CS2 Counter-Strike 2 Update Patch Notes (18th May 2026)
CS2's latest update tidies up spectator bugs and brings a notable change for anyone being boosted by multiple teammates.
Grenade jump throws get a consistency pass in today's CS2 update, and the jump throw preview camera has been made more accurate too. For a game where a pixel of can decide a round, that's a fix competitive players will actually feel.
The other change is weapon_accuracy_stack_boost_limit, a new convar defaulting to 2 that applies ladder inaccuracy to players being boosted by a stack of two or more teammates. Boosting has always been a niche but legitimate tactic, and this adds a real accuracy cost when you're riding a human pyramid. Valve clearly wants to keep it viable without letting it become a no-downside exploit. The AWP draw-to-idle animation also gets a small tweak, which won't shift the meta but should feel cleaner in hand.
On the spectator side, three separate bugs are fixed: a post-processing glitch when switching targets across maps with different volumes, stuck x-ray silhouettes, and a broken damage overlay. Map scripting gets a sizeable API expansion too, which modders will want to dig into. Here's everything that changed.
Full Patch Notes
▲ Buff✓ Fix◆ TweakSPECTATING
- Fixed a case of post-processing glitch when switching spectator targets on maps with different post-processing volumes.
- Fixed a case of stuck x-ray silhouettes when switching spectator targets.
- Fixed spectator damage overlay effect.
MISC
- Added weapon_accuracy_stack_boost_limit (default value "2") to apply ladder inaccuracy to players boosted by a stack of this many or more players.
- Adjustments to AWP draw to idle animation transition.
- Improved consistency of grenade jump throws and the accuracy of the jump throw preview camera.
MAPS
Cache
- Adjusted model for window covers to show collision / decals when shot.
- Adjustments to player clipping and grenade clipping around windows, window covers, and vent entrance.
MAP SCRIPTING
- Added Instance.RegisterCheatCommand
- Added Instance.GetAllPlayerControllers
- Added Instance.OnBeginRoundRestart
- Added Instance.SetRoundRemainingTime
- Added CSPlayerController.AddMoneySpendableNow
- Added CSPlayerController.GetMoneySpendableNow
- Added CSPlayerController.AddMoneyEarnedForNextRound
- Added CSPlayerController.GetMoneyEarnedForNextRound
- Added CSPlayerPawn.HasHelmet
- Added CSPlayerPawn.SetHasHelmet
- Added CSPlayerPawn.IsScoped
- Added CSWeaponBase.IsSilencerOn
- Changed the activator for OnPlayerUse to always be the player
- Changed the caller for OnPlayerUse to always be the used entity
- Fixed the value of CSInputs.LOOK_AT_WEAPON
- Fixed a potential crash in exception handling
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