# DDNet DDNet 19.6 released

- Product: DDNet (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/ddnet)
- Vendor: DDNet Team
- Date: 2025-12-14
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/412220/view/554635692378948103
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/ddnet/releases/2025-12-14-ddnet-19.6-released

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- **added** — Interactive scoreboard
- **changed** — Improve controls settings
- **added** — WebLate for translations
- **added** — Add important mod/alert messages
- **added** — Add net message for save codes
- **added** — Community support
- **added** — Add friend highlighting based on selected server
- **changed** — Make hookline stop at other players outline
- **added** — Allow demo player everywhere
- **changed** — Quad clustering for higher FPS on maps
- **changed** — Revert skin name normalization
- **removed** — Remove standard cl_overlay_entities bind
- **changed** — Set a more reasonable minimum to entity text size
- **added** — Add option to show/hide spectator hud
- **changed** — Rework console autocomplete sorting
- **changed** — Improve client moving between screens
- **fixed** — Fix best record time display in 0.7
- **fixed** — Fix hook line not showing player hooking correctly
- **fixed** — Fix Android shortcuts not working
- **fixed** — Fix client crash when community removed while on browser tab
- **fixed** — Fix ninja old velocity not being clamped
- **fixed** — Fix server crashes in PickupType_SixToSeven
- **fixed** — Fix crash on right border

DDNet 19.6 has been released with the following changes:

-   **Interactive scoreboard** [KebsCS & AssassinTee]

-   **Improved controls settings**

-   **WebLate for translations**

-  [Client&Server] **Add important mod/alert messages**

-  [Client&Server] **Add net message for save codes** [ChillerDragon & Robyt3]

-   **Community support**

-   Add friend highlighting based on selected server

-   Make hookline stop at other players outline

-   Allow demo player everywhere

-   Quad clustering (higher FPS on maps)

-   Revert skin name normalization

-   Remove standard cl_overlay_entities bind [gerdoe-jr]

-   Set a more reasonable minimum to entity text size

-   Add option to show/hide spectator hud

-   Rework console autocomplete sorting

-   Improve client moving between screens

-   Generalize render layer clipping

-   Fix best record time display in 0.7

-   Fix hook line not showing player hooking correctly

-   Fix Android shortcuts not working

-   Don't interpolate spec cursor when demo player is paused

-   Client updater fixes

-   Nameplate fixes

-   Handle info change cooldown separately for player and dummy

-   Don't copy inputs to dummy when spectating others [ASKLL-STAR]

-   Fix client crash when community removed while on browser tab

-   Improve and optimize quad envelope preview

-   Support setting color of all quad points simultaneously

-   Add /collision, /hookcollision, /hitothers to practic

-   Fix ninja old velocity not being clamped

-   Fix teehistorian joins

-   Don't ignore pre-CONNECTING players

-   Add response to empty name_bans

-   Allow using vote-kick to mute players in different teams [ASKLL-STAR]

-   Remove the limit of tees hit by ninja

-   Fix: sv_hide_score leaks best time and leaks player time on finish

-   Fix server crashes in PickupType_SixToSeven

-   Do not count player vote on client-side until server confirms it, send "yes" voted-state to player calling a vote

-   Fix crash on right border

-   Fix unauthed clients able to force votes with helper access level

-   Don't allow reading out community token

-   Use "403 Forbidden" for responses to banned IP addresses