DayZ PC Experimental Update 1.18 – patch Note

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

• 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
• Keybindings for gestures can be adjusted in the in-game settings
• Gesture keybindings are now reflected in the radial menu

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 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)
• The BattlEye license was not being displayed when the Steam overlay was disabled
• Accepting the BattlEye agreement made the game unresponsive to mouse under certain conditions
• 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

CHANGED

• 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 3×3 to 2×2
• 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
• Added a UI prompt to exit the game credits
• Updated the game credits
• Adjusted the modern compass to be more readable in sunlight
• Adjusted colors of all raincoat-based armbands

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
• Changed: The game now has an error message and shuts down when it cannot find the world

MODDING

• Added: Not-categorized input actions are now displayed within the “Unsorted” category in the keybinding menu
• Added: CreateFrustum function to Shape class, accessible from script
• Added: Added and exposed Shape::GetMatrix() and Shape::SetPosition() to script
• Added: PrePhysUpdate, IsEvent and IsTag callbacks to AnimCommand so they are usable from any Animal and Infected command
• Added: PrePhysUpdate, IsEvent and IsTag callbacks to AnimCommandBase so they are usable from any Animal and Infected animation command
• Fixed: proxyInfo was never filled in for BoxCollidingResult
• Fixed: Damage from explosions was always falling off in 4 times the range
• Changed: Logic of transition changes while smoking/drying
• Changed: Armbands were redesigned to allow flag variants. Textures were split in halves and renamed.
• Changed: Layout files are no longer cached on Diag exe
• Changed: The game now has an error message and shuts down when it cannot find the navmesh while it is configured to load one
• Changed: Fall off damage from explosion goes linearly from 100% to 0% (from indirectHitRange to indirectHitRange * indirectHitRangeMultiplier)