• Fixed the VOIP radio filter not working correctly.

This is a client-only fix, so servers do not need to update to receive the changes.

Hello squaddies,

We've got a piping hot, fresh update for you today with the release of Beta 21.

Many of you will likely know what to expect as we revealed our living roadmap a few weeks ago detailing some of the additions coming in B21, and while there have been some changes and adjustments there's still plenty here to get excited about.

Squad Leaders can rejoice as we've added new audio options so you can split the audio channels for Squad Leader/Commander Channel to your liking, though we're sure you'll still need to request for clear comms. We have also implemented sound dampening so that a Squad Leaders communication will overrule their squad members to help incentivize clear communications when using the same channel, this has also been implemented for the Commander channel so that other Squad Leaders will be dampened by the Commander while they are using the Command line. These changes only affect the Squad Leader/Commander communication channels, Local VOIP has been left as is. Please adjust these settings to your liking before you enter a server, as there is currently a known issue that will only apply these settings when you join a server, not while you are currently occupying a slot (we intend to have this fixed for B21.1)



Joining B21 we also have a selection of new toys for infantry roles and vehicles. The RUS Marksman Kit will be receiving a modern SVDM including a bipod and new scope, so make sure to give it to one of you who can aim, while over on the vehicular front, the RUS vehicle arsenal will be getting two variants of the Tigr Armored Car: An Open Top Turret with Kord HMG which carries 600 ammo and has 8 seats or the RWS also equipped with an HMG Turret, though this variant has 9 seats it only carries 300 ammo. These new armored cars are the RUS answer to fast armed transport for infantry Squads.

As this is quite a substantial release, please ensure that you clear your cached user data via the Options menu to avoid any potential issues, but be aware this will reset your settings and keybindings to the default, any custom changes will need to be reapplied.

With plenty of other changes and fixes, we'll be keeping an eye out for your feedback and any potential bug reports, read on to see the full changes.

• Improved and optimized VFX for surface bullet impacts (9mm to 14mm).
  
• Optimized Texture memory of environment assets (phase 1)
  
• Fixed a Client performance hitch that was related to asynchronous audio loading. Players with certain hardware would often experience a pronounced client side hitch (lag/delay) whenever a new sound would play in that match.

• L / R Voip Channel Separation for Squad Leaders
  
• This new feature gives the ability for a player to set an Option in the Settings → Audio Menu to split the Squad Leader VOIP Radio “Squad Leader / Command Channel” and “Squad Channel” to Left or Right audio channel.
  
• The 3 Toggle Options for SL Command Channel and Squad Channel VOIP are:
  
• Left Channel / Center Channel / Right Channel.
  
• This feature does not affect Local Proximity VOIP.

• When the Squad Leader is using the Squad Radio VOIP channel (default B Key), any Squad member that is transmitting at the same time on this channel has their volume dampened automatically by 50% (variable configurable in settings).
  
• The purpose for this sound dampening is so that the Squad Leader’s transmission is prioritized above all Squad members, which is intended to help the Squad Leader command his squad more effectively, ensuring the Squad Leader always has priority over squad members.
  
• Likewise, when the Commander is using the SL Command VOIP Channel (default G Key), any Squad Leaders that may be transmitting at the same time on this channel will have their volume dampened automatically by 50%. This is to ensure the Commander has priority over SLs.
  
• Leader VOIP Prioritization configuration is available in Settings -> Audio Menu.
  
• This feature does not affect the volume of Local Proximity VOIP.

• Added a modern SVDM that includes a bipod and new scope to the RUS Marksman Kit.
  
• Adjusted Infantry Movement Speed to be decreased slightly (roughly 2% decrease).
  
• Adjusted the soldier physics asset/collision so it covers the entire groin/pelvic area - shots to this area should land more consistently.
  
• Adjusted origin for all pistols to be a little more to the right side, making the pistol profile more prominent when not in ADS.
  
• Adjusted CAF Kit Inventory: Medic (C8A3+Holo Site) and Auto Rifleman (Iron sight) now have binoculars.
  
• Adjusted CAF C14 magazine rearm cost: Increased from 2 to 15 to be more in line with other kits.
  
• Adjusted CAF C14 damage to be one 1 hit kill on most shots, including limb hits.
  
• Adjusted GB Rifleman (L85 + SUSAT) frag grenade count from 2 to 1.
  
• Fixed an issue with persistent ammo where Players will spawn with depleted ammo on their first spawn on a server. This occurs if a player was in the match during the map switch but did not spawn during the staging phase. Players will now always spawn with full ammo on their first-ever spawn on that match.

