixed a bug where missing text for a user's language wouldn't fall back to English Train Fixed various collision issues including a higher fidelity for the orange train on B site Minor fixes on textures stretching Fixed various gaps in map Disabled player collision on radio Updated radio sound Added vphysics clip to platform gap in T spawn for clumsy players Players can now get on top of cratestack outside of longdog Overpass Fixed lighting bug on Bombsite B Fixed footstep sound bug on mud surfaces Basalt Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes)

We're happy to announce the return of the momentarily lost classic, Train.
There's plenty of classic Counter-Strike in every inch of this map—but we also made sure to mix up the gameplay a bit to keep you Train veterans on your toes.
We also gave it a full visual overhaul, which means your favorite bleak Eastern European train yard is now 60% cloudier.
With a chance of rain? We guarantee it.
So queue up and get ready to master the newest version of one of Counter-Strike's most iconic maps.
Train is now available in casual and competitive game modes.
Overpass Updates and New Community Maps Overpass has received a number of updates based on community feedback, and we're adding four new community maps to the game.
Basalt returns to Counter-Strike 2 alongside Edin in casual and competitive game modes, and Palais and Whistle have been added to Wingman.

Fixed a case mid-spray where lag compensation wasn't aware of the user's "Buffering to smooth over packet loss / jitter" setting.
Improved clock synchronization to better handle downstream jitter bursts.
Changed the method for measuring network quality to measure how much network is negatively impacting gameplay.
It now measures how often a tick is missed due to network loss or jitter.
Added detailed network quality display option, which can be used to display the raw packet loss and jitter numbers.
For more details see this article.
Prior to the Armory Update, the network quality readout in the telemetry HUD considered packets to be "bad" under two circumstances.
1.) If the packet was dropped.
2.) If the packet was delivered out-of-order and was not corrected at a relatively low layer in the network stack.
This was not a useful metric for two reasons.
First, it counted some misdelivery events as "bad" even though they did not negatively impact gameplay.
This was especially a problem for packet reordering.
Second, it was not counting as "bad" packets that arrived late due to network jitter and did negatively impact gameplay.
After debugging many instances of gameplay hitches with players, we determined that jitter was causing problems for many players, who believed (quite reasonably) that their network was working perfectly, since there was no packet loss.
In an attempt to let these players know that jitter might be the cause of the hitches, we changed the measurement method in the Armory Update on October 2, 2024.
Now, we counted a message as "bad" if it was lost, if packets arrived out of order in a way that could not be corrected, or if the packets experienced jitter above a threshold.
For players on a network connection with significant jitter, suddenly the network quality indicator became significantly worse.
Many players assumed that this meant that something had changed to introduce packet loss.
Unfortunately, this method of measuring quality was also flawed.
The Source 2 Engine automatically adds buffering to smooth over jitter.
For many players, these automatic adjustments are enough, and the indicator was counting jittered packets as "bad" even when there was not negative impact on gameplay.
Today's update changes the network quality readout to only measure network events that are negatively impacting gameplay.
See the FAQ for more details.

Increased jump tolerance for sliding along a surface to fix certain jumps like in the corner outside in cs_office.
Fixed a crash in page file usage when Vulkan initialization fails and the game falls back to DX11.

Improved jump height consistency to be within 0.015625 of a unit regardless of distance from the map origin at coordinate (0,0,0).
Previously, in both CS:GO and CS2, jump height could vary by up to 0.03125 of a unit depending on the distance from the map origin.
Improved consistency of successfully landing on surfaces very close to the maximum height of a jump.
Jump height is still affected by stamina; when using cl_showpos 2, stamina at takeoff is reported and output is color coded based on possible jump height.
Fixed a bug with cl_showpos display sometimes showing incorrect jump height when jumping from sloped surfaces.
Fixed some cases where the client would be pulled back down during a jump because the server disagreed that the jump had taken place.
Adjusted weapon pickup logic while near the C4, prioritizing defusing over accidental weapon pick-up.
Enemies will now consistently play a flinch animation on the closest hit when the bullet goes through two hitboxes of equal priority (e.g.
when both right and left legs get hit).
HE grenade explosions within smoke now clear the accumulated smoke screen effect on players inside that smoke within range of the HE grenade explosion.
Stability improvements.
Dust II Fixed a gap in geometry.

Vertigo Fixed a bad collision interaction between grenades and a prop.
Fixed a wall bang exploit.
Mills Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes).
Added localization strings for location callouts.
Fixed mouselook inconsistencies when game render dimensions are different from game window dimensions.
Fixed erroneous target aim punch animation during client-side shooting.
Fixed erroneous Zeus shock effect during client-side shooting.
Fixed a bug where Zeus headshots wouldn't emit the death yelp.
Prior Major results are now available in the Majors tab in the Watch menu.

Performance optimizations in hierarchies of unchanged entities.
Various stability improvements.
Mirage Fixed disappearing geometry in apartments.

