Off The Grid
Steam News 15 August 20259mo ago

Game Update - Aug 15

Zeroes, check out our patch notes for today's update. Here's everything you can expect: UI / Lobby Updated teammate markers for better clarity. Added UI settings for: Distortion Scale Opacity Crosshairs colour and satur…

Update log

Full Off The Grid update

The complete published notes, normalized for clean reading and source attribution.

Extracted changes

14 fixes1 addition24 changes0 removals
  • UI and audio
  • Store
  • Balance
  • Performance
  • Fixes
  • Gameplay
changedUI / LobbyUpdated teammate markers for better clarity.
addedUI / LobbyAdded UI settings for: Distortion Scale Opacity Crosshairs colour and saturation
changedUI / LobbyDownscaled the entire HUD for a cleaner visual experience.
changedUI / LobbyReduced hover distance for item tooltips.
changedUI / LobbyReduced overall HUD curvature to declutter the screen center.
fixedUI / LobbyFixed incorrect post-match damage display.

Zeroes, check out our patch notes for today's update. Here's everything you can expect:

UI / Lobby

  • Updated teammate markers for better clarity.

  • Added UI settings for:

    Distortion

    Scale

    Opacity

    Crosshairs colour and saturation

  • Downscaled the entire HUD for a cleaner visual experience.

  • Reduced hover distance for item tooltips.

  • Reduced overall HUD curvature to declutter the screen center.

  • Fixed incorrect post-match damage display.

  • Fixed the behavior of the "Stay in Squad" and "Mute" buttons.

  • Fixed minimap display issues related to Unique Missions and the Recon Drone.

  • Fixed tooltip and inventory descriptions for backpacks.

  • Fixed incorrect display of player loadouts.

  • Fixed an issue where already-decoded HEX items appeared in the inventory during subsequent game sessions and couldn’t be decoded.

  • Fixed an issue where weapons became invisible after closing the loadout settings menu.

  • “View All Offers” button for profile pictures and backgrounds now correctly opens the full list.

  • Friends’ profile customizations are now visible in the squad invitation pop-up screen.

  • Leaderboard category icons now adapt properly to different screen resolutions.

Performance & Stability

  • Optimized bullet trail FX for better visual and system performance.

  • Polished finisher animations for smoother visual transitions.

  • Fixed an issue where the second consecutive use of the jetpack had no sound effects.

  • Detaching a limb now generates an appropriate sound effect.

  • Fixed an issue where auto-pickup would not function unless the player was directly looking at the item.

Weapons

Sights

  • Fixed discrepancies in zoom behavior across Long-Range (LR) and Medium-Range (MR) sights used by LMGs, Marksman Rifles, and Snipers. These issues caused reduced accuracy while airborne in First Person.

Weapon Balance

Assault Rifles

M4 Commodore

  • Slight increase in recoil randomness per shot.

  • Horizontal recoil increased by 4%.

  • Vertical recoil increased by 5%.

M4 Controller

  • Slightly increased horizontal recoil after the recent attachment rework.

Light Machine Guns

Boomslang

  • Base damage reduced to 60 (was 68).

  • Headshot multiplier decreased to 2.25x (was 2.5x).

  • Rate of fire (RPM) increased to 425 (was 400).

Boomslang Player Zero

  • RPM reduced slightly due to Base Weapon adjustments

  • Damage increased slightly due to Base Weapon adjustments

Cyberlimbs

Roadrunner Legs

Super Sprint Duration now varies by rarity to improve balance and progression:

  • Common: 7 seconds

  • Uncommon: 8 seconds

  • Rare: 9 seconds

  • Epic: 10 seconds

Recon Drone Arm

  • Fixed an issue where the Recon Drone Arm would stop functioning after the player was hit by an enemy’s Defiler.

Quick Order Drone

  • Fixed a bug where cyberlimbs became unusable after picking up an identical loadout.

Gameplay and HUD

  • Players with no remaining teammates or self-revive items, but equipped with a redeployment backpack, will now die immediately instead of entering a knockdown state.

  • Implemented smooth transition into climbing after a slide.

  • Missions – Bounty HunterFixed an issue where the mission would fail if the main target was eliminated by another team.
  • Fixed an issue where players couldn't progress any challenges in Loadout Ladder.

See you on Teardrop!

Source

Steam News / 15 August 2025

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