• Added two variants of the Tigr Armored Car to the RUS vehicle arsenal: RWS with Kord HMG & Open Top Turret with Kord HMG. The Open Top Turret variant carries 600 ammo and has 8 seats. The RWS variant has 9 seats but carries only 300 ammo. These new armored cars are the RUS answer to fast armed transport for infantry Squads.
  
• Added the RUS Kamaz5350 Truck to replace the Ural4350 for RUS Logistics & Transport Trucks. These new trucks help bring RUS into the modern era.
  
• Added two variants of the CAF LAV3 RWS APC for CAF: LAV3 RWS with C6 and LAV3 RWS with M2. This Armored Personnel Carrier is intended to fill the role of light troop transport for CAF, while having some additional firepower in the 3rd seat with an open-top C6.

• Fixed players spawning on the roof of the Insurgent HAB.
  
• Adjusted both the height & angle of the deployable Sandbag firing windows to have increased visibility/firing lines, especially with bipod weapons.

• Fixed an issue with the radial menu when a player would Left click and then become stuck while opening and closing the radial menu.

• Adjusted visibility of underwater post-processing volume - players will no longer be able to see far ahead while underwater.
  
• Adjusted player collision on Norwayspruce_Large02.
  
• Improved the accuracy of the collisions on all Populus Euphratica trees.
  
• Fixed missing collisions on multiple ME Prefabs of the rooftop Water Container.
  
• Fixed incorrect LOD material and pushed out Proxy LOD on Market Buildings.
  
• Fixed some missing faces on the static Hiace van/minibus.
  
• Fixed DF resolution of middle eastern drapes
  
• Fixed player collision on ME_UrbRes_Bld_Lg_02 which allowed players to slightly clip thru walls.

• Fixed an exploit that allowed a Player that got kicked from a squad while incapacitated to keep that kit instead of being given the Recruit kit.
  
• Fixed an issue with EAC kicking players on certain servers unintentionally.

• Added a Gameplay Layer Validator Tool. This is a modular plug-and-play scripting framework that modders can use to quickly check over their gameplay layers to see if there are any potential errors. Updated the description of old GameplayLayerChecks blueprint to make clear it is deprecated.

• Fixed floating foliage in the out of bounds surrounding landscape.
  
• Al Basrah Invasion v2 - Fixed GB Helicopter pad being partially outside map boundary.

• Fixed missing wood material of the grand temple.
  
• Adjusted spline segments to avoid aggressive deformation of mud walls.
  
• Adjusted LODs on loam wall set to use custom screen size and reduction, to prevent distortion when used on splines.

• Fixed materials on pieces of the underground tunnel, including cables, pipes and chain link fence.
  
• Fixed a road edge above the terrain in grid F3-9-7.
  
• Fixed floating roads in grids E2-7-7, E2-5-9, F2-4-1, C5-6-6, B3-3-4, A5-6-4, D5-7-2.
  
• Fixed a floating shed at grid B2-5-2.
  
• Fixed floating rocks at grid B6-7-4 & A2-2-6.
  
• Fixed a concrete floor that had stretched / blurry texture at Fortress POI.
  
• Fixed a floating tree, tree trunk, and boulder in grid D4-9-3.
  
• Fixed a bunker that had a high floor that Required jumping to enter at grid B1-1-1.

• CAF Gorodok RAAS v1 - Fixed incorrect Collisions on Helipads, Protection Zones and Capture Zones.

• Optimized the Tamarix shrub types, reducing from 5 types to 1 for performance.
  
• Fixed the harsh brightness transition on scoped weapons on certain Lashkar lighting layers by adjusting vignette settings.
  
• Fixed a missing end post on a wall grid F5-5-2.
  
• Removed a bugged burnt shipping container from grid K11-8-6.
  
• Removed the mysterious spherical invisible object from the sky above the Vineyard POI.
  
• Lashkar Valley RAAS v1 - Fixed incorrect Collisions on Helipads, Protection Zones and Capture Zones.

• Added blocking volume to prevent players from glitching through the tunnel roof.

• Fixed the deepwater damage volume not working
  
• Fixed the damage volume that prevents players from sliding down the side of the dam.
  
• Fixed a few floating objects.
  
• CAF_Manic-5_RAAS_v1 & v3 - Increased number of caps from 5 to 7.
  
• CAF_Manic-5_RAAS_v4 - Increased number of caps from 5 to 6.
  
• CAF_Manic-5_RAAS_v2 - Changed to sunset lighting, rebalanced available vehicles.
  
