Source 2 - Everything you need to know! (FAQ)

[@swuishyy]

We got the taste of x3 videos in a day, we now want it again.

[@Asdf-wf6en]

Lets all remember to thank 3kliksphilip for going on vacation so that valve could announce source 2.

[@shenv77]

Indeed!

[@shenv77]

Thanks for the sacrifice philip!

[@nutorioty]

That's why he didn't make source 2 video yet :(

[@wythes.]

​@Axel - DeGoA Before release yeah.. those are rumor videos not gameplay or facts

[@nutorioty]

@Axel - DeGoA he went on vacation so he isn't posting videos on vacation

[@0rbit214]

For a beta I think they're doing amazing all things considered. First of all, making 95% of the players watch through twitch actually makes a lot of sense even if frustrating because it forces people to gather their thoughts and opinions as well as making certain bugs instantly well known/voiced. Secondly, smokes are great. When I first saw them I was VERY hesitant and thought it might be terrible, but objectively speaking removing unfair smoke spamming and one ways makes for a way better game which is what we need and prepares the game for the future rather than getting stuck in the past. Thirdly the audio, despite it being undeniably awful, it is a beta and we can expect it to be almost completely fixed by the time of the stable release. Also, on a side note of the audio, according to fl0m, the current audio engine is VERY new as they completely rebuilt it in two days when people were play testing. Lastly, tickles servers are just a great concept, no two ways about it. That's about most of the opinions I've got on cs2 so far. If you read all of this, hello and thanks. Edit:added paragraphs for readability

[@EEAMD-co6nw]

could you elaborate on tickles serves please? what is that? Thank you

[@0rbit214]

@@EEAMD-co6nw well to use the correct term, I believe it's called sub-tick which means it has no fixed tick rate and everything updates in real time. Could be a bit wrong though, would appreciate if someone could correct me on it

[@jamrah8713]

@@0rbit214 it still has a base tick rate (seems to be 128 tick on cs2), it’s just now for actions done in between ticks, it adds a time stamp and sends it to the server when the next tick comes around to say “this happened inbetween a tick” And it will register

[@ricardombr]

Fl0m did also say the audio engine thing was misunderstood by him, it's different but they definitely didn't code a whole new sound engine

[@runek100]

Yeah smokes are insane. At first I was like, so you shoot smoke to get info. But when I saw it second time I realized it is to punish smoke spam, since it show your location. And also to counter smoke with nade. Which will be so much fun. When whole team stay behind smoke, throw nade and punish whoever is holding site.

[@MirelRC]

The sound is perfect. If there are people in tunnels who are shooting each other, you'll feel the sound coming from the tunnels.

[@jcon9027]

the "wobble intertia" is bc valve decided to make character models stay on the ground with both feet, not floating with both feet looking like they're on a flat surface while on a ramp (or stairs etc). this will keep targets lower to the ground and cause your crosshair to adhere to a distance from the ground as well. not sure if i explained well enough but hopefully you get the idea

[@MrJinxmaster1]

The low settings are probably not helping because you may be limited by your cpu rather than gpu, thus most graphics settings won't lighten the load where the bottleneck is.

[@trustartz]

this 100%

[@AlejandroCab98]

How do you improve FPS when the bottleneck is with your CPU? Lower resolution? Or really due to the game there's nothing you can do?

[@VanquishR]

@@AlejandroCab98 The only real option is to increase your resolution to put it more on the GPU, but in csgo, that’s literally useless. You just have to buy a more powerful cpu if you have a serious bottleneck, and in some cases, you might need better ram to make sure the CPU is being fed information more effectively. Most of the time over 200 fps will be perfectly fine as long as you’re not a semi pro or better. Unless you’re playing on like a celeron, you’ll be fine.

[@slendydie1267]

Yep, low settings drastically help weaker PCs but CS has always been CPU bound so playing with settings would do much in his case

[@slendydie1267]

@@AlejandroCab98 Usually better to play at a higher resolution so your CPU and GPU work the same. But to improve fps you can overclock cpu or even undervolt it(depending on what cpu you have)

[@sahil6621]

About movt issue , people who tested game at Seattle says that now your legs are also an object and movt will feel different depending on surface topography. It was explained more elaborately on esl video.

