Valve's second patch for the CS2 limited test brings visual and gameplay changes, alongside dealing with wallhack.
Counter-Strike 2 announced that a new update will be released on the CS2 limited test live servers, bringing changes to visual, gameplay, network, sound, and adjustments to development console commands.
The number one change here would be a fix to disable all console commands including "cl_physics_highlight_active 5", which enabled wallhacks in games. Players who were aware of this have been abusing this command in unranked matches. But yeah, not anymore!
Aside from that, Valve also implemented the "inspect cancel" feature into the game, which is active in CS:GO that allows players to showcase their knife skins accurately.
The patch also corrected multiple network optimizations and gameplay updates. For instance, HE grenades will no longer produce smoke through walls, a dedicated player-only sound input when a grenade is accurately jump-thrown, and disabled collisions between ragdolls.
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CS2 March 30 Complete Patch Notes
NETWORKING
- Multiple network traffic optimizations.
- Shooting random seeds are now correctly desynchronized between server and client code.
VISUALS
- Fixed positions of overhead labels and ping elements at different resolutions.
- Fixed halo around enemies to not give away their locations.
- Bomb code will now correctly clear when aborting the bomb plant.
- Fixed rare inspect animations to be rare and not every anim.
- Inspect then reload ("f", "r", "f", "r") more closely matches CS:GO behavior.
- Disabled all development console commands (including "cl_physics_highlight_active 5").
GAMEPLAY
- HE grenades no longer affect smokes through walls.
- Disabled collisions between ragdolls.
- Players will no longer drop weapons when getting a bonus weapon in Deathmatch.
- Trajectory preview for decoy grenades is now correct.
- Improved behavior of picking up weapons with the use key.
INPUT SYSTEM
- Buy menu and scoreboard now allow movement while they have focus.
- Team intro allows voice chat.
- Keys will no longer get stuck when opening the steam overlay.
- Fixed many cases where user input would get confused.
- Multiple actions cannot be bound to one key.
SOUND
- Adjustments to smoke grenade sound timing at a distance.
- Fixed a bug where flashbang or grenade sound effect would remain if player died while having that sound effect active.
- Added dedicated player-only sound when a grenade is correctly jump-thrown.
- Fixed chat wheel lines to be restricted to legitimate chat wheel lines that can be configured in-game options.
DUST II
- Fixed a hole in the wall.