Adjusted the score calculation in Casual, Competitive, and Wingman to exclude knife and utility damage Fixed 3rd person weapon angles to fully incorporate recoil Fixed missing cascade shadows on some community maps Fixed the Armory weapon preview having extra models Network jitter graphs now have a number in the upper right hand corner that gives the scale of the graph Fixed some cases where shell casings could render as an error model Various stability fixes

Valve released the latest major update to Counter-Strike 2 that brings with it more than 100 new items including weapon charms.
Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/counter-strike-2-update-the-armory-released-with-weapon-charms

The Armory is now available in the store (https://store.steampowered.com/sale/armory) Features 3 new weapon collections, 2 charm collections, 2 sticker collections, the Gallery Case, and the Heat Treated Desert Eagle Purchase and activate an Armory Pass to start earning Armory Credits Make progress toward credits whenever you earn XP with an active Armory Pass Redeem credits for items in the Armory Introducing Charms: dynamic items you can apply to your favorite weapons.
Currently available exclusively in the Armory Drag and drop Charms to precisely place them on the weapon of your choice.
A weapon can have one charm attached at a time Use a Charm Detachment to detach the Charm from a weapon.
The Charm will return to your inventory and can be reused Redeeming a Charm from the Armory grants three complimentary Charm Detachments.
Additional Charm Detachments are available for purchase All items acquired from the in-game store (including the Armory), Trade Offers, and Steam Community Market are now subject to a 7 day re-trade and re-market restriction All stickers, patches, and charms available on Steam Community Market, in the Armory, or on friends' Steam Inventory web pages can now be previewed on your own inventory items Removed ability to delete weapon cases from your inventory Added sticker scrape level selector when applying new stickers to weapons Added precise sticker wear level selector when scraping existing stickers on inventory weapons.
Any applied stickers can only increase their sticker scrape level Added a way to immediately remove existing stickers from inventory weapons in addition to sticker scraping Added nametag module preview on the actual items when applying nametags Fixed several cases where applying nametags or stickers would unequip the weapon from your loadout Customizing a base weapon that's currently equipped will now auto-equip the newly customized version Improved character posing when on large slopes Made feet pin and unpin differently for all use cases to help remove aggressively leaned characters (AKA the MJ lean) Pin/unpin IK logic now not affected by poor server ping times Feet IK now repositions to idle pose if the feet have pinned at a largely different pose to that authored Re-authored run, walk, and crouch content to fix wide/scissor leg posing when traversing Changed ladder animations and behavior so characters heads are much more representative of where the player camera is, including characters now display crouch correctly when on ladders Removed popping when crouching or uncrouching while jumped and reduced leaning on jump animations Fixed character's pose popping when falling off a ledge Fix for many cases where character's posing would subtly pop when traversing with slow moving weapons Flashbangs and HE grenades no longer prematurely detonate when they exceed their 'stuck bounce' limit Added a Display selection dropdown for non-windowed Fullscreen mode to the Video settings screen Fixed graphics artifacts for fire effect in the Advanced Video tab Fixed a bug where UI sounds wouldn't position correctly when in-game Fixed an issue where step sounds would play for the local player but fail to broadcast to other players and vice-versa Fixed an issue where ragdoll water splash sounds would erroneously play on alive players Fixed a case where voice chat didn't work on community servers Fixed a case where incoming voice chats would sometimes never close Added telemetry option to display graphs of network jitter and misdelivery Changed how packet misdelivery is measured.
Previously, if packets arrived out of order, this could be counted as misdelivery even if it was corrected and did not impact gameplay.
Also, jitter was not considered, even though excessive jitter can disrupt smooth gameplay.
The new measurement method will only count reordered packets as misdelivered if they impact gameplay.
Furthermore, if network jitter exceeds a threshold where gameplay is affected, the packets are counted as misdelivered even if they are not dropped and arrive in order Ancient Fixed some disappearing geometry Fixed some cases where players could detect player movement through water from across the map Fixed some pixel peeks Fixed a case where player shadows could be seen through geometry Adjusted some clipping for better player movement Anubis Fixed some missing collision Nudged some geometry and clipping that were blocking grenade throws Improved clipping on some floors for more predictable grenade throws Fixed a pixel peek Adjusted clipping in a few areas for better player movement Dust2 Fixed some clipping at B site Italy Added to competitive matchmaking Fixed bird animations Mirage Fixed some C4 stuck spots Nuke Fixed a pixel walk Fixed some C4 stuck spots Fixed some gaps in geometry where items could get lost Fixed some disappearing geometry Overpass Adjusted some grenade clipping to prevent bad grenade bounces Added optional 3rd layer to environment blend shader Added biplanar mapping as an option for environment shaders Added optional wetness layer, paintable in Hammer on environment materials with the feature enabled Added color correction, roughness, and normal adjustments to foliage shader and static overlays Removed support for command line options that were intended for development purposes only

Added counter-strafe input automation detection options for non-Valve servers.
See the sv_auto_cstrafe family of convar descriptions for details.
Enabled measurement of network jitter on direct UDP connections to community servers.
Previously, jitter measurement was only available for connections relayed over SDR.
Jitter data is included in the net_connections_status command output.

