At a glance

  • Fixes VOIP stopping for some players between rounds.
  • Prevents a crash caused by rapidly picking up and dropping weapons.
  • Blocks a countdown trap exploit that could make a player unsuspended.

Player impact

Voice communication should persist more reliably across round transitions, while two disruptive exploit paths are removed. The developer says the VOIP behavior will continue to be monitored.

Quick facts

  • Game: Rising Storm 2: Vietnam
  • Official publication time: July 21, 2026 at 12:18:28 AM CST
  • Last checked: July 28, 2026 at 11:02:47 AM CST
  • Platform scope: Not stated in the official post
  • Version: 1.7.1
  • Source: Quality of Life Update 2 - 1.7.1 on Steam

What changed

Version 1.7.1 follows the earlier voice-chat work in 1.7.0 with a specific round-transition repair. The official note says VOIP could stop working for some players when one round ended and another began; that path has been addressed, although the developer explicitly says monitoring will continue.

The update also closes two exploits. Rapidly picking up and dropping weapons should no longer lead to a crash. During the round-start countdown, players can no longer place a trap and cancel the action to become unsuspended before normal play begins.

Key changes

Voice chat

  • In-game VOIP should continue functioning when the match advances to the next round.
  • The developer retains a monitoring qualifier rather than declaring all voice problems resolved.

Exploits and stability

  • Weapon pickup and drop spam no longer triggers the documented crash.
  • The head-start trap placement and cancellation route is blocked.

What this means for players

Teams should have fewer cases where voice communication disappears between rounds. Server integrity also improves because the release removes one crash vector and one way to evade the intended start-countdown restrictions.

Who is affected

The official note names players using in-game VOIP and players interacting with weapons or traps. It does not specify an operating system, server type, or regional rollout.

Rollout and known limitations

No download size or known-issue list is supplied. Continued VOIP monitoring is the only explicit limitation.

Editorial context

Steam Update Radar assessment: this is a narrow follow-up whose importance comes from multiplayer reliability and exploit prevention, not new content.

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