The much-praised Animgraph 2 update for Counter-Strike 2 has finally left beta. Animgraph 2 arrives as an overhaul to improve third-person animations in line with player feedback, while also improving performance by reducing the cost of CPU and networking workloads related to animation. In other words, better animations and better performance for everyone.

However, with the changes moving from beta to the live client, a couple of game-breaking bugs came along to ruin the day – or make it in some cases. For the latter, weapons with burst-fire modes got an unintentional buff, notably making the FAMAS (a Counter-Terrorist weapon) one of the best guns in the game, as it could essentially fire three bullets at once with no penalty.

Animgraph 2 for Counter-Strike 2 leaves beta

All changes from the animgraph_2_beta build are now live.

[ ANIMGRAPH 2 ]

• Minor adjustments to viewmodel animations.
• Adjusted general weapon deploy animation logic.
• Fixed issues with transitioning between knife attacks.
• Fixed Elites not shooting in third-person.

[ MISC ]

• Fixed a bug that allowed silently climbing ladders at run speed by sporadically tapping movement keys.
• Adjusted ground smoothing at locations where sloped ground surfaces transition to flat ground.
• Fixed held grenades inheriting incorrect scale in some circumstances such as after being dropped and picked up.
• Fixed a crash at halftime when transitioning from CT to T.

Source: Steam

Game-breaking bugs were addressed shortly after the update

The unpatched FAMAS didn’t last long before Valve fixed the burst-fire bug, returning it to its normal power level. Of course, not before players could get a few clips in and show just how broken it really was. The fun lasted for a few hours before being patched up. Popular Counter-Strike content creator WarOwl called it “the most broken CS2 update I’ve ever seen”.

Soon after the Animgraph 2 update, players were also complaining about Counter-Strike 2 crashing at launch. Players have already been posting workarounds for the issue, but Valve developer John McDonald (who goes by u/vMcJohn on Reddit) now says that an optional update has been shipped to address the crash-on-startup issue. It’s worth noting that the original Animgraph 21 update also shipped with a fix for a halftime crashing issue, so this seems to be a recurring issue.

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