CS2 - 'On The Other Hand' Update

Blog post: www.counter-strike.net/newsen...
0:00 - Left handed
0:53 - Radar zoom
1:00 - Overpass swapped for Dust2
1:15 - Inferno map changes
1:51 - Baggage and other map changes
2:32 - Improved buy menu
2:48 - Updated 'esc' screen
3:01 - Jump kill icon
3:14 - Lining up grenades
3:37 - Zeus and Kill reward changes
3:54 - Demo playback improvement
4:09 - Workshop maps with friends
4:14 - Overwatch!

[@mondobe]

Here's hoping they call it Overwatch 2

[@The_voices_are_getting_louder_]

The only difference is one is a great feature, the other one is a TF2 rip off

[@Paedow]

Because Overwatch 2 is Overwatch, too!

[@Yobleck]

Valve should call it overwatch 3 just to get one up on blizzard

[@stevep6317]

@@Yobleck But Valve can't count to 3. Remember, CS2 is the 5th CS.

[@The_voices_are_getting_louder_]

@@stevep6317 lol true

[@marosynth6434]

imagine making a whole new inferno just so it turns back into the old one

[@ggolden]

counter strike moment

[@Barna-jp2li]

imagine making a whole new overpass just to remove it after 6 months

[@RaphaelGameTube]

The old one was just better

[@edyslavico3761]

No idea why they didn't port the old one like mirage. Genuinely no idea

[@cloudynguyen6527]

​@@edyslavico3761any map that is being redecorated or remade from groud up is meant to show the Source 2 engine capabilities. Maps like Mirage or Dust 2 are perfect as the way they are so no need to change them

[@tiarkrezar]

Just tried out the nade lineup crosshair, and the cool thing about it is, it's not just a fixed image that's always painted the same across your screen, it's actually properly measuring out angles, and it stays consistent across resolutions, aspect ratios and fov settings. The grid marks seem to go in 10 degree increments, and they even account for distortion due to the camera projection. Basically it means if one person figures out a lineup, everyone will be able to use the exact same marks to repeat it, that makes things a whole lot simpler.

[@armadillito]

A proper quality of life feature!

[@paegr]

>in a move that has confused some and angered others The entire history of Valve developing CS in a single sentence

[@SalvationThroughDestruction]

Also known as a demonstration of Valve's incompetence for half a decade before improving at balancing the game

[@qBeYcarpet]

More often than not their long term thinking is far better than the community's though. Take for an example the weapon sound update the caused a huge outcry from the community calling valve devs clueless and incompetent. The dumbest and loudest valve critics don't understand how or why valve operates the way they do.

[@TubeOfLaughes]

@@qBeYcarpet Yeah but that's because valve had created a very crappy sound engine in cs:go to begin with at that time. So they had to mess with the weapon sounds to try to "fix" the problem because of their own, well, incompetence . So yeah the complaint was valid. People often don't understand Valves operations because Valves own developer mantra is to "not say anything" about what they are working on or their goals for doing so; ironically to avoid outcry. People speculate, when you don't communicate.

[@s0meRand0m129]

@@TubeOfLaughes the thing is , they aware of the issue but they never even bother to tell the community what they are doing behind the curtain wall the whole time until an update is drop., what worse is that it took such a long time for them to do something about it case and point: -krieg meta -m4a1s meta -jump peek bug and more

[@DeskFan]

@@SalvationThroughDestruction oh hey, looks like we found the latter in the quote

[@JaySea04]

didnt expect the fridge gif

[@TubeOfLaughes]

Unexpected. But appreciated.

[@heberb]

it has also been upscaled. nice.

[@jochem12jdj]

The wrong hand? You just declared war against us left handed folks! All 5 of us!

[@cynicalia]

6*

[@Schraderbrau1383]

As someone who rarely plays premier or competitive, most of my playtime in CSGO was just me fooling around with my friends in workshop maps. I'm really glad they added that back, and i've always felt that they needed to do that before fixing the cheating problem as it would most likely be a lot easier as well.

[@sand8908]

i can now 1v1 my friends and lose

[@maruftim]

for real, I'm quite surprised it took them this long but I'm not gonna complain, time to tell my friends about it!

[@nc33228]

Are you smoking meth? There are maybe 5-10 active servers that offer other maps and features, 90% of the server browser is bloated with bot servers

[@JeloOW]

@@maruftim well its because less than 4 devs work on the game

[@pando4433]

Are you an undercover dev??? Seems like it, obviously the cheating problem is more then major It’s meta 😮

[@Valshiirs]

Inferno's archways looked really nice. Its a shame they are gone.