Fixed a case where the radar background and radar icons were misaligned

The MASTERMINDS 2 Music Kit Box is now available for purchase in standard and StatTrak versions Fixed a case where audio output was garbled due to running on efficiency CPU cores Minor style adjustments Reduced the amount of performance stutter at end-of-round time

Counter-Strike is constantly evolving.
From art, to maps, to inventive plays, and even player input, the CS community shapes the game.
Scripting and automating player commands has always been contentious, but over the years some forms of scripting (e.g., jump-throws) have gained acceptance, as they enable plays that wouldn't otherwise be possible.
In fact, jump-throws became such an important part of the game that we've done the work to make them reliable without any special scripting or binds (i.e., by jumping and quickly throwing a grenade).
Developing one's coordination and reaction time has always been key to mastering Counter-Strike.
Recently, some hardware features have blurred the line between manual input and automation, so we've decided to draw a clear line on what is or isn't acceptable in Counter-Strike.
We are no longer going to allow automation (via scripting or hardware) that circumvent these core skills and, moving forward, (and initially--exclusively on Valve Official Servers) players suspected of automating multiple player actions from a single game input may be kicked from their match.
To prevent accidental infractions, in-game binds that include more than one movement and/or attack actions will no longer work (e.g., null-binds and jump-throw binds).
If you have a keyboard that includes an input-automation feature (e.g., "Snap Tap Mode"), be sure to disable the feature before you join a match in order to avoid any interruption to your matches.

In Casual game mode players will earn an additional XP score point for every round in which they dealt damage to enemies.
Added a server setting "sv_vote_to_changelevel_rndmin" to control rounds/time during which voting for a level change is allowed.
Official game servers in Casual game mode now allow voting for a level change only at the end of the match or during the first round of the match.
Official game servers in Deathmatch and Arms Race game modes now allow voting for a level change only at the end of the match or during the first minute of the match.
Restricted upward movement of a player when a teammate is boosted on their head.
Dead players are no longer allowed to pick up ground weapons.
Buy menu will automatically close if the switch team menu opens.
Rescuing a hostage now increments objectives counter in match stats.
Improved legibility of damage given and taken in post-round damage report.
Made spec target highlighting more pronounced.
Player names are now visible on mini scoreboard whenever the mini scoreboard is expanded.
Mills Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes) Assembly Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes)

Last year we announced the broad strokes of new rules for professional Counter-Strike events, to take effect in 2025.
Today, we're filling in the details--click here to see the terms that will be added to Tournament Organizers' license agreements moving forward.
Counter-Strike is at its best when teams compete on a level playing field, and these new rules are part of our commitment to the long-term health of Counter-Strike as a sport.
Our goal is to ensure that professional Counter-Strike remains an open sport, where teams are only limited by their ability.
Although we expect that there will be some rough edges as we transition to the new requirements, we're excited to see what the future will bring.

Pool Day Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop found here Dust 2 Fixed hole in brick stack on bombsite B Fixed bug preventing custom sounds from being played in community maps

Pool Day Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes) Added support to load the latest version of community maps from the Workshop when playing on community servers, even if different versions of the same maps are also available as part of official map groups Fixed G-Sync detection to also work in non-windowed fullscreen mode Fixed a case where US English keyboard layout could remain loaded for users with non-English keyboards Fixed an empty radio-command string which plays when planted C4 is within several seconds from detonation

Since the launch of CS2, community map mappers have been hard at work creating new experiences and updating some classics.
Today, we're excited to add the first community maps to CS2! For those of you who dream of Italian weddings, or airplane manufacture (or both!), we've got you covered.
Memento and Assembly are now available in Wingman.
And if you're in the mood for something a bit more...
chaotic, take a dip in the classic Pool Day, which is now available in Arms Race.
Finally, fight your way through the streets of Thera and Mills in Deathmatch and Casual, and put these maps through their paces in Competitive Matchmaking.
Speaking of Competitive Matchmaking, we've given map-based skill groups an overhaul.
In addition to redistributing players across the Skill Groups, we've also made it easier to earn those badges in the first place.
There are a bunch of other fixes and adjustments in today's update, including a brand new MVP panel (and animated MVPs in Premier!) and new ways to optimize your video settings.
Jump into a match and check it out!

