Stable Branch: 0.53.126384

[Hicks_206 (DayZ) 4297]

Hey folks!

We'll be updating stable branch to 0.53.126384 today. I'll update this post as the update progresses with known issues, and patch notes when they are released.
Should be noted maintenance today -is- extended for the update.

Updated server rules:
 

Public Servers

Private Servers

Since last hive wipe:

111,601,176 characters have been killed.
4,796,793 characters living
2,094,059 characters purged from the public hive

Known issues:

 

• In some cases, servers may freeze briefly. (There will be a targeted hotfix to address this)
• Throwing something while in process of another action can cause your character to get stuck in a falling pose until reconnection

Change Log:

 

New items:

- Crafted Leather Jacket, Pants, Backpack, Shoes and Vest

- Broom

- Canoe paddle

- Lead pipe

- Steak knife

- Hatchet

- Hay Hook

- Flanged Mace

- Red, green, blue and gray sweater

- Red, green, blue, yellow, violet, orange and black quilted jackets

- Blue, red, pink and black raincoat

- Yellow, orange, blue, green, red, pink and black armband

- Khaki, Black, Olive and Tan M65 Jacket

- Bayonet for AKs

- Flare gun

- Ice Axe

- Field Shovel

- Lug Wrench

 

New mechanics:

- Handheld scopes not limited in Y axis.

- You can use rope, duct tape or wire for restraining other players.

- You can use blades, pliers, hacksaw and lock pick to untie players.

- You can craft armbands by shredding raincoats.

- You can use cooking tripod as melee.

- You can attach cooking tripod on fireplace.

- You can pour water, gasoline or disinfectant into any kind of container (except soda cans).

- You can pour liquids from container to container.

- You can tan skin using lime.

- You can upgrade fireplace to furnace.

- You can use Ice Axe for stone picking.

- You can sew Leather Jacket, Vest, Pants, Shoes, Hat and Sack from Tanned Leather with Leather Sewing Kit.

- Construct fireplace states by attachments.

- Fireplace consuming fuels (heating/cooling fireplace temperature).

- Heat transfer from heated items (you can heat items in a fireplace and then bring them with you to keep you warm).

- You can find worms when digging garden plot.

- Planting in garden plot is less effective in comparison to greenhouse.

- Zucchini plant, seeds and its growing process.

 

New animations + audio:

- Flare gun hand pose & reload animation

- Water pump water pouring

- Supersonic crack sound for weapons with supersonic ammo

- Bullet fly wizz

- Melee weapons sounds

- Flare gun sounds

 

New locations:

- Terra incognita

- Castle on Skalisty island

- Nagornoe village

 

Programming:

- New version of BattleEye.

- Antihacks.

- Vehicle persistence.

- The navmesh controller connected to the entity controller.

- Adminlogs added for private shards (logs connects and disconnects of player, tracks damage dealt from player to player, logs messages sent through chat ...).

 

Fixed:

- Suicide with various items

- You can not unpin grenade laying on the ground

- Ghillie suit painting

- Arrow crafting no longer consumes 2 instead of 1 feather in certain circumstances

- Deployment of ruined fishtrap

- Cancel action during digging in greenhouse

- Fireplace heating process tweaked

- Effect of wetness on temperature tweaked

- Handguard placement on AKs

- Kitchen Knife cannot be placed on back

- Fish trap deterioration and sardines count

- Damaged an Ruined texture on some items (book, heatpack,...)

- Shovel size

- Clothing sizes tweaked

- Heatpacks keeps you warm longer, but its longevity is affected by it's damage

- Gun muzzle flashes

 

Known issues:

- Server freezes.

- Character falls/gets stuck after throwing melee weapon during swing/weapon change.

- Player can't pick up items from the ground sometimes.

- V3S can clip under ground in certain circumstances.

- Players are experiencing desync while next to each other/ in vehicles.

- Items with classnames that are too long aren't saved into the character database.

- Items in backpack rearranges upon connection to server.

- Player is stuck in building after reconnect.

- City/Shadow related client FPS drops.

- Camera clipping issues.

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Discussion here please...

http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/220064-stable-branch-053-discussion/