In the Counter Strike 2 May Patch Notes there were many bug fixes and a few changes to help the clarity in gunfights, along with some demo playback optimizations. Skin rentals are now available for the Kilowatt case. Changes to the Molotov and Incendiary grenades. To balance the early game impact, Terrorist bomb plant money is 200$ less.
The full list of Counter Strike 2 May Patch Notes are covered below.
Key Takeaways
- Bug Fixes - Many bug fixes including a bug where the game would stop taking keyboard input during the end-of-match map vote, a bug that prevented HE grenade explosions from breaking the vents in de_nuke, a bug where the in-air kill feed icon didn't work with certain weapons and many more.
- Crosshair Clarity - Reduced the opacity of teammate names near the crosshair.
- Molotov & Incendiary grenades - Both the molotov and incendiary grenades height of the 'pillar' of flame decrease over time. The Incendiary grenade had its duration decreased, area that flame spreads decreased, and price reduced from 600 to 500.
- Skin Rentals - When players open a Kilowatt case with a key, they have the option to rent the entire Kilowatt collection for a week instead of receiving an item from the collection. You can't modify rented weapons with stickers or name tags.
- Bomb Plant Reward for Terrorist - You now receive 600$ instead of 800$, as a terrorist, for planting the bomb and losing the round. This change on the first-round will decrease the impact on subsequent rounds.
Release Notes for 5/1/2024
[ Misc ]
- Fixed a bug where the game would stop taking keyboard input during the end-of-match map vote.
- Fixed a bug where UI characters always had default gloves equipped.
- Demo playback will pause at the end of a recording instead of returning to the main menu.
- Minor demo playback optimizations.
[ Workshop ]
- Added arms race game mode for workshop map submissions
Release Notes for 5/2/2024
[ Misc ]
- Fixed a crash related to the scoreboard
Release Notes for 5/7/2024
[ Misc ]
- Fixed a visual bug where sniper rifle viewmodels could be visible at the edge of the scope screen overlay.
- Fixed a bug that prevented HE grenade explosions from breaking the vents in de_nuke.
- Fixed an issue where viewmodels would sometimes emit double shell eject effects.
- Minor performance improvements
Release Notes for 5/9/2024
[ Misc ]
- Reduced the opacity of teammate names near the crosshair.
- Made the death experience during bot takeover match the normal death experience.
- Fixed several bugs with looping through bot takeover spectator targets.
- Fixed several bugs with scoreboard buttons not working as designed.
- Fixed a bug where the in-air kill feed icon didn't work with certain weapons (thanks aquaismissing).
- Fixed a bug where the HUD would be offset after watching a demo (thanks again aquaismissing).
Release Notes for 5/22/2024
[ Graphics ]
- Added support for AMD Anti-Lag 2.
Release Notes for 5/23/2024
[ Gameplay ]
- Height of the 'pillar' of flame for both Molotov and Incendiary grenade now decreases over time
- Reduced the terrorist team award when bomb was planted but defused from $800 to $600, to decrease the impact of the first-round on subsequent rounds
- Reduced the price of the M4A4 from $3100 to $3000
- Minor adjustments to first-person camera movement
- Added explicit "switchhandsleft" and "switchhandsright" console commands
- Deathmatch bonus weapons are now the same for all players regardless of loadout
Incendiary Grenade
- Adjusted the explosion and flame visual treatment
- Reduced duration
- Reduced area covered by spreading flames
- Reduced price from $600 to $500
[ Rentals ]
- When players open a Kilowatt case with a key, they will have the option to rent the entire Kilowatt collection (i.e., every weapon in the case, excluding the rare special item) for a week instead of receiving an item from the collection
- Equipped rented weapons will be replaced with the stock version of the weapon when the rental period expires
- Rented weapons cannot be modified (e.g., via stickers or name tags), traded, or sold on the Steam Community Market
[ HUD ]
- Fixed a bug where the MVP player name displayed incorrectly during bot takeover
- Fixed a bug where the Refund All button in the Buy Menu would only refund a single flashbang grenade
- Fixed a bug where the ESC menu scoreboard during end-of-match didn't match the TAB scoreboard
- Fixed a bug where the Loss Bonus scoreboard tooltip would get stuck on-screen after closing the scoreboard
- Blocking stranger Steam avatars will now block other user-generated content such name tags and sticker placements
[ Chickens ]
- Chickens have a few new animations
- Chickens can now walk up hills
- Chickens can now turn right while walking
[ UI ]
- Various performance improvements to the Warehouse main menu and item inspect background scenery
[ Demos ]
- The demo playback timeline now show indicators for kill and death events
- Demo playback can be toggled into "highlight mode" which will show only kills and deaths for the active player
- Various minor demo playback UI changes
- Fixed a demo playback crash
[ Maps ]
Vertigo:
- Added catwalk by bombsite A, connecting to back of A
- Removed connector between back of A and elevators
- Opened up passage between elevators and scaffolding
- Slightly tweaked size of bombsite A
- Tweaked spawn timings slightly
- Changed Wingman layout to feature bombsite A changes
Baggage:
- Fixed movement hitch on lower conveyor
- Lowered height of central conveyor tray to help open sniper view
Office:
- Fixed a case where a player could shoot through multiple walls
Mirage:
- Fixed bad collision on certain props
- Fixed some sticky collision around windows in palace
Release Notes for 5/24/2024
[ WEAPON FINISHES ]
- Fixed the appearance of Doppler, Gamma Doppler, and Marble Fade finishes
[ DEMOS ]
- Minor UI changes
[ MAPS ]
Vertigo:
- Clipped the wings of runboosters to B site in Wingman
- Blocked grenades through crane base at A site
Release Notes for 5/29/2024
[ INPUT ]
- Fixed a bug where the console toggle key would stop working after a Premier pick/ban phase
- The game now continues accepting keyboard input while a scoreboard player card is open
- Joystick input is now ignored by default. Joystick input is not an officially supported feature of CS2, but you can restore the old behavior with the -joy launch option
[ UI ]
- Fixed player and bot names on the Team Select screen during bot takeover
[ WEAPON FINISHES ]
- Fixed a bug where certain graphics configurations resulted in black weapon finishes
[ MISC ]
- Fixed an issue where the game client would never reconnect to Counter-Strike Network if launched while there was no connection to Steam Network
- Steam accounts that have an active account lock are no longer allowed to play on secure Counter-Strike game servers
- Fixed a bug where viewmodels would bob excessively on Linux
Counter Strike 2 May Patch Notes Conclusion
From fixing bugs with the scoreboard to improving visibility and performance the Counter Strike 2 May Patch Notes help to polish and smooth out the gameplay across the board. The reduced bomb plant money for the terrorist team discourages the "just get the bomb down" strats for early rounds or at least reduce the available utility on early rounds for teams that only manage to get a bomb plant. The Molotov and Incendiary grenade pillar height reduction further helps visibility during gunfights. Stay tuned to see how the changes effect the fragile balance of maps being T sided or CT sided. The bomb plant money change may leave CT side in full control from the start, or the incendiary nerfs for CT's make to harder to hold out the T's from taking the site and make it harder to clear spots for retakes.
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Written by: Soap_GOD
Reviewed by: Tenkiei, mkaytea
