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Release Notes for 10/13/2023
[ MISC ] Various bug fixes and tweaks to agents, gloves, and stickers The Accept Match popup will now show server information if latency is notably high Fixed a bug where ping calculations were incorrect in Sydney which…
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Release Notes for 10/12/2023
[ GAMEPLAY ] When a server disagrees about a player's loadout, such as when a match starts during a patch, the buy menu will now reflect the server-authoritative loadout Fixed a case where players could clip through cei…
- Counter-Strike 2
Release Notes for 10/10/2023
[ MATCHMAKING ] Matches will now be made with smaller rating differences between the teams at the expense of longer queue times. [ Premier ] Relegation and Promotion matches will only occur at color boundaries, i.e. eve…
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Release Notes for 10/9/2023
[ GRAPHICS ] Fixed a case where feet would appear black when looking down at them through a scope Fixed a memory leak due to particles [ ANIMATION ] Fixed several hitbox alignment bugs Fixed knife spinning not feeling a…
- Counter-Strike 2
Release Notes for 10/6/2023
[ GRAPHICS ] Fixed a case where water would appear black in screenshots and video capture For AMD GPU users, shader compilation hitches can now be fixed with a driver update: https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-no…
- Counter-Strike 2
Release Notes for 10/4/2023
[ GRAPHICS ] Removed Model / Texture Detail: Very High setting since it was identical to High. They used to differ by Texture Filtering Mode, but that's a separate setting now [ ANIMATION ] Repositioned finger on AWP so…
- Counter-Strike 2
Release Notes for 10/2/2023
[ 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 AM…
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Release Notes for 9/29/2023
[ SOUND ] Fixed a case where grenade sounds were missing when exploding in-air Added separate sounds for grenades landing in vs out of the playable area [ GAMEPLAY ] Fixed a case where both terrorists in a Wingman match…
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Release Notes for 9/28/2023
[ SOUND ] Fixed missing win/loss/MVP music in Casual [ GRAPHICS ] Put range clamps on r_fullscreen_gamma, r_texture_stream_max_resolution, and r_character_decal_resolution Fixed smokes not rendering correctly on AMD GPU…
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Release Notes for 9/27/2023 Night
[ 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 to…
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- Counter-Strike 2
Release Notes for 9/27/2023
[ COUNTER-STRIKE 2 ] 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…
- Counter-Strike 2
Release Notes for 9/15/2023
[ MAPS ] Office Adjusted the weight of the vending machine Various fixes Ancient Various clipping adjustments [ SOUND ] Tuned the vertical audio occlusion of grenade sounds in Nuke and Vertigo Adjusted ambient sounds in…
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Release Notes for 9/14/2023
[ MAPS ] Anubis Various clipping adjustments [ GAMEPLAY ] Rebalanced lag compensation to favor lower-latency players Fixed a bug where dropped grenades were invisible Fixed a bug where dropped bombs and weapons would ap…
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Release Notes for 9/13/2023
[ MAPS ] Various bug fixes and tweaks for all shipped maps [ GAMEPLAY ] Various fixes for molotov/incendiary grenades Various fixes for smoke grenades Fixed damage indicators for fire damage Adjusted first-person sniper…
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Release Notes for 9/8/2023
[ MAPS ] Mirage Fixed a pixel boost on pillars in B bomb site Nuke Fixed C4 falling out of the world in B bomb site Updated props Italy Fixes to prevent players boosting out of playable space [ MISC ] Added a C4 loadout…