[@ThePrince1498r]

Yeah, they did look great, but they were also a giant pain for utility. I’m excited for new line-ups now that top mid has been opened up

[@eeyoreblehh]

i hated them since rework, made mid feel so cramped

[@zeldash_]

you'll get used to the new map eventually ! much like how most people are well used to Dust 2's arch

[@ParIoYT]

it's also good for optimization i see valve made a lot of optimization on inferno which is nice

[@zsomborszarka2616]

i am more annoyed about the simplification of the map. I don't mind removing some annoying things that can phisicly block you, but i loved the amount of vegetaion the map had.

[@TaniksBake]

Should've played a very loud Caboosing when discussing Dust 2

[@itdobelikedattho8112]

Better not to overuse it

[@upgr3eyedd933]

Caboosing only appears when you least expect it

[@timsik08]

CABOOSING!!

[@yacan1]

a little sad about the archways in inferno, they were a cool new addition that made a space feel more unique and tighter. oh well

[@Smung]

yeah, I mean I guess playability is improved but the map feels a bit more lifeless now oh what do I care, I don't play the game

[@GuddyBuddy]

FINALLY customs with friends is Back! Ngl jumped up when I read that in the notes

[@Superkidra]

im gonna jump and have them read my notes

[@GuddyBuddy]

loved how someone replied to this with, "Was this addressed in the video?" I love it here.

[@zonegenix6462]

"very slight, very minor issue" 💀💀💀

[@BalliSkate]

Right?? This guy obviously doesn’t play premier, id say 50% of players are cheating.

[@zonegenix6462]

@@BalliSkate he said it as a joke lol. He obviously knows there are cheaters. Legit played a game yesterday and 4 people on the other team were cheating. App they've been going for a couple of months on their main accounts. Crazy. Valve plz fix

[@tiedye119]

CZ buff 🗣️🔥

[@DeutschPolizei]

cz pre nerf ptsd in coming

[@peixeserra9116]

I understand the changes, but Inferno definitely lost a good chunk of it's beauty with some of the removals. Again, understandable but still a shame.

[@thrasher1462]

I very much appreciate the long long man reference

[@SilverNuclear]

Finally! OSHA compliant stairs

[@Dreams195]

Thank god inferno arch was opened up. every time i pushed it from mid as T two nades flew into my face. the enemys and my own.

[@tehcheese7485]

lol

[@SCP-tn2ln]

0:03 it feels more like openning the fridge while you're starving and finding one pudding and nothing else....

[@haithem8906]

even view model position is now synced with all your teammates

[@doja187]

It doesn't surprise me that Overpass was swapped. Sure it was just redesigned but valve ran it through a major now so the redesign is proven to be functional, so they've now put it in their back pocket for future map pool changes. Remember - they are going to be changing 1 new map every major now. After next major we will see the addition of Train and probably the removal of a map like inferno or maybe even dust again, whos to say. But yeah overpass has probably been the oldest map in the pool that gets played the least by far. Just questionable that we got Dust back in the pool, but possibly there just isn't another map ready at the moment. My biggest gripe with dust was that you cant do executes because of the old restrictive skyboxes. But now that there are no skyboxes i guess it IS time to see how it plays now.

[@sskuk1095]

I personally think it is also the fastest possible change. After all, most other maps either need to be ported or overworked and in some cases (i.e. Tuscan and some others) even trivial things like skin collections need to be made.

[@trevor70]

i appreciate the nice and concise summary video

[@uppedtrout]

you are actually my favorite way to learn about csgo updates, I don't play often and wouldn't know any of this otherwise

[@sebastians.5148]

SO HAPPY ABOUT THE VIDEO! Finally some good old classic 3kliks videos with before and after shots. Love it

[@MatthewKingpin]

One of the sightline changes on Vertigo was they slightly shifted the box at the bottom of A ramp so there isn't an awkward double angle when you're holding from yellow

[@kuma4891]

Thank you! what a refresher, finally I can relax while watching your video thank you thank you thank you

[@sunnysideeggs]

I read the post that valve made, you'd think they mention workshop peer to peer in the main post. My day is so much better

[@Pes._]

Is in the vlog post less then 10 seconds after him explaining it

[@sunnysideeggs]

@@Pes._ Yeah I just re-read it and I found it now. Just happy I can do the thing I could do before again.

[@n3lix]

For more features that were perfectly working in csgo stay tuned

[@Hyren00]

when i played CS:GO, I bound scroll wheel to swap view model sides for this exact reason, so having it as a built in game mechanic now is quite the neat change.

[@Guzg95]

idk if its just me but your videos are a lot funnier now haha keep it up! 👍

[@3kliksphilip]

Thanks! Got to keep dry content fun some how

[@vetbaitednv]

thank u 4 captions phelps

[@mihneababanu4224]

yooo i saw this on odyssey keep up the good work

[@Whomobile]

Wings of Jumping

[@manualuser]

I haven't played much csgo, not at all cs2, but this update made me happy :^)

[@Superkillshotable]

Hope you know you provide the best update vids

[@wckiller30]

And note that u can now change axis for your weapon again. Y Z and X axis

[@user-kv3yu9ym2i]

You have been able to do that since launch wdym?

