Counter-Strike 2 Updates

[UPDATE] 16 August 2023 Current version of the game: 1.39.2.0 (2000096) There is no official changelog yet! Message will be updated if changelog pops-up.

[BLOG] - A Level Playing Field Counter-Strike is at its best when teams compete on a level playing field and when ability is the only limit to their success. Over the past few years, we've seen professional Counter-Strike drift away from that ideal. The ecosystem has become gradually less open, with access to the highest levels of competition increasingly gated by business relationships. We think that Counter-Strike should be an open sport. So we're going to add new requirements to running large-scale competitive events. The finer details are still in progress, but here are the broad strokes: Tournament organizers will no longer have unique business relationships or other conflicts of interest with teams that participate in their events. Invitations to all tournaments will use our ranking system (detailed here), or otherwise be determined by open qualifiers. Any compensation for participating teams—prize pool or otherwise—will be made public and will be driven by objective criteria that can be inspected by the community. Since tournament organizers have existing long term commitments, these requirements will take effect as of 2025. There will be some rough edges to the transition, but we're committed to the long-term health of Counter-Strike as a sport and are looking forward to its bright and open future. https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/730/view/3677802763035982969

[UPDATE] 22 July 2023 Current version of the game: 1.39.0.8 (2000087) There is no official changelog yet! Message will be updated if changelog pops-up.

[UPDATE] 20 July 2023 Current version of the game: 1.39.0.6 (2000086) Various fixes to Vertigo and Overpass ___ The changelog is taken automatically from the official site!

[UPDATE] 6 June 2023 [COUNTER-STRIKE 2 LIMITED TEST] Mirage has replaced Dust II on official Counter-Strike 2 Limited Test matchmaking servers. [WORKSHOP TOOLS] - 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) [WEAPONS] 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] - 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. [VOLUMETRIC SMOKE] - 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. [ANIMATION] - 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. [SOUND] - Player's own footstep sounds are now predicted on the client for a latency-independent experience. [RENDERING] - Improved performance and responsiveness in windowed and full-screen windowed modes. - Fixed several bugs and rendering artifacts. [INPUT] - Fixed bug that would cause input to become permanently broken when multiple commands were bound to one key. Multi-binds are back, except for jump-throw binds (which are now a skillful part of CS). - 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] 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.

[BLOG] - The Paris 2023 Major The BLAST.TV Paris Major begins May 8th. Who will become the champion of CS:GO's final Major? Show your support for all of the teams and players with team stickers, player autographs, and the Paris 2023 Viewer Pass, all available for purchase now! 50% of the proceeds go to the players, teams, and organizations taking part in the Major. The Paris 2023 Viewer Pass With a Paris 2023 Viewer Pass, you'll receive an upgradable Paris 2023 Event Coin, access to the Pick'em Challenge, team graffiti, Steam.tv flair, and exclusive access to Paris 2023 Souvenir Packages. Each time you upgrade your Paris 2023 Event Coin, you'll receive a Souvenir Token that can be redeemed for a Souvenir Package from the match of your choice. Souvenirs feature gold stickers of the teams and map of the match you selected. You can earn up to three Souvenir Tokens by playing the Pick'em Challenge, but if you'd like more, purchase the 'Viewer Pass +3' and you'll get three Souvenir Tokens right away. You can also purchase as many Souvenir Tokens as you like once you've activated your Paris 2023 Viewer Pass. Team and Player Capsules Looking for your favorite Team or Player? Check out the Team and Player Autograph capsules, featuring paper, glitter, holo, and gold stickers. And shortly after the Grand Final concludes, Champions Autograph Capsules (feature autographs of players on the winning team) will be available for purchase. The Major is just days away. Activate your Viewer Pass, make your picks, and get ready for the best teams in the game to make CS:GO history. https://www.counter-strike.net/newsentry/3717202192664258501

[UPDATE] 4 May 2023 Current version of the game: (1563) [PARIS 2023 CS:GO MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP] – The “Paris 2023 Viewer Pass” and the “Paris 2023 Viewer Pass + 3 Souvenir Tokens” are now available for purchase. 50% of the proceeds go to the players, teams, and organizations taking part in the BLAST.TV Paris Major. – With a Viewer Pass, you’ll get: — An upgradable Paris 2023 Event Coin. — Access to the Paris Pick’Em Challenge. — Unlimited team graffiti for the duration of the event. — Steam.tv team flair. — Access to Paris 2023 Souvenir Packages. – Team stickers and Player Autograph stickers are available for purchase. 50% of the proceeds go to the players, teams, and organizations taking part in the BLAST.TV Paris Major.