• CAF_Manic-5_Invasion_v1 - Changed teams from RUS attacks CAF to CAF attacks MIL, temporary spawn location moved closer to first CP.
  
• CAF_Manic-5_Invasion_v2 - Changed vehicle layout to favor attackers, added heli to attackers, temporary spawn location moved closer to first CP.

• Fixed floating road at grid E7-5-8.
  
• Fixed a missing post on a wall.
  
• Fixed various floating barricades.
  
• Fixed an urban building that had a bugged staircase leading to nowhere.
  

• CAF Nanisivik Invasion v1 - Fixed incorrect Collisions on Helipads, Protection Zones and Capture Zones.

• Fixed materials on sidewalks at US Main that was causing Z-fighting (flickering textures).
  
• Fixed certain Bus Stops having flickering glass in grid F4-2-4.
  
• Fixed the water damage volume not being aligned to the waterline.
  
• Adjusted the collision on the Train Depot staircase to be more accurate.

• Fixed the water damage volume not being aligned to the waterline.
  
• Fixed Silo door trapping players at grid R14-5-9.
  
• Fixed floating ammo boxes at grid R13-1-8.

• Fixed the floating grass in various locations around Yehorivka.

• An option in Audio Settings Menu was added in B21 for Audio Hardware selection for Input and Output. This option is currently not working 100% correctly and is still a work in progress. For the time being, if you restart your game client, the settings should correctly apply.
  
• Occasional Player (Client) crashes in various circumstances. Detailed crash reports help us fix things faster, and we truly appreciate those that have filled out and sent in crash reports.
  
• Player (Client) occasional crash at the end of a round, upon map switch, due to a UE4 Particle Crash bug upon seamless map travel. Actively pursuing a fix for this crash.
  
• Commander – When the commander changes to the UAV camera, he cannot hear local audio anymore, even though he still sees local audio transmissions in the bottom left corner. Others can still hear him when he talks. Additionally, when leaving the UAV camera, he hears all of the local audio broadcasts at the same time, originating from the point where they were initially transmitted from – even if the person doing the transmission has moved afterward. Will be addressed in a future update.
  
• Helicopters have various handling and Client/Server hitch issues and small bugs that are being actively developed and will be addressed in future updates.
  
• Vehicle Reset Feature does not currently work with Helicopters.
  
• Vehicle Reset Feature can freeze a vehicle in the air if used too close to a tree.
  
• Occasionally a player does not spawn at a Rally Point. This often happens when numerous players are spawning in at the same time — This will be addressed in a future update.
  
• Server performance may periodically dip when a server has a high population and high load. We are continuously working to improve server performance and optimization.
  
• ATGM projectiles desync for other players that are not the gunner, however, what the gunner sees should be the actual synced projectile. This is an inherent problem, and the solution is currently in long term development.
  
• Vehicles parking brake gets stuck “On” if a player exits the vehicle while holding the parking brake (Default Spacebar). When encountering a vehicle that appears healthy but is not able to move, try hitting Spacebar to turn the parking brake “Off’ — This will be addressed in a future update.
  
• “Alt-tabbing” out of Squad during a loading screen freezes the client. The recommended solution, for now, is to run Squad in the “Borderless” mode. This can be changed in Settings -> Graphics.
  
• Ammo rack component (on IFVs and Tanks) takes a very long time to repair. — This will be addressed in a future update.
  
• Audio module for Squad is initialized at the game start. If a Player does not have a microphone plugged in at launch, or accidentally unplug their microphone and then plug it back in, Squad needs to be restarted to get the microphone to work again — This will be addressed in a future update.
  
• SFX bug while Firing in full auto. If the player presses the fire button for a short period, the sound effect gives the impression that you fired more rounds then you did — This will be addressed in a future update.
  
• Localization for most language translations is currently out of date. We plan to push a full localization pass in a future release as we lock down the text that needs to be translated for the game.
  
• The new L/R audio options will not apply correctly if changed while the player is within a server, the player will need to apply these settings beforehand or disconnect and rejoin if they are already in a server. We intend to have this fixed in B21.1
  
• RUS Tigr Driver Smoke Launcher is not displaying correctly for other player's outside the vehicle. This issue will be fixed in a future update.
  
• RUS Tigr gearbox has an issue between the 3rd and 4th gear, causing non-smooth acceleration on those gears. This issue will be fixed in b21.1
  
• RUS Kamaz5350 Logistic Truck uses incorrect vehicle icon (Transport Icon instead of Logistics item). This issue will be fixed in b21.1

• Local/Offline Bug with Commander – Insurgent / Militia Handheld Drone does not move in local. Local/Offline issues currently have a lower priority.
  
