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Latest Counter-Strike 2 Update Patch Notes: All Fixes & Changes

Find the latest Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) update patch notes featuring all the bug fixes, changes, and more that Valve is implementing.
Latest Counter-Strike 2 Update Patch Notes: All Fixes & Changes
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Want to find out precisely what bug fixes and changes Valve has made in the latest Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) update via official patch notes? Then we've got you covered.

This consistently updated article will always provide you with the latest, new Counter-Strike 2 update patch notes, diving into everything the developers are working on, from bug fixes to changes, optimizations, and much more.

Update on 27 March 2024: We checked for any new Counter-Strike 2 updates and found some new patch notes to share!

New Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) Update Patch Notes

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Follow the soundwaves to the latest CS2 update patch notes! (Picture: Valve)

We are just going to get straight to it. Below, you can find the latest Counter-Strike 2 updates, and you can see via the CS2 patch notes that Valve is fixing a tonne of issues and bugs and making several additions/optimizations.

Click on the dates to expand with the new CS2 patch notes. We will endeavor to have the three latest Counter-Strike 2 update details available in this section.

20 March 2024: Elimination Stage Pick'Ems!

[ COPENHAGEN 2024 MAJOR ]

  • Elimination Stage Pick'Em Challenge is now active with 13 qualified teams (three more teams will qualify tomorrow). Elimination Stage picks can be updated and saved all the way until the first Elimination Stage matches begin
  • Added a reminder for players who purchased their Copenhagen 2024 Viewer Pass that the pass must be activated in order to become eligible for the Copenhagen 2024 Coin Challenges
  • Added a checkbox to show final Swiss standings in the Major Hub
  • Added ability to preview souvenir packages from the Major Hub
  • Various UI improvements in Copenhagen 2024 Major Hub


[ MISC ]

  • Fixed a case when C4 could fall through the floor if dropped while planting
  • Added a popup confirmation before launching Training Day from the Play menu
14 March 2024: Copenhagen Major!

[COPENHAGEN 2024 MAJOR]

  • The Copenhagen Major Hub is now available. Visit the hub to purchase tournament items, play the Pick'Em Challenge and more.
  • Purchase a Copenhagen 2024 Viewer Pass to receive an upgradable Copenhagen 2024 Coin. With an active pass, you can upgrade your coin and earn extra souvenir packages by playing the Pick'Em Challenge. Additionally, you will show up on the Active Pass Leaderboard where you can compare your Pick'Em Challenge performance to your friends.
  • All players with Prime status can place Pick'Em picks for free! However, to complete challenges and earn rewards from an event stage, you will have to activate a Viewer Pass before that stage begins.


[GAMEPLAY]

  • Adjusted molotov fire to address a case where a player who could see through fire could not be seen by their opponent.
29 February 2024: CS2 Spawn changes
  • Spawn position is no longer randomly determined when a player reconnects to a server during freeze time. The spawn point sequence is now configured at the beginning of the map and is saved/restored from round backup files
    • In official matchmaking servers, players who disconnect and reconnect during freeze time will respawn in the spawn point they were assigned at the beginning of the round
    • On community servers, players who disconnect and reconnect during freeze time will be assigned one of the five spawn positions assigned to the team that round
    • When restoring from round backup files (which is recommended in tournament settings after disconnects/reconnects), players will spawn in the positions they were originally assigned at the beginning of that round
  • Fixed a bug where players would see a black screen after disconnecting and reconnecting multiple times during a technical timeout
  • Fixed a bug where players disconnecting and reconnecting to a competitive match would incorrectly interact with bot spawning algorithm
  • Fixed some cases where MVP music would not play or would play over round end music
  • Fixed a bug in Deathmatch where kills during warmup would count towards healthshot reward and Zeus score bonus
  • Fixed players jumping higher than normal when toggling low framerate
  • Fixed an instance of weapon switches sometimes being ignored by the server
  • Fixed smoke shadow rendering issues and improvements to perf
  • Fixed a bug where the game would crash on Linux while alt-tabbing
  • Fixed some cases where a frame rate hitch would occur due to compiling shaders
  • Improved behavior when user input does not arrive on the server in time due to packet loss or client frame rate issues
  • Adjusted various music kit cues in NIGHTMODE Music Kit box (ISOxo, Knock2, and TWERL and Ekko & Sidetrack)
  • Fixed a case where some players in North America would always fail to accept a match on a server in Europe due to SDR choosing an invalid route
  • Players who get kicked from official competitive servers for too many suicides will now be issued a competitive cooldown
  • Adjusted the logic tracking player idle state to exclude round freezetime and timeout periods
  • Chickens no longer interact with dropped weapons
  • Sniper scope overlay no longer appears in tool viewports (such as Hammer)



[ MAPS ]

  • Adjusted spawn location priorities for Premier and Competitive game modes in Anubis, Inferno, Mirage, Nuke, Overpass, and Vertigo.

