What changed for Crosshair?

12 changes across 4 patches (Sep 22, 2026 to Oct 2, 2026), newest first.

1. Oct 2, 2026Counter-Strike 2 Update (Oct 2, 2026)Fix 1Official notes ↗
   Fix

   Fixed grenade crosshair rendering when crosshair thickness is set to 3 pixels.

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   Fixed grenade crosshair rendering when crosshair thickness is set to 3 pixels

2. Sep 30, 2026Counter-Strike 2 Update (Sep 30, 2026)New 2Fix 1Official notes ↗
   Fix

   Fixed how the crosshair visualizes weapon inaccuracy and spread.

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   Fixed visualization of weapon inaccuracy + spread

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   Added a crosshair outline color option.

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   Added crosshair outline color option

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   Added a new crosshair style, "Static Quadrant."

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   Added a new style "Static Quadrant"

3. Sep 23, 2026Counter-Strike 2 Update (Sep 23, 2026)Adjust 1New 2Fix 1Official notes ↗
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   Added an option to draw half-outlines, which only draws the top-left part of the crosshair outline.

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   Added option to draw half-outlines. This will only draw the top-left portions of the outline for a crosshair.

   Fix

   Fixed a bug that stopped a gap width of 0 from being respected.

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   Fixed a bug preventing 0 gap width from being respected.

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   Added a static square crosshair style.

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   Added a static square crosshair style

   Adjust

   The minimum dynamic spread distance drops to 64 pixels; the new dynamic styles show real weapon spread and inaccuracy, and the Dynamic Spread Limit caps how far the crosshair spreads.

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   Reduced the minimum dynamic spread distance to 64 pixels.

   • The new dynamic crosshair styles will show you the real weapon spread and inaccuracy and the 'Dynamic Spread Limit' setting is a limit on how far the crosshair will spread at maximum inaccuracy and spread.
4. Sep 22, 2026Counter-Strike 2 Update (Sep 22, 2026)Adjust 2New 2Official notes ↗
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   Crosshairs are now resolution independent.

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   Crosshairs have been updated to be resolution independent.

   New

   A new "Crosshair/Scopes" tab in the Settings menu holds the updated crosshair settings.

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   A new "Crosshair/Scopes" tab is available in the Settings menu, and includes updated crosshair settings.

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   Added new crosshair styles.

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   Added new crosshair styles

   Adjust

   The default crosshair is now "Dynamic Quad," which better represents weapon accuracy.

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   Updated the default crosshair to "Dynamic Quad," which better represents weapon accuracy.

2 changes across 1 patch (Sep 30, 2026), newest first.

1. Sep 30, 2026Counter-Strike 2 Update (Sep 30, 2026)Adjust 2Official notes ↗
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   The classic dynamic crosshair style now allows negative gaps.

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   Allowed negative gaps for classic dynamic crosshair style

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   Alpha on the classic dynamic crosshair now changes in steps of 0.01.

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   Changed the classic dynamic crosshair alpha increments to 0.01

2 changes across 1 patch (Sep 30, 2026), newest first.

1. Sep 30, 2026Counter-Strike 2 Update (Sep 30, 2026)Adjust 2Official notes ↗
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   Scope dot scale and color preferences are now included in the new crosshair share code.

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   Scope dot scale and color preferences are now included in the new crosshair share code

   Adjust

   The crosshair share code uses a new format to fit the newly included settings.

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   Changed the format of the crosshair share code to accommodate newly included crosshair settings