Squad News

Pick up Squad for a cool 60% off as we head into the Steam Autumn Sale!

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[/h2][p]Listen up Squaddies. The Steam Autumn Sale is here! From September 29th - 10 AM PT (GMT-7) until Ocotber 6th - 10 AM PT (GMT-7), save 60% off on Squad! Now is a great time to join Squad, as we have just launched our Unreal Engine 5 update, and have the Ukrainian Ground Forces coming soon as our next Faction!

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Squad Hotfix 9.0.3

[h3]Hello Squaddies,[/h3][p]
Today, we have a short update for you for our 9.0.3 hotfix rolling out this morning.[/p][h3]
Bug Fixes[/h3]

[p]Fixed a crash that can happen mid-game after the player changes the settings.[/p]
[p]Fixed a crash related to triggering emotes with an invalid player ID.[/p]
[p]Fixed a crash in the world icon subsystem that happened more likely a bit after approaching instruction signs in tutorials.[/p]
[p]Fixed the issue where players could place SZ-1 explosives on certain parts of the Scout's recon drone.[/p]

[p][/p][h3]Map Updates & Bug Fixes[/h3][p]
General[/p]

[p]Reduced memory usage on foliage-heavy maps.[/p]

[p]Al Basrah[/p]

[p]Fixed missing orchards in the northeast corner of the map.[/p]

[p]Goose Bay[/p]

[p]Fixed a bug that caused blue artefacts to appear on grass.[/p]

[p]Gorodok[/p]

[p]Fixed various foliage assets blocking grenade and explosion damage.[/p]

[p]Sanxian Islands[/p]

[p]Fixed missing wooden dock meshes at one of the Sanxian Main Bases.[/p]

[p]Yehorivka[/p]

[p]Fixed a bug that caused a lake to float in mid-air.[/p]

[p]Mod SDK Update[/p]

[p]9.0.3. Mod SDK is now available on the Public Testing Branch. Note that we will be archiving and sunsetting the latest UE4 Mod SDK next week, so please make sure to back-up your files.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Offworld out![/h2]

Tactical co-op shooter Squad is free to play, but not for long

Squad has been around for a long time. After spending years in Early Access, attracting an enthusiastic player base in the meantime, it came out in 1.0 in 2020 and has continued to receive updates, big and small, over the years since. Though games like Hell Let Loose, Arma 3, and Insurgency: Sandstorm also provide similarly tense tactical online battles, Squad remains one of the best war games available. If you're curious to give it a try, now's a great time, as it's just received a massive update and an accompanying free weekend on Steam.

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Graphics Settings Guide

[p]For all new players joining us this weekend or returning players booting up Squad with Update 9.0, here is a graphics settings guide to help you get into Squad and play. You can also check out the Update 9.0 FAQ, which we'll keep updating with frequently asked questions by the community.
[/p][p]Note, please keep these in mind with Update 9.0:[/p]

[p]DX11 is not supported.[/p]
[p]Make sure you have at least 6GB of VRAM.[/p]
[p]Update your GPU drivers and Windows to the latest version.[/p]

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SETTINGS[/h3][p]We strongly recommend that you tweak your graphics settings after updating to Update 9.0, as our upgrade from UE4 to UE5 has changed how those settings work. Visually, the “Medium” setting in UE5 provides higher quality than the “Epic” setting on UE4. The "High" and "Epic" settings on UE5 fully utilize the power of the modern GPU generation and are not recommended for previous GPU generations.
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[p]Use the Defaults button to run the benchmark.[/p]
[p]Tweak your upscaler resolution.[/p]
[p]Lower demanding settings such as Global Illumination Quality and Shadows.[/p]
- [p]Alternatively, start from Low settings and work your way up.[/p]
[p]If you are using Frame Gen, please keep these in mind:[/p]
- [p]Intel Frame Gen is supported from GTX 10XX and newer.[/p]
- [p]AMD Frame Gen is supported from RTX 20XX and newer.[/p]
- [p]Nvidia Frame Gen is supported from RTX 40XX and newer.[/p]

[p]NOTE[/p]

[p]On the first launch, textures might temporarily be low quality to prevent hitching.[/p]
[p]Wake Simulation is currently not recommended, as it causes PiP scope issues.[/p]

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RETURNING PLAYERS[/h3]

[p]Save your settings and clear your cache.[/p]
[p]Unsubscribe from all Squad workshop mods.[/p]
[p]Consider lowering your settings: in UE5, Medium settings provide higher quality than Epic on UE4.[/p]

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Squad Hotfix 9.0.2 version 2

[p]Hello Squaddies!

Another small Hofix for you today. This is a client side only hotfix, so servers will not be affected!

General Fixes[/p]

[p]Fixed a crash in the world icon subsystem that happened on map travel[/p]

[p]Fixed a crash in the world icon subsystem that happened during regular gameplay[/p]

[p][/p][p]That's it! See you out there![/p]