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CS2 updates

What each update changed, and which changes alter what a demo shows. Every demo opened here is read with its own update's rules.

29 updates, newest first

  1. UpdateSilent reload option
    2000938
  2. map scriptingweapons.vdata layout
    2000935
  3. Update
    • Grenades dropped on death
    2000931
  4. Update
    • AUG reload time
    2000930
  5. Rush Hour
    • Premier map selection
    • Game modes
    • Grenade purchase limit
    2000913
  6. Update
    • Chat in demos
    2000908
  7. UpdateGrenades through walls
    2000880
  8. Update
    • C4 blast and utility
    2000877
  9. Update
    • C4 explosion damage
    2000873
  10. Premier Season Five
    • Active Duty pool
    • C4 explosion damage
    2000870
  11. Cologne MajorOvertime scoreboard
    2000832
  12. Update
    • Bot takeover money
    2000807
  13. The Return Of Cache
    • New map
    2000805
  14. Update
    • Burst fire
    2000793
  15. Animgraph 2 live
    • Player height on slopes
    2000791
  16. Guns, Guides, and Games
    • Reloading
    • Reserve ammo
    2000764
  17. Unannounced update
    • Inferno radar
    2000745
  18. Update
    • Inferno layout
    2000744
  19. UpdateHE grenade air burst
    2000726
  20. UpdateMolotov fuse
    2000722
  21. Update
    • Anubis radar
    2000718
  22. Premier Season Four
    • Active Duty pool
    • Anubis layout
    • MP7 price
    • MP5-SD price
    • PP-Bizon price
    2000713
  23. Budapest MajorInferno
    2000673
  24. Introducing TrueViewDemo playback
    2000670
  25. Re-Retakes
    • Game modes
    2000659
  26. UpdateEnd-of-round damage report
    2000654
  27. Update
    • C4 detonation timing
    • Firing after a defuse
    2000653
  28. UpdateCommunity maps
    2000650
  29. Community Maps, Charms, and More
    • C4 deaths on the scoreboard
    2000646

Competitive rules after the latest update

From Valve's notes and the game files. A demo's recorded server settings come first on its replay page.

Round time1:55Game files: gamemode_competitive.cfg
Freeze time20 sunconfirmedGame files: gamemode_competitive.cfgGame files: gamemode_competitive_tmm.cfg
Buy time20 sGame files: gamemode_competitive.cfg
C4 timer40 sGame files: convars.txt
Defuse10 s, 5 s with a kitunconfirmedCommunity wikiCommunity wiki 2
Regulation24 rounds, first to 13Game files: gamemode_competitive.cfgValve announcement
Overtime6 rounds a periodGame files: convars.txt
Overtime start moneynot publishedunconfirmedGame files: convars.txt
Start money$800Game files: gamemode_competitive.cfgGame files: convars.txt
Money cap$16,000Game files: gamemode_competitive.cfgGame files: convars.txt
Loss bonus$1,400, +$500 per loss in a row, up to $3,400Game files: gamemode_competitive.cfgGame files: convars.txt
Loss bonus after a windrops one levelunconfirmedCommunity wiki
Round win$3,250 elimination, $3,500 bomb, $3,500 defuse, $3,250 timeGame files: gamemode_competitive.cfgGame files: convars.txt
Ts lose after planting$600Game files: gamemode_competitive.cfgValve announcement
Plant, to the planter$300Game files: gamemode_competitive.cfg
Defuse, to the defuser$300Game files: gamemode_competitive.cfg
CT team award per T killed$50Valve announcementGame files: convars.txt
Kill awardsknife $1,500, shotguns $900 (XM1014 $600), SMGs $600 (P90 $300), rifles and pistols $300, AWP $100, Zeus $100Valve announcementGame files: weapons.vdata
SMG pricesMP7 $1,400, MP5-SD $1,400, PP-Bizon $1,300, MP9 $1,250, MAC-10 $1,050Valve announcementGame files: weapons.vdata
Armor and kitKevlar $650, Kevlar + Helmet $1,000, defuse kit $400, Zeus $200Game files: items_game.txtGame files: weapons.vdata
Grenadesflash $200, smoke $300, HE $300, molotov $400, incendiary $500, decoy $50Game files: weapons.vdataValve announcement
Grenade limit4 in all, 2 flashesGame files: gamemode_competitive.cfgGame files: convars.txt
Grenades dropped on deathall of themGame files: gamemode_competitive.cfg
Reserve ammo counted inmagazinesGame files: weapons.vdata
C4 blastprecomputed per mapValve announcementValve announcement 2
Active Duty poolAncient, Anubis, Cache, Dust II, Inferno, Mirage, NukeValve announcementValve announcement 2

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