Community-made maps have long been celebrated as some of Counter-Strike’s best, with Cache standing as a testament to their popularity in CS:GO. Now, Valve has released the first batch of community-made maps for Counter-Strike 2, featuring five unique creations.
Counter-Strike 2 Update
Although these new maps have been added none of them have been added to the premier map pool, premier being the game-ranked mode.
In addition to the new maps and bug fixes, this update also introduces an updated MVP panel (featuring animated MVPs in Premier mode) and new tools for optimizing video settings. The advanced video settings page now includes a Frame Pacing setting, along with sliders to adjust the maximum FPS both in-game and in menus.
Counter-Strike 2 Patch Notes
Community Maps
Added community maps Thera and Mills to Competitive, Casual, and Deathmatch map groups
Added community maps Memento and Assembly to the Wingman map pool
Added community map Pool Day to the Arms Race map pool
Nuke
Fixed c4 stuck spots
Ancient
Fixed c4 stuck spots, holes in the world, and non-solids causing problems
Vertigo
Fixed c4 stuck spots and clipping
Anubis
Fixes for grenade collision and clipping
[ UI ]
Updated the MVP panel in all game modes
Added all-new animated MVP panels to Premier matches
Added several new MVP conditions and adjusted prior MVP rules
[ GAMEPLAY ]
In Competitive Matchmaking, per-map skill groups are now revealed after you earn two wins on a map.
[ VIDEO SETTINGS ]
Settings Recommendations
Added a Settings Recommendation popup if your display’s refresh rate is set below its maximum at startup. Using your display’s highest refresh rate is generally recommended.
Added a Settings Recommendation popup if NVIDIA G-Sync support is detected but not enabled at startup. Using G-Sync is generally recommended if your system supports it.
Added a Settings Recommendation popup if NVIDIA G-Sync is enabled but not V-Sync and/or NVIDIA Reflex. It is generally recommended to enable all three settings together when they are available. Note that applying these settings will limit your frame rate to your display’s refresh rate or slightly lower, which is usually the smoothest-looking and lowest input latency settings combination. See https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/418E-7A04-B0DA-9032 for technical details.
Removed “Main Menu Background Scenery” and “Item Inspect Background Scenery” settings from the Video Settings page. These settings are still available on the Main Menu and in the Item Inspect screens respectively.
The “Refresh Rate” setting now shows your display’s current refresh rate in Windowed and Fullscreen Windowed modes.
Removed the “Laptop Power Savings” setting which has never actually been configurable in CS2.
Added a “Frame Pacing” section to the Advanced Video settings page.
Added an “NVIDIA G-Sync” row to the Frame Pacing section which tells you whether or not G-Sync is active with your current display settings. This row may be hidden if you’re using the Vulkan renderer or if you’re not using an NVIDIA graphics card.
Added “Maximum FPS In Game” and “Maximum FPS In Menus” sliders to the Frame Pacing section. These control the fps_max and fps_max_ui convars respectively.
Increased the default “Maximum FPS In Menus” setting from 120 FPS to 200 FPS.
The Advanced Video visual preview now uses the “In Game” maximum FPS instead of the “In Menus” maximum.