 

Inferno

 

  • Fixed community reported gaps in map and Trike model
  • Raised plywood at top of Banana to cover head visibility
  • Smoothed ground movement in Banana and Bombsite A
  • Raised Arch exit towards Mid (or "Raised arch in Arch")
  • Removed bench at Arch near Library
  • Removed construction cone at Underpass



[ WORKSHOP ]

  • Fix lightmaps being capped at 4k resolution in CS2 Workshop Tools
  • Updated sticker inspect to support wear in 0.1 increments to match sticker scraping
  • Added roughness texture to foil stickers in the Item Editor
  • Updated help system for new sticker features
21 February 2024: Misc fixes update
  • 50% throw-strength grenades are now guaranteed if both attack buttons are held long enough then released within a short time from each other
  • Fixed in-game bot avatar images not reloading correctly after pause menu was opened
  • Fixed behaviour of previous round button during demo playback
  • Fixed inability to clear a button binding in game settings
  • Improved performance of telemetry display HUD element
  • Normalized volume of NIGHTMODE music kits
  • Stability improvements
14 February 2024: Several CS2 bug fixes deployed
  • Reconnecting to the game server will no longer get a player into a bad state.
  • Improved VOIP performance when running the game at very high framerates.
  • Fixed timings for some events in demo files representing start of the round.
  • Fixed ring artifacts that could appear on smoke particles.
  • Fixed some lobby teammates standing offscreen when the main menu scenery was set to Warehouse map.
  • Fixed storage units sometimes having a very small icon in inventory view.
  • Fixed a regression in items shuffling when matchmaking for Premier, Competitive, or Wingman.
  • Fixed spectator kill streak effects playing when switching to a player with 5 kills.
  • Fixed a regression with Butterfly Knife inspect sounds.
  • Added a catch sound for Kukri knife draw animation.
  • Fixed Zeus tracer appearing to pass through players.
7 February 2024: Huge update adds Arms Race, new maps, and much more!

[ ARMS RACE ]

  • Added Arms Race to available game modes
  • Added maps "Baggage" and "Shoots"



[ WEAPON FINISHES ]

  • Introducing the Kilowatt Case, featuring 17 community-designed weapon finishes, and the Kukri Knife with original finishes as a rare special item
  • Various bug fixes and tweaks



[ STICKERS ]

  • The Ambush Sticker Capsule is now available for purchase
  • Added support for flexible sticker placement. Stickers can now be placed at user-specified positions and rotation when applied to weapons
  • All weapons now support up to five stickers
  • Added a zoom feature during sticker placement to allow for higher precision sticker application
  • Various bug fixes and tweaks



[ MUSIC KITS ]

  • The NIGHTMODE Music Kit Box is now available for purchase in standard and StatTrak versions



[ ZEUS ]

  • Made Zeus reusable in all game modes, after a 30 second recharge delay
  • Added support for applying stickers and name tags to the Zeus
  • Adjusted the Zeus first person model position
  • Added Zeus kill icon to kill cards and post round damage report



[ SMOKE ]

  • Smokes now cast shadows
  • Rendering and animation have been improved



[ GAMEPLAY ]

  • Added a "Refund All" button to the buy menu
  • Added a setting to disable first person bullet tracers
  • Silencers can now always be reattached regardless of whether detaching them is enabled or not
  • Player pings are no longer blocked by invisible geometry
  • Various adjustments to sub-tick shooting
  • Fixed several cases where players could silently drop down vertical surfaces
  • Improved smoothness of sliding along surfaces
  • Fixed an issue where collisions between players were jittery
  • To ensure loadouts are correct at the beginning of matches, loadout changes are no longer allowed while searching for Premier, Competitive, or Wingman



[ SOUND ]

  • Added the option to select an audio input device for VOIP from the audio settings menu
  • Added the option to change your microphone threshold (the minimum loudness before we start transmitting audio) from the audio options menu, as well as metering for your current mic loudness
  • Added the option to listen to your own microphone from the audio settings menu to hear how you sound
  • Replaced the M249 fire sound effect
  • Replaced the Zeus charging, charge not available and charge ready states sound effects
  • Further reduced occlusion effects
  • Minor mix adjustments
  • Fixed an issue where some player-centric sounds were being perceived as originating from slightly behind the player



[ NETWORKING ]

