Stable Branch - 0.50 Discussion

[SmashT 10907]

As always, we will be watching server data, and the feedback tracker for any potential severe issues and will address them accordingly with a hot fix. For any bugs/issues you run into, please let us know by filing it on the feedback tracker: http://feedback.dayzgame.com

New Items:

    -Balaclavas (Color variants)

    -MP133

    -Sledge hammer

    -Brass Knuckles (Color variants)

    -SPOSN backpack

    -Derringer (Color variants)

    -Improvised Fish Trap

    -Waterproof bag (Color variants)

    -Leather sewing kit

    -Tomato seeds

    -Gardening lime

    -Lockpicks

    -Rossi R92

    -Rabbit snare

    -Rangefinder

    -Heat pack

    -Metal wire

    -Medical thermometer

    -AK 74 (Color variants)

    -AKS 74U (Color variants)

    -Welding Mask

    -Firefigher Uniform (Color variants)

    -Firefighter Helmet (Color variants)

    -Firefighter Pants (Color variants)

    -Skater Helmet (Color variants)

New Mechanics:

    -You can search for feathers in chicken coops

    -Water and energy consumption tweaked

    -Player can be put to unconscious while restrained and can be restrained while he is unconscious

    -Two handed item throwing

    -Loot table changes

    -Barricading (First iteration, you are able to lock doors, state being persistent)

    -Horticulture (You are able to use greenhouses when you aquire seeds and fertilizer to grow plants)

    -Soaking of items in backpacks

    -Waterproof items

    -Wring items

    -Player temperature

    -Shoe degradation and comfort

    -Duct tape repair and crafting

    -Improved weather system

    -Drowning

    -You can stitch wounds now

    -Riders jacket, military shoes, combat shoes, leather shoes, working boots can be patched using leather sewing kit

    -New animals (Hen, Goat)

    -Server time affects temperature

New Animations:

    -New holding animations

    -New unarmed sprinting animations

    -New grenade unpinning

    -Wring animation added to wring clothes

    -New handgun animations

    -New restrain animations

    -New sitting pose for pistols, two handed and unarmed

    -New bow reload animation

    -Prone move with pistol polished

Towns and Villages:

    -New village "Belaya Polana"

    -New town "Novaya Petrovka"  + surroundings

    -New village "Topolniki"

    -New village "Svergino"

    -New village "Berezhki"

Locations:

    -New Kamensk mine

    -New Military Base near Severohrad

    -New Svergino castle

    -New "Pobeda dam"

    -Krasnostav Airfield now has a new Hangar and Office

    -Others:

    -Food and News Stands has been added

    -Bug fixing

    -Map optimization

    -Barrels was removed from map

Fixed:

    -Fixed Shadows

    -Eject Buckshots option for shotguns

    -Fixed Shadow Issues

    -Fixed Client Crashes

    -Fixed Server Crashes

    -Antihacking measures

    -Visor for gorka helmet now shows bandanas/balaclavas

    -Fireplace works at high altitude

    -Fish trap works with bait as well

    -Leaving unconsciousness while having burlap sack will keep screen dark

    -Smersh vest without backpack appearance fixed

    -You can no longer place hacksaw and sickle on shoulder

    -Telescopic baton damage texture

    -Telescopic baton won't reset its damage after open/close action

    -Breaking from restraints is now done through repeated alternated pressing of A and D keys

    -Animation and cancel action added to road flare ignition

    -Animation and cancel action added to chem-light ignition

    -Feathers combining and splitting added

    -You can add kindling and sharp sticks to fireplace

    -Performing other environment actions while on ladder or swimming removed

    -Breaking from restraints fixes

    -Attachment slot removed from skate and firefighter helmet

    -Message spamming reduced

    -Temperature is now affected by movement

    -Safer heat comfort calculation

    -Skinned animal now hides correctly when the process is completed

    -The process of skinning can be cancelled at any time

    -Status message for drowning

    -Shoe damage/wear reduced

    -Rangerfinder measures distance properly

    -And a lot more!

Known Issues:

    -Items do not update their state properly (durability/wet). Moving them, or relogging will refresh.

    -Server crash

    -Performance deteroriation

[yazar8 584]

Oh yes, finally!

Edited November 5, 2014 by Yazar8

[ChainReactor 922]

Happy update day, guys !

[Zboub le météor 250]

One of the biggest update for sure !

[wuffi (DayZ) 18]

Come on steam start the damn download!!! :)

[muddyraccoon 176]

YAY DOWNLOAD!!

[DaveP3 (DayZ) 6]

Its up, restart your Steam.... Enjoy :)

 

Dave.

[Arthur Dubrovka 376]

Yesssssss!!! <3

[wuffi (DayZ) 18]

Wow 1,2 gigs :thumbsup:

[AgainstAllAutority 126]

switching back to stable, yeah!

[DrunkRedneck 2]

updating! hell yeah, extra ~200mb

Edited November 5, 2014 by DrunkRedneck

[Tatanko 5591]

YESSSS. They finally added "my" village of Belaya Polana! :) I'm betting that with the addition of Novaya Petrovka and Topolniki they've also added a particular unique location nearby...

[Aydjile 11]

my pants!

[a_ruttle 199]

    -Fixed Shadow Issues

Hurrayyy

[HeXedMinD (DayZ) 39]

"Performance deteroriation" That does not sound reassuring xP

[entspeak 374]

Now, I just have to wait for servers to update. There are currently 2 open that I can see.

 

*edit: Weird. I downloaded a 1 GB update. And now, it's downloading another 1.2 GB update.

Edited November 5, 2014 by entspeak

[skoms 86]

No servers up yet?

[General Zod 1118]

Hell it's about time. 

[Demonica 311]

No servers showing for me either. Oh Grr... >:(

That's okay though, gives me time to calm my heartbeat before jumping on :D

[eugenharton 1540]

The build works nice. Only addition from experimental is fix for backpacks (waterproof) on female characters and huge map changes. They needed to wait until now. Performance gets on the low side after server runs with persistence for 7 days or more. We are investigating. You should be able to reset the server to default (if owned by you) if you encounter this issue. We will try to keep public ones in order as well.

Servers should be online really soon. GSPs are rolling out the update it just takes time.

[voxframe 31]

Any word if the propane camping stoves actually work instead of insta-burning everything?

[entspeak 374]

Merci. :)

[blackberrygoo 1416]

Holy shite ... Why am I at work now ??? I'm gonna call home and tell my dog to start the stream download ... I need to see the new Kamensk mine and see if it's a true mine now and not a death pit !! Also this isn't new but I'm going to be looking for the secret cave at pik koslova or whatever if it's still there as I just found out about it today lol :)

[sav112g 114]

Never played only watched on twitch due to my old system that came out the ark in 2004. Anyway glad to see some progress as the game seems to be taking an age in the building.

 

Been following this and Elite Dangerous. They are like flip side of a coin, Elite has moved so fast and progressed at an amazing pace ceasing its moment while it’s hot. DayZ seems to me to have faltered, still disappointing with bugs that have never been fixed over new content that just is not needed. And that’s before you even get to the hacks that seem to be out there.

 

I hope this game moves form being an amazing concept to a polished crafted release, but right now it feels like its moving at the pace of an asthmatic Ant with a slight limp at least from the sidelines watch through Twitch.

[General Zod 1118]

I'm going to wait for all the hype to cool off before playing.