Project Zomboid Build 42 Multiplayer (42.13.0) patch notes

What changed

• CHANGEFirearms

  Improved target selection when aiming firearms

  Aiming a firearm now targets the head first, then the spine, pelvis and other limbs, so your shots favour the head.

  Improved target selection when aiming firearms.

  • Improved target selection when aiming firearms. The system now prioritizes body parts, making the head the primary target, followed by the spine, pelvis, and then other limbs.
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• CHANGEGeneral

  IRON_GUT reduces progression by 30%

  The Iron Gut trait makes this progression 30% slower, which works in your favour.

  IRON_GUT reduces progression by 30%.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  Discard Item option has been removed

  Foraging no longer has a Discard Item option.

  Discard Item option has been removed.

  • discard Item option has been removed.
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• BUFFStress

  Smoking now reduces stress for non-smokers too

  Smoking now lowers stress for non-smokers as well, and smokers get double the stress relief.

  Smoking now reduces stress for non-smokers too.

  • Smoking now reduces stress for non-smokers too. Smokers get x2 stress relief from them.
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• NERFFirearms

  Players will no longer spawn with a pistol, magazines and ammunition

  New characters no longer start with a pistol, magazines and ammunition.

  Players will no longer spawn with a pistol, magazines and ammunition.

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• CHANGEFood

  Food sickness now always reduces over time unless corpse sickness is actively accumulating

  Food sickness now always wears off over time, unless you are actively building up corpse sickness.

  Food sickness now always reduces over time unless corpse sickness is actively accumulating.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  The Jawbone War Axe, when multi hit is enabled, can strike 2 targets similar to the Fire Axe

  The Jawbone War Axe can now hit 2 targets in one swing when multi hit is enabled, the same as the Fire Axe.

  The Jawbone War Axe, when multi hit is enabled, can strike 2 targets similar to the Fire Axe.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  Removed crushed copper and iron ore from the game

  Removed crushed copper and iron ore from the game.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  Update items that can be equipped/unequipped while walking

  The list of items you can equip or unequip while walking has been updated.

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• BUFFClothing

  Appropriate clothing and container items can be equipped while walking, such as hats, gloves

  You can now put on suitable clothing and bags while walking, such as hats, gloves, glasses, satchels and backpacks.

  Appropriate clothing and container items can be equipped while walking, such as hats, gloves, glasses, satchels, backpacks, etc.

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• CHANGEClothing

  If a character is walking while also performing the unequip action for a clothing or container item that cannot be worn while walking then the unequip action will be cancelled

  If you keep walking while taking off clothing or a bag that cannot be removed on the move, the action is cancelled.

  If a character is walking while also performing the unequip action for a clothing or container item that cannot be worn while walking then the unequip action will be cancelled.

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• CHANGEBags

  Added a new body location slot, "satchel"

  Satchels, water bags and cowboy canteens now share a new satchel slot, so they no longer take up the back and ammo strap slots they used before.

  Added a new body location slot, "satchel".

  • Added a new body location slot, "satchel". Satchels, water bags, and cowboy canteens now all use the body location slot "satchel". Water bags and cowboy canteens previously used the ammo_strap body location. Satchels previously used the back body location.
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• CHANGEInventory

  Double Clicking on Items in inventory should perform non-destructive actions if appropriate

  Double-clicking an item in your inventory now performs a safe, non-destructive action where one fits.

  Double Clicking on Items in inventory should perform non-destructive actions if appropriate.

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• CHANGEWounds

  Double Clicking on Bandages now applies them to an injury

  Double-clicking a bandage now applies it, and if several body parts need one it goes on the part taking the most damage.

  Double Clicking on Bandages now applies them to an injury.

  • Double Clicking on Bandages now applies them to an injury. If there are multiple body parts that can benefit from being bandaged, then the body part that is inflicting the most current damage will be the one that is bandaged.
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• CHANGEMap

  Double-clicking on literature and map items that are in the players inventory

  Double-clicking a readable piece of literature or a map in your inventory now starts reading it.

  Double-clicking on literature and map items that are in the players inventory, will, if they are supposed to be readable by the player, will start the reading actions.

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• CHANGERadios

  Lighters and Walkie Talkies will be equipped and turned on when double clicked while in a character's inventory

  Lighters and Walkie Talkies will be equipped and turned on when double clicked while in a character's inventory.

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• CHANGEInventory

  Double clicking on items in the players inventory that can be activated, such as flashlights

  Double-clicking a flashlight or similar item in your inventory now equips and turns it on, or turns it off and unequips it if you are already holding it.

  Double clicking on items in the players inventory that can be activated, such as flashlights, will equip-and-activate if unequipped, or unequip-and-deactivate in equipped.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  Candles and Hurricane Lanterns aren't included with this, as they don't work like Flashlights

  Candles and Hurricane Lanterns do not use the flashlight double-click behaviour, since they work differently.

  Candles and Hurricane Lanterns aren't included with this, as they don't work like Flashlights.

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• CHANGEInventory

  Double clicking on unlit Candles and Hurricane Lanterns in a players inventory

  Double-clicking an unlit Candle or Hurricane Lantern now lights and equips it, as long as you carry something to light it with.

  Double clicking on unlit Candles and Hurricane Lanterns in a players inventory will, if the player has a lighting object, automatically light and equip the Candle or Lantern.

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• CHANGEInventory

  Double-clicking on boxes/bundles/cartons/etc of item in the players inventory will unpack them

  Double-clicking on boxes/bundles/cartons/etc of item in the players inventory will unpack them.

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• CHANGEFood

  Players will no longer start eating food items on double

  Double-clicking food you know is burned, rotten, unsafe to eat uncooked or poisoned no longer starts eating it, so you are less likely to eat something harmful by accident.

