# DDNet DDNet 18.5 released

- Product: DDNet (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/ddnet)
- Vendor: DDNet Team
- Date: 2024-09-03
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/412220/view/4596573778485461644
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/ddnet/releases/2024-09-03-ddnet-18.5-released

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- **added** — Support connecting to Teeworlds 0.7 servers
- **added** — ARM64 Windows support
- **added** — Add a popup for picking a map for background entities setting
- **added** — Support composite binds with + commands
- **added** — Spawn confetti when connecting on your DDNet birthday
- **added** — Add support for directories with add_map_votes
- **added** — Add support for triggering map sounds
- **added** — Add hot_reload command to reload map while preserving state
- **added** — Show warning when connect address cannot be resolved
- **added** — Add /whispers to disable whipers similar to /dnd
- **added** — Add button to collapse/expand all groups
- **changed** — Color speed in hud based on increase or decrease
- **changed** — Show server info in password popup
- **changed** — New lock indicator
- **changed** — Improve cl_show_ids
- **changed** — Improve dummy connecting button and error handling
- **changed** — Use text containers to render movement information
- **changed** — Remove multi-line chat
- **changed** — Increase max command length in console
- **fixed** — Fix handling of composite binds with F1-F24 keys

DDNet 18.5 has been released with the following changes:

-   **Support connecting to Teeworlds 0.7 servers**

-   **Color speed in hud based on increase or decrease**

-   **ARM64 Windows support**

-   **Add a popup for picking a map for background entities setting**

-   **Support composite binds with + commands, fix handling of composite binds with F1-F24 keys**

-   **Spawn confetti when connecting on your DDNet birthday**

-   **Add support for directories with add_map_votes**

-   **Add support for triggering map sounds**

-  [Editor&Server] **Add hot_reload command to reload map while preserving state**

-   Show server info in password popup

-   Spectator clans in scoreboard [gerdoe-jr]

-   New lock indicator

-   Improve cl_show_ids

-   Improve dummy connecting button and error handling

-   Fix 'auto' GPU identification on hybrid GPU systems

-   Check API version before adding GPU to GPU list

-   Use text containers to render movement information

-   Work on improving Android support

-   Remove multi-line chat

-   128 player support in scoreboard and spectator UI

-   Also trim scoreboard search strings in highlights

-   Use same Red/Blue team colors for score HUD as for scoreboard

-   Fix CSV header being written multiple times to ddnet-saves.txt

-   Fix memory leak of non-RGBA image data, clear all image info

-   Smoother menu checker background scrolling on loading screens

-   Fix invalid team count in scoreboard for split teams

-   Only activate double-clicks with left mouse button again

-   Show warning when connect address cannot be resolved

-   Show game menu buttons again, even in 5:4, when not on a red/blue-team server

-   Fix debug HUD units

-   Improve bans rcon command pagination [Rei-Tw]

-   Increase max command length in console

-   Scale target position when spectating

-   Make macOS semaphore names more unique, improve assertion

-   Fix save code not being censored in streamer mode

-   Don't allow input in console while it is opening/closing

-   Allow reloading current background entities map

-   Speed demo up with mouse scroll only if menu is active [Anime-pdf]

-   Add button to collapse/expand all groups

-   Transfer server settings while using append

-   Fix editor properties not being clamped on + and - button click

-  [Client&Server] Fix UDP socket creation/cleanup if opening IPv6 socket fails

-   Add /whispers to disable whipers (similar to /dnd)

-   Disallow moving authed players to spec

-   Fix practice finish time

-   Add error message when trying to /swap on forced solo server

-   Savegame fixes

-   Disallow saving with draggers active

-   Only apply DNSBL bans once when player joins

-   Don't show "you've been banned" for VPN bans

-   Handle dnsbl and other non-critical stuff only on new ticks

-   Don't keep state of teammate in team0mode after death

-   Validate language files for … and non-matching formatters in CI