[@rnt__]

This was implemented in Escape from Tarkov in January. It's a game changer.

[@Cypekeh]

I just want more freaking maps. I mostly play wingman, why can't they just give us more maps...

[@borofreak]

0:09 I see what you did, Philip. Nice wordplay. As always. Just gotta hand it to you.

[@famailiaanima]

Some bugs become features. I remember that, in csgo, if you switched hands while holding a stattrak weapon the display would just show mirrored numbers. They could probably fix that in cs2, but they implemented hand switch this way as a reference.

[@17d26]

changes to inferno looks straight up shallow and less lively than it did before

[@eddymcsandbag5932]

Mr. 3kliks, my friend was an avid Zeus enjoyer but after this update it seems like even the easiest shots are not hitting. He has shadowplayed some of them and it looks like he is aiming perfectly but then the enemy doesn't die. We believe this might be something to do with the "adjusted attack cone" mentioned in the patch notes, but no one we could find has made a video on it yet.

[@TheIbney00]

Fridge meme reminded me of a simpler time thank you😊

[@rahulgomes6488]

LETS GOOOOOO THE BARE MINIMUM FINALLY!

[@Excalibur13]

Straight to the point great video

[@Paco_Gaepedores]

What an Amazing cute update :3 woohoo ❤

[@IndieLambda]

Always wanted to see players using left handed viewmodels actually be left handed in third person, a hot key to swap mid game was not the feature I expected but nice. I guess we'll never get left handed third person models.

[@qBeYcarpet]

1:16 You could say they removed clutter and added a helluva lot of swag to Inferno

[@powerbcm]

i just love ur music video

[@xAciasx]

Neat update.

[@RealGameAndLive]

I love how the thumbnail called it the wrong hand

[@Mayonez86]

Oh, so they are starting to clean inferno? xD

[@tafed3165]

now...my friend we need the longest killfeed part 2

[@LangleyNA]

Good stuff.

[@dalel101]

Anymore viewmodel positions will be hands-down the best update!

[@wckiller30]

they are added in aswell

[@GregorianMG]

And you can change it midgame too, providing slightly more utility with smoke grenade.

[@grigorecosmin]

Oh wow, they readed stuff they took out of the game, made some minor adjustments, and added a nade crosshair that the Valve janitor coded in 30 min. Such a great update after 6 months of nothing. They made a new Overpass to replace it with Dust, incredible changes. Thx Valve.

[@peacer1984]

they have to implement the shoulder switch also to the player model. it would finally remove the disadvantage from left-peeking.

[@TIOLIOfficial]

And I still haven't even launched CS2 yet, even though it came out over MORE THAN HALF A YEAR AGO...

[@Bunny501]

All of my favorite maps from csgo have been taken away 😢 First cobble then cache and now Overpass 😭😭😭

[@conjim]

overpass is still in the game, it's just not active duty map pool anymore, meaning it's not available for Premier or esports anymore. you can still play it in competitive, casual and deathmatch

[@TheFI3RY]

4:08 today my friend and I tried and every time when we would start it in lobby our game would crash. It happened like 5 times a row and then we gave up. How tf you managed to do it?

[@officedog6012]

Yes, it somewhat buggy, works for my friend, but not me hosting a map😢 Everyone get kicked

[@thecatishere.]

I cant believe i lived to see the stupid stone bench removed on the entrance to church.

[@Prexy2]

Well... They were not joking when they said: "-What you see is what you get." Bulletholes in the smoke for lefthand is crazy. No wonder it took time. Wow.

[@Furious321]

It's still weird seeing the gun get "tossed" from one side to the other while the model itself gets mirrored in the process. "The bolt is on the left? Well now it's on the right!"

[@Sumuddy]

Didn’t notice the update, pressed h by accident. Was pissed

[@redacted8220]

About camera movement in demos: I'm pretty sure you were able to move the camera when paused(for certain you could click thru players, which I used often and got really annoyed by it when cs2 rolled about), not sure about thr camera speed, maybe thats what you meant

[@walter1824]

As a right hand player, I feel like I can`t control the spray if Im using left hand. I wonder how left handed people felt until now (maybe they adapted)

[@connorhall70]

Thank god that archway on inferno was an eyesore.

[@TheSummerwine1]

Wooo, I loved reviewing Overwatch games. Sometimes more than playing the game myself lol

[@user-pk4hn1uz1k]

Cs2 is now celebrating features standard to 1.6, who knows what’s in store for us next, maybe even better support for community servers!

[@GregorianMG]

Next best thing for casual.

