Experimental Update 1.29 (Change log)

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Xbox Experimental 1.29 Update 1 - Version 1.29.160466 (Release on 14.08.2025)

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.

FROSTLINE EXPANSION 

ADDED

• New section of the underground bunker on Burukan island
• Sakhal flag and armband
• Pilot jacket
• Winter Military Coat

FIXED

• Bodies on Sakhal could decay and attract flies despite the cold environment 

 

GENERAL GAME

ADDED

• Bear headdress
• Heavy labor jacket
• Military sweater
• Fox headdress
• Military winter boots
• Fur boots
• Long haul backpack
• New promo carousel implemented for the main menu

CHANGED

• Nights on the official Chernarus and Livonia first person perspective servers were switched to the bright ones
• Assault rifle gunshot sound reworked
• Pistol gunshot sounds reworked
• The Server Browser now opens the "Official" tab by default if the player has no favorite servers; otherwise, it opens the "Favorites" tab

FIXED

• Character could glitch and clip through objects when taking vaultable items in hands (T192558, T193315, T193320, T193316)
• Inventory could be accessed in Surrender pose
• Issues with displaying items in Vicinity tab and being able to access them through objects
• Reconnecting removed blinding effect of Burlap sack on head
• Vehicles twitched when driving on concrete panels (T191309)
• AIs could clip through closed door of specific garage building
• Specific boat wreck model became invisible at too short view distance 
• Unpacking a headlight had no audio (T192384)
• Plums disappeared at too short view distance
• Aiming with M79 removed night vision (T193230)
• Part of bear attacking audio sample was incorrect (T192086)
• Fixed multiple locations allowing to look through structures (T191053)
• Windows in specific garage building were missing collisions
• Humvee was Missing Getting In/Out Sound (T167764)
• AP Items deployed through activate widget were missing sound
• Illness symptom sounds (e.g., coughing or laughing) continued to play even after the player has fallen unconscious
• Various clipping issues
• Cars could crash without apparent reason due to unexpected collisions with terrain (T191200, T192926)
• Under unstable or low FPS, the selected gear could be skipped over unintentionally
• Players could see moving cars and boats glitch after reconnecting
• Players reconnecting above the ground could be teleported outside the world (T191843, T191945, T191215, T191664, T192504) 
• Deployed tripwire was not functional (T193431)
• Start engine sound is played when player leaves started vehicle
• Incorrect sound could be played when loading the crossbow (T191119)
• Incorrect sound could be played when disarming Explosive with a different detonator
• Items dropped near some specific assets could be inaccessible afterwards (T189382)
• Certain assets would have incorrect collisions
• Cars could crash on even roads and launch players into near-death situations (T191200, T192926)
• Exploit where players were able to duplicate items
• Exploit allowing players to enter vehicles while holding heavy items
• RAK now spawns chambered when equipped with a magazine
• Players could spawn random items in their inventory (T192644, T192643)
• Players could see dynamic contaminated zones become invisible over time (T192492)
• Players could launch themselves into the air by going prone on a car roof edge (T192699)
• Players could freeze the client by some cargo operations (T192460)
• Players could hit invisible barriers on some fence and wall objects
• Item swapping functionality wasn't working in some cases

 

CHERNARUS

• Player could see through specific wall by squeezing between it and a container (T191053) 
• Specific trees were floating in air (T190606, T191125)
• Fallen tree was clipping through other trees (T190606) 

 

LIVONIA

• Some items and widgets could be inaccessible in swampy locations with reeds  
• Incorrect sizing of contaminated zones in Pavlovo and Radunin

 

KNOWN ISSUES

• Performance and functionality issues may occur when damaging vehicle parts, some cannot be replaced when ruined
• Indoor shots can sound silenced to the shooter
• We are temporarily reducing capacity on official Experimental servers to stress-test full pop performance. This will cause some strain, and stability will be affected, but it’s intentional for data collection.

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Xbox Experimental 1.29 Update 2 - Version 1.29.161229 (Release on 11.11.2025)

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.

GENERAL GAME

CHANGED

• General server performance optimizations

FIXED

• Fixed a server crash exploited by users (T195100 - private)
• Animation of taking items from the shoulder and belt could glitch (T188349, T188469, T188454, T188536, T189283, T188523, T191268)
• Vehicles were missing attach/detach sounds for battery, spark plug and radiator
• Manipulating a fire barrel could result in desync for other players
• Indoor shots could sound silenced to the shooter
• Chelating Tablets could cure wound infection and influenza (T194353)
• Rain will no longer fall upwards when you run in the direction of the rain
• Bug where items that are very wide would not scale up properly when inspected
• Players could get teleported when exiting vehicles
• Infected movement was stuttering at low server FPS
• Splitting animation was not working for long wooden sticks
• Airfield bunkers had badly placed loot spawns (T193452)
• A ladder at the Rify ship wreck was not functional (T193170)
• When driving with a car, the passengers could experience severe desync in their view

 

SERVER

• Added: Player location to connection and disconnection logs (T176899)
• Fixed: Items in the ignore list would still spawn when they were part of cfgspawnabletypes.xml
• Fixed: Items that were part of the ignore list would still spawn if they were in the player inventory (T190555)
• Fixed: Some weapons had chance to spawn with incompatible attachments, resulting in errors (T192338, T192311 - private)
• Changed: Enabled multithreading support for Bullet Physics library

 

KNOWN ISSUES

• Spawn points can be offset from the previous logout spot (T195627)
• Sound source of some doors can be misplaced (T195614)
• Cars can display glitched into the ground while driving
• Players sitting in vehicles can be invisible to other players (a fix is being tested internally)
• Clicking the respawn button after death can result in a freeze of up to two minutes
• The reloading action of some firearms can glitch (T195663)
• Base building objects might have broken collisions (T195674)
• The moon is displayed as a square (supposed to be round)
• Moving back and forth can result in an animation glitch
• Exhaust smoke of vehicles doesn't stop after exiting them (T195665)
• Persistent contaminated areas only become visible after a player enters them
• Loading screens are displaying too brightly

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Xbox Experimental 1.29 Update 3 - Version 1.29.161281 (Release on 18.11.2025)

GENERAL GAME

FIXED

• Some textures were not freed after being used, causing a memory leak
• Leg pain indicators were not showing up properly
• Persistent contaminated areas only became visible after a player entered them
• Base building objects could have broken collisions (T195674)
• Cars displayed glitched into the ground while driving
• Players sitting in vehicles could be invisible to other players
• The reloading action of some firearms could glitch (T195663)

 

KNOWN ISSUES

• Sound sources of some doors are misplaced (a fix is being tested internally - T195614)
• Spawn points can be offset from the previous logout spot (T195627)
• Clicking the respawn button after death can result in a freeze of up to two minutes
• The moon is displayed as a square (supposed to be round)
• Moving back and forth can result in an animation glitch
• Exhaust smoke of vehicles doesn't stop after exiting them (T195665)
• Loading screens are displaying too brightly
• MPK5 is missing suppressed shot sounds (a fix is being tested internally - T195313)