Steam News21 April 20262mo ago

Patch 1.1 — Terminal QoL & Accessibility

This update focuses on making the terminal feel like a real shell and opening the game up to players who want a gentler (or harsher) challenge.

In this update3

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What changed

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Events
Security
Gameplay
Fixes
Compatibility

changedThis update focuses on making the terminal feel like a real shell and opening the game up to players who want a gentler (or harsher) challenge. All changes are save-compatible — load your existing save and everything just works.

changed✨ New FeaturesTab-completion for hosts — Typing ssh , ping , nmap , exploit , trace , nc , arpspoof or ftp followed by Tab now completes from IPs you've discovered. No spoilers — you only see hosts you've actually pinged, scanned, or owned. Works with user@ prefix for SSH.

removed✨ New Featuresalias / unalias commands — Define shortcuts like alias brute='hydra -l root -P /usr/share/wordlist.txt ssh://' . Persists across saves. Use alias with no args to list, unalias <name> to remove.

added✨ New FeaturesDifficulty setting — New slider in Settings: Easy (+50% time on timed tasks, +2 stealth noise budget), Normal (unchanged), Hard (-25% time, -1 noise budget). Stacks with NG+.

added✨ New FeaturesAutosave — New Settings option: Off / 5 min / 10 min (default 5 min). Won't interrupt timed or stealth tasks. Small "AUTOSAVED" toast when it fires.

fixed🔧 Fixes & PolishF1 shortcuts popup: corrected the Esc entry (it pauses, it doesn't close the window) and added Ctrl+R, Ctrl+Shift+C (cascade windows).

Black Box - Hacker Day One changes

changedTab-completion for hosts — Typing ssh , ping , nmap , exploit , trace , nc , arpspoof or ftp followed by Tab now completes from IPs you've discovered. No spoilers — you only see hosts you've actually pinged, scanned, or owned. Works with user@ prefix for SSH.

removedalias / unalias commands — Define shortcuts like alias brute='hydra -l root -P /usr/share/wordlist.txt ssh://' . Persists across saves. Use alias with no args to list, unalias <name> to remove.

addedDifficulty setting — New slider in Settings: Easy (+50% time on timed tasks, +2 stealth noise budget), Normal (unchanged), Hard (-25% time, -1 noise budget). Stacks with NG+.

addedAutosave — New Settings option: Off / 5 min / 10 min (default 5 min). Won't interrupt timed or stealth tasks. Small "AUTOSAVED" toast when it fires.

This update focuses on making the terminal feel like a real shell and opening the game up to players who want a gentler (or harsher) challenge. All changes are save-compatible — load your existing save and everything just works.

✨ New Features

Tab-completion for hosts — Typing
```
ssh
```
,
```
ping
```
,
```
nmap
```
,
```
exploit
```
,
```
trace
```
,
```
nc
```
,
```
arpspoof
```
or
```
ftp
```
followed by Tab now completes from IPs you've discovered. No spoilers — you only see hosts you've actually pinged, scanned, or owned. Works with
```
user@
```
prefix for SSH.
Ctrl+R reverse history search — Classic bash-style incremental search. Type to filter, Ctrl+R again to cycle older matches, Enter executes, Esc cancels.
alias / unalias commands — Define shortcuts like
```
alias brute='hydra -l root -P /usr/share/wordlist.txt ssh://'
```
. Persists across saves. Use
```
alias
```
with no args to list,
```
unalias
```
to remove.
Difficulty setting — New slider in Settings: Easy (+50% time on timed tasks, +2 stealth noise budget), Normal (unchanged), Hard (-25% time, -1 noise budget). Stacks with NG+.
Autosave — New Settings option: Off / 5 min / 10 min (default 5 min). Won't interrupt timed or stealth tasks. Small "AUTOSAVED" toast when it fires.
Quicksave / Quickload — F5 and F9 are finally wired up (they were listed in the help popup but did nothing — sorry!).

🔧 Fixes & Polish

F1 shortcuts popupcorrected the Esc entry (it pauses, it doesn't close the window) and added Ctrl+R, Ctrl+Shift+C (cascade windows).
Removed the broken dev-only Pause-key entry from the shortcuts popup.
Tab-completion now sees user-defined aliases.

💾 Save Compatibility

Fully backwards-compatible. Existing saves load cleanly — new settings default to Normal difficulty and 5-minute autosave. No replay required.

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Steam News / 21 April 2026

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