Counter-Strike 2 Update Live, Patch Notes Reveal a Couple Surprises

As a seasoned gamer with over two decades of experience under my belt, I must say that this latest update looks quite promising! The fix for the character’s pose popping when falling off a ledge is something I can personally relate to – it’s always a tad frustrating when immersion breaks like that.

In a recent development, Valve has introduced updates for the game ‘Counter-Strike 2‘, accompanied by patch notes detailing all modifications made to the Steam version of the game. Among these changes, the patch notes have unveiled several unexpected features. The primary focus of this update is the introduction of ‘The Armory’ in the store, which includes three new weapon sets, two charm collections, two stick packs, a gallery case, and a heat-treated desert eagle.

As a devoted fan, I’m thrilled beyond words about the upcoming feature – the ability to personalize my CS2 weapons! This new addition allows me to adorn my firearms with enchanting charms that I can place anywhere on the gun. These charms are not just ordinary trinkets; they pay homage to other Valve games, making each weapon uniquely mine.

The latest patch notes for Counter-Strike 2 haven’t included details on the update’s file size from Valve. If they release such information, we’ll revise our story accordingly.

Counter-Strike 2 Patch Notes

THE ARMORY

The Armory is now available in the store
Features 3 new weapon collections, 2 charm collections, 2 sticker collections, the Gallery Case, and the Heat Treated Desert Eagle
Purchase and activate an Armory Pass to start earning Armory Credits
Make progress toward credits whenever you earn XP with an active Armory Pass
Redeem credits for items in the Armory

CHARMS

Introducing Charms: dynamic items you can apply to your favorite weapons. Currently available exclusively in the Armory
Drag and drop Charms to precisely place them on the weapon of your choice. A weapon can have one charm attached at a time
Use a Charm Detachment to detach the Charm from a weapon. The Charm will return to your inventory and can be reused
Redeeming a Charm from the Armory grants three complimentary Charm Detachments. Additional Charm Detachments are available for purchase

INVENTORY & ITEMS

All items acquired from the in-game store (including the Armory), Trade Offers, and Steam Community Market are now subject to a 7 day re-trade and re-market restriction
All stickers, patches, and charms available on Steam Community Market, in the Armory, or on friends’ Steam Inventory web pages can now be previewed on your own inventory items
Removed ability to delete weapon cases from your inventory
Added sticker scrape level selector when applying new stickers to weapons
Added precise sticker wear level selector when scraping existing stickers on inventory weapons. Any applied stickers can only increase their sticker scrape level
Added a way to immediately remove existing stickers from inventory weapons in addition to sticker scraping
Added nametag module preview on the actual items when applying nametags
Fixed several cases where applying nametags or stickers would unequip the weapon from your loadout
Customizing a base weapon that’s currently equipped will now auto-equip the newly customized version

ANIMATION

Improved character posing when on large slopes
Made feet pin and unpin differently for all use cases to help remove aggressively leaned characters (AKA the MJ lean)
Pin/unpin IK logic now not affected by poor server ping times
Feet IK now repositions to idle pose if the feet have pinned at a largely different pose to that authored
Re-authored run, walk, and crouch content to fix wide/scissor leg posing when traversing
Changed ladder animations and behavior so characters heads are much more representative of where the player camera is, including characters now display crouch correctly when on ladders
Removed popping when crouching or uncrouching while jumped and reduced leaning on jump animations
Fixed character’s pose popping when falling off a ledge
Fix for many cases where character’s posing would subtly pop when traversing with slow moving weapons

GAMEPLAY

Flashbangs and HE grenades no longer prematurely detonate when they exceed their ‘stuck bounce’ limit

GRAPHICS

Added a Display selection dropdown for non-windowed Fullscreen mode to the Video settings screen
Fixed graphics artifacts for fire effect in the Advanced Video tab

AUDIO

Fixed a bug where UI sounds wouldn’t position correctly when in-game
Fixed an issue where step sounds would play for the local player but fail to broadcast to other players and vice-versa
Fixed an issue where ragdoll water splash sounds would erroneously play on alive players
Fixed a case where voice chat didn’t work on community servers
Fixed a case where incoming voice chats would sometimes never close

NETWORKING

Added telemetry option to display graphs of network jitter and misdelivery
Changed how packet misdelivery is measured. Previously, if packets arrived out of order, this could be counted as misdelivery even if it was corrected and did not impact gameplay. Also, jitter was not considered, even though excessive jitter can disrupt smooth gameplay. The new measurement method will only count reordered packets as misdelivered if they impact gameplay. Furthermore, if network jitter exceeds a threshold where gameplay is affected, the packets are counted as misdelivered even if they are not dropped and arrive in order

WORKSHOP

Added optional 3rd layer to environment blend shader
Added biplanar mapping as an option for environment shaders
Added optional wetness layer, paintable in Hammer on environment materials with the feature enabled
Added color correction, roughness, and normal adjustments to foliage shader and static overlays

MISC

Removed support for command line options that were intended for development purposes only

MAPS

ANCIENT

Fixed some disappearing geometry
Fixed some cases where players could detect player movement through water from across the map
Fixed some pixel peeks
Fixed a case where player shadows could be seen through geometry
Adjusted some clipping for better player movement

ANUBIS

Fixed some missing collision
Nudged some geometry and clipping that were blocking grenade throws
Improved clipping on some floors for more predictable grenade throws
Fixed a pixel peek
Adjusted clipping in a few areas for better player movement

DUST II

Fixed some clipping at B site

ITALY

Added to competitive matchmaking
Fixed bird animations

MIRAGE

Fixed some C4 stuck spots

NUKE

Fixed a pixel walk
Fixed some C4 stuck spots
Fixed some gaps in geometry where items could get lost
Fixed some disappearing geometry

OVERPASS

Adjusted some grenade clipping to prevent bad grenade bounces

2024-10-03 14:09

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