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**Bloodbound 0.5.3 Update**

- **Coding Optimization**: We've made several optimizations to improve overall game performance and reduce load times.

- **Removed Self-Names**: Player names are no longer visible to themselves, enhancing the game's focus on teamwork and strategy.

- **Team Deathmatch (TDM) Improvements**:
- **Fixed Team Change Spawn Bug**: Resolved an issue where players would not spawn after switching teams in TDM.
- **Improved Spawn Points**: Updated spawn points to prevent players from spawning in areas where the opposing team is camping, reducing spawn kills.
- **No Points for Self-Kills**: Killing yourself no longer adds points to the enemy team.

- **Map Updates**:
- **Bloodave Performance Boost**: Bloodave map received a significant performance upgrade. We've reduced texture sizes for better memory performance and added shadows for a more immersive experience.
- **Invisible Tris Removal**: Removed invisible tris on Bloodave for smoother gameplay.

- **New Animations**:
- **Inspect Animations Added**: Added inspect animations for Jill's pistol, Lisa's knife, Vampire hands, all stakes (work in progress), Pablo's shotgun, and all Slayer stakes.

- **General Fixes**:
- **Ammo Box Duplication**: Fixed an issue where ammo boxes would spawn twice for clients.
- **Vampire Bot Visibility**: Vampire bots will no longer become invisible after being killed.
- **Vampire Heart Hitbox**: The hitbox for the Vampire heart is now correctly attached to the heart, fixing the issue where it would float when Vampires were downed.
- **Slayer Body Persistence**: Slayer bodies now remain on the map for 5 minutes, providing Vampires with a strategic advantage throughout the rounds, especially in TDM.
- **Crouching When Dead**: Players can no longer crouch when dead as a Slayer.
- **Crash Fixes**: Addressed crashes occurring when players were killed by bots.
- **Main Menu Button Fix**: Corrected the main menu button redirects for smoother navigation.