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Copy the files from <code>{{P|steam}}\steamapps\common\Steamworks Shared\_CommonRedist\DirectX\Jun2010\</code> to <code>{{P|steam}}\steamapps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\directx_installer</code>. Relaunch the game.
  
 
==Other information==
 
==Other information==

Revision as of 13:44, 3 October 2023

Counter-Strike 2
Counter-Strike 2 cover
Developers
Valve Corporation
Engines
Source 2
Release dates
Windows September 27, 2023
Linux September 27, 2023
Taxonomy
Monetization Free-to-play
Microtransactions Cosmetic, Loot box, Player trading
Modes Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres FPS
Series Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike 2 on MobyGames
Counter-Strike 2 on Wikipedia
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike 2000
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero 2004
Counter-Strike: Source 2004
Counter-Strike NEO -White Memories- 2005
Counter-Strike Online (series)
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 2012
Counter-Strike 2 2023

Counter-Strike 2 is a free upgrade to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, running on the Source 2 engine.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Windows
Linux

Monetization

Type Notes
Free-to-play Base game is free-to-play, but paid Prime status is needed for some features.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
Cosmetic Gun skins, player models can be obtained in game, purchased or traded from other players, and by opening loot boxes.
Loot box Loot boxes are earned during game play, but keys must be bought with real money in order to open them. All rewards are cosmetic.
Player trading Trading can be done via Steam.


Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\730\local\cfg\
<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\730\remote\

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings
Video settings
Advanced video settings
Advanced video settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Default 90°. Hor+.[1] Can be set with the command fov_cs_debug if the server allows cheats.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
CMAA2 and up to 8x MSAA.
High-fidelity upscaling
FSR 1.0
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Toggle on and off
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
By default, menus are locked to 120 FPS and gameplay is at 400 FPS. With console, can change fps_max up to 1000; use 0 for uncapped framerate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Rendered image uses SDR color space. In-game HDR option refers only to HDR Rendering.
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Overall game volume and separate music slider.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Vietnamese

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
10 Use Offline with bots mode and set sv_lan 1 in the console. [2]
Online play
32 10 players in competitive mode
32 players in Community servers

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP
Open the console (~) and use connect followed by the IP and port.[3]

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 27014-27050
UDP 27000-27030
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

VR support

Issues fixed

Game freezes when push to talk

Turn "Streamlined Push To Talk" option to YES in audio settings.

Repeated UAC prompt for Steam Client Service[4]

Copy the files from <Steam-folder>\steamapps\common\Steamworks Shared\_CommonRedist\DirectX\Jun2010\ to <Steam-folder>\steamapps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\directx_installer. Relaunch the game.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Vulkan
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Rubikon
Audio Steam Audio
Interface Panorama, Qt
Input SDL
Multiplayer Steamworks
Anti-cheat Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-750
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 85 GB[Note 1][5]
Video card (GPU) 1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
Shader model 5.0 support
Unofficially, the game can be played on Windows 7 to Windows 8.1. Only offline is playable in these operating systems, as VAC is non-functional in these operating systems[6].


Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 20.04
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-750
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 85 GB
Video card (GPU) AMD GCN+
Nvidia Kepler+
1 GB of VRAM
VK_EXT_graphics_pipeline_library highly recommended.


Notes

  1. Despite listing such size, current game size is 33.6 GB (36,085,286,527 bytes) without the additional Workshop Tools that takes up 677.36 MB

References