[@VanquishR]

It’s kinda ironic that the addition of legs has made the movement feel a bit clunkier. Of course, once we get used to it, it’ll probably be fine. Plus, people playing head glitch angles like the one on dust 2 ramp will have a harder time fighting people who are swinging, which makes it easier to get out and kill that guy.

[@omster_]

I like the sound reverberation, and I don't want them to just remove new features because we're not used to them but I'd have to try for myself. I'm not sure how much I'd want an echo in open spaces like that p250 clip tho

[@KaneTexas]

4:13, jumpthrow binds are still technically possible, all you need to do is bind a key like N or another you can easily hit at the same time as the spacebar to -attack, then you do not need to time letting go of the mouse. you can just press SPACE and N at the same time, "bind n -attack" in console

[@risheeeesh512]

Skyboxes gone is actually massive. Can’t believe that’s gone completely under the radar. That’s another meta-breaker.

[@shenv77]

my man you said not to get used to you uploading 3 times a week and here you are spoiling us with the great content, love you

[@AlmightyAtlas]

Jeff, I appreciate what you did for this community from the start. I have been following you for at least 2 years. Hopefully you will create more content in the upcoming years with CS2 . Love from Turkey !

[@avoidmyrage2596]

I am one of the lucky few who got an invite and I disagree heavily with the sound thing. It's soo crisp now that I fear, it is too good. Even from double doors I can now tell you *exactly* where someone is running in mid, you can hear exactly where new people spawn in deathmatch (not just the direction), it's actually insane. It feels like wall hacking when you can prefire so precisely because you can tell exactly when they're coming around the corner. If nothing is done, shifting will become even more prevalent than it already is.

[@KulaGGin]

3:54 _"What they call a tickless server"_ No. That's not what they called it. They talked about sub-tick updates. It's completely different. There is still server and there's still ticks. I think what they mean is that before if on tick 1 your opponent was on position 0 and on tick 2 your opponent was on position 10 and you pressed your mouse button in-between tick at around 1.5 tick and you shot at position 5(where your opponent got interpolated on your screen and where it's supposed to be on tick 1.5), you'd miss your opponent because on the server there's only 2 positions for the opponent: position 0 on tick 1 and position 10 on tick 2. No in-betweens. Now what they gonna do is calculate it properly on the server, so you'll hit your interpolated on your screen opponent at position 5, where he's supposed to be on tick 1.5. Because your client sends to the server that you clicked on tick 1.5, and server understands that at tick 1.5 the opponent should be on position 5. What they actually said: "Now tick rate no longer matters for moving and shooting... and the servers will calculate your precise actions *between ticks* " and the title at the screen at the top was "Sub-tick updates". What they didn't say is "tickless server" and "no more ticks". See how that's very different? Everyone misunderstood it. There's still a main game loop that ticks most probably at 64 ticks, there's still ticks, they just do calculations smarter and the way it was supposed to always be, anyway. And they advertise it as if they're heroes. There is a way of course to make a tickless server based solely on timestamps but it is a completely different beast to what they said in the video and it's not what they did. PS I'm a game developer if that matters.

[@BorisTen]

The ramp head inertia is probably due to feet inverse kinematics. You probably already noted that feet are positioned accurately on the stairs and slopes. So body is going up and down on angled surfaces to prevent legs stretching.

[@44thSplit]

In regards to the M4A4 and M4A1-S a commentator/analyst on the esl csgo pro league stream said that they plan on keeping the choice between the 2 because it promotes decision making and planning loadouts between games.

[@mikaelwolgast2705]

with the new smokes why wuld you ever want a4a1-s?

[@e3.14c4]

I actually like the echoes from what you've shown. I still want the old gun sounds back, but the thunderous awp sounds might hopefully reside somewhere in that feature.

[@meatdelivery4087]

idk the old ak and glock sound too much like someone getting slapped, these new ones got a little bit of battlefield in them and honestly I don't mind, plus more bass is always sick

[@Mrtweeday]

We better play when you're awake :)

[@shenv77]

I'm looking forward to the "accidental" friendly fire XDDD

[@akshatkalra5427]

WOW ..this guy.. (posture check..positive attitude) and informative guy no bullshit.. I hope you go to millions.

