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Menu, ESP, and CS2 display mode

Open the Favade menu with F2, choose ESP options, and set CS2 to a display mode that keeps the overlay reliable.

Last updated: 2026-05-27

Favade's menu and ESP are controlled from the Windows client while CS2 is running. The short version: press F2 in-game, use windowed or borderless windowed mode when setting up, and switch back only after you have confirmed the menu and ESP behave correctly.

Open and close the menu

Press F2 while CS2 is focused to open the Favade menu. Press F2 again to close it. If the hotkey does not respond, click back into the CS2 window and try again before changing settings.

Some keyboards put function keys behind an Fn layer. If F2 changes brightness or volume instead of reaching the game, use the keyboard's function-lock mode.

Recommended CS2 video mode

Use windowed or borderless windowed mode for the most reliable menu and ESP behavior. That is the mode to use for first setup, support screenshots, and troubleshooting.

Fullscreen is supported too. If fullscreen works for your setup, you can use it. If the menu opens behind CS2, input feels stuck, ESP does not draw, or the overlay disappears after alt-tabbing, switch to windowed or borderless windowed before trying anything else.

ESP options to check first

ESP is a collection of small overlays. Start with only the essentials, then add more detail once you know the overlay is stable.

  • Boxes - quick player location and screen position.
  • Skeletons - posture and orientation at distance.
  • Health - current HP next to the player marker.
  • Name, weapon, and distance - useful context, but noisier on a busy round.
  • Bomb carrier - marks who has C4 when Favade has that state.

The same match state can also power the browser radar. For the conceptual difference, see wallhack vs radar.

Radar and ESP together

You can run ESP in the CS2 view, the browser radar on a second screen, or both. The browser radar is usually easier to keep readable because it has its own full map surface. ESP is more immediate, but too many labels can crowd the main view.

For a first session, enable the radar publisher and a small ESP set. Add skeletons, distance, and weapon labels after the basic overlay is confirmed.

If the menu or ESP does not appear

  1. Click CS2 and press F2 again.
  2. Switch CS2 to windowed or borderless windowed mode.
  3. Restart the Favade client after changing CS2 display mode.
  4. Update the GPU driver if no overlay surface appears at all.
  5. Go through the launch checks in troubleshooting Favade.

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