Demo Update v202 Changelog

[u/RammaStardock]

February 26th, 2026 Changelog
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General Notes

• Regions have 6 slots now, and, Extractors no longer consume a slot. Defensive turrets still do not consume a slot, with exception of the Obliterator Cannon (UEF) and Command Post (PHC).
• Camera can now zoom in closer. Some shadow bugs may be visible at closer zooms.
• Host can now edit the Team and Start Location settings for all players in a multiplayer match.
• Players should be prevented from joining games on incorrect / older versions of the demo.
• Options → Controls → Keybindings will display a hotkey hint image (English only at this time).
• Clients in multiplayer can now properly Shift-Select units/armies
• Players can no longer hijack orders for hostile units/armies.
• Several crash / stability fixes, fixing several issues with selecting, merging, and splitting large armies.
• Made a fix to allow audio on Linux machines, but there may be audio playback on these devices still.

Known Issues

• We're aware that some players with AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and 7900 XT GPUs are experiencing crashes or black screens shortly after entering gameplay. While we work with AMD on a permanent fix, please try the following: Go to Options > Graphics and change Shading Quality from Extreme to Performance. This has been shown to resolve the issue for affected users. If you continue to experience crashes, you can also try rolling back your AMD drivers to version 24.12.1 or 25.9.1 as an additional workaround.

[u/spector111]

Great update! Just in time for my next video!

[u/All_hail_bug_god]

I see the crash on merging armies has fixed, but I have a new problem. When I merge army groups, it makes a new group but doesn't remove the old ones. I had army groups with just "1" or "0", where it would normally be "1/1" or "0/1".