Personal Counter-Strike 2 configuration with keybinds, crosshair recoil modes, practice setup, and utility scripts.

On Debian/Linux Steam, use:

./setup.sh

It installs autoexec.cfg + custom_cfg/ into CS2's game/csgo/cfg directory. It does not edit Steam settings, install packages, change launch options, restart Steam, or touch display settings.

Preview the target without copying:

./setup.sh --dry-run
./setup.sh --print-target

./install.sh is kept as a compatibility alias for ./setup.sh.

Manual reference only. Set this in Steam: Library -> Counter-Strike 2 -> Properties -> Launch Options.

-freq 144 -fullscreen -w 1920 -h 1080 -console -novid -nojoy -high +exec autoexec

On Linux, CS2 does not expose the same true exclusive fullscreen mode as Windows. The useful modes are Windowed and Fullscreen Windowed. Use native 1920x1080 for normal play.

Display mode is not a good fit for autoexec.cfg: it is applied before/around engine startup, and changing it after launch can cause a black screen on Linux. Prefer manual launch options.

Go to Manage 3D Settings → Program Settings → CS2:

autoexec.cfg is the entry point — it unbinds everything and loads configs from custom_cfg/:

autoexec.cfg
  custom_cfg/crosshair.cfg
  custom_cfg/movement.cfg
  custom_cfg/model.cfg
  custom_cfg/common.cfg
  custom_cfg/buy.cfg
  custom_cfg/misc.cfg
  custom_cfg/fps.cfg
  custom_cfg/walk/initialize.cfg
  custom_cfg/practice/binds.cfg
  custom_cfg/crosshair_state.cfg

Press F6 to reload the config at any time.

• Sensitivity: 2
• Zoom sensitivity: 0.818933 (1:1 scoped feel)

Static crosshair (style 4) with custom size, color, and outline. The recoil-follow mode system is controlled by these keys:

Reload the crosshair configuration from the CS2 console with exec autoexec.

The September 2026 CS2 update changed crosshairs to resolution-independent values. The current config uses the closest migration of the previous appearance:

The updated UI does not support a negative gap, so an exact pixel-for-pixel match to the former crosshair is not possible. The current config uses length 4, gap 4, and thickness 1.

Static mode starts with RGB 255 220 80 at full opacity. Use cl_crosshair_length, cl_crosshair_gap, cl_crosshair_thickness, and cl_crosshaircolor_a for new changes instead of legacy appearance commands cl_crosshairsize, cl_crosshairgap, cl_crosshairthickness, cl_crosshairalpha, and cl_crosshaircolor.

Shift does more than just walk — it's a multi-action modifier:

While holding Shift:

• Walk (slow movement)
• Volume increases by +0.5 (from 0.5 to 1.0) to hear footsteps better
• Enter key switches to all-chat (messagemode)

When Shift is released:

• Normal run speed
• Volume returns to 0.5
• Enter key switches back to team-chat (messagemode2)

Left-side shifted viewmodel with FOV 60 (viewmodel_offset_x -1, viewmodel_offset_y -2, viewmodel_offset_z -2).

• cl_interp_ratio 1 — interpolation ratio
• mm_dedicated_search_maxping 35 — low ping matchmaking

Press HOME to activate practice mode on a local server. Sets up a full practice environment:

• Cheats enabled, infinite ammo, unlimited money ($60,000)
• Buy anywhere, no round time limit, no freeze time
• Grenade trajectories and impact markers visible
• One bot added and frozen for reference

Installs this config into CS2's game/csgo/cfg directory:

./setup.sh

The script auto-detects CS2 installed through Steam on Debian/Linux and copies only:

• autoexec.cfg
• custom_cfg/

Preview the target without copying:

./setup.sh --dry-run
./setup.sh --print-target

If Steam or CS2 is in a non-standard location, pass a Linux path manually:

CS2_ROOT="$HOME/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Counter-Strike Global Offensive" ./setup.sh
CS2_CFG="/path/to/Counter-Strike Global Offensive/game/csgo/cfg" ./setup.sh

./install.sh accepts the same arguments and delegates to ./setup.sh.

Requires zstd:

sudo apt install zstd

Processes downloaded demo files (.dem.zst) from ~/Downloads:

./demos.sh

What it does:

1. Auto-detects CS2 installed through Steam on Debian/Linux
2. Deletes loose .dem files from Downloads, matching demos.cmd behavior
3. Decompresses all .dem.zst files to CS2's game/csgo folder
4. Deletes successfully processed .dem.zst files from Downloads
5. Lists available demos with playdemo commands sorted newest-first

Use a custom downloads folder:

DOWNLOADS_DIR=/path/to/downloads ./demos.sh
./demos.sh --source /path/to/downloads

Keep loose .dem files in Downloads:

./demos.sh --keep-loose

install.cmd copies the config into the default Windows Steam CS2 cfg folder.

demos.cmd processes demos from Downloads into the Windows CS2 folder. It expects zstd.exe at zstd\zstd.exe next to the script and does not download it automatically.