Hear that? It's the sound of a new update in CS2... and your grenades, which now have unique higher-fidelity sounds for draw, inspect, pin-pull, and throw. For community map makers, there's a new scripting system available along with some examples for you to check out. All that and more in today's update!

Spectator Loadout

Finally, a reason to be happy your teammates are dead. While you're busy clutching, your teammates can peek at your full loadout, inspect your weapons, and possibly offer you unsolicited fashion advice. Stay alive, and show off the best of your collection!

Genesis Collection

Introducing the Genesis Collection, featuring 17 finishes from community contributors. Genesis Collection items can be accessed via Genesis Uplink Terminals, which are available as a weekly drop.

• Fixed an issue that would allow exec_async to continue executing in cheat protected servers resulting in random user input dropout.
• Last chance to pick up the Gallery Case, Graphic Collection, and Character Craft stickers from The Armory.

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• Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes)

Grail

• Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes)

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• Viewmodel animation fixes for the Bowie, Bayonet, Kukri, Nomad, Paracord, and Skeleton knives.

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• Improved performance when firing weapons.
• Fixed a case where viewmodel motion due to view angle changes depended on the direction you were facing.

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• Fixed an issue that caused sound dropouts while playing Agency.

• Fixed an issue where player sounds would not visualize correctly on the minimap.
• Fixed a crash when changing sound devices.
• Fixed a case where sounds would play incorrectly as players move through water.
• Fixed a case where viewmodel motion due to view angle changes misbehaved at certain frame rates.

• Minor fixes to the Loadout UI layout on certain resolutions.
• Trade-protected and rental items now allow "Unfavorite for CT" action.

Ancient

• Various grenade and player clipping fixes.

Shoots

• Various grenade and player clipping fixes.

Grail

• Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes)

Agency

• Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes)

Dogtown

• Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes)

• Stability improvements when using multi-command input binds.
  
• Fixed issue where Jonathan Young music kit would loop incorrectly.
  

Ancient

• Restored some grenade lineup visuals.
  
• Misc clipping fixes.
  

• Fixed issues with the classic knife's inspect animations.
  
• Fixed the deploy for the Stiletto knife.
  
• Fixed the deploy for the Butterfly knife.
  
• Updated Talon knife inspect while 'fidgeting' to be more responsive.
  
• Adjusted Flip knife animation when inspecting immediately after deploying.
  
• Adjusted Bayonet knife animation when inspecting immediately after deploying.
  

• Fixed a performance regression when creating bullet impact effects.
  
• View angle velocity now affects spectator target viewmodels the same way it affects local player viewmodels.
  
• Fixed a case where looping weapon inspects weren't networking to spectators.
  
• Fixed a bug where matchmaking was avoiding servers playing the nighttime version of Ancient.
  
• Removed legacy sprite-based shell casing fallback particle effects.
  
• Fixed case where overlapping smoke clouds would prematurely extinguish molotov fire.
  

Ancient

• Reverted "house" roof decorations near CT spawn.
  
• Restored the ability to wallbang the plywood in "cave".
  
• Various changes to the daytime soundscape.
  
• Fixed items getting stuck behind the rubble pile on T side of B.
  
• Player clipping adjustments.
  

Shoots

• Player clipping adjustments.
  

Ancient and Shoots

• More Ancient and Shoots source content is now available for community map makers in maps/editor/zoo/ancient_zoo.vmap.
  

• Fixed knife slashes applying a 'dry' attack decal on wet surfaces.
  
• Fixed a case where clients would mispredict shots if the attack button was held across round respawn.
  
• Fixed a case where the viewmodel would stick to the camera when cl_lock_camera was set.
  
• Fixed a case where fullscreen windowed mode wasn't offering resolutions with extreme aspect ratios.
  
• Fixed a case where fullscreen windowed mode wasn't actually stretching to fill the screen.
  
• Fixed a case where relative mouse motion was incorrect on Linux.
  
• Various stability improvements.
  

Ancient and Shoots

• Added nighttime versions.
  
• Refreshed all ancient materials to use latest CS2 shaders.
  
• Added new blending options for ancient materials including wetness and moss.
  
• Added "ancient_zoo.vmap" with all assets and blending examples for mapmakers.
  

• Deluge Music Kit Box is now available for purchase in standard and StatTrak versions.
  
• New Limited Time Item, the M4A1-S | Solitude, is now available in The Armory.
  

• Sawed-off shotgun deploy modified and fixed shell penetration on reload.
  
• Improved deploy +quick inspect animations for all knives.
  
• Improved deploy +quick inspect animations for the AK, Galil, AUG, PP-Bizon.
  
• Improved deploy animations for the AWP, M4A4, M4A1-S.
  
• Improved animations for legacy SSG08 models.
  
• Removed the deploy inspect delay for most weapons.
  
• Fixed XM1014 blocking crosshair during reload.
  

• Rendering performance improvements across most maps.
  
• Rendering resolution and aspect ratio can now be changed in fullscreen windowed mode.
  
• fps_max can no longer be changed while connected to a server.
  
• Fixed a case where certain weapons could be fired sooner after a re-deploy.
  

It's a brand new day (and night) in CS2's tropical maps. Ancient and Shoots have gotten visual upgrades, and now have nighttime versions. The nighttime version of Ancient is only available in Casual and Deathmatch.




Today we are releasing the Deluge Music Kit Box, featuring music kits from Adam Beyer, Ghost, HEALTH, James and the Cold Gun, Jonathan Young, Juelz, Killer Mike, PVRIS, Selective Response, and Tigercub.


We're also refreshing the Limited Time item in the Armory--the M4A1-S | Solitude is now available.


Ready to check out some night maps? Grab a cup of coffee and go go go!

Release Notes for today can be found here.