So...no softmods (bounce back trick) anymore?

Has anyone else tried the good old bounce back trick leading to softmods from tq?

I’m speaking about making a map without spawnpoint causing the game to bounce back to the main menu just with changed database, allowing “softmods” meaning database changes without having to replace the whole database.arz in the install directory.

I tried and it didn’t work. Did they really kill it?

Edit: Nevermind, it seems to still work somehow, just not the same way as in tq.