  • Players will no longer start eating food items on double click if the player is aware of them being hazardous to consume on account of them being burned, rotten, dangerous uncooked and also uncooked, or has poison that the player is aware of.
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• BUFFInventory

  Added a second button to the inventory window to transfer matching items to nearby containers

  Added a second button to the inventory window to transfer matching items to nearby containers.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  Items like Flashlights will now turn off when not equipped

  Items like Flashlights will now turn off when not equipped.

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• CHANGEWeapons

  When an item is equipped from the hotbar and it’s not a weapon, it will be placed in the secondary slot

  Non-weapon items equipped from the hotbar now go in your secondary slot, or in the primary slot if the secondary is taken and the primary is free.

  When an item is equipped from the hotbar and it’s not a weapon, it will be placed in the secondary slot.

  • When an item is equipped from the hotbar and it’s not a weapon, it will be placed in the secondary slot. If the slot is already occupied and the primary slot is free, it'll be equipped there.
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• CHANGEGeneral

  Can now shift + click on an input or output item to quickly search the exact type + can now search for Fluid

  Shift-clicking an input or output item now searches for that exact item type, and you can now search for fluids as well.

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• CHANGEBatteries

  Added code to handle battery-based radio power similarly to drainable uses, including input flags

  Crafting recipes can now put batteries into battery-powered radios or take them out, with radio power handled like other items that drain with use.

  Added code to handle battery-based radio power similarly to drainable uses, including input flags, so that craft recipes can handle inserting or removing batteries.

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• NEWTraits

  Added new trait: Motion Sensitive

  Motion Sensitive is a new trait for your character.

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• CHANGEIllness

  Motion sickness now occurs when moving both forward and backward, with an exponential increase based on speed

  Motion sickness now builds when driving forward or in reverse and gets much worse the faster you go.

  Motion sickness now occurs when moving both forward and backward, with an exponential increase based on speed.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  Effects are doubled during skids or sharp turns

  Skids and sharp turns now double these effects, so they hit harder when you skid or turn sharply.

  Effects are doubled during skids or sharp turns.

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• NERFIllness

  +25% sickness progression when off-roading

  Motion sickness builds faster when you drive off-road.

  +25% sickness progression when off-roading.

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• CHANGEVehicles

  Motion sickness now affects all vehicle occupants, progressing 50% slower for the driver

  Motion sickness now affects everyone in a vehicle, but it builds more slowly for the driver.

  Motion sickness now affects all vehicle occupants, progressing 50% slower for the driver.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  WEAK_STOMACH increases progression by 30%

  The Weak Stomach trait makes this progression 30% faster, which works against you.

  WEAK_STOMACH increases progression by 30%.

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• CHANGEMultiplayer

  MOTION_SENSITIVE replaces POOR_PASSENGER and is available in both single-player and multiplayer

  The Motion Sensitive trait replaces Poor Passenger and works in both single-player and multiplayer.

  MOTION_SENSITIVE replaces POOR_PASSENGER and is available in both single-player and multiplayer.

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• CHANGEBuildings

  Lighting: -Disabled individual rooms being darkened

  Individual rooms in buildings no longer go dark, though a whole building is still blacked out when you view it cut away from a distance.

  Lighting: -Disabled individual rooms being darkened.

  • Lighting: -Disabled individual rooms being darkened. Entire buildings are still blacked out when cutaway from a distance.
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• CHANGEWalls

  Barricades (except metal sheets) and Curtains allow some light to pass through them

  Curtains and barricades other than metal sheets now let some light through, even when they block vision.

  Barricades (except metal sheets) and Curtains allow some light to pass through them, even when vision is blocked.

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• CHANGECrafting recipes

  Added checks to see if clothing items are worn or equipped for clothes ripping recipes will be bypassed if the parent container for the clothing item is a corpse

  Clothes ripping recipes now skip the check for whether clothing is worn or equipped when that clothing is on a corpse.

  Added checks to see if clothing items are worn or equipped for clothes ripping recipes will be bypassed if the parent container for the clothing item is a corpse.

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• CHANGEVehicles

  Adjusted vehicle physics so trailers twitch less

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• CHANGEVehicles

  Emergency Vehicles with radio will have Automated Broadcast channel in presets

  Radios in emergency vehicles now come with the Automated Broadcast channel already saved in their presets.

  Emergency Vehicles with radio will have Automated Broadcast channel in presets.

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• NEWMap

  Added an accessibility option to automatically mark locations on the world map when print media items are read

  Added an accessibility option to automatically mark locations on the world map when print media items are read.

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• CHANGEMap

  The old legacy decorative corn tiles will be replaced by the new functional corn crop tiles

  In a new world, the old decorative corn tiles are replaced with the new corn crop tiles and real crop objects, so these corn fields are now working crops.

  The old legacy decorative corn tiles will be replaced by the new functional corn crop tiles, and proper crop objects created, in new world.

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• CHANGEWalls

  Added additional bit flag setting for climbable standalone walls to include non-fence types to allow Walk-To pathing to function with them

  Walk-To pathing now works with climbable standalone walls that are not fences.

  Added additional bit flag setting for climbable standalone walls to include non-fence types to allow Walk-To pathing to function with them.

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• CHANGEStairs

  Added additional logic to Walk-To cursor, if an invalid square is selected

  If you click empty space with the Walk-To cursor, it now looks for valid ground below, so you can walk down stairs and to lower levels, though you still cannot walk up this way.

  Added additional logic to Walk-To cursor, if an invalid square is selected, not a floor or is an empty space, it will check for a valid square below up to the Z level limit.

  • Added additional logic to Walk-To cursor, if an invalid square is selected, not a floor or is an empty space, it will check for a valid square below up to the Z level limit. This allows traversing down stairs and from higher elevations to lower.
  • Going from lower to higher elevation is not possible yet.
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• CHANGEContainers

  Added check to prevent interacting with crates and containers directly through stairs

  You can no longer use crates and containers directly through stairs, but you can still reach them over the edge of stairs.

