Update Notes

Update BETA WIP
-Migrated from SDL2 to SDL3 backend.
-Overhaul of all sleeves/hands skins.
Update 05/05/2026
-Cursed Sands banner added to the main menu for DLC owners
-OpenAL updated to 1.25.1
Update 04/05/2026
-Cursed Sands RU localization fixes for ee7
-autonaming for manual saves
-Fixed technical subtitles for mercs in Cursed Sands
-Special Wave achievement fix for Cursed Sands
-Steamworks SDK updated
-launcher.x64.exe updated and now applies arguments
-Cursed Sands launch option added for DLC owners
Update 03/05/2026
-Misc icons fixes
-RU localization for Cursed Sands uploaded
-Achievements for Cursed Sands added
-SmartSkin system implemented for all weapons
-Mods list max buffer increased
-Mouse sensitivity fixes
Update 5.43 - 19/04/2026
New:
-Added multi-stage support for weapon upgrades (3 levels)
-Added reinforced player loadouts for Hardcore mode in Survival
-Added g_survivalBosses switch
Balance:
-Bosses health reduced in Survival
-Trench gunners aim cap lowered
-Hardcore mode no longer affects powerup and treasure drops
-Upgraded M1 Garand and M1941 will no longer care about their special clip logic when upgraded. Reload anytime.
-Upgraded shotguns can load 2 shells at the time. With Fast Hands perk - 3.
Fixes:
-Fixed multiple weapons icons (credit goes to SATCHEL)
-Supporter pack knife model holes sealed up
-Knife model left hand removed
-"spawn" blocks properly replaced with "respawn" for protos, some priests and uber soldiers
-Uber Soldiers are now properly armed with 3 weapons - panzerfaust, venom and tesla.
-Fixed DLC weapons behaviour while upgraded and with vanilla weapon ON.
Maps:
sv_river_outpost
-Quad damage respawn time reduced from 120 to 90 seconds
-Syringes in the lab will no longer respawn
-Removed random perk machine
-All 6 perks distributed throughout the map
sv_barn
-Simplified spawn gates so Protos and Uber soldiers can properly pass
sv_safe
-Removed random perk machine
-All 6 perks distributed throughout the map
UPDATE 5.42 - 18/04/2026
Fixes:
-General stability improvements
-Proto soldiers, Super Soldiers and Heinrich armor will properly reattach on their respawn in Survival
-Endgame crash fix. Hopefully final this time
-Keep drawing empty weapons in weapon wheel in Survival mode
-Fixed no buy and no class survival achievements being granted no matter the class and purchase fact
-Fixed weapon reload sound attenuation when looking up
-Fixed missing knife switch sounds for vanilla variant
-Added vanilla variants of fast reloads sounds
-Fixed vanilla smoke grenade model not showing up
Balance
:
-Disable knockback for Proto, Super, Olaric and Heinrich in Survival
-Flamethrower, Tesla and Venom gun wont be dropped from the random box until wave 5.
-Bonus scores for headshots and melee kills reduced from 10 to 5 additional points
-Powerup drop chance reduced from 4% to 3%.
-Scavenger perk drop chance bonus reduced from 4% to 3% (6% total with Scavenger Perk instead of 8%).
Maps:
-Gold bars on sv_crypt1 reduced from 6 to 4
-Reduced health of sv_norway gates
-Super Soldier boss added to sv_escape2, sv_norway, sv_barn
-Priest readded to sv_river_outpost
-Olaric boss added to sv_river_outpost
-X-Dogs added to sv_safe
-Olaric boss added to sv_boss1
-Super Soldiers boss added to sv_kugelstadt
New:
-Hardcore mode added to Survival
Misc:
-Italian localization updated
-Russian localization updated
-Polish localization updated
For developers:
-Add staged mod transition with fs_game support in AI scripts
-Add fallback support for map-specific .surv files
-Added support for multiple text.txt translation files
RealRTCW 5.41c - 12/04/2026
Fixes and improvements
:
-Fix charge-based weapons being skipped by ammo checks in weapon wheel
RealRTCW 5.41b - 12/04/2026
Fixes and improvements
:
-Improved weapon wheel behaviour with low weapon counts
-Fixed simple zoom for skybox portal
RealRTCW 5.41 - 11/04/2026
New features:
-Weapon wheel - assigned to TAB and LB by default.
Gamepad support improvements
:
-Leaning enabled on gamepad while holding down the use key and moving the axis
-Invert look option added for gamepad
-Gamepad custom binds wont reset on launch now
-quickgrenade assigned to RB by default
-Inventory default binds are all on dpad now
Fixes and improvements:
-Fixed The Dark Army Uprising Olaric boss fight crash
-Simple zoom state is being reset on respawn now
-Dont allow simple zoom while dead
-Backstab hint restored
-cl_usekeylean added
-Skin switches CVARS added for EE
-Fixed missing shotgun ammo in one of the loadouts
-Fixed river outpost, barn and kugelstadt survival maps clipping issues
-PL localization updated
-Fixed hard crash on non remastered boss1 map
RealRTCW 5.4 Hotfix 5 — 26/03/2026
-sv_safe misc fixes
-sv_crypt1 misc fixes
-sv_river_outpost redo of mystery box area and fix for the tower guards not spawning after purchase.
-PRO perks icons added
-Fix for the Occult Priest and X-Shepherd bounding box
RealRTCW 5.4 Hotfix 4 — 25/03/2026
-sv_crypt1 geometry fixes
RealRTCW 5.4 Hotfix 3 — 25/03/2026
-All numpad code changes were reverted to pre 5.4 state
-Overhaul of AI health progression in Survival - it is still smooth but more impactful now
-Pineapple and grenade will no longer take weapon slot in survival if being given with scripts
RealRTCW 5.4 Hotfix 2 — 24/03/2026
-Snooper Rifle Scope changed to Elite Guard mod version
-M1941 no longer replace Snooper in Norway and Dam loadouts
-Fixed "endgame" crash
-Engineer starting weapon is Thompson now in Survival
-Soldier now able to properly get third weapon in Survival
RealRTCW 5.4 Hotfix 1 — 23/03/2026
-CZ localization updated to 5.4
-UA localization updated to 5.4
-FR localization updated to 5.4
-Smoke grenade HD icon updated
-Moon restored on all skyboxes
-sv_safe zombies starts with veryfast speed
-misc sv_safe visual fixes
-numpad binds bug fixed
-flesh zombie face texture updated
RealRTCW 5.4 — 21/03/2026
SURVIVAL
New Maps
• Barn — Xbox Live exclusive DLC multiplayer map restored for Survival mode
Enemi