• Local/Offline Bug with Commander – UAV hovers in one position instead of moving along the flight path in local.
  
• Local/Offline Bug with Commander – CAS does not do damage in local.
  
• Local/Offline Bug with Vehicles: When playing offline on Jensen’s Range, Tracks, Wheels, and other components are not destructible while on the Jensen’s Range in Local play.
  
• Local/Offline Bug with Weapon damages: When playing offline on Jensen’s Range, Weapon damages with both Infantry and Vehicle weapons are not accurately replicated.
  
• Local/Offline Bug with Scoped Emplacements: When playing offline on Jensen’s Range, if a player exits an Emplacement while looking through the scope, the Scope remains on the Player’s HUD until they get back in the Emplacement and then Scope out.

Hello squaddies,

Welcome to another edition of The Wrench, your monthly dose of information delving into some of the hottest mods that are being worked on for Squad by the modding community. Considering that the modding SDK had some troubles with a shadercore crash that was preventing a lot of modding potential, it’s great to see such fantastic contributions already coming through and being worked on.

Take a read and if you’re interested be sure to follow up with them in their community areas so you can give them your feedback or co-ordinate a time to really put these mods through their paces.

First up we have a map from BaronVonBoyce, one of the modders who worked on the CAF DLC, and now part of Redstone Interactive working on Beyond The Wire, who in his spare time has whipped up this scenic map - be sure to check out the stunning trailer as well!




The Panjwai District is located southwest of Kandahar City in the Kandahar Province of Afghanistan. In the early 2000s, this area saw heavy fighting between Canadian, American, British, and Dutch forces against Taliban insurgents in pitched battles and ambushes.

In-game, Panjwai will be a 4km x 4km map created with the goal of giving unconventional factions a fighting chance against conventional factions. It will feature two lush and dense river valleys separated by a more arid high ground.



The river valleys will feature interconnected networks of canals, mud-walled vineyards, and compounds with lots of cover, concealment, avenues of approach, and a wide variety of possible capture points.

The more arid high ground of the map will contain a large double-highway that stretches from one end of the map to the other, mountain villages, underground tunnels, and complexes that the unconventional forces can use as strongholds or to move quickly and safely around the more open areas of the map.



Check out the workshop page to add it to your collection today


Next up, we have a map that many should be familiar with across different time periods, as it is one of the most popular and well-known maps from the Battlefield franchise, Wake Island, though Gunslinger and OC2901 have brought it into the modern age, read on to find out more or visit their workshop page here.




Ladies and Gentleman,

After a lot of testing, we finally released Wake Island Map for Squad. We will apply for Whitelisting and inform you if the Map gets Whitelisted. If we’re extremely lucky or talented we will get drivable RHIB Boats on it someday.

Info about the Map:

This is Wake Island, this is not Battlefield! We aimed to make a replica of Wake Island as it is used by the US Armed Forces today! Wake Island Serves as an Airfield in the Middle of the Pacific Ocean and as one of several THAAD Sites to Protect the United States against Ballistic Missiles.

The Map is 8x8km but features a lot of Water and Carrier Spawns for Helicopters.

Gameplay Wise this map is kind of a Meatgrinder with options. If you just use Ground Forces it will come to Meatgrind Points, if you use your 3 Helicopters strategically you can avoid that.

Info about the last Updates:

The latest updates have been mainly performance improvements, this map should run now even on low tier machines with decent framerates!

Following Gameplay Layers are Included as of submission:
- Wake_Island_AASv1 (Day)
- Wake_Island_AASv2 (Dusk)
- Wake_Island_Invasion_v1 (Night)
- Wake_Island_Skirmish_v2 (Harbour)
- Wake_Island_Skirmish_v3 (Village)
- Wake_Island_TC_v1 (Airfield)
- Wake_Island_TC_v2 (Village & Hotel)

Be sure to feedback to the modding crew on their Community Discord Server over here: https://discord.gg/8nhURxU




This week we've welcomed some new members to the team, finalised some textures, and got started on the animations for the FRF2. More information can be found in our latest WIP, update #22 here


The Bundeswehr Mod Team are back with a huge update to share with you all, make sure to check out their full progress report on their site here , as well as to see if you could help them by joining their modding team, or perhaps, consider joining their Discord server to give them your feedback: https://discord.gg/TwBGeGx


Dear SQUAD Community,

wow. Just WOW. Our team used the last 6 months very well! This month, we proudly present our progress in weapons, characters, vehicles, and FOB assets. Our new German faction is well on its way and we are working on nearly all items of our development list by now, which is awesome in my books – we are on track and our goal to release at Q3 of 2020 seems legitimate.


First I want to present to you our new and specific German FOB assets and props. We are aiming towards a clear distinction of our FOB stuff to what is there with the current vanilla game. Apart from using correct tactical signs, you might spot one or the other German flag on our gear.





Poliack finished his 120 mm Tampella mortar for the Bundeswehr faction. He added a crazy detailed mortar dial-optic and proper textures. Brace for impact!





As you can see, the MILAN anti-tank wire-guided missile is a common project of the BW-Mod Team and the French Foreign Legion Team. HEx reworked Anastasias base model, added new tripods, and added new textures to everything. Since there are no IR / thermal optics in SQUAD, we removed these specific parts. We hope to continue our cooperation with the FFL Team and you can be excited for more to come from it soon.


Our boi HolyLordJesus began his work with our character models and their IDZ Flecktarn uniforms. Of course, it is a WIP, but we felt like showing it to you with this update. Especially the snow Flecktarn character will be changed a lot since our military advisors gave us valuable feedback for it. Anyways – an awesome job from HolyLordJesus so far!





Another awesome update regards your tools for getting the job done as a gamer: Weapons. This time around we are getting into weapons, which are mostly used by specialized soldiers, like the engineer (AT-Mine DM31AT), the crewman (H&K MP7), the marksman (H&K G28) and the German sniper rifle (G22).





Cpt.Brotzeit modeled the AT-Mine completely, so you will see the correct arming process, once animations are done for it! Again, thx to HEx for his modeling and texturing skills with the DM25 smoke grenade and the H&K MP7 (yes, it got the 40 round mag).



Kirusha shows us his modeling progress with the German sniper rifle G22 as a so-called whitemodel. You might remember kirusha as the creator of the CAF sniper rifle and you would be right to do so. Thanks for your art kirusha_love!



And of course our .:Jinjer, with his brand new H&K G28 in tan – the main DMR of the Bundeswehr. It is… just perfect. Also, thank´s to .:Jinjer for his work – keep it up, buddy!


Also, a massive update with our faction vehicles awaits you: We present 3 vehicles today!



If you follow our posts at our discord, you already know about HolyLordJesus update for the finished transport / loggy truck HANS 5T GL. He showcases here our “four seasons/biomes” camo patterns for the Bundeswehr vehicles: Borreal Forest, African Savanna, Polar Winter and Desert. All vehicles will be dressed accordingly once finished!



Our [FWF] Toby delivered the first finished whitemodel of the German Dingo 2 MRAP. Looks great, doesn´t it? Weapons are coming soon. Keep it up Toby, we are all hyped!




Petr005 managed to finish the GTK Boxer with its FLW200 weapons station and presents an extremely detailed whitemodel for it as well. Textures are already in the works and should be presentable in a month or two. As a Jäger and Panzergrenadier veteran, I am very pleased with what you did here Petr005. I guess everybody is already itching for your upcoming PUMA model.


Another Wrench regular, wunda, has dropped in to let you all know about the progress they’ve made on Harju since we last saw it. wunda has even gone to the trouble of including an extensive overview of the changes to the map and what you can expect if you haven’t played on Harju before. Go get it!

If you’d like to give it a whirl, head over to Harju’s workshop page here




The first major content update to Harju is released. Featuring a complete rework of its foliage and lighting, combat in Harjus's new thick forests will test even the best Squads. 12 new capture zones, 12 new layers, and updates to old locations serve to fill in the previously sparsely populated western half of the map. Harju is updated, whitelisted and ready to played on B20.


Part of our previous Wrench post, SPECTR_Eternal is back with some new changes to Operation_Downpour and some big news as it’ll be packaged as part of the Athena mod soon. Why not give it a gander over here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1821482386




OP_Downpour is getting more development time, and more projects start to get interested.

This time around, Athena Mod expressed their wish to collaborate, so OP_Downpour can be expected to hit the Workshop not only on its own but also inside the Athena Mod package.

There might be yet another collaboration event tied to Athena, and it just might include some spicy Armored Vehicles, Right? But it's a little too early to tease.




We’ll be finishing off this Wrench with another entrant from last month, though this time, the [SAM] Clan is back not with a map, but a new events mode mod to help take things to a new hardcore level of play, read on to know more and make sure to check out their site and community Discord to get more information.
Their Discord : https://discord.gg/gHaJkTJ
Their Official Website : https://www.ArabicSquad.com/




Who said we only worked on the Gaza mod?

We have also been developing our events mod, remember Al Basrah night? Yeeeeeeeah we are back with two variants of Yehorivka night, one for Tallil Outskirts and Kokan, where we added the following:

- Head, side, back, interior lights, police lights and the seal team trident on the M-ATV
- Multiple lights on the black hawk (UH-60M)
- Also, we took the sights off the Rpg and all 4x scopes from the US, RUS, GB
- All the US, RUS weapons have tracer rounds
- You can only see your squad on the map while blueberries are not visible to the player on the map to stick to our hardcore mode

We are also working on night variants for all the maps. And how could we forget about the Gaza mod ;)!

In the upcoming Wrenches you will see big developments thanks to the anticipated updates mentioned on the roadmap. So stay tuned guys for the next Wrench, until then you can join our discord for more mod updates: https://discord.gg/gHaJkTJ .. be safe and stay away from Corona ^_^

That’s the Wrench for the month of July, and I’m sure there’s something there that will tickle your fancy. If so, be sure to let the creators know what you enjoy the most about their work on their workshop pages or in their community Discord servers as feedback is one of the most crucial aspects of creativity.

If you are a modder yourselves, or part of a modding community and have a Squad mod that you’d like to see featured here on The Wrench, follow this link to submit details so we can take a look at the fantastic effort you’ve been putting into some of your creations.

Have fun everybody and stay safe.

Offworld Out!

Hello squaddies,

We hope you have enjoyed all the content releases this week, with the new roadmap and our first SquadChat in a while explaining the future of Squad. We're not done yet though, oh no! You've had some time with B20 now, and we have a survey we'd like you to fill out to help us understand the aspects you've been enjoying (or not so much) since it released.

We also have quite the extensive Design Letter from Fuzzhead for you all to pour over on our website, so get comfortable in your favorite reading chair, stoke the fire and get reading.

Have a great weekend everybody.

Fall in squaddies,

A fresh logi run has brought the necessary supplies for another offensive and a fresh batch of new information showcasing our plans for Squad moving forward. A couple of weeks ago, some of you may have seen an image floating around of a roadmap that the team here at OWI were working on which detailed the milestones we intend to accomplish by the end of 2020.

While we didn't intend for this image to be public at that moment, this did offer us an opportunity to hear from you and understand what you expected to see from an updated roadmap. After listening to your feedback, we went back to our internal production timeline and combed through all we have mapped out for the next six months.

Our initial pass of the roadmap didn't expand upon core elements that many felt needed to be highlighted. These included crucial system changes, gameplay additions, tweaks and fixes, and our plans for further content to bring into Squad through 2020 and beyond. Many are changes that were discussed in the past. As the Squad team gears up for bringing Squad out of early access, and the end of the year signifying the 5th year of Squad development, we're sharing with you today the next round of our living roadmap.
You should notice that we've set up the living roadmap to display a monthly lineup. Within each month, we've expanded the changes to include what we expect to be hitting in those updates. Hopefully, there's something there that tickles the fancy of many Squad players.

That's not all, though. Yes, we've expanded the image and given a bit more detail into each of the months. Still, something tells us that it wouldn't be enough to satisfy some of the most hardcore players. For those who want to know more details of each new update, we will be providing a Trello Board that will break down these changes, tweaks, and features.

We will strive to keep this living roadmap image and Trello board updated regularly. However, expect changes often, as this is a “living” document: features, content, and items will regularly be moved based on the current development status. We want to be transparent in the development process, with quicker information and more details if and when plans change. Keep an eye on our social channels for further info when that happens so you can always be kept up to date.

Twitter
Facebook
Instagram

Also, we would love for you to join us for a SquadChat live stream this Thursday 24th July at 11 am PDT where we will be sitting down with our Producer Arnaud and Game Designer and Project Lead, Tom 'fuzzhead' Fancsy as we discuss the recent Beta releases, our new roadmap and more. Be sure to join us then.

Until next time squaddies.

Offworld Out!

Fall in squaddies,

A fresh logi run has brought the necessary supplies for another offensive and a fresh batch of new information showcasing our plans for Squad moving forward. A couple of weeks ago, some of you may have seen an image floating around of a roadmap that the team here at OWI were working on which detailed the milestones we intend to accomplish by the end of 2020.