Fixed a case where the game would think a key was still pressed after it had been released More improvements to networking to account for packet loss and jitter

Fixed a case where weapon animations would play incorrectly when inspecting while reloading.
In game voice chat - Eliminated most hitching caused by in-game voice chat.
Some users may still experience a hitch the first time they push-to-talk.
Streamlined Push to Talk - When enabled, this setting will avoid the hitch incurred the first time a player uses push to talk.
Improve connection quality in the presence of jitter or loss, by automatically adjusting user command pacing so that commands arrive at the server earlier.
Improved legibility of teammate health at lower resolutions

Fixed a case where scores weren't incrementing correctly in Deathmatch and Arms Race Fixed a case where players were able to clip their first-person camera through ceilings Fixed a case where the C4 could get stuck outside the playable area Various stability improvements

Fixed the appearance of Doppler, Gamma Doppler, and Marble Fade finishes Minor UI changes Vertigo: Clipped the wings of runboosters to B site in Wingman Blocked grenades through crane base at A site

Today's update includes some love for the CT economy, with price cuts to the M4A4 and Incendiary grenade, and a bit less cash going to the T's when the bomb gets defused.
In addition to the price cut, the incendiary grenade has gotten a bit of a makeover with a new visual treatment for its explosion and flames, and reduced spread and duration.
And in other gameplay news, Vertigo's A-site has gotten some significant changes--it's now the site featured in Wingman matches, so check it out.
Calling all Kilowatt Collection fans! Now, when you open a Kilowatt case with a key, you'll be given the option to rent the whole collection for a week (excluding the rare special item) instead of keeping a single item.
You can play with the weapons as much as you like during that week, but they can't be modified by stickers or nametags.
Lots of other changes in today's update, including some quality of life improvements for demo playback, slightly smarter chickens, and a bit of spring cleaning--good news for fans of 'various bug fixes.' Jump into a match and see what's new!

Reduced the opacity of teammate names near the crosshair.
Made the death experience during bot takeover match the normal death experience.
Fixed several bugs with looping through bot takeover spectator targets.
Fixed several bugs with scoreboard buttons not working as designed.
Fixed a bug where the in-air kill feed icon didn't work with certain weapons (thanks aquaismissing).
Fixed a bug where the HUD would be offset after watching a demo (thanks again aquaismissing).

Fixed a crash related to the scoreboard

Grenade kills no longer display the "in-air" killfeed icon.
Fixed several cases where clicking on the buy menu or scoreboard would cause the game to stop taking keyboard input.
Fixed too many usercommands being processed when skipping forward in demos.
This reduces the skip time by as much as 80%.
Added console output that may be helpful for advanced users to diagnose performance problems.
When a very long frame occurs, a brief profile of the frame is printed.
At the end of a match, a summary is printed.

All you Lefties out there can finally get properly represented, in Counter-Strike 2 that is, as there's now the ability to swap your weapons into the other hand.
Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/lefties-unite-counter-strike-2-now-lets-you-swap-hands

Adjusted viewmodel bob movement Added "Preferred Viewmodel Left/Right Handedness" setting Added "Switch Viewmodel Left/Right Hand" key binding (default: US keyboard letter H) to switch hands temporarily during gameplay Viewmodel position setting and left/right hand state are now networked and visible to first-person spectators.
Deprecated "Couch" viewmodel position setting Added "Radar Map Alternate Zoom" setting and "Toggle Radar Zoom" key binding to toggle between zoom levels during gameplay Added a radar icon for the local player when free cam spectating Added a grenade line-up reticle that appears shortly after pulling the pin.
The timing can be configured for each grenade type independently Changed weapon Swap text (when pointing at a dropped weapon) to always show the gameplay name of the weapon instead of any customized name it might have.
Added a kill feed icon for "in-air" kills Added the scoreboard to the ESC menu Added an icon to indicate bots on the scoreboard Added a "Dropped Weapons" panel, which shows (and allows the direct pickup of) weapons that have been dropped by teammates that are standing in the buy zone Added the minimum amount of money that a player is guaranteed to have in the next round to the buy menu title bar.
(thanks, Kadomos) Increased Zeus movement speed and adjusted the attack cone Increased Zeus kill reward from $0 to $100 ($50 in Casual) Increased CZ75-Auto kill reward from $100 to $300 ($150 in Casual) Reduced XM1014 kill reward from $900 to $600 ($300 in Casual) Lighting adjustments in Inspect background maps Added Wear Category to the info tooltip in the Inspect screen Added gameplay name in panels that used to only show customized name.
E.g., Inspect screen, inventory tile Replaced Overpass with Dust 2 in the Active Duty Group, current competition map pool, and Premier matchmaking Baggage Opened roll-up doors at spawns Updated models for some conveyors Solidified stairs Various bug fixes Inferno: Removed overhanging building at top mid Removed overhangs at bottom of banana Various map tweaks to improve player collision and readability Overpass, Nuke, Vertigo, Mirage and Office Bug and exploit fixes Collision and line of sight adjustments Minor performance improvements AK-47 | Inheritance: Texture and mask adjustments USP-S | Jawbreaker: Corrected ambient occlusion texture Decoupled demo playback camera movement from playback speed.
This allows moving the camera even if playback is paused Added ability to launch practice matches and workshop maps with party members Added Overwatch system to enable match demo review by trusted partners Copenhagen 2024 Major sticker capsules are on sale now -75% off Added ability to adjust brightness in windowed modes

