# Counter-Strike 2 Counter-Strike 2 Update

- Product: Counter-Strike 2 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/counter-strike-2)
- Vendor: Valve
- Date: 2026-04-20
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/730/view/577165112126735184
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/counter-strike-2/releases/2026-04-20-counter-strike-2-update

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- **changed** — Adjusted viewmodel animations with minor refinements
- **changed** — Adjusted general weapon deploy animation logic
- **fixed** — Fixed issues with transitioning between knife attacks
- **fixed** — Fixed Elites not shooting in third-person
- **fixed** — Fixed a bug that allowed silently climbing ladders at run speed by sporadically tapping movement keys
- **changed** — Adjusted ground smoothing at locations where sloped ground surfaces transition to flat ground
- **fixed** — Fixed held grenades inheriting incorrect scale in some circumstances such as after being dropped and picked up
- **fixed** — Fixed a crash at halftime when transitioning from CT to T

All changes from the animgraph_2_beta build are now live.

[ ANIMGRAPH 2 ]

- Minor adjustments to viewmodel animations.

- Adjusted general weapon deploy animation logic.

- Fixed issues with transitioning between knife attacks.

- Fixed Elites not shooting in third-person.

[ MISC ]

- Fixed a bug that allowed silently climbing ladders at run speed by sporadically tapping movement keys.

- Adjusted ground smoothing at locations where sloped ground surfaces transition to flat ground.

- Fixed held grenades inheriting incorrect scale in some circumstances such as after being dropped and picked up.

- Fixed a crash at halftime when transitioning from CT to T.