Release Notes for 2/28/2024

MISC

• Spawn position is no longer randomly determined when a player reconnects to a server during freeze time. The spawn point sequence is now configured at the beginning of the map and is saved/restored from round backup files

  • In official matchmaking servers, players who disconnect and reconnect during freeze time will respawn in the spawn point they were assigned at the beginning of the round

  • On community servers, players who disconnect and reconnect during freeze time will be assigned one of the five spawn positions assigned to the team that round

  • When restoring from round backup files (which is recommended in tournament settings after disconnects/reconnects), players will spawn in the positions they were originally assigned at the beginning of that round

• Fixed a bug where players would see a black screen after disconnecting and reconnecting multiple times during a technical timeout

• Fixed a bug where players disconnecting and reconnecting to a competitive match would incorrectly interact with bot spawning algorithm

• Fixed some cases where MVP music would not play or would play over round end music

• Fixed a bug in Deathmatch where kills during warmup would count towards healthshot reward and Zeus score bonus

• Fixed players jumping higher than normal when toggling low framerate

• Fixed an instance of weapon switches sometimes being ignored by the server

• Fixed smoke shadow rendering issues and improvements to perf

• Fixed a bug where the game would crash on Linux while alt-tabbing

• Fixed some cases where a frame rate hitch would occur due to compiling shaders

• Improved behavior when user input does not arrive on the server in time due to packet loss or client frame rate issues

• Adjusted various music kit cues in NIGHTMODE Music Kit box (ISOxo, Knock2, and TWERL and Ekko & Sidetrack)

• Fixed a case where some players in North America would always fail to accept a match on a server in Europe due to SDR choosing an invalid route

• Players who get kicked from official competitive servers for too many suicides will now be issued a competitive cooldown

• Adjusted the logic tracking player idle state to exclude round freezetime and timeout periods

• Chickens no longer interact with dropped weapons

• Sniper scope overlay no longer appears in tool viewports (such as Hammer)

MAPS

• Adjusted spawn location priorities for Premier and Competitive game modes in Anubis, Inferno, Mirage, Nuke, Overpass, and Vertigo.

Inferno

• Fixed community reported gaps in map and Trike model

• Raised plywood at top of Banana to cover head visibility

• Smoothed ground movement in Banana and Bombsite A

• Raised Arch exit towards Mid (or "Raised arch in Arch")

• Removed bench at Arch near Library

• Removed construction cone at Underpass

WORKSHOP

• Fix lightmaps being capped at 4k resolution in CS2 Workshop Tools

• Updated sticker inspect to support wear in 0.1 increments to match sticker scraping

• Added roughness texture to foil stickers in the Item Editor

• Updated help system for new sticker features