Congratulations to Natus Vincere for winning the PGL Copenhagen Major! The Copenhagen 2024 Champions Autograph Capsule is now available for purchase in the Copenhagen 2024 Major Hub Fixed several cases of sticky collisions when jumping against surfaces Fixed another threading bug that could lead to a frame rate hitch, especially if all CPUs were busy Purchased and traded Counter-Strike items will not be visible to other users who view your Steam Inventory for 10 days

The Semifinals of the Copenhagen Major featured four titans of Counter-Strike; FaZe Clan versus Team Vitality and Natus Vincere versus G2 Esports.
And the Semifinalists delivered! Both matchups required all three maps to determine a winner, and when the dust settled FaZe Clan and Natus Vincere were left standing.
They will go head-to-head in the Grand Finals of Counter-Strike 2’s first Major Championship.
Championship Sunday begins with the Showmatch, beginning at 18:15 CET.
The Grand Finals begin at 20:00 CET.
As the Major comes to a close there’s still time to support your favorite teams and players.
Tournament items are available in-game, with 50% of the proceeds going to the players, teams, and organizations participating in the PGL Copenhagen Major.
See you Sunday!

The opening stage of the PGL Copenhagen Major has come to a close and storylines are rapidly developing.
New rosters are rising to the occasion.
Seasoned teams are reaching peak form at the perfect time.
Asia and the Americas have come roaring back to life.
Who will reach the playoffs? Tune in to the Elimination stage and find out! If you've been looking for a way to show your support for your favorite teams, now is your chance.
Team and Player Autograph sticker capsules are now available for purchase in the Copenhagen Major hub.
You'll find all of the players and teams at the Major, split into capsules featuring paper, glitter, holo, and gold stickers.
50% of the proceeds go to the players and organizations participating in the Major.
For those of you playing the Pick'Em Challenge, don't forget to set your picks before the first Elimination stage matches!

The Copenhagen Major Hub is now available.
Visit the hub to purchase tournament items, play the Pick'Em Challenge and more.
Purchase a Copenhagen 2024 Viewer Pass to receive an upgradable Copenhagen 2024 Coin.
With an active pass, you can upgrade your coin and earn extra souvenir packages by playing the Pick'Em Challenge.
Additionally, you will show up on the Active Pass Leaderboard where you can compare your Pick'Em Challenge performance to your friends.
All players with Prime status can place Pick'Em picks for free! However, to complete challenges and earn rewards from an event stage, you will have to activate a Viewer Pass before that stage begins.
Adjusted molotov fire to address a case where a player who could see through fire could not be seen by their opponent.

Fixed a threading bug that could lead to a frame rate hitch, especially if all CPUs were busy.

50% throw-strength grenades are now guaranteed if both attack buttons are held long enough then released within a short time from each other Fixed in-game bot avatar images not reloading correctly after pause menu was opened Fixed behaviour of previous round button during demo playback Fixed inability to clear a button binding in game settings Improved performance of telemetry display HUD element Normalized volume of NIGHTMODE music kits Stability improvements

Reconnecting to the game server will no longer get a player into a bad state.
Improved VOIP performance when running the game at very high framerates.
Fixed timings for some events in demo files representing start of the round.
Fixed ring artifacts that could appear on smoke particles.
Fixed some lobby teammates standing offscreen when the main menu scenery was set to Warehouse map.
Fixed storage units sometimes having a very small icon in inventory view.
Fixed a regression in items shuffling when matchmaking for Premier, Competitive, or Wingman.
Fixed spectator kill streak effects playing when switching to a player with 5 kills.
Fixed a regression with Butterfly Knife inspect sounds.
Added a catch sound for Kukri knife draw animation.
Fixed Zeus tracer appearing to pass through players.

Fixed a bug where an extra kill with a shotgun before the knife level counted as the winning knife kill Adjusted visibility of player silhouettes in smoke Fixed a bug where enemies were visible on the radar when viewed through a combination of smoke and translucent surfaces such as glass Various bug fixes and tweaks to inspect animations Fixed a bug where doors spun the wrong way on several maps Nuke: Fixed vis regressions Ancient: Fixed pixel gap looking into bombsite B from T Side Anubis: Fixed potential spot where bomb could be thrown into an unreachable area at T Spawn Enabled collision on ledge meshes at Sniper's Nest to prevent dropped weapons clipping through them Mirage: Fixed collision in Palace where bomb could be thrown into an unreachable area Fixed a bug where certain keys not found on US keyboards (such as the backslash key on UK keyboards) couldn't be bound Fixed an issue preventing some older demos from playing back Various crash fixes

