John Carpenter's Toxic Commando
Steam News 23 February 20262mo ago

Demo Update 1 Patch Notes

Hello everyone, This Demo update focuses on stability improvements and some Quality of Life adjustments. We've addressed the reported issue of blurry images by setting the "Cinematic Ambiance" to disabled by default. Pl…

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fixedHello everyone,This Demo update focuses on stability improvements and some Quality of Life adjustments. We've addressed the reported issue of blurry images by setting the "Cinematic Ambiance" to disabled by default. Please report back if you continue to experience this problem.
removedQoL ImprovementsThe "Cinematic Ambiance" graphic setting is now disabled by default. This change addresses and resolves the "blurry image" problem experienced by some players. The setting can still be activated via the Graphics tab in the Menu.
fixedQoL ImprovementsThe issue preventing the "ready" button from functioning during matchmaking when players remapped the default "C" key has been corrected.
changedQoL ImprovementsThe shader precreation process has been optimized for faster loading.
fixedStability and Crash FixesFixed server crashes which ended the game for all players in a party.
fixedStability and Crash FixesFixed a crash that could happen when a player was incapacitated.

Hello everyone,

This Demo update focuses on stability improvements and some Quality of Life adjustments. We've addressed the reported issue of blurry images by setting the"Cinematic Ambiance"to disabled by default. Please report back if you continue to experience this problem.

Regarding the highly-requested FOV slider, we want to assure you we are actively working on this feature and plan to implement it as soon as possible.

We’re also working on adding a toggle ADS option.

PATCH NOTES

QoL Improvements

  • The "Cinematic Ambiance" graphic setting is now disabled by default. This change addresses and resolves the "blurry image" problem experienced by some players. The setting can still be activated via the Graphics tab in the Menu.

  • The issue preventing the "ready" button from functioning during matchmaking when players remapped the default "C" key has been corrected.

  • The shader precreation process has been optimized for faster loading.

Stability and Crash Fixes

  • Fixed server crashes which ended the game for all players in a party.

  • Fixed a crash that could happen when a player was incapacitated.

  • Fixed a crash on leaving the game.

  • Fixed rare crashes on switching weapons in different situations.

  • Fixed a rare crash that could happen if the game was ended with a zombie on a vehicle.

  • Fixed a rare crash when using the Mortar.

We’ll keep monitoring your feedback, so make sure to let us know if you encounter bugs or crashes!

Source

Steam News / 23 February 2026

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