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Livonia is Out!

Wed, 04 Dec 2019 16:12 CET

Livonia is the brand-new DLC map for DayZ, allowing players to experience the hardcore survival hit in a whole new environment. Survive this new unfamiliar land for as long as possible.

Key Features

Idyllic environment
The new topography brings dense forests, overgrown fields, winding rivers, serene lakes, murky swamps and various remnants of an abandoned society.

Frequent Encounters
The new map is the perfect size for survivors looking for player-interactions. Whether friendly or hostile, you'll stumble upon other players much more often.

Fresh hunting ground
Players wanting to survive will have to quickly learn how to forage, fish, and hunt.

But beware: a new threat roams and it comes in the form of the Eurasian Brown Bear. Watch out!

Erratic weather
The climate of Livonia, although usually quite pleasant, brings frequent thunderstorms. You’ll have to keep a keen eye open for protective gear and shelter to shield yourself from the unforgiving elements.

New map for DayZ is coming soon

Wed, 25 Sep 2019 00:22 CEST

With 163KM2, Livonia is the second official map of DayZ.
After 5 years in Chernarus, players will now be able to bring everything they learned in this new challenge.

Based on the Arma 3 Contact Expansion's map, Dayz's Livonia brings a world scarred by the consequences of the virus.
With its large green areas, heavily forested zones, lakes and rivers scattered across the land, Livonia is the perfect place to scavenge for resources, hunt for food, build your base and scout for unwanted presences.

But don't let the beautiful landscapes of this new region fool you, there is a new predator roaming the forests of Livonia, bears.
Bears will give you a hard time if you don't how to deal with them.
Do you have what it takes to survive this new threat?

Livonia also features a lush of late summer with frequent rainfall and thunderstorms. So make sure to be properly geared and on the look out for shelter at all times.

Embrace this new challenge and prepare to get lost in the vast lands of Livonia, either together with your allies or, as a lone wolf.

See you in Livonia, Survivor.

New map for DayZ is coming soon

Wed, 25 Sep 2019 00:22 CEST

: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Stable Update 1.05

Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:20 CEST

Hello Survivors!

The PC Update 1.05 of DayZ is now live. It brings you an expansion on the disease system and introduces an advanced vaulting and climbing system. On the combat side, we've added two new pistols and one assault rifle.

Get all the details and full patch notes below!

New Weapons

Mlock-91
The Mlock-91 is a semi-automatic pistol, fed from a detachable magazine. Affordable and compact, it is commonly used by the Chernarussian police forces. It uses 9x19mm rounds.

MKII
The MKII is a semi-automatic, integrally-suppressed pistol, fed from a detachable magazine. Using .22 LR rounds, it is considered both silent and lethal against short range targets without armour.

KAS-74U
The KAS-74U is a shortened version of the KA-74 assault rifle, usually equipped with a side-folding metal shoulder stock.

New & improved weapon attachments

New .22 LR Rounds

New Vehicle

Sarka 120

Vaulting

Players can now vault over fences and walls.
Players can now scale objects up to 2,30 meters height.

Vaulting Gif[media.giphy.com]

Others

Medical Changes

Introducing food poisoning
Balancing of cholera and salmonella diseases
Balancing health regeneration and bleeding
Improvements and fixes to the medical systems and items

Communication

Players can now switch between shouting, speaking & whispering for different voice ranges.

Dead Body Decay

Dead player bodies persist longer and decay over time.

Patchnotes

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.[support.bohemia.net], DayZ F.A.Q.[forums.dayz.com], or BattlEye F.A.Q.[www.battleye.com]
You can help us to further improve the game by posting your feedback on the Feedback Tracker[feedback.dayz.com].

GAME

ADDED

Added: New pistol Mlock-91
Added: New pistol MKII with its integral silencer
Added: New rifle KAS-74U
Added: New vehicle Sarka 120
Added: Vaulting and Climbing enable players to pass obstacles up to 2,30 meters high (exception for base fences, gates, and watchtowers)
Added: Polish and Japanese languages
Added: .22 LR Rounds
Added: Food Poisoning
Added: Tutorial screens in the main menu
Added: VoN whisper/talk/shout voice levels
Added: Infected are attracted by talking players
Added: Quick reload weapon option for PC (hold R for reload)
Added: Ability to animate P3D attachments on creatures
Added: Possibility to set hidden selections for wearable models (e.g., bandana or belts)
Added: The name of the missing PBO file (compared against the server files) is now displayed in the error message
Added: Collision response of thrown items with character controller
Added: Smoothed the movement of thrown items from the thrower's point of view.
Added: Warning when playing a modded game.
Added: Foley sound for the base radio
Added: Window destruction sounds for vehicles
Added: Suicide functionality for bayonets
Added: Bleeding effect on melee suicides
Added: Infected wearing a headtorch now have it switched on
Added: Torch can be soaked up with gasoline, but only if it's not ignited yet
Added: Camera shakes when getting hit
Added: Dead bodies decay over time
Added:The Stamina bar now blinks when the player doesn't have enough stamina to perform an action
Added: Cholera has a chance to appear in water bottles and canteens when initially spawned
Added: Localized texts for Tutorials

FIXED

Fixed: Several animation clipping issues
Fixed: Creation of dynamic physics for objects which contains proxy objects
Fixed: "Collision refresh" when a "dynamic body" is removed after item throw
Fixed: Animation applied on items in inventory view
Fixed: Attachments LOD
Fixed: The countdown was missing during the respawn.
Fixed: The VoN was staying active even when the game is minimized.
Fixed: Putting an item from your hands into inventory when inside a car could make it invisible when putting it back into hands.
Fixed: Player couldn't use the VoN while using the inventory.
Fixed: Movement on a ladder when the parent entity is moving (e.g., if the ladder is part of a moving vehicle)
Fixed: door collision after rotation change
Fixed: Black screen occurring when using hardware Anti-Aliasing
Fixed: backtracking correction of velocities
Fixed: Thrown items could fall through the ground
Fixed: character's physics speed
Fixed: Grenades couldn't be thrown through windows
Fixed: IV Saline Bag and IV Blood Bag didn't have any effect
Fixed: The consequences of giving blood of an incompatible blood type were applied to the applying person instead to target
Fixed: Rapid switching of items in hands could display incorrect items in hands to other players
Fixed: Spamming emotes could display, to other players, an incorrect item in hands
Fixed: Bayonets couldn't be used to cut off bark or cut down bushes
Fixed: A weapon used to commit suicide could become inaccessible for other players
Fixed: Items in the quick bar could cause issues while restrained
Fixed: The player could not move after spraying disinfectant spray on another player
Fixed: Switching a weapon in hand with a helmet via quick bar had the character stuck in an animation
Fixed: Dry bags were displayed with hard edges
Fixed: When reloading, magazines could fly next to the player
Fixed: The duct tape quantity wasn't displayed in the quick bar
Fixed: An untranslated string for the Blood Test Kit
Fixed: Items could be looted through walls using the inventory vicinity.
Fixed: Smoke particles on the bottle suppressor and USG-45
Fixed: Hesco boxes would get damaged during deployment and folding
Fixed: Dropping a wooden stick was player a wrong sound.
Fixed: Items in hands could disappear if the player was saved in the vehicle
Fixed: Magazines could not be detached via quick bar
Fixed: Misplaced/unnecessary collision above a ladder at the cement factory
Fixed: An issue preventing players from picking up items dropped from a player that had died while swapping items
Fixed: A client error when adding items to the inventory without having sufficient space
Fixed: It was possible to plug a Power Generator into a Cable Reel as an unintended reverse connection
Fixed: Grenades were dealing much less damage to players browsing their inventory
Fixed: Attachments weren't damaged by explosions
Fixed: The animations were incorrectly applied to the items in the inventory
Fixed: The player weapon could disappear from its hands when climbing a ladder
Fixed: Swapping items with the quick-bar could reset their rotation
Fixed: Various localization errors
Fixed: Quantity indicator for the magazine items
Fixed: The state of doors could get de-synchronized upon server restart
Fixed: The item in hands was disappearing when the character was in a vehicle and saved in the database
Fixed: Water hit effect on piers and other places along the seashore
Fixed: VSS sounds were very loud to other players when heard from a great distance
Fixed: Flashbang grenades weren't flashing the players' screens at night
Fixed: Grenades did not affect players from within a fireplace
Fixed: An animation glitch causing the player character to collapse into a ball
Fixed: A burlap sack on the head would not hide other head-wear
Fixed: It was not possible to manipulate with a restrained players inventory
Fixed: Items looted from incapacitated players got returned to their former inventory on quick bar use
Fixed: A client error when placing a spotlight on a scaffolding
Fixed: Barrel bottom clipped through the ground it was standing on
Fixed: It was possible to wear the great helmet with other headgear
Fixed: It was challenging to open and close vehicle doors in 3rd person
Fixed: Cancelling the resuscitation action could create invisible weapons
Fixed: A client error when switching two-handed ranged weapons
Fixed: Motor starting sound of the Gunter 2 would not play
Fixed: An exploit to stack containers into each other indefinitely
Fixed: The logout menu did not hide when cancelled
Fixed: De-synchronized rotation of flashlights after dropping them
Fixed: Corrected the direction of the fuel station explosion and the following smoke
Fixed: Rear lights on vehicles did not switch off when the engine was switched off
Fixed: Gas lamps and gas stoves were making undesired sounds when they were put inside a cargo
Fixed: Missing unpinning sounds for grenades
Fixed: Car headlights not changing their material when being switched off
Fixed: Car headlight lights did not change when the head-bulbs were destroyed
Fixed: Multiple head clipping issues
Fixed: Grenades did not explode after shooting them
Fixed: Belts with attachments could be put into cargo
Fixed: Activating the Steam Overlay with Ctrl+Tab could cause a stuck Ctrl key
Fixed: Issue when a player was killed while switching between seats in a vehicle
Fixed: Redundant animation was played while entering cars
Fixed: Stamina handling while sprinting
Fixed: Amount of bullets in a magazine is still shown after swapping it with the Handheld Transceiver (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T143768)
Fixed: 3rd person camera collision during leaning
Fixed: Unable to turn on the Field Transceiver after throwing/dropping it.
Fixed: When (un-)chambering certain rifles, the ammunition would disappear.
Fixed: A server crash related to electrical systems
Fixed: Item got stuck in the hand slot if changed with a smaller item
Fixed: Random amount of water in canteens
Fixed: Body parts were not rendered from a certain distance
Fixed: Infected are now chasing only non-dynamic targets
Fixed: Stuck hand-slot with tents
Fixed: Cholera only triggered vomiting once per session
Fixed: A client crash when adding a pot with boiling water to your inventory
Fixed: Weapons dropped from killed players hands would become ruined
Fixed: Infinite bleeding from corpses
Fixed: Player was mumbling after respawning, if gagged before dying
Fixed: It was not possible to equip bandanas as clothing
Fixed: Exploit for continuous night vision
Fixed: A server crash caused by repeated throwing
Fixed: An animation issue when carrying the sea chest or metal plate while crouched
Fixed: Audio of distant gunshots could be delayed or merged

