Release Notes for 11/2/2023

WORKSHOP

• Enabled uploading CS2 maps to the workshop

• Community Servers can host workshop maps

• Added paint metalness and roughness by color features to Solid Color, Hydrographic, and Spray-Paint finishes in the Item Editor

• Added option to toggle "Automatic PBR Color Correction" to all sticker types in Item Editor

• Various Item Editor help system updates including "mat_fullbright 10" to test PBR

• Various updates to workshop tools

GAMEPLAY

• Fixed a case where user commands would be ignored in poor network conditions

• Fixed a case where weapons would fire faster than intended

• Fixed a case where clients would show multiple gunshots for one actual shot

• Fixed a case where players would fail to keep their weapons between rounds of overtime

• Fixed some instances of dropped weapons falling out of the gameplay space

• In firstperson, dead players will now see their own ragdoll at the server-authoritative lag-compensated position of their demise

• Decoy grenades interact aesthetically with smoke clouds

• Smoke grenades now have a minimum fuse duration to prevent smokes from prematurely detonating if stuck in crevices

• Players now ignore individual damage events dealing less than one point of damage

• Knife attacks will now prioritize enemies and will only hit teammates if there are no enemies in range

• Knife attacks no longer predict damage effects or sounds on the client

• Knife attack immediately after switching to a knife will always deal full damage amount

• For a given map location, eye height is now consistent regardless of how the player arrived

MAPS

• INFERNO

  • Fixed clipping in various areas

  • Fixed various microgaps

  • Fixed disappearing meshes in skybox

  • Removed birds that got mistaken for grenades

SERVERS

• Added sv_maxuptimelimit setting to request server shutdown after certain number of uptime hours.

• Support -sv_maxuptimelimit command line parameter to randomly select uptime limit per instance within a range, e.g. "-sv_maxuptimelimit 48-72" command line parameter will request game server instance to self-shutdown somewhere between 48 and 72 hours by issuing "sv_shutdown" command on the game server.

• Added game server startup timing log records.

• Game servers will now print global chat messages when players acknowledge newly acquired items while connected to the game server.

• Fixed a bug showing 100% packet loss immediately after connection

• Fixed a bug where scoreboard ping could get stuck at a value lower than the real ping

MISC

• Improved rendering of stickers

• Added wins and wins-needed to Competitive Play Menu map tiles

• Fixed various minor HUD bugs

• Fixed various skins and sticker bugs

• Fixed various bugs with item inspection UI

• Fixed a skinning issue with Trapper Aggressor agent's legs

• Improved performance of player animations on client and server

• Smoke grenade canister changed to chrome material

• "Boost Player Contrast" no longer applies to dead players

• Adjusted microphone voice threshold value