The following changes are available in the animgraph_2_beta build. To opt into the beta build, follow the instructions here: https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/5A86-0DF4-C59E-8C4A

To report bugs or provide feedback about the beta build, please email csgoteamfeedback@https://valvesoftware.com with the subject "AG2 Beta".

\[ ANIMGRAPH 2 ]

The CS2 animation system has been updated to Animgraph 2, which reduces CPU and networking costs associated with animation.

• All third-person animations have been re-authored, and in several cases adjusted in response to player feedback.

• Smoothed in-air crouching transitions in first and third-person.

• In support of Animgraph 2, the logic adjusting player height on sloped surfaces has been refactored.

  • Player height on ramps is now consistent and no longer depends on approach direction.

  • As a result of this change, grenade lineups on sloped surfaces may have changed.

\[ ENGINE ]

• Updated engine code to the latest version of Source 2.

\[ CS SCRIPT ]

• Added function GetRoundRemainingTime.

\[ GAMEPLAY ] 

• Player occlusion now uses a GPU query to prevent players clipping through thin walls when none of their bounding volume is visible.

\[ SOUND ]

• Mix adjustments to help accentuate jump landing sounds during combat.

• New c4 equip sound.

• Minor adjustments to ambient sound levels.

• Fixed missing ambient sounds on team selection and end of match screens.

• Fixed missing sounds in the main menu UI

• Mix tweaks while taking damage

• Fixed bug where DeathCam music cue was causing volume ducking for too long. 

• Vertical occlusion is now more gradual at the edges of transition points in Nuke and Vertigo.

• Various map audio adjustments in Baggage, Shoots, Ancient, Nuke, and Vertigo.

\[ KNOWN ISSUES ]

• In some rare cases, when you turn your head there will be a slight unintended camera shift.

• The Karambit crouch animation has a strange wrist rotation.

• Certain combinations of graphics settings result in many things rendering as solid black.

• Some materials are missing their normal tint.

• The Default T shirt is missing its pattern.

• Overpass has broken shadows at Fountain, Playground and Long.

• Rapid hand switching just shows up as a blinking weapon.

• The third-person Shadow Daggers deploy animation is misbehaving.

• Third-person idle animations stop during first-person weapon inspects.

• Reloading has been refactored to encourage more careful consideration of the use of ammo. When you reload a magazine-fed weapon, all remaining ammo in the magazine is discarded and a new, full magazine is taken from the reserves.
  
• Reserve ammunition is now represented either as number of magazines, shells, or bullets, depending on the weapon.
  
• The fill-level of the current weapon is now displayed below the ammo count.
  
• Tuned reserve magazine counts per-weapon.

• Limited map guides are now available in Competitive and Retakes (first 5 rounds of the half, 30 node max).
  
• sv_allow_annotations_access_level supports 3 values: 0 – disabled. 1 – limited view. 2 – full and editable.
  
• sv_annotation_limits_max_rounds_per_half (default 5) determines how many rounds into the half guides are allowed. -1 for unlimited.
  
• Minimal starter map guides have been added for all Active Duty maps.

• Friends playing a Practice or Workshop map can be joined through the friends menu if they have Open Party set.