TWEAKED

Tweaked: Despawn time for dead bodies and animals increased
Changed: Updated credits to reflect the recent changes
Changed: The saline bag is faster to apply and now increases the blood replenishment (visualized through the medication (pill) indicator).
Changed: Giving the wrong type of blood can now cause the character to go unconscious and trigger a hemolytic transfusion reaction
Changed: The hemolytic transfusion reaction is faster and more severe
Changed: The item rotation is now considered when looking for an inventory position
Changed: Sights misalignment configured for weapons and their attachments
Changed: Ambient loot can now also spawn in "rotten" and "dried" states
Changed: Randomizing fruit and mushroom spawning
Changed: All restraining items now receive a certain amount of damage when removed from hands, even without a tool
Changed: Car crashes now decrease the player's health
Tweaked: Bullet damage is reduced with longer bullet travel time
Tweaked: Lowered regeneration rate of the character health
Tweaked: Adjusted the injured stance thresholds to allow more mobility at lower character health values
Tweaked: Increased the amount of blood loss from bleeding sources
Tweaked: Quantity in UI is now hidden for the Saline Bag, IV Saline Bag, Epinephrine and Morphine (single-use items)
Tweaked: Reduced damage and shock value received from infected
Tweaked: Slightly increased chance for a bleeding source from an infected attack
Tweaked: Fist-attacks now cause less health damage and shock.
Tweaked: Drinking from wells and ponds should no longer get the player replenished so fast
Tweaked: Global lighting config tweaks (overall brightness during day, less prominent shadows during clear days, less blue in shadows)
Tweaked: Interiors for certain bunkers and the control tower
Tweaked: Increased chances of low-tier pistols to spawn with weapon attachments
Tweaked: Spawning of LAR attachments and VSD parts attached at spawn
Tweaked: Volume for falling tree and bush sounds
Tweaked: Throwing animations
Tweaked: Non-absorbing items don't get wet any more
Tweaked: Added rotation to normal map particles
Tweaked: Slightly prolonged the range of car headlights illumination
Tweaked: Growing a beard now takes 4x as long as before
Tweaked: Melee impact particle effects are now rotated randomly, not always up any more
Tweaked: Refueling a power generator does not require precise looking at its fuel tank
Tweaked: Prolonged the action of shaving to make it fit the animation itself
Tweaked: Parameters of the rear lights of the Olga 24
Tweaked: Reverse light fades out quickly now
Tweaked: Player landing sounds are now quieter
Tweaked: Drastically reduced unarmed attack damage to worn clothing
Tweaked: Removed the crafting attachments from the barrel
Tweaked: The Leather Sewing Kit can no longer be used for treating injuries
Tweaked: Treating injuries using the Sewing Kit now takes 20% instead of 1% of the item's quantity
Tweaked: Spawn orientation of the Gunter 2 parts
Tweaked: Salmonella (lowered the stomach volume threshold for vomiting, increased the vomiting chance, added removal of water and energy when vomiting)
Tweaked: Cholera (over-time water drain added, lowered the stomach volume threshold for vomiting, increased chances of vomiting, added water and energy removal when vomiting)
Tweaked: Eating a multivitamin pill now shows a UI notifier (pill icon)
Tweaked: Fresh spawn player loadout (road flare switched for chemlight of random color)
Tweaked: Increased blood loss from bleeding sources
Tweaked: Bandaging using a rag or bandana no longer causes the wound infection, because wound infection had no effect on player characters
Tweaked: All pants can be wrung out now

MODDING

Added: Curl context API
Added: A script callback Object::OnPhysicsCreate
Added: A model (p3d) property "canClimb" to enable climbing the model (default is 1, 0 is disabled).
Added: Way to detect night using GetGame().GetWorld().IsNight() (returns true when the sun is below the horizon)
Added: Retexturing selections for the LAR
Added: Retexturing selections for the wooden crate
Added: Possibility to disable the enlargement of the inventory bbox view via a new config parameter "enlargeInventoryView"
Changed: HumanCommandMelee::IsOnBack and HumanCommandMelee2::IsOnBack (preferred) are now accessible from the script API
Tweaked: Default food poison and salmonella agents added to the meat stages (burned=food poison, rotten=salmonella+food poison, raw=salmonella) and guts (salmonella)
Fixed: GetStomachVolume() on PlayerStomach was not reset when ClearContents() was called
Fixed: A null pointer in 'SlotToAnimType'
Optimized: Command start/finish events

SERVER

Added: Priority queuing[community.bistudio.com] for the login queue
Fixed: Server config related issues weren't logged in the rpt and crash files
Fixed: A crash occurring when an infected was updated without a valid network object
Fixed: A server crash caused by a player disconnecting after an item was thrown
Fixed: A server error caused by a player committing suicide being simultaneously killed by another player
Fixed: A server error when entering and exiting vehicles
Fixed: A server error when starting a vehicle
Fixed: A server error when a player touched a barbed wire

LAUNCHER

Changed: Launching Survivor GameZ now ignores the startup parameters that could prevent from joining a game
Changed: "Play DayZ Experimental" on Steam now starts the DayZ Launcher by default

KNOWN ISSUES

Certain player models don't have textures in their decayed status
The PAS radio is not visible in the inventory UI
Wolves can hit a player inside cars through closed doors
Cholera modifier might not disappear until relog

Status Report - July 2019

Tue, 16 Jul 2019 13:49 CEST

Dear Survivors!

DayZ is now out on all the major platforms – PC, Xbox, and PS4.

You've probably seen team changes on social networks and are wondering: what's next? Of course, that's only natural, and today we would like to talk about the current issues, the expectations set by both the DayZ Mod and 0.62, and the future of the game.

Consoles

The console updates will always happen after the PC updates – within 3 to 4 weeks of each other. The main reason for this lies with the specifics related to the console submission and review process. It takes 3-7 days for a submitted game to go through review. If it is decided that the build is good to publish, it takes 3 more days to roll the update out to the public. However, if there are any issues flagged as a must-fix by Sony or Microsoft (even ones that could be fixed in an hour), the whole process has to start again.

Because this review process can take so long, we use the readily available PC platform to try new versions early – to check if there are any significant issues we missed (as you know, it happens). This PC testing lets us deliver the console update in a more reliable state and minimizes the chance of re-sending builds for review.

A quick 1.04 update: we will carry out a complete server and character wipe, and will introduce private servers. Also, this update will address some of the current most troublesome issues in the game – duping, server hopping, and frame rates.

Past, Present, and Future

Parity with 0.62 and the DayZ Mod – full parity isn't possible because of the engine specifics. While features from 5 years ago are exciting, we want to remind you: most of the features didn't really work properly back then, and this is why it wasn't a final game.

You might question the necessity of a new engine, but for those who took a long break from the game, it's plain to see just how much of a difference it has made. DayZ runs a lot smoother on the new engine. Although it might be hard to notice the change when you play daily, taking a step back should help to highlight many of the improvements that have been made during development. And these improvements are strengthening the game every day. We see it through the steadily increasing player count (even on PC) since March 2019 (public data is here[steamcharts.com]). We see it in Twitch statistics – with more channels streaming the game and more people watching (link to Twitch stats[sullygnome.com]). It might be a far cry away from the numbers of 2013, but for an almost 6-year-old game, it's pretty good! Of course, we will continue to work on DayZ to make everyone's experience better.

Let's take a more detailed look at the game and its future:

Advanced health system – We improved it in 1.04 and will continue the balancing. However, at this time we will not commit to implementing complex medical/injury gameplay – while this is desired by many hardcore players, we are still struggling to fully explain the complexity of the existing system to the majority of players. Moving forward, we are working on a nice balance between authenticity and accessibility.
New content (guns, cars, etc.) – As you know, we have already added some of these. More will follow, but keep in mind that it will depend on how quickly we can achieve this year's goals.
Modding support – We will improve the user experience for both modders and players. For example, we will soon bring animation tool support.
Stable base building – A large part of this is the matter of balancing, and it's one of our key objectives for the year.

Our focus for DayZ for the rest of 2019 will be: bug fixing, stabilizing, balancing, and modding support.

We also plan to release an official DLC this year (keep your eyes open, and follow us on social media for updates). Additionally, we are currently experimenting with Survivor GameZ (a mod and popular tournament from the past), and will possibly bring this to DayZ as an additional game mode.

About people

It's normal – especially in this industry – to move on after working on a particular project for several years. And after major releases are done is the most likely time to do so. With DayZ, it's no different, and after releasing 1.0 on PC and console, some people are moving onto other projects internally, or leaving the company. It should go without saying that no matter what, these people will always be in the hearts of the DayZ team.

