Counter Strike 2 – June 2023 Update | Game-Changing Update Revealed!

• Fixed a bug with the sell-back feature
• Fixed a few financial fun facts
• Adjusted the main menu position of CTs holding the Dual Elites
• Fixed tooltips sometimes staying up when you exit the loadout screen
• Fixed some texture streaming issues
• Various improvements to stickers
• Improved sound synchronization for the first bullets during automatic fire
• Fixed a case where the death panel would appear if killed during the end of match screen

• • Various lightmap fixes
  • Smoke clouds now pass through the metal rollup grating in underpass
  • Players can no longer jiggle themselves into the skybox

• Fixed a bug that would cause the player to sometimes move too far forward
• Various bug fixes

• Fixed auto rebuy not working if you survived through the Deathmatch warmup
• Pressing the jump key to respawn in Deathmatch no longer results in an actual jump
• The buy menu now closes on right mouse button DOWN instead of UP
• Refunds are now correctly accounted for when tracking total money spent by user
• Fixed bad kerning in accolade descriptions
• Fixed a freeze/hang in Hammer
• The CS2 Workshop Tools convar helper page now has better descriptions
• Fixed aspect ratio for workshop submission screenshot
• Various improvements to the look of the M249, MP5-SD, Desert Eagle, Dual Elites, and Taser
• Added Zeus x27 to workshop submission weapon list

Various map fixes

• • • Fixed a spot near bench that caused the server to lag
    • Fixed various strange wallbangs
    • Adjusted end of match screen

• Fixed some edge case issues with sell back
• Buy menu color now matches cl_hud_color

• Fixed edge cases with inspecting items
• Fixed a bad interaction between the acknowledge panel and inventory
• Fixed a glitch while refreshing the loadout tab
• Fixed some localization bugs
• Fixed various crash

• Fixed movement bug that would cause a slide along curbs in Dust II
• Flashbangs can be redeployed after thrown so that players can quickly throw multiple in sequence
• Reduced the single-frame flash effect when zooming out with sniper rifles

• A second tranche of users are in process of being added to the limited test.

• Removed wallbang through door towards connector.
• Blocked gap in box stack top of mid.
• Blocked pixel gap by ticket booth.
• Added back jump onto firebox in A site.
• Fixed various player and grenade collision bugs.
• Fixed various minor graphical bugs.

• Fixed disconnecting players taking C4 explosive with them.
• Deathmatch bonus weapons now offer weapons from equipped loadout options.
• Added “Replace for CT” context menu loadout shortcut for USP-S when P2000 is equipped and vice versa.
• Automatically cancel drag and drop operation when switching away from loadout menu.
• Improved the look of SCAR-20, G3SG1.

• Fixed asset compiler bug creating stray files when running in directories that have spaces.

• Fixed smoke expansion algorithm when detonating very close to a wall.
• Adjusted the step function for AMD hardware.

• Adjusted reload animation blending to better blend between different states.
• Adjusted Famas and MP5-SD reload events to match the moment when the magazine is fully inserted.

• Fixed a regression with the death notice panel.
• Fixed new item acknowledgement UI controls not working sometimes.
• Stability improvements.

• Added Mirage as an option for the main menu scenery map.

• Fixed a regression with weapon recoil on high-punch weapons like MAG-7 sometimes punching weapon view model towards the ground instead of up in the air.
• Improved the look of UMP-45, MAG-7, R8 Revolver, Sawed-Off.

• Fixed legacy models appearing when previewing new weapon paint finishes.

• Fixed a regression where 10-second music cue was sometimes not playing.
• Fixed wooden ladders to play wooden footstep sounds.

• Fixed free armor side-effect of armor refunding.
• Fixed loadout tooltips getting stuck on main menu.
• Fixed a regression with inspecting Huntsman knives.
• Brought back an option to pass number keys through to the game while in buy menu.
• Numerous stability improvements.

• Mirage has replaced Dust II on official Counter-Strike 2 Limited Test matchmaking servers.

• Introducing Counter-Strike 2 Workshop Tools which can be enabled and downloaded from in-game settings menu–these tools will allow community contributors to create weapon finishes, stickers, and maps.
  • Note: the Steam Community Workshop does not yet support uploading CS2 maps.
• The level editor (Hammer) now leverages GPU accelerated raytracing to both preview and bake lighting for CS2 maps. This significantly speeds up compile times, but as a result a GPU capable of raytracing is required for Hammer to be fully functional.
• Hammer GPU Minimum Specs:
  • Nvidia 2060Ti 6gb (2080Ti+ recommended)
  • AMD 6600XT (6800XT+ recommended)

• The player loadout has been revised:
  • Players have 1 Starting Pistol slot, 4 Pistol slots, 5 Mid-tier slots (previously “SMGs” and “Heavy”), and 5 Rifle slots, per team.
  • Assign any (side-appropriate) weapon to any slot within its category.
  • Supports drag-and-drop and has been redesigned to fit in on a single screen.
• The in-game buy menu interface has been revised:
  • The wheel has been replaced with a grid showing all purchase options at the same time.
  • Teammate purchases are displayed on the buy menu.
  • Weapon “stats” display has been replaced with simple straightforward descriptions.
  • Players can now refund any purchase that was purchased in the same round and has not been used.
• Existing CS:GO items on the Steam Community Market can be inspected in Counter-Strike 2.

• Sub-tick movement is now more precise and less “floaty” (per player-feedback).
• Releasing movement keys now correctly convey their sub-tick timing.
• The top player of a triple-stack can now shoot.
• Fine-tuned weapon aim punch recovery to be latency-independent during sub-tick recovery on the client.
• Fine-tuned view punch camera shake effect during shooting to be both latency-independent and synchronized with all other sub-tick shooting effects on the client.

• Improved lighting/rendering when smoke overlaps multiple distinctly lit regions.
• HE grenade effect times on smoke has been reduced.
• Shotguns now create larger holes in smoke volumes.

• Adjustments to the viewmodel ‘inspect’ to remove animation popping.
• Several viewmodel and blending animation fixes.
• Improved traversal animation.
• Jumping into the air and running off a ledge is now differentiated to allow for separate character motion.

• Fixed several bugs and rendering artifacts.

• Commands bound to mouse wheels will now be reliably executed.
• Fixed bug that would cause input to execute incorrectly after taking over a bot in practice mode.
• Inspecting weapons is now predicted on the client for a more responsive experience.

VAC will now live ban and gracefully terminate the match at the end of the round (unless it was the last round and the cheater lost).

• • The match will not affect any participants’ Skill Group.
  • Players that were not lobbied with the VAC-banned player will earn XP for match.