As we welcome 2025, we want to take a moment to thank our amazing community for all the support throughout the past year. Our community has once again grown massively in size, and we couldn't be more excited to see new players join the fun.

A massive thank you to all the talented mappers, testers, developers, content creators, and artists who’ve poured their time and creativity into making DDNet better with every update. Our deepest gratitude also goes to all moderators who keep our servers in check and welcoming for everyone.

And lastly, we also want to express our heartfelt appreciation to those who have generously supported our project through donations. As DDNet continues to grow, so do our server costs. Last year's donations weren't enough to fully cover last year’s expenses[ddnet.org], but we remain committed to improving and growing DDNet. If you’re able to contribute, no matter the amount, it would mean the world to us and help us continue building a vibrant and exciting future for DDNet.

We’re also kicking off the year with the annual DDNet Photoshoot event! Join us[ddnet.org] and the community to capture your tee on this year's map. There are plenty of spots for everyone, so bring your friends and take part in the fun! (Pssst, there may even be some secrets hidden around for those who want a cooler shot.) To get a better idea, check out last year’s photoshoots from 2024[ddnet.org], 2023[ddnet.org], and 2022[ddnet.org].

With gratitude,
The DDraceNetwork Team

DDNet 18.8 has been released with the following changes:

• [Client] Android support [Robyt3]
  
• [Client] Add cl_hook_coll_size_other & +hookcoll button in UI [SollyBunny]
  
• [Client] Overhaul console design: replace background, improve contrast [Robyt3]
  
• [Client] Fix cursor drifting when using smooth dyncam and zoom [TsFreddie]
  
• [Client] Remove self from spectator menu unless in demo [TsFreddie]
  
• [Client] Visual changes to friends and server tab [SollyBunny]
  
• [Client] Auto rcon auth both main and dummy [KebsCS]
  
• [Client] Send password on reconnect [ChillerDragon]
  
• [Client] Change default q bind to /spec [KebsCS]
  
• [Client] Fix alignment of dropdown popup menu [Robyt3]
  
• [Client] Fix player info being resent too fast/slow depending on FPS [Robyt3]
  
• [Client] More efficient glyph uploading, fix crash with very large glyphs and font sizes [Robyt3]
  
• [Client] Improve map sound/image validation and performance [Robyt3]
  
• [Client] Fix incorrect rendering of menu and entities background maps [Robyt3]
  
• [Client] Use quad container for race flag in finish infomessages [Robyt3]
  
• [Client] Make the client able to have tee's without weapons [ChillerDragon]
  
• [Client] Echo colors persist [SollyBunny]
  
• [Client] Fix client hanging when rendering text with small maximum width [Robyt3]
  
• [Client] Fix damage indicators being stuck after connecting dummy [Robyt3]
  
• [Client] Fix gametime debug graph when dummy is connected [Robyt3]
  
• [Client] Allow decimal value for demo_speed command [TsFreddie]
  
• [Client] Allow float zoom levels [SollyBunny]
  
• [Client] Fix clipboard not being sanitized when pasting multiple lines [Robyt3]
  
• [Editor] Replace background texture with noise texture [Robyt3]
  
• [Editor] Show size of images in editor images list and file browser [Robyt3]
  
• [Editor] Fix Save As confirmation, prevent opening empty filename [Robyt3]
  
• [Editor] Fix envelope point popup [MilkeeyCat]
  
• [Server] Implement bans_find command [Rei-Tw]
  
• [Server] Fix crashes with whisper command [Robyt3]
  
• [Server] Fix incomplete Teehistorian chunks being written [Zwelf]
  
• [Server] Add dbg_sql config to hide non-error SQL logs [ChillerDragon]
  
• [Server] Fix jetpack strength always being set to 0 [fokkonaut]
  
• [Server] Allow empty map settings [KebsCS]
  
• [Masterserver] Allow 128 players [0xfaulty]
  
• [Build] Fix FindMySQL not finding mysql under NixOS [BlaiZephyr]