While these are by no means the only team changes, we wanted to at least address the public faces of the game who are leaving:

Peter, Lead Designer, who led the design direction of DayZ through many tough years.
Eugen, Project Lead, will always be loved for his honesty and open ears to both players and developers.
Martin, Brand Manager, is in our hearts for his effort to finally bring DayZ successfully to players on Xbox and PlayStation.
Baty, Community Manager, loved for all the personal care for our community and interactions with our player base.

Everyone who worked on DayZ not only has a great line in their portfolio, but the tremendous support of both us and the community behind them, and we wish them all the success in the world. Press F to pay respects.

PC Stable Update 1.04

Wed, 26 Jun 2019 19:04 CEST

Hello Survivors!

The fourth Platform Update of DayZ on PC is now live (both the client and server files). DayZ 1.04 brings you an expansion on the disease system and gives purpose to several medical items. On the combat side, we've added two new assault rifles from the trusty KA family and an arsenal of grenades as survivors discover their ability to throw items. However the infected have upgraded as well!

Get all the details and full patch notes below!

https://youtu.be/Ar9nvfdLELU

New Weapons

KA-74

The KA-74 is a selective-fire assault rifle, fed from a detachable magazine. It was introduced in the 1970s, as the replacement of the KA-M with compatible attachments. It uses 5.45x39mm rounds.

KA-101

The KA-101 is a selective-fire assault rifle, fed from a detachable magazine. This is an export version of the modernized KA-74M with compatible attachments. It uses 5.56x45mm rounds.

New & improved weapon attachments

Regular and tracer variants of the 5.45x39mm ammunition
P1-87-L Scope

Other

Infected

Infected can now spawn with headgear and other attachments

Actions

Players can now throw items (hold 'G' to activate throwing stance)

Inventory

Independent shoulders allow you to carry two melee weapons or firearms

Medical Additions

Fever
Effects and balancing for Epinephrine, Codeine Pills, Morphine, and Charcoal Tablets
Shoes gradually wear off while using
Check Pulse action now displays blood pressure and pulse type if irregular

Patchnotes

Notes

Server Admins: Please read the changes on the player spawn points in the "Server" section below to avoid complications!
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.[support.bohemia.net], DayZ F.A.Q.[forums.dayz.com], or BattlEye F.A.Q.[www.battleye.com]
You can help us to further improve the game by posting your feedback on the Feedback Tracker[feedback.dayz.com].

GAME

ADDED

Added: New Steam Experimental apps
Added: KA-74 with attachments
Added: KA-101 with attachments
Added: P1-87-L Scope
Added: 5.45x39mm ammunition
Added: 5.45x39mm tracer ammunition
Added: Overlay icons to differentiate ammunition variants
Added: Music in the Main Menu
Added: Independent shoulders (possibility to carry two ranged/melee weapons at the same time)
Added: Magazine auto-refill by holding 'R'
Added: Throwing (hold 'G' to activate throwing stance)
Added: Grenades (EGD-5 and 6-M7 frag grenades, 1-M8 and EGD-2 smoke grenades, 8-M4 Flashbang)
Added: Grenades can be attached to selected vests
Added: Handheld Transceiver can be attached to Courier Bag
Added: Mod presentation in the Main Menu (documentation[community.bistudio.com])
Added: In-game hints in the Pause Menu
Added: Vomit emote/gesture
Added: Mitigation of so-called server hopping on public hives (when a player changes server, a hopping spawn point is used instead of the last log off position)
Added: Support for multiple sets of player spawn points (only for public hives, currently fresh and hop sets available)
Added: Fever now causes water loss
Added: Epinephrine restores the patients' stamina to the max value
Added: Codeine Pills mitigates the patients' injured state for a limited time
Added: Morphine suppresses the patients' injured state for a limited time
Added: Charcoal Tablets can eliminate Salmonella bacteria
Added: Shoes gradually wear off while using
Added: Check Pulse action now displays the blood pressure and pulse type if irregular
Added: Infected can be spawned with headgear, vests, and backpacks
Added: Positional rain sounds for the Coal Plant
Added: Character sounds for male characters wearing a gag
Added: Flare effect around the Road Flare
Added: Stamina is depleted if a player is hit by a Flashbang
Added: Player can hear his voice when talking through a megaphone, PAS (when receiver is nearby) or transmitter (when more than one on the same frequency nearby)

FIXED

Fixed: Inventory was closed if another player performed the restrain action (T140237)
Fixed: AI could teleport, visually appear where it was not positioned or be positioned at roofs (T139728)
Fixed: AI herds were not releasing the territory after the last member of the herd died (could prevent AI herds from re-spawning on smaller terrains with a lower number of territories)
Fixed: Incorrect visual state of the speedometer
Fixed: Character will not fold the map while in prone and becomes stuck
Fixed: Liquid contents of the barrel do not persist upon server restart (T139791)
Fixed: Ruined weapons could twitch while trying to look through optics
Fixed: Character started to float in some sections of small rivers (T140952)
Fixed: Influenza did not cause the blur effect
Fixed: Texture filtering option in graphics settings was not working correctly
Fixed: Many fixes and improvements to the ChernarusPlus terrain
Fixed: DayZ local application data folder was not properly deleted via DayZUninstaller
Fixed: Punching walls was emitting unsuitable bullet impact particles
Fixed: Spotlight had a hole where the reflector part should be
Fixed: Switch ON/OFF actions sometimes not being available on Spotlight after a server restart
Fixed: Personal light created an undesired reflection if another source of light was nearby (it was mostly visible as a blue shine on cars)
Fixed: Opening/Closing of car doors was missing sounds
Fixed: Character stamina did not replenish correctly when reduced by the gear (T139932)
Fixed: Action to eat pumpkin slices was missing (T139428)
Fixed: Missing footsteps sound while strafing with a heavy item in hands (T139604)
Fixed: Incorrect item weight upon adding attachments on specific items (T139773)
Fixed: Gas Stations can be blown up again
Fixed: Corrected material on the rear lights of the Olga
Fixed: Corrected the left headlight position on the Gunter 2
Fixed: Incorrect rotation of the remaining headlight of a car when one was detached
Fixed: Infected attacked players inside a closed Gunter
Fixed: Combination locks couldn't be opened upon server restart
Fixed: Client error in the main menu
Fixed: In-game HUD could disappear while typing in the chat

TWEAKED

Tweaked: The headlights on cars now switch to left/right/center depending on the attached headlight bulbs' state
Tweaked: Cars now have functional rear lights
Tweaked: Reversing with a car now subtly illuminates the area behind it, allowing drivers to see there at night
Tweaked: The player stomach is now item/liquid-type based instead of nutritional-component-breakdown based
Tweaked: The connection timer is now up to 95 seconds in case of rapid server hopping. In connection to this change, the previous database locks have been removed.
Tweaked: Player spawn logic for avoiding water surfaces
Tweaked: Gunshot sounds are audible up to 3.5 km
Tweaked: Vehicles HUD
Tweaked: Improved plaster and concrete impact particle effects
Tweaked: Bullet impact effects are scaled by impact force much more visible now
Tweaked: The Portable Gas Lamp now burns 10x longer (~55 minutes with the smallest container, ~133 with the largest one)
Tweaked: Optimized muzzle flash particles for CR-61, FX-45, CR-75, IJ-70
Tweaked: Burning light sources now subtly flicker
Tweaked: Shadows from burning light sources subtly move
Tweaked: Smoke/Steam particles on weapons
Tweaked: character position is changed after a server change to mitigate server hopping

SERVER

Added: -serverMod= executable launch parameter to define server-only mods
Added: Default Central Economy for ChernarusPlus moved to a PBO file (worlds_chernarusplus_ce.pbo)
Added: Possibility to override any file from the Central Economy files in the mission folder
Added: New V3 signature verification
Changed: verifySignatures= server configuration parameter now properly verifies mod addons (equalModRequired is deprecated)
Changed: AI territories are defined in the default Central Economy files (xml) and can be overridden in the mission (world AI addon and config territory definition has been deprecated)
Changed: Updated values and format of player spawn points (mandatory change, see CfgPlayerSpawnPoints.xml in dayzOffline.chernarusplus) - If this change isn't reflected in the configuration, respawned and new players could spawn in the ocean!

MODDING

Added: object::enabledynamicccd for enabling continuous collision detection on dynamic objects
Added: New function GetHiddenSelectionsTextures()
Added: New function GetHiddenSelectionsMaterials()
Added: Private members are now moddable (documentation[community.bistudio.com])
Added: ScriptedLightsBase -> SetFlickerSpeed(...), SetFlickerAmplitude(...), SetDancingShadowsMovementSpeed(...), SetDancingShadowsAmplitude()& their Get...() functions. See FireplaceLight.c for an example.
Added: Ability to define default Central Economy files (mission xml files) for any terrain from the game config (ceFiles parameter in the world class)
Changed: Several constants moved to a class, allowing them to be modded (stamina, environment, damage/wetness states...)
Changed: MakeDirectory() script function enabled
Changed: Removed the script file writing limits
Changed: Lights on vehicles were refactored, only scripted lights are being used now.
Changed: The secondary spawner (dynamic event configuration) is now an element (was previously an item).
Fixed: Modded StringTables now work additively instead of overwriting the original table (! Do note that this will likely break current mods which are modifying stringtable) (T136999)
Fixed: Character orientation when linked onto another entity
Fixed: Camera collision when a player is attached on another entity
Fixed: Ladder command when a player is attached on another entity
Fixed: Animated static physics after transformation change
Tweaked: Renamed method GetTesting() to GetCEApi()

PC Stable Update 1.03

Wed, 15 May 2019 13:38 CEST

Hello Survivors!

We have just released the third Platform Update of DayZ on Steam (both the game update and server files update). The 1.03 update features new ways to use your firearms, along with several quality of life improvements and some nice tacticool touches like the ability to attach the NVGs and the Universal Flashlight to your Tactical Helmet, or two brand new belt models!

Get all the details and full patch notes below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHQtj6vXe6Q

Gunter 2
The Gunter 2 is a small first generation family hatchback with front wheel drive.

