Bodycam — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| BODYCAM 2026 ROADMAP PART 1 | 2026-03-06 | Greetings, Operators,You’ve been waiting for more details about the 2026 roadmap, let’s start with the part 1 : The Spring Major Update. This update is a huge milestone for Bodycam and marks the beginning of a new era. A lot, if not everything, has changed and has been reworked, from A to Z.Packed with game-changing features, it builds the core systems that will define Bodycam moving forward. We reshaped, improved, and changed entire systems, from sound design to gameplay, animations, gadgets, UI, UX.It’s much more than adding new content to the game. It’s shaping the future.The goal remains the same: realism and immersion, never seen and nev |
| Behind-the-Scenes: CQB Powergun | 2026-01-30 | Greetings, Operators,We have a new format for you. We know many of you have been eager to learn more about the creative process and the behind-the-scenes work on Bodycam.Introducing a new short videos series, in addition to our devlogs and other focuses and longer videos, where we’ll explore specific aspects of the game, such as level design, sound effects, or animations, to give you a glimpse into how Bodycam is made.Keep an eye on our social media channels and our Discord to learn more!We hope you’ll enjoy it. Let us know in the comments which topics you’d like us to tackle next.In the meantime, take care, and we’ll see you next time.Check |
| Here's to 2025 and Happy New Year! | 2025-12-31 | Dear Operators and Soldiers,It’s that time of the year! The time to celebrate, be grateful and reflect on the past year, and get excited for the year to come. First and foremost, we wanted to address a warm welcome to our newest players and thank our seasoned veterans. Your support means a lot, and your feedback helps to shape the future of Bodycam. Here’s to 2025!What a year 2025 has been. While 2024 was an exploratory year for us, 2025 has been the theater of the public response to our game, that was amazing and intense. But it tremendously helped us to understand where we were good at and, more importantly, where we needed to improve and e |
| New Zombie Mode Trailer Out Now | 2025-12-12 | Dear Zombie fans,We have one last treat for you today: a brand-new Zombie Mode trailer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3CnqFG3kZI And for everyone who lives for multiplayer, don’t worry, we’re coming in strong with the 2nd major update.Here’s our latest devlog on this part (we know it’s starting to show its age). We’re currently working on another devlog that will cover all the features we didn’t talk about in this video.👉 |
| CHANGELOG #3 MAJOR UPDATE | 2025-12-11 | Greetings, Operators,TIme for another patchnotes, based on your feedback. Keep them going, let us know if it has helped as well, if you were encountering these issues. VillageGlobal optimizationLighting optimizationMines: performance optimizationFixed multiple invisible walls & collisionsModified some zombies spawnersNanite & Raytracing improvementsMissing snow fixed on several spots Global Disabled a "VHS" UI effect that was causing the game's color to be very flashy while opening the tabFirst boot resolution issues fixedCheers!Kane, out. |
| CHANGELOG #2 MAJOR UPDATE | 2025-12-04 | Greetings, Operators,We’re happy and excited to bring you the Patch Notes #2 for the Major Update! We’re aware that there is still more improvements to bring to Village, and the team is working hard on it. With further ado, let’s deep dive on what these fixes are bringing to Bodycam.Kane, out.HOTFIXZOMBIEASYLUM MAP: Random Shotgun spawning client-side only: you should now be able to pick up the weapon properly.Zombies should now properly display their wounds VILLAGE MAP: if your host is more than 200 meters away, you will be able to be killed by zombiesZombies Skins should by displayed properlyVILLAGE MAP: the sky is now working properlyAUDIO |
| FOCUS ON - CQB Powergun - At the crossroad of video game and reality | 2025-11-28 | It’s that time of the week again: let’s deep dive into our newest - and biggest - multiplayer map: CQB Powergun. Introduced with the latest Major Update, CQB Powergun is a massive map, with a variety of configurations, allowing you to enjoy close quarter intense skirmishes or more tactical approaches, with the more open outside zones. Introducing CQB PowergunWe first unveiled the map entitled only “CQB”. The addition of Powergun in its name is not just an aesthetic aspect: we wanted to keep our secret until the very end, for our most Airsoft passionate players who could have guessed the true nature of this map.CQB Powergun is actually based o |
