Counter-Strike 2 Patch Notes (CS2) January 2024

Counter-Strike 2 implements changes regularly—most especially to add the latest updates and fixes to certain errors. That said, here are the CS2 patch notes you need to know.

Latest Counter-Strike 2 Release Notes - 12/21

CS2 Patch Notes - Update December 21, 2023

Miscellaneous

• Fixed a case where players could refund a grenade for a brief period after it was thrown

CS2 Patch Notes - Update December 18, 2023

Miscellaneous

• Fixed cases where weapons and C4 could fall through the ground
• Various bugfixes for stickers, weapon finishes, and gloves

Workshop

• Fixed inconsistent behavior with triggers when crouching in workshop maps

Maps

• Italy, Nuke, Mirage, Inferno
  • Changed some player collision surface types
• Inferno
  • Fixed various gaps

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CS2 Patch Notes - Update December 13, 2023

Gameplay

• Added shell eject effects for shotguns
• Dropped weapons caused by buy menu purchasing are now dropped below the buyer

Miscellaneous

• Added all-new 2024 Service Medal which will be available starting January 1st
• Fixed an issue that prevented some older demos from playing back
• Fixed multiple exploits that allowed adding non-text data into UI labels
• Added the ability to add a Friend by using their friend code
• Added a lister for multiple lobby invites
• Adjusted wear values of some community stickers to better match CS:GO

Maps

Overpass

• Adjusted clipping to remove exploitable ledges and improve player movement
• Fixed metal railing props that were generating incorrect footstep sounds
• Adjusted positions of props and ledges to more accurately match falling damage from CS:GO
• Fixed some places where players could get stuck
• Adjusted some props and materials to improve character readability
• Fixed some cases where weapons could be accidently dropped out of reach
• Made some adjustments to props that were creating exploitable lines of sight
• Various lighting and material adjustments

Ancient

• Adjusted grenade clipping volume at cave entrance

CS2 Patch Notes - Update December 8, 2023

Gameplay

• Fixed a bug where explicit weapon switches right after grenade throws were delayed slightly

Maps

Inferno:

• Fixed a bug where you could plant C4 in planter

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CS2 Patch Notes - Update December 6, 2023

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue where the player's shadow would sometimes show the incorrect animation state
• Weapon switching after releasing the fire button(s) will no longer cancel grenade throws (but round restart will)
• Various animation system optimizations
• Various minor bug fixes to demo playback

UI

• Fixed a bug where starting pistols weren't showing in the Pistols tab of the Equipment view
• Fixed an issue where silencers would not be shown on weapons when held by characters in the UI

Maps

Mirage:

• Fixed a gap under the door at Middle

Anubis:

• Added a grenade clip to the wall at Bridge

Vertigo:

• Changed the collision properties on railings to emit the correct footstep sounds

Nuke:

• Fix for the sun material not blooming and adjusted the size of the material
• Cleaned up redundant skins on metal_door models to prevent workshop mappers hitting fatal errors for missing assets
• Fixed a visibility bug at Garage when looking towards Hell
• Changed the collision properties on railings to emit the correct footstep sounds

Inferno:

• Changed the collision properties on railings to emit the correct footstep sounds
• Fixed an issue where some chimney models would disappear in the skybox

Dust2:

• Changed the collision properties on railings to emit the correct footstep sounds

CS2 Patch Notes - Update December 4, 2023

Gameplay

• Fixed a bug where grenade throw strength adjustments were sometimes delayed
• Fixed a bug where attempting to switch to a grenade immediately after throwing it would cancel the throw
• You can now get an intermediate strength grenade throw without a delay by pressing primary and secondary attack simultaneously
• Fixed several cases of players sticking while sliding against geometry
• Player pings will now be displayed in the player's color

Miscellaneous

• Fixed "Ace Round MVP" calculation bug when teams had a different number of players
• Fixed shorthanded bonus logic sometimes incorrectly accounting for kicked players

CS2 Patch Notes - Update November 30, 2023

Gameplay

• Sub-tick timing improvements to various systems including grenade throw animations and revolver firing
• Added a missing fire effect to molotovs that are held by players

Animation

• Reduced the amount that player characters will rotate their torso away from leg orientation
• Improved hit reactions
• Made jump animations directional
• Improved character posing when aiming up and down
• Improved foot placement and posing when running
• Reduced animation posing when deploying
• The timing of a players flashbanged posing now more accurately represents the player's ability to see

Sound

• Fixed issue with Shadow Daggers playing catch sound during looping inspect animation
• Further refined falloff distance curves and volume of grenade bounces
• Lowered volume of deathmatch bonus period ending
• Lowered volume of lobby chat notification sound
• Fixed missing water drip console errors in Office
• Increased audible distance of breaking glass window sounds
• Fixed an issue where sometimes a Sabre agent would say hostage related lines when cheering

Miscellaneous

• Adjusted wear values of most tournament stickers and many other stickers to better match CS:GO
• Changed handling of non-default console key bindings to match CS:GO behavior

Maps

Nuke

• Fixed cubemap issue at Lobby
• Fixed hole at B-site
• Fixed some holes at Ramp Room
• Fixed glass floor material at B-Site not having impact effects
• Fixed up footstep sounds on hazard stripes
• Attempt to fix light leaking through base of doors at B-site
• Brightened red interior walls to help with agent vis
• Fixed pixel boost on chainlink fence outside
• Fix shadows leaking through double doors at B-site
• Made cubemap transitions smoother in some places at b-site

