Dust2 replaces Overpass in the rotation; Valve brings left hand back to the game | DRAFT5

A Valve introduced a huge update to Counter-Strike 2 on Thursday night (25), bringing back the option for players to use their left hand within the game, as well as replacing Overpass with Dust2 in the competitive map rotation.

See the full update notes below:

(VIEWMODEL)
– Adjusted the movement of the bob viewmodel.
– Added a viewmodel preference option for left or right hand.
– Added an option to temporarily change the hand used in the game.
– The viewmodel’s position between left and right is recognized by the server and visible to first-person viewers.
– Discontinued the “couch” viewmodel.

(HUD)
– Added an option that allows you to zoom in on the radar during the game.
– Added an icon on the radar for the player watching on the free camera.
– Added a crosshair for grenade alignment that appears right after pulling the pin. The time can be set independently for each grenade.
– Changed the weapon switch text when aiming at a dropped weapon so that the weapon name is always shown instead of custom names.
– Added an icon for “on-air” eliminations.
– Added the scoreboard to the ESC menu.
– Added an icon to indicate bots on the scoreboard.

(BUY MENU)
– Added a “weapons dropped” panel that displays and allows players to pick up weapons dropped by teammates who are within the buy zone.
– The minimum amount of money a player will have in the next round is now shown in the buy menu. (Thanks Kadomos)

(GAMEPLAY)
– Increased movement speed with Zeus and adjusted attack base.
– The reward for killing with Zeus goes from $0 to $100 ($50 on casual).
– The reward for killing with the CZ75-Auto goes from $100 to $300 ($150 in casual).
– The reward for killing with the XM1014 goes from $900 to $600 ($300 on casual).

(INVENTORY)
– Lighting adjustments on maps that appear in the background when inspecting weapons.
– Added a gameplay name to the panel that previously only showed the customized name, see Inspection Screen, Inventory.

(MAPS)
– Replaced Overpass with Dust2 in the competitive rotation as well as in Premier matchmaking.

Baggage:
-Sliding doors in spawns were opened, models of some treadmills were updated, stairs were solidified and several bugs were fixed.

Hell:
– Removed a protruding building in the middle.
– Removed a protruding building at the banana entrance.
– Various fixes related to player collisions.

Overpass, Nuke, Vertigo, Mirage and Office:
– Fixed several bugs.
– Collision improvements.
– Small performance improvements.

(SKINS)
– AK-47 | Inheritance: texture adjustments.
– USP-S | Jawbreaker: Fix for ambient occlusion texture.