Counter-Strike 2 News

[ GRAPHICS ]

• Fixed a case where water would appear black in screenshots and video capture
  
• For AMD GPU users, shader compilation hitches can now be fixed with a driver update: https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-23-20-11-7

[ ANIMATION ]

• Fixed a case where the grenade throw animation would be canceled by holding the inspect key
  
• Adjusted M4A4 and M4A1-S draw animation to start from out-of-frame
  
• Minor animation system performance optimizations
  

[ MAPS ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks to Nuke, Vertigo, Anubis, and Overpass
  

[ MISC ]

• All surrender votes now require a majority to pass
  
• Fixed an exploit where players could spam chat during the Premier draft phase
  
• Fixed a bug where kicked players were receiving the maximum CS Rating penalty. Kicked players will now receive CS Rating based on the final outcome of the match instead
  
• Fixed a bug where the first character at the beginning of the terrorist team intro wouldn't render
  
• Configured SDL to prefer X11 over Wayland on Linux
  
• Paris 2023 items are no longer for sale
  

[ GRAPHICS ]

• Removed Model / Texture Detail: Very High setting since it was identical to High. They used to differ by Texture Filtering Mode, but that's a separate setting now
  

[ ANIMATION ]

• Repositioned finger on AWP so it doesn't look as long
  

[ MAPS ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks to Inferno, Anubis, Vertigo, Ancient, and Mirage
  

[ MISC ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks to stickers
  
• Adjusted crosshair outline rendering for fractional values
  
• Fixed a bug where disconnecting from and reconnecting to a match would result in less XP
  
• Fixed the "buy " command to work with the new flexible loadout system. The command will now find the named item in your loadout instead of assuming a default slot. If the named item isn't in your loadout, the command will fail. To buy by slot, use "buy secondary0", "buy midtier1", "buy rifle2", etc. instead
  
• Various tweaks to automatic sniper rifle muzzle flashes
  
• Various tweaks to glass impact effects
  
• Added sort options to secondary inventory select panel for actions like applying stickers
  
• Fixed a bug where users in Germany were incorrectly identified as users in China
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Removed movement penalty on mud surfaces
  

[ GRAPHICS ]

• Fixed a bug with shader compilation when connecting to a server that was causing hitches after connecting. Note that these hitches may still exist on AMD GPUs; we are working with AMD to address this
  

[ ANIMATION ]

• Fixed a bug where knife slashing couldn't be interrupted with an inspect
  

[ MISC ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks to weapon finishes and gloves
  
• Fixed a case where molotov/incendiary grenades would create a fire ring in the air
  
• Improved performance of molotov/incendiary fire extinguishing
  
• Various improvements to weapon dropping and throwing
  
• Various crash fixes
  

[ SOUND ]

• Fixed a case where grenade sounds were missing when exploding in-air
  
• Added separate sounds for grenades landing in vs out of the playable area
  

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Fixed a case where both terrorists in a Wingman match would appear to have the bomb
  

[ MISC ]

• Various bug fixes for the Vulkan renderer
  
• Updated Phoenix Soldier icon to reflect recent balaclava color change
  
• Fixed a rendering issue in the nametag inspect panel
  
• Disallowed binding toggleconsole to mouse1 since it was preventing normal menu interactions
  
• Various bug fixes and tweaks to weapon finishes and stickers
  
• Fixed a case where surrender votes would incorrectly fail
  

[ ANIMATION ]

• Fixed a case where foot pinning wasn't active
  

[ MAPS ]

• Various bug fixes and tweaks to Ancient
  

[ PERFECT WORLD ]

• Players who launch the game in China and have previously accepted the Steam China Subscriber Agreement will now get a prompt at launch which allows selecting "-perfectworld" or "-worldwide" mode
  
• Launch prompt can be activated with "-promptperfectworld" command line flag or completely bypassed if "-perfectworld" or "-worldwide" command line flag is used
  

[ COMMUNITY DEDICATED SERVERS ]

• To launch a community dedicated server, you can use this reference command line:
  
  • cs2 -dedicated +map de_dust2
    
• To enable logging, add to your server commandline:
  
  • +sv_logfile 1 -serverlogging
    
• Or add to a config file:
  
  • sv_logfile 1
    
  • log on
    
• To enable HTTP logaddress forwarding, ensure logging is enabled as above and use:
  
  • logaddress_add_http ":"
    
• Dispatched logs can be handled the same way as CS:GO
  

Counter Strike 2 has launched and proven tremendously popular, hitting almost 1.2 million concurrent players following the much-teased release. However, while a staggering number of people are jumping in and trying it out, a portion are mourning the loss of various features, maps, and game modes.

"Now I’ve thought about it and this CS2 release was pretty bad," writes popular Counter Strike influencer and content creator Anomaly, before listing out a variety of missing features from the game including War Games, various maps, brand new content and more. The game itself looks gorgeous, and is packed with several quality of life changes, but this has seemingly failed to fill the space absent content has left behind.

A similar sentiment can be found on Reddit, where users including Cosmictrigger01, have shared a parallel list of missing features. Comments are chock full of a back-and-forth between those unhappy with the launch and others who don't see it in such disasterous terms.

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