| CHANGELOG #1 - MAJOR UPDATE | 2025-11-28 | Greetings, Operators. First, we wanted to thank you for taking the time to play our latest Major Update. And even more to take the time to report bugs and issues, it really helped the dev team. To our new soldiers: welcome. To our veterans: thank you for your patience. We’re introducing today our first patch notes for this update. The major issues have been addressed and we’re focused on fixing the remaining ones. In the meantime, please keep reporting issues or confirm that the patch has been helpful for you.Thank you!HOTFIXGRAPHICSThe grain effect now turns off properlyShadows are now displayed properly, player will be prompted to deactivat |
| Bodycam - Major Update & Zombies | 2025-11-25 | The Major Update & ZombiesHey everyone,We’re really happy to be back with this new update. Thanks again for your patience, we know it took some time, but we wanted to push as much as possible to deliver something truly solid and meaningful for the game. WATCH THE TRAILER HERE Quick Recap on the Update! For those who may not have followed all our recent communications: since the launch, the team has grown a lot and we’re now over 100 passionate people working on Bodycam!We recently released a devlog showing a lot of upcoming features. Some of them are included in this update, others aren’t here yet, and that’s completely normal. We’re now work |
| BODYCAM Needs You - Major Update Tomorrow | 2025-11-25 | Hey soldiers, we’ve got two high-priority missions. - First, be ready tomorrow for the major BODYCAM update. It brings a brand-new zombie map, a new multiplayer map, tons of polish and fixes, and a full rework of the game’s visuals and realism. The trailer will be available through this link: - Second mission, just as important: nominate BODYCAM for the Labor of Love Award. This category celebrates games that are constantly improved and supported over time by a committed team. If you have any doubts about whether we qualify, just refer back to Mission One as proof enough. Make us proud, soldiers. |
| Focus on - The Zombie Mode | 2025-11-21 | Greetings, Operators. You know the drill, and if you’re a fan of the Zombie Mode, you’re in for a treat. And if you’re not? We will kindly suggest you to read until the very end for another kind of treat. Let’s deep dive into this very unique mode, thought with our community at heart. The Genesis While the very DNA of Bodycam is its ultra-realism, we weren’t closed off to the idea of experimenting other horizons and give more opportunities to the fanbase to enjoy the game. So when the community asked for a Zombie Mode, very early after the announcement, we were enthusiastic but also cautious.. Our aim was - and still is - to deliver the most |
| FOCUS ON - The Crossbow | 2025-11-14 | Greetings Operators,In case you missed it, the major update coming at the end of this month will introduce a new weapon, exclusive to the Zombie mode: the crossbow. Let’s deep dive into this new element and what you can expect from it!Introducing the crossbowThe crossbow is a silent but deadly weapon, familiar to a lot of you. For now, it’s a weapon exclusive to the upcoming Zombie Village map: mainly conceived as a way to efficiently deal with strong waves of creatures with explosive bolts (and is there any funnier way to deal with these creatures than good ol' explosions?).The weapon fires explosive bolts that cause massive damage and can w |
| FOCUS ON - Optimization | 2025-11-07 | Greetings, Operators,Starting this November, we’re launching a new series of devlogs: shorter reads, each centered around a specific topic. And we’re kicking things off with one of our top priorities: optimization.As mentioned in our latest announcement, new performance optimizations are on the way. While these first steps already help ensure that more hardware configurations can join and enjoy the game, this is only the beginning, as further major improvements are planned for future updates.STABILITY IS KEYThe primary goal of this major update is stability, establishing a solid foundation for Bodycam’s future. This means: fewer lost packets, |
| Major Update Incoming | 2025-10-31 | Dear Operators,As we’re heading toward one of the key milestones in Bodycam’s journey, we wanted to take a moment to keep you in the loop.The Halloween Update has grown far beyond its initial scope, and will now become a Major Update.What started as a themed patch turned into something much larger: a foundation for the future of Bodycam. It’s not just about adding a new map or fixing a few long-awaited issues. It’s about building the base that will allow the game to reach its full potential.Until recently, the team was very small, and there’s as much workload that you can take as human beings. Over the past weeks, we’ve welcomed new programme |
