29 July 2025 - Counter-Strike 2 Update

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28 July 2025 – Counter-Strike 2 Update

ANIMATION

• The animation system is being upgraded to AnimGraph2, requiring reauthored game content
• All first-person animations replaced (deploy, firing, reload, inspect)
• All chicken animations updated

GAMEPLAY

• Improved damage prediction while shooting on the move
• Shotgun reloads no longer auto-resume after interruption
• Fixed player getting stuck on map geometry while surfing

AUDIO

• Fixed voice volume adjustments not applying to individual players
• Improved weapon reload and draw sounds (AnimGraph2)
• Added speed-sensitive surfing sounds (toggle: sv_surf_sounds, snd_surf_volume_*)
• Ambient sound improvements for community maps

MISC

• Community Server Browser opens in Steam Overlay when in fullscreen exclusive mode

MAPS – Overpass

• Breakable glass added to B doors
• Adjusted Heaven railing and truck angle on A site
• Blocked truckbed view to stairs
• Wall moved up behind A stairs dumpster
• Retextured dumpster back wall
• Removed grass near A
• Flattened broken wall tops near B
• Re-enabled wires across the map

MAPS – Train

• New cover added on A site (Hell train)
• New cover and platform adjustments on B site (outside Z)
• New cover in Upper B halls
• Ivy cover adjusted
• Removed stripes on large A site doors
• Raised CT platform in B
• Lighting improved on B
• Clipping adjusted throughout

MAPS – Inferno

• Church windows above Coffins opened
• Church garden pathway reshaped
• B site box reshaped
• A site balcony railing repaired
• Curbs removed along Mid
• Arch light repositioned to ceiling
• Improved Banana visuals
• Prop adjustments throughout

MAPS – Dogtown

• Updated to latest Community Workshop version