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CS2 Update August 18, 2025

Counter-Strike 2 Update · 14 changes

Maps: 7Misc: 7

MAPS

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.

MISC

  • 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.

Valve's own notes, from the Counter-Strike 2 news on Steam. See Valve's post for images and videos.

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