While we didn't intend for this image to be public at that moment, this did offer us an opportunity to hear from you and understand what you expected to see from an updated roadmap. After listening to your feedback, we went back to our internal production timeline and combed through all we have mapped out for the next six months.

Our initial pass of the roadmap didn't expand upon core elements that many felt needed to be highlighted. These included crucial system changes, gameplay additions, tweaks and fixes, and our plans for further content to bring into Squad through 2020 and beyond. Many are changes that were discussed in the past. As the Squad team gears up for bringing Squad out of early access, and the end of the year signifying the 5th year of Squad development, we're sharing with you today the next round of our living roadmap.
You should notice that we've set up the living roadmap to display a monthly lineup. Within each month, we've expanded the changes to include what we expect to be hitting in those updates. Hopefully, there's something there that tickles the fancy of many Squad players.

That's not all, though. Yes, we've expanded the image and given a bit more detail into each of the months. Still, something tells us that it wouldn't be enough to satisfy some of the most hardcore players. For those who want to know more details of each new update, we will be providing a Trello Board that will break down these changes, tweaks, and features.

We will strive to keep this living roadmap image and Trello board updated regularly. However, expect changes often, as this is a “living” document: features, content, and items will regularly be moved based on the current development status. We want to be transparent in the development process, with quicker information and more details if and when plans change. Keep an eye on our social channels for further info when that happens so you can always be kept up to date.

Twitter
Facebook
Instagram

Also, we would love for you to join us for a SquadChat live stream this Thursday 24th July at 11 am PDT where we will be sitting down with our Producer Arnaud and Game Designer and Project Lead, Tom 'fuzzhead' Fancsy as we discuss the recent Beta releases, our new roadmap and more. Be sure to join us then.

Until next time squaddies.

Offworld Out!

Eyes up squaddies,

OWI-HQ here with another minor update in the form of B-20.2 which is rolling out with a number of map layer fixes to combat some bugs and also some layer balance changes across some maps to provide fairer matches. Thank you to all those that have provided bug reports!

As always, do let us know through our helpdesk if you are experiencing any technical issues so we can address them as quickly as possible, and be sure to have yourselves a great day.

• Al Basrah - Adjusted Infantry and Vehicles taking damage too quickly when submerged in water, and in some cases taking damage when submerged in only ankle-high water.
  
• Lashkar Valley Invasion v1 - Fixed Fog of war not being enabled.
  
• Gorodok AAS v2 - Fixed GB main having no repair stations or ammocrates.
  
• Lashkar Valley RAAS v1 - Update Vehicle Layout to be more balanced, adding BMP2 to RUS.
  
• Sumari Invasion v1 - Added a tweak to CP capture ticket gain, less tickets are gained upon capture for this Invasion layer to give the defending team a more fair fight.
  
• Lashkar Valley AAS v1 - Fixed Ghawchak CP having an offset CP name.
  
• Skorpo RAAS v2 - Fixed USA not having helicopters.
  
• Lashkar Valley Skirmish v1 - Fixed CP's not being set correctly (should be 90s capture, minimum of 2 players to capture).
  
• CAF Lashkar Valley Invasion v1 - Fixed INS Protection Zones not being positioned correctly.
  
• CAF Lashkar Valley RAAS v1 - Fixed certain CP’s which were not allowing players to deploy ammo bags/mines or use the lean function.
  
• CAF Gorodok Invasion v1 - Fixed CAF team having no logistics trucks.
  
• CAF Gorodok RAAS v1 - Fixed CAF team having no logistics trucks.
  
• CAF Nanisivik Invasion v1 - Fixed defenders incorrect staging phase text.
  
• CAF Belaya RAAS v2 - Fixed CAF main base helipad not working correctly.

• Updated missing physmats and collision on the industrial office L-shape building to prevent placing deployables inside unenterable walls.
  
• Improved aesthetics of the windows on European office buildings.
  
• Updated the railbridge collision so players can now fall through the gaps again.
  
• Updated Skorpo to fix holes in the terrain and decreased underwater visibility.
  
• Updated Manic-5 to replace middle eastern pavement with eastern european pavement.
  
• Updated Nanisivik surrounding terrain mesh to not be inside the playable area, and fixed a floating fire effect.
  
• Updated the Material Elements on Sandbag assets to improve visual quality.
  
• Updated the deployable sandbag wall with hole, so the hole better aligns with the new player eye height.
  
• Fixed a terrain hole issue on Fools Road by adding statics next to a house to prevent players from falling through the world.
  
• Fixed buildings and walls on Sumari that were using incorrect statics and looked broken.
  
