Rejoice, Wild Wheelers!
We are celebrating the 28th anniversary of our beloved game in a special way. Years of work have been completed: the game now features a frame rate of 60 FPS.
Experience the delivery of goods, raffa hunting, participation in ritual races, cirt collecting, and much more on a whole new level.
Switching between the old and new FPS occurs in the Graphics settings.
Moreover, we fixed a ton of bugs (many of them have been lurking in the depths of the code since the game's inception!)
The full list of changes is at the end of the news. Our community continues to live and support the game - and we are always glad to welcome new players and creative individuals.
We are happy to meet international Vangers.
Right now you can join us here:
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Update's coders: stalkerg, Phoenix[kiv]
News prepared by [W]DimON, Mr Klinn и John Tomson
Cover art: Vladimir Shishkov, [W]DimON, Mr Klinn, John Tomson
60FPS aplha testers: Mr Klinn, PAK, John Tomson, Zasis
The update contains the following changes:
Added 60 FPS support.
Fixed network bugs and errors.
Fixed crashes related to the cargo hold and the escape UI.
Fixed tabutask and game events.
Interface fixes.
Graphics/rendering fixes.
Physics/gameplay fixes.
Audio fixes.
Data and text fixes.
Compatibility/build.
1. 60 FPS support.
The game has been optimized to run smoothly with a higher frame rate.
2. Network fixes.
- Fixed a crash when trying to press the "silence everyone" button with a long chat history;
- Player list desync during online play;
- Freezing/losing response when traveling between worlds;
- Fixed a client crash when traveling between worlds and losing/breaking the connection;
- Deleted mechos disappearing after world-switch/delete;
- Fixed incorrect visibility radius for online mechos at high resolutions;
- Fixed incorrect winner verification in online Mechosome mode;
- Fixed a crash when entering input in online chat after closing/changing the chat state;
- Fixed crashes due to outdated mechos/device references during disconnect/world-switch;
- Updated the C++ multiplayer protocol to version 5;
- Improved diagnostics of client and server network problems;
- Fixed handling of reconnect/restore scripts;
- Reduced the accumulation of outdated network updates and decreased latency in multiplayer;
- Fixed the loss of player items upon death/exit/transition between worlds;
- Reworked synchronization of network items between the client and the Rust server;
- Added a clear warning for incompatible network protocol versions;
- Updated the network protocol for new client-server fixes.
3. Fixed crashes related to the cargo hold and escape UI.
- Fixed crashes due to outdated item/device owner references;
- Fixed incorrect slot checks when moving/burying items;
- Disabled confirmation of mechos purchases while the player is holding the item;
- Fixed a bug with the Heavy Lady slot where some slots remained unoccupied, even when fully loaded;
- Fixed a crash when purchasing a mechos and then clicking "Abort Game" in the pause menu without exiting the escape UI.
- Fixed incorrect item ejection direction from the cargo hold in HD resolution;
- Fixed item image sticking when simultaneously closing the cargo hold and placing an item;
- Fixed accidental immediate exit from Escape after death in multiplayer;
- Activating Vector no longer duplicates weapons and resets the shooting cooldown.
4. Tabutask and game event fixes.
- Fixed Tabutask rewards that were mismatched;
- Fixed tabutask from Lampasso for continuous flight to the Ogorod: the Tabutask completion zone is now in the correct location;
- Fixed a crash when performing Lampasso Tabutask for winning the Nuclear War on a Raffa;
- Fixed a crash when performing VigBu's Tabutask for winning the Nuclear War on a Raffa;
- Fixed a crash when performing the Ogorod tabutask to win the Peepshow on a Raffa;
- Fixed a crash when performing the Ogorod tabutask to win the Peepshow on a Queen Frog;
- Fixed a bug that prevented the completion of tabutasks for bringing someone else's cirt;
- Fixed a softlock when completing the Parapheen quest before visiting Spobs;
- The cooldown for a broken station is no longer reset when opening and closing the hold;
- Fixed a crash when moving to an xMok in Passemblos multiplayer;
- Fixed the "Beeb Festival" Protractor's function.
5. Interface Fixes.
- Pressing Esc again while paused returns to the game;
- Fixed the sidebar rendering after partially reverting an old change;
- Tooltips in HD resolution are no longer cut off at the right edge of the screen;
- The list of graphic options has been moved up one line;
- The game ending texts have been aligned.
6. Graphics/Rendering Fixes.
- Fixed a visual artifact on large mechos when zooming in/tilting the camera;
- Improved visibility of the Makhotin projectile at high resolutions;
- The Makhotin projectile now displays correctly when taking into account camera zoom;
- Fixed loading and playback of VOT/mobile-location animations on Unix/Linux;
- Fixed terrain corruption after interrupting surface animations;
- Fixed mushroom growth animations playing too quickly in multiplayer;
- Restored the correct mushroom detonation speed.
7. Physics/Gameplay Fixes.
- Fixed a rare instance of mechos teleporting to negative coordinates near the horizontal world boundary;
- Fixed a mechos getting stuck/fading in anomalous quicksand on Xplo;
8. Sound Fixes.
- Fixed the sound playback logic for the Vertibird propeller and engine;
- The "Beeb Festival" Protractor's function no longer mutes the sounds of mechos colliding with obstacles or other mechos;
- Fixed the sound effect for the "Method-83" Protractor's function;
- Fixed the sound effect for the "Fence" Protractor's function.
9. Data and Text Corrections.
- Fixed typos in Russian-language legacy texts;
- Rebuilt diagen.text;
- Updated the credits list: added Richter Klinn and John Tomson;
- Removed an extra logo on the last credits page that was overlapping the text.
10. Compatibility/Build.
- Fixed FFmpeg AVI compatibility;
- Improved the build system