One of CS2's most overlooked commands may be back soon

02.15.2024 – Valve did not stop updates even in the second week of February. On February 7th, a really big package arrived, but it also brought unexpected errors. New skins, a new chest, or a new knife become useless if the game crashes or the FPS drops by 20%. Some hotfixes arrived every day, and unfortunately they also happened to make the situation worse. The morning of February 15 was no different. However, this time, Valve hasn't published the patch notes either, meaning the community is left completely alone.

I've just run the FPS Benchmark test and can confirm that the FPS that was previously dropped with the Arms Race update is now back with today's update. 24.16% increase in average fps for me. TY @counter strike 🩷

💻Computer specifications
i5-12400F
GTX 1660 Ti
16GB DDR4

🛠️ Medium settings, offline, no bots. pic.twitter.com/6UhnbTQohG

– Thor CS2 (@ThourCS2) February 15, 2024

Fortunately, Counter-Strike 2's data miners got to work right away. ThourCS measurements quickly revealed that the developers had somehow managed to recover the 20% FPS lost on February 7. There is a high probability that an optimization error will be found.

The long sought-after CS2 command may also be back soon

I just woke up, and we got a 134MB update that includes:

– New HUD threads for Frame Time, Ping, Packet Loss, and Driver Outdated.
– Stream panel added to mainmenu_left_column.
– Some new UI icons for the streaming panel
– New cvar: mp_modify_timeouts for example, mp_modify ct -1 pic.twitter.com/TPRDABhEE6

– Thor CS2 (@ThourCS2) February 15, 2024

The native net_graph command was enabled for almost all players in the previous version of Counter-Strike. It's no coincidence, as FPS/Frametime, Ping, Packet Loss and other indicators can be read in an understandable way. However, CS2 brought an interface that was difficult to interpret. It seems that the developers are already working on bringing back the old net_graph, and there is a good chance that it will arrive even in February. After that, only the possibility of modifying cl_bob and left/right hand remains, but the return of the latter could be highly doubtful given the changes in the game engine.

Valve was quick to respond For FPS problems:

CS2 is having a rough run in the major qualifiers, and players are panicking