# DDNet DDNet 18.6 released

- Product: DDNet (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/ddnet)
- Vendor: DDNet Team
- Date: 2024-10-06
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/412220/view/4697907940259223016
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/ddnet/releases/2024-10-06-ddnet-18.6-released

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- **added** — Smooth spectating
- **added** — Mouse click in spectator mode to lock/release view
- **added** — Auto-completion hint for chat commands
- **added** — cl_freeze_stars setting (F1) for old freeze stars
- **added** — Quick actions (ctrl+p)
- **changed** — Show skin name as tooltip in friendlist and serverinfo
- **changed** — Put dead players at the bottom of scoreboard
- **added** — Ghost list sorting
- **changed** — Android improvements
- **added** — Skin save button and directory for Teeworlds 0.7
- **fixed** — Correctly handle country/type filters for non-community servers
- **changed** — Validate chat and console arguments
- **fixed** — Fix game launch on Wayland-only systems
- **changed** — Resample audio to device playback rate
- **changed** — Immediate browser filters
- **fixed** — Fix default player name for Teeworlds 0.7
- **fixed** — Don't open scoreboard during pause
- **changed** — Enable Discord RPC on Mac ARM
- **added** — Vertical arrow key navigation in skin selection
- **changed** — Rework 0.7 tee settings layout

DDNet 18.6 has been released with the following changes:

-  **Smooth spectating**

-  **Mouse click in spectator mode to lock/release view**

-  **Add auto-completion hint for chat commands**

-  **Add cl_freeze_stars setting (F1) for old freeze stars**

-  **Add quick actions (ctrl+p)**

-  Show skin name as tooltip in friendlist and serverinfo

-  Put dead players at the bottom of scoreboard

-  Add ghost list sorting

-  Android improvements

-  Skin save button and directory for Teeworlds 0.7

-  Correctly handle country/type filters for non-community servers

-  Validate chat and console arguments

-  Fix game launch on Wayland-only systems

-  Resample audio to device playback rate

-  Immediate browser filters

-  Fix default player name for Teeworlds 0.7

-  Don't open scoreboard during pause

-  Enable Discord RPC on Mac ARM

-  Vertical arrow key navigation in skin selection

-  Rework 0.7 tee settings layout

-  Fix dummy disconnecting on hot reload

-  Fix map download fallback

-  Add icon button to open console in bottom right of start menu

-  Fix illegal memory access in video recorder [Robyt3, Jupeyy]

-  Fix directory in map paths

-  Fix scrollbar rail clicking being active while popups open

-  Fix colored speed values after connecting to a server

-  Fix composite binds that open chat, console or menus

-  Fix name in chat not being highlighted

-  Rework image loading, saving and manipulation

-  Fix duplicate 0.7 flag sound with dummy connected

-  Fix 0.7 team colors

-  Change 'No servers found' message to hint at ports

-  More gametype colors (LMS, LTS, gCTF, gDM, FreeZe, iFreeze)

-  Fix Leak IP check

-  Make cl_show_direction change alpha with cl_show_others_alpha

-  Don't reset zoom on team switch

-  Allow custom entities

-  Add ed_layer_selector

-  Add center pivot for quads

-  Add ed_auto_map_reload setting

-  Add right-click to solo editor layer

-  Fix crash with RGB images

-  Fix undo/redo for adding layers

-  Allow non-conflicting keybinds while line input is active

-  Fix crash with image/sound load failing

-  Improvements to announcements (reload_announcement)

-  Add reload_censorlist command

-  Send result of random_unfinished_map to all clients

-  Allow random_unfinished_map in rcon

-  Add /lasttp to hot reload

-  Fix hot reload crash with super

-  Don't expose econ publicly when ec_bindaddr is set to localhost

-  Fix hot reload crash with draggers

-  Alignment of separators in record output

-  Fix sv_rescue_delay

-  Fix language contexts