VSS
Selective-fire, integrally suppressed marksmen rifle, fed from a detachable magazine. Compatible with KA scopes, using 9x39mm rounds.

New & improved weapon attachments

Regular and armour-piercing 9x39mm ammunition for the VSS
Tracer variants for 5.56x45, 7.62x39, 7.62x54R and .308WIN
Baraka sights
Backup Iron Sights (BUIS)
PSO-1-1 Scope, designed for the VSS rifle
Bayonets for KA, M4-A1, Mosin 91/30 and SK 59/66

Combat features

Melee attack with firearms, knocking enemies back

Ability to break open locked doors with force

Clothing

The universal light and the new night vision goggles can be attached to the Tactical Helmet

Chemlights and the Handheld Transceiver can now be attached to most backpack stripes
New belt, able to carry a knife sheath, gun holster, and canteen.

Inventory

Ability to rotate items in inventory
Quick bar working in the inventory

Patchnotes

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.[support.bohemia.net], DayZ F.A.Q.[forums.dayz.com], or BattlEye F.A.Q.[www.battleye.com]
You can help us to further improve the game by posting your feedback on the Feedback Tracker[feedback.dayz.com].

Game

ADDED:

Added: Chinese localisation
Added: Switch on/off for walk modifier ('CTRL' by default)
Added: Separated hold breath and walk inputs (both 'CTRL' by default)
Added: Erect, crouch and prone inputs (no binds by default)
Added: Turn on/off headlight/night vision goggles ('L' press/hold by default)
Added: Possibility to change the orientation of items in the inventory (press 'SPACE' while dragging item)
Added: New vehicle Gunter 2 with its attachments
Added: VSS rifle with its attachments
Added: 9x39 ammunition
Added: 9x39 armor-piercing ammunition
Added: Tracer ammunition (5.56x45, 7.62x39, 7.62x54R, .308WIN)
Added: Night Vision Goggles (NVG)
Added: NVG head strap
Added: NVG can be attached to Tactical Helmet (hold 'L' to switch on/off)
Added: Universal Flashlight can be attached to Tactical Helmet (press 'L' to switch on/off)
Added: Baraka sights
Added: Backup Iron Sights (BUIS)
Added: PSO-1-1 Scope, designed for the VSS rifle
Added: Bayonets for KA, M4-A1, Mosin 91/30 and SK 59/66
Added: Firearms Melee Attacks with pistols, buttstocks, and bayonets
Added: Hand Saw
Added: 4-dial Combination Lock
Added: Strawberry Jam
Added: Handheld Transceiver and Glow Stick attachments on backpacks
Added: Separated erect, crouch and prone inputs
Added: Quickbar working in the inventory
Added: "You are here" marker on each tourist trail map stand
Added: Instead of press, some actions are now triggered by holding 'F' button for a continuous action
Added: New optional server.cfg parameter - disablePersonalLight = true/false; which toggles personal light on all connected clients
Added: Quantity bar for energy based items and fireplace
Added: New 'swayModifier' config param for weapons and their attachment
Added: Milliseconds to client/server rpt files
Added: check to prevent invalid requests from clients (inventory optimization)
Added: Possibility to execute different types of melee hits (expanded melee command to execute stationary melee animations)
Added: Character statistics into the main menu
Added: Baseball/nailed bat
Added: Drop and pickup sound for scopes
Added: Sounds for death animations
Added: Sounds for suicide animations
Added: Lock/unlock sound for doors
Added: Sounds for prone animation with a rifle in hands
Added: One male and one female character sound set
Added: Different character sounds when wearing certain headgear (e.g Combat Gas Mask, Motorbike Helmet)
Added: Belts (Military and Civilian version) with attachments.
Added: Wooden Crate (crafted).
Added: Hair hiding mechanism to avoid hair clipping.

FIXED:

Fixed: Server crash when planting seed into a watered garden plot (T138343)
Fixed: Server error when crafting torch (T136903)
Fixed: Building position updated after the first open/close door action (T137749)
Fixed: Issue with flickering lights when there were more than 6 lights in render view (now sorted based on the distance) (T136038)
Fixed: Transition between close and distant light is now instant (without dark gap in-between)
Fixed: Jammed weapons make shooting sounds for other players
Fixed: A crash when looking at the outside terrain from the close-up at certain terrain configurations
Fixed: Sea outside of the terrain borders was not rendered when enableTerrainSynth was set to false
Fixed: Black dots on a single wooden plank model
Fixed: Incorrect visuals for Patrol Pants in 1st resolution LOD
Fixed: ClockHour and clockMinute animation sources now synchronize with the accelerated time
Fixed: Breath vapour should now properly handle temperatures lower than its lower range threshold
Fixed: Torch displaying "pieces" as quantity
Fixed: A dropped Road flare now points forward, not always north
Fixed: A dropped Flash light now points forward, not sideways
Fixed: Universal Light and Pistol Light now face forward when dropped, not sideways
Fixed: Corrected texts and animations for digging hidden stash
Fixed: Watering a garden slot had no progress bar
Fixed: Possible desync issues when using base building actions
Fixed: Torch did not update its quantity while not burning when rags were added to it
Fixed: Infected can attack player through tent walls
Fixed: Weapon fire mode is not saved upon relogging (T137708)
Fixed: Infected can hit player character through walls (T138230)
Fixed: Equipment window gets cut off on specific resolutions (T128448)
Fixed: Loot in infected corpses spawns after a while (T133245)
Fixed: Drinking gasoline does not harm your character (T117406)
Fixed: Character doesn't go to the crouch position when lying on the back and moving (T138970)
Fixed: Lens flares are visible when unconscious
Fixed: Server crashed when a session was terminated
Fixed: Car/Truck battery was invisible when attached to Battery Charger
Fixed: Boxed Headlight Bulb could not be opened
Fixed: Player could not drink from pumps with item in hands
Fixed: NBC Gloves typo
Fixed: Input configuration compatibility problems that would result in the character being stuck in crouch, issues with leaning and holding breath
Fixed: Issue in vehicle physics regarding in them appearing twitchy to nearby clients
Fixed: Server error while drinking from a well.
Fixed: Drinking from wells/pumps with an item in hands.
Fixed: Quickbar not being visible despite it being on in HUD settings.
Fixed: Items could be rotated even when they were not being dragged.
Fixed: Buried containers were unable to dig up.
Fixed: Inventory could not be scrolled all the way down.
Fixed: Weapon swap animations were not played when switched via Quickbar.
Fixed: Weapon dropped by restrained player was unusable.
Fixed: Player was not able to type into the chat bar.
Fixed: Melee with a one-handed item pushed character forward - allowing to look through walls.

TWEAKED:

Changed: Limit of dynamic lights in render view has been increased to 16
Changed: Many fixes and tweaks to the Chernarusplus terrain
Tweaked: Ladders on deer stands should be easier to get on
Removed: airtemperaturecheck() function removed and its functionality moved to a new modifier breathvapourmdfr.c
Changed: Config parameter recoilModifier[2] now used to modify cam offset
Tweaked: Minor improvements for the fireplaces
Tweaked: Minor improvements for the radial menu
Tweaked: Improved Road flare particles
Tweaked: Torch no longer illuminates the world during daytime any more
Tweaked: Muzzle flash illumination range at night increased from 5m to 15m
Tweaked: Improved variability of the muzzle flash particle for the VSD and LAR rifles
Tweaked: Improved visibility of the blood splatter particle
Tweaked: Smoke particles on weapons
Tweaked: Decreased lethal radius of the landmines
Changed: Melee refactor
- targeting related changes, locking of aim when the attack is committed (turning while attacking is not possible now)
- damaging of vehicles/doors
Changed: Extended checking of client-server inventory requests (inventory optimization)
Changed: Read and check of file signatures moved to different thread so it won't block the main thread
Changed: Checking client signatures on the server is done in multiple frames
Changed: Possibility to render proxy objects on creatures
Changed: Unified unlocking behaviour for house doors (using Lock pick or brute force)
Tweaked: Death darkening not playing when already unconscious
Tweaked: Inventory improvements to correctly display more items in the vicinity
Tweaked: Inventory icons for bladed weapons, food and drinks
Tweaked: Projectiles damage
Tweaked: Bleeding sound
Tweaked: Distance attenuation for weapons reloads
Tweaked: Land Mine activation/explosion sounds
Changed: Jumping is disabled when a player is significantly injured
Changed: Separated hold breath and walk inputs
Tweaked: Disabled locking of aim while the melee attack is committed.
Tweaked: Character statistics in the main menu
Tweaked: Melee damage
Tweaked: Melee armour

MODDING

Fixed: Cast warning spam caused by a modded playerbase class
Changed: Greatly optimized RecipeChache, now built automatically on startup (mods no longer require to rebuild it when adding custom recipes)
Changed: Loading unpacked mods using -mod= parameter (both game and workbench) no longer requires deprecated mod.cpp, now reads from CfgMods class in config.cpp
Added: '-gproj custom.gproj' parameter to workbench for custom selection of gproj files.
Changed: Constants are now moddable through modded class[community.bistudio.com]
Fixed: FPrint crash when writing extremely large strings to file
Changed: Increased max file size limit for script created files to 50MB
Added: Despawn times for dead bodies of players, infected and animals can now be assigned separately (CleanupLifetimeDeadPlayer / CleanupLifetimeDeadInfected / CleanupLifetimeDeadAnimal for globals.xml)
Added: Energy Manager - new config parameter convertEnergyToQuantity = true;
Added: New script events OnQuantityChanged() & OnAttachmentQuantityChanged(ItemBase item)
Added: Human::LinkToLocalSpaceOf & Human::UnlinkFromLocalSpace for character link to different entities
Changed: Rework of user action inputs, bringing support to add inputs for user actions and modify input behavior.
Changed: Rework of user actions initialization. Set actions have been moved from config to script. The use of multiple mods is now supported by the action system. Reduced number of steps for creating new user actions.
Tweaked: User actions selection process and conditions check optimizations

PC Stable Update 1.02

Wed, 03 Apr 2019 17:25 CEST

Hello Survivors!

