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CS2 Receives Massive New Update For Left-Handed Players and Introduces Meta-Defining Balance Changes

Counter- Strike received a new update that introduces a host of new changes and makes it so that left-handed players can enjoy the game effectively. Left-handed players can now rejoice as they can redeploy their weapons, seamlessly swapping between left and right hands. This feature allows players to set their preferred handedness in the settings menu and switch hands temporarily mid-round with a simple key press (H on US Keyboards by default).

 [VIEWMODEL ]

  • Adjusted viewmodel bob movement

  • Added “Preferred Viewmodel Left/Right Handedness” setting

  • Added “Switch Viewmodel Left/Right Hand” key binding (default: US keyboard letter H) to switch hands temporarily during gameplay

  • Viewmodel position setting and left/right hand state are now networked and visible to first-person spectators.

Deprecated “Couch” viewmodel position setting

[ HUD ]

  • Added “Radar Map Alternate Zoom” setting and “Toggle Radar Zoom” key binding to toggle between zoom levels during gameplay

  • Added a radar icon for the local player when free cam spectating

  • Added a grenade line-up reticle that appears shortly after pulling the pin. The timing can be configured for each grenade type independently

  • Changed weapon Swap text (when pointing at a dropped weapon) to always show the gameplay name of the weapon instead of any customized name it might have.

  • Added a kill feed icon for “in-air” kills

  • Added the scoreboard to the ESC menu

Added an icon to indicate bots on the scoreboard

[ BUY MENU ]

Added the minimum amount of money that a player is guaranteed to have in the next round to the buy menu title bar.
[ GAMEPLAY ]

  • Increased Zeus movement speed and adjusted the attack cone

  • Increased Zeus kill reward from $0 to $100 ($50 in Casual)

  • Increased CZ75-Auto kill reward from $100 to $300 ($150 in Casual)

  • Reduced XM1014 kill reward from $900 to $600 ($300 in Casual)

[ INVENTORY ]

Added gameplay name in panels that used to only show customized name. E.g., Inspect screen, inventory tile

[ MAPS ]

  • Replaced Overpass with Dust 2 in the Active Duty Group, current competition map pool, and Premier matchmaking

  • Baggage

  • Inferno:

    • Removed overhanging building at top mid

    • Removed overhangs at bottom of banana

    • Various map tweaks to improve player collision and readability

Overpass, Nuke, Vertigo, Mirage and Office

  • Bug and exploit fixes

  • Collision and line of sight adjustments

  • Minor performance improvements

    [ WEAPON FINISHES ]

  • AK-47 | Inheritance: Texture and mask adjustments

  • USP-S | Jawbreaker: Corrected ambient occlusion texture

    [ MISC ]

  • Decoupled demo playback camera movement from playback speed. This allows moving the camera even if playback is paused

  • Added ability to launch practice matches and workshop maps with party members

  • Added Overwatch system to enable match demo review by trusted partners

  • Copenhagen 2024 Major sticker capsules are on sale now -75% off

  • Added ability to adjust brightness in windowed modes

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