  Added check to prevent interacting with crates and containers directly through stairs, interacting over the edge of stairs is still possible.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  Added daysFresh and daysTotallyRotten property to many natural items and products

  Many natural items and products now have set times for how long they stay fresh and when they become fully rotten.

  Added daysFresh and daysTotallyRotten property to many natural items and products.

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• CHANGEAnimations

  Changed protection areas for hooded items

  Hooded clothing now protects different areas of the body.

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• CHANGECrafting recipes

  Added timed action to kiln recipes as a temporary fix

  Kiln recipes now play a timed action, as a temporary fix.

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• CHANGEForaging

  Added a distance bonus for finding items further apart in foraging

  Foraging now gives a distance bonus when the items you find are further apart.

  Added a distance bonus for finding items further apart in foraging.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  The bonus is capped at 20 squares

  The foraging distance bonus stops growing once items are 20 squares apart.

  The bonus is capped at 20 squares.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  This bonus is snapshot the instant an item begins to be revealed

  The foraging distance bonus is locked in the moment an item starts to be revealed.

  This bonus is snapshot the instant an item begins to be revealed.

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• CHANGESkills

  XP bonuses for difficult finds/diminishing returns for low level items still apply

  Along with the new distance bonus, foraging still gives bonus XP for difficult finds and less XP for low level items.

  XP bonuses for difficult finds/diminishing returns for low level items still apply.

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• CHANGESkills

  XP has been removed from the pickup action while foraging

  Picking up items while foraging no longer gives XP; only finding them does.

  XP has been removed from the pickup action while foraging.

  • XP has been removed from the pickup action while foraging. Only finds will grant XP.
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• CHANGEGeneral

  Updated "Force Find"

  Force Find in foraging now checks whether to place a new item whenever your longest distance travelled without a find grows.

  Updated "Force Find".

  • updated "Force Find". Now checks to place a new item when the maximum 2D distance travelled without a find increases.
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• CHANGEVehicles

  Claustrophobic characters now gradually gain Panic while inside a vehicle

  Claustrophobic characters now slowly build up Panic while they are inside a vehicle.

  Claustrophobic characters now gradually gain Panic while inside a vehicle.

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• CHANGETraits

  The Former Scout trait now grants 1 skill level in the Fishing skill

  The Former Scout trait now also gives a level in Fishing.

  The Former Scout trait now grants 1 skill level in the Fishing skill.

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• CHANGETraits

  The Former Scout trait now provides the MakeFishingRod, FixFishingRod

  The Former Scout trait now also teaches the recipes for making and fixing fishing rods and making chum.

  The Former Scout trait now provides the MakeFishingRod, FixFishingRod and MakeChum recipes in regards to granting "Survivalist" recipes.

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• BUFFGeneral

  Chamomile, Honey and Mint boost flu recovery when added to a hot beverage

  Adding Chamomile, Honey or Mint to a hot drink now helps you recover from the flu faster.

  Chamomile, Honey and Mint boost flu recovery when added to a hot beverage.

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• CHANGECooking

  Jar of produce is now fresh for 30 days and can stay fresh for much longer if cooked

  Jars of produce now stay fresh for 30 days, and cooking them makes them last much longer.

  Jar of produce is now fresh for 30 days and can stay fresh for much longer if cooked.

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• CHANGEIllness

  Corpse sickness accumulation still respects DecayingCorpseHealthImpact setting

  Corpse sickness still builds up according to the DecayingCorpseHealthImpact setting.

  Corpse sickness accumulation still respects DecayingCorpseHealthImpact setting.

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• CHANGECooking

  Cooked jars of preserved food that spawn in the world will take as long to get stale or rotten as ones that are created by the player

  Cooked jars of preserved food that you find in the world now take as long to go stale or rot as jars you make yourself.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  Large Buckets will be consumed when building forges

  Building a forge now uses up the Large Bucket, so you need a new bucket for each forge you build.

  Large Buckets will be consumed when building forges.

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• FIXBuildings

  Tile building will now check for valid squares before consuming inputs and not afterwards

  Tile building now checks that the spot is valid before it uses up your materials, so a failed placement no longer eats them.

  Tile building will now check for valid squares before consuming inputs and not afterwards.

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• FIXGeneral

  Characters with short sighted will again spawn with proper glasses

  Characters with the Short Sighted trait start with proper glasses again.

  Characters with short sighted will again spawn with proper glasses.

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• BUFFGeneral

  Dropping a held item or transferring an item from the ground to the player's hands is much faster

  Dropping a held item or transferring an item from the ground to the player's hands is much faster.

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• BUFFWounds

  Favorited bandages or rags can now be cleaned or disinfected

  You can now clean or disinfect bandages and rags that are marked as favourites.

  Favorited bandages or rags can now be cleaned or disinfected.

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• CHANGECrafting recipes

  Merged Make Jar of Produce and Make Jar of Roe recipes

  Making a jar of produce and making a jar of roe are now one recipe.

  Merged Make Jar of Produce and Make Jar of Roe recipes.

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• BUFFCooking

  Canned Eggplant doesn't need to be cooked to be added to salads or anything else

  You can now add Canned Eggplant to salads and other dishes without cooking it first.

  Canned Eggplant doesn't need to be cooked to be added to salads or anything else.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  Opened Canned vegetables no long have the hasMetal tag

  Opened canned vegetables no longer count as metal items.

  Opened Canned vegetables no long have the hasMetal tag.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  Restored Lighter and LighterDisposable having more than 5 uses

  Lighters and disposable lighters get their higher number of uses back, so they last longer before they run out.

  Restored Lighter and LighterDisposable having more than 5 uses.

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• CHANGETrapping

  Removed collision for player-placed mouse traps

  Mouse traps you place yourself no longer have collision, so they no longer block your way.

  Removed collision for player-placed mouse traps.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  The Large Bucket item no longer has the Heavy Item tag

  The Large Bucket no longer counts as a heavy item.

  The Large Bucket item no longer has the Heavy Item tag.

