Valve ships QoL changes for CS2

Valve shipped a patch addressing minor fixes and quality of life improvements, such as making the refund feature more forgiving by increasing the size of the clickable area to refund a purchase in the buy menu and also a case where smokes wouldn't render render on Linux operating systems running AMD GPUs, among other things.

With Counter-Strike 2's lighting, some of the weapon skins and stickers underwent massive cosmetic modifications, almost separating them from their CS:GO counterpart. Valve have tweaked weapon finishes and stickers to better resemble their CS:GO counterparts, especially skins with custom seeds. An influx of players saw Valve's servers overload and as a result, CSTV and demo recording have been temporarily disabled to increase server availability so more people can play.

Valve's release notes for the update -

SOUND

• Fixed missing win/loss/MVP music in Casual

GRAPHICS

• Put range clamps on r_fullscreen_gamma, r_texture_stream_max_resolution, and r_character_decal_resolution

• Fixed smokes not rendering correctly on AMD GPUs on Linux

ANIMATION

• Adjusted grenade throw animations to reduce view obstruction

• Fixed a case where players would float a few inches off the ground after spawning

MAPS

• Various bug fixes and tweaks to Mirage and Overpass

COSMETICS

• Various bug fixes and tweaks to weapon finishes and stickers

• Updated Phoenix Soldier balaclava from green to original red color

• Fixed missing pouches on certain SWAT agents

MISC

• Fixed a bug where loadout shuffle would never happen

• Increased clickable area of sellback buttons in buy menu

• Fixed a case where the death panel would stay on-screen after respawning quickly

• Disabled CSTV and demo recording temporarily to increase server availability so more people can play