s&box

12 June 2026

Full-body player cosmetics lobby/server setting + opt-out local user setting
New "Loot" lobby/server settings control amount and type of random weapon spawns on maps by player count
New death camera transitions and effects depending on the cause of death
Additional knife throwing animation, sounds & small tweaks
Alternate scene when returning to the main menu from a lobby/server that skips opening cutscene
https://sbox.game/ice/terminal/ added to the Official map pool
https://sbox.game/thieves/gothic/ added to the Official map pool
https://sbox.game/thieves/ttt_cluedo added to the Official map pool

Weapons, ammo and equipment had a large-scale refactor internally to optimize performance and prepare for the eventual addon framework
Weapon, grenade and ammo spawns are pooled and reused on maps to optimize round reset behavior
Weapons, grenade and ammo spawns will now spawn based on the current player count
Pickups and props that were mistakenly placed out of bounds by mappers and fall infinitely are destroyed
Several weapon world models had their physics hulls reworked to improve performance and physics reactivity
Corpses had a major refactor internally to optimize for performance; much smoother ragdoll behavior on death
Quite a bit of networked VFX (Muzzle flashes, tracers, explosions and so on) were optimized for performance
XMovement networking expenses like synced fields for proxy animation have been reduced and optimized
Animation state of proxy players was introduced to optimize network performance
The player's physics colliders have been optimized for performance
The world visibility of the player's body and held weaponry were optimized for network performance
Dying and entering spectator mode visual transitions are more fluid
C4 and barrel explosions were optimized for network performance, as well as their interaction with nearby props and gibs
Trigger volumes and other map tools were optimized for network performance
Network visibility culling for props, weapons and corpses to reduce network traffic

Hotfix #3: Fix weapons sometimes not being visible in other player's hands
Hotfix #2: Fix prop-killing and cosmetics being overridden
Hotfix #1:
Fix spectators being sent back to their corpse repeatedly when pressing space
Fix old weapon references on maps spawning broken guns via replacement at runtime
Likely fix on round starting and ending sounds not playing consistently
Original changelogs:
Being sent a stale or inaccurate reason for server disconnect as a client
Teleporting resulting in players not taking damage from certain sources, or taking damage from sources they are not near
Preparation timer for the first round after switching maps not being 60 seconds
Icons on the map vote not choosing the 1:1 thumbnail if available
First person viewmodels having incorrect FOV for spectators before spawning for the first time after joining mid-round
Thrown grenades and explosions right before reset persisting into the next round
C4 being able to be moved while armed in certain situations
C4 UI panel overlapping with hover hint on clients

Directly-placed weapon prefabs on maps will send warnings to the console about missing components on initial join
A few more unknown object warnings in console that don't impact gameplay