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Release Notes for 9/15/2023

[ MAPS ]
Office
  • Adjusted the weight of the vending machine
  • Various fixes
Ancient
  • Various clipping adjustments

[ SOUND ]
  • Tuned the vertical audio occlusion of grenade sounds in Nuke and Vertigo
  • Adjusted ambient sounds in Office
  • Adjusted silenced weapon falloff

[MISC]
  • Fixed a case where an AK47 headshot would not deal lethal damage
  • Adjusted nametag location for Shadow Daggers

Release Notes for 9/14/2023

[ MAPS ]
  • Anubis
    • Various clipping adjustments


[ GAMEPLAY ]
  • Rebalanced lag compensation to favor lower-latency players
  • Fixed a bug where dropped grenades were invisible
  • Fixed a bug where dropped bombs and weapons would appear in the wrong location


[ MISC ]
  • Various bug fixes and tweaks to weapon finishes

Release Notes for 9/13/2023

[ MAPS ]
  • Various bug fixes and tweaks for all shipped maps


[ GAMEPLAY ]
  • Various fixes for molotov/incendiary grenades
  • Various fixes for smoke grenades
  • Fixed damage indicators for fire damage
  • Adjusted first-person sniper contrails to reflect shot accuracy
  • Various adjustments to lag compensation
  • Replaced player elevation indicators on the radar with look directions


[ PREMIER MATCHMAKING ]
  • Various bug fixes and tweaks to UI elements


[ SOUND ]
  • Audio mix changes and tweaks
  • Lowered occlusion and distance effects for gunfire, footsteps and reloads
  • Slight increase to stereo spread
  • Fixed a bug where incorrect footstep and jump land sounds would play on elevated edges
  • Fixed a bug where music would stop playing at the end of deathmatch


[ MISC ]
  • Changed armor number in buy menu from amount you currently have to amount you can buy
  • Various fixes for weapon finishes, gloves, and stickers
  • Water rendering performance improvements
  • Added nametag positions for all knife models
  • Allow adjusting individual player voice volumes
  • Various HUD bug fixes and tweaks
  • Added option to disallow animated avatars
  • Removed several legacy networking convars that existed in CS:GO but never had an effect in CS2

Release Notes for 9/8/2023

[ MAPS ]
Mirage
  • Fixed a pixel boost on pillars in B bomb site
Nuke
  • Fixed C4 falling out of the world in B bomb site
  • Updated props
Italy
  • Fixes to prevent players boosting out of playable space

[ MISC ]
  • Added a C4 loadout slot for users who have C4 items with a name tag applied
  • Audio mix tweaks and adjustments
  • Fixed a case where roasted chickens fell through the floor
  • hud_scaling is no longer imported from CS:GO. Note that players' hud_scaling will be reset to the default (1.0)

Release Notes for 9/7/2023

[ MAPS ]
  • Ancient
    • Various bug fixes and tweaks


[ GAMEPLAY ]
  • Various bug fixes to molotov/incendiary explosions
  • Fixed ladders blocking bullet penetration


[ MISC ]
  • Fixed missing USP-S description in the buy menu
  • Adjusted low health indication
  • Various animation bug fixes and tweaks
  • Various performance improvements