Valve released another CS2 update: full list of changes

Valve have released a mini CS2 update with a number of important fixes. The changes affect grenade damage, knife sounds, and also include an update to the Stronghold map.

This was reported on the game’s official website.

Full list of changes:

• Damage from HE grenades that explode in the air near the ground will no longer be calculated as if the explosion happened on the ground.

• Various changes to knife sounds.

• Performance optimization for exploding chickens.

• Fixed an issue in map scripts where the Entity.SetOwner method did not accept the value undefined.

• Added a method for custom maps that allows saving modified player settings. When using the host_writeconfig_with_prompt command, the user will be asked for permission to save changes. If approved, some modified settings (radar, weapon model, safe zones, etc.) will persist after leaving the map.

• Restricted allowed console commands on custom maps.

• The Stronghold map has been updated to the latest version from the Workshop.

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