# DDNet DDNet 17.0 released

- Product: DDNet (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/ddnet)
- Vendor: DDNet Team
- Date: 2023-05-25
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/412220/view/3710448695842054418
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/ddnet/releases/2023-05-25-ddnet-17.0-released

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- **added** — Condensed team killfeed
- **changed** — Improved friends list UI
- **changed** — Improved line input and IME support
- **added** — Add proof mode for menu backgrounds
- **fixed** — Fix cl_show_others_alpha not used in places where it can be
- **added** — Show error message popup on assertion error in client and when client fails to launch
- **fixed** — Multiple broadcast rendering fixes
- **added** — Add the DDNet git hash and "is steam" to the crash file
- **fixed** — Fix client crash on team kill message with invalid team
- **fixed** — Fix client crash when spectating on server with missing game info
- **fixed** — Fix several issues with the text rendering
- **changed** — Highlight 0XF game type
- **fixed** — Fix DDNet freezing on resize on macOS
- **changed** — Quit client when existing config file cannot be loaded, add restart command to client
- **fixed** — Fix client crash/hang when launching without data directory
- **added** — Add missing attribute shield entities for front and switch layers
- **changed** — Improve layout of new folder, map details and event popups
- **changed** — Improve editor file browser button layout when screen width is low
- **fixed** — Fix transparency in grass_main
- **changed** — Don't render switch number and delay for tiles where they are unused

DDNet 17.0 has been released with the following changes:

-   **Condensed team killfeed**

-   **Improved friends list UI**

-   **Improved line input and IME support**

-   **Add proof mode for menu backgrounds**

-   Fix cl_show_others_alpha not used in places where it can be

-   Show error message popup on assertion error in client and when client fails to launch

-   Multiple broadcast rendering fixes [Robyt3 & Jupeyy]

-   Add the DDNet git hash and "is steam" to the crash file

-   Fix client crash on team kill message with invalid team

-   Fix client crash when spectating on server with missing game info

-   Fix several issues with the text rendering

-   Highlight 0XF game type [0xfaulty]

-   Fix DDNet freezing on resize on macOS

-   Quit client when existing config file cannot be loaded, add restart command to client

-   Fix client crash/hang when launching without data directory

-   Add missing attribute shield entities for front and switch layers

-   Improve layout of new folder, map details and event popups

-   Improve editor file browser button layout when screen width is low

-   Fix transparency in grass_main

-   Don't render switch number and delay for tiles where they are unused

-   Make envelope editor resizeable by dragging

-   Move some buttons into menus

-   Fix time score

-   Fix swapping with dragger beams and plasmas

-   Fix hook prediction

-   Allow using rescue (/r) on health pickup

-   Add client_score_kind field to serverinfo