VEIN 0.008

19 Nov 2023Developer post

Source: Steam Community (opens in a new tab)

VEIN 0.008 is now out. Check the update summary video here:

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Features

Champlain Valley north and south forest; Saranac river, some lakes; caves; bridges
153 new clothes
Armor ratings on clothes - damage and elemental resistance
Keys for vehicles now spawn in nearby buildings or on nearby zombies
You can now label keys
Hotwiring vehicles
Car alarms
Corpses are now persistent & remain until they're destroyed with a heavy cutting tool
Firearms and melee items now show their stats (fire rate, damage values etc.)
New game zombie settings (spawn count, damage multiplier, etc.)
Better dirt texture on humans and zombies
New ingame map
New knife melee animations
You can rest on a bed in multiplayer
Manual handbrake in vehicles, interior light in vehicles
Stoves have clocks that reset on power outages
New WIP character creation level
Add Nomad uniqueness: spawns you in a remote location
Add new clothing-related scrap items
Film grain effect
Drunkenness now acts as a painkiller
New grass and landscape texture improvements
You can dye clothes with hair dye
Tents and chairs can be packed up
Bow and arrow has been rebalanced
Fuel amount now shows in the vehicle part UI for gas tanks
You can build mattresses in the construction menu
Overeating and overdrinking will kill you
Reduce battery consumption for many battery-powered items
New Flock17 art
Multiple randomized hair dye colors
Setting to always go first-person in ADS (eg. if third-person, ADS makes you go first-person)
New medical condition icons for eg. bandaging, infection, etc.
Wounds can now be infected; you are more likely to get an infection if you are dirty
Wounds can now be sutured
Bandages can be destroyed if you take damage with one on; you can manually remove them through the medical menu
Players have blood types, pending blood transfusion system
Syringes: inject yourself with fluids, syringes can communicate disease including the zombie virus
"Always become zombie" setting - all people that die will become a zombie
Saws can now cut trees alongside axes
Various changes to item spawn rates (for example axes now spawn more frequently)
Warehouse garage doors can be fortified
Powered tools now need batteries to function
Hunger and thirst cause damage slower
Compass will show where you died as a red X
Tweak spawn rates of some items (eg hot chocolate mix); add fluid-fillable bowls, kettles, etc
Money now shows it's name as the stack count (instead of "USD x41", you will see "$41")
Increase audible distance of firearms
Items can have colored info, clothing has placeholder notice if it is a placeholder
Keep all equipped utility items when you die
Some clothes adjust walking friction (some shoes are slipperier)
Walking on broken glass cuts up your feet
Clarify which parts belong to the engine in vehicles
Foley sound effects when using most containers
Sky lighting tweaks
TVs cast light in the room they're in when they're on
Add some streamer friendly settings (show/hide player names, show/hide chat ...)
Melee animations are more responsive to player input
Confirmation prompt to overwrite saves
Only show vehicle part items in the vehicle part UI
Barn doors open slower
Add some new vehicles to the farm

Bugfixes

This isn't a comprehensive list - we've only listed the noticeable ones.

Fix zombies not always going for players
Fix map being grey sometimes
Fix not being able to brake when you have no fuel
Fix really loud paper tear sound
Fix laggy melee weapons in MP
Fix persistent blood not replicating properly in MP
Fix crafting recipes always showing that you just need 1 of the ingredient
Fix that one driveway ramp's collision
Fix computers always being on
Fix batteries being stackable
Fix all fluids becoming water in stoves
Fix cooking
Fix destructible lights not saving
Add vehicle oil to the farm
Fix some furniture not being interactable (rugs, paintings, etc.)
Fix destroying some containers deleting items inside them
Fix computer monitors not appearing powered when powered
Fix TVs being always on
Fix being able to start vehicles without gasoline
Fix some doors being lockable in the wrong direction
Fix being stuck in lockpick if someone else unlocks what you're picking
Fix mining rocks while being encumbered doing nothing
Fix exploit where you can farm scavenging XP by scavenging your own containers
Fix glasses etc. appearing on your face after character creation
Fix brakes not functioning when the brake health is near 0; they now function until the brakes are literally dead
Fix not being able to refill gas tanks without containers
Fix not being able to reverse vehicles without brakes
Fix spoon on a stick causing stabbing damage
Fix battery powered items not using the best available battery
Fix painkillers making a bandage sound
Fix some damage calculations
Fix sleeping not removing stress
Fix rain not gathering in containers placed outdoors
Fix ladder climbing animation being rotate-able
Fix server browser needing refresh to be clicked the first time
Fix built door flap not showing the right use option
Fix crafting recipes not highlighting when you have all the ingredients
Fix character creation stats not stacking properly
Fix news dates in the main menu
Misc small map fixes & crash fixes

Enjoy!

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