Counter-Strike 2 Update

The following changes are available in the animgraph_2_beta build. To opt into the beta build, follow the instructions here: https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/5A86-0DF4-C59E-8C4A

To report bugs or provide feedback about the beta build, please email csgoteamfeedback@valvesoftware.com with the subject "AG2 Beta".

ANIMGRAPH 2

• The CS2 animation system has been updated to Animgraph 2, which reduces CPU and networking costs associated with animation.
• All third-person animations have been re-authored, and in several cases adjusted in response to player feedback.
• Smoothed in-air crouching transitions in first and third-person.
• In support of Animgraph 2, the logic adjusting player height on sloped surfaces has been refactored.
  • Player height on ramps is now consistent and no longer depends on approach direction.
  • As a result of this change, grenade lineups on sloped surfaces may have changed.

ENGINE

• Updated engine code to the latest version of Source 2.

CS SCRIPT

• Added function GetRoundRemainingTime.

GAMEPLAY

• Player occlusion now uses a GPU query to prevent players clipping through thin walls when none of their bounding volume is visible.

SOUND

• Mix adjustments to help accentuate jump landing sounds during combat.
• New C4 equip sound.
• Minor adjustments to ambient sound levels.
• Fixed missing ambient sounds on team selection and end of match screens.
• Fixed missing sounds in the main menu UI.
• Mix tweaks while taking damage.
• Fixed bug where DeathCam music cue was causing volume ducking for too long.
• Vertical occlusion is now more gradual at the edges of transition points in Nuke and Vertigo.
• Various map audio adjustments in Baggage, Shoots, Ancient, Nuke, and Vertigo.

KNOWN ISSUES

• In some rare cases, when you turn your head there will be a slight unintended camera shift.
• The Karambit crouch animation has a strange wrist rotation.
• Certain combinations of graphics settings result in many things rendering as solid black.
• Some materials are missing their normal tint.
• The Default T shirt is missing its pattern.
• Overpass has broken shadows at Fountain, Playground, and Long.
• Rapid hand switching just shows up as a blinking weapon.
• The third-person Shadow Daggers deploy animation is misbehaving.
• Third-person idle animations stop during first-person weapon inspects.
• The Paracord Knife is missing a deploy animation.