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Author: kassibuss

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+title: Alpha v20.0 Release Notes - The big 2-O update
+summary: Release notes for Neotokyo; Rebuild Alpha v20.0
+author(s): kinoko
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+# Alpha v20 Release Note - The big 2-O update
+2025-10-26 kinoko
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+* [Download v20.0-alpha build](https://github.com/NeotokyoRebuild/neo/releases/tag/v20.0-alpha)
+* [Install NT;RE (client)](/guide/install/)
+* [GitHub Issues (Bug reports and feature requests)](https://github.com/NeotokyoRebuild/neo/issues)
+
+## Gameplay fixes/changes
+* All classes now have different hp pools instead of separate damage resistances being applied to their effective HP - Recons have 100 HP, Assaults 120 HP and Supports 225 HP. This should make the difference between classes less opaque. (This does not change anything balance wise) 
+* Adjusted the damage amounts and explosion radiuses of the detpack and grenades to their OGNT values
+* Fixed the trajectories of thrown grenades
+* Detpacks no longer inherit their velocity from the player who is throwing them (read: recons lost their quarterback strength) 
+* Reverted walking speeds back to parity
+* ADS-ing now makes you as silent as if you were walking
+* Jinrai and NSF operatives no longer carry over their tinnitus to the next round from an exploded grenade at the end of the previous round (read: Fixed grenade ear-ringing carrying over to next round)
+* Fixed the cloak and vision SFX stuttering on high ping
+* Fixed the ghost indicator appearing on compass when spectating the ghost carrier
+* Fixed the player's head appearing in the death cam
+* Fixed the death cam not following the corpse when the corpse was server side
+* Fixed the juggernaut creating a server side ragdoll as it should not
+* Walking is now automatically toggled off when the player starts sprinting
+
+## HUD changes
+* Added `cl_neo_hud_health_mode`, `cl_neo_hud_iff_verbosity` and `cl_neo_hud_iff_healthbars` commands 
+
+## UI changes
+* Fixed the loading bar UI vanishing when using a background map
+* Cleaned up the ready players center text for comp
+* The number of ready players for a competitive match is now printed in chat each time a players readies or unreadies.
+
+## Mapping related fixes/changes
+* Added an `IsOfficialMap` marker for all vanilla maps
+* Added default hammer configurations for the steam installation 
+* Activators can now be used with neo_npc_targetsystem outputs
+* Refactored the neo_game_config file
+
+## General fixes/changes
+* Added a server variable for automatic clientside demo recording 
+* Fixed a case where a debug assert at client frame draw would fail before a weapon's dead owner was cleared from the weapon at the following tick
+* Fed all the TGRs
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