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• BUFFCrafting recipes

  Ripping/cutting clothing etc. recipes take 40% of the time they previously

  Ripping and cutting clothing is now much faster, taking 40% of the time it used to.

  Ripping/cutting clothing etc. recipes take 40% of the time they previously did.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  Restored lighting candles and hurricane lanterns also equipping them in the players secondary hand

  Lighting a candle or hurricane lantern once again puts it in your secondary hand.

  Restored lighting candles and hurricane lanterns also equipping them in the players secondary hand.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  Rebalanced the yield from cutting up medium and small leather to be consistent with the yield from large leather

  Cutting up small and medium leather now gives a yield in line with what large leather gives.

  Rebalanced the yield from cutting up medium and small leather to be consistent with the yield from large leather.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  Added craftRecipe functionality for making the above two items

  The two items from the change above can now be made with a crafting recipe.

  Added craftRecipe functionality for making the above two items.

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• BUFFCrafting recipes

  Added PopBottleRare to the valid inputs for the Improvised Gas Mask recipe

  The Improvised Gas Mask recipe now also accepts the rare pop bottle, so more bottles can be used to make one.

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• CHANGEWounds

  Improved the prioritization evaluation of what body part to bandage

  Bandaging is now better at choosing which body part to treat first.

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• CHANGEForaging

  Added a minimum radius to Foraging affinity checks, it now only triggers an affinity find once per chunk

  Foraging affinity checks now have a minimum radius and give only one affinity find per chunk.

  Added a minimum radius to Foraging affinity checks, it now only triggers an affinity find once per chunk.

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• CHANGESkills

  Adjusted trigger for distance XP snapshot to occur when a marker arrow appears

  Foraging now records the distance XP snapshot when a marker arrow appears.

  Adjusted trigger for distance XP snapshot to occur when a marker arrow appears.

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• CHANGEVehicles

  Added old car parts and normal suspension parts to Junk loot tables, these spawn with a randomized condition

  Junk loot can now include old car parts and normal suspension parts, and each one spawns in a random condition.

  Added old car parts and normal suspension parts to Junk loot tables, these spawn with a randomized condition.

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• MS

  CHANGEMultiple systems

  Added Hops to WildPlants loot, these spawn with a random amount of seeds (1-10) 75% of the time when collected

  Hops can now be found when foraging wild plants, and most of the time they come with some seeds you can plant.

  Added Hops to WildPlants loot, these spawn with a random amount of seeds (1-10) 75% of the time when collected.

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• CHANGEBatteries

  The Improvised Battery can be disassembled to recover the battery and the electrical wire

  You can now take the Improvised Battery apart to get the battery and electrical wire back, but building one now needs electrical wire because steel wool and aluminum no longer work.

  The Improvised Battery can be disassembled to recover the battery and the electrical wire.

  • The Improvised Battery can be disassembled to recover the battery and the electrical wire. In order to facilitate recovering electrical wire, steel wool and aluminum can no longer be used to assemble an improvised battery; now only electrical wire can be used.
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• CHANGEVehicles

  Now adding gasoline to a vehicle will take less time than siphoning the same amount of gasoline from a vehicle

  Putting gasoline into a vehicle is now faster than siphoning the same amount out of one.

  Now adding gasoline to a vehicle will take less time than siphoning the same amount of gasoline from a vehicle.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  Cap the survivor in hordes chance to 15

  The survivor in hordes chance can no longer be set higher than 15.

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• CHANGECooking

  No longer allow Cooked food to be Cooked again

  Food that is already cooked can no longer be cooked again.

  No longer allow Cooked food to be Cooked again.

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• FIXTraits

  Restored the possibility of characters spawning with trait or profession related key rings

  Characters can once again start with key rings that match their traits or profession.

  Restored the possibility of characters spawning with trait or profession related key rings.

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• CHANGEVehicles

  All police vehicles will have a HAM radio

  All police vehicles will have a HAM radio.

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• CHANGEDoors

  Blacklisted decrepit houses without doors from being survivor houses

  Rundown houses with no doors can no longer be chosen as survivor houses.

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• CHANGEBuild menu

  Removed manual ingredients toggle for the build menu

  The build menu no longer has a toggle for choosing ingredients manually.

  Removed manual ingredients toggle for the build menu.

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• NERFGeneral

  The yield of pasta provided by opening a boxed mac and cheese will be enough to create only one pot/pan of pasta instead of six

  A boxed mac and cheese now gives enough pasta for one pot or pan instead of six, so each box goes much less far.

  The yield of pasta provided by opening a boxed mac and cheese will be enough to create only one pot/pan of pasta instead of six.

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• CHANGEWalls

  Walls no longer cutaway when player aims+hovers over buildings

  Walls no longer cut away when you aim and hover over buildings.

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• BUFFGeneral

  Added Sparklers to the pools of items that can spawn as clutter for the House Party, Kid's Bedroom

  Sparklers now turn up as clutter at house parties, kids' bedrooms and beach parties, so pipe bomb ingredients are easier to find.

  Added Sparklers to the pools of items that can spawn as clutter for the House Party, Kid's Bedroom, and Beach Party stories so that they are less bottlenecked as Pipebomb ingredients.

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• CHANGECrafting recipes

  Removed Crushed Limestone from the game

  Crushed Limestone has been removed from the game, and steel manufacturing recipes now use plain Limestone instead.

  • Removed Crushed Limestone from the game
  • steel manufacturing recipes now use Limestone instead of Crushed Limestone.
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• CHANGEGeneral

  Closed umbrellas have the same maximum condition value as open umbrellas

  Closed umbrellas have the same maximum condition value as open umbrellas.

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• CHANGEGeneral

  Added missing Sharpness quality and Sharpenable tag to Handiknife and Multitool

  The Handiknife and Multitool now have a sharpness value and can be sharpened, like other blades.

  Added missing Sharpness quality and Sharpenable tag to Handiknife and Multitool.