Mirage

• Fixed clipping on van at Truck
• Clipped fridge in Apartments to prevent player becoming stuck
• Adjusted bombsite A size and added visual boundaries
• Fixed collision on Scaffolding to provide smooth movement
• Fixed geometry and clipping outside Sniper's Nest to prevent pixel walking

Office

• Improved clipping around desks at t-spawn
• Improved clipping on crates at Back Courtyard
• Re-added collision to handrails

Vertigo

• Extended staircase and added grenade clip to stairs at near t-spawn to prevent grenades becoming wedged in gap
• Fixed clipping on crate at mid
• Fixed clipping on scaffold at back of A
• Fixed clipping on scaffold at T-start
• Fixed vis bug at A-ramp looking toward Bridge
• Fixed grenade clip on support beam at A-ramp
• Plugged Holes in insulation foam roll model

Anubis

• Fixed hole under pillar at A-site
• Fixed clipping above walkway stairs in Palace
• Closed up multiple microgaps throughout the map
• Fixed some clipping on pillar at A-site
• Fixed clipping on doorway at b-site
• Plugged some micro holes
• Fixed gap between two clip brushes that allowed bomb to be thrown on top of building
• Fixed slight wall gap that allowed sniping into bombsite A
• Fixed clipping on doorway at b-site

Ancient

• Fixed various gaps in the world
• Fixed various texture seams
• Closed gap that looks into Jaguar area
• Adjusted clipping along fence near A-site
• Adjusted clipping around tree base on A-site boost
• Adjusted position of stone near B-site that player could crouch in
• Added clipping to the top of the map to help minimize player exploits

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CS2 Patch Notes - Update October 2, 2023

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

Miscellaneous

• 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

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CS2 Patch Notes - Update September 27, 2023

Sound

• Weapon sounds will no longer sound like they come from the spot you are zoomed into

Water

• Updated water in Nuke to fix an issue with smoke
• Reduced maximum amount of water refraction since it was looking too noisy/distracting

Misc

• Fixed a case where the death panel wouldn't show
• Fixed a case where the preview crosshair wouldn't show in game settings
• Fixed a case where debug text would appear on the crosshair

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Counter-Strike 2 Release Notes - Update September 27, 2023

Counter-Strike 2 is out

• Counter-Strike 2 is now available and free to play
• Season One of Premier has begun

Gameplay

• Enabled Competitive matchmaking
• Enabled Wingman matchmaking
• Enabled Private Matchmaking
• Added Training Day, a brief introductory experience for brand new players
• Improved player-against-player movement collision
• Improved consistency of bullet penetration
• Player reflections in water are now occluded by smoke
• Molotov fire now floats above the water
• Fixed character ambient occlusion being visible through walls
• C4 bomb lights don't reflect through walls
• Fixed some rare cases of viewmodel lighting corruption
• Adjusted smoke behavior to cover cases where smoke would stop less than a player's height above the ground
• Fix various bugs with switching teams in the middle of offline Deathmatch
• Fixed Famas reloading too early
• Chickens can finally fall off Vertigo

Sound

• Added the new CS2 default music kit
• Added new audio customization settings
• Various mix tweaks and adjustments
• Various bug fixes related to music kits
• Updated the game startup sound
• Added background ambience to main menu scenes
• Restored the clutch_mode_toggle function
• Fixed a bug where sometimes c4 defuse and planting sounds could not be heard in certain locations
• Fixed some surfaces being incorrectly tagged causing incorrect footstep sounds in certain locations
• Fixed a bug where attackers could not hear headshot feedback through wallbangs or smokes
• Body damage feedback for attackers will now play within the same distance as it does for onlookers through smokes and wallbangs
• Fixed a bug where scoping in affected directional sound
• First person damage sounds are now more impactful
• Removed several legacy audio convars that existed in CS:GO but never had an effect in CS2

Animation

• Adjusted character additive lean animation
• Adjusted jump animation, particularly when repeatedly jumping
• Adjusted jiggle-peeking animation
• Adjusted animated character head position relative to camera position
• Added bullet belt to negev
• Reduced foot sliding when carrying slower weapons
• Fixed character momentarily standing during crouch-planting animation
• Fixed incorrect viewmodel deploy speeds
• Fixed pops in some weapon inspect animations
• Inspecting weapons may now interrupt deploy animation

Matchmaking

• When one or more party members get convicted of cheating and permanently banned, all their associates will be penalized with loss of Profile Rank and CS Rating
• In Premier, players with a very high established CS Rating are not allowed to party with accounts that do not have an established CS Rating

Maps

• Various bug fixes and tweaks for all shipped maps
• Adjusted vertical audio occlusion boundaries in Nuke and Vertigo
• Added an extra bell in Inferno
• Casual and Deathmatch maps are now separated into multiple map groups

Misc

• CS:GO Players who started playing more than a week ago will receive a commemorative CS:GO coin and CS:GO Music Kit
• Added Store tab to main menu
• Enabled all interactions with inventory items
• Replaced weekly drops with a weekly Care Package. Choose from weapon cases, weapon finishes, and graffiti
• Added demo playback support
• Added the ability to favorite and shuffle loadout items
• Added new item icons
• Office and Vertigo are available as main menu scenery
• Various updates for weapon finishes, including fixing overly strong wear on several Custom Paint Job finishes
• Reworked Phoenix Street Soldier balaclava texture to resolve visibility issues
• Enabled animated eyes on agent character models

Workshop tools

• Game clients running in workshop tools mode are not allowed to connect to VAC secure game servers
• Added an all-new help system featuring contextually relevant guides and information. Guides include gray scale value ranges for alpha channel masking, paint-by-number mask color assignments based on current finish type, and much more!
• Removed dynamic props from solid color inspect backgrounds

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