Valve has updated Counter-Strike 2, which is currently in the testing phase. Gameplay elements, visuals, sound, and more have been fixed. Among other things, a command that allowed players to see enemies through walls has been disabled.

Release Notes for 3/30/2023

[ NETWORKING ]

- Multiple network traffic optimizations.

- Shooting random seeds are now correctly desynchronized between server and client code.

[ VISUALS ]

- Fixed positions of overhead labels and ping elements at different resolutions.

- Fixed halo around enemies to not give away their locations.

- Bomb code will now correctly clear when aborting the bomb plant.

- Fixed rare inspect animations to be rare and not every anim.

- Inspect then reload ("f", "r", "f", "r") more closely matches CS:GO behavior.

- Disabled all development console commands (including "cl_physics_highlight_active 5").

[ GAMEPLAY ]

- HE grenades no longer affect smokes through walls.

- Disabled collisions between ragdolls.

- Players will no longer drop weapons when getting a bonus weapon in Deathmatch.

- Trajectory preview for decoy grenades is now correct.

- Improved behavior of picking up weapons with the use key.  

[ INPUT SYSTEM ]

- Buy menu and scoreboard now allow movement while they have focus.

- Team intro allows voice chat.

- Keys will no longer get stuck when opening the steam overlay.

- Fixed many cases where user input would get confused.

- Multiple actions cannot be bound to one key.

[ SOUND ]

- Adjustments to smoke grenade sound timing at a distance.

- Fixed a bug where flashbang or grenade sound effect would remain if player died while having that sound effect active.

- Added dedicated player-only sound when a grenade is correctly jump-thrown.

- Fixed chat wheel lines to be restricted to legitimate chat wheel lines that can be configured in game options.

[ DUST II ]

- Fixed a hole in the wall.  

The most important change for CS2 matchmaking

Now, after typing "cl_physics_highlight_active 5", it is no longer possible to see enemies through textures.

Until developers fixed this flaw, matchmaking in CS2 was practically unplayable, as not every player refused to have an unfair advantage over their opponent.

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Despite mentions of the VAC Live anti-cheat in the game files, which in theory will ban cheaters during matches, nullifying the result, many doubt that the new part of Counter-Strike will radically improve the fight against fans of prohibited software. Especially when even at the start of testing, people like KQLY, who has a VAC ban on his account, get access to the beta.