Console Update 1.18

[lynn.zaw 245]

Console Stable 1.18 Update 1 - Version 1.18.154955 (Released on 14.06.2022)

NOTES

• In case of problems, please check the Bohemia Interactive support F.A.Q. or DayZ F.A.Q.
• You can help us to further improve the game by posting your feedback on the Feedback Tracker.

GAME

ADDED

• Abandoned trains dynamically spawning across Chernarus and Livonia
• M79 grenade launcher
• 40mm grenade launcher ammunition
• Derringer pistol
• Sawed-off Revolver
• Sawed-off Blaze
• Craftable improvised explosive device (IED)
• Plastic Explosive
• Claymore mine
• Remote Detonation Unit
• PO-X Vial
• Fireworks Launcher
• Craftable armbands from flags
• Gas Canisters explode upon destruction
• Advanced sensitivity options for controller
• Game credits

FIXED

• Doors of several structures could not be opened by force
• Adjusted some exploitable building collisions (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T163092 - private)
• When driving the Gunter and Olga without a radiator, the spark plug got ruined too early
• The slot for cooking equipment was displayed when the tripod was not attached
• Widget of dead players/animals was not displayed after leaving a vehicle (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T163934)
• The stamina indicator was not displayed in the inventory with disabled HUD (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T162706)
• When entering the pause menu after disabling the HUD, the HUD could not be re-enabled (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T163869)
• Fixed an exploit related to fireplaces
• Stones were not properly displayed when left as the last attachment of a fireplace
• Melee damage was dealt in the direction the camera was facing
• The wrong text was shown when dragging a body out of vehicles
• The CR-550 magazine was not properly reflecting damage states
• The dry fire of the CR-550 did not have sounds in prone stance
• The Revolver was missing its dry fire sound
• The land mine disappeared upon disarming
• Land mines ruined by shooting did not explode (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T164288)
• After cooking, the sound of roasting meat would persist on the equipment used
• Trying to ignite a wet fireplace would activate burning sounds
• The fireplace was missing some particles when burning
• It was possible to boil food in gasoline (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T146331)
• Transitioning between erect and prone stance while charging a throw was skipping animations in certain cases
• Brooms did not change their materials properly when burning
• It was possible to craft the improvised spear while the stick had food attached
• Ticking sound of the alarm clock could be desynchronized when interrupted while setting the alarm
• The tutorial screen was falsely showing console controls in the tab selection
• Inventory icon of the Long Torch was cropped
• Fixed several instances of headgear clipping with character heads
• It was easily possible to get stuck in the stairs of the castle tower
• Adjusted rag cover clothes to reduce clipping with other clothing items
• The Bizon was spawning with the 1PN51 night-vision scope (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T163972)
• Improved textures of the spear variants
• The animation of drawing a pistol from the holster would twitch unnaturally
• Fixed an issue that prevented military infected from spawning with EGD-5 grenades
• Skater infected gave a metal sound when hit against the head
• Bus wreck model was levitating slightly (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T161767)
• Stick was held badly when roasting meat over fires (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T164438)
• It was possible to unpin grenades silently (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T158850 - private, https://feedback.bistudio.com/T161873 - private)
• Items would float when taking them into hands with a wounded character
• Reloading while freezing could result in animations glitching
• Fixed some issues that would result in skipping animations
• Jumping with two-handed rifles could result in stretched arms
• Cooking slots in the oven took different amounts of time to cook (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T164090)
• Multiple flash-bangs in a row would eventually stop impacting the character
• Ownership of the Livonia DLC was not correctly reflected in the main menu
• Change of the control scheme was not saved after restart (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T164582)
• Fixed an animation glitch related to going prone
• Plants missed their name widget during growing stages
• Brooms would recover health after stopping burning (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T164097)
• Food lost quantity when baked with lard
• Food did not lose quantity when being roasted on a stick
• PlayStation: Sea water would disappear on low tide
• PlayStation: Removed falsely displayed "Choose Account" button

