# DDNet DDNet 19.3 released

- Product: DDNet (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/ddnet)
- Vendor: DDNet Team
- Date: 2025-06-21
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/412220/view/502828352450593131
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/ddnet/releases/2025-06-21-ddnet-19.3-released

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- **added** — Add turret prediction
- **changed** — Freeze-laser visual update and all outlines for laser
- **added** — Add rotating and flipping of weapons
- **changed** — Maplayer render pipeline refactoring
- **added** — Add laser head prediction
- **fixed** — Fix strong/weak nameplate disappearing
- **added** — Predict ninja skin in freeze
- **added** — Add id to Spectator HUD
- **added** — Show demo play/speed HUD for demo_play/demo_speed commands
- **changed** — Allow spec char and normal nameplate at same time
- **changed** — HUD info cleanup
- **fixed** — Reveal screen keyboard after selecting text input if closed
- **changed** — Improve base network error handling
- **fixed** — Fix CCamera::SetView clamping y pos with map width instead of map height
- **fixed** — Fix removing open files on Windows by first renaming to temporary
- **added** — Add error handling for checking points on first launch
- **changed** — More precise interval for demo l/r
- **fixed** — Fix server browser being refreshed multiple times on client start
- **fixed** — Fix wrong hook collision line length in tune zones
- **changed** — Use protocol7 sizes for clan and name to prevent cutoff

DDNet 19.3 has been released with the following changes:

-  ** Add turret prediction **

-  ** Freeze-laser visual update and all outlines for laser **

-  **[Client&Server] Add rotating and flipping of weapons **

-   Maplayer render pipeline refactoring

-   Add laser head prediction

-   Fix strong/weak nameplate disappearing [ASKLL-STAR]

-   Predict ninja skin in freeze

-   Add id to Spectator HUD

-   Show demo play/speed HUD for demo_play/demo_speed commands

-   Allow spec char and normal nameplate at same time

-   HUD info cleanup

-   Reveal screen keyboard after selecting text input if closed

-   Improve base network error handling

-   Fix CCamera::SetView clamping y pos with map width instead of map height

-   Fix removing open files on Windows by first renaming to temporary

-   Add error handling for checking points on first launch

-   More precise interval for demo l/r

-   Fix server browser being refreshed multiple times on client start

-   Fix wrong hook collision line length in tune zones

-   Use protocol7 sizes for clan and name to prevent cutoff

-   Fix envelop performance by caching the envelop point access

-   Increase number of supported joystick buttons to 24

-   Prevent direct touch when active touch button becomes invisible

-   Various fixes to make Emscripten client runnable again

-   Fix view in tele popup for checkpoint teleports

-   Fix brush not containing all tile data

-   Fix live gametiles with teles

-   Correctly align damage indicator

-   Mute and vote mute improvements

-   Add sv_register_port for NAT

-   Distribute tees across all spawn types

-   Websocket networking fixes

-   Fix sv_shutdown_when_empty not working while recording demo

-   Fix teamtop5 showing wrong records

-   Fix incorrect tune flags

-   Fix wrong sixup values in antibot