As a seasoned gamer with over two decades under my belt, I must say that the recent updates to this game have been nothing short of a breath of fresh air. The changes to flashbangs and HE grenades alone are enough to make me leap for joy! No more premature detonations, thank you very much!
Following several silent months, we now have the long-awaited CS2 update! Valve has ensured that this isn’t just any update, but a significant one. The introduction of The Armory and the debut of weapon Charms in CS make for plenty of reasons to be thrilled. Here are the complete details about the October 2 changes.
Despite continuous criticism from both the community and professional players about the absence of significant updates for CS2 since its launch a year ago, it appears that Valve has been diligently working behind the scenes. Recently, the game received what seems to be its most substantial update to date, incorporating numerous gameplay adjustments alongside innovative new features.
The Armory has arrived in the game, offering more than 100 new cosmetic elements, among which are freshly introduced weapon charms.
Not only that but maps have been upgrades, network improvements have been implemented, and so much more. Below is the full rundown.
The Armory arrives in CS2
On the Steam store page for CS2, players have the opportunity to buy an Armory Pass. Once purchased, you’ll start accumulating credits that can be used on various cosmetic items. If you wish to maximize your earnings, you can hold up to five Armory Passes at once. Regardless of what you do, you’ll always be earning credits.
Among the options you’ll find are three fresh weapon skin bundles – the Overpass Bundle, the Graphic Bundle, and the Sports & Fields Bundle. Each bundle comes with 16 skins individually.
Additionally, we have The Gallery Case, a fresh approach to ammunition packaging that showcases 17 unique weapon finishes, each crafted by members within our gaming community.
Charms finally land in CS2
As a dedicated fan, I’m thrilled to share that the spotlight of this major update is the unveiling of weapon charms in CS2! It’s about time we catch up with the trend many games have embraced for years now. Now, our favorite weapons in CS2 can be embellished with an array of charming trinkets and baubles!
The news was cheekily announced on X(formerly Twitter) as the official CS account told fans to harass fl0m for a chance at “ultra-exclusive charms.”
It later became clear that the developers at Valve had been subtly hinting at this new cosmetic for some time. Since the game’s launch, there had been an enchanting trinket hidden behind a door on Overpass.
He’s always been there
— Jacky (@Jackyesports) October 2, 2024
Full CS2 October 2 update patch notes:
The Armory
- The Armory is now available in the store
- Features 3 new weapon collections, 2 charm collections, 2 sticker collections, the Gallery Case, and the Heat Treated Desert Eagle
- Purchase and activate an Armory Pass to start earning Armory Credits
- Make progress toward credits whenever you earn XP with an active Armory Pass
- Redeem credits for items in the Armory
Charms
- Introducing Charms: dynamic items you can apply to your favorite weapons. Currently available exclusively in the Armory
- Drag and drop Charms to precisely place them on the weapon of your choice. A weapon can have one charm attached at a time
- Use a Charm Detachment to detach the Charm from a weapon. The Charm will return to your inventory and can be reused
- Redeeming a Charm from the Armory grants three complimentary Charm Detachments. Additional Charm Detachments are available for purchase
Inventory & Items
- All items acquired from the in-game store (including the Armory), Trade Offers, and Steam Community Market are now subject to a 7 day re-trade and re-market restriction
- All stickers, patches, and charms available on Steam Community Market, in the Armory, or on friends’ Steam Inventory web pages can now be previewed on your own inventory items
- Removed ability to delete weapon cases from your inventory
- Added sticker scrape level selector when applying new stickers to weapons
- Added precise sticker wear level selector when scraping existing stickers on inventory weapons. Any applied stickers can only increase their sticker scrape level
- Added a way to immediately remove existing stickers from inventory weapons in addition to sticker scraping
- Added nametag module preview on the actual items when applying nametags
- Fixed several cases where applying nametags or stickers would unequip the weapon from your loadout
- Customizing a base weapon that’s currently equipped will now auto-equip the newly customized version
Animation
- Improved character posing when on large slopes
- Made feet pin and unpin differently for all use cases to help remove aggressively leaned characters (AKA the MJ lean)
- Pin/unpin IK logic now not affected by poor server ping times
- Feet IK now repositions to idle pose if the feet have pinned at a largely different pose to that authored
- Re-authored run, walk, and crouch content to fix wide/scissor leg posing when traversing
- Changed ladder animations and behavior so characters heads are much more representative of where the player camera is, including characters now display crouch correctly when on ladders
- Removed popping when crouching or uncrouching while jumped and reduced leaning on jump animations
- Fixed character’s pose popping when falling off a ledge
- Fix for many cases where character’s posing would subtly pop when traversing with slow moving weapons
Gameplay
- Flashbangs and HE grenades no longer prematurely detonate when they exceed their ‘stuck bounce’ limit
Graphics
- Added a Display selection dropdown for non-windowed Fullscreen mode to the Video settings screen
- Fixed graphics artifacts for fire effect in the Advanced Video tab
Audio
- Fixed a bug where UI sounds wouldn’t position correctly when in-game
- Fixed an issue where step sounds would play for the local player but fail to broadcast to other players and vice-versa
- Fixed an issue where ragdoll water splash sounds would erroneously play on alive players
- Fixed a case where voice chat didn’t work on community servers
- Fixed a case where incoming voice chats would sometimes never close
Networking
- Added telemetry option to display graphs of network jitter and misdelivery
- Changed how packet misdelivery is measured. Previously, if packets arrived out of order, this could be counted as misdelivery even if it was corrected and did not impact gameplay. Also, jitter was not considered, even though excessive jitter can disrupt smooth gameplay. The new measurement method will only count reordered packets as misdelivered if they impact gameplay. Furthermore, if network jitter exceeds a threshold where gameplay is affected, the packets are counted as misdelivered even if they are not dropped and arrive in order
Maps
- Ancient
- Fixed some disappearing geometry
- Fixed some cases where players could detect player movement through water from across the map
- Fixed some pixel peeks
- Fixed a case where player shadows could be seen through geometry
- Adjusted some clipping for better player movement
- Anubis
- Fixed some missing collision
- Nudged some geometry and clipping that were blocking grenade throws
- Improved clipping on some floors for more predictable grenade throws
- Fixed a pixel peek
- Adjusted clipping in a few areas for better player movement
- Dust2
- Fixed some clipping at B site
- Italy
- Added to competitive matchmaking
- Fixed bird animations
- Mirage
- Fixed some C4 stuck spots
- Nuke
- Fixed a pixel walk
- Fixed some C4 stuck spots
- Fixed some gaps in geometry where items could get lost
- Fixed some disappearing geometry
- Overpass
- Adjusted some grenade clipping to prevent bad grenade bounces
Workshop
- Added optional 3rd layer to environment blend shader
- Added biplanar mapping as an option for environment shaders
- Added optional wetness layer, paintable in Hammer on environment materials with the feature enabled
- Added color correction, roughness, and normal adjustments to foliage shader and static overlays
Misc
- Removed support for command line options that were intended for development purposes only
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