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Steam News9 January 20265mo ago

Update with New Networking

Hey everyone! We had an issue last night where networking stopped working for a lot of players. It turns out this was due to a Steam Networking outage, and it also affected other games using Steam’s P2P networking.

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Hey everyone!

What changed

3 fixes4 additions2 changes0 removals
  • Fixes
  • Gameplay
  • Server
  • UI and audio
fixedWe had an issue last night where networking stopped working for a lot of players. It turns out this was due to a Steam Networking outage, and it also affected other games using Steam’s P2P networking. It appears to be fixed now, though we haven’t heard back from Valve yet. It’s also unclear how long this was affecting players.
addedBecause of this, we’re releasing an update today that adds new networking options as an alternative to Steam Networking.
addedYou can now select “Networking System” in the online settings. You can switch between Steam , Cross Platform , and LAN Only . If you’re having networking issues, try switching to Cross Platform .
changedLAN Only lets you play with computers on the same local network — no internet required.
addedWe added a 'Copy Join Code' button which will copy the join code to your clipboard so you can paste it to friends
fixedFix for some saved games having left over Crawler objects on reloading

DuneCrawl changes

fixedWe had an issue last night where networking stopped working for a lot of players. It turns out this was due to a Steam Networking outage, and it also affected other games using Steam’s P2P networking. It appears to be fixed now, though we haven’t heard back from Valve yet. It’s also unclear how long this was affecting players.
addedBecause of this, we’re releasing an update today that adds new networking options as an alternative to Steam Networking.
addedYou can now select “Networking System” in the online settings. You can switch between Steam , Cross Platform , and LAN Only . If you’re having networking issues, try switching to Cross Platform .
changedLAN Only lets you play with computers on the same local network — no internet required.
addedWe added a 'Copy Join Code' button which will copy the join code to your clipboard so you can paste it to friends

We had an issue last night where networking stopped working for a lot of players. It turns out this was due to a Steam Networking outage, and it also affected other games using Steam’s P2P networking. It appears to be fixed now, though we haven’t heard back from Valve yet. It’s also unclear how long this was affecting players.

Because of this, we’re releasing an update today that adds new networking options as an alternative to Steam Networking.

  • You can now select “Networking System” in the online settings. You can switch between Steam, Cross Platform, and LAN Only. If you’re having networking issues, try switching to Cross Platform.

  • Cross Platform is built on Photon. It will also allow you to play with players outside of Steam once we release DuneCrawl on more platforms. Join codes are 4 letters long.

  • LAN Only lets you play with computers on the same local network — no internet required.

  • We added a 'Copy Join Code' button which will copy the join code to your clipboard so you can paste it to friends

A few other fixes and changes from this build:

  • Fix for some saved games having left over Crawler objects on reloading

  • Fix for 'Wild Crab' errors causing some slow downs / performance issues

  • 'Idol' in idol quest can now be grabbed again, incase it gets lost

  • Misc level fixes for z fighting / collision issues

Let us know if you have any issues! On our Discord or the Steam forums,

thanks,

  • Lee

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Steam News / 9 January 2026

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