[@Komaeec]

Dont you need any sleep?? Thanks for all your work! Always a pleasure if you put up a video!

[@ogdar0]

About the strafing on ramp, check it in thirdperson and you will have the answer why. For me its good

[@Legend-ry9iu]

The movement looks smoother valve did a damn good job can’t wait to play it

[@luca1k522]

Jeff, you’ve put in great work, you have played it and made the best video with great transitions and all the information needed!!! Mich Love, KEEP GOING ❤❤

[@TotallydubbedHD]

This is a phenomenal, well-thought-out video mon ami!

[@Bobby2Stoned]

I like that you put your case in the config, that's a high FPS case right there boi....

[@chandraken6390]

There are 9 guys in our party team, most of us are Globle Elite except me(I'm LE); the time we played for csgo is about 6K-11k, we smurf no-rank competitive matches for exp. every week. Unfortunately, no one got the testing accesses. And two of us got 10-years community coin:)

[@rtgMTB]

Some bugs i've found : Mic constantly talking even after disabling (unplugging(replugging obvs)), wall/player glitches where if you run parallel to a wall or run into a player you will both get a crazy speed boost, lots of pro legends in my games which has to be a bug. ehhh I think that't about it tbh im overall very happy with cs2, the game feels amazing.

[@Nachtgrabb]

The sounds are very good. It fits perfectly to the environment.

[@niks660097]

5:53 The bot behind just saw his death slowly turning..

[@Fiirow1]

If they want to make sound great, it has to be significantly louder indoors. Anyone who's fired weapons in multiple settings, will know what I'm talking about^^ Indoors is so much louder and outside can be fairly quiet, if there's an obstruction between you and the shooter. It is incredibly hard to pinpoint a shooter, if there's a large solid object between you and the shooter, because the sound only reaches you by bouncing off objects. I would love to see this implemented, but I can see how it would be a turnoff to most comp players who've gotten used to the simplistic systems of previous counter strike games.

[@nikitasovateev5004]

What I really hope they will add have an ability to switch between CS2 HUD and CLASSIC HUD in the settings. I havent played it yet and maybe it is already there, but I do not like where the information about money and HP located on the screen. Also the ammo icon with the percentage of your ammo is kinda unusual for now. But maybe its just a matter of time to like it and get used to it

[@M0torsagmannen]

nice video. cant wait to try it for myself. esp the changed smoke is very exciting

[@Sl4pTrap]

I saw yesterday the switch between m4a4 and m4a1 and the guns working in the practice mode while staying inside. You can stay ingame, go to the inventory, equip the other gun and buy it ingame. In warmup at least

[@GuigaPlay]

If you think about it, you can't change the view-model or use left-hand because when shooting smokes, the holes come from the gun position, not from the center of the screen. Changing the view-model would mess it all up.

[@fauxcuss2]

But you can change the view model position, just not the side

[@silicijevadolina]

Bullets come from the player's face, not the gun itself. Thats how it was in source 1 at least maybe they changed it up.

[@fauxcuss2]

@@silicijevadolina If you have the beta you can test it, but the smokes care about where your tracers are coming from, not the bullets. The hole the bullets leave on your end isn't a line from your face, it's a line from the gun. The bullets still come from your face.

[@bermuda333]

thank you for this video! lots of misinfo going around on reddit (mostly by people who don't have the beta) so it's nice to see a compilation type FAQ of it all.

[@Steau02]

SPUNJ explained during the ESP Pro League (he tested the game in late january in Valve's office) that Valve told them they would not allow to change weapons during the game. They said they see CS as a game of decisions and strategy, and that this kind of choice is a part of it.

[@jancicruz7]

A lot of people say jumpthrow binds are gone, but then again, a lot of people use the jumpthrow with the alias. There is a lesser known, single command jumpthrow bind. So my question is, does this work in CS2? It is so simple I don't know how it would not? bind "X" "+jump; -attack; -jump"

[@beeopper]

The M4A4 is in the game settings, you can enable and disable suppressors!

