The latest Counter Strike 2 update released by Valve is set to bring a range of improvements across maps, animations, and overall stability of the game as it focuses on refining the player experience with bug fixes and animation upgrades, but it focuses especially on the freshly reworked Cache.
The highlight of the update is clearly the polish applied to Cache, as the developers focused heavily on implementing the clipping fixes and geometry improvements that players noticed as soon as the map was released as part of the official map pool. Lesser-known issues like dynamic shadows and surface sound inconsistencies have also been fixed in this update.
In terms of gameplay, aimpunch has been limited to 90 degrees, thus giving the player on the receiving end a better experience. Overall, the update consists mostly of quality-of-life improvements and nothing significant.
CS2 1st May Update Patch Notes
Here are the official patch notes:
[ MAPS ]
Cache
- Map-wide clipping fixes and geometry polish.
- Fixed some spots where bomb would be unreachable when dropped.
- Fixed dynamic shadows breaking in some spots.
- Fixed some surface sound types.
[ ANIMGRAPH 2 ]
- Fixed hand popping when counter-strafing with a grenade equipped.
[ MISC ]
- Limit aim punch to 90 degrees.
- Added secondary intersection trace for partially-occluded thirdperson weapons.
- Adjusted ground smoothing at locations where sloped ground surfaces join with step-height transitions.
- Fixed issue that caused defuse-cables from completely occluded players to also be occluded.
- Fixed ‘FATAL ERROR: Failed to on-demand compile shader’ affecting some older GPUs.
