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Steam News11 August 202510mo ago

Patch 1.5 rolled in!

Greetings Operators! We have an update for you today with a large number of minor fixes and two big ones: improved matchmaking and bots on TacOps maps.

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Greetings Operators!

What changed

9 fixes4 additions7 changes2 removals
  • Performance
  • Gameplay
  • Events
  • Fixes
  • Maps
  • UI and audio
changedWe have an update for you today with a large number of minor fixes and two big ones: improved matchmaking and bots on TacOps maps. Additionally, many maps have undergone another round of optimization.
addedChallenges (missions):New daily challenges have been added, optimized for new players.
changedChallenges (missions):The rewards for some of the more difficult challenges have been increased.
fixedChallenges (missions):Updated the tracking of daily challenges and fixed bugs in the counting process.
changedPerformance :Memory consumption was reduced.
changedPerformance :Improved FPS stability.

We have an update for you today with a large number of minor fixes and two big ones: improved matchmaking and bots on TacOps maps. Additionally, many maps have undergone another round of optimization.

Full list of changes below:

Challenges (missions):

  • New daily challenges have been added, optimized for new players.

  • The rewards for some of the more difficult challenges have been increased.

  • Updated the tracking of daily challenges and fixed bugs in the counting process.

Performance:

  • Memory consumption was reduced.

  • Improved FPS stability.

Maps:

  • All maps: general performance optimization.

  • All maps: lighting optimization. Shadows should look better now.

  • All mapsbroken respawn points were fixed.

Bots:

  • Bots were added to the following TacOps maps: Moscow, Berlin, Warsaw, Polar, DMZ, and Tokyo.

  • Bots now have more varied weapon loadouts.

  • Fixed respawn and interaction issues.

Matchmaking:

  • A bug that prevented players from being properly matched together has been fixed.

UI/UX

  • Fixed visual bugs in 3440×1440 resolution.

Vehicles:

  • Fixed sights and other visual artifacts on vehicles.

General:

  • Istanbul map is back to rotation.

  • Translations of the new challenges have been added and adjusted.

  • Fixed Label.undefined bug.

  • Fixed client crashes on Windows 11.

  • Updated Quick Play logicremoved Stronghold priority for experienced players (several matches or more).
  • Removed incorrect object collisions.

  • The display of the number of players in matches has been fixed.

Source

Steam News / 11 August 2025

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