[@zwKaiii]

Merci Jeff, you explained a lot of interesting details we weren't aware of simply by watching valve"s videos :D

[@re_modulate]

Happy to have POSTURE CHECK back!

[@NaNa_W4NT5_F3MNM5]

About the inertia, I think fl0m said something similar when he talked about testing CS2 at Valve HQ. He mentioned about models having momentum or something.

[@themadtrax6507]

I quite like it, that you are one of those people, that say „subscribe if you like more“ and not „dont forget to subscribe, comment, like and spend your sole“ they dont even say „rate“ anymore, only „like“ AAaaaaaand nice video btw

[@NthraX]

Don't forget that, for sounds, there are some bugs i found with friends, sometimes you can hear someone who seems to be on the left but he's behind you, and we also heard a jump sound from short to ct while being long but the ennemy didn't jump down... only happened once or twice but really frustrating

[@spinnact]

I think games have got to a point now where they have to think very hard about where to draw the line with respect to imitating reality. Some things can be cool, and a level of realism can brings a lot to the game, but changes should always be at the service of good gameplay.

[@phi0_]

5:03 I think fl0m or spunj mentioned something about this on stream. It seems as though they see the decisions you make before the match being important, one of those decisions being "Which weapon do I have equipped."

[@leonidasi6170]

Yeff blessed us with 4 quality contents in 2 days :0

[@baitreview]

I really like the new smokes, however I would definitely tone down if not completely remove some of the smaller particles that fly around them

[@__Who-am-i__]

Thanks for the great content hougagaga Hope you're enjoying it ❤

[@joeykenoy]

The FPS are not getting that much better because in that resulution the graphicscard doesnt do much. Your CPU is doin the most work. Source was and is a "cpu game". PC testers test cpus in lower resolutions, because you dont want to test the gpu. :D Nice video, thx for all the infos.

[@Zoddom]

Recoil patterns might be the same but viewpunch and bullet holes are so much different I cant tell at all where Im shooting, even with the new forced tracers.

[@NaJk93]

I don't think you understand how big the sound update is. Sound is for identifying locations. It's not how it sounds for you to shoot, it's to identify where enemies are located. The sound has a full rotational sound (meaning if you look down, the audio changes from being infront to above you.) This means with all different areas on a map like you showed, you can identify both direction and how much echo/rebound sound. With these things, i can ecolocate with no intel what is happening across nearly entirety of Dust2. This has been the biggest issue of Counter strike compared to other FPS games. And now it ACTUALLY seems to be fixed! If you close your eyes and listen to the gun shots heard from your team/enemy, focus on where that is located. Also, nade bounces isn't just a sound in the middle of your headset, it's actually where the nade is. (The closer a sound is, the more it should be clear to hear which direction it is)

[@Poverral]

I think I like the sounds more with the changes

[@skidclub.privat]

It triggeres me to death that I can't do the Inspect+R spam anymore! I need that back!

[@UmamiPapi]

I love the excitement this has brought to the CS community.

[@alzaeem79]

Bro that bot slaughter with the head nods was so cruel lol!

[@dennisthomsen9971]

I like that many of the things u dont like. Like the "wobble" when u strafe, its been doing that in csgo for me for a while. Same with the purple effect on fire. Its not as visibly clear as cs 2 but i have alot of effects and grafiks many of my friends dont have and now cs2 is out for a try amd i see many talk about the effects and grafics. I know its hard to belive but i been sending so many screenshots of it to friends and we mever understood why i have more grafic and effect. Nothing have been done to my smokes so i still look forward to se them in action. Btw i found the easyest way to notice the wooble is switching between knife and wep. When u switch back to knife aim goes up and down, then try and strafe and u wil see that the wooble is the same as u see in cs2.

[@leeminh2401]

What about the Follow recoil option in the setting ? I see people talk about it but I can't imagine what it feels like when turned on, apparently it makes controlling your recoil easier?

[@TheArabek]

Your crosshair jumps exactly where bullets are going ,its kinda crazy but can be good tool for news players or spray control

[@B3tt3rMan83]

What's your FPS comparison vs CSGO to CS2.... dust2 vs dust2

[@momentykk]

I love the usp model, i might come back to cs again from apex:)

[@deltareivax]

Les recule sont légèrement différents entre CS2 et CSGO. Ils ont été légèrement réduit sur CS2. (source ESL). Bon aller je continue la vidéo Edit1: Pour les fumi, si tu regardes bien, avec la luminosité tu sais quand tu en sors, c'est plutôt cool.

