update · August 18, 2025

Counter-Strike 2 August 18 Update Reverts Ancient House Roofs and Fixes Wallbangs

Valve has rolled out an update for Counter-Strike 2 that reverts Ancient map decorations, restores cave wallbangs, and corrects several technical bugs affecting display modes and Linux mouse input.

Valve released a maintenance update for Counter-Strike 2 on August 18, focusing on map tweaks for Ancient, physics fixes for weapon decals, and multiple technical corrections for display and input reliability.

Ancient Map Adjustments

Ancient receives notable layout and environment revisions. The house roof decorations near the CT spawn have been reverted. Players can once again wallbang through the plywood in cave. In addition, developers fixed an issue where items got stuck behind the rubble pile on the T side of B, updated player clipping, adjusted daytime soundscapes, and added Ancient and Shoots source content to maps/editor/zoo/ancient_zoo.vmap for community map makers.

Gameplay and Technical Fixes

Knife slashes on wet surfaces no longer apply a dry attack decal. A fix resolves an issue where clients mispredicted shots if the attack button remained held across round respawns. The viewmodel no longer sticks to the camera when cl_lock_camera is active.

Display and Input Improvements

Fullscreen windowed mode now properly offers resolutions with extreme aspect ratios and stretches to fill the screen as intended. Linux users will find a fix for incorrect relative mouse motion, alongside general stability improvements across the board.

Why this patch matters

This update cleans up minor map geometry and resolves persistent quality-of-life snags for display settings and input tracking, making standard matchmaking run more reliably.