Crash Fixes:

• Fixed a crash that sometimes occurs when the player is viewing the match score screen

Revisions and Adjustments:

• Adjusted tribe player icons to identify players differently when inside or outside their vehicle
  
• Removed ability to use munitions when riding in a passenger seat of a vehicle
  
• Added safety line between player and new storm circle on map
  
• Adjusted consumables:
  
  • Duct Tape Bandages:
    
    • changed delay to 3 seconds from 2 seconds
      
    • changed amount healed to 10 units of health from 5 units of health
    
    
  • Staple Gun Stitches:
    
    • changed delay to 5 seconds from 3.5 seconds
      
    • changed amount healed to 50 units of health from 40 units of health
    
    
  • Cauterizing Med Kit:
    
    • changed delay to 7 seconds from 5 seconds
      
    • changed amount healed to 100 units of health from 75 units of health
    
    
  • Hi-Octane Moonshine:
    
    • changed delay to 7 seconds from 8 seconds
  
  
• Adjusted the camera to be higher when players enter a vehicle
  
• Added LODs for various objects improving GPU performance
  
• Increased draw distance for various objects

Additional Bug Fixes:

• Addressed issue where item descriptions for the Cauterizing Med Kit and Hi-Octane Moonshine were displayed incorrectly
  
• Addressed issue where Level 3 Chest Armor would float above player character (just outta reach!)
  
• Addressed issue where Juggernaut Standard Paint palette would display incorrectly
  
• Addressed issue with firing from vehicles and adjusting mounted weapon rotation
  
• Addressed issue with consumables not canceling when switching seats or exiting a vehicle
  
• Addressed issue with identical loot layouts in separate but similar buildings
  
• Addressed issue where jet boosters VFX show up as activated when first attached
  
• Addressed general collision issues with Juggernaut wheels
  
• Addressed issue where players are able to clip through geometry of Stormwall Dam
  
• Addressed issue where vanity failed to display for party leader in the party invite screen
  
• Addressed issue where inventory display would change order based on weight in real time (inventory will now change order only after exiting inventory menu)
  
• Addressed issue where party members health bar and name would display multiple times in the HUD
  
• Addressed issue where rarely a party of 5 could be formed (Because we are, the five of us.)
  
• Addressed issue where some pre-match spawn locations would prevent player from traveling
  
• Further adjusted issue where shooting off a vehicle armor piece could stall a vehicle

Schedule:

• Tuesday 5 PM to 7 PM Pacific Time
  
• Thursday 5 PM to 7 PM Pacific Time

Gameplay

• Added New Game Mode
  
  • Added Team Battle Royale Mode
    
    • Players can invite friends from their Steam profile to join up into a Tribe (up to 4)
      
    • Players can autofill their Tribe to join a Team match
      
    • Players can accept Tribe invites through an envelope on the lower left of the Main Menu screen or via Steam Chat message
      
    • Players can be downed while in team mode, and recovered by fellow teammates
      
    • Players in a Tribe can view other teammates health, vehicle choice, and location on the map and minimap
    
    
  • Added Voice Chat (VOIP)
    
    • Players can select team chat, both voice activated and push to talk
      
    • Players can select global chat options and voice volume options in the Audio section of the Settings menu
      
    • Players can bind push to talk button and mute buttons in the Bindings section of the Settings menu
  
  
• Adding Grave Markers
  
  • Players who are killed or die are given a grave marker for easy loot access, regardless of the location of their body
    
  • Custom grave markers can be earned as season rewards

Vehicles

• Added vehicle: Juggernaut
  
  • Added Juggernaut vehicle attachments
    
    • Standard Wheels
      
    • Offroad Wheels
      
    • Armored Wheels
      
    • Rocketjump Wheels
      
    • Grinder Armor
      
    • Plow Armor
      
    • Basic Doors
      
    • Armored Doors
      
    • Trunk Stash
      
    • Extra Fuel Tank
      
    • Jet Booster
      
    • Machine Guns
      
    • Missile Launchers
    
    
  • Juggernaut top speed of 80kph equal to Dustrider 80kph; 0-60 acceleration, however, is much less than both Dustrider and Razorback
    
  • Juggernaut has a gas unit capacity of 8 and starts at 6 compared to Dustrider gas unit capacity of 6 and starts with 3
    
  • Juggernaut has 400 unit weight capacity, compared to Dustrider 200 unit; however, Juggernaut part attachments have a higher overall weight compared to Dustrider parts
    
  • While Jet Boosters on the Dustrider consume .25 additional units of gas with each use, and Razorback Jet Boosters consume no additional gas with use, the Juggernaut consumes a .5 unit of gas with each use of the Jet Boosters
    
  • Juggernaut Machine Guns and Missile Launchers have a droprate percentage equal to that of the Dustrider
    
  • Juggernaut has 2800 units of health compared to the Dustrider 700 and the Razorback 300
    
  • Juggernaut has higher impact damage to enemy vehicles, and reduced overall player damage taken when striking an enemy vehicle
    
  • Juggernaut has less overall climb compared to Dustrider and Razorback
    
  • Juggernaut player character capacity is 5 compared to 3 on Dustrider and 1 on Razorback
  
  
• Revised Dustrider seating capacity to 3 from 2
  
• Revised passenger function on vehicles to allow for players to fire weapons from vehicles
  
• Addressed an issue where vehicles would come to a halt after an attachment is shot off
  
• Addressed an issue where the “Conspiracy Theory” vehicle paint no longer glowed
  
• Addressed instances where vehicles striking other vehicles would cause them to fly

Environment

• Updated “Remnant” map location with revised layout and loot locations.
  