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• FIXGeneral

  Added missing Sharpness Quality for Kitchen Knives

  Kitchen knives now have a sharpness value like other blades.

  Added missing Sharpness Quality for Kitchen Knives.

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• CHANGEContainers

  Edible liquids' properties state how many calories character gains per container instead of per liter

  Drinkable liquids now list the calories you get from the whole container instead of per liter.

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• FIXElectrical

  Fixed: electrical objects switch on and off at a certain distance

  Electrical objects no longer sound like they switch on and off when you are a certain distance away from them.

  Fixed electrical objects switch on and off at a certain distance

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• FIXGeneral

  Fixed: an angled headed flashlight attached to alice gear allowing crafting and reading when facing any direction

  An angled head flashlight on ALICE gear no longer lets you craft and read no matter which way you are facing.

  Fixed an angled headed flashlight attached to alice gear allowing crafting and reading when facing any direction.

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• FIXFishing

  Fixed: sleeping while holding a fishing rod disabling fishing until rod is reequipped

  Fixed sleeping while holding a fishing rod disabling fishing until rod is reequipped.

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• MS

  FIXMultiple systems

  Fixed: not being able to Grab Eggs from coop with equipped tools/weapons

  Fixed not being able to Grab Eggs from coop with equipped tools/weapons.

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• FIXGeneral

  Fixed: ragdolls ignoring stomps

  Stomps now land on ragdolled bodies instead of being ignored.

  Fixed ragdolls ignoring stomps.

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• FIXFishing

  Fixed: slicing small fish modifying hunger value improperly

  Slicing small fish no longer changes their hunger value the wrong way.

  Fixed slicing small fish modifying hunger value improperly.

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• MS

  FIXMultiple systems

  Fixed: Infinite Maintenance XP using Sharpen Blade recipe

  Fixed Infinite Maintenance XP using Sharpen Blade recipe.

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• FIXTrapping

  Fixed: being able to spam-place animal traps

  Fixed being able to spam-place animal traps.

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• FIXLoot

  Fixed: loot window "Take Same Type" button ignores unwanted items

  The loot window's Take Same Type button now deals with items marked as unwanted correctly.

  Fixed loot window "Take Same Type" button ignores unwanted items.

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• FIXCrafting recipes

  Fixed: SliceFish recipe not accepting knives

  The Slice Fish recipe now accepts knives.

  Fixed SliceFish recipe not accepting knives.

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• FIXAiming

  Fixed: a quick right-click would both activate aiming stance

  With Toggle LCONTROL to Aim turned on, a quick right-click no longer starts aiming and opens the context menu at the same time.

  Fixed an issue where a quick right-click would both activate aiming stance and open the context menu when the “Toggle LCONTROL to Aim” option was enabled.

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• FIXAlcohol

  Fixed: opening bottles of wine not working

  Fixed opening bottles of wine not working

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• FIXClothing

  Fixed: ripping clean clothing producing dirty rags and ripping dirty clothing producing clean rags

  Fixed ripping clean clothing producing dirty rags and ripping dirty clothing producing clean rags

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• FIXGenerators

  Fixed: the toxic effect of generators not being updated for player-made rooms as roofs are added or removed

  Toxic generator fumes in player-built rooms now update correctly when roofs are added or removed.

  Fixed the toxic effect of generators not being updated for player-made rooms as roofs are added or removed.

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• FIXTrees

  Fixed: being able to chop trees with a broken axe

  Fixed being able to chop trees with a broken axe.

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• FIXGenerators

  Fixed: Mechanics instead of Electricity being used to evaluate whether a player should autolearn the Generator recipe on loading a game

  Whether you automatically learn the Generator recipe when a game loads now depends on your Electricity skill instead of Mechanics.

  Fixed Mechanics instead of Electricity being used to evaluate whether a player should autolearn the Generator recipe on loading a game.

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• FIXStress

  Fixed: ChewingTobacco not having defined Stress Reduction

  Chewing tobacco now reduces stress.

  Fixed ChewingTobacco not having defined Stress Reduction

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• MS

  FIXMultiple systems

  Fixed: autoLearning generator, growing seasons, and mechanics recipes when gaining the relevant skill level not taking the Inventive trait in account and providing a +1 effective skill level bonus

  The Inventive trait's bonus skill level now counts when you automatically learn generator, growing season and mechanics recipes from leveling up.

  Fixed autoLearning generator, growing seasons, and mechanics recipes when gaining the relevant skill level not taking the Inventive trait in account and providing a +1 effective skill level bonus.

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• FIXFire

  Fixed: undesired behaviour with adding all that can fit to fire tile objects

  Using the option to add all that can fit to fires now works properly.

  Fixed undesired behaviour with adding all that can fit to fire tile objects

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• FIXContainers

  Fixed: undesired behaviour with fluid containers such as full gas cans being able to be placed in an occupied seat despite being over the decreased capacity of an occupied seat

  You can no longer put full gas cans and other fluid containers in an occupied seat when they go over that seat's lower capacity.

  Fixed undesired behaviour with fluid containers such as full gas cans being able to be placed in an occupied seat despite being over the decreased capacity of an occupied seat

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• FIXFarming

  Fixed: undesired exploitable behaviour with packing food-seeds in packets

  An exploit that came from packing food seeds into seed packets has been fixed.

  Fixed undesired exploitable behaviour with packing food-seeds in packets

  Official source
• FIXGeneral

  Fixed: undesired behaviour with IsoWorldInventoryItem FluidContainer items being falsely evaluated as "Sealed" for craftRecipe interactions

  Fluid containers lying on the ground are no longer wrongly treated as sealed when used in crafting.

  Fixed undesired behaviour with IsoWorldInventoryItem FluidContainer items being falsely evaluated as "Sealed" for craftRecipe interactions.

