# Barotrauma Hotfix v.1.8.8.1 for the Calm Before the Storm update

- Product: Barotrauma (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/barotrauma)
- Vendor: FakeFish
- Date: 2025-04-29
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/602960/view/499445587486180389
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/barotrauma/releases/2025-04-29-hotfix-v.1.8.8.1-for-the-calm-before-the-storm-up

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- **fixed** — Client list appearing empty in the server lobby when joining mid-round while a campaign was active
- **fixed** — Job variant selection panel rendering below the job selection panel, making it unusable
- **fixed** — Job variant selection only working in the server lobby, not in the tab menu mid-round
- **fixed** — Inability to preview loadouts if there's only one variant of a job available
- **fixed** — Fires no longer spreading from room to room
- **fixed** — Pathfinding issue that caused bots to get stuck running back and forth towards their target
- **fixed** — Non-hitscan projectiles such as harpoons launching with incorrect rotation when fired to the left
- **fixed** — Herja not having any assistant or non-job-specific spawnpoints, causing assistants and custom classes to spawn at other classes' spawnpoints
- **changed** — Autoinjectors no longer inject meds on dead characters
- **fixed** — Team argument not working on the spawncharacter console command when spawning non-humans
- **fixed** — Some edge chunk objects in hydrothermal wastes and the great sea spawning in front of the level walls
- **fixed** — Missing gap in one of the new crew modules, which prevented water and oxygen from flowing through the module properly
- **fixed** — Transferring afflictions to a newly spawned character using status effects causing a crash if the original character had already been removed

Hello everyone!

We have just released a hotfix to address a number of issues with the Calm Before the Storm update.
Find the list of changes below, and remember to update your game to the latest version to receive the fixes!

_v1.8.8.1_

- Fixed client list often appearing empty in the server lobby when joining mid-round while a campaign was active.
- Fixed job variant selection panel rendering below the job selection panel, often making it unusable.
- Fixed job variant selection only working in the server lobby, not in the tab menu mid-round.
- Fixed inability to preview loadouts if there's only one variant of a job available (e.g. assistants).
- Fixed fires no longer spreading from room to room.
- Fixed a pathfinding issue that sometimes caused both to get stuck running back and forth towards the target they're trying to reach (one common place where this occurred was Barsuk's engine room).
- Fixed non-hitscan projectiles such as harpoons launching with an incorrect rotation when fired to the left.
- Fixed Herja not having any assistant or non-job-specific spawnpoints, causing assistants and custom classes to spawn at other classes' spawnpoints, potentially giving them ID card tags they shouldn't have.
- Autoinjectors no longer inject meds on dead characters (even though they are technically below the health threshold at which the autoinjection should trigger).
- Fixed team argument not working on the "spawncharacter" console command when spawning non-humans.
- Fixed some edge chunk objects in hydrothermal wastes and the great sea spawning in front of the level walls.
- Fixed missing gap in one of the new crew modules, which prevented water and oxygen from flowing through the module properly.

Modding:
- Fixed transferring afflictions to a newly spawned character using status effects causing a crash if the original character had already been removed. Didn't affect any vanilla content.