Jabroni Brawl: Episode 3 News

Patch notes of Steam update #171, released on May 9th, 2025:

[h2]Maps[/h2]

• Added Party Zone and Vertigo
• Biohazard
  • Fixed silent notification sound on flag capture
• Complex
  • Fixed some missing textures
• CS Havana
  • Fixed skybox rotation
• CS Militia
  • Fixed skybox rotation
• Demise
  • Improved lighting
    
  • Fixed frozen teleporter sprite
    
  • Fixed vehicles not being able to drive through opened doors
• DoD Avalanche
  • Sealed holes next the Blue team's spawn area allowing players to go out of bounds
    
  • Restored team barriers
    
  • Implemented Team Mission (Control Points) game mode support
• DoD Argentan
  • Sealed holes next to the Red Team's second capture point allowing players to go out of bounds
    
  • Restored team barriers
    
  • Implemented Team Mission (Control Points) game mode support
• DoD Colmar
  • Restored team barriers
    
  • Implemented Team Mission (Demolition) game mode support
• DoD Jagd
  • Sealed holes next to the Red team's spawn area allowing players to go out of bounds
    
  • Restored team barriers
    
  • Implemented Team Mission (Demolition) game mode support
    
  • Removed barricades placed next to a tank in all game modes except Team Mission
• Harvest
  • Fixed Team Mission specific objects remain present in other game modes
• Industries
  • Fixed missing ambient music
• Mini Royale
  • Disabled Battle Royale mutators to avoid conflicts with minigames' logic
    
  • Removed bad teleportation point trapping players using Displacers
• Two2Forts
  • Fixed random colored grass
    
  • Reduced respawn time by 4 seconds
• Prop Build
  • Fixed team filters

[h2]Game Modes[/h2]

• Bonedemic
  • Target ID panels displayed over fellow survivors will no longer show through walls
• Shidden
  • Disabled wavy animation effect on Shidden's camo to help with hiding while holding still
    
  • Smelters will no longer turn their heads towards camouflaged Dealters and vice versa
• Sneak vs M...
  • Added new subtypes: Melters and Mushrooms
• Sneak vs Terrorists
  • Fixed camera not switching to destroyed model when broken
    
  • Fixed tripmines breaking frog-touch collisions
• Team Battle Royale
  • All players of the winning team will now be awarded with points
• Team Mission
  • Implemented Demolition sub mode

[h2]Player Models[/h2]

• Added zombie arms and applied to relevant player models

[h2]NPCs[/h2]

• Restored HL2 Combine Dropship
• Improved Revolver and Obrez handling for bot players

[h2]Weapons[/h2]

• Fixed Scientist Shotgun projectiles not detonating sometimes
  
• Fixed Bird Poo not dealing damage when set to (regression since patch 115)
  
• Fixed tripmines couldn't be placed on doors set to ignore debris
  
• Fixed Displacer couldn't teleport objects to generic spawn points when jb_wep_displacer_tp_generic_spawns convar is enabled
  
• Fixed Displacer could teleport objects to disabled extra teleportation points (info_displacer_target)
  
• Updated Displacer not to teleport big aircrafts
  
• Fixed draw sound on Cat Mine cutting off constantly
  
• Updated Dubstep Gun to support raw sound files

[h2]User Interface[/h2]

• Updated weapon selection selection to display slot numbers
  
• Updated weapon selection to display infinite ammo when needed
  
• Team Battle Royale objectives will now display at the top left corner like in normal Battle Royale
  
• Objectives will now flash when updating for certain game modes
  
• Added new Gameplay settings page featuring options controlling special team selection (Sneak, Shidden, or VIP teams)
  
• Updated the scoreboard for certain game modes to display levels (Gun Game), progress (Rat Race), and skulls saved (Head Hunt)
  
• Fixed missing death notifications for HL1 Apache or HL2 Combine Helicopter

[h2]Effects[/h2]

• Fixed bullet spread patterns appear to be the same at the client side (regression since patch 161)
  
• Fixed sky textures turning bright/dim when switching between maps using same sky textures, but different HDR modes (regression since patch 164)
  
• Updated CSM shadows to use angles of the first found environmental light source
  
• Weapons carried by camouflaged players will no longer cast shadows
  
• Restored Plasma legacy effects for env_fire
• Updated spectate monster spawn points to blink, to help them stand out more

[h2]VScript[/h2]

• Fixed scripts couldn't be loaded from addons and map files
  
• Fixed the world entity not running scripts on spawn (regression since patch 164)
  
• Fixed CBaseEntity's GetScriptId method returning the think function's name instead of the script ID
  