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• FIXContainers

  Fixed: the Open and Drink QOL option not appearing for sealed fluid containers that are also IsoWorldInventoryItems

  The Open and Drink option now also appears for sealed fluid containers that are lying in the world.

  Fixed the Open and Drink QOL option not appearing for sealed fluid containers that are also IsoWorldInventoryItems.

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• FIXGeneral

  Fixed: not being able to add sheet ropes that extend into open-air below-ground levels

  You can now hang sheet ropes down into open-air areas below ground level.

  Fixed not being able to add sheet ropes that extend into open-air below-ground levels

  Official source
• FIXFirearms

  Fixed: Cap Guns registering hits and producing bullet impact sounds in some circumstances

  Cap Guns no longer score hits or make bullet impact sounds, which they sometimes did before.

  Fixed Cap Guns registering hits and producing bullet impact sounds in some circumstances

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• FIXVehicles

  Fixed: refuelling a vehicle from a gas pump not being cancelled by walking or running

  Walking or running now cancels refuelling a vehicle from a gas pump.

  Fixed refuelling a vehicle from a gas pump not being cancelled by walking or running.

  Official source
• FIXAmmunition

  Fix for cap pistols not consuming ammo

  Cap pistols now use up ammo when fired.

  Official source
• FIXGeneral

  Fixed: jarred produce rotting in 10 days

  Jarred produce no longer rots after only 10 days.

  Fixed jarred produce rotting in 10 days.

  Official source
• FIXEndurance

  Fixed: endurance not recovering while sleeping

  Fixed endurance not recovering while sleeping.

  Official source
• FIXGeneral

  Fixed: lit Candles and Hurricane Lanterns not providing light

  Fixed lit Candles and Hurricane Lanterns not providing light.

  Official source
• FIXBatteries

  Engines pull battery power immediately when starting up (assuming they have enough condition)

  Engines now take battery power as soon as they start up, instead of a few seconds after a successful start.

  Engines pull battery power immediately when starting up (assuming they have enough condition).

  • Engines pull battery power immediately when starting up (assuming they have enough condition). Previously they only pulled power a few seconds after a successful start.
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• MS

  FIXMultiple systems

  Fixed: IsoCarBatteryCharger, it now consumes power from generators

  The car battery charger now draws power from generators.

  Fixed IsoCarBatteryCharger, it now consumes power from generators.

  Official source
• FIXZombies

  Fixed: zombies sometimes thumping on hoppable doors instead of climbing

  Zombies now climb over doors they can hop instead of sometimes thumping on them.

  Fixed zombies sometimes thumping on hoppable doors instead of climbing over.

  Official source
• FIXContainers

  Fixed: WallSE sprites blocking access to containers

  WallSE wall sprites no longer stop you from getting to containers.

  Fixed WallSE sprites blocking access to containers.

  Official source
• FIXWindows

  Fixed: being unable to remove rear windows without seats

  Fixed being unable to remove rear windows without seats

  Official source
• FIXGeneral

  Fixed: not being able to split soup in a forged pot into bowls

  Fixed not being able to split soup in a forged pot into bowls.

  Official source
• FIXBatteries

  Fixed: Not being able to insert or remove batteries from CD Players

  Fixed Not being able to insert or remove batteries from CD Players.

  Official source
• FIXFuel

  Fixed: pathfinding failing when adding fuel to solid or solidtrans fireplaces

  You can now add fuel to fireplaces like the Antique Stove and Metal Barrel Oven, because your character no longer fails to find a path to them.

  Fixed pathfinding failing when adding fuel to solid or solidtrans fireplaces, including the Antique Stove and Metal Barrel Oven.

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• FIXCrafting recipes

  Fixed: Crafted Jars being weightless, and allowed their use in crafting recipes that require jars

  Crafted Jars now have weight and work in crafting recipes that need jars.

  Fixed Crafted Jars being weightless, and allowed their use in crafting recipes that require jars.

  Official source
• FIXWater

  Fixed: disassembled troughs continue to collect water

  Fixed disassembled troughs continue to collect water.

  Official source
• FIXContainers

  Fixed: Sealed liquid containers can be used in some contexts despite being sealed

  Fixed Sealed liquid containers can be used in some contexts despite being sealed.

  Official source
• FIXWater

  Fixed: Before water shutoff, placing rain collector above plumbed sink break that sink's "Fill" RMC submenu

  Before the water shutoff, a rain collector placed above a plumbed sink no longer breaks the sink's Fill option in the right-click menu.

  Fixed Before water shutoff, placing rain collector above plumbed sink break that sink's "Fill" RMC submenu.

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• FIXButchering

  Fixed: Crafting Butcher Cooked Rat yields Uncooked Rodent Meat

  Butchering a cooked rat no longer gives you uncooked rodent meat.

  Fixed Crafting Butcher Cooked Rat yields Uncooked Rodent Meat.

  Official source
• FIXGeneral

  Fixed: The Brazier tile is non functional

  The Brazier tile now works.

  Fixed The Brazier tile is non functional.

  Official source
• FIXGenerators

  Fixed: Generator's noise radius isn't reducing when surrounded by walls

  A generator surrounded by walls now has a smaller noise radius, so it cannot be heard from as far away.

  Fixed Generator's noise radius isn't reducing when surrounded by walls.

  Official source
• FIXFire

  Fixed RecipeCodeOnTest::openFire() returning false near open flames if a second nearby fire source wasn't lit

  Crafting that needs an open flame now works next to a lit fire, even when another fire source nearby is unlit.

  Fixed RecipeCodeOnTest::openFire() returning false near open flames if a second nearby fire source wasn't lit.

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• FIXFuel

  Fixed: only being able to clean graffiti with petrol stored in Gas Cans / Jerry Cans

  You can now clean graffiti with petrol from other containers too, not only from Gas Cans and Jerry Cans.

  Fixed only being able to clean graffiti with petrol stored in Gas Cans / Jerry Cans.