• Revised surrounding POIs to “Remnant” map location
  
• Updated “Murdercross Tracks” with new racetrack and POI layout designs
  
• Updated “Warmonger Compound” and removed various foliage items
  
• Added variety of new POI buildings
  
• Revised landscape for improved vehicle traversal
  
• Adjusted collision on interior furniture items
  
• Addressed issues with various floating items and errant foliage
  
• Addressed issues with various portions of terrain
  
• Addressed issues with collision errors on rock geo
  
• Addressed issues with collision on “Stormrider Stronghold” architecture
  
• Addressed issues where players would get stuck in stair collission on “Stormrider Stronghold”
  
• Addressed various environment clipping issues
  
• Addressed various level streaming issues
  
• Increased distance on LODs
  
• Adjusted direction display for shadows
  
• Adjusted shadow and lighting for props inside buildings
  
• Revised storm effect for improved performance

Weapons & On-Foot Gameplay

• Added weapon: Valhalla SMG
  
  • Higher rate of fire and comes with built-in silencer
    
  • Uses flyweight ammunition
    
  • Fits in Primary or Secondary weapon slot
  
  
• Added new attachment: hammer stock
  
  • Attachable only to Valhalla
    
  • Reduces recoil
  
  
• Added new feature: weapon stripping
  
  • In player inventory, weapon stripping icon now displays in weapon slots
    
  • Removes all attachments and ammo from equipped weapon
  
  
• Added new consumable: HiOctane
  
  • Health-over-time for 120 units over 3 minutes
    
  • Takes 8 seconds to consume
    
  • Weighs 50 units
  
  
• Adjusted Duct Tape consumable to apply to all health units (beyond the 75% marker)
  
• Adjusted Duct Tape consumption time to 2 seconds down from 4 seconds
  
• Adjusted Duct Tape health restoration to 5% down from 10%
  
• Adjusted Staple Gun consumable to apply to all health units (beyond the 75% marker)
  
• Adjusted Staple Gun weight to 35 down from 50 units
  
• Adjusted Staple Gun consumption time to 3.5 seconds down from 7 seconds
  
• Adjusted Staple Gun health restoration to 40% down from 75%
  
• Adjusted Moonshine consumption time to 2 seconds down from 4 seconds
  
• Adjusted all healing consumables to apply while walking (sprinting will cancel consumption action)
  
• Adjusted look of spawned gas masks to better distinguish between them
  
• Adjusted the position of ammo that spawns with weapons
  
• Adjusted the distance values of the bolt action SFX on the Dragunov and Remedy
  
• Adjusted Cauterizing Torch consumption SFX
  
• Addressed an issue where SFX would stack when a player moved a consumable item between the ground, inventory and truck while using another consumable item
  
• Addressed an issue where Moonshine timer would disappear when using a 2nd Moonshine while the current consumable timer was active
  
• Addressed issues where loot was not lootable via the interact key
  
• Addressed an issue where Dragunov barrel tip appears untextured
  
• Addressed an issue where killed player’s body would desync and ragdoll, making the player unlootable
  
• Addressed an issue where the Remedy would improperly display while spectating

UI & Menu

• Added Character customization:
  
  • New vanity items
    
    • Hair (8 new options)
      
    • Face Paint (6 new options)
      
    • Eyewear (2 new options)
      
    • Tops (12 new options)
      
    • Pants (5 new options)
      
    • Gloves (2 new options)
      
    • Melee (4 new options)
      
    • Boots (2 new options)
    
    
  • New vanity category
    
    • Tattoo (7 options)
  
  
• Added Vehicle customization:
  
  • New vanity items Dustrider
    
    • Paint Job (4 new options)
      
    • Hood (2 new options)
      
    • Lights (1 new option)
      
    • Rear (1 new option)
      
    • Exhaust (1 new option)
      
    • Plate (9 new options)
      
    • Horn (1 new option)
    
    
  • New vanity items Razorback
    
    • Paint Job (5 new options)
      
    • Front (2 new options)
      
    • Handlebars (1 new option)
      
    • Rear (1 new option)
      
    • Exhaust (1 new option)
      
    • Plate (9 new options)
      
    • Horn (1 new option)
    
    
  • New vanity items Juggernaut
    
    • Paint Job (9 options)
      
    • Hood (5 options)
      
    • Top (2 options)
      
    • Rear (3 options)
      
    • Exhaust (3 options)
      
    • Plate (17 options)
      
    • Horn (4 options)
  
  
• Added Style Option
  
  • Added Grave Options
    
    • Grave (4 options)
  
  
• Updated map and minimap for greater representation of areas
  
• Updated map to display place names of major POIs
  
• Added map pinning feature
  
  • Players can set and remove markers on the map with a mouse click (left to place, right to remove)
  
  
• Adjusted experience SFX on the recap screen
  
• Updated Localization for latest items
  
• Addressed an issue where boost icons on the HUD were blocking the Report button for spectators

• A new TEAM BATTLE ROYALE game mode!
  
  • Players in teams of four can join each other against other teams and battle out for survival in the wasteland!
    
  • Every player enters with their own vehicle, but can freely jump into other team vehicles for strategy and safety

• This new mammoth vehicle class is built for TEAM mode but can be played in both team and solo
  
• Features multiple points of entry and positioning
  Greater fuel capacity at a sacrifice of speed, but likewise acts as greater size of cover and damage resistance

• A new season means a new 100 levels of vanity to collect including new character outfits, customization options and the newly added TATTOO category!
  
• New vanities for the DUSTRIDER, RAZORBACK and a huge collection drop for the JUGGERNAