VEIN update 0.022 is now rolling out on PC (Steam). According to the official VEIN patch notes, the latest update 0.022 added quality of life improvements and gameplay optimizations.
Since the last patch, players are facing a number of problems with the game. Today’s VEIN patch 0.022 will fix a few of these issues.
Check out more details below.
VEIN Patch 0.022 Notes – October 30, 2025
- Fix water pipes not working in most places
- Fix some errors with localization (e.g. hiragana, katakana, hangul not rendering)
- Fix some multiplayer exploits
- Fix ID cards, bank cards giving screws upon dismantle
- Fix washing in hand soap making you dirtier
- Fix sneaking not properly giving XP, fix getting sneaking XP from looking around really fast when crouched
- Fix door snap locations in Centennial House and Werrenrath House
- Fix barbed wire not attaching to scrap metal fences
- Reduce texture streaming pool size (the game should now consume less VRAM)
- “Hard” difficulty doesn’t start you in the summer any more, and insanity/very hard difficulties tell you they start in fall
- Remove help menu
- Relocate loading screen tips to game code
- Moddable hair/eye colors
- Fix scrap metal gate not snapping to scrap metal walls/large gates
- Remove unused code
- Fix engine font dependency for modders
- Fixup auto-connecting to servers (e.g. via a steam:// link or joining friends)
- Water sources (sinks, etc) will now use the type of fluid they’re hooked up to properly
- Fix kitchen sink floating when moved
- Fix typoes
- Add Max Wire Distance gameplay setting
- Fix some unattenuated sounds
- Fix some weird edge cases with items spawning underground
- You can lock motorcycles to prevent them from getting stolen like other vehicles (yes this doesn’t make physical sense but it’s there for security for now)
- Fix Linux not rendering a bunch of stuff
- Fix some bodybag/rubble collision issues
- Fix not always using the best possible equipped flashlight
- Fix some sinks that were wired into fuse boxes near Chateaugay Lake :S
- Fix rain/snow coming in some buildings
- Possible fix for water not turning off
- Crash fixes
Download VEIN update 0.022 on PC.