Counter-Strike 2 News

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Command aliases now leverage subtick accuracy
  

[ SOUND ]

• New sound for final 10 seconds of bomb beeping
  
• Added missing KSK agent voice
  
• Reduced falloff distance of knife impact and swish sounds
  
• Various tweaks and bug fixes around occlusion filters and footstep clarity
  

[ MISC ]

• Fixed missing gamestate integration data regarding flashbangs and damage stats
  
• Fixed a bug where a defused bomb would block the player from swapping to a gun dropped close by
  
• Fixed some cases where players could peek through ceilings
  
• Convar cl_draw_only_deathnotices now blocks match status alerts such as LAST ROUND OF FIRST HALF.
  
• Added a game server command sv_load_forced_client_names_file. Running tournament servers with +sv_load_forced_client_names_file namesfile.txt allows loading a key-values file where client names are enforced to be the tournament registered player names.
  
• Added an additional fallback path for game clients to download network configuration.
  
• Added a game setting cq_netgraph_problem_show_auto that allows players to enable automatic display of network connection issues in top right corner of game HUD.
  

[ 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.