| Bodycam – Behind the Scenes: Our Journey & Next Steps | 2025-09-28 | 📢 Bodycam – Studio News Hey everyone, hope you’re doing well! We wanted to take a bit of time to talk to you about Bodycam and the studio, to share with you the reality of what these past six months have been like, and everything we’ve been working on. This is going to be a longer message that touches on a lot of different topics, but we think it’s worth it. It’s something we will do more often: giving you an inside look at the problems we’ve faced, how we solved them, how we’re planning the future of the game and the studio, and what our ambitions are. 🔧 Technical side On the technical side, we’ve been through a lot of heavy tasks that too |
| Bodycam Video Devlog #1 – What’s Next for Bodycam? | 2025-08-29 | Hey everyone 👋We’re excited to launch our very first Bodycam Video Devlog! In this episode, we take you behind the scenes and talk about all the new features coming to Bodycam:Loadouts – choose your gear and customize your playstyleZombie Mode – a terrifying new way to experience BodycamNew Content & Updates – fresh features and improvementsThis is just the beginning. We plan to share more regular vlogs/devlogs with you so you can follow the journey of Bodycam as it evolves.👉 Check out the full video here: We know many of you are curious about what’s coming next. Right now, there are a lot of things in the works behind the scenes that we ca |
| [BODYCAM] Roadmap Update : What's Coming Next ?! | 2025-05-29 | 🔧 Roadmap Update – Optimization, Loadout, Zombie & More Hi everyone, We’re kicking off a new format here on Steam: regular updates on our roadmap progress. We usually post dev leaks (images, info, early previews) on our official Discord, but since not everyone is there, we’ll now keep you updated here as well. 👉 Click here to view the full roadmap ✅ Optimization & Game Polish Part III This part is being handled by a specialized team, and they’ve already delivered key updates: DLSS integration Performance and stability improvements Polish passes across various systems However, this section is still ongoing. Part III : A major VRAM optimizati |
| Bodycam Hotfix v0.1.4.1 – Bug Fixes & Cleanup | 2025-05-19 | Bodycam – Hotfix V0.1.4.1a • Bug Fixes & Cleanup ⚠️ QUICK HOTFIX NOTICE This hotfix addresses several gameplay, UI and spawning issues reported after the latest update. Patch Notes Fixed “Free cam” issue while playing TDM in Backrooms Fixed zombie rounds not starting Adjusted fall-damage sensitivity (was too strict) Fixed hosts being removed from the scoreboard Fixed hosts not spawning with weapons Resolved kills sometimes not counting Removed FAL skins that appeared in operator-skin selection Fixed occasional T-posing Fixed Season Rewards not displaying Fixed weapon/character skins not displaying in matches Fixed round-end screen showing “Ro |
| [BODYCAM] Questionnaire [CLOSED] | 2025-05-18 | The questionnaire has closed, thank you to everyone who answered! The answers will be posted in our discord after sorting Hello everyone, We've been watching your feedback regarding changes we made in previous updates on the daily, and we decided to set up a Questionnaire to get a definitive answer; Does the majority like some of the changes after all, or not? We've also added some questions that don't need answering, they're there to collect some opinions on other minor things! The Poll will close in 7 days, and afterwards we will post the results on our discord to keep transparency! Note: You will need to add your Discord @ and your steam l |
| Optimization Part II | 2025-05-17 | Bodycam Update V0.1.4.1 – Optimization Part II & Gameplay Changes ⚠️ IMPORTANT NOTICE This is Part II of our optimisation updates! GENERAL OPTIMIZATION VRAM optimization (Part 1) Several memory leaks have been fixed Improved overall FPS and game stability Fixed a critical issue where bots caused lag when running Addressed performance drops in specific gameplay scenarios New engine-level tweaks added – let us know if you notice performance changes! BODYBOMB REWORK 2 minutes to plant the bomb 10 seconds to plant (only within a valid bomb site) 60 seconds until explosion 10 seconds to defuse Bomb can no longer be planted outside bomb sites OTHER |