The second Platform Update of DayZ is out on Steam (both the game update and server files update). Along with many quality of live improvements, fixes and tweaks, it reintroduces two .308 caliber weapons and what's arguably the most luxurious transport option the post-apocalyptic Chernarus offers: the mighty Olga 24 sedan.

While the 1.02 update does not have a strict theme, a lot of work has been done to streamline the inventory design and functionality (yes, you can move with your inventory open again!). The game design team also put emphasis on promoting stealth gameplay when dealing with the infected, and also went through a couple of iterations on the night time experience. Get all the details and full patchnotes below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bJ_sBgLTxo

New vehicle

Olga 24
Once a high end, "Executive" level car, the Olga 24 is a four-door Sedan easily able to reach top speeds on the Chernarussian roads.

New Firearms

LAR
The select-fire rifle LAR is used by specialized military forces. It comes with a 20 round magazine, using .308 caliber bullets.

M70 Tundra
The M70 Tundra is a bolt-action hunting rifle using .308 caliber ammunition.

New & improved weapon attachments

Usable backup iron sight of the ATOG
Compensator for the Mosin 91/30
Mini Sight (small red dot)
RVN sight
Individual zeroing of iron sight and telescopic sight for compatible items

Clothing

Holster and pouch for the plate carrier vest
Assault vest and its butt-pack

Inventory

Ability to move slowly while displaying the inventory
Better visualisation of the inventory content
Proper scaling of items in the hands slot
Ability to have containers as an attachment (e.g. pouch on a plate carrier)
Various icons and visuals
Ability to reorder the inventory containers

Other

Possibility to kill an infected in melee hit (e.g. with an axe), from the back
Changes to night lighting
New Noise indicator to encourage stealthy gameplay

Patchnotes

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.[support.bohemia.net], DayZ F.A.Q.[forums.dayz.com], or BattlEye F.A.Q.[www.battleye.com]
You can help us to further improve the game by posting your feedback on the Feedback Tracker[feedback.dayz.com].

ADDED

Added: OLGA 24 with attachments
Added: LAR with attachments
Added: M70 Tundra
Added: .308 WIN ammunition
Added: Assault vest
Added: Utility buttpack
Added: Plate carrier holster and pouches
Added: Mini red dot and RVN sights
Added: Mini red dot sights now compatible with CR-75 and BK-133 as well
Added: Functional back iron sights on ATOG optics
Added: Toggle iron sights/scope aim by pressing RMB
Added: Precise weapon lifting by weapon length
Added: HUD noise indicator
Added: Improved inventory icons rendering
Added: Inventory icons dynamic scaling
Added: Ability to one hit kill infected from behind with selected items
Added: Particle effects visible on the inventory player character
Added: Inventory character has items in hands
Added: Ability to walk (but not jog or sprint) while inventory is open
Added: Quick add to quickbar by hovering and pressing a number key
Added: Highlighting to hovered items in inventory
Added: Client-side personal night light (environment is subtly illuminated from the camera at night to save players from becoming completely blind without a light source)
Added: Mosin 91/30 compensator
Added: Independent firearm zeroing for iron sights and scopes
Added: Option to change the order of inventory cargo containers
Added: Hand cramp for brain disease
Added: Injury animation is visible in inventory view
Added: Expanded admin log (detailed hit messages, placement & base building action logging, player list printout)
Added: Footsteps sounds for movement inside tents
Added: Footsteps scuff sounds for grass surface
Added: Sounds for lock/unlock doors action
Added: Sounds for combination locks
Added: Sound animation events for heavy hit animations
Added: New set of sounds for male infected
Added: Sounds for hot and freezing character animation
Added: Foley sounds for movement with heavy items in hands (Power Generator, Barrel, Tents, Sea Chest)
Added: Sounds for pick up and drop action for various items
Added: Position dispersion when infected cannot see the target, but can hear it
Added: Expanded admin log[community.bistudio.com] (detailed hit messages, placement & base building action logging, player list printout)
Added: Muzzle flash effect for Mosin compensator

FIXED

Fixed: Client crashes when attempting to connect to the server through launch parameter on Windows 7
Fixed: Server crash caused by in-game actions
Fixed: Server/client errors upon loading weapon
Fixed: Client error when equipping bandana
Fixed: Server error when manipulating vehicles parts
Fixed: Client error when manipulating barrel
Fixed: Client error when manipulating radios
Fixed: Client error when manipulating dead infected
Fixed: Client error when removing wooden logs from fence or watchtower
Fixed: Client error when disconnecting near a radio control panel
Fixed: Client error when removing rag from the mouth
Fixed: Client error when attaching combination locks
Fixed: Client error when committing suicide with weapon
Fixed: Multitude of environmental issues (models adjustments, objects collisions, incorrect LODs, )
Fixed: Various IK poses (base building and electricity items, seeds packets, ammunition, vehicle parts)
Fixed: Blending of textures on Skybox (previously causing sudden flashes)
Fixed: Weak dynamic lights during dusk and dawn
Fixed: An issue where the majority of the character clothing was rendered in lower resolution than the game was running at
Fixed: Items can be picked up through walls (T137847)
Fixed: Texture artefacts on the crosshair
Fixed: Player can skip vomiting by staying crouched
Fixed: Player can skip vomiting by jumping
Fixed: Salute gesture keeps items in hand
Fixed: BK-133 does not change textures according to damage states
Fixed: Speed of inventory scrolling
Fixed: FPS drop when dismantling/destroying base building parts
Fixed: Barbed wire attached to fence will now move properly when opening gate
Fixed: Player does not get proper damage while standing in flames
Fixed: Driving over a character with a vehicle does not inflict damage
Fixed: Player receives damage from a vehicle while standing close to it
Fixed: Some gestures with weapons make arms twitch
Fixed: Infected do not inflict any damage to animals
Fixed: Player becomes deformed for others while sitting in a car
Fixed: Windows cannot be destroyed for some of the vehicles
Fixed: Splitting/combining rags will overlay another item in the inventory
Fixed: Items can get stacked incorrectly in one slot on top of each other (T136643)
Fixed: Items can be put in hands via inventory while sitting in a vehicle
Fixed: Projectile impacts do not alert infected
Fixed: Swapped clothing items can remain in characters inventory when standing in the vicinity (T136679)
Fixed: Sawing off Mosin 91/30 with attached optic/loaded ammo deletes the items completely (T136205)
Fixed: Players are able to access dismantle actions on towers from the outside (T136666 + T 137639)
Fixed: Switching seat while driving will result in a silent vehicle (T137285)
Fixed: Item size changes visually for wielded item when logging off (T136822)
Fixed: Selecting survivor in the main menu and pressing play opens old server browser (T136726)
Fixed: Environmental damage is not logged correctly in server logs (T137257)
Fixed: Attacking infected clip through the player (T137370)
Fixed: Missing arrow mark on items with container or attachments (T137103)
Fixed: Offline missions cannot be launched on Windows 7 (T137264)
Fixed: Hunting scope allows looking through walls (T137033)
Fixed: Crafting improvised suppressor takes 1 % from the duct tape (T133200)
Fixed: Collision of packed Car Tent remains in the middle of the unpacked Car Tent
Fixed: Barrel inventory is misplaced when several barrels are in one place
Fixed: Tent and barrel placement is restricted only to flat surfaces
Fixed: Weapons cannot be reloaded while lying on the back
Fixed: Restrained characters can play freezing animation
Fixed: Handheld optic, binoculars or rangefinder were not usable (T137102)
Fixed: AIs might get stuck mid-air after being killed by vehicle
Fixed: Enduro helmet attachments are out of place in inventory
Fixed: Fitting of localized item names in tool-tips and headers
Fixed: Electric devices (spotlight, cable reel, etc.) getting unplugged after server restart
Fixed: Server crash upon respawn
Fixed: FX-45 was not functional
Fixed: Getting shot underwater put the character into falling animation
Fixed: Inventory, vicinity, and hands slots were overlapping with each other
Fixed: The first gunshot caused FPS drop
Fixed: Server VMEs related to the in-game map
Fixed: Character noise indicator not being present
Fixed: Attachment icon dragged from hands slot to an invalid slot disappears
Fixed: Character noise indicator not showing appropriate values
Fixed: Collisions of base building objects remaining after their parts have been detached
Fixed: Rangefinder drawing its value on other clients' screens, assorted client error, and interference between rangefinders
Fixed: When opening doors for the first time, the whole building model can move slightly
Fixed: Client error connected to player presence indicator
Fixed: It is no longer possible to attach the Hunting Scope to the BK-18
Fixed: A client-side crash connected to the base building feature
Fixed: Fence gate cannot be opened after server restart
Fixed: Fence can be walked through after server restart
Fixed: Backwards compatibility for mods using particle API from version 1.01 and older (GoreZ and such).
Fixed: Client error tied to base building
Fixed: Ruined tires now affect vehicle behaviour
Fixed: Fire geometry for offshore worker infected type
Fixed: Invisible dynamic events and custom objects
Fixed: Adjusted MRDS post-process on FX to make it more usable
Fixed: Tuna can miss the "Open" action in certain conditions (player/others nearby manipulating with a Compass)
Fixed: Stacks of .308 Ammo spawning with 0 quantity
Fixed: The player now dies properly from hypothermia, preventing client errors and other issues
Fixed: Only one player in a VoN conversation can hear the others
Fixed: Vehicle radiator cannot be refilled until the car has been started
Fixed: Character movement speed desynchronization, where the character moves as if aiming down sights even when they are not
Fixed: Client error connected to using a water bottle on a fireplace
Fixed: Leaving ADS on weapon actions