• Added SystemTime(), SystemTimeUTC(), and GetTimeDiff( time1, time2 ) functions

[h2]Miscellaneous[/h2]

• Fixed crash on attempt to run mat_info command (regression since patch 168)
  
• Fixed client crash caused by textures containing sprite sheets with too many frames
  
• Fixed server crash caused by game_ui entity deactivation with no valid player set
  
• Fixed server crash caused by a deleted path_track link
  
• Fixed an occasional server crash on attempt to generate a nav mesh
  
• Updated the engine to support maps with no lighting data
  
• Fixed teammates standing inside of each other (when team collisions are disabled) getting crushed by moving objects (elevators, doors, etc)
  
• Fixed team barriers blocking navigation routes for bots
  
• Updated puppet bots to support Capture the Flag game mode
  
• Fixed seduced players not aiming at porn magazines when observed by others
  
• Updated all conveyor belts (func_conveyor) to also affect vphysics objects
  
• Game time scale will now affect mouse sensitivity
  
• Increased net_chan_limit_msec convar's default value from 50 to 250 for dedicated servers
  
• Updated dumpstringtables command to support -name argument
  
• Files packed into maps will now remain available till level change
  
• Server owners can now make players download custom assets (e.g. extra dubstep tracks) by listing them in the cfg/downloadlist.res file
  
• Increased max supported command line length from 2048 to 4096
  
• Improved multithreading on Linux
  
• Various internal optimizations

[h2]SDK tools[/h2]

• Implemented 'Teleport All Targets' flag for point_teleport
• Fixed OnNext output for the func_tracktrain's FGD entry
  
• Changed "Displacer cannot teleport to" flag value used by JB spawn points to avoid conflicts with info_player_start's "Master" flag
  
• Added jb_obj_breakable FGD entry
  
• Added support for mappers to define max health of They Hunger zombies
  
• Added koth_sound field, SetForcedMutator input, OnNormalRoundStart, OnSpecialRoundStart, OnKothStart outputs to jb_gamerules_br and jb_gamerules_tbr FGD entries
  
• Added OnTeamWin output to jb_gamerules FGD entry
  
• Updated jb_gamerules FGD entry's OnRoundEnd to pass win reason number
  
• bspzip
  • Fixed inverted logic when processing file lists
• Hammer
  • Fixed parsing of map compilation commands containing spaces
• vbsp
  • Multi-threading related optimizations
• vrad
  • Multi-threading related optimizations
• vvis
  • Multi-threading related optimizations

[h3]05/10/2025 EDIT[/h3]
Changes done to SDK tools were reverted due to errors.
They'll remaining availble through the upcoming beta branch of the authoring tools app.

Patch notes of Steam update #170, released on December 30th, 2024:

[h2]Maps[/h2]

• c1a0d
  • Fixed Barney guarding the airlock becoming hostile if any of nearby scientists are killed by a player

[h2]User Interface[/h2]

• Fixed videos and DSP effects not being affected by the snd_mute_losefocus convar
  
• Fixed videos playing at full volume regarding of the in-game master volume setting value
  
• Fixed Team Battle Royale game mode not being listed at the voting screen in some cases

[h2]Miscellaneous[/h2]

• Fixed memory leak when rendering still ropes during Christmas
  
• Fixed client crash on attempt to shoot breakable debris

Patch notes of Steam update #169, released on December 17th, 2024:

[h2]Maps[/h2]

• Airship
  • Fixed frogs showing outside of Team Mission
• Farmhouse
  • Added new seasonal content
    
  • Added L4D music
    
  • Fixed corn treesway
• Two2Forts
  • Fixed armor pickups being different values between teams
• They Hunger - Hospital
  • Fixed helicopter and x-ray scanner being too loud
• They Hunger - Station
  • Fixed bulls missing certain sounds

[h2]Game Modes[/h2]

• Added Team Battle Royale
• Fart Cops
  • Fixed fart cop status not resetting when a player dies at the moment of becoming a fart cop
• (Team) Deathmatch
  • Added Fog and Truce mutators

[h2]NPCs[/h2]

• Fixed Scientist Snarks thrown by players not being colored accordingly
  
• Fixed thrown Cats losing their team colors after bouncing off walls

[h2]User Interface[/h2]

• A pop-up message box will now be displayed if the game runs out of memory

[h2]Miscellaneous[/h2]

• Fixed missing libpng12 dependency on Linux
  
• Updated help strings for modified convars to print their default values
  
• Renamed rate convar to cl_rate, resetting the network data exchange rate to the default values
  