CHANGED

• Increased base building resistance against explosive damage
• Rotten meat now gets burned when smoked
• It's now possible to skin dead chickens, rabbits, carps and mackerels with the screwdriver
• Reduced the weight of the Handheld and Field Transceivers (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T157490)
• Decreased the inventory size of binoculars from 3x3 to 2x2
• The sharpened wooden stick can now cause bleeding on targets
• Halved the damage to cooking gear while cooking (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T164266)
• Keybinding menu now has inputs split into several categories to make it easier to navigate (PC)
• Adjusted positions of rifles in the shoulder slots to reduce clipping with the character
• Animations of character symptoms do not conflict with other animations any more
• Adjusted the modern compass to be more readable in sunlight
• Adjusted colors of all raincoat-based armbands
• Controller sensitivity options are now visible even when mouse and keyboard is enabled (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T164297)
• Renamed the "Restart" button during unconsciousness to "Respawn"

SERVER

• Added: cfgeventgroups.xml to define groups of objects to spawn with dynamic events
• Added: Hundreds of static environment objects now have a config-class to be spawned by the server
• Added: "deloot" attribute to events.xml <child> to define the amount of wanted dynamic events loot for a child instead of the default value
• Added: "spawnsecondary" attribute to events.xml <child> to define if the child should be spawning the secondary infected event
• Added: Warning message when a definition in types.xml will be ignored
• Added: Additional dynamic event setup validation and warning messages
• Added: Dynamic events now supports spawning of "dispatch" from proto xmls
• Added: "dispatch" and its children "proxy" from proto xmls now have an additional attribute "dechance", a float value ranging from 0-1 to decide chance of spawning at a dynamic event
• Fixed: Banlist, whitelist and prioritylist were cleared when the accompanied file was failed to be opened by the game
• Fixed: The enableDebug window was not fully displayed in certain resolutions
• Fixed: Random loot spawned by dynamic events would persist after a server restart
• Fixed: A prevalent connection error resulting in Connecting Failed 0x00020009 (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T163151 - private)
• Fixed: Renamed the SharpWoodenStick to SharpLongWoodenStick in the types.xml
• Changed: The game now has an error message and shuts down when it cannot find the world

KNOWN ISSUES

• 40mm impact grenades disappear after 6 seconds of air-time

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Console Stable 1.18 Update 2 - Version 1.18.155001 (Released on 30.06.2022)

GAME

FIXED

• It was not possible to access certain clothing containers in the vicinity
• A non-functional "combine" option was displayed for plastic explosives with the remote detonator
• Fixed a server crash related to vehicles
• The Derringer was missing a reload sound after only one bullet was shot
• The Derringer did not display ejected shells
• The character got stuck in walking speed after dying while in inventory
• It was possible to arm an empty improvised explosive using an alarm clock or kitchen timer
• Consuming an item assigned to a quick slot could result in the slot becoming unresponsive
• Raising hands with an opened map in hands could result in desynchronisation (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T165934)
• Widgets were still displayed after disabling the HUD via keybinding
• Plastic explosives were dealing inconsistent damage (this also includes additional damage rebalance to reflect this fix)
• An improvised explosive with one plastic explosive was doing more damage than one with two explosives attached
• Disarmed plastic explosives and improvised explosives could not be picked up
• Timers from the improvised explosive could not be disarmed
• Ruined landmines and bear traps were still triggered on contact
• Cargo of vehicles and barrels was not displayed properly (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T165739)

CHANGED

• The M79 Launcher can no longer jam
• Slightly increased resistance of the base building wooden walls against explosive damage (tied to plastic explosive fix)

SERVER

• CHANGED: Newly implemented static objects were renamed to StaticObj_* instead of Static_ (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T166003)
• Fixed: Chernarus contaminated areas had seasonal event usage flag applied (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T166023)

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Console Stable 1.18 Update 3 - Version 1.18.155048 (Released on 14.07.2022)

GAME

FIXED

• Fixed two game crashes
• Equipping the plate carrier or smersh vests could cause inventory management issues
• The character was shaking while covering other players' heads with a burlap sacks or gagging them (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T159648)
• Fixed a game error related to inventory containers
• Fixed a server crash when corrupted character logs in (character is removed instead)

KNOWN ISSUES

• The inventory of the smersh vest and attached backpack is falsely displayed as one container, but still separated

[KommanderWar-94971bcb672f9055 26]

I still don't believe they add achievements, there are only 13 but they are something, if they add more each update it's great.

