Counter-Strike 2 is just a few days away from its public release! As the actual release of the game approaches, the closed beta is continuously getting updates that make the game even better. This restricted beta has served as an essential testing ground, allowing more and more gamers to participate as they are increasingly invited to.
Valve released a minor update on September 6 for the CS2 Limited Test. However, this update brings a bunch of changes to the game. Let’s find them out.
CS2 Release Notes for 9/6/2023
[ MAPS ]
- Overpass
- Various bug fixes and tweaks
[ GAMEPLAY ]
- Added current armor value to the buy menu
- Fixed issues with ducking across round transitions
- Fixed a case where smoke grenades wouldn’t pop
- Fixed a case where molotov/incendiary fire area was small in corners
- Fixed a case where molotov/incendiary grenades would explode at the throwers feet
- Fixed a case where the dropped bomb icon would appear on the radar incorrectly
- Continued iterating on dropped weapon pickup
[ PREMIER MATCHMAKING ]
- Shortened “Waiting For Players” from 5 minutes to 2 minutes
- Fixed voting to surrender and voting for tactical timeouts
- Teams can use 3 tactical timeouts during regulation time and 1 during overtime
- Various bug fixes and tweaks to UI elements
[ SOUND ]
- Fixed a case where hit feedback sounds wouldn’t play for spectators
[ MISC ]
- Allow changing equipped graffiti mid-match
- Improved free roaming and chase camera behavior in CSTV
- Fixed a case where the money display was cropped in certain languages
- Fixed a case where “Block names and avatars of strangers” would replace names with the wrong color words
- Fixed a case where the award message for planting the bomb wouldn’t show
- Fixed issues with alt-tab window switching in fullscreen mode
- Added cvars mp_team_timeout_ot_add_once, mp_team_timeout_ot_add_each, mp_team_timeout_ot_max to control timeouts in overtime
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