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UpdateNovember 5, 2026

Counter-Strike 2 Update

  • Bomb defusal in Retakes mode will now instantly finish when there is sufficient time remaining in the round and no active utility remains to prevent the defuse.

  • Reduced freeze time and round restart delay in Retakes mode.

  • Pinging pet chickens during freeze time will request a trick from them.

  • Pet chicken names are no longer displayed when customized item text game option is set to hidden.

  • Instance.Precache now accepts entities to precache

  • Added new top level export Entities

  • Added Entities.Spawn

  • Added Instance.OnBotControl

  • Added CSPlayerController.IsControllingBot

  • Added CSPlayerController.GetControlledBotPawn

  • Added CSPlayerPawn.Reset

  • Moved Instance.ConnectOutput to Entities and changed it to accept a config object

  • Moved Instance.DisconnectOutput to Entities

  • Renamed Instance.EntFireAtName to Entities.FireInput

  • Renamed Instance.FindEntitiesByName to Entities.FindByName

  • Renamed Instance.FindEntitiesByClass to Entities.FindByClass

  • Renamed Instance.EntFireAtTarget to Entity.FireInput

  • Moved and renamed methods are still available in their original location, deprecated

  • Deprecated Instance.FindEntityByName and FindEntityByClass

  • Calling a method on an invalid (removed) Entity now reports that the Entity is invalid

  • ConnectOutput now logs a warning when the target has no output with that name

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