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Steam News6 February 20264mo ago

Small patch with blurb to help linux and mac players

We realized that some Mac users and Linux players have been having issues with getting the voice recognition to work we were kinda stumped on what the problem was but thanks to some community feedback we've realize that

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changedWe realized that some Mac users and Linux players have been having issues with getting the voice recognition to work we were kinda stumped on what the problem was but thanks to some community feedback we've realize that it had to do with microphone permissions. On Mac you need to give the game access to your mic and on Linux you have to be on the native steam distro not the snap or flatpack ones due to mic access.

We realized that some Mac users and Linux players have been having issues with getting the voice recognition to work we were kinda stumped on what the problem was but thanks to some community feedback we've realize that it had to do with microphone permissions. On Mac you need to give the game access to your mic and on Linux you have to be on the native steam distro not the snap or flatpack ones due to mic access.

Changes:

Blurb in settings to discuss mic fixes

Alien Buff:

Activating Wormhole

DMG 21 → 27

Probing Subject

DMG 16 → 18

Emergency Landing...

DMG 12 →24

Knock back (4x4) → (5x5)

Stun 0.3sec → 0.5sec

Source

Steam News / 6 February 2026

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