Added Arms Race to available game modes Added maps "Baggage" and "Shoots" Introducing the Kilowatt Case, featuring 17 community-designed weapon finishes, and the Kukri Knife with original finishes as a rare special item Various bug fixes and tweaks The Ambush Sticker Capsule is now available for purchase Added support for flexible sticker placement.
Stickers can now be placed at user-specified positions and rotation when applied to weapons All weapons now support up to five stickers Added a zoom feature during sticker placement to allow for higher precision sticker application Various bug fixes and tweaks The NIGHTMODE Music Kit Box is now available for purchase in standard and StatTrak versions Made Zeus reusable in all game modes, after a 30 second recharge delay Added support for applying stickers and name tags to the Zeus Adjusted the Zeus first person model position Added Zeus kill icon to kill cards and post round damage report Smokes now cast shadows Rendering and animation have been improved Added a "Refund All" button to the buy menu Added a setting to disable first person bullet tracers Silencers can now always be reattached regardless of whether detaching them is enabled or not Player pings are no longer blocked by invisible geometry Various adjustments to sub-tick shooting Fixed several cases where players could silently drop down vertical surfaces Improved smoothness of sliding along surfaces Fixed an issue where collisions between players were jittery To ensure loadouts are correct at the beginning of matches, loadout changes are no longer allowed while searching for Premier, Competitive, or Wingman Added the option to select an audio input device for VOIP from the audio settings menu Added the option to change your microphone threshold (the minimum loudness before we start transmitting audio) from the audio options menu, as well as metering for your current mic loudness Added the option to listen to your own microphone from the audio settings menu to hear how you sound Replaced the M249 fire sound effect Replaced the Zeus charging, charge not available and charge ready states sound effects Further reduced occlusion effects Minor mix adjustments Fixed an issue where some player-centric sounds were being perceived as originating from slightly behind the player Reduced peeker's advantage in many cases The amount of peeker's advantage in the steady state is reduced by 16ms Also reduced the frequency of situations that lead to very large peeker's advantage due to excessive command queue depth Added cl_ticktiming console command that prints a report breaking down the various sources of latency Added an option to buffer server updates and user commands by one or more packets.
This can be used to smooth over stuttering due to packet loss, at the expense of increased latency Added support for separate main menu and item inspect background map settings Added "Baggage" and "Warehouse" as options for the main menu and item inspect background maps In-game team-only chat will now be prefixed with the team (e.g., "" or "") Added 'XP Overload' status which is awarded to players who have earned all of their normal XP during the week (11,166 XP) and reached reduced XP gain.
XP Overload status is attached to players' names in scoreboard, main menu, death notices, etc.
XP Overload status is awarded for a minimum of one week.
Additional tiers of XP Overload status can be unlocked by earning all of the normal XP over multiple consecutive weeks Agents with unique end-of-match cheer animations now have unique defeat animations as well.
You can disable playing defeat animations for the local player in settings Added more accolades to end-of-match Adjusted the range of CS Ratings allowed to party together in Premier matchmaking Fixed a case where high-DPI mice would result in jittery mouse movement Minor improvements to animations during demo playback Disabled rich presence update when running Steam Client in tournament mode Inferno: Fixed various gaps and adjusted grenade collision to make grenade bounces more predictable Adjusted texture blending to improve player visibility Ancient: Adjusted grenade collision on bombsite B ground to make grenade bounces more predictable Anubis: Fixed holes in world at Lower Tunnel Fixed collision on all pillars so players can no longer pixel boost Fixed collision so utility does not fall out of world on top of structure at T Start Fixed missing collision on steps at Street which would allow dropped weapons to fall out of world Improved vis at CT spawn Fixed invisible boost ledge at Bombsite B Fixed various gaps in the world Fixed missing collision on stair geo at CT spawn that allowed weapons/bomb to fall out of world Fixed missing collision at Fountain that allowed weapons/bomb to fall out of world Fixed some doors not generating bullet decals Fixed vis issue at Street Overpass: Fixed some collision that was causing unpredictable player movement Mirage: Added collision to prevent bomb becoming unreachable Adjusted some collision to prevent a ledge/pixel walk Fixed player getting stuck when strafing on Middle Ramp by simplifying geo of floor and wall Removed a clip brush from Apartments to improve flash lineups Nuke: Built some collision to prevent bomb from getting stuck behind barrels Fixed some disappearing mesh.
Fixed dynamic shadow clipping on characters at Vending Improved clipping in vents Fixed bombsite water to have better reflections on low settings Fixed vis issue at t-spawn Fixed collision on ramp in Bombsite B Fixed holes in world Vertigo: Fixed holes in world and other minor geometry bugs Italy: Adjusted some collision to prevent players getting stuck in apartment Office: Fixed a case where players could jump on a wall, fixed a case where players could get stuck if they crouched

Vertigo: Fixed a gap in geometry

Fixed a case where players could refund a grenade for a brief period after it was thrown

Celebrate your time in CS2 with the all-new 2024 Service Medal, available starting January 1st! To get your service medal, earn XP by playing in official game modes and rank up your CS2 Profile.
When you reach Global General (Rank 40), you'll have the option to reset your Profile Rank and earn (or upgrade) a 2024 Service Medal.
The medal is an inspectable display item you can show off wherever your avatar is shown.

