VEIN 0.010

27 Feb 2024Developer post

Source: Steam Community (opens in a new tab)

VEIN 0.010 is now live. Check the summary video below:

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Changes/Additions

Town of Saranac is mostly done except for a couple large buildings. Exteriors are done. Interiors WIP.
Entirely new custom networking system (should let people host servers/play with friends effortlessly) + p2p networking
Add spatial VOIP! (press V)
Ambulance vehicle
Police car vehicle
Player groups system - you can now group up with friends to see who's online, get a chat tag, etc.
Add new character movement system, should be lag-free or close to it in multiplayer
Rewrote construction snap system, should be a bit more accurate to windows/doors
Buildings decay/get dirty visibly over ingame years
Add some character creation preset props that change as you customize your character
Add bloodlust uniqueness: only lose stress by killing stuff
Add firearm attachment system (right now only suppressors)
You now ragdoll when unconscious
Add a bunch of new stat perks
Add weapon attachments, just a suppressor for now
Chopped trees now fall appropriately instead of in a random direction
Add tire pressure, flat tires (affects camera in a vehicle + can pull to one side while driving)
You can pull out the school bus stop sign
Car batteries now display their charge in the vehicle UI
Better gamepad controls for everything
Add ability to send items directly to the UC in case they are too heavy
Car part repair requirements filled out
Some vehicles now display your hands on the wheel in third person & first person
Way better networking of persistent decals, persistent corpses, and power grid
TV now syncs in multiplayer
Add TV panel, ability to change TV volume
Modify bloom post processing to be less intense
Close map, admin menu, emote menu, containers with more keyboard shortcuts
Connecting to a friend with a passworded server through Steam prompts for a password
Add CRT effect to CRT monitors/TVs
Add analog wall clocks that function properly
Some containers now have a weight limit
Scoreboard is now sticky on screen; add social, mute buttons
You can now drag unconscious/dead players/zombies/npcs
Tweak the center of mass of many vehicles (makes them less easy to flip)
Schematics can now unlock build objects
Servers now display ping and current map in the server browser
Changed the workbench and stove UI to be a bit more horizontal than vertical
Thunder is now muffled indoors
You can now select how long you want to sleep, in hours
Replace a bunch of clothing placeholders with actual art
Increase handbrake friction
Decrease how fast lights burn out significantly
Organize gameplay section in settings menu
Settings menu is now localizable
Update all non-English languages
Blood now washes away in rain
Increase the speed you dry off from wetness
If a UC is built inside a building, it will now cover the entire building + an area around it
TV has a larger radius of effect for de-stress
Fortification built garage doors can now open like garage doors
You can no longer push vehicles while on/in them
Add destruction effects to all doors, some more furniture destruction effects
Corn, ferns etc now move when you walk through them
Being 100% tired now causes pain
You can now drain/empty sinks/tubs
Dragging and dropping now highlights things you can craft together in the inventory
Add sleepwalker uniqueness, wake up in a random (unoccupied) bed when you sleep
Add missing mosin to the farm
Add UI scale setting
Add birds that you can shoot out of the sky
Running through bushes now makes a sound
Add a visualizer to UCs that displays the owned area when building
You can now turn off electronic items like cell phones
When inserting a battery into an electronic item you can now specify which battery to use
Add chatbox filters
Add small disclaimer to multiplayer in the main menu because stuff still desyncs a bit
Camera now rotates with you while in a vehicle
Throwing items is now a chargeable meter; when at 100% you gain tiredness
Add the ability to show and hide clothes for roleplaying purposes
You are now safe from taking damage when exiting a vehicle, when on a vehicle, etc.
The campervan stove now is functional
Add a thermometer item, which is now needed to see the exact temperature
Separate HUD temperature into body temperature and world temperature
Add ability to flip door locks (take them out then reverse the direction)
Weak flashlight is now powered by cell phones/GPSes - without power, no weak flashlight
Make nights slightly darker
When a use option on an item is disabled, add a tooltip telling you why

Major Fixes

Fixed doors being built on top of each other and behaving strangely
Fix vehicles starting with an empty battery
Fix vehicles not saving their positions
Fix bed sleep spawnpoints not saving
Fix broken car batteries functioning fine
Fix gamepad scrolling too fast through use options
Fix attaching locks to stuff in multiplayer
Fix persistent corpses not saving appropriately
Fix F10 help menu crashing sometimes
Fix not being able to fill gas tanks in multiplayer
Fix disabled reason not showing in item selection UI sometimes
Fix persistent corpses being invisible sometimes
Fix vehicle passengers becoming invisible sometimes in multiplayer
Fix flies appearing around all lights all the time instead of just when the light is on
Fix lights exploding when you get close to them on dedicated servers
Fix some soundscape problems (not playing indoors or in vehicles), turn down river volume
Fix car alarms not syncing properly
Fix getting rotated when getting into a chair/vehicle that has a weird rotation
Fix entering water making vehicle passengers pop outside of the vehicle
Fix zombie mouths being too clean, eww
Fix admin menu spawning the wrong items when a filter was applied
Fix some blurry UI textures
Fix listen server hosts not showing them looking up and down in vehicles
Fix vehicles maintaining throttle, turn, etc. inputs when you die
Fix some conditions not removing at 0%
Fix snow, rain appearing on the underside of barn roofs
Fix power grid state not saving
Fix illnesses not saving
Fix usable subtitle not updating (e.g. not refreshing a stat value)
Fix some clothes not being marked as placeholder
Fix some stat differences being the incorrect color in equippable item inventory UI
Fix helicopter not syncing to anyone
Fix notifications sometimes getting stuck on your screen
Fix computers always showing 'stations' header even when not at a substation
Fix some conditions not removing when you sleep (e.g. well fed etc)
Fix farm clothing chest not having clothes
Fix structures not decaying
Fix insulated flask starting full of air
Fix workbenches sometimes having phantom result items still in them
Fix thunder not being affected by volume sliders
Fix farm having incorrect tool types/tools that don't exist anymore
Fix some firearm animation issues
Fix weather effects sometimes just vanishing when you move
Fix water filter eating containers
Fix decals looking weirdly thick on some vertical surfaces
Fix farm vehicles sometimes being locked, alarmed, etc.
Fix Sokudo Commute not being usable in first person
Fix car motor oil being classified as a beverage in the inventory (that's just your opinion though)
Fix melee not hitting crawling zombies
Fix not being able to e.g. run over zombies in headshot-only mode
Fix some destructible stuff changing color when destroyed
Reduce RAM usage on dedicated servers a bit
Fix clocks displaying month 13 when it's December
Fix some items having a health bar on the HUD