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Steam News9 January 20265mo ago

Version 0.25.29

Welcome back toasters! Additions Added R-Con option to increase server max player cap Added ability for servers to log game actions and events Added ability for servers to record player information such as their Steam N

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What changed

25 fixes12 additions17 changes5 removals
  • Server
  • UI and audio
  • Gameplay
  • Performance
  • Maps
  • Store
addedAdditionsAdded R-Con option to increase server max player cap
addedAdditionsAdded ability for servers to log game actions and events
addedAdditionsAdded ability for servers to record player information such as their Steam Name, Public Steam ID and a Hashed Machine ID, all of these are secure and are meant to help server owners moderate their servers
changedAdditionsCommunity server bans should now support hardware banning (This requires the banned used to be banned again)
addedAdditionsAdded Preview button for character cosmetics on the shop
changedAdditionsImprovements to

Welcome back toasters!

Additions

  • Added R-Con option to increase server max player cap

  • Added ability for servers to log game actions and events

  • Added ability for servers to record player information such as their Steam Name, Public Steam ID and a Hashed Machine ID, all of these are secure and are meant to help server owners moderate their servers

  • Community server bans should now support hardware banning (This requires the banned used to be banned again)

  • Added Preview button for character cosmetics on the shop

  • Improvements to

  • Added dialogue to Fisherman NPC

  • Added dialogue to Merchant NPC

  • Added dialogue to Raven NPC

  • Added Grenade Launcher weapon

  • Added Administrator Announcer

  • Added lore codex to main menu (WIP)

Additions-Builder

  • Added UID Skeletal mesh animation player (plays animation on a selected UID)

Changes

  • Changed rendering mode from deferred to forward shading due to high community request and hardware feedback

  • Major CPU optimizations

  • Updated textures on bridge

  • Updated kill bounds on underhigh

  • Buildings can no longer be build inside vehicles

  • Enabled power ups on single player builder maps

  • Slightly reduced store item prices

  • Renamed corruption prisoner survivor to recon

  • AI Characters now taunt after performing a stun

  • Store prices will no remain visible on game

  • Game will no longer interrupt body shields if the player jumps or lands

  • Reduced duration to witch players can be grabbed as a body shield

  • Updated how aim sensitivity works on weapons to provided more consistent results

Weapon Changes

  • Weapons no longer switch to 0 spread when aiming but will rather use the minimum allowed spread value, in order to balance weapons differently

  • Increased min spread for Ripper LMG

  • Reduced min spread for R901

  • Increased bullet count for cone launcher

  • Reduced max damage for cone launcher

  • Increased fire rate for cone launcher

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed mine equipment falling trough floor

  • Fixed duplicated projectile issues with weapons

  • Fixed remove all weapons command not refreshing equipped weapons on player

  • Fixed bug that allowed players to place mines inside structures, causing them to clip trough the world

  • Fixed bug that caused player ragdolls to instantly kill vehicles

  • Fixed player jump packs staying in world if the player disconnects from a server

  • Fixed player weapon staying in world if the player disconnects from a server

  • Fixed bug that allowed players to not equip any weapons when respawnning due to high ping or packet loss

  • Fixed memory leak caused by AI spawners creating duplicated weapon objects that weren't destroyed by the game

  • Fixed bug on weapon systems that would cause the first shot of a scoped weapon to have maximum spread instead of minimum (Caused by the carbine)

  • Fixed bug that would cause buildings to ragdoll when damaged by a grenade character

  • Fixed an issue with debuff system not being able to find debuffs to delete and causing them to stack

  • Fixed soft kill barrier not working with player ragdolls

  • Fixed bug that would cause AI Characters knock tf out of players due to them performing a stun action while having a non melee weapon equipped

  • Fixed exploit that allowed players to cancel an obligatory ragdoll state by just pressing the ragdoll key

  • Fixed SP AI characters not stopping to shoot after their target dies

  • Fixed memory leak caused by shooting a weapon towards the skybox or non collision objects over long distances

  • Fixed strange arm rotations when crouching while reloading or pumping a weapon

  • Fixes issues when throwing body shield characters not being affected by any force at all

  • Fixed issue with explosive weapon projectiles not doing damage if the player switch weapons before detonation

  • Fixed bug that would sometimes cause explosive weapons to not do any damage to characters

  • Fixed strange bug where ammo counter would not show weapon ammo

  • Fixed bug that would cause players to have their chips reset to 0 if they earned that’s considered integer overflow, game will now cap max chips to 999999999

  • Fixed Exploit that allowed players to instantly rack a weapon by just switching to another weapon or unequiping

  • Fixed Exploit that allowed players to instantly reset shooting cooldowns by swapping to another weapon or equipping

Removals

  • Removed lumen support due to incompatibility with forward rendering

  • Reflection quality settings due to incompatibility with forward rendering

  • Removed Punch Mania Game Mode

  • Temp removal for turn in place system due to it’s intense CPU cost

Notes

  • Multiplayer bots may sometimes crash the game or become inactive after respawning a few times

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Source

Steam News / 9 January 2026

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