November 04, 2025#

Build #20251104.9473.435#

🤘🏻Internal Nightly Branch!#

We are opening access to our internal build branch on Steam (Nightly). This branch is updated daily with the latest features but not fully QA’d (expect bugs).

In your Steam Library, right click on HELIX → Properties → Betas
Use this beta access code: HelixNightly2025
Select the Nightly branch and then Play HELIX

You can always switch back to our stable build, however, please note that we have retired the Pre-Alpha branch and to switch back you now need to select “None” in the Betas tab instead.

🚀New/Improved Features#

🎮Gameplay & Menus#

WebUI input and focus handling refined for better responsiveness.
Voice chat has been rebuilt with improved clarity and proximity support — no more crackling or silence, just smooth in-game communication.

🚗Vehicles#

Improved replication and vehicle physics stability on servers.
Updated materials, collisions, and door behaviour across multiple vehicles.

🎨Character & Character Creator#

Custom Mesh Undo/Redo added in Character Creator, making it easier to experiment with shapes.
Improved camera focus and character preview stability in Character Creator.

🛠️General Improvements#

Security and permission improvements for creator-specific folders.
Build stability and performance improvements across core systems.
Faster startup and smoother rendering with updated DLSS plugin.
Backend WebUI and Lua integration stability improvements.

💻Lua changes#

Added more base game events.
Multiple WebUI class fixes.
Added new HPlayer class functions.
Added new HVehicle class functions.
Improved event serialization.
Added new globally accessible functions (FiveM friendly).
Improved console command registering.

⚒️Creator Kit#

UI revamp for Creator Kit (work-in-progress).
Support for wearables added.
Support for Character Creator added.
Support for doors added.
Support for vehicles added.

📚 Documentation#

As promised last week and as per close feedback from some of our most vocal pre-alpha testers, we made a major overhaul of our docs to be much easier to follow. Check them out (as of now links are only viewable with those with pre-alpha tester role):

Getting Started:

Create Your First HELIX World - Especially useful for anyone getting started and explains many core concepts required to get started.
How to install and use Creator Kit to import custom content into HELIX
How to host a Dedicated Server
How servers work in HELIX

We also made much better dedicated tutorials on how to import and use each type of custom asset. You can follow them here:

We also made a handy guide for converting/porting scripts and assets from FiveM to HELIX:

When you're importing content from Fab into HELIX:

Make sure you are on the latest nightly beta before following the tutorials!

Feedback/suggestions welcome! You can post suggestions for more tutorials in ⁠✍️│pre-alpha-feedback channel on Discord and we'll get to them.

🐞 Bug Fixes#

Added temporary fix for mouse cursor displaying after closing Character Creator in Creator Kit.
Fixed colour picker appearing on items that don’t actually support colour customisation in Character Creator.
Fixed multiple replication and desync issues on listen/dedicated servers.
Fixed proxy desync when equipping or swapping weapons.
Fixed door and material desyncs across vehicles.
Fixed mouse input loss and focus issues in menus and CC.
Fixed log spam and obsolete dependency warnings.
Fixed gravity, collision, and steering inconsistencies.
Fixed missing and outdated data assets in Character Creator.
Fixed various animation and material bugs in tuning and CK.

⚠️ Known Issues#

Please refer to our TIPS and KNOWN ISSUES page: TIPS + KNOWN ISSUES

As always, let us know what you think — and if you run into bugs, submit this form to drop them in the Bug Board 🐛