TWEAKED

Changed: The weather simulation has been reworked, improving the network synchronization and lowering its performance cost. As part of this, SimulWeather and its related options were removed.
Changed: Improved the impact of dynamic lights on surfaces (including the roads)
Tweaked: Improved quickbar visuals and responsiveness
Tweaked: Minor tweaks to the global light config
Changed: Major cleanup of CfgWorlds config parameters (and related classes such as CfgSurfaces and Clutter)
Tweaked: Alpha channel of mud road texture, so it's lit up properly by the dynamic lights
Tweaked: Inventory blur intensity is now at half of the previous value
Tweaked: Inventory icons for firearms and their attachments
Tweaked: Item sizes for handguards and buttstocks
Tweaked: Inventory size of suppressors
Changed: Items located in fireplace cargo will now be burned to 'Ruined' state instead of 'Badly damaged'
Tweaked: Damage system for ADA 4x4
Tweaked: Central economy (minor adjustments)
Changed: Item view bounding box enlargement when attachments are added
Changed: Improved behavior of all light sources (fade in / fade out effects and more)
Changed: Light sources slowly fade out when they are low on energy instead of suddenly going completely dark
Tweaked: Slightly darkened breath vapor particle to avoid glowing at night
Changed: Improved behavior of smoking chambers on all guns (smoke escapes only while the chamber is open)
Tweaked: Decreased intensity of all light sources during daytime
Changed: Reflector surface of all light sources now shines properly
Tweaked: Chemlight illumination radius increased
Changed: Torch is now always transformed to stick when its rags are removed from it
Changed: Bear trap damage output is now dynamic (it always causes the victim to start limping, but it won't kill them unless their health is already critical)
Changed: Significantly improved quality of vehicle smoke particles during high speed
Changed: Melee/weapons to animate with "spine3" bone (different shoulder animation)
Optimized: Physics rayRcast & Shapecast callbacks
Optimized: Possibility to enable multithreaded replication from server config using "multithreadedReplication" parameter
Optimized: Size of entity create network messages
Tweaked: In-game map behaviour
Changed: All particles are now preloaded during the game's initial loading
Changed: 'FullAuto' fire mode set as default mode on all relevant weapons
Tweaked: Sneak attack on the Infected now also works when hitting the torso
Tweaked: Infected are less perceptive in terms of sounds in general, limited vision at night
Tweaked: Blood and health regeneration slowed by roughly 1/3rd
Tweaked: Water and energy metabolism slowed down by approximately 1/5th
Tweaked: Increased water, energy and healthy penalty by approximately 1/2 when heat comfort is low/high
Tweaked: Chemlight illumination range lowered to 7.5 m
Changed: Updated tourist trail map model and textures
Changed: Lowered the Infected alertness caused by projectile impacts nearby
Changed: Disabled attaching of MRDS to CR75 (MRDS currently has issues on the weapon that need to be dealt with first)
Changed: Blood regeneration speed lowered
Changed: Amount of blood loss from hamolytic reaction raised
Changed: Lowered the illumination range of chemlight and the light around character at night
Tweaked: Lowered chance of jamming for pistols

MODDING

Added: Script function for disabling flares on light entities
Added: Script function for setting the relative position of flare on light entities
Added: Particles that are attached on an object can now rotate independently from that object (this fixed unintended directional flame on burning torches, see Particle.PlayOnObject(...) function documentation)
Added: Script function PlayerPreviewWidget::GetDummyPlayer
Added: New method on particles: ScaleParticleParamFromOriginal(...)
Changed: Particle API was refactored. Function Play(...) was replaced by functions PlayInWorld(...) and PlayOnObject(...). Please update your scripts accordingly to prevent compilation errors.
Changed: Huge refactor of how scripted lights behave. Please start using this API instead of config Pilot Lights. (Check file ScriptedLightBase.c and see examples in Scripts4_WorldEntitiesScriptedLightBase)
Tweaked: Corrected name of config parameter 'slopeLimit' to 'slopeTolerance'
Removed: Obsolete/deprecated configuration parameters were removed.
Tweaked: Personal light access parameter (PlayerBaseClient.m_PersonalLight) changed from 'private' to 'protected' to allow modding

KNOWN ISSUES

Individual melee hit registration issues against infected
Going unconscious with an open map can cause freezes

Community Spotlight - 22 February 2019

Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:09 CET

Hello Survivors,

There's been a lot of great stuff happening in the community and today's Community Spotlight is once again completely packed, so make yourselves a cup of tea, sit back and enjoy!

To kick things off, I have some interesting facts for you from our animation team.

The animators have already made or started progress on 5660 animations for DayZ, and 4169 of those animations are currently being used in the game. And another interesting fact - the longest animation we have is shaving which clocks in at 400 frames, meaning it's just a little over 13 seconds long. Thank you Adam Oresten for this interesting info!

The Xbox community has a lot of questions and we decided to answer them in a live stream. We took the frequently asked questions and issues you've sent to us in theXbox Feedback Round - January 2019[forums.dayz.com] on our Forums and we were talking about them on the live stream. Check it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBuRO9FP9SI

I can't forget to mention it was Valentine's Day. All of us get from our nice colleague Ket (who's taking care of all the crashes you send, and takes her lovely huskies[www.instagram.com] to the office every day) a DayZ heart cookie.

But we get nice stories and wishes from you too.

Look at this cute picture. It's Valentine's gift from Kyla to her other half - a picture of them playing DayZ together for the first time. It's so romantic and it is cool to know you can find the love of your life in DayZ.

And thank you all for nice wishes and pictures. It warmed our hearts. <3

Yeah, we've had an annoying issue with persistence, and hopefully it is all gone right now (thank you devs so much!), many of you tried to help us to identify and resolve persistence problems, and among the most active reporters were the members of the community from the Village server who built a wall across the Chernarus to find out what breaks the persistence. In the end, it was a different issue, but we want to thank you for your passion for DayZ, we love you. Here's how was "The Great Wall of Persistence" built.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHXceeTJwoE

But the persistence issue didn't scare some people, and they continued with their bases without the fear of losing progress. Check out this massive base made by ElementFireClan:

Or this one made by judderman2005:

A Reddit user jude_ned made an interesting post for all of you guys in the DayZ community. He made a couple of Reddit threads on history, types and exciting facts about the weapons that you can find in-game. He already covered Mosin Nagant and SKS. It's a quality read, check it out:

Let's also check out some nice pictures from you.

This one looks like some surrealistic painting but it is, in fact, a Chernarus map! Don't ask me how it was made, I have no idea, but you can ask drumfish who posted it on the Reddit. It's just beautiful.

Imdenkos shared a screenshot of his squad and they look scary, I don't think they are friendly, but they are dope!

Snakevsplane bought a map of Chernarus and put it into a frame, so he is not going to lose it anymore. If you are interested in this map[store.bistudio.com] too, you can find it in our shop together with patches[store.bistudio.com], hoodies[store.bistudio.com] and t-shirts[store.bistudio.com].

And the last picture is a photo by Ciiza, who lives in the Real Chernarus and wants to show you how it looks in Dubky right now. Can you recognize it?

Modding is one of the most important things for the community right now, let me show some of fine things that I found.

Guys from the Czech community (the same group also working on the BARRANDIEN map) created a really handy thing. It's an interactive map[map.dayz-sa.cz] where you can see logs of all the events that you need to have to make server admin's life easier. You can see real-time kills, deaths, logins, logouts and more on the map. It's still WIP and not for the public now, but it's sick!

There's also a new map called Chiemsee. It's 10x10km big, and fully playable even though towns get improved all the time.. You can find it on the "Chiemsee Official" server.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65k_4S4osos

And here a gameplay video from the Chiemsee map by 3RNO with his friend Gibs[www.twitch.tv] (that Jonny Rotten's face ).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omUKa9zKdic

And another one by Belzelga:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_auapF99DA

Next up is DeanoZ who's creating some really entertaining content on his channel. He shows his modded content like karts or new cars but the most interesting are tutorial videos. If you are into modding but don't know how to start, his tutorial can help you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqiVxEsP14w

Do you have a nice base, but are you tired of looking for food every day? A private garden is the solution to your problem. You can grow tomatoes, peppers, pumpkins or zucchinis and eat them raw, dry or prepare them on the stick. But do you know how to grow your vegetables? AmishZed has a guide for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niK06dSAb2Q

Another guide is intended for beginners, who have troubles finding out where they spawned and where to run after spawn. Grunt made a helpful video for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVCqqwkmh5c

And one more guide! Building a working car is not easy. You need to find a lot of car parts and make them work together. Element FIRE Clan made a tutorial on how to build a 100% working Ada, so if you are not sure, check out this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjDD7-b0TLc

I couldn't imagine how cool this video is until I've played it. It is an ASMR DayZ video, just sounds of the sea, burning fireplace and ambient nature, really good for sleeping. I love this idea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlwPeckRPak

YThis is a funny moment when Lirik[www.twitch.tv] met a crazy KKona Guy. I laughed a lot.
https://youtu.be/vXHG7ww158k

This is a story of two FBI officers investigating a cannibal in Electro, and it has everything, action, friendship and tears at the end. Check it out; it's really entertaining.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSPZxfqYpZw

That feeling when you complete a car and then someone kills your driver and you are a hostage of two full geared guys, trapped on the back seat: Priceless. Nice video CitrusPunch! And thumb up for 1PP and VOIP!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cjzBIVbz1c

Another great story made by Gekofish. His videos are so relaxing and funny. And he started to be really popular in the community, so join his subscribe crew:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2823dtKOr8

While we are working on our Survivor GameZ, some community make their own battle royal games. On the Round Table Gaming server will be the event on Saturday at 22:00 GMT/5:30 EST and if you want to participate, you need to sign up on their Discord[t.co]. You can find more info HER E. And here is a video from their last event:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P71-KiQIbXc

And we can't forget about the location riddle. The last location was in the northeast of Shakovka village. And the winners are:

Here is a new location for the next Community Spotlight:

If you know where is this place, tweet it to our official DayZ Twitter account[twitter.com] and don't forget to add #DayZRiddleTime.

Thank you very much for all your content, I had really enjoyable time going through everything you shared. See you next time!