  • Reduced peeker's advantage in many cases
  • The amount of peeker's advantage in the steady state is reduced by 16ms
  • Also reduced the frequency of situations that lead to very large peeker's advantage due to excessive command queue depth
  • Added cl_ticktiming console command that prints a report breaking down the various sources of latency
  • Added an option to buffer server updates and user commands by one or more packets. This can be used to smooth over stuttering due to packet loss, at the expense of increased latency



[ UI ]

  • Added support for separate main menu and item inspect background map settings
  • Added "Baggage" and "Warehouse" as options for the main menu and item inspect background maps
  • In-game team-only chat will now be prefixed with the team (e.g., "[T]" or "[CT]")
  • Added 'XP Overload' status which is awarded to players who have earned all of their normal XP during the week (11,166 XP) and reached reduced XP gain. XP Overload status is attached to players' names in scoreboard, main menu, death notices, etc. XP Overload status is awarded for a minimum of one week. Additional tiers of XP Overload status can be unlocked by earning all of the normal XP over multiple consecutive weeks
  • Agents with unique end-of-match cheer animations now have unique defeat animations as well. You can disable playing defeat animations for the local player in settings
  • Added more accolades to end-of-match



[ MISC ]

  • Adjusted the range of CS Ratings allowed to party together in Premier matchmaking
  • Fixed a case where high-DPI mice would result in jittery mouse movement
  • Minor improvements to animations during demo playback
  • Disabled rich presence update when running Steam Client in tournament mode



[ MAPS ]

Inferno:
  • Fixed various gaps and adjusted grenade collision to make grenade bounces more predictable
  • Adjusted texture blending to improve player visibility

 

Ancient:
  • Adjusted grenade collision on bombsite B ground to make grenade bounces more predictable

 

Anubis:
  • Fixed holes in world at Lower Tunnel
  • Fixed collision on all pillars so players can no longer pixel boost
  • Fixed collision so utility does not fall out of world on top of structure at T Start
  • Fixed missing collision on steps at Street which would allow dropped weapons to fall out of world
  • Improved vis at CT spawn
  • Fixed invisible boost ledge at Bombsite B
  • Fixed various gaps in the world
  • Fixed missing collision on stair geo at CT spawn that allowed weapons/bomb to fall out of world
  • Fixed missing collision at Fountain that allowed weapons/bomb to fall out of world
  • Fixed some doors not generating bullet decals
  • Fixed vis issue at Street

 

Overpass:
  • Fixed some collision that was causing unpredictable player movement

 

Mirage:
  • Added collision to prevent bomb becoming unreachable
  • Adjusted some collision to prevent a ledge/pixel walk
  • Fixed player getting stuck when strafing on Middle Ramp by simplifying geo of floor and wall
  • Removed a clip brush from Apartments to improve flash lineups

 

Nuke:
  • Built some collision to prevent bomb from getting stuck behind barrels
  • Fixed some disappearing mesh.
  • Fixed dynamic shadow clipping on characters at Vending
  • Improved clipping in vents
  • Fixed bombsite water to have better reflections on low settings
  • Fixed vis issue at t-spawn
  • Fixed collision on ramp in Bombsite B
  • Fixed holes in world

 

Vertigo:
  • Fixed holes in world and other minor geometry bugs

 

Italy:
  • Adjusted some collision to prevent players getting stuck in apartment

 

Office:
  • Fixed a case where players could jump on a wall, fixed a case where players could get stuck if they crouched
19 January 2024: Small Vertigo fix
Vertigo:
  • Fixed a gap in geometry
10 January 2024: UI and map bug fixes

[ UI ]

  • Fixed cases where there was a visible delay loading map images in the Play menu
  • Fixed a bug where items that can't be equipped were visible in the Loadout menu
  • Fixed a bug where loadout items couldn't be unequipped
  • Fixed a bug where loadout changes weren't saved if the game was quit shortly after making changes
  • Fixed a bug where loadout changes on the main menu character were delayed


[ MISC ]

  • Fixed some visual issues with demo playback
  • Fixed an issue where animations would not play back correctly in a CSTV broadcast
  • Adjusted wear values of some community stickers to better match CS:GO


[ MAPS ]

Ancient:
  • Added simplified grenade collisions to corner trims and central pillar on B site

 

Anubis:
  • Adjusted clipping at A site steps between Walkway and Heaven
29 December 2023: Grenade refund glitch fixed
  • Fixed a case where players could refund a grenade for a brief period after it was thrown
20 December 2023: Another round of CS2 fixes

[ MISC ]

  • Fixed cases where weapons and C4 could fall through the ground
  • Various bugfixes for stickers, weapon finishes, and gloves


