CS2 patch improves sound and HE grenades

Counter-Strike 2 Release Notes for 1/30/2026

[GAMEPLAY]

– Damage from HE grenades that explode mid-air near the ground will no longer be calculated as if they exploded on the ground.

[SOUND]

– Various knife sound adjustments.

[MISC]

– Performance optimizations for exploding chickens.
– Fixed a map scripting bug where Entity.SetOwner wasn't accepting undefined.
– Added a method for community maps to save modified user settings. Running 'host_writeconfig_with_prompt' will prompt the user for permission to save. If accepted, some of the modified settings (radar, viewmodel, safezones, etc) will be kept after the map exits.
– Community maps are now restricted to a smaller list of allowed console commands.

[MAPS]

Stronghold
– Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop

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