- Baty Alquawen/Community Manager

PC Stable Update 1.01

Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:37 CET

Dear Survivors! We've just released the PC Stable Update 1.01 on Steam (both game update and server files). This is the first in a series of Platform Updates that we will publish throughout the year, with the focus this time being on stability, fixes, server performance improvements, and the introduction of two new firearms.
https://youtu.be/caGOYM7eeYE

New firearms

With each Platform Update, we're aiming to expand the variety of content available in the game. Our choice for 1.01 were two classic 7.62x39 rifles previously available in the legacy builds: the SK 59/66 and the CR-527, also supported by the re-introduction of the Hunting Scope!

SK 59/66

A ten-shot semi-automatic rifle fed from an internal magazine. It is an older model, but still reliable, using 7.62x39mm rounds. Can be equipped with a PU scope and an improvised suppressor.

CR-527

A bolt-action hunting rifle, fed from a detachable magazine. It's light-weight and accurate when used at intermediate ranges. Uses 7.62x39mm rounds. Can be equipped with a Hunting Scope and an improvised suppressor.

Persistence fixes

Undesirable persistence wipes were definitely among the most annoying issues reported in 1.0. With 1.01, we're introducing a system of Persistence Backups that aims meant to prevent problems with saving of the persistence data on the servers.

This system will be available to both official and community owned server. We've seen some pretty good results on the Experimental branch so far. In any case, we will still be closely monitoring all incoming reports should any loot, bases, or other persistence data get deleted after server crashes/restarts.

Server Performance Optimizations

Good server performance is critical to ensure an enjoyable DayZ gameplay experience. In 1.01, our programmers have made some solid progress on that front. Official vanilla servers running at full capacity with 60 concurrent players should no longer be witnessing flying cars and other shenanigans on a regular basis.

As far as community/modded servers go, please understand that increased player counts may and other modifications to the server setup have a significant impact on the server performance, and problems may occur.

We will continue with further optimisations over the upcoming updates. The most curious of you can take a look at the report on this topic[forums.dayz.com] by our Lead Programmer, Mirek Maněna.

Voice communication improvements

The voice chat in 1.01 is using a completely new codec that bumps the overall quality of the Voice over Network sound - especially with a high quality microphone. We've also added a mumbling sound filter for players who try to communicate when their speech is restrained with a rag.

New status indicators & damage tweaks

As a first step towards balancing the health and damage systems, we've added new icon status indicators that better communicate bleeding damage and the effect of medication (for example, the vitamins will now boost your immune system).

We've also made some adjustments to the player damage, with the most visible example being the reintroduction of a bleeding damage penalty when walking barefoot. Furthermore, we removed the chance variable for bleeding damage dealt by bullets. Now, every bullet scratch causes bleeding 100 percent of the time.

TrackIR Support

TrackIR is a head tracking input device that allows you to use freelook independently from your mouse controls, and 1.01 now fully supports this input method. Popular and proven in Arma, introducing this input method was pretty straightforward for us, so we made that option available already. If you own TrackIR, you'll definitely have some fun when driving around in your ADA!

50+ other changes and tweaks

In addition to the highlights, we've introduced over 50 other changes and tweaks that make DayZ a better game. Read the full changelog below!

Notes on the Update

Please verify your game files before playing, including User Data
Storage files from the Experimental branch of the game may not be compatible with the Stable branch
We've done some changes to the VoN Codec, so as server owners, when moving your current Server Config[community.bistudio.com] to the new patch, be sure to change your vonCodecQuality = 20
We recommend a persistence wipe for modded servers.
In case of problems, please check the Bohemia Interactive support F.A.Q.[support.bohemia.net], DayZ F.A.Q.[forums.dayz.com], or BattlEye F.A.Q.[www.battleye.com]

CHANGELOG

ADDED:

Added: SK 59/66
Added: CR-527
Added: Hunting Scope
Added: Recovery backups to deal with data corruption during crashes, and user-scheduled backups
Added: New stream from Kozlovka to Balota
Added: Over time self-closing of bleeding wounds
Added: Expanded admin logs[community.bistudio.com] (player positions, deaths and received hits)
Added: Script versioning to prevent future data incompatibilities
Added: Support for TrackIR head-tracking device
Added: Support for bullet shells dropping, and new sounds
Added: New audio controller for positional sounds, allowing us procedural control number or sound sources on models (Used to reduce number of bird sounds on trees.)
Added: Tree stem creak sounds
Added: Sounds when dropping items
Added: Implemented EQ filter for unconscious state
Added: Sound position offset feature to config
Added: New sounds for bullet shells dropping
Added: Antibiotics can fight diseases
Added: Vitamins can boost player's immune system
Added: Long torch (made of a long stick and rags)
Added: Various severities of bleeding
Added: Bleeding from bare feet
Added: Status indicators for bleeding and active medicament
Added: Masks and headgear provide some level of biological protection
Added: Close/open compass animations
Added: Voice effects for mumbling when gagged
Added: Ctrl + LMB will drop item from container (inventory)

FIXED

Fixed: A server crash when a character with a corrupt inventory tries to connect
Fixed: A server crash when a server with a garden plot on it was restarted
Fixed: A server crash related to script array manipulation crashes
Fixed: A client crash related to script array manipulation
Fixed: A client crash related to a light being removed while still in use
Fixed: Multitude of environmental issues (missing collisions, sudden LOD changes, hit materials, models adjustments) - as reported in Ticket T136380
Fixed: Typos in localization
Fixed: Possibility to toggle headlights when both are missing or destructed
Fixed: Some actions on target have incomplete action messages
Fixed: Crafting improvised suppressor took only 1% from the duct tape
Fixed: Landmine not detonating when it becomes ruined while it is armed
Fixed: Various IK poses (Stone, Medium Tent, BK-18)
Fixed: Chemlights glowing in cargo for 10 seconds
Fixed: Animals have no collisions with vehicles
Fixed: Shooting through a ruined suppressor did not emit muzzle flash
Fixed: Fireplace does not upgrade to stone circle if smaller stacks of stone are used
Fixed: Wolves attack animals rather then humans
Fixed: Sound sources on trees move with entity during cut down tree action
Fixed: SG5-K with compensator uses regular gun shots sounds (used sounds for silencer)
Fixed: Sea chest can be put into another sea chest - T135962
Fixed: When preforming suicide headgear does not get damaged
Fixed: Player's ankles can disappear while wearing Orel police pants
Fixed: Bullets are not registered after the weapon was raised close to the wall - as reported in Ticket T136559
Fixed: AIs get stuck near obstacles (reduced chance of occurrence)
Fixed: Motorbike helmet visually disappears after few steps
Fixed: Player gear is teleported to exact place where he logged in after being skinned and quartered - as reported in Ticket T136367
Fixed: icons representing ammo are small - as reported in Ticket T136555
Fixed: Tactical googles have no texture - as reported in Ticket T135082
Fixed: AI walking through ground pipes
Fixed: Server crash - as reported in Ticket T134543 + T136323 + T135501
Fixed: Server crash when HTTP request does not return OK
Fixed: Player might not be killed when shot with 12ga pellet
Fixed: Wooden logs get duplicated when building base of Fence and WatchTower
Fixed: ADA 4x4 won't stop after driver jumps out of it
Fixed: Some clothes cannot be damaged on ground
Fixed: Removing the rag from the mouth, make the rag slots smaller
Fixed: Temperature measurement has a question mark in the result text
Fixed: Players are able to access dismantle action on towers from the outside - as reported in Ticket T136666
Fixed: Bullets do not interfere with the player's body when fired through sea water

TWEAKED:

Tweaked: Inventory improvements in the visuals and performance of inventory code, including the
- addition of hierarchical attachment visualisation,
- hiding unused attachment categories (greatly uncluttered the Watchtower for example),
- inclusion of dedicated icons for these categories and overall bugfixes.)
Tweaked: Improvements to server performance (central economy, networking and AI)
Tweaked: Weapon muzzle attachments now steam during rain while they are hot
Tweaked: Weapons animations polishing (animations speed, clipping)
Tweaked: Sounds for climbing ladders
Tweaked: Sounds for take item in hand action
Tweaked: Projectile speed and air friction
Tweaked: Rebalanced projectile damage
Tweaked: Rebalanced character damage system
Tweaked: Rebalanced armor against projectiles
Tweaked: Shock damage for projectiles (chance to fall into unconsciousness increased)
Removed: Chances for bleeding wounds from projectiles hit
Removed: Flickering effect (roadflare)
Tweaked: Antibiotics and vitamins only support single use consume action
Tweaked: Traps no longer function as melee weapons
Tweaked: Hen spawn zone reworked to better fit environment (should not spawn inside industrial and other unnatural areas)
Tweaked: Many improvements, tweaks and fixes for ChernarusPlus terrain
Tweaked: Improvements to server performance (central economy, remote projectiles are not real)
Tweaked: Damage to bare foot for non-roadway surfaces
Tweaked: Infected damage system
Tweaked: Recoil (KA-M, BK-18, M4-A1,Mosin 91/30 and VSD)
Removed: Chance to spawn SG5-K with 15Rnd magazine
Updated: Inventory icons (placeholder icons replaced)
Tweaked: IK pose for long torch
Tweaked: Rangefinder zoom set to 4x
Updated: Credits

KNOWN ISSUES

It is currently not possible to drink from certain water sources.
When using the in-game text chat, you will not see your own messages. Other players can.
2-handed rifles can only be dragged and dropped via a small piece of their "Equipment" tab icon.
A jammed BK-18 cannot be fixed.
Official servers may be listed as private or in the Community tab.

Status Report - January 2019

Fri, 25 Jan 2019 17:11 CET

Dear DayZ Community,

We are three weeks into our quite intensive development planning that will shape DayZ this year. It means sorting through, and selecting features, content, and timeline of their delivery - in practice a lot of meetings, whiteboard scribbles, and digging through our backlogs trying to identify what we're able to deliver this year, and when. In the meantime, normal development continues, and we have deployed a first bug fixing patch, with more bug fixing ahead of us of course, as we also have a backlog there to go through.

