Hotfix Megathread 5.3.X

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Hotfix 5.3.5 - 15th of March
Fixes

• Fixed a consistent crash when completing an Essence Weave objective.

Hotfix 5.3.4 - 14th of March
Fixes

• Fixed players being booted to the main menu upon being disconnected, they're now booted to the Keep.
  
• Fixed various crashes related to the chat window.
  
• Fixed a crash when starting a Back to Basics deed while having an Outcast Engineer with the Gromril Plated Shots talent.
  
• (Versus) Fixed the last sub-objectives being counted twice when completed
  
• (Versus) Fixed a softlock when using controllers in Versus.
  
• (Versus) Fixed a bug that allowed firing while in ghost mode as Warpfire Thrower and Ratling Gunner.
  
• (Versus) Fixed a bug that allowed Pactsworn to spawn from ghost mode on top of Heroes when using the Catch Up feature.
  
• (Versus) Fixed players crashing when trying to use the emote wheel (default: U) as Pactsworn.

Hotfix 5.3.3 - 11th of March Features & Tweaks

• (Versus) Added an 'exit ghost mode' button as a rebindable keybind, instead of only being bound to M2.
  
• (Versus) Increased the Warpfire Thrower's health, close range damage and overall damage.
  
• Added some extra support for certain legacy sanctioned mods.

Fixes

• Fixed the recent 'Access Violation' crash that's been the most prevalent in patch 5.3.X
  
• Fixed a crash when hotjoining and an object was in the middle of being despawned.
  
• (Versus) Fixed rare crash when using "Catch up to heroes" more than once and using it once again the moment between a player leaves and a bot replaces them (or vice versa).
  
• (Versus) Fixed a crash when pinging near a pactsworn right as it dies.
  
• (Versus) Fixed a crash when a player hotjoins inbetween round transitions.
  
• (Versus) Fixed crash when brining up the social wheel while switching teams in versus
  
• (Versus) Fixed a potential crash when players attempt to play Pactsworn.
  
• (Versus) Fixed an exploit where the hookrat could grab Heroes while in Ghost mode. Cheeky buggers.
  
• (Versus) Fixed Necromancer Sienna being able to send her skeletons after invisible or ghost mode Pactsworn.
  
• Fixed player talents and equipments sometimes being reset when switching between game modes.
  
• Fixed various crashes
  
• Fixed an issue with enemies not becoming visible properly in Shadow/Ulgu Weaves.
  
• Fixed an issue where the illusions for the Soulstealer Staff would still be locked even for owners of the Necromancer Cosmetic Upgrade

Re-Sanctioned mods

• Numeric UI

Unfortunately, the Numeric UI mod was still causing crashes after this fix and has been unsanctioned again. We'll keep tinkering to fix these issues.

Hotfix 5.3.2 - 8th of March Fixes

• Fixed a number of miscellaneous crashes
  
• Fixed an issue where the chat message target did not switch back correctly when changing between Adventure and Versus modes

Mods temporarily de-sanctioned As of this hotfix, we've also temporarily de-sanctioned the following mods:

• Numeric UI
  
• UI Tweaks
  
• Loadout Manager

These mods were disabled because they were causing crashes and some exploits, but these are only temporary measures while we indeed work on fixing the issues and work with the modders to fix the mods. They'll be back as soon as possible!

Hotfix 5.3.1 - 7th of March Tweaks

• Disabled quickplay play button for modded realm.

Fixes

• Fix crash when hotjoining while another pact sworn is very close to spawn
  
• Fixed crash when starting the game and getting a backend disconnect
  
• Fixed client crash when being hoisted at the same time as picking up a barrel
  
• Fixed music crash when joining a game
  
• Fixing crash when shooting with crossbows, javelins, or steam pistol while having a buff that makes it not consume ammo.
  
• Fixed crash when blocking with Kruber's Spear & Shield variant "Talabecland Waldguarder"
  
• Fixed shutdown crash from leaving a lobby as host
  
• Fixed various other crashes
  
• Fixed bug where player is awarded talent related steam achievements when they enter versus, even though they haven't met the requirements yet.
  
• Fixed bug where first person weapon animations were triggered on third person characters
  
• Fixed some cases of the logs and/or chat window being spammed with messages.
  
• Fixed wrong round number showing in the Tab screen and end of round
  
• Fixed an issue changing keybinds in the options menu in the main menu