DDNet — 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 |
|---|---|---|
| DDNet 19.8 released | 2026-03-12 | DDNet 19.8 has been released with the following changes: Predict envelopes Predict all sounds and particles Show centiseconds in scoreboard and HUD Sample loop point support (Opus) Add real HSL values to color scrollbars Hook line tip Add scoreboard popup with map info Show friends regardless of filter in server browser Render current number of players in community filter, sort by player count Update unpredicted shadow, add alpha and customization Demo menu mouse seek improvements Replace line breaks with spaces when pasting multiple lines in chat Improve user experience when joining Tutorial server Use racefinish message to stop demo/ghost r |
| Tournament #64: DEATHBOW by Exotix | 2026-03-04 | It's time for the first tournament of the year! We will play the brand-new Brutal (★★★★✰) map DEATHBOW by Exotix: The Tournament will be played on Sunday, March 15 at 18:00 CET on special Tournament servers in every DDNet location! No one has seen the map yet and the first finish will win! Team 0 will be allowed. Thanks to catseyenebulous & Knuski for testing the map! The results will later be available on the Tournament page. |
| DDNet 19.7 released | 2026-01-21 | DDNet 19.7 has been released with the following changes: Support Android 15/16 Many CI improvements Signed macOS binaries Add button to start and connect to local server in LAN tab Predict dummy animations, gun fire, coll. line Speed up demo player Change sitting lifefrozen tee emote to blink Shutdown http without delay if there are no requests remaining Fix stuck emote wheel when dead and scoreboard lock during game pause Add short helps/descriptions in touch controls editor Fix preinput weapon prediction Menu fixes Limit motd popup to 24 lines Show command completions with leading spaces Refresh skins when changing events setting Hookline s |
| DDNet 19.6 released | 2025-12-14 | DDNet 19.6 has been released with the following changes: Interactive scoreboard Improved controls settings WebLate for translations Add important mod/alert messages Add net message for save codes Community support Add friend highlighting based on selected server Make hookline stop at other players outline Allow demo player everywhere Quad clustering (higher FPS on maps) Revert skin name normalization Remove standard cl_overlay_entities bind Set a more reasonable minimum to entity text size Add option to show/hide spectator hud Rework console autocomplete sorting Improve client moving between screens Generalize render layer clipping Fix best r |
| DDNet 19.5 released | 2025-10-14 | DDNet 19.5 has been released with the following changes: Add interactive tee to skin preview in settings Improve color space conversions when encoding demos Re-add markers column in demo browser with icon Improve chat/flag rendering performance Implement automatic quad clipping for rotating quads Android: Fix unsaved changes not updating correctly Android: Fix circle hitbox Add login required icon to server browser Also show favorite skins that were not found in list Correctly center entities text (tele numbers) Add button to open downloads page with CONF_INFORM_UPDATE option macOS with Vulkan using molten-vk fixed Add delayed update to refre |
| DDNet 19.4 released | 2025-09-09 | DDNet 19.4 has been released with the following changes: Touch controls editor Support live playback of demos while they are being recorded Add preinputs - improve antiping player prediction Keyboard support for fonts Automatic quad clipping Add tex coords lookup table in order to improve map loading times Render 0.7 skins in server browser Add debug render option Optimize quad rendering by grouping quads Improve skin handling performance Improve debug graphs Make binds prints the original bind command Fix initial server browser refresh being delayed Add cl_chat_background_color Fix and improve demo tuning handling Enable FrozenLastTick only |
| DDNet 19.3 released | 2025-06-21 | DDNet 19.3 has been released with the following changes: Add turret prediction Freeze-laser visual update and all outlines for laser Add rotating and flipping of weapons Maplayer render pipeline refactoring Add laser head prediction Fix strong/weak nameplate disappearing Predict ninja skin in freeze Add id to Spectator HUD Show demo play/speed HUD for demo_play/demo_speed commands Allow spec char and normal nameplate at same time HUD info cleanup Reveal screen keyboard after selecting text input if closed Improve base network error handling Fix CCamera::SetView clamping y pos with map width instead of map height Fix removing open files on Win |
| DDNet 19.2 released | 2025-05-12 | DDNet 19.2 has been released with the following changes: Improvements to recoloring of skins Update Discord rich presence Dynamic skin loading and unloading Improve envelope rendering (more FPS) Add live game tiles Dragger visual update Optimize map layers Fix multi-view zoom Improved debug rendering Add more options to show and hide text overlays for entities Limit dyncam offset for auto-sync camera Make dragger color customizable Add console commands to go to the latest/newest line Improve skin and map name validation Fix switch door twitching Fix winter_day menu theme background in widescreen resolutions Name plate fixes Fix heart pickup p |
| DDNet 19.1 released | 2025-03-29 | DDNet 19.1 has been released with the following changes: Nameplate rewrite New speed tiles Overhaul skin loading and refreshing, improvements for 0.7 skins Move DDRace HUD title to correct pane Always automatically rcon auth on local server Add size to demo list Allow test map locally in subfolders Apply alpha to spectating tees from other teams Slider to change prediction margin Changes to mouse button press handling Reduce FPS impact of community icon loading Fix incorrect chat messages for inactive client Android: Support importing touch controls with no "label-type" Fix spectator cursor on older servers Fix player_default_eyes not working |
