Update 1.4.0 - 09/19/19

19 Sep 2019Developer post

Base Building Snapping System

The first phase of the base building snapping system has been completed and included in this update
It is recommended that all existing bases be rebuilt using the snapping system as some walls are likely to have been shifted due to required changes in some part sizes
Additional snapping features will be added in future updates
Freeform placement is still fully supported, so both snapping and freeform can now be used

Foundations are now been added to the game
There are currently two sizes of foundations you can use (4mx4mx4m and 2mx2mx4m)
Both have more health than any other base parts, which means they are less likely to get targeted or destroyed during a raid making your base much stronger
Their placement is restricted to terrain only and snap to each other
A foundation can be placed in shallow water as long as the center of the foundation is above water (so, partially submerged)
Foundations use rocks as a crafting material and can be upgraded to plated the same way you would upgrade other base parts

Most of the plated tier base parts were reworked to facilitate placement with platforms and to give them a better look

Most of the metal tier base parts were adjusted to work better with the snapping system
Their sizes have been adjusted, as well as their look, to better differentiate them from the plated tier
The health of the metal base parts was doubled making them extremely strong against explosives

The draw bridge and drawbridge wall base part have been added
Drawbridge placement is restricted to the drawbridge wall only
If the drawbridge wall is removed while a drawbridge is snapped to it, the bridge will be removed

AMD GPU users may experience increased performance (up to 50% more based on settings and map areas)
Can convert an AT-12 shotgun into a Sawed-off AT-12 shotgun
Airplane crashes should no longer occur in rivers
Airplane drops will no longer happen in base building exclusion areas (cities primarily)
Airplane crashes adjusted so they won't occur right at water edges
Lots of optimizations to models and prefabs to help increase client fps

A base will be instantly removed when its decay timer expires (before the server had to restart first)
Changed explosion max damage radius to 3.5m (was 5.0m)
A maximum of 12 base building parts can be stacked on top of each other
New watchtowers added

Keybinds have been added to the General category for base building actions - rotate, etc.
By default, the CTRL key will toggle between freeform and snapping placement