[@RaeneYT]

Considering how dead awful the hitreg and hitboxes are in comparison to Valorant, I'm so glad they're making such grand changes. Going from CSGO to Valorant felt good, the gunplay crisper. But going back, I hated it. The hit reg, hitboxes and insane peekers advantage was so annoying. Feeling forced to play FaceIT just to try and avoid the issue didn't feel feasible. Can't wait to try these changes.

[@Noregrats971]

I think I will go back to cs2 when it comes! Currently playing a lot of ow2 and valo here

[@Maarttiin]

5:57 Bot Adonis became self aware and you killed him D:

[@sk1mpy]

1:50, you need to disable FidelityFX Super Resolution and you wont get that pixelated look. This new settings drops down rendering scale for idk what but yeah, should aways be disabled for best graphics

[@thegoodygames]

I hope they add the ability to change the bobbing soon, it really distracts me

[@except_nothing]

Isn't it already there?

[@do.xuantung]

Appreciate the posture check

[@br3mse]

waited for that skybox thinghy my whole life

[@Philluminati]

I appreciate you answering the questions people send in. For us on the outside we still have so many unanswered questions. I appreciate the smokes land in 128 tick but does it *feel* like 128 tick?

[@dcarroll1016]

Is it genuinely random if you get it? Or do you need prime and money spent or steam account level etc

[@krucialFPS]

I'm way too excited for this

[@CosmicIsDead]

other people dont seem to care but im a little upset there isnt an fov slider even tho csgo is the only shooter where i dont mind the fov it would be nice to have unless its too much of a meta breaker of some sort

[@jaellpeerless]

You smoke hole depend on you "viewmodel_offset_", the closer to the center of the screen the more OP the gap throught the smoke become. You have model to the right so its kinda useless, mine is on center so I can see throught the gap :P

[@yksinkertainen]

Report this to valve, its gonna be fixed

[@bottleflaskan802]

I don't even play Cs but still finds this interesting

[@vitalino1981]

You forgot about new setting crosshair following recoil. That's crazy change

[@clocksalesman8018]

A Ride The Lightning Zeus will be a thing. Mark my words.

[@damn1Gangsta]

i hope they do something about the ranking system. because as it seems if people get global they want to reach even higher and faceit system allows that.

[@akeiai]

I remember a mobile game did this: they're got something like a global elite, and after you get into the global elite, there's an assigned number to you, something around 1 to 500, 1 being the best and 500 being the worst. I think we should push this kind of change for Global Elite since it'll be easier to implement than creating a new rank above global elite. Or copy faceit levels :shrug:

[@akhsdenlew1861]

@@akeiai so pretty much like the hearthstone Legend rank.. Legend is the highest rank in Hearthstone, but when u reach legend , first u can't fall off for the rest of the season, and second you now get a number and compete against other legend players.

[@TheAngryBiscuitchannel228]

Imo, they should just implement elo/mmr system with a better matchmaking

[@akeiai]

@@akhsdenlew1861 it's interesting that way too, and you know what, we should see the top 500 players. Most of the pro teams are gonna be on the top 50s, and there's gonna be competitions from the pros to get the number 1 ranking. Heck, it could make for a good past time for casual, but social players in CSGO.

[@akhsdenlew1861]

@@akeiai true.. although i personally believe that pros won't try hard so much for that spot, it's gonna be the semi-pros that will try hard for that. But a very good idea nonetheless

[@fr0zenf1re]

Hi Jeff, I like the idea of ​​telling people how many FPS you're getting and what they can expect. However, it would be great if you could go into more detail. For one, it would be good to know what hardware you're using. On the other hand, whether Source 2 settles the bottleneck in the CPU? (How many cores are busy) What makes your GPU is the utilization at 50%-100% and at full clock?

