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Steam News18 March 20264mo ago

Counter-Strike 2 Update

[ GAMEPLAY ] Reloading has been refactored to encourage more careful consideration of the use of ammo.

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GAMEPLAY

  • Reloading has been refactored to encourage more careful consideration of the use of ammo. When you reload a magazine-fed weapon, all remaining ammo in the magazine is discarded and a new, full magazine is taken from the reserves.

  • Reserve ammunition is now represented either as number of magazines, shells, or bullets, depending on the weapon.

  • The fill-level of the current weapon is now displayed below the ammo count.

  • Tuned reserve magazine counts per-weapon.

MAP GUIDES

  • Limited map guides are now available in Competitive and Retakes (first 5 rounds of the half, 30 node max).

  • sv_allow_annotations_access_level supports 3 values0 – disabled. 1 – limited view. 2 – full and editable.
  • sv_annotation_limits_max_rounds_per_half (default 5) determines how many rounds into the half guides are allowed. -1 for unlimited.

  • Minimal starter map guides have been added for all Active Duty maps.

WORKSHOP MAPS

  • Friends playing a Practice or Workshop map can be joined through the friends menu if they have Open Party set.

Source

Steam News / 18 March 2026

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