CS2 patch notes (December 19, 2024): Shanghai 2024 Major Champions Capsule, gameplay updates, and more

The CS2 patch notes for December 19, 2024, are officially out. This update introduces the much-awaited Perfect World Shanghai 2024 Major Champions capsules in-game. In addition, Valve has made multiple gameplay changes, like customizing players' CPU core usage options and adjusting the death notice threshold.

Read on to learn about more in-game changes made by this patch to COunter-Strike 2.

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Full CS2 patch notes for today (December 19, 2024)

Here are the full CS2 patch notes released by Valve on December 19, 2024:

Shanghai Major

Shanghai 2024 Major Champions capsules added with CS2 patch notes (Image via Valve)

• The Shanghai 2024 Major Champions Capsule is now available for purchase. The capsule features autographs for each member of the winning team in paper, glitter, holo, and gold. 50% of the proceeds go to the players and organizations.

Gameplay

• Adjusted the threshold at which the death notice displays the attacker as "flashed".
• Explosions will now more reliably throw weapons around even if multiple weapons are dropped on top of each other.
• During warmup, weapons will no longer drop on the ground when changing teams.
• During warmup, changing teams now have a two-second cooldown.
• Added server settings controlling which items drop on the ground during the warmup period: mp_warmup_items_drop_policy, mp_warmup_items_nocost, mp_warmup_items_nocount_policy. Community servers that run with free non-droppable weapons during warmup can set these settings as follows: mp_warmup_items_drop_policy 0, mp_warmup_items_nocost 1, mp_warmup_items_nocount_policy 251.
• Give command will now always drop the held weapon if the given weapon needs an empty primary/secondary weapon slot to be used. For legacy behavior, which would drop the new weapon on the ground, developers can use the "-keep_gear" flag, e.g. give weapon_awp -keep_gear

Maps

Train

• Improved collision fidelity on various props
• Updated and fixed surface types on several props
• Adjusted wetness levels on some surfaces
• Fixed various gaps in the map

Map Guides

• Map Guides are now supported in the Steam Workshop for submission and subscription.
• Added a selector to pick which map guide gets loaded in practice mode.
• Annotation nodes are now visible on the radar.
• Added a tool (via console command "workshop_annotation_submit") to submit a map guide to the Steam Workshop.

Miscellaneous

• Added a setting for CPU Cores Usage Preference to control how high performance and power efficiency cores are used by the game on CPUs with variable cores.
• Fixed a case where the graphics driver could render a corrupt graphics image for weapons in inventory item tiles.
• Improvements to weapon inspection animations.
• Improvements to display extra-long custom weapon names in UI.
• Stability improvements.
• Added all-new 2025 Service Medal which will be available starting January 1st GMT
• Workshop Tools - Fixed bug on shadows for low sunlight angles

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That's all there is to know about the CS2 patch notes released on December 19, 2024. Stay tuned to Sportskeeda for more updates on Counter-Strike 2.