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Knife Animation and Map Fixes

Official: Counter-Strike 2 Update

Update August 26, 2025 View original on Steam
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The update focuses exclusively on map clipping, animation adjustments, and performance bug fixes. These changes do not alter the supply, demand, or market mechanics of any items.

[ MAPS ]

Ancient

  • Restored some grenade lineup visuals.
  • Misc clipping fixes.

[ ANIMATION ]

  • Fixed issues with the classic knife's inspect animations.
  • Fixed the deploy for the Stiletto knife.
  • Fixed the deploy for the Butterfly knife.
  • Updated Talon knife inspect while 'fidgeting' to be more responsive.
  • Adjusted Flip knife animation when inspecting immediately after deploying.
  • Adjusted Bayonet knife animation when inspecting immediately after deploying.

[ MISC ]

  • Fixed a performance regression when creating bullet impact effects.
  • View angle velocity now affects spectator target viewmodels the same way it affects local player viewmodels.
  • Fixed a case where looping weapon inspects weren't networking to spectators.
  • Fixed a bug where matchmaking was avoiding servers playing the nighttime version of Ancient.
  • Removed legacy sprite-based shell casing fallback particle effects.
  • Fixed case where overlapping smoke clouds would prematurely extinguish molotov fire.