  Official source
• FIXGeneral

  Fixed: not being able to re-attach Respirator Filters to half-mask respirators

  Fixed not being able to re-attach Respirator Filters to half-mask respirators

  Official source
• MS

  FIXMultiple systems

  Fixed: Quern/ Mill/ Handpress recipes consuming uses of seeds instead of the whole seed

  Fixed Quern/ Mill/ Handpress recipes consuming uses of seeds instead of the whole seed.

  Official source
• FIXWounds

  Fixed: Favorited Rags / Bandages not retaining Favorited status upon cleaning / disinfecting

  Favorited Rags and Bandages now stay favorited after you clean or disinfect them.

  Fixed Favorited Rags / Bandages not retaining Favorited status upon cleaning / disinfecting

  Official source
• FIXCooking

  Fixed: Cake Preparation not cooking without extra ingredients (same ingredients / item as CAKE_RAW, just no chocolate chips / fruit / etc)

  Cake Preparation now cooks even without extra ingredients like chocolate chips or fruit.

  Fixed Cake Preparation not cooking without extra ingredients (same ingredients / item as CAKE_RAW, just no chocolate chips / fruit / etc)

  Official source
• FIXCrafting recipes

  Fixed: baking recipes duplicating their baking pans / baking pans disappearing when eating raw cake

  Baking recipes no longer duplicate baking pans, and eating raw cake no longer makes the pan disappear.

  Fixed baking recipes duplicating their baking pans / baking pans disappearing when eating raw cake

  Official source
• FIXAiming

  Fixed: Aim Penalty Calculation for Non-Sighted Shots

  Shots fired without using sights now get the correct aim penalty.

  Fixed Aim Penalty Calculation for Non-Sighted Shots

  Official source
• FIXWindows

  Fixed: Error when character jumps out of windows, or over railings at height

  Fixed Error when character jumps out of windows, or over railings at height.

  Official source
• FIXGeneral

  Fixed: Hazmat Suits can't be activated in order to protect player from dangerous fumes

  Fixed Hazmat Suits can't be activated in order to protect player from dangerous fumes

  Official source
• FIXGeneral

  Fixed: SCBA can't be activated after removing & re-attaching the oxygen tank

  Fixed SCBA can't be activated after removing & re-attaching the oxygen tank.

  Official source
• FIXTraits

  Fixed: every player benefitting from the "Ax-pert" trait whether they started as a lumberjack or not

  The Ax-pert trait now only benefits characters who started as a lumberjack, not every player.

  Fixed every player benefitting from the "Ax-pert" trait whether they started as a lumberjack or not.

  Official source
• MS

  FIXMultiple systems

  Fixed: Freezers spawning food in looted buildings

  Fixed Freezers spawning food in looted buildings

  Official source
• CHANGEMultiplayer

  The Multiplayer build is WIP for stress testing

  The multiplayer build is still a work in progress for stress testing, so expect rough edges and follow the recommended guidelines before joining a session.

  The Multiplayer build is WIP for stress testing.

  • The Multiplayer build is WIP for stress testing. To ensure a smoother experience and simplify bug tracking and resolution, please adhere to the following guidelines before joining a MP session:
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• CHANGEMultiplayer

  We strongly recommend only playing in coop or on whitelisted servers

  We strongly recommend only playing in coop or on whitelisted servers.

  Official source
• CHANGEServer

  We do not recommend having more than 20 player-slots on your Dedi servers for now

  We do not recommend having more than 20 player-slots on your Dedi servers for now.

  Official source
• CHANGELoot

  Moved the loot-window container title leftward since it overlapped the weight

  Moved the loot-window container title leftward since it overlapped the weight.

  Official source
• CHANGECrafting menu

  Add more sub - categories / recipe group in the Crafting Menu

  The Crafting Menu has more sub-categories and recipe groups for sorting recipes.

  Official source
• CHANGECrafting recipes

  Picking up and replacing input items for craft recipes behaves the same whether using right-click or the crafting UI

  Official source
• CHANGECrafting recipes

  Searching for recipes shows all recipes that have the same characters

  Recipe search now shows every recipe that contains the characters you type.

  Official source
• CHANGEFood

  Frozen food for evolved recipes now show/explain they cannot be used

  Frozen food now shows and explains that it cannot be used in evolved recipes.

  Frozen food for evolved recipes now show/explain they cannot be used.

  Official source
• CHANGEWalls

  Moved Plastering, Wall Paper and Painting options to the Build Menu

  Plastering, wallpapering and painting walls are now done from the Build Menu.

  Official source
• CHANGETraits

  Character-info-window trait tooltips now show the trait description, in addition to the name

  Character-info-window trait tooltips now show the trait description, in addition to the name.

  Official source
• CHANGEWounds

  "Wound" and "Zombie Damage" will not appear as clothing option categories in character creation when all clothing unlocked sandbox setting is enabled

  Character creation no longer lists Wound and Zombie Damage as clothing categories when the all clothing unlocked sandbox setting is turned on.

  "Wound" and "Zombie Damage" will not appear as clothing option categories in character creation when all clothing unlocked sandbox setting is enabled.

  Official source
• CHANGEMap

  Added displaying labels when mousing over brochure and flier icons in the in-game map

  The in-game map now shows labels when you hover over brochure and flier icons.

  Added displaying labels when mousing over brochure and flier icons in the in-game map.

  Official source
• CHANGETools

  Swapped out anim for Building Low No Tool timed action

  The Building Low No Tool action now plays a different animation.

  Official source
• FIXWindows

  Non-thumpable window frames are now properly evaluated for the presence of windows before allowing scrapping

  Before you can scrap a window frame that cannot be thumped, the game now properly checks whether it still has a window in it.

  Non-thumpable window frames are now properly evaluated for the presence of windows before allowing scrapping.

