Counter-Strike 2 News

[ MISC ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks to agents, gloves, and stickers
  
• The Accept Match popup will now show server information if latency is notably high
  
• Fixed a bug where ping calculations were incorrect in Sydney which resulted in players connecting to distant data centers
  
• Added a list of nearest official datacenters under the "Max Acceptable Matchmaking Ping" setting
  
• Fixed a bug where the Perfect World region selection popup wouldn't save the last selection state
  
• Fixed the defuser not showing up on the scoreboard
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• When a server disagrees about a player's loadout, such as when a match starts during a patch, the buy menu will now reflect the server-authoritative loadout
  
• Fixed a case where players could clip through ceilings
  
• Made adjustments to character shaders to improve player visibility
  

[ ANIMATION ]

• Fixed the "Smooth Criminal" foot pinning bug
  
• Adjusted team select and team intro knife animations to work with Shadow Daggers
  

[ MAPS ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks to Inferno, Mirage, Nuke, Overpass, and Vertigo
  

[ MISC ]

• Added "Player Color" option to "HUD Color" setting that will make the HUD match your or your spectator target's player color in competitive modes
  
• Changed "Use Player Colors on Team ID" default to "Yes"
  
• Added "Large Player Count" setting to replace player avatars with team player count in the mini-scoreboard during the active portion of rounds
  
• Fixed a bug where graffiti changes mid-match were delayed
  
• Various bug fixes and tweaks to weapon finishes and stickers
  

[ WORKSHOP TOOLS ]

• New Screenshot button - captures a screenshot of the game window and saves a .png file to disk. Using "Inspect" with the gray or green backgrounds saves the .png with the UI elements hidden and a transparent background
  
• Added Inferno and Ancient preview maps (workshop_preview_inferno and workshop_preview_ancient)
  
• Workshop Item Editor - Integrated help system contains detailed guides when you see (More Help: Shift+F1) in the tool tip. These detailed guides contain important information about PBR color ranges, wear/durability masking alpha values, and much more
  

[ MATCHMAKING ]

• Matches will now be made with smaller rating differences between the teams at the expense of longer queue times.
  

[ Premier ]

• Relegation and Promotion matches will only occur at color boundaries, i.e. every 5000 CS Rating points.
  
• Increased possible CS Rating win/loss amounts to move players faster after calibration.
  

Are you a Mac player who's been hungrily looking forward to the eventual Mac port of Counter-Strike 2, released last month, after sinking many hours and much pocket money into the preceding Counter-Strike: Global Offensive? Fantastic news, it's been binned off! In the course of making what they're calling "the largest technical leap in CS history", Valve have decided to discontinue support for MacOS. They're also doing away with support for older PCs, including DirectX 9 and 32-bit operating systems - in future, the game will be exclusive to 64-bit Windows and Linux systems.

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[ GRAPHICS ]

• Fixed a case where feet would appear black when looking down at them through a scope
  
• Fixed a memory leak due to particles
  

[ ANIMATION ]

• Fixed several hitbox alignment bugs
  
• Fixed knife spinning not feeling as fast as in CS:GO
  
• Fixed the bolt not moving during the M4A4 and M4A1-S deployment animations
  
• Fixed a bug where weapon inspect could interrupt the silencer toggle animation
  

[ MAPS ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks to Mirage, Vertigo, and Nuke
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed several bugs with "Looking to Play"
  
• Various bug fixes and tweaks to weapon finishes and stickers
  
• Fixed a bug where loadout changes weren't saved if the game was closed shortly after making changes
  
• Fixed a bug where Steam Friends' match status was delayed or missing
  
• CPU performance improvements for weapon tracers
  
• Added an official matchmaking datacenter in Chengdu, China