CS2 update adds hostage, console and game rules map scripting

Valve released a Counter-Strike 2 update on Oct. 22 with changes to map scripting, according to the patch notes posted at 3:56 p.m. PDT. It adds new hostage, console and game rules tools and moves several existing methods.

New scripting tools

Hostages get their own script object, CSHostage. It can report whether a hostage is being picked up or carried and whether it has been rescued, plus who rescued it and when the pick-up started and finished. CSPlayerPawn.GetHostage is also new. Six new events cover hostage pick-up start, pick-up abort, pick-up, drop, rescue and kill.

Instance.Precache is new and returns a CSPrecache object. Its methods check whether the server or client is loading or loaded, and whether it is loaded for all. A Release method is also included.

Two new top-level exports were added:

• Consolegetters for convars as a boolean, number, string, vector, QAngle or color, plus Console.SetConvar. Valve wrote that SetConvar is not restricted by sv_cheats and executes synchronously.
• GameRulesStartWarmup, EndWarmup, GetTeamScore, AddTeamScore and TerminateRound.

Moved and renamed methods

Instance.Msg is now Console.Log. Instance.ClientCommand, ServerCommand and RegisterCheatCommand moved to Console.

IsWarmupPeriod, IsFreezePeriod, IsTeamIntroPeriod, GetRoundsPlayed, GetRoundRemainingTime, SetRoundRemainingTime and AddTeamMoney moved from Instance to GameRules. Valve wrote that moved and renamed methods are still available in their original location, deprecated.

Other changes and fixes

Valve added the top-level custom HUD layout classes HUD_TEAMMENU_VISIBLE and HUD_CHAT_VISIBLE. The radar element can now appear on the radar in every game mode, not just Rush. GameRules.AddTeamMoney now supports the NONE reason with an amount, and a crash when it is called with the NONE reason was fixed.

• Fixed CSTeamMoneyReason enum values not matching point_script.d.ts
• Fixed CSWeaponAttackType enum values not matching point_script.d.ts
• Fixed CSRadarPoint.IsVisibleToTeam returning a number instead of a boolean
• Fixed CSObservablePoint.IsObservableForTeam returning a number instead of a boolean

Logged warnings now include the JS call stack and details about bad argument values. They also count arguments from 0 instead of 1. Auto complete of the map_workshop command was improved.