Update log
Full IOSoccer update
The complete published notes, normalized for clean reading and source attribution.
Extracted changes
- Gameplay
- Server
- Balance
- Fixes
- UI and audio
Update 7 May 2026:
After more than week of PTB testing, the update is now live.
Thanks to everyone that played some matches on it and tested. Mainly RenT and ykwin.
Ball movement
- Ball has slightly more curl
- Air acceleration increased
- Maximum charged shot power reduced
- Volleys give 5% more spin/power over regular shots (was 10%)
- Headers can be aimed at a lower angle
Stamina
- Replenishes and drains slightly faster
- No longer resets after a swap, rejoin or reconnect
- Drain indicator is now white instead of black
Fouls & DOGSO
- Not every foul is a yellow card now. Repeat fouls will still be punished
- You can now get a red card anywhere on the pitch if you're the last defender
- Slide tackles have more reach and a slightly higher chance of fouling
- Slightly lower chance of yellow on fouls from the side and back
Match
- Goal celebration and replay are now 10 seconds (was 8)
- There are now three replays instead of one
- Assist timer is now unlimited (was 10 seconds)
- Injury time now waits for the attack to finish before ending the half
- Injury time is announced when regular time expires, not a minute prior
- Injury time has a hard cap of +20
- Half-time is now 1 minute
- Non-half-time intermissions is now 30 seconds
- Cooldown in matches is 5 minutes, in public only 1 minute
- Fixed a bug where players ran to the goalline after a golden goal
- Fixed a bug where the goalkeeper dropped the ball when diving forward near the line
- Added [c]mp_blockjoin_during_live[/c] (default 0). When set to 1, joins/swaps/position changes are blocked during live play and applied at the next dead ball
- Penalty shootout rotations improved. No player takes two penalties before all teammates have taken one. Keepers go last
UI
- Scorebar and player info bar colours now based on the team's primary kit colour
- Kick-off scoreline panel added, fades after 5 seconds
- Own goals now show the same notification panel as regular goals
- Chat UI reworked. Message bar no longer overflows on long messages
- Ball halo is now brighter. Adjustable via [c]cl_ball_halo_intensity[/c] (default 1) or through settings
Misc.
- Crests show the default IOSoccer logo if kits don't match the team name
- Added Kosovo, Morocco, Taiwan and Tunisia flags
- Version checker added. Mismatched client versions will be blocked from joining
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