A little over a day after launching Counter Strike 2, Valve has now updated the game with its first minor patch to the popular first person shooter.
Sadly, this is only a minor patch, and doesn’t yet address big community concerns such as Counter Strike 2’s current lack of Mac support, but there are a number of quality of life fixes that should squash some minor outstanding issues with things like missing music and the game not rendering its highly-touted new smoke effects on AMD GPUs running on Linux. A few tweaks have also been made to a pair of popular Counter Strike 2 maps as well. Knowing Valve, this will be the first of many updates coming to CS2 as it establishes itself as the new baseline now that the game has essentially replaced Counter Strike GO as the series’ main home. (But hey, there’s always the Xbox 360 version to go back to.)
Here’s the patch notes for the first update, care of Valve.
Counter Strike 2 patch notes 28 September
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 GPUs on Linux
Animation
- Adjusted grenade throw animations to reduce view obstruction
- Fixed a case where players would float a few inches off the ground after spawning
Maps
- Various bug fixes and tweaks to Mirage and Overpass
Cosmetics
- Various bug fixes and tweaks to weapon finishes and stickers
- Updated Phoenix Soldier balaclava from green to original red color
- Fixed missing pouches on certain SWAT agents
Misc
- Fixed a bug where loadout shuffle would never happen
- Increased clickable area of sellback buttons in buy menu
- Fixed a case where the death panel would stay on-screen after respawning quickly
- Disabled CSTV and demo recording temporarily to increase server availability so more people can play
For more on the game, check out our CS2 tips – a beginners guide for competitive Counter Strike 2 or our guide to the CS2 Ranks – Counter Strike 2 ranking system explained.
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