| DDNet 19.0 released | 2025-02-25 | DDNet 19.0 has been released with the following changes: Add spectator count to HUD Auto-sync player camera option Teleport hookline (when 1 exit) Add "Test map locally" button Automapper usability improvements View ingame entities 128 player support (not in server yet) Android: Support changing touch button background color Button to open ddnet-saves.txt Partial antiping (cl_antiping_percent) Show position in freeview Improved ingame server info Don't show "add friend" message when everyone is offline Teeworlds 0.7 skin fixes Show team info in server info Display ninja bar in 0.7 servers Fix custom map download URLs Make it easier to downloa |
| Tournament #63: Naufrage 4 by SickCunt & panik | 2025-02-18 | It's time for the first tournament of the year! We will play the brand-new Brutal (★★★★★) map Naufrage 4 by SickCunt & panik: The Tournament will be played on Sunday, February 23 at 18:00 CET on special Tournament servers in every DDNet location! No one has seen the map yet and the first finish will win! Thanks to meloƞ, Kicker, Knuski & ♂S1mple♂ for testing the map! The results will later be available on the Tournament page. |
| Happy New Year 2025 Photoshoot Result | 2025-02-04 | The Photoshoot for the New Year 2025 is finished! Check out the final image: Thanks to louis for the map and rendering, and to TsFreddie for the modification! |
| DDNet 18.9 released | 2025-01-09 | DDNet 18.9 has been released with the following changes: Rework name plates Run server on Android Support reading demo files larger than 2 GiB Add 'sv_maps_base_url' to support map download https urls Fix Tele Commands during Dyncam Zoom and Make Aiming Consistent across Zoom Levels Use remote tee angle when spectating Send camera type flag to prevent unexpected viewpos and target update Fix console behavior when pasting multiple lines of text Reset color in RenderLoading Translations for graphics errors Make client/graphics warnings thread-safe Support double quotes in translations Don't merge diffrent colored client msgs Minor improvement o |
| A New Year, A Bigger Community | 2025-01-02 | As we welcome 2025, we want to take a moment to thank our amazing community for all the support throughout the past year. Our community has once again grown massively in size, and we couldn't be more excited to see new players join the fun. A massive thank you to all the talented mappers, testers, developers, content creators, and artists who’ve poured their time and creativity into making DDNet better with every update. Our deepest gratitude also goes to all moderators who keep our servers in check and welcoming for everyone. And lastly, we also want to express our heartfelt appreciation to those who have generously supported our project thr |
| DDNet 18.8 released | 2024-12-08 | DDNet 18.8 has been released with the following changes: Android support Add cl_hook_coll_size_other & +hookcoll button in UI Overhaul console design: replace background, improve contrast Fix cursor drifting when using smooth dyncam and zoom Remove self from spectator menu unless in demo Visual changes to friends and server tab Auto rcon auth both main and dummy Send password on reconnect Change default q bind to /spec Fix alignment of dropdown popup menu Fix player info being resent too fast/slow depending on FPS More efficient glyph uploading, fix crash with very large glyphs and font sizes Improve map sound/image validation and performance |
| Christmas Tournament 2024 | 2024-12-03 | 👋 It's been a while since we last ran a tournament. Let's fix that with our December 2024 tournament! 🎅 What are the rules? We will be releasing secretly tested maps randomly over the month. You will be able to earn points by: Finishing maps: 10 points for finishing each map Ranking into top 10 of one or several maps by the end of the event, ranging from 10 points to 1 point per map depending on your rank How long will it last? Event starts on Wednesday, December 4, 2024 at 6:00 PM with the first map release and ends on Monday, December 30, 2024 at 6:00 PM! How to participate? Just join any of our server and vote any of the map release thro |
| Nominate DDNet for the Labor of Love Award | 2024-12-03 | If you enjoy DDNet check out the Steam Awards and nominate it for the Labor of Love Award to show appreciation for the community of developers, mappers, testers and moderators that make DDNet possible and enjoyable! Recent examples of what we are doing: Christmas 2024 Tournament starting tomorrow Official stable Android Support coming in DDNet 18.8 next week |
| DDNet 18.7 released | 2024-11-08 | DDNet 18.7 has been released with the following changes: Apply exponential easing to smooth camera Hook collisions preview Nameplate preview Improved skin downloading Add clear_chat command Improved ghost file validation Arrow left/right keys in server browser Disable Vulkan backend for buggy AMD drivers Use correct audio channels for map sounds Fix 0.7 server favorites and store them correctly Add Antarctica flag, update existing flags Fix chat command preview overlap Fix vanilla demo tuning Scroll to selected screen in settings Fix toggle argument validation Adjust console search behavior Fix color validation in some commands Ensure file re |
| DDNet 18.6 released | 2024-10-06 | DDNet 18.6 has been released with the following changes: Smooth spectating Mouse click in spectator mode to lock/release view Add auto-completion hint for chat commands Add cl_freeze_stars setting (F1) for old freeze stars Add quick actions (ctrl+p) Show skin name as tooltip in friendlist and serverinfo Put dead players at the bottom of scoreboard Add ghost list sorting Android improvements Skin save button and directory for Teeworlds 0.7 Correctly handle country/type filters for non-community servers Validate chat and console arguments Fix game launch on Wayland-only systems Resample audio to device playback rate Immediate browser filters Fi |
| DDNet 18.5 released | 2024-09-03 | DDNet 18.5 has been released with the following changes: Support connecting to Teeworlds 0.7 servers Color speed in hud based on increase or decrease ARM64 Windows support Add a popup for picking a map for background entities setting Support composite binds with + commands, fix handling of composite binds with F1-F24 keys Spawn confetti when connecting on your DDNet birthday Add support for directories with add_map_votes Add support for triggering map sounds Add hot_reload command to reload map while preserving state Show server info in password popup Spectator clans in scoreboard New lock indicator Improve cl_show_ids Improve dummy connectin |