[Mieya1977 0]

There a problem seeing items in barrels, can’t change up arrows to allow items to be seen on PlayStation 

I way around it is to move away look inside an vehicle and then move back and look in barrel and you can see items  for abit

Edited June 14, 2022 by Mieya1977

[PoiiZoner3301 0]

Really wish they'd change the armband model when wearing a shirt to the shirtless armband model, it's much better

[Gunsmoke47 1]

Hey Guys‘n‘Girls

I found an issue on P(l)aystation with switching by [L2] or [R2] through your items in clothes and equipment.
The view do not follow the curser in sight. 
 

 lovely greetings 

Gunsmoke1947

[Snake14180 13]

Same problem on Xbox

[Zalic 41]

OMG! The inventory is messed up. Triggers and bumpers aren't working to scroll through the menu fast and efficiently. Only D pad is working.

[Boroda Thug 38]

Inventory absolutely broken 

[gimmeurlard 21]

Nice update. The game is at it's best gameplay state ever imo. But the state of the inventory of players, cars, containers etc is really getting worse and worse with each update. Can't even remember a time where the inventory was bugfree. Now it's different bugs each update

[DayZIsGarbage 0]

y’all put some love into this update<3 but I think you should just focus on the trees next update

[Djinnbart 0]

Love the new update, was looking forward to it so much… but now the game is unplayable!!! Crash a car, can’t get spares out the boot. Open a barrel, can’t access it. Build, hard to even access the walls etc to place wood. Something went really wrong and it’s has literally made the game unplayable! Please please please fix it 

[Portuguese Breakfast84 3]

Please fix the key bindings back to the way it was before . I use controller on pc and can’t change the bindings on it . Please fix it !!! 1.17 was better 

[lemmac 101]

6 hours ago, DayZIsGarbage said:

y’all put some love into this update<3 but I think you should just focus on the trees next update

What do you mean? The trees are the best thing about this game.

Apart from the fact that when you chop them down they don't fall so much as come out of the ground, roots and all. Oh ,and when you log them the tree remains completely intact. Oh and the fact that a single leaf can tank a mosin round when firing out of the cover of one. 

All that aside the trees are still the best thing about the game, but that could just be down to the rest of the game currently sucking due to the increasingly worse and compounding bugs they keep introducing each update ;)

[grimysparks 1]

Game chat hasn't worked for me since update. No icon appears when I double click or hold left on dpad. Have tried with several different accounts on 2 different xboxs with different controller's and headsets.

 

Icon also doesn't appear if I set it to voice activated and maximum sensitivity.

No game chat is game breaking for me. Best part of this game is interaction with other players.

Party chat works fine.

 

Also inventory is now horrible to use. Triggers no longer cycle through containers. Moving things between containers is a huge pain. 

Edited June 15, 2022 by grimysparks
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[PauloH 8]

[Xbox One X]

I made a post on 1.17 a few weeks ago, scoring MANY bugs in the inventory, now we have NEW bugs along with the old ones... let's go:

Old:
- Unable to drop items from inside zombies/tents/cars/crates/dead bodies (holding X on Xbox), forcing you to put it in your hands and then drop it. [This problem first appears in 1.14 and 1.15 if I'm not mistaken.]
- Since 1.16 when you open the inventory near tents/crates/dead bodies/cars in general things that can have a lot of items inside, if there is a lot of items inside, only the first line of items appears, again... forcing you to open the inventory 2 ~ 3 times to show all the contents inside.
- It is also not possible to equip clothes or any other accessories such as helmets/backpacks/goggles directly on the ground or tents/cars/dead bodies (pressing Y), again forcing you to take off the clothes/backpack/helmet you are equipped with so you can equip the new one and get all the items inside the old one [Problem seen before in 1.14 or 1.15]
-If you put a holster on the plate carrier it is not possible to access the pouches inventories (from the plate carrier).
-If you put a backpack inside your inventory, when you close the inventory, the weapon that was on your back goes inside the backpack (which is inside your backpack/shirt/pants/whatever) and gets stuck there, forcing you to log out to get the gun out.
-If you enable the new command scheme, for some reason the function of switching containers (LB/RB) is slow, you press the button and there is a delay until the game responds, testing in the old control scheme the problem does not exist , the exchange is instantaneous.

