New CS2 patch adds a Major token reminder popup, refines pet book and popup behavior, overhauls chicken audio, and introduces infrastructure for better smoke lighting and weapon sound suppression.
New Major shop balance popup reminds players to spend remaining event tokens and links directly to the Major hub.
Main menu popup handling has been refactored, improving cleanup of notification callbacks and avoiding stuck popups.
Pet book and vanity pet systems received UX updates, including date-based labels for retired pet books.
Official LATAM map annotations for de_train were updated, likely refining in-game guide markers.
Smoke grenade lighting received new engine support and a server command, with a scripted map now requesting smoke lighting recomputation after room-light changes.
Chicken audio was expanded with new hen, pullet, panic, flap, and scratch sounds, plus tuned volumes and pitches in both game and UI.
Weapon handling and reload sounds across several guns now use standardized suppression settings to better control overlapping foley noise.
New month-only economy date formats and protocol/metadata tweaks prepare the UI and tools for cleaner time-period displays and updated command categorization.
