Counter-Strike 2 Update from August 4, 2026: Fixes for Cache, Shelter, and grenade collision errors
On the night of August 4, Valve released an update for Counter-Strike 2, which included changes to several community-created maps and fixed a number of bugs related to gameplay and scripting.
List of Changes
Gameplay
- Fixed a bug that caused grenades to pass through environment textures.
Maps
Cache
- Various gaps on the map have been fixed.
- Fixed collision issues at several points.
- Fixed flickering of some assets.
- Removed the spawn point outside of Point A.
Shelter
- The map has been updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop.
Map Scripting
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Added the following functions:
- Instance.TracePlayer
- Instance.OnWeaponPickup
- Instance.OnBombExplode
- Instance.SpawnGrenadeProjectile
- Added the “dropper” event to Instance.OnWeaponDrop
- Added the `hitEntity` property to the `Instance.OnGrenadeBounce` event
- Added the `normal` property to the `Instance.OnGrenadeBounce` event
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Added the following functions:
- CSGrenadeProjectileBase.GetGrenadeType
- CSGrenadeProjectileBase.GetThrower
- CSGrenadeProjectileBase.Detonate
- CSPlantedC4.IsBombsiteA
- CSPlantedC4.IsBombsiteA
- CSPlantedC4.GetPlanter
- CSPlantedC4.GetDefuser
- CSPlantedC4.IsActive
- CSPlantedC4.IsExploded
- CSPlantedC4.IsDefused
- CSPlantedC4.GetPlantTime
- CSPlantedC4.GetExplodeTime
- CSPlantedC4.GetDefuseStartTime
- CSPlantedC4.GetDefuseFinishTime
- CSPlayerPawn.HasDefuser
- CSPlayerPawn.SetHasDefuser
- Added the CSGrenadeType enumeration
- Fixed a bug that caused the Instance.RegisterCheatCommand function to fail when the script was reloaded.
- Bounce handling in the Instance.OnGrenadeBounce event has been deprecated.
The previous Counter-Strike 2 update was released on July 29 — at that time, the developers released the new Ranked Series IEM Cologne Major 2026 stickers, made changes to several community-created maps, and fixed a number of bugs related to gameplay and the VACnet system.
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