New:
-Even with the character close to the barrel and it open, what's inside doesn't appear, this is happening with cars/tents/etc.
-Even closing the 'tab' of a specific item, for example the tab that shows the weapon's accessories, when pressing down (D-PAD) you don't go to the shirt or vest, you go to the weapon accessories tab, even the tab being closed.

Above are just inventory-related problems, but there are a few others:

-Sometimes when you log in or respawn, your character can't run just walk, forcing you to log out and log in to the server to fix it
-The desynchronization is worse than ever, player with nothing in hand killing other players (actually he has an AK/M4 or something else but it just doesn't appear, even when he aims with the weapon he makes the animation of aiming with the fists).
- When you try to aim (pressing LT), almost EVERY time you start to pull the aim, she just stops in the middle, forcing you to press LT more than 1 time to finally pull the ADS, the animation just cancels in the middle , and in pvp this is extremely frustrating because if you run into someone and need to aim fast, you die because you pressed the button but nothing happened. [That happens since when I started playing in 1.06, but this problem has become more recurrent with the last updates, from a RARE problem to something that happens almost EVERYTIME]

 

- FPS drops are even more pronounced and recurring along with sttutering, rendering delay, broken textures, Again compared to the new generation, yes there the game is running better there but now in 1.17 several times the textures are getting broken there too. But as I said, I've been playing since 1.06 and without a doubt it's 1.10 here, the FPS is only getting worse and more and more unplayable.

[vfxtodd 125]

I have been unable to join any servers at the moment. I keep getting "database errors". It's 7:37pm PST.

[Snake14180 13]

Anyone have a Server problem when your friends walking running slow motion and for them you’re standing still and jump around? Happened me twice now 😒

[greyfrog 1]

PS5

Do the devs actually test these updates on console?

I consider DAYZ to be the best game I've ever played, but the inventory system has gone from just about bearable to utterly broken with this latest update.

[lemmac 101]

2 hours ago, greyfrog said:

PS5

Do the devs actually test these updates on console?

I consider DAYZ to be the best game I've ever played, but the inventory system has gone from just about bearable to utterly broken with this latest update.

I've been thinking the exact same thing the past few updates. But then it occurred to me that they get informed of all these issues during experimental testing but then just go ahead and release the updates without fixes for them anyway. Merely a pinky promise that a fix is coming in a future update.

[RZ0R 65]

On 6/16/2022 at 8:20 PM, lemmac said:

I've been thinking the exact same thing the past few updates. But then it occurred to me that they get informed of all these issues during experimental testing but then just go ahead and release the updates without fixes for them anyway. Merely a pinky promise that a fix is coming in a future update.

I don't think the point of experimental is to fix bugs before release. It seems to give them the opportunity to give the devs a 2/3 week head start to fix the bugs it eventually gets released with. That's how it seems anyway.

[Boroda Thug 38]

When hotfix for 1.18?

[lemmac 101]

On 6/20/2022 at 9:09 AM, RZ0R said:

I don't think the point of experimental is to fix bugs before release. It seems to give them the opportunity to give the devs a 2/3 week head start to fix the bugs it eventually gets released with. That's how it seems anyway.

But why release the update from experimental, essentially forcing it upon the player base, with the bugs not fixed? Who is crying out for the early release of any update that is full of game breaking bugs? No one. Ever.

[Nathan244 1]

Any updates for the inventory bugs on console? (Xbox)

[SirGaryOfVybor 1]

Every single update the inventory management gets more broken ffs. Any updates on when this might be fixed? I just can't play with it in this state and haven't played since the update was released unfortunately.

[RZ0R 65]

On 6/24/2022 at 1:24 PM, lemmac said:

But why release the update from experimental, essentially forcing it upon the player base, with the bugs not fixed? Who is crying out for the early release of any update that is full of game breaking bugs? No one. Ever.

They obviously have a deadline and they have to meet it, players be damned.

QC in games in general is shocking at the moment. 

Steam/Sony/Microsoft need to put their foot down with regards to stuff like this. Get it right or it's not going on the store.