The first quarter of this year is pretty much all about spring cleaning, and us getting on track to more scheduled Stable Platform Updates bringing new content and fixes. The first Platform Update is on its way to be released in February, and we will share more details once it's live on Experimental. We want to improve the game in many areas. We also hear you loud and clear and are aware of a vast amount of reported issues. They will get the attention they deserve when there's a right time for that, for now, let's look at some of the most critical and immediate ones.

Top Community Issues

Server Performance - server performance affects everything, from user actions taking too long, doors not opening, infected that stutter, to vehicle physics behaving in weird ways. Most of the gameplay can get affected when the server FPS dip below 20, and currently, that's happening on full or high population servers more often than acceptable. As such, this is our top priority to sort out. While the build out there right now has seen a noticeable FPS increase on low population servers, it still does not scale well enough when more players are active, and we are tracking possible causes of this server performance drop.
https://clips.twitch.tv/CarefulJoyousPhoneJonCarnage

Persistence - right now, we are preparing a safety net for persistence that will help the current shortcomings where entire areas get wiped when the server crashes during the writing process of the snapshot of the world state. In simpler terms, the persistence data does not save correctly because of a crash. The proposed solution is in testing and will land on Experimental once ready. When that happens, we will do our best to share useful information on the usage and functionality of the safety net solution.

Picture by GallopingGepard

Server Browser - we know the new server browser still has its flaws, and performance issues which are getting in the way of the DayZ experience. We are looking into possible improvements on a more granular level; however, those might take time, so at first, we will dig into the issues that damage the experience the most. Once there is more information to share, we will provide an update.

Animation issues - we are tracking multiple issues that break characters/weapons and more, and these require engine level fixes that are in discussion right now. Once e details get sorted out, and fixes are confirmed, we will talk about these in greater detail.

The issues above are our primary areas of interest as of now, but the list of reported issues goes on, from bullet damage to medical items not serving any real purpose, or item placing being very limited, and more. While the list above does represent some of the reported issues (arguably the ones that break the gameplay experience the most), it does not mean we're not considering, or working on the rest.

Modding

We'll do justice to our company motto - Curiosity, Creativity, Community - by delivering significant modding improvements this year. Documentation, samples, and fixes that make new things possible are all in our pipeline. We will look at the topics of licenses and content usage, as well as making sure that with upcoming Platform Updates, we provide Experimental server branch to everybody so that both server owners and content creators can look at the game changes happening, and make necessary arrangements for their creations.

We're already seeing lots of cool creations in the Steam Workshop (some prime examples in the video below!), and it'll be exciting to see what's possible in the future.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pcfwt8RHsA

Weapons

We have a massive weapons backlog to go through, and you can expect that we will not only look into current issues with firearms (both visual and functional), damage and unconsciousness values but most importantly into that big stash of weapons that haven't been implemented yet. Our weapons strike team has already managed to make steps toward having two new firearms implemented in the upcoming February Platform Update. We will share more details when they're ready.

Vehicles

Vehicles have a lot more polish coming to them this year in terms of stability and functionality. As already mentioned, we know and understand that server performance has a huge impact on the experience, especially when player counts go beyond the recommended 60 players on community servers. Server optimisation plays a huge part in our early spring cleaning, so bear with us. While this is, of course, important, we can't forget that we should expand the variety of vehicular transport; this year will bring more options to players. Once again, we will share more details on the upcoming vehicles once we're sure we're ready to deliver.

Consoles

Recently, we've opened a round of Community Feedback targeted at our Xbox Survivors[forums.dayz.com], and it proved to be a great source of useful information. Our console specialists in Bratislava are already looking into Xbox specific issues that were reported often and can be scheduled for a relatively easy fix, and there are of course the more complex issues like rendering and performance drops that are being investigated. DayZ launched with very decent frames in Xbox Game Preview, and we believe we can get rid of the current drops. It will take some time though.

We also know that we still have a large sleeper community on PlayStation 4 patiently waiting for a release. While we are currently not able to dedicate more resources to advancing with another platform, we're taking small steps towards a PS4 release later this year.

Communication

With many internal changes in planning and how we approach update releases overall, we will also need to be rethinking how often and in what forms we're communicating with you. We still have a lot of brainstorming to do, but it's very likely that the frequency of development Status Reports will no longer follow the 2 week period. Instead, we'd like to think of ways how to more actively work with what's happening in the community, engage in the events organised by community server owners, and improve the direct communication across channels.

Before the PC 1.0, we've made an attempt at Focused Feedback rounds[forums.dayz.com] with our game designers, and we'd like to get back to that idea when we know our developers can invest the time into carefully evaluating the feedback we receive on balancing, or specific game design topics.

What we mentioned today is merely a fraction of things that are ahead of us this year; there's more to share down the road, but only when we're ready to talk about it. Once our internal roadmap is fleshed out, we will start our deep dive into how exactly DayZ will change this year.

Until then, see you all in Chernarus!

- Eugen Harton / Project Lead

Community Spotlight - 24 January 2019

Thu, 24 Jan 2019 18:02 CET

Hello, Survivors!

It has been a bit over a month since our last Community Spotlight and a lot has happened since then!

In December we released DayZ 1.0 on PC. It was definitely the craziest month in the office and the devs really deserved their Christmas holidays. I know we've been pretty quiet this year so far, and I've even noticed that some of you think we're still on holiday somewhere, but that could not be further away from the reality! Most of the team has been back to their stations since January 2nd and there's a lot of buzz in the office. We're working on fixes, planning our road ahead, and also getting ready for our first Platform Update - but I'll let Eugen explain it in his first Status Report of the year, so stay tuned!

We are collecting feedback from the Xbox community because the Xbox version still has several specific issues, and we want to know them all. If you are an Xbox player and have some feedback, here is the place to talk about it[forums.dayz.com].

We've organized a 5 Year Anniversary Live Stream in December and answered a lot of questions, so if you missed it, here's a VOD of the live stream:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dl2YbbhESQ

For the live stream, Tim and I organized a special community event for our content creators and a bunch of other members of our community. The event was about attackers assaulting the defenders inside their base. The defenders were asked to build and defend a complex of buildings, the attackers had to kill them all.

If you want to know some stats from the battlefield, here they are:

DayZ 5 Year Anniversary Stream Results:

Hero of the Attackers - AnarchyHD (7 kills)
Hero of the Defenders - M1ndr (7 kills)
First Blood - M1ndr after 3 minutes
Highest Kill Streak - Anarchy (7 kills, stopped by DrDeSync); M1ndr (7 kills, stopped by Moondye7)
Blood Enemies - Fadez and Jonny Rotten traded Kills
Brought a melee weapon to a gunfight - and won - Uncuepa: 2 kills with the Wooden Axe; Catfu: 1 kill with the Combat Knife
Last Men Standing - DrDeSync, Dizzy and Gary were the last surviving defenders
Immortal Warrior - Dannyboyy did not die during the event.
The best motivational speech[clips.twitch.tv] - MrMoon

We definitely want to keep doing live streams, so stay tuned for more - and feel free to send us some tips about what you'd like to see us streaming!

Let's check the community content.

Our friends at the Australian DayZ podcast Compass asked us for an interview and we joined them for their latest episode. Eugen and Peter were talking about some interesting topics and if you are interested in DayZ development, you should definitely check it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovhdvgBYe18

If you are a DayZ beginner, you will maybe appreciate some community help:

Recently, my favorite "DayZ teacher" has beenArchie Stormcloud, who has his own "DayZ school". Check out his videos, they are funny, informative and entertaining.

How to find fruits in DayZ:
https://youtu.be/I3v0kNVibvc
How to navigate in DayZ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeT4g_jtEsA

Have you ever thought about base building, but you never really knew how to do it? BarelyInfected has prepared a guide for base building. It can come in handy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOk9GwZvc3I

Another amazing piece of work from Asmondian. He has created a series of #dayztips pictures with instructions how some things work. Let's check out some of them:

If you are into modding, you can find some great community mods in the Steam Workshop.

The most popular Workshop item -at least for the last month- has been Winter_Chernarus. This mod retextures Chernarus to a beautiful winter environment.

And if you run Winter_Chernarus on your server, I suggest you to add Cl0ud's Wintergear, it is really nice.

Everyone wants Namalsk, but other terrain creators are already doing an amazing job as well, so now you can check out a new terrain called DeerIsle. It is a 16x16 km size map based on the DeerIsle location in the USA and is still in development. You can try the 3x3km starting area on the creator's server 85.25.214.246.

Here is a sneak peek by the map creator JohnMcLane.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLJVCc1zy_Y

And here is a first encounters video by TheRunningManZ.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkFWN9xsj18

I want to show you one more video, which the DayZ team really likes. This base is really awesome, good job guys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP1xHz4tc4Q

And the last thing I want to share with you are some examples of amazing handwork skill.

dubas_ got this amazing picture as a gift. Why don't I have anything like this on my own wall?

DrZZed shared with us his logo cut from wood. It is huge!

I carved a DayZ logo into pumpkin last year and it was so hard. But Reddit user ApersonawithCANCER did the same thing with a piece of wood, how it is even possible to do this by hand?

And the last one is a very atmospheric sketch made by Specu85. You are talented, man!

And one bonus photo to end things in style. Who else is envious of this DayZ command center by DownBy9UpBy5? I know I am for sure.

As always, it's location riddle time. The location from the latest Community Spotlight was under a little factory west of Lopatino. And who guessed it right?

Rosiu (@Rosiu11)
DrDeSync (@DrDeSync)
Emu Threat (@DayzedEmu)
Foxypote (@Foxypoteoffical)

Good job, guys.

Here's the next one:

If you know where the location is, send your answer to our Twitter account with the #DayZriddleTime hashtag. Good luck!

That's all from me for now, thanks for all the awesome content you create, enjoy the game and see you in two weeks.

- Baty Alquawen / Community Manager

5 Year Anniversary Live Stream