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Steam News20 July 202623d ago

CS Manager Demo - Patch 0.8

Headlines 0.8 brings the Steam Workshop to CS Manager! It is not compatible with the demo, but for those with access to the full game it is available immediately, and will be working from the moment the game is released

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What changed

10 fixes6 additions11 changes0 removals
  • Workshop
  • Gameplay
  • Performance
  • Fixes
  • Balance
  • Maps
added0.8 brings the Steam Workshop to CS Manager! It is not compatible with the demo, but for those with access to the full game it is available immediately, and will be working from the moment the game is released. In addition, you can now see a detailed history of your players skill developments, and keep track of how they are progressing. Several AI logic improvements and performance optimizations also made it
addedAdded Steam Workshop support for custom databases. Steam does not allow workshop access for demos, so until the full release, only the limited testers with access to the full game can download databases from the workshop
added📢You can now see a detailed history of how each players skill has developed over time (on existing saves, data from before the current date is not available)
changedFreezes/Crashes
fixed📢Fixed a freeze that could occur when starting a career with a custom team without players
fixed📢Fixed a freeze that could occur after taking timeouts in the match engine

CS Manager changes

added0.8 brings the Steam Workshop to CS Manager! It is not compatible with the demo, but for those with access to the full game it is available immediately, and will be working from the moment the game is released. In addition, you can now see a detailed history of your players skill developments, and keep track of how they are progressing. Several AI logic improvements and performance optimizations also made it
addedAdded Steam Workshop support for custom databases. Steam does not allow workshop access for demos, so until the full release, only the limited testers with access to the full game can download databases from the workshop
added📢You can now see a detailed history of how each players skill has developed over time (on existing saves, data from before the current date is not available)
changedFreezes/Crashes
fixed📢Fixed a freeze that could occur when starting a career with a custom team without players

Headlines

0.8 brings the Steam Workshop to CS Manager! It is not compatible with the demo, but for those with access to the full game it is available immediately, and will be working from the moment the game is released. In addition, you can now see a detailed history of your players skill developments, and keep track of how they are progressing. Several AI logic improvements and performance optimizations also made it

📢Are based on feedback/reports from the community

Major

  • Added Steam Workshop support for custom databases. Steam does not allow workshop access for demos, so until the full release, only the limited testers with access to the full game can download databases from the workshop

  • 📢You can now see a detailed history of how each players skill has developed over time (on existing saves, data from before the current date is not available)

Freezes/Crashes

  • 📢Fixed a freeze that could occur when starting a career with a custom team without players

  • 📢Fixed a freeze that could occur after taking timeouts in the match engine

  • 📢Fixed various freezes that could happen after getting fired

Dashboard

  • Improved AI logic when deciding which players to buy

  • Rebalanced when a team owner decides to upgrade/downgrade a teams professional status

  • Rebalanced how budgets for new seasons are calculated

  • Adjusted how much salary you can offer to players

  • Staff will now be much more likely to disagree to contracts for roles they are not interested in

  • Significantly improved performance on the scouting page, on both loading times and scrolling smoothness

  • Fixed that cancelling a scouting assignment of a player could prevent you from scouting them again

  • Optimization of game loading times

  • Fixed that academy costs where not deducted correctly from the budget

  • Fixed some instances of being unable to join a LAN tournament even though there were no overlapping LANs

  • 📢You can now resign from teams (this can be done from the page of your staff/head coach profile)

  • 📢Fixed that the Revamp tournament would have an unequal amount of matches for different teams in the group stage

  • 📢Fixed that re-signing a contract with a staffer already on your team could cause an unintended big cost

  • 📢During staff contract negotiations, the staffer now makes his goals regarding role and contract length clear to you

Match Engine

  • Improved AI positioning logic

  • Fixed that incendiaries could sometime not be seen while they were in the air after being thrown

  • Improved AI decision making regarding where to throw smokes to protect their positions

  • 📢Added a separate option for ambience volume

Data Editor

  • 📢Fixed that custom players created in the data editor did not show up correctly in the preview when starting a new career

Localization

  • 📢Updated several translations

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Source

Steam News / 20 July 2026

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