  • non-thumpable window frames are now properly evaluated for the presence of windows before allowing scrapping.
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• CHANGECrafting recipes

  Craft recipes to open sealed fluid containers, such as opening canned beverages or uncorking wine

  Recipes that open sealed drinks, like opening a canned drink or uncorking wine, now use the Unseal input flag instead of onCreate code.

  Craft recipes to open sealed fluid containers, such as opening canned beverages or uncorking wine, now uses the Unseal input flag instead of onCreate code.

  Official source
• CHANGEFarming

  Crop Farmer and Livestock Farmer renamed to Farmer and Rancher

  Crop Farmer is now called Farmer, and Livestock Farmer is now called Rancher.

  Crop Farmer and Livestock Farmer renamed to Farmer and Rancher.

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• CHANGEMap

  Reduced the size of print-media and stash-map icons on the in-game map when zooming out

  Print-media and stash-map icons on the in-game map are now smaller when you zoom out, so they cover less of the map.

  Reduced the size of print-media and stash-map icons on the in-game map when zooming out.

  Official source
• CHANGEContainers

  Changed the display category of the Watering Can from "Gardening" to "Water Container"

  The Watering Can is now listed as a Water Container instead of under Gardening.

  Official source
• CHANGEMap

  Map items will now have the green checkmark icon for a player that has read

  Map items you have already read now show a green checkmark, so you can tell them apart from maps you have not read.

  Map items will now have the green checkmark icon for a player that has read.

  Official source
• CHANGEEndurance

  Disabled animated Endurance moodle indicator until edgecase issues can be addressed

  The Endurance moodle is no longer animated for now, until some edge case problems with it are fixed.

  Official source
• FIXZombies

  Zombie thumping on windows trigger extra sfx event

  Zombies thumping on windows now trigger an extra sound effect.

  Official source
• FIXVehicles

  Fixed: item break sounds possibly playing when vehicles spawn for the first time

  Fixed item break sounds possibly playing when vehicles spawn for the first time

  Official source
• FIXWeapons

  Fixed: missing hand raise indicator for jaw stabs with the Carving Fork weapon

  Jaw stabs with the Carving Fork now show the hand raise indicator again.

  Fixed missing hand raise indicator for jaw stabs with the Carving Fork weapon.

  Official source
• FIXSkills

  Fixed: skill tooltips interfering with mouse-wheel scrolling in the Skills panel

  Fixed skill tooltips interfering with mouse-wheel scrolling in the Skills panel.

  Official source
• FIXTrapping

  Fixed: thrown traps that explode instantly not playing their explosion sound

  Fixed thrown traps that explode instantly not playing their explosion sound.

  Official source
• FIXFuel

  Fixed: the player walking to an odd position when adding fuel to a fireplace

  Fixed the player walking to an odd position when adding fuel to a fireplace

  Official source
• FIXZombies

  Fixed: low quality knives not spawning embedded in zombies' left legs

  Low quality knives can once again spawn stuck in zombies' left legs.

  Fixed low quality knives not spawning embedded in zombies' left legs.

  Official source
• FIXMechanics

  Fixed: seats that have items spawn on them cannot be removed if the mechanics cheat is disabled and the spawned items are on them

  Seats with spawned items on them can now be removed even when the mechanics cheat is off.

  Fixed seats that have items spawn on them cannot be removed if the mechanics cheat is disabled and the spawned items are on them.

  Official source
• FIXWeapons

  Fixed: error when equipping weapons while wearing an unstowed backpack sprayer

  Fixed error when equipping weapons while wearing an unstowed backpack sprayer.

  Official source
• FIXAnimals

  Fixed: error when right-clicking on animals in trailers

  Fixed error when right-clicking on animals in trailers.

  Official source
• FIXFirearms

  Fixed: issues with Gun Light battery removal / insertion

  Fixed issues with Gun Light battery removal / insertion.

  Official source
• FIXExercise

  Fixed: Character being able to exercise while seated (again)

  Fixed Character being able to exercise while seated (again).

  Official source
• FIXMap

  Fixed: Some tiles built facing the wrong direction

  Fixed Some tiles built facing the wrong direction.

  Official source
• FIXBuildings

  Fixed: Randomized building errors with zombies disabled

  Randomized buildings no longer cause errors in games with zombies turned off.

  Fixed Randomized building errors with zombies disabled.

  Official source
• FIXRadios

  Fixed: Placing radios with the furniture tool displays sprite instead of 3D model

  Radios placed with the furniture tool now show their 3D model instead of a flat sprite.

  Fixed Placing radios with the furniture tool displays sprite instead of 3D model.

  Official source
• FIXContainers

  Fixed: Craftsman Metal Crate being created mid-air

  Fixed Craftsman Metal Crate being created mid-air

  Official source
• FIXMap

  Fixed: Chunks in negative coords outside of map are corrupted on reload

  Map chunks in negative coordinates outside the map no longer get corrupted when you reload.

  Fixed Chunks in negative coords outside of map are corrupted on reload

  Official source
• FIXWounds

  Fixed: Rags / Bandages / Strips no longer lose favorite status when being washed in the sink

  Fixed Rags / Bandages / Strips no longer lose favorite status when being washed in the sink.

  Official source
• FIXMap

  Fixed: changing the "Colorblind Patterns" option messes up text rendering in the in-game map

  Fixed changing the "Colorblind Patterns" option messes up text rendering in the in-game map

  Official source
• FIXVehicles

  Fixed: vehicle stories and zone stories spawning on water when map changes have water features overlaying old story and navigation zones

  Vehicle stories and zone stories no longer spawn on water where map changes have put water over their old spots.

  Fixed vehicle stories and zone stories spawning on water when map changes have water features overlaying old story and navigation zones

  Official source
• FIXCrafting recipes

  Fixed: Error received when checking "Show Craft / Build Recipes Used In" from an item's RMC context menu

  Using Show Craft / Build Recipes Used In from an item's right-click menu no longer gives an error.

  Fixed Error received when checking "Show Craft / Build Recipes Used In" from an item's RMC context menu

  Official source