The holidays are here survivors, along with beta patch v0.4.5!
This is a winter-themed update so be sure to bring your sweaters.
To start off, I would like to thank everyone who has been using our report system. This is a MASSIVE help and we made sure to bust out as many of your bugs as possible. If you have any bugs that you would like to submit, you can do that here: https://zsgo.atlassian.net/rest/collectors/1.0/template/form/8381ca5e
As mentioned, this is a winter-themed update, be sure to __head on over to the mall__!!
Here you will find Santa. Talk to him so he can guide you to some good presents!
Highlights (TLDR)
• Added Santa to the Mall
• FOV toggle added.
• Improved Control Remapping process +Sensitivity Saving. (Should fix any game thread freezing issues people have while rebinding controls, also added proper remap settings for Q+E lean)
• Optimized landscape material.
• Health no longer regenerates
• Reduced food & water depletion rates
• Save System Optimization
• Winter Season - The world has been covered in snow and now has winter weather states
• OTHER CHRISTMAS MIRACLES
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Seasonal Content and Events
• Added Santa to the Mall.
• Added Santa's Big Ole Sack Quest.
• Introduced new seasonal items. Be sure to talk to Santa to find out more!!!!!!
• Added North Pole.
Weather and Environmental Changes
• Winter mode!
• Code added to maintain minimum snow coverage.
• Surface wetness limited to prevent snow disappearance.
• Main menu secret changes.
• Modified rad storms to not produce dust.
• Added snow to specific trees.
Gameplay and Mechanic Enhancements
• Expanded mountain parkour, added more loot, and designated it as a no build zone. (Shoutout to Squishy)
• Fixed the map collisions and floating loot spots reported by players. (TY AGAIN)
• Refined anomaly trigger system code.
• Fixed and adjusted mouse sensitivity resetting bug.
• Addressed bug hindering player actions (this should prevent the player from being stuck unable to shoot & reload sometimes)
• Began groundwork for player temperature modifier.
• Corrected item quantity display issues.
• Optimized Aim Offset Networking Performance.
• Fixed bug in updating interaction context actions.
• Resolved inventory grid error on respawn.
• Fixed player FOV loading issue.
• Disabled health regeneration; left framework for future configurations.
• Reduced hunger and thirst rates.
• Fixed shotgun cursor bug; revised weapon logic.
• Overhauled delays in weapon logic for bug resolutions.
• Improved stability in weapon system switches.
• Optimized and Refactored the gun equipping function chain to be less error prone fixing several bugs related to gun and scope initialization.
• Modified ADS behavior during weapon swapping.
• Increased zombie pursuit speed.
• Tainted water changes.
User Interface and Control Updates
• Added FOV slider to game settings.
• Corrected naming of Patreon user credits.
• Resolved visibility issue with Chainlink mission.
• Altered method for limiting aiming on weapon swap to client-side.
• Fixed lean mechanics and replication.
• Addressed remapping issues for Lean keys.
• Improved Control Remapping process.
Technical and Optimization Improvements
• Reduced server lag during saving and autosaving.
• Implemented a fix for accurate mission item count.
• Applied additional save-related fixes.
• Potentially fixed sleeping bag respawn saving.
• Optimized landscape material.
• Optimized ocean water material.
We noticed a bug where leaning can cause your gun to start shaking. For now, make sure to lean again to get rid of it!