[@DreamApostle128]

Is there an easy way to suggest something? I want them to replace the timer between rounds with someting similar to valorant but different I want there to be a room like a coffee shop or a hotel room just before the spawn which players can move around and interact with things like aquariums and arcade games and stuff instead of just waiting and looking at the screen doin nothing and it could also be a way to spend time while dead you just change camera to the lobby and you move around do stupid stuff while your teamates are alive playing this would be GREAT for random low rank or random no rank games since you have to wait for SO GODDAMN LONG to be able to play again at least you have time to practice movement or talk to other dead players ...

[@angus5427]

5:11 volumetric remember so smokes not only look different but behave different

[@Dasbulldoge]

thank you Jeff, love the video! Looking forward to Ohnepixel sending me my key so i can play the beta!

[@thepunisherxxx6804]

My only concern is their "no tickrate" servers. We know it must have a tick rate, every computer program that needs to poll for inputs in a function will do so. They claim its polling very fast beyond 128 tick, but I didn't feel like it was matching 128 tick performance when playing beta. I saw many streamers say the same. They have network info disabled in-game too which is super sus. I think they really don't want to pay the hardware costs to make 128 tick the norm so came up with this marketing gimmick. If you have pro faceit or other MM alternatives and have played 128 tick and Valves 64 tick you will know after a hour or so in beta. It still FEELS like 64 tick in movement, game reacting to your actions, ,etc...

[@Archi2g]

ayy lmao source2 is here, LETS FKN GOOOOOO

[@sketchyforlife]

Idk how to describe it but the recoil feels different. It feels a little more random but idk, it could be all of the other shit like the weapon model bouncing all over that’s messing me up. Also, apparently during the private play test they told SPUNJ that they wouldn’t be adding a swap for the M4s in the game. Something like “CS is about making choices, and sometimes those choices extend beyond the match itself” lame asf if you ask me…

[@korq5789]

My biggest question is how do I cope with being left out.

[@lokman7074]

I like the upload schedule ❤

[@MisterTcs]

Super interessant, merci Jeff !

[@kzone674]

When comparing FPS you should've given a better metric, comparing what you had before in CS:GO with what you have in CS:2 would've been better, I think most people were wondering if they can run CS2 knowingly that they run CSGO

[@char2cs]

hey man i have a question, when did u get access?. Im trying to see if it is a kind of wave system or compleatly random. Thanks man

[@vortexhd2432]

The wait for CS2 is over and now barely anyone is in the beta. A well

[@iitzr1ngo]

It is just a beta. And I knew that official one release everything gonna be better than all of this

[@bermuda333]

except the wait isn't "over," it's a beta. game releases in the summer, so most people will still be waiting.

[@ambhaiji]

also did you change fps_max 400 to fps_max 0 before doing fps benchmarks?

[@zedxcu]

did you try out bhopping in s2? i feel theres a sort of inertia applied to falling to the ground now, just like the type you showed in the strafing section of this video. bhopping feels more inconsistent

[@MrGoofy42]

You answered really interesting questions, but the most important one is still unanswered: Can you shoot your own feet?

[@except_nothing]

You can't

[@avoidmyrage2596]

No.

[@MrGoofy42]

Thanks :)

[@gratuitousinbliss]

but for how long are they going to be giving people access to the beta? are they no longer giving access away or is it little by little until full release

[@christiannorth9070]

heres the big question, can u still shoot the awp. And quick swap to the zeuz. To get the electric bullet from the awp?

[@charlesjames3400]

How do you keep getting the rare flip animation on the skeleton knife consistently? Is that a source 2 thing?

[@RazzEuw]

for better comparison could you tell us how many fps you normally have on csgo?

[@victorezpeleta2589]

You can try to put the command net_graph_4 I think it was the one that gives fps, tickrate... on screen

[@D0P1C3]

5:39 jeff test if different weapons do different size of hole in smoke idk why but to me it seems that m4a4 is making bigger ones that m4a1-s

[@Neburmine]

I like the sound in game, but sometimes it's hard to know we're you were getting shot from

[@thedanzero]

Jeff, regarding the change of the M4s mid round the ESL crew adressed it during their stream. Valve will not implement it. They see CSGO as a game of decisions. And decisions are not only made in the game but also before the game. Picking one M4 over the other is one of those decisions. So no, it will not come.