Counter-Strike 2 Update

\[ PREMIER ]

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  Premier Season Five has begun
  
  
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  Added Cache to the Active Duty Map Pool
  
  
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  Removed Overpass from the Active Duty Map Pool
  

\[ GAMEPLAY ]

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  Re-designed effective range and extent of C4 explosion damage on all official defusal-mode maps.
  
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    Damage is now applied according to precomputed simulation values, baked into the compiled map.
    
    
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    Explosion shockwave damage now rapidly expands from the center of the explosion instead of being applied instantly.
    
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  Fixed case where picking up dropped weapons through the Buy Menu would fail to complete.
  

\[ ARMORY ]

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  Added two new weapon collections based on the recent Call to Arms community announcement: Spy Tech + Arabesque
  
  
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  Added two new sticker collections based on the recent Call to Arms community announcement: Fruits & Vegetables + Auto Racing
  
  
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  Train 2025 and Sport & Field weapon collections are no longer available in the Armory
  
  
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  Sugarface 2 and Elemental Craft sticker collections are no longer available in the Armory
  

\[ WORKSHOP ]

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  Updated "Custom Paint Job Extended"
  
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    Added option to include a dedicated overlay mask texture
    
    
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    Added option to set unique overlay UV randomization separate from albedo UV randomization
    

\[ MISC ]

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  Reduced the performance cost of showing the scoreboard.
  
  
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  Fixed a case where material blending effects would disappear when you got too close (e.g. the dirt on the barrels in Inferno Banana).
  
  
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  Increased sticker rotation precision to allow half-degree increments on application screen.
  

\[ MAP SCRIPTING ]

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  Added Instance.QueueAfterThinks
  
  
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  Added Instance.OnWeaponDrop
  
  
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  Added CSWeaponBase.GetOriginalOwner
  
  
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  Fixed a crash when the name passed to Instance.RegisterCheatCommand collided with an existing command.
  
  
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  Added file name and line number to errors caught during the CompileModule step of script loading.
  
  
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  Removed support for deprecated vts assets.
  

\[ ENGINE ]

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  Updated engine code to the latest version of Source 2
  

\[ MAPS ]

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  Removed community maps: Warden, Stronghold, Alpine, and Sanctum from all game modes
  
  
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  Added community maps Boulder, Fachwerk, and Shelter to Competitive, Casual, and Deathmatch modes
  
  
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  Added community maps Debris and El Dorado to Wingman mode
  

Cache

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  Various clipping adjustments
  

Dust II

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  Fixed pixel gap Outside Tunnel
  
  
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  Clipping adjustment Outside Tunnel
  

Inferno

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  Clipping fix to prevent pixel boost at Top of Mid
  

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