Patch Notes Demo 2026.0.1.13212

Gravity-Compliant Loot: Items in the wagon now settle downward when you pull from the bottom of the pile, rather than hovering in mid-air.
Smoother Depositing: Items settling in the wagon no longer push against the movement of the wagon.
- 🪦 RIP Plank Flying: A side effect of this fix grounds the legendary plank flying technique. You can no longer chain jumps mid-air while holding a plank. We know you loved it. Recreating it now would require building the bug back in on purpose.
Anti-Wedge Underside: Upgraded the wagon's underside with low-friction collision and push-away triggers so items no longer get wedged under the chassis.
Wagon Upgrades & Tuning:
- Wheels now visibly spin and roll as the wagon moves!
- Freshly attached wheels start tightened at 20% instead of 1% so they don’t fall off right away.
- Idle braking engages faster at low speeds so your wagon won't slowly drift away while unattended.
- Lowered the wagon's center of mass slightly to reduce accidental tip-overs.
- Replaced the wagon's back leash with a bite and push bar. This should help clarify the front and back side steering behavior.

Pulled-Back Camera: Moved the default camera back slightly to combat some of the comments on motion sickness.
Dangle Polish: Improved mid-air bite-hanging animations so raccoons look much cleaner when dangling off low ledges or objects.
Upright Speed: Sped up the walking animation while carrying objects upright.
Safe Join Physics: Joining players now remain non-physical until fully loaded into the network session, preventing them from falling through the wagon or crushing teammates on spawn.
Focus Safety: Inputs (including the Look-Behind bind) automatically release when alt-tabbing or losing game window focus.

Consequences for Aggro: Sleeping dogs will now immediately wake up if you throw an object at them or attack them. As they say, it is safer to let sleeping dogs lie.
Bark Upgrades: Fixed some of the dog’s bark sound effects to not overlap.

Mountain Pass Checkpoints: Added a brand-new checkpoint at the start of Mountain Pass.
Pacing & Guidance: Added a "Trash Day" billboard before the underpass and relocated the in-world Wishlist prompt past the vending machines to help guide player flow.
Platforming Fixes: Made shipping boxes under the underpass smaller and easier to jump over.
Terrain & Bug Fixes: Patched numerous out-of-bounds gaps, terrain stuck spots, clipping steps, and floating props across the map.

Fresh Soundscapes: Added and updated sound effects across the board, including piñata impacts, beehive breaks, bear traps, vending machines, rubber chickens, action cams, bats, ovens, tethers, water splashes, and game-over/revive stingers.
Loop Optimization: Looping sound effects now use pooled audio sources for better performance and smoother fade in/out.

Menu Focus Fixes: Clicking empty screen space no longer resets your controller focus, and exiting the Options menu returns your focus directly to your previous button position.
Lobby Select: The Join Game menu now defaults your cursor to the first available lobby instead of the "Back" button.
Progress Meter Fix: The progress meter no longer faintly lingers on screen when it should be hidden.
Controls & Keybinds: Rebinding a control no longer accidentally switches menu tabs, F11 now cleanly toggles borderless fullscreen, and F8 opens the feedback window.
Better Network Errors: Added clearer, human-readable error messages when a host disconnects or a VPN interferes with the network connection.

Massive Fur Optimization: Optimized raccoon fur rendering across the board. Low graphics settings disable fur entirely.
Join Hitch Fix: Fixed the multi-second physics freeze when clients join an active session by ensuring all spawned rigidbodies load in a sleeping state.
Network Bandwidth: Quadrupled Steam network send buffers to reduce desync and connection drops during physics-heavy moments.
Loot Digging: Trash can debris no longer blocks you from grabbing items resting at the very bottom of a trash can.
Item Contestation: If two raccoons try to grab the same object at the exact same millisecond, ownership is now cleanly awarded to whoever grabbed it first.