PC Experimental Update 1.15 - Version 1.15.154306 (Released on 04.11.2021) NOTES Consider using the Steam client option to verify the integrity of the local game cache to avoid corrupted data after downloading this update. Consider de-fragmenting your HDD after downloading large updates. In case of problems, please check the Bohemia Interactive support F.A.Q., DayZ F.A.Q., or BattlEye F.A.Q. You can help us to further improve the game by posting your feedback on the Feedback Tracker. GAME ADDED AUR A1 assault rifle AUR AX assault rifle 30rd AUR magazine Hunter vest UI indicator when being hit Craftable barbed wire baseball bat Craftable Sawed-off LE-MAS New female survivor Sounds for switching the fire mode of a firearm Day-time setting for night vision scopes Metal wire can now be crafted out of barbed wire FIXED Ski masks and balaclavas would clip with several pieces of headgear Fixed a server error caused by specific attachment slots Electric appliances would always make plug-in sounds when the user was connecting to the server (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T159441) The sawed-off version of the BK-43 had wrong fire mode names Added a missing bed in the big yellow medical tent Fixed bad collisions in the yellow medical tents A killed chicken couldn't be picked up properly in all cases The fishing hook was not visible on the boonie hat on the ground If a player died while in surrender stance, the death animation was played twice Base building parts could become indestructible under specific circumstances The CR-75 could not be damaged by gunfire Small items could not be picked up from specific positions in car wrecks (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T160968, https://feedback.bistudio.com/T161261) Livonia bunkers were missing textures of fallen leaves CHANGED Grenades can't be pinned anymore, once the fuse has started Adjusted the thresholds for energy and hydration levels Food now takes longer to process in the stomach Slightly reduced the health damage caused by dehydration and starvation Adjusted weapon fire rates and recoil Added new variants of muzzle flash for more variety Secondary cooking processes were adjusted to not ruin the food in all cases (e.g. boiling already boiled food) Changed the weight of tents to be more realistic Head torches now count as eye-wear so they can be worn with other types of head gear Removed ghillie wrap attachment slot from the sawed-off BK-43 It is now possible to craft rags using the shovel or farming hoe Bushes drop more long sticks instead of short sticks Dry bags can now be repaired with the tire repair kit (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T161090) Removed grenade armor and cut protection from the high capacity vest Unconsciousness caused by firearms lasts longer Reduced the inventory size of the carp fillet from 2x3 to 1x3 CENTRAL ECONOMY Fixed: Infected weren't spawning at the Balota air field and military area Fixed: Position of some loot spawn points on the western helicopter crash site Fixed: Incorrect loot spawn points of Land_HouseBlock_2F1 Fixed: Incorrect loot spawn points of Land_House_2W01 Fixed: Livonia CE tiers 1 and 2 were mixed together (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T161247) SERVER Added: cfgweather.xml for configuring weather (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki?title=DayZ:Weather_Configuration) Added: cfggameplay.json for configuring several gameplay elements (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki?title=DayZ:Gameplay_Settings) Added: cfggameplay.json can define custom object spawners json files to populate the world without the need to use central economy (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki?title=DayZ:Object_Spawner) Added: Basic XML errors for invalid XMLs Fixed: Crash fixes for the Linux server build Fixed: Some mission files were not distributed in their lowercase form Changed: Weather init removed from default init.c (now done automatically from c++) Changed: FoodDecay parameter is now multiplier (instead of 0 - 1 toggle), meaning decay can be made faster or slower, 0 still switches it off Tweaked: Linux server now also shuts down on SIGTERM/SIGQUIT in addition to SIGINT MODDING Added: Particle overhaul, with the addition of "ParticleSource" and "ParticleManager" Added: New script method PlayerBase::OnVoiceEventPlayback called per frame during voice sound event Added: ErrorEx, script error message containing what class and function it came from Added: HasActiveParticle for fast checking if the IEntity as any active particles Added: GetParticleEmitorCount to quickly obtain the count of emitters Added: IEntity::IsFlagSet for fast testing if a flag is present on the IEntity Added: IEntity::IsHierarchyPositionOnly to check if it was added to a parent with "positionOnly" enabled Added: Exposed AbstractWave::GetVolume to script API (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T161111) Added: ParticleList.GetParticleIDByName, a faster alternative for ParticleList.GetParticleID Added: CGame.IsDedicatedServer to check if the current instance of the game is a real server or not Added: Differentiate put in cargo from inventory interaction and load/spawn in cargo (CanReceiveItemIntoCargo/CanLoadItemIntoCargo) Fixed: Baseball bat cleanup: removed the bottom half of textures (unused) and adjusted UV amps accordingly. Fixed damage materials. All materials now have normal and specular maps, the _view rvmats are unused now Fixed: OnExplodeClient should now support usage of modded particles Fixed: Config entry "healthLevels" inside of "DamageSystem" not reading integers Fixed: StartupEvent not being sent to CGame.OnEvent on script side Fixed: ScriptModule.CallFunction always returning 0 even when succeeding Fixed: SetDirection and SetOrientation not working on DayZCreature Changed: IEntity::AddChild now returns a bool instead of int and has an updated description Changed: IEntity::RemoveChild now returns a bool instead of void and takes an extra parameter to enable keeping of WS transform Changed: Moved the AUG magazine's textures and materials to the magazines folder Changed: Reduced sizes of unused AUG textures to 256x256 Changed: Engine-level entity events are now protected (instead of private) KNOWN ISSUES Road flares and torches are missing their particle effects PC Experimental 1.15 Update 2 - Version 1.15.154322 (Released on 11.11.2021) GAME FIXED Fixed a server error related to particles Torches and road flares were missing their particles Slicing rotten pumpkin produced raw pumpkin slices Charcoal tables were only working for a very brief time window The fishing rod was not properly extended during the fishing process It was possible to equip both the head torch and night-vision goggles The AUR AX was considered to be as long as the AUR A1 Muzzle flash of the CR-61 Scorpion was missing particles at the start CHANGED Reworked conditions for allowed item combinations Increased the volume of the LE-MAS reload sounds to make it more audible Closed containers won't show their cargo space anymore Increased water and energy consumption (still non-linear in nature) Further increased time it takes to stomach to process its contents Adjusted the size of the inner circle of AUR A1 reticle to match person at 300 meters Splash hit effect iteration (more subtle, slightly bigger and less accurate) Legacy red overlay hit effect disabled (still possible to enable it through the configuration) SERVER Added: Configuration for the onscreen directional effects into the server-side gameplay settings Added: More types of onscreen directional indicators (available through the server-side gameplay settings) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PC Experimental 1.15 Update 3 - Version 1.15.154355 (Released on 02.12.2021) GAME FIXED Fixed a game crash cause by bad memory handling of particles Fire barrels could despawn when all attachments were removed Inventory attachment slots were not visible on some items while in hands AUR rifles played the reload sound twice when reloading SERVER Fixed: Gameplay settings modifiers for stamina (sprintStaminaModifierErc and sprintStaminaModifierCro) were not working correctly Fixed: Incorrect message handling on loot from the dynamic events (causing excessive flooding of logs) MODDING Fixed: Crash when calling GetGame().ObjectDelete() on a ParticleSource managed by a ParticleManager, it will now ignore the request and output an error PC Experimental 1.15 Update 4 - Version 1.15.154452 (Released on 14.01.2022) GAME Added a security fix