• Fixed trigger sound for dog barking on Yeho.

• Fixed prone movement backwards+diagonally not making any sounds.
  
• Fixed Client Log Spam related to localization.
  
• Fixed FOB radio attenuation differences on LOW vs EPIC settings.
  
• Fixed a UI issue where the SL Radial Menu would lock up the mouse. Please note that this UI issue is still present on the F (Enter vehicle) menu, this will be addressed in a future update.

Offworld Out!

Hey Squaddies,

We all hope you’ve been enjoying Beta 20 since we released it last week, and have had plenty of time to get familiar with Lashkar Valley and all the other new goodies.

Today we’re releasing a patch that contains several fixes for Squad, the most notable of them being a fix for the shadercore crash that was prevalent for modders trying to use the Squad Development Kit. We want to offer a massive thanks to our modding community who have been very patient as we investigated and resolved this crash. We can’t wait to see what you may have been concocting while we fixed this issue.

Now, onto the changes:

• Fixed a shadercore client crash in the SDK when trying to load a custom mod map.
  
• Fixed a client crash when loading CAF assets.
  
• Fixed multiple mesh and static issues on Manic.
  
• Fixed a server crash related to mortar projectiles.
  
• Fixed a client crash that sometimes happened after joining a team and creating a squad.

That’s all for today, we’ll see you out there on the battlefield.

Offworld Out.

Eyes up squaddies,

B-20 is rolling out with optimizations and fixes for servers, audio, game crashes, and more. Not only that but joining Beta 20 will be a new map, Lashkar Valley.



Some of you may be familiar with this map from PR days, now with some added love and a few tweaks. This version of Lashkar Valley was developed with Midnight Interactive, the makers of the Aussie mod and while the Aussie faction isn’t joining Squad in this release, there is still room for them yet ;)

Based in Afghanistan, featuring a forked river valley with numerous village compounds and fertile agricultural land. The rugged mountain terrain offers routes to bypass the river valley, with plenty of ambush points and overlooks.

Our map optimization team has also targeted Belaya, Skorpo and Al Basrah this release, so these maps should perform better, which has enabled us to add Helicopters to several of the layers for these maps.

Also in Beta 20, we've got some changes to the infantry gameplay, "Fuzzhead" is here with a rundown for you all:

"The auto rearm of bandages on all non-medic kits upon spawning at a Rallypoint or HAB has been lowered from 2 to 1. This change to the persistent ammo system will especially affect the viability of continuous assaults from Rallypoints and FOB’s that are cut off from the team’s ammo resupply chain. The intention with this gameplay change is to help incentivize teams that coordinate and use their logistics chains effectively, and to disincentivize team’s from repeatedly attacking exclusively from Rallypoints, without coordinating with other support elements of the team such as Helicopters, Armored Vehicles, and Forward Outposts.

We also updated the 1st person camera perspective of infantry to more closely match the actual 3rd person eye height of the character. Prior to B20 the camera height was a bit lower than you would expect."

British Forces now have access to an FV432 variant that uses an RWS turret with GPMG. This variant allows the gunner safe protection and magnification for supporting infantry squads.
Canadian Armed Forces now have access to their own unique Logistics and Transport trucks, in the form of the MSVS.

Canadian Armed Forces has received a large update to fix issues and improve the map layers, infantry kits, vehicles, characters and other aspects of CAF, give it a spin

As this is a sizeable update with many changes, we recommend clearing your cache to avoid any possibility of issues arising, to do so follow these instructions:

1. Open Squad
   
2. Select the Settings tab
   
3. Select 'Clear cached user data' at the bottom of the screen, this will prompt you to restart Squad

Note: Clearing your cached user data will remove any specific keybindings you have set up, so you will need to reconfigure those after clearing your cache.

If you do happen to experience technical issues or crashes, please let us know with detailed crash logs, you can find more information here

For a full list of changes in Beta 20, please visit our website here

Hey Squaddies,

It’s that time of the year again, the summer breeze is on the back of your neck, the skies are beautiful and clear, what a wonderful time to stay in and pick up your favorite games at a discounted price, eh?



That’s right! We have been blessed with a Steam Summer Sale from Uncle Gabe himself, so spread the word about savings on your favorite tactical shooters’ Squad and Post Scriptum until July 9th.

Both Squad and Post Scriptum will be 25% off throughout the Steam Summer Sale, a great time to jump in if you’ve not picked either up yet, and if you’re in the giving mood to help that friend get in the action who’s been sitting on the sidelines.

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