CS2 is a multiplayer tactical first-person shooter developed by Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment. It is the fifth game in the Counter-Strike series. Valve regularly updates the game with smaller balancing patches and larger content additions. Valve has just rolled out a new update for CS2, which focuses on minor things that increase the gameplay. Check out the CS2 December 19 update patch notes below.

CS2 December 19 Update Patch Notes

[ SHANGHAI MAJOR ]

• Shanghai 2024 Major Champions Capsule is now available for purchase. The capsule features autographs for each member of the winning team in paper, glitter, holo, and gold. 50% of the proceeds go to the players and organizations.

[ GAMEPLAY ]

• Adjusted the threshold at which death notice displays attacker as “flashed”.
• Explosions will now more reliably throw weapons around even if multiple weapons are dropped on top of each other.
• During warmup, weapons will no longer drop on the ground when changing teams.
• During warmup, changing teams now has a two second cooldown.
• Added server settings controlling which items drop on the ground during warmup period: mp_warmup_items_drop_policy, mp_warmup_items_nocost, mp_warmup_items_nocount_policy. Community servers that run with free non-droppable weapons during warmup can set these settings as follows: mp_warmup_items_drop_policy 0, mp_warmup_items_nocost 1, mp_warmup_items_nocount_policy 251.
• Give command will now always drop the held weapon if the given weapon needs an empty primary/secondary weapon slot to be used. For legacy behaviour, which would drop the new weapon on the ground, developers can use “-keep_gear” flag, e.g. give weapon_awp -keep_gear

[ MAPS ]

• Train
  • Improved collision fidelity on various props
  • Updated and fixed surface types on several props
  • Adjusted wetness levels on some surfaces
  • Fixed various gaps in map

[ MAP GUIDES ]

• Map Guides are now supported in the Steam Workshop for submission and subscription.
• Added a selector to pick which map guide gets loaded in practice mode.
• Annotations nodes are now visible in the radar.
• Added a tool (via console command “workshop_annotation_submit”) to submit a map guide to the Steam Workshop.

[ MISC ]

• Added a setting for CPU Cores Usage Preference to control how high performance and power efficiency cores are used by the game on CPUs with variable cores.
• Fixed a case where graphics driver could render a corrupt graphics image for weapons in inventory item tiles.
• Improvements to weapon inspect animations.
• Improvements to display of extra-long custom weapon names in UI.
• Stability improvements.
• Added all-new 2025 Service Medal which will be available starting January 1st GMT
• Workshop Tools – Fixed bug on shadows for low sunlight angles