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This will be a big free Source 2 upgrade for Global Offensive, with some of the features being announced now including responsive smoke, sub-tick updates for more responsive gameplay, overhauled maps, Source 2 tooling for the community, your whole inventory carries over from CS:GO, higher resolution models for basically everything, improved visual effects, an upgraded UI and much much more.
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They're doing a Limited Test too, which is based upon invitations. Seems like they have more to announce, as the limited test and the features being revealed are "a subset of Counter-Strike 2's features, so that major issues can be resolved before the summer" and they will reveal more in "a few months".
As for how to get into the limited test? They will be selecting people based on recent playtime, trust factor, Steam account standing and so on. If you are chosen, you get a notification inside CS:GO, so you'll need to keep checking back with more players being added over time.
The limited test is Windows-only but SteamDB shows it all clearly set up for Linux and macOS too. It's likely just to get the main technical testing done they're keeping the platforms smaller to get it finished.
See more on the new website and the FAQ.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Arehandoro Mar 23, 2023
Quoting: fenglengshunQuoting: ArehandoroI don't understand why is it called CS 2 when in reality it is just the same game but with a modern engine/physics/graphics...coughOverwatchcough
I've never played Overwatch, but if it's the same case, I also don't understand it :)
BlackBloodRum Mar 23, 2023
Quoting: ArehandoroCall of Duty, since Call of Duty 4.Quoting: fenglengshunQuoting: ArehandoroI don't understand why is it called CS 2 when in reality it is just the same game but with a modern engine/physics/graphics...coughOverwatchcough
I've never played Overwatch, but if it's the same case, I also don't understand it :)
Quoting: poiuzIt's probably not a game, just an item shop with some gamifications => no good fit for Linux…
Yeah, no.. It's actually one of the best competitive shooters of all times, and we're super happy to have a native client for linux for quite some years already.
Quoting: elmapulgood news:Sadly not. It will run on Linux, yes, but first class is definitely not a given. Linux gaming is hugely strategically important for Valve, but they historically haven't been good at dogfooding their Linux work. The Index is still only partially functional on Linux, for example, and this beta is not yet available on Linux. Vulkan-native and first class Linux support would be sensible for Valve, but reusing their DirectX stuff and just plumbing it through DXVK would also be well within Valve's historical norms.
1)we can be prety much 100% sure that this game will support linux and probably will treat it as first class citizen, it will be opimized for linux as much as it is for windows or maybe even more.
Quoting: CatKillerVulkan-native and first class Linux support would be sensible for Valve, but reusing their DirectX stuff and just plumbing it through DXVK would also be well within Valve's historical norms.Looking at Valve's track record with Source 2 games up to now, I don't think we need to worry about native Vulkan support. Every game they've released with that engine has native Vulkan support on Linux (with The Lab is the sole exception).
They've only ever used DXVK-native in Source 1 games, presumably because that engine is too old and spaghetti coded to support modern graphics APIs. Remember that no Source 1 games support DirectX 11 or 12 either.
Quoting: 14I'll give it a shot in the Summer since it's free, but I haven't been up to par in twitch style, competitive shooters for years.
What are "Twitch style shooters"?
Something people would want to watch?
Quoting: EikeNothing to do with the website. Think about the original word, which is why I didn't capitalize to make it a proper noun. :)Quoting: 14I'll give it a shot in the Summer since it's free, but I haven't been up to par in twitch style, competitive shooters for years.
What are "Twitch style shooters"?
Something people would want to watch?
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