Bomb

CS2 · Visuals. Everything about the bomb (C4): a marker above the bomb with a timer and the damage it would deal to you, a separate timer panel with defuse progress, model highlight and glow.

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Where to find it in the menu

Visuals  →  Bomb  →  Model highlight / Timer panel / Glow / Marker

How to enable

1. Menu (Insert) → Visuals → Bomb.
2. The header toggle of the page turns everything related to the bomb on and off. On by default.
3. By default the marker above the bomb (Marker tab) and the timer panel (Timer panel tab) are active. The box and glow are off, and model highlight has no style selected.
4. Drag the timer panel with the mouse to a convenient spot (by default it is at the top center of the screen). More: HUD cards.

What it does

Marker above the bomb

• Marks a bomb lying on the ground and a planted bomb while the countdown is running. A bomb carried by a player and a defused bomb are not marked.
• Shows an icon, a label, the time until the explosion and the expected damage to you at your current position. If the explosion would kill you, a skull is drawn instead of the number.
• If you are dead and spectating a player, the damage is calculated for that player.
• The time is shown in whole seconds, and with tenths during the last 5 seconds.
• Style: "Minimal" — the info is shown right above the bomb; "Panel" — on a background with a countdown bar.

Timer panel

• An on-screen card: the site letter (A/B), the time until the explosion, the defuse progress and a line with the damage to you.
• The countdown ring changes color: the menu accent color — more than 10 seconds, orange — 10 seconds or less, red — 5 seconds or less. During a defuse the ring is green if the defuse finishes before the explosion, and red if it does not.
• The "Defuse" line: how much time is left until the defuse completes (green — it will make it, red — it will not). After a defuse, the time that was left until the explosion stays visible for another 5 seconds.
• The damage line, depending on "Display":
  • Health after explosion — how much HP you will have left: green, orange at 25 or less, red at 0 or less;
  • Damage — how much damage the explosion will deal: orange from 50, red from 100.
• "Show while planting" — the panel appears already while the bomb is being planted.
• While the menu is open and there is no active bomb, the panel shows a preview. Which one is chosen by "Preview scenario": ticking, defusing or planting.

Settings

General

Setting	Type	Default	Range / options	What it does
State	Header toggle of the page	On	—	Turns on everything related to the bomb

Marker → Planted bomb

Setting	Type	Default	Range / options	What it does
State	Header toggle of the card	On	—	Marker above the bomb
Style	Dropdown	Minimal	Minimal, Panel	Info above the bomb or on a background with a countdown bar
Position	Dropdown	Top	Top, Center, Bottom	Where the marker is placed relative to the bomb
Icon + Icon color	Toggle + color	On, white	—	Bomb icon
Icon size	Slider, px	14	7–28	Icon height
Label	Toggle	Off	—	Bomb name next to the marker
Timer	Toggle	On	—	Seconds until the explosion
Timer bar	Toggle	On	—	A bar that shrinks toward the explosion. Only for the "Panel" style
Damage	Toggle	On	—	Expected explosion damage to you at your current position
Text settings + Color	Settings button + color	White	—	Font size 12 (10–24), weight "Semi-bold", case "Default", text contrast "None"; label color

Marker → Boxes

Setting	Type	Default	Range / options	What it does
State	Header toggle of the card	Off	—	Box around the bomb
Box type	Dropdown	Corners	Box, Corners, 3D box, 3D corners	Box style
Line width	Slider	2	1–3	Line thickness
Outline	Toggle	On	—	Dark outline
Color	Color	Golden	—	Box color

Timer panel

Setting	Type	Default	Range / options	What it does
State	Toggle	On	—	Panel with the bomb timer and defuse progress
Preview scenario	Dropdown	Ticking	Ticking, Defusing, Planting	Which preview to show while the menu is open and there is no bomb
Show while planting	Toggle	On	—	Show the panel while the bomb is being planted
Damage to you	Toggle	On	—	Line with the damage or health after the explosion
Display	Dropdown	Health after explosion	Health after explosion, Damage	What to show in the damage line
Size	Slider, %	100	60–150	Panel scale

The panel position is set by dragging it with the mouse.

Model highlight

Setting	Type	Default	Range / options	What it does
State	Toggle in the header of the "General settings" card	On	—	Bomb model highlight
Keep original appearance	Toggle	On	—	The model's normal look stays visible under the highlight
Visible: Highlight style + Color	Dropdown + color	Off, green	Off, Flat, Illumination, Rim glow, Hologram, Latex, Crystal, Metallic	How the bomb looks when nothing blocks it
Behind walls: Highlight style + Color	Dropdown + color	Off, red	same	How the bomb looks behind a wall

The parameters of each style are the same as for players: see Players → Model highlight.

Glow

Setting	Type	Default	Range / options	What it does
State	Toggle	Off	—	Colored outline around the bomb
Color	Color	Golden, semi-transparent	—	Outline color

FAQ

How do I know if I have time to defuse? Look at the "Defuse" line on the timer panel and the ring color: green — the defuse finishes before the explosion, red — it does not.

The timer panel is not on the screen. Check the header toggle of the Bomb page and "State" on the Timer panel tab. The panel is visible only when the bomb is planted (or being planted, if "Show while planting" is on).

A skull is drawn instead of the damage. The explosion is lethal at your current position. Move farther away from the bomb.

I want to see the damage, not the remaining health. Timer panel tab → "Display" → Damage.