[ WORKSHOP ]

  • Fixed inconsistent behavior with triggers when crouching in workshop maps


[ MAPS ]

  • Italy, Nuke, Mirage, Inferno

    • Changed some player collision surface types
  • Inferno

    • Fixed various gaps
8 December 2023: A couple of fixes

[ GAMEPLAY ]

  • Fixed a bug where explicit weapon switches right after grenade throws were delayed slightly


[ MAPS ]

Inferno:
  • Fixed a bug where you could plant C4 in planter
6 December 2023: Counter-Strike 2 bugs fixed

[ GAMEPLAY ]

  • Fixed a bug where grenade throw strength adjustments were sometimes delayed
  • Fixed a bug where attempting to switch to a grenade immediately after throwing it would cancel the throw
  • You can now get an intermediate strength grenade throw without a delay by pressing primary and secondary attack simultaneously
  • Fixed several cases of players sticking while sliding against geometry
  • Player pings will now be displayed in the player's color



[ MISC ]

  • Fixed "Ace Round MVP" calculation bug when teams had a different number of players
  • Fixed shorthanded bonus logic sometimes incorrectly accounting for kicked players
22 November 2023: Silencer animations fixed and more.
  • Fixed silencer attach and detach animations
  • Fixed a bug that prevented refunding the Bizon
  • Fixed a bug where players could respawn into a bad state during reconnect
  • Fixed a bug where ramps were not correctly reducing fall damage
  • Fixed a case where sub-tick movement timestamps were temporarily incorrect after changing host_timescale
  • Various fixes and improvements to de_ancient
17 November 2023: HUGE new CS2 update!

[ GAMEPLAY ]

  • More sub-tick visual and audio feedback improvements
  • Reduced sniper scope bob animation magnitude and frequency
  • Fixed a bug causing duck to be slower when the Duck Mode was set to Toggle
  • Fixed a case where grenade throws weren't registering on the server
  • Thrown grenades no longer prematurely detonate if thrown while intersecting a teammate
  • Players can no longer mitigate fall damage by defusing the bomb
  • Adjusted weapon drop trajectories to make throwing weapons more consistent, especially when throwing weapons downward
  • When a network interruption is detected by official game servers, the affected match will be cancelled
  • Added unique sounds for running and jumping on metal railings and poles



[ ANIMATION ]

  • Fixed a bug that occurred when interrupting the CZ75a deploy with inspect
  • Fixed the inspect and other animations for the Shadow Daggers
  • Fixed a 'broken wrist' animation with the Survival Knife
  • Adjusted the Mac10 first person animation to include strap and bolt movement
  • Fixed AWP and SSG firing animation/inspect behavior while zoomed in
  • Fixed a case where the Deagle slide would fail to reset on round restart
  • The Revolver barrel now incrementally rotates for each shot
  • Fixed some animation issues with weapons placed in community maps
  • Fixed cases where the C4 light would not blink when held or holstered by players
  • Fixed some cases where the player's shadow would show an incorrect pose



[ MISC ]

  • Fixed a bug where bot_knives_only didn't work for T's
  • Fixed some visual issues with demo playback
  • Improved performance of screen particle effects
  • Fixed the Mute Enemy Team and Mute All But Friends settings failing to mute voice
  • Text from blocked players will no longer be visible in the premier pregame chat
  • Players frozen by half-time gamerules are now immune to certain damage types
  • Decals now evict the lowermost decal if enough decals overlap in a single location
  • Player visibility fog adjustment no longer applies to dead ragdolls
  • Smoke particles no longer stick to dead ragdolls
  • Fixed self/team burn damage getting recorded as enemy damage



[ UI ]

  • Revised some common chat strings
  • Added convar cl_deathnotices_show_numbers for observers to have quick access to player's spectate index
  • Added a warning message for AMD and Nvidia graphics users with out-of-date drivers
  • "Kevlar & Helmet" entry in the Buy Menu will now present itself as simply "Helmet" when contextually correct
  • Added time to weekly rollover to the reduced XP message in the player profile tooltip
  • Fixed kill feed and death panel not displaying correct information if the killer died earlier or disconnected
  • Fixed round-delayed stats not updating at match end
  • Changed deathmatch scoreboard stats from K/D/A/Score to K/HS%/DMG/Score
  • Fixed case where text during defuse would get cut off
  • Added direction indicators to players in the square radar
  • Fixed case where kill icon would not display in the post-round damage info panel
  • Fixed bad string in the commend dialog panel
  • Fixed case where round stats in the Watch Menu would be assigned to the wrong side



[ WORKSHOP ]

