Update - March, the 4th
Dear Survivors,
An update is now available in the "beta branch"
To access it, just go in BETAS tab of game's properties and select the beta branch option. It will update your game with the fixes and features below. When you first log in you will only see servers that have been updated to the new patch.
Please note that if you want to test the beta branch in multiplayer, all the players need to be on the same branch.
If the update is looking good to everyone over the weekend we will be looking to push it out to everyone on all branches on Monday.
Update for this Friday (March, the 4th) - Beta branch:
- Level of the camp, can be extended up to 35, if you successfully complete...
- dun dun dun...the Kovac's challenges! Protect your camp and resist the incoming hordes of zombies to deserve your level cap extension!
- A new building can be crafted from the camp's interface: the Pylon, from which you can trigger the Kovac's challenges
- Weight Management is now active!
- When you craft something from a building or the camp, the resources are now directly taken from the trunks
- The objects crafted from the buildings don't take time anymore to be crafted and they are directly dropped into your backpack when they are finished
- 3 different types of traps can be crafted to protect your camp
- carpet of spikes, jazzy attractor and rotating blades(don't stand too close!!!)
- Barricades can be repaired and upgraded to be more resistant
- Players can stay in last stand using their gun even if they don't have a revive potion
- Added 6 new missions given by Kovac, Kenji, the red necks, or the fans
- New type of quest added: the "elite" quests. You die, you leave. Simple. Efficient.
- Added an icon on player's inventory to spot equipped items.
- More info are displayed when you highlight a quest of the quests givers (rewards, levels, etc.)
- Added a whole new armor set to craft. The "Leviathan" armor set! Brrr!
- Added 6 new weapons to craft:
- handcrafted knives
- compound bow
- handgun, revolver, rifle and machine gun (5th generation)
- Added new modules to boost your weapons:
- scope for your bows
- fast scope for crossbows and firearms
- more accurate scope for crossbows and firearms
- improved suppressor for firearms
- concentrator for firearms (what is that?)
- clip extension for all firearms
- reinforcements to strike harder with your firearms
- auto-fire module to turn your handgun into a full auto SMG (or something like that)
- stabilizer for your bows
- Added new recipes and materials to craft all these new objects
- Added new recipes to craft better backpacks with higher capacity
- Added pointed ammunition for firearms...for those who like the zombies skewers.
- New friends of Kovac live in his bunker now. Don't feed them!!! Seriously, just don't.
- Now, special items such as security keys are not kept when you leave their raid
- Various adjustments of zombies' perforation and stopping power levels
- You can delete the useless profiles you created by playing in local coop
- Cleaner transition between characters when selecting online games
- Online : fixed spawn zombies at wrong position
- Online : fixed zombies not playing attack animations
- Fixed missing sound when shooting in last stand
- Removed double cursor in menus when playing with option "double controls" is enabled
- When first player has keyboard controls set in controls menu, the second player can now spawn with paddle1
- Fixed bug when player could upgrade camp & character one step beyond the limit
- Fixed last stand not displayed correctly in online
- Fixed missing fire sound in last stand
- Fixed various collision or nav mesh issues in the camp and in the raids
- Fixed loot issue in Kenji's quest "Strength in unity"
And lastly, meet Edgar Allan Crow:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=637805286 You will find him located in your Private Trunk in the Bunker.
If you experience any crash, please send the proc.dmp file to [email protected]
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Next update should come before the end of March! Stay tuned!
Take care : )
Update March 7
- The game doesn't crash anymore when you open the "craft" tab of the buildings level 34 and more
- Some missing icons of recipes have been updated
- The durability of fences and traps has been better balanced
- The weight of some objects has been adjusted, too (i.e. silver / 10mm ammo, coins, aluminum cans, etc.) according to the feedback of the community. Thank you for that!
Update March 9
- Personal chest in the Kovac bunker is fully working. You can now place your personal nontransferable items in this chest along with any other items you want to keep to yourself. These items will then be available for any public camp you go to.
- Tuned some weights for the ammo making them weigh less so you can carry more ammo.