Fixed a bug where explicit weapon switches right after grenade throws were delayed slightly Inferno: Fixed a bug where you could plant C4 in planter

Fixed a bug where grenade throw strength adjustments were sometimes delayed Fixed a bug where attempting to switch to a grenade immediately after throwing it would cancel the throw You can now get an intermediate strength grenade throw without a delay by pressing primary and secondary attack simultaneously Fixed several cases of players sticking while sliding against geometry Player pings will now be displayed in the player's color Fixed "Ace Round MVP" calculation bug when teams had a different number of players Fixed shorthanded bonus logic sometimes incorrectly accounting for kicked players

Fixed silencer attach and detach animations Fixed a bug that prevented refunding the Bizon Fixed a bug where players could respawn into a bad state during reconnect Fixed a bug where ramps were not correctly reducing fall damage Fixed a case where sub-tick movement timestamps were temporarily incorrect after changing host_timescale Various fixes and improvements to de_ancient

More sub-tick visual and audio feedback improvements Reduced sniper scope bob animation magnitude and frequency Fixed a bug causing duck to be slower when the Duck Mode was set to Toggle Fixed a case where grenade throws weren't registering on the server Thrown grenades no longer prematurely detonate if thrown while intersecting a teammate Players can no longer mitigate fall damage by defusing the bomb Adjusted weapon drop trajectories to make throwing weapons more consistent, especially when throwing weapons downward When a network interruption is detected by official game servers, the affected match will be cancelled Added unique sounds for running and jumping on metal railings and poles Fixed a bug that occurred when interrupting the CZ75a deploy with inspect Fixed the inspect and other animations for the Shadow Daggers Fixed a 'broken wrist' animation with the Survival Knife Adjusted the Mac10 first person animation to include strap and bolt movement Fixed AWP and SSG firing animation/inspect behavior while zoomed in Fixed a case where the Deagle slide would fail to reset on round restart The Revolver barrel now incrementally rotates for each shot Fixed some animation issues with weapons placed in community maps Fixed cases where the C4 light would not blink when held or holstered by players Fixed some cases where the player's shadow would show an incorrect pose Fixed a bug where bot_knives_only didn't work for T's Fixed some visual issues with demo playback Improved performance of screen particle effects Fixed the Mute Enemy Team and Mute All But Friends settings failing to mute voice Text from blocked players will no longer be visible in the premier pregame chat Players frozen by half-time gamerules are now immune to certain damage types Decals now evict the lowermost decal if enough decals overlap in a single location Player visibility fog adjustment no longer applies to dead ragdolls Smoke particles no longer stick to dead ragdolls Fixed self/team burn damage getting recorded as enemy damage Revised some common chat strings Added convar cl_deathnotices_show_numbers for observers to have quick access to player's spectate index Added a warning message for AMD and Nvidia graphics users with out-of-date drivers "Kevlar & Helmet" entry in the Buy Menu will now present itself as simply "Helmet" when contextually correct Added time to weekly rollover to the reduced XP message in the player profile tooltip Fixed kill feed and death panel not displaying correct information if the killer died earlier or disconnected Fixed round-delayed stats not updating at match end Changed deathmatch scoreboard stats from K/D/A/Score to K/HS%/DMG/Score Fixed case where text during defuse would get cut off Added direction indicators to players in the square radar Fixed case where kill icon would not display in the post-round damage info panel Fixed bad string in the commend dialog panel Fixed case where round stats in the Watch Menu would be assigned to the wrong side Fixed custom sound events files in workshop maps Added some material settings for water refraction/caustics Workshop maps can now be tagged as supporting Wingman mode Linux clients can now run workshop maps without requiring -insecure Added trigger_hostage_reset trigger and logic_eventlistener entities Added convars sv_walkable_normal and sv_standable_normal to allow community servers to tweak player movement on angled surfaces Fixed health getting clipped when it exceeds 3 digits Overpass: Fixed various cases where level mesh was disappearing occasionally Various visual updates and fixes to models and materials Straightened out some collision that was pushing players off of walls or corners Turned off the collision of some light fixtures that were pushing players off of walls Added a metal plate to swat van to hide player feet, adjusted clipping around van Fixed some small holes in the world Fixed some texture mapping seams Added player clipping on some floor grates to smooth player movement Fixed some issues with the collision and surface property of fire extinguishers Added and adjusted some grenade clipping Adjusted some clipping on boxes and cable stacks in connector Ancient: More player and grenade clips adjustments Closed various holes and cracks in the world Mirage: Fixed clipping around scaffolding at bombsite b to prevent one-way peeking through geo Office: Fixed player getting stuck on large crate in garage General grenade clip polish Vending machine break sequence now only happens once to avoid strobing lights Removed collision from pipes and cctv cameras at ct spawn garage Added grenade clips to doors at stairwell Fixed hole in door frame at t-spawn Fixed texture errors on ceiling at conference room Fixed some lighting errors on low settings Fixed weapons getting stuck behind crates at back way Fixed lighting artifacts in front courtyard Fixed bad boost onto electrical boxes in garage Anubis: Fixed z-fighting on stairs in connector Improved ground at bombsite A so that it has more accurate footstep sounds Fixed gap in world around b-site planting area Fixed z-fighting a backdrop temple near t-spawn Fixed missing collision at connector that would allow grenades to fall through world Fixed hole in world at street that allowed players to see through to canal Fixed vis issue on street looking back to t-spawn Fixed UV stretching in connector Sealed up holes in building rooftops for entire level to prevent grenades getting stuck in void Fixed holes in lower tunnel Fixed hole in canal Inferno: Moved bucket on scaffolding on bombsite B that could be mistaken for player during combat Closed hole to prevent grenades from falling through the map on bombsite A More player clip adjustments Fixed various micro gaps Nuke: Minor clipping fixes on rooftops and hut Better caustics in pool at B site Fixed vis issue in garage looking towards hell Vertigo: Fixed some light fixtures showing backfaces Fixed some light fixtures being misaligned Fixed missing vent pieces in Tunnels Attempt to fix players clipping through wood boards by stairwell at bombsite b Fixed bad clip above door at elevator Fixed flashbang inconsistency with metal gratings at scaffolding Fixed missing collision on horizontal tower beams at b-site Added grenade clips around bombsite b to prevent smokes getting caught in bad spaces Cleaned up geo and did a grenade clip pass around scaffold to make grenades work better Added grenade clip to b platform Fixed disconnected girders at mid Moved stack of drywall at back door>b for better movement/cover Improved clipping at side Jobsite injury signs are more responsive