  • Fixed custom sound events files in workshop maps
  • Added some material settings for water refraction/caustics
  • Workshop maps can now be tagged as supporting Wingman mode
  • Linux clients can now run workshop maps without requiring -insecure
  • Added trigger_hostage_reset trigger and logic_eventlistener entities
  • Added convars sv_walkable_normal and sv_standable_normal to allow community servers to tweak player movement on angled surfaces
  • Fixed health getting clipped when it exceeds 3 digits



[ MAPS ]

Overpass:
  • Fixed various cases where level mesh was disappearing occasionally
  • Various visual updates and fixes to models and materials
  • Straightened out some collision that was pushing players off of walls or corners
  • Turned off the collision of some light fixtures that were pushing players off of walls
  • Added a metal plate to swat van to hide player feet, adjusted clipping around van
  • Fixed some small holes in the world
  • Fixed some texture mapping seams
  • Added player clipping on some floor grates to smooth player movement
  • Fixed some issues with the collision and surface property of fire extinguishers
  • Added and adjusted some grenade clipping
  • Adjusted some clipping on boxes and cable stacks in connector

 

Ancient:
  • More player and grenade clips adjustments
  • Closed various holes and cracks in the world

 

Mirage:
  • Fixed clipping around scaffolding at bombsite b to prevent one-way peeking through geo

 

Office:
  • Fixed player getting stuck on large crate in garage
  • General grenade clip polish
  • Vending machine break sequence now only happens once to avoid strobing lights
  • Removed collision from pipes and cctv cameras at ct spawn garage
  • Added grenade clips to doors at stairwell
  • Fixed hole in door frame at t-spawn
  • Fixed texture errors on ceiling at conference room
  • Fixed some lighting errors on low settings
  • Fixed weapons getting stuck behind crates at back way
  • Fixed lighting artifacts in front courtyard
  • Fixed bad boost onto electrical boxes in garage

 

Anubis:
  • Fixed z-fighting on stairs in connector
  • Improved ground at bombsite A so that it has more accurate footstep sounds
  • Fixed gap in world around b-site planting area
  • Fixed z-fighting a backdrop temple near t-spawn
  • Fixed missing collision at connector that would allow grenades to fall through world
  • Fixed hole in world at street that allowed players to see through to canal
  • Fixed vis issue on street looking back to t-spawn
  • Fixed UV stretching in connector
  • Sealed up holes in building rooftops for entire level to prevent grenades getting stuck in void
  • Fixed holes in lower tunnel
  • Fixed hole in canal

 

Inferno:
  • Moved bucket on scaffolding on bombsite B that could be mistaken for player during combat
  • Closed hole to prevent grenades from falling through the map on bombsite A
  • More player clip adjustments
  • Fixed various micro gaps

 

Nuke:
  • Minor clipping fixes on rooftops and hut
  • Better caustics in pool at B site
  • Fixed vis issue in garage looking towards hell

 

Vertigo:
  • Fixed some light fixtures showing backfaces
  • Fixed some light fixtures being misaligned
  • Fixed missing vent pieces in Tunnels
  • Attempt to fix players clipping through wood boards by stairwell at bombsite b
  • Fixed bad clip above door at elevator
  • Fixed flashbang inconsistency with metal gratings at scaffolding
  • Fixed missing collision on horizontal tower beams at b-site
  • Added grenade clips around bombsite b to prevent smokes getting caught in bad spaces
  • Cleaned up geo and did a grenade clip pass around scaffold to make grenades work better
  • Added grenade clip to b platform
  • Fixed disconnected girders at mid
  • Moved stack of drywall at back door>b for better movement/cover
  • Improved clipping at side
  • Jobsite injury signs are more responsive
13 November 2023 CS2 gameplay fixes update
  • Fixed a bug where collision between players was sometimes causing players to step up
  • Fixed a bug where players could slide up walls in Mirage mid
  • Fixed a movement systems bug where players could get stuck on geometry
  • Fixed a bug that prevented "Zoom Button Hold: Repeat Disabled" from working correctly
  • Fixed a case where switching weapons immediately after shooting would result in the shot not registering on the server
  • Fixed a case where players could shoot during freeze time at the ends of warmup, halves, and matches
 
Arguably, one of the biggest gameplay changes between CS:GO and Counter-Strike 2 is, of course, the responsive smokes, alongside the sub-tick rate servers and map adjustments/changes. Check out details on the former via an official video from Valve below.
So there you have it, the latest Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) patch notes for the latest updates Valve has released, focusing on bug fixes, additions, content, adjustments to the UI, networking, and much more. Stay tuned, as we will endeavor to update this article as soon as a new CS2 update gets released.