PC Experimental Update 1.16 – Version 1.16.154478

PC Experimental 1.16 Update – Version 1.16.154478 (Released on 27.01.2022)

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

• Bizon SMG
• 64rd Bizon magazine
• Alarm Clock

FIXED

• Player sometimes stepping forward during melee combat with a close target while only intended for far targets
• Fireplaces wouldn’t properly disappear if the last attachment removed were stones or a tripod
• It was possible to detach the tripod from the fireplace while a pot was attached
• “Place” UI element would show up falsely when pointing at an indoor fireplace with selected consumables
• Dead chicken couldn’t be buried after being picked up and dropped (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T161088)
• Fire mode of the revolver was changing during shooting (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T162103)
• Shock was not decreasing when swimming backward/sideways with broken legs
• Moving with broken legs while crouched could deal unsteady amounts of shock damage
• Infected/players would not show the “+” symbol in the inventory view when they had only items as attachments
• Dug up items were levitating above the ground
• Client error when attaching/detaching items to/from the tripwire trap
• In specific cases the tripwire trap did not display its attachment slot
• Smoke from a ruined car engine was only displayed for the driver (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T161793)
• Attacking with animal carcasses could cause blood particles and knife slashing sounds
• The inventory of the Sarka 120 was accessible through its engine, rather than the trunk
• The player could be desynced if their legs were broken during an action
• The player could be desynced if their legs were broken while swapping items
• Locked indoor stoves could not be opened by force
• Interrupting two-handed animations by dropping the tool could freeze the character
• Infected were able to climb fences with barbed wire on top (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T160854)
• The UI of a deployed land mine could be seen when holding another land mine in hands
• Shooting while on back after kicking would play the kick animation after each shot
• Hitting the back of players heads would hit the brain instead of the head (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T160577)
• Sounds of disease symptoms of another player were played from the wrong position (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T162018)
• Fixed several inconsistencies when it comes to bullet penetration of objects
• The combination lock would play a sound while in hands without being actively used (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T159444)
• The light source of the head torch was in the wrong position (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T152289)
• Fixed an exploit for extended melee hit distance
• The flame of the gas stove was slightly clipping with the frying pan
• Slightly improved twisted wrists when holding certain items
• Several head gear items were clipping with the female survivor head introduced in 1.15
• Fixed typographic errors on the 1PN51 Scope
• Infected had bad collisions while crawling
• It was possible to hit players inside a vehicle with melee from the opposite side
• Wolves could injure players inside vehicles (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T135495)
• It was possible to survive without food at all by only drinking (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T161579)
• Some localized settings weren’t fully displayed
• It was possible to place land mines under train tracks
• Names of vehicle parts were not present when the car  became ruined (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T158230)
• Traps were not reacting to vehicles
• It was possible to destroy the fence frame before the actual wall
• Adjusted certain structures to prevent exploits (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T160550 – private, https://feedback.bistudio.com/T157846)
• Fixed a badly reflecting window at the yellow brick military building (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T157757)
• Some items could not be picked up at the NWAF construction site (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T159741)
• It was possible to bury corpses inside buildings
• FOV settings changes were not saved upon reconnect
• Respawn points for server switching were not functioning as intended (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T162673)
• Sounds of flies were persisting even after the body despawned (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T162654)
• Adjusted misleading description of Codein tablets

CHANGED

• Increased the threshold for terrain clipping, allowing easier placement of base building objects on the ground
• It is no longer possible to bury ruined items (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T160914)
• Consuming charcoal has no effect when another charcoal is already active in the player’s body (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T161862)
• Increased energy and water given by mushrooms (similar to fruits now)
• Some jackets can now be torn into rags similar to their pants-counterpart
• Removed action to take fireplace from fire barrel
• Crafting an item using the metal wire will produce an item with the same health as the metal wire used (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T161106 – private)
• First Aid Kits and Teddy Bears can now be repaired with sewing kits
• Protector Cases and Ammo Boxes can now be repaired with epoxy putty
• The gas stove now emits light when active
• The pick axe can now be used to bury things and bodies
• Duct tape can now be utilized to craft a splint
• Hid the UI element showing parts of the car while sitting inside
• Slightly reduced the penetration value of 5.56x45mm ammunition to match other bullets
• Reduced the range of the thermometer results
• Rotated the electrical repair kit in the inventory view to show the front (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T160428)
• Reduced inventory size of the pumpkin and pumpkin slices for consistency
• Bear traps now don’t kill infected, but just break their legs
• Damaging a tent now also damages items stored inside
• Adjusted damage zone selections of vehicles
• Bloody hands no longer make the character sick while drinking from containers (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T162463)
• Red and orange arm bands were looking too similar in certain lighting
• Tweaked the mid-air appearance of tracer bullets
• Renamed Folding Buttstocks to “lightweight”

SERVER

• Added: use3DMap parameter to the gameplay settings to disable to the 2D map overlay for the Tourist Map
• Added: shockRefillSpeedConscious parameter to the gameplay settings to adjust the speed at which the player’s Shock value refills when the player is conscious
• Added: shockRefillSpeedUnconscious parameter to the gameplay settings to adjust the speed at which the player’s Shock value refills when the player is unconscious
• Added: allowRefillSpeedModifier parameter to the gameplay settings to allow/disallow the modifier of the shock value refill based on ammo type settings
• Fixed: Leaving some entries empty in cfgEffectArea.json would result in default particles, rather than no particles

MODDING

• Added: Methods in Weapon_Base for spawning weapons with magazines and/or chambering and/or filling inner magazines
• Added: Weapon.Synchronize to force fsm synchronization
• Added: AmmoTypesAPI for validating ammotype or converting magazinetype to ammotype
• Added: Documentation for correctly setting up properties for WeaponStableState
• Added: All animation commands of Animal are now moddable
• Added: All animation commands of Infected are now moddable
• Added: Possibility to change variables and command properties from animal commands
• Added: Possibility to change variables and command properties from infected commands
• Added: Additional script compiler warnings (error in Diag) signalling hazardous ref usage
• Added: Possibility to change variables and command properties from CommandHandler inside DayZPlayer class
• Added: ErrorExString, to store the output into a string instead of logs
• Added: Documentation for static script defines
• Added: Class.StaticType -> To get typename of a non-instantiated class
• Added: EnumTools class with functionality for extracting information from an enum
• Added: Entity.GetIsSimulationDisabled()
• Fixed: JsonFileLoader overwriting defaults set in script (bool, int, float, string)
• Fixed: mod.cpp: tooltip, overview and author are no longer required to be localized to work
• Fixed: InventorySlots (e.g. MAGAZINE3) compile errors when a mod loads a CfgSlots before the vanilla CfgSlots is loaded (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T136963, https://feedback.bistudio.com/T148950)
• Fixed: int MIN value changed from -2147483647 to -2147483648
• Changed: m_BrokenLegState can now contain negative values, use GetBrokenLegs() instead to access leg state from player
• Changed: DZ_Data and DZ_Scripts do no longer need to be filled in as requiredAddons as they will always load first (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T148950)
• Changed: Renamed m1911 magazine textures
• Changed: Bolt action rifles with an external magazine had their state machines unified into one base class BoltActionRifle_ExternalMagazine_Base

KNOWN ISSUES

• Fully consuming an item assigned to the quick bar while the quickbar is hidden might cause a bug with the quick bar
• Issue with attaching an items from hands with an item in the shoulder slots