[UPDATE] 25 April 2023 Current version of the game: 1.38.5.7 (1558) [ANUBIS COLLECTION] - Introducing the Anubis Collection, featuring 19 weapon finishes themed around the newest addition to Counter-Strike's Active Duty map pool. [MAPS] - Spring celebrations have ended in Ember Land. - Lava in the tunnels is rising. - Minor bug fixes.

[UPDATE] 31 March 2023 Current version of the game: 1.38.5.7 (1558) There is no official changelog yet! Message will be updated if changelog pops-up.

[UPDATE] 30 March 2023 [COUNTER-STRIKE 2 LIMITED TEST] [NETWORKING] - Multiple network traffic optimizations. - Shooting random seeds are now correctly desynchronized between server and client code. [VISUALS] - Fixed positions of overhead labels and ping elements at different resolutions. - Fixed halo around enemies to not give away their locations. - Bomb code will now correctly clear when aborting the bomb plant. - Fixed rare inspect animations to be rare and not every anim. - Inspect then reload ("f", "r", "f", "r") more closely matches CS:GO behavior. - Disabled all development console commands (including "cl_physics_highlight_active 5"). [GAMEPLAY] - HE grenades no longer affect smokes through walls. - Disabled collisions between ragdolls. - Players will no longer drop weapons when getting a bonus weapon in Deathmatch. - Trajectory preview for decoy grenades is now correct. - Improved behavior of picking up weapons with the use key.  [INPUT SYSTEM] - Buy menu and scoreboard now allow movement while they have focus. - Team intro allows voice chat. - Keys will no longer get stuck when opening the steam overlay. - Fixed many cases where user input would get confused. - Multiple actions cannot be bound to one key. [SOUND] - Adjustments to smoke grenade sound timing at a distance. - Fixed a bug where flashbang or grenade sound effect would remain if player died while having that sound effect active. - Added dedicated player-only sound when a grenade is correctly jump-thrown. - Fixed chat wheel lines to be restricted to legitimate chat wheel lines that can be configured in game options. [DUST II] - Fixed a hole in the wall.

[UPDATE] 24 March 2023 [COUNTER-STRIKE 2 LIMITED TEST] [UI] - Fixed common asserts. - Removed Trade-Up contract UI for Limited Test. - Fixed multiple items showing up in the inspect panel. [AUDIO] - Use correct audio device name when user picks "default" device. - Added weapon drop sounds to minimap distance broadcast. - Lowered volume of some dust2 ambience. - Added some missing ui sounds. - Lowered volume of flashbang ringing and volume ducking effect. - Reduced stereo spread of grenade explosions. - Fixed phasing with deathmatch kill bonus sound. [GAME] - Fixed various game crashes. - Smoke bullet holes are now fixed relative to the firstperson camera. - Smoke grenades dropped in small crevices no longer detonate on the incorrect side of thin walls. - Players can no longer pick up weapons while dead during a competitive match. - Fixed dropping weapons during the team intro. - Fixed +voicerecord getting stuck on when held during team intro and released after. - Chat messages sent during end of match no longer show players as *DEAD* if they were dead at the end of the last round. - Fixed handling game input keys such as +voicerecord while panorama has focus. - Added netgraph. [ Graphics ] - Fixed flickering with MSAA. - Fixed smoke cloud volume lighting. - Fixed stencil issue on glass when MSAA is disabled. - Updated various weapon finishes based on community feedback.

[UPDATE] 22 March 2023 Current version of the game: 1.38.5.7 (1555) [COUNTER-STRIKE 2 LIMITED TEST] ● Shipped the mechanism for players to gain access to the Counter-Strike 2 Limited Test. ● If you have been selected to participate in the limited test, you will see an invitation banner when you launch CS:GO with further instructions. [MAPS] Ember ● Introducing Ember spring update ● The chickens have laid colourful eggs ● Replaced cannonballs with eggs ● Festive Tablet image ● Weeds ● General updates ● Added new path at Swimming Pool ● Players no longer take damage from slow rolling cannonballs

[UPDATE] 16 Febrary 2023 Current version of the game: 1.38.5.5 (1548) There is no official changelog yet! Message will be updated if changelog pops-up.

[UPDATE] 15 Febrary 2023 Current version of the game: 1.38.5.4 (1546) [REVOLUTION CASE] ● The AWP | Doodle Lore has been replaced by the AWP | Duality in the Revolution Case ● Existing AWP | Doodle Lore inventory items have been converted to the AWP | Duality [MAPS] Ember ● Seasonal celebrations have ended in Ember land. ● Map lighting, theme, textures, and models have returned to their pre-seasonal state. ● Cave rock textures are now using $seamless_scale for improved texture quality and look. ● Various texture improvements. ● Fixed an areaportal issue. ___ The changelog is taken automatically from the official site!

[UPDATE] 10 Febrary 2023 Current version of the game: 1.38.5.4 (1546) There is no official changelog yet! Message will be updated if changelog pops-up.