PC Stable Update 1.15: Patch Note

UPDATE 1.15 – Version 1.15.154337 (Released on 23.11.2021)

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
• Slicing rotten pumpkin produced raw pumpkin slices
• Charcoal tables were only working for a very brief time window

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 2×3 to 1×3
• 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

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 (documentation on the BI wiki)
• Added: cfggameplay.json for configuring several gameplay elements (documentation on the BI wiki)
• Added: cfggameplay.json can define custom object spawners json files to populate the world without the need to use central economy (documentation on the BI wiki)
• Added: Basic XML errors for invalid XMLs
• 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

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 256×256
• Changed: Engine-level entity events are now protected (instead of private)

KNOWN ISSUES

• A fire barrel might despawn when all attachments are removed