FAQ

FAQ

Which build is this for? The one in manifest.json and GET /api/summary — CS2 build 14184 at the time of writing. CS2 has two numbers: the game's build number (14184, what the console shows) and Steam's client build id (2000917). The site and the dump use the game's build number; release notes mention both.

The game updated. When is the dump refreshed? Usually the same day. Signatures are re-verified after every update, and anything that broke is fixed rather than dropped. Watch the #announcements channel of the Discord, the releases page, or poll GET /api/summary and compare build_number.

Why does the dumper need administrator rights? It opens cs2.exe for reading through memflow, which needs PROCESS_VM_READ on a process it does not own. It never writes to the process.

Why dump in a match? weapons.json and entities.json are read from the entities that exist at dump time. In the main menu there are no weapons and few entities; in a match with every weapon spawned you get all 44. Everything else (schemas, signatures, offsets, interfaces, protobufs, convars, events) is the same anywhere.

Is the dumper detectable? It is an external, read-only tool: it injects nothing and hooks nothing. What you build with the output is a different question, and entirely your responsibility.

A name I know is missing. Where is it? Probably folded. When several names resolve to the same function, one is published and the rest become aliases; every alias still resolves in the site search, /api/pattern/<name> and /api/query, and the response says which entry you got. GET /api/patterns?raw=1 shows the unfolded list. If it really is missing, open an issue with the IDA address and what the function does — see Contributing.

Why is the published name different from the name I know? The published name is the most descriptive one for the function that was actually verified. Sixteen widely copied names were removed in v2.1.2 because the function they pointed at does something else (SendChatMessage printed to the local HUD; GetLocalControllerById returned the local pawn; …). The Changelog lists them.

Are the dwXxx names the same as the a2x dumper's? Yes. offsets.json uses the same 32 names, patterns and semantics for the classic globals, and every value is cross-checked against a2x's dump of the same build before a release, so code written against a2x output works unchanged. The other ~170 globals only exist here (offsets_all.json, offsets.hpp).

patterns.json fails to parse in my language. Since v2.1.4 it is strict JSON ("rva": "0xB65A70"). Older dumps wrote bare hex literals; if you are pinned to one of those, quote them (s/: (0x[0-9A-F]+)/: "\1"/) or use GET /api/patterns.

How do I get a value from another language? GET /api/query, or the JSON files: schemas.json, offsets_all.json, patterns.json, protobufs.json, vtables.json, the catalogues. Nothing depends on the C++ headers.

Can I use this in my project? Yes — MIT licence. A link back is appreciated.

Where do I ask? GitHub issues for wrong or missing data; the Discord for everything else.