Jabroni Brawl: Episode 3’s Steam update #177 is live, released on August 7, 2026. The patch spans map fixes, game-mode changes, NPC and weapon corrections, UI updates, VScript fixes, performance tweaks, and a substantial set of SDK tool improvements.

• c1a1a: Fixed Freeman’s locker room door getting stuck.
• c2a5a: Fixed the Apache helicopter touching the death trigger on spawn.
• c2a5g: Fixed mortar shells hitting the sky from above.
• Reworked the default team selection (“Auto Join”) option.
• Battle Royale: Restored the end-round message shown when multiple players are still in the zone at the end of overtime. This was a regression since pre-Steam patch 22.
• Hunted: Team player count balancing tweaks.
• Sneak vs. Terrorists: Fixed Sneaks being able to report dead bodies.

• Fixed HL2 Citizen using Fatass’s model properties.
• Changed the TFC Sniper’s token from tfc_sniper to tfc_sniper_hd.
• Updated non-JB NPCs to ignore players hiding in a box.
• Upgraded flashlights for Combine scanners and fixed batteries dropped by destroyed scanners not being pickable.
• Updated Metrocops to support empty SetPoliceGoal input calls.
• Fixed Explosive Tripmines not playing their dedicated sound cue when tripped.
• Fixed Friction grenades not dealing periodic damage after a direct hit, a regression since pre-Steam patch 638.
• Fixed removing the Dubstep Gun leaving its lights active.

• Added visual cues for inaccessible teams in the team selection panel.
• Restored textual headshot notifications for headshot kills and deaths.
• Fixed an infinite-loop crash when attempting to display a hint panel.
• Fixed the Explosive Tripmine pickup hint not showing in SvT and the Pump shotgun alt-fire hint showing while disabled in Hunted.
• Restored the localization token for the ‘Random’ player model.
• Fixed missing weapon names/icons in kill notifications during the Midas Touch special BR round.
• Idle players now have a designated icon next to their name on the scoreboard.
• Slightly tweaked damage number appearance.
• Debug overlays now follow entities smoothly and are cleaned up when rewinding demo playbacks.
• Fixed incorrect color markers in localized strings; updated Czech and Finnish localizations.
• Fixed distorted shadows for objects mistakenly treated as not in view, such as skybox or mirrors.
• Fixed HDR lighting being always enabled on Linux, even on maps with LDR lighting only.
• Fixed the map properties’ VScript language field being ignored on the server side.

• Mimalloc-related tweaks and optimizations.
• Fixed a client crash when saving game instructor lessons progress and a crash caused by too many scenes in one frame.
• Fixed very heavy props glitching when pushed or kicked.
• Team-assigned objects, such as security cameras, can no longer be damaged by the same team.
• Fixed looping track trains stopping rotation after the first loop.
• Fixed per-model voice overrides not working for weapon reload voice lines.
• Removed the ‘settings’ section from shipped mapadd files.
• Fixed sv_maxspeed not being used at all and replaced sv_showhitboxes with the new ent_hitboxes cheat command.
• jb_admin_* player-targeting commands now support @random and @giants, plus reverse selection with ! (e.g., jb_admin_slap @!me slaps everyone but you).
• jb_pickup_health and jb_pickup_armor gained “Max health bonus” and “Max armor bonus” fields, letting them grant stats beyond standard limits.
• Commentary editor: Restored missing layout files and fixed a crash on exit.
• faceposer: Fixed memory leaks when resampling WAV sounds in PCM format.
• hlmv: Fixed shadows not rendering.
• studiomdl: Fixed an invalid syntax error on valid jigglebones blocks, a regression since patch 168.1.
• vlocalize: Implemented a text color markers processor.