[@gabrielpasqualini8413]

Valve has the community by the balls already, it's gonna be a cycle of minor stuff that should be in the base game and a new case every once in a while and every time the community will say the game is saved, meanwhile Valve will be too busy swimming in the pool of money that they made from skins lmao

[@Thornskade]

Interesting, I thought they'd reflect it on the world character models It's also not reflected in TF2 but it makes more sense there as they are established characters which are just right-handed

[@nnoby_2345]

I wish we could just have a casual and competitive inferno if they’re going to strip it like this :(

[@kennethchan1920]

is the "very slight, very minor" a /s ? If so, it flew over my head

[@cookiebot]

Any idea what the zeus attack cone update was? Can't find any info what it actually did anywhere

[@Frrk]

Wait so other players would see a random muzzle flash near your left arm when you switch to left handed? As they can't see a change in geometry

[@PANTHERA.]

they can see a change in geometry

[@rand0mtv660]

0:00 the trick to find what you want in the fridge is to buy it first and put it there

[@Rooster-Booster]

As a left handed person, I like this feature B)

[@endribejleri6911]

The game feel better , congrats to valve of starting taking steps

[@Moonwired]

FINALLY, i’ve been playing left handed since 1.3. Now i can boot the gaime.

[@Uhsnuh]

*CS2 youtubers 2 weeks ago:* So many cheaters, done playing *CS2 youtubers today:* New icon and switch hands 👁️👄👁️ Amazing

[@Preinstallable]

Now we need a center viewmodel option so we can rip and tear

[@PexceI]

playing on a potato pc can confirm the performance fixes on nuke are a godsend its very playable now, same with inferno after they removed all the clutter

[@ChrisD__]

Damn it comp players, I loved that arch way!

[@skeleton_craftGaming]

Just the does the demo replay thing still crash and like just not work at all? [As if it was more a carry-on from original half-life's Doom origin? ] Like you did in cs go?

[@hoangcoconut]

imagine if they make this to a brand new feature that makes the characters switch guns hands to hands that everybody around can see them doing it and with shadows, others players perspective.... instead of just a gun model being mirrored

[@ProgazQQ]

this update is so good

[@BenibomBugs]

yo philip on the improved buy menu if you try to pick up a gun that you dont have line of sight of it wont work but it will make you drop your gun

[@Janskill]

Petition to bring back lake for wingman

[@acolush]

i wish they just added a transparent viewmodel toggle

[@h3iberg456]

A valve's smart move: "to celebrate overwatch feature, we have all the logs from everyone and you can choose who you want to check by the premier list, enjoy!"

[@26dollar]

do grenades get the wing if you jump when they die

[@neonoir__]

oh they finally added the hand switch thing from csgo

[@mattyltd]

Hi, after this update there was another pretty big 650mb update to the game, and it only stated very minor fixes. Is it possible that they silently introduced vac again?

[@sskuk1095]

They reintroduced that map into the pool nobody wanted to play any more when they removed it...

[@AustinH7]

I love that Counter strike maps start off beautiful then get progressively worse as they update them to be more cOmpEtItivE

[@GregorianMG]

Yeah, competitive side of CS is rather picky on the map.

[@Wimbold]

They're just removing useless junk that shouldn't have been there in the first place. No one plays that game to look at some tables that are blocking the movement routes for no reason.

[@varthshenon]

@@Wimbold path blockade should be considered in any strategy, unless it's a bug. otherwise just play on a flat plain map with no walls or any other object.

[@RawbLV]

@@varthshenon real

[@sskuk1095]

Well, before that in the early times there were two different almost identical maps available, one with more details and one with less (called decluttered, I think) for competition. Years ago Valve made the change to standardise across the playing field.

[@Skillnoob_]

Good update i like it. Still alot of things to be done though.

[@solarx4166]

How did you get gameplay footage? The only footage i see when i play is a 40-1 spinbotter bhoping at mach10

[@siim1129]

It would be cool to see character switch shoulders in game aswell.

[@matt-mel]

Did cs2 disable the console option to swap view model? In GO I just bound it, don't love how you have to redo the "pull out" animation here

[@verdusco0300]

I wish more games let you shoot left handedly. Irl i mainly shoot left handedly, so it's great that games are making this a feature.

[@PANTHERA.]

technically this is mirrored right handed

[@Unknown_Genius]

"making" - it had been a feature for over 20 years... The change only levels the playing field as previously people just bound switching sides in the console.

[@verdusco0300]

@Unknown_Genius not to many games have this feature

[@randy89555]

What's the point of spraying with the left hand and pulling it down and right?

[@verdusco0300]

@randy89555 Dam, good point

[@Lrofmaulol]

They changed out an okay map for one I hate. But at least they didn't change out vertigo, unironically love that one

[@EasyMoney322]

Was that CS_ITALY teaser?