• Fixed server crash on level change if both the current and the next maps have the same number of brushes, but the next map has more displacements
  
• Fixed server logs cutting off on crash
  
• Fixed movement speed for spectators when sv_specnoclip convar is disabled
  
• Fixed demo_fov_override convar value not being applied properly
  
• Implemented speed boosting by pressing the dive key in demo playbacks, controlled with the new jb_cl_specspeedboostmult convar
  
• Fixed the server switching to the same map when jb_sv_voting_fallback is set to 0 even if it doesn't support the chosen game mode
  
• Added jb_ent_fire_output_order convar controlling the firing order of entity outputs
  
• Fixed SvT Cameras not making any sound

[h2]SDK tools[/h2]

• studiomdl
  • Fixed $keyvalues section processing
    
  • Stability fixes
• vbspinfo
  • Fixed lumps extraction not working

Patch notes of Steam update #168, released on October 27th, 2024:

[h2]Maps[/h2]

• Added They Hunger Hospital
• Re-added Lunacy
• [h3]FoF Tijuana[/h3]
  
  • Increased accesibility by adding more ladders
• [h3]TH Church[/h3]
  
  • Improved clipping
    
  • Added new NPCs
    
  • Updated models used for health pickups
    
  • Updated the car to be able to ram things
    
  • Tweaks to coffin's rat velocities
    
  • Detailing
• [h3]TH Station[/h3]
  
  • Improved clipping
    
  • Added new NPCs
    
  • Updated models used for health pickups
    
  • Various minor tweaks

[h2]Game modes[/h2]

• Tweaked player selection in Sneak vs. Terrorists, Sneak vs. M..., Shidden, Hunted, and Giant Slayer game modes
  
• [h3]Giant Slayer[/h3]
  
  • Added jb_cl_skip_juggernaut_queue convar for the players that do not wish to play as juggernauts
• [h3]Sneak vs M...[/h3]
  
  • Added 'Monsters' round type

[h2]Player models[/h2]

• Added Dr. Franklin, Sheriff Rockwood, and Zombie Cop from They Hunger
  
• Added Giblets from Left 4 Dead 2
  
• Added pumpkin head variant for Scarecrow
• Updated first person view arms when using Umbrella

[h2]NPCs[/h2]

• Added more NPCs from They Hunger
• Increased cooldown between attacks for Snarks

[h2]Weapons[/h2]

• Food Fight will now also shoot pumpkins during Halloween
  
• Fixed Handgun voice lines often cutting off on servers with high ping

[h2]Graphics[/h2]

• Fixed CSM light brightness applying incorrectly (regression since patch 157)
  
• Fixed fog being culled on maps with no 3D skybox
  
• Fallback to the default environment map texture on maps with cubemaps

[h2]User Interface[/h2]

• Added 'typing' overhead icon diplayed for players with either text chat or pause menu opened
  
• Implemented navigation by typing in VGUI based file opening/saving dialogs

[h2]Miscellaneous[/h2]

• Fixed corruption of certain fields containing names of template entities (regression since patch 164)
  
• Fixed cheat commands not reverting when connecting to another server (regression since patch 164)
  
• Fixed players couldn't be unmuted in demos (regression since patch 119)
  
• Implemented jb_sv_voting_cooldown_gamemode and jb_sv_voting_cooldown_map convars to allow server owners to exclude recently played game modes and maps for a specified number of level changes
  
• Implemented sv_log_filenaming convar to let server operators choose the naming pattern for log files - with or without an IP address (set to the latter by default)
  
• Implemented sv_log_rotatefile convar to let server operator choose whenever new log files should be created with every level change, or once per day (set to the latter by default)
  
• Dropped support for per-map log folders (-uselogdir startup param)
  
• Updated fruits models

[h2]SDK tools[/h2]

• Fixed working directory detections for various tools
  
• bspzip
  • Various tweaks and stability fixes
• Faceposer
  • Fixed the tool not starting when launched outside of the root game directory
• HLMV
  • Fixed the tool not starting when launched outside of the root game directory
• studiomdl
  • Fixed loading of files from the working directory
    
  • Increased max number of textures from 32 to 100
    
  • Various minor tweaks
• vlocalize
  • Track changes of the English lines in other language files
• vpk
  • Re-implemented signing

Patch notes of Steam update #167, released on August 25th, 2024:

[h2]Maps[/h2]

[h3]Jabroni Town[/h3]

• Fixed broken jump pad

[h2]Weapons[/h2]

• Fixed instagib weapons playing firing sounds twice

[h2]SDK tools[/h2]

• Fixed several tools stopped launching since patch 166