Added support for accepting game invites and party invites from Steam Chat and Steam Overlay.
Added an execution delay for certain commands that can be specified on command line to be deferred until main menu fully loads (e.g.
econ action preview commands, match download commands, playdemo, and similar).
Fixed a bug that caused game events to not appear in CSTV demos recorded in tv_record_immediate mode.
CSTV auto record now requires either an active CSTV server or tv_record_immediate to be enabled.
Performance optimizations in game server demo recording code.

Updated Redemption UI to show remaining time before weekly rollover Competitive Rating will now be updated after returning to main menu from a win Added notice to end of match for when CS Rating had been adjusted midmatch (e.g.
due to the outcome of a match that the player was kicked from or abandoned, or recovering lost points from playing against a cheater) Various bug fixes and tweaks

Enabled uploading CS2 maps to the workshop Community Servers can host workshop maps Added paint metalness and roughness by color features to Solid Color, Hydrographic, and Spray-Paint finishes in the Item Editor Added option to toggle "Automatic PBR Color Correction" to all sticker types in Item Editor Various Item Editor help system updates including "mat_fullbright 10" to test PBR Various updates to workshop tools Fixed a case where user commands would be ignored in poor network conditions Fixed a case where weapons would fire faster than intended Fixed a case where clients would show multiple gunshots for one actual shot Fixed a case where players would fail to keep their weapons between rounds of overtime Fixed some instances of dropped weapons falling out of the gameplay space In firstperson, dead players will now see their own ragdoll at the server-authoritative lag-compensated position of their demise Decoy grenades interact aesthetically with smoke clouds Smoke grenades now have a minimum fuse duration to prevent smokes from prematurely detonating if stuck in crevices Players now ignore individual damage events dealing less than one point of damage Knife attacks will now prioritize enemies and will only hit teammates if there are no enemies in range Knife attacks no longer predict damage effects or sounds on the client Knife attack immediately after switching to a knife will always deal full damage amount For a given map location, eye height is now consistent regardless of how the player arrived INFERNO Fixed clipping in various areas Fixed various microgaps Fixed disappearing meshes in skybox Removed birds that got mistaken for grenades Added sv_maxuptimelimit setting to request server shutdown after certain number of uptime hours.
Support -sv_maxuptimelimit command line parameter to randomly select uptime limit per instance within a range, e.g.
"-sv_maxuptimelimit 48-72" command line parameter will request game server instance to self-shutdown somewhere between 48 and 72 hours by issuing "sv_shutdown" command on the game server.
Added game server startup timing log records.
Game servers will now print global chat messages when players acknowledge newly acquired items while connected to the game server.
Fixed a bug showing 100% packet loss immediately after connection Fixed a bug where scoreboard ping could get stuck at a value lower than the real ping Improved rendering of stickers Added wins and wins-needed to Competitive Play Menu map tiles Fixed various minor HUD bugs Fixed various skins and sticker bugs Fixed various bugs with item inspection UI Fixed a skinning issue with Trapper Aggressor agent's legs Improved performance of player animations on client and server Smoke grenade canister changed to chrome material "Boost Player Contrast" no longer applies to dead players Adjusted microphone voice threshold value

Added more client information to the screen timestamp label to help investigate reported issues.
Fixed rendering issue related to GPU UltraWide+ feature.
Stability improvements.