# Gang Beasts Improved Glass Destruction (Update 1.27)

- Product: Gang Beasts (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/gang-beasts)
- Vendor: Boneloaf
- Date: 2025-08-12
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/285900/view/534357988855514737
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/gang-beasts/releases/2025-08-12-improved-glass-destruction-update-1.27

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- **fixed** — Character walk cycles when lifting objects or characters on stairs
- **fixed** — Glass fragments blurring on Lighthouse
- **fixed** — Colliders on Chute to make sausages fall as expected
- **fixed** — Stability issues with bricks on Girders
- **changed** — Camera on Subway to constrain camera movement within set bounds
- **changed** — Shipping container to stop them from detaching prematurely on Containers
- **changed** — Glass fragmentation system optimisation
- **fixed** — Costume buoyancy for kigurumis
- **fixed** — Crane geometry that made characters jitter when close to the crane arm
- **fixed** — Welders mask visor separating aggressively
- **fixed** — Clipping issues on the tank top costume part
- **fixed** — Erratic fez behaviour when interacting with certain objects on grind
- **fixed** — Missing character geometry when wearing the Hi-Vis vest
- **fixed** — Missing character geometry when wearing the security jacket
- **fixed** — Missing character geometry when wearing the warrior dress
- **fixed** — Missing character geometry with some football t-shirts
- **removed** — Duplicate empty costume slot from base costumes set
- **fixed** — Players failing to join game sessions when accepting invites without the game open
- **fixed** — Players getting stuck when the host shuts down the game on Switch
- **fixed** — Draw distance of shadows to stop them from being truncated
- **changed** — Glass fracturing aesthetics

Gang Beasts update 1.27 releases today on all supported platforms. This patch focuses on bug fixes with some limited aesthetic improvements, as well as a number of background modifications needed for subsequent updates, including planned support for crossplay. The glass has been cleaned and polished to make it shinier, fixing a number of glaring issues with the glass fracture system.

**The key modifications and fixes made in the 1.27 build are:
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**Stages**

- Fixed an issue with character walk cycles when lifting objects/characters on stairs

- Fixed glass fragments blurring on Lighthouse

- Fixed some colliders on Chute to make sausages fall as expected

- Fixed some stability issues with bricks on Girders

- Modified camera on Subway (to constrain camera movement within set bounds)

- Modified shipping container to stop them from detaching prematurely on Containers

- Optimised the glass fragmentation system

**Costume**

- Fixed an issue with costume buoyancy for kigurumis

- Fixed an issue with crane geometry that made characters jitter when close to the crane arm

- Fixed an issue with the welders mask visor separating aggressively

- Fixed clipping issues on the tank top costume part

- Fixed erratic fez behaviour when interacting with certain objects on grind

- Fixed missing character geometry when wearing the Hi-Vis vest

- Fixed missing character geometry when wearing the security jacket

- Fixed missing character geometry when wearing the warrior dress

- Fixed missing character geometry with some football t-shirts

- Removed a duplicate “empty” costume slot from base costumes set

**Online**

- Fixed an issue with players failing to join game sessions when accepting invites without the game open

- Fixed an issue with players getting stuck when the host shuts down the game (Switch only)

**Graphics**

- Fixed an issue with the draw distance of shadows (to stop them from being truncated)

- Modified glass fracturing aesthetics

**Other**

- Disabled input for non-host players when a game session is starting

- Fixed an issue that could fatal exception when modifying the language selection

- Fixed an issue that stopped characters from sitting when the input for “jump” is held

- Fixed an issue where character names show as “Player 0” in error

- Fixed an issue with characters facing away from the camera on the join screen

- Fixed an issue with targeting offsets when climbing some surfaces and objects

- Fixed an issue with text rendering incorrectly for some languages

- Fixed an issue with the countdown timer UI showing on the pause menu

- Fixed the ball attraction system in Football mode to stop footballs from pushing/pulling characters

- Modified the “Default” option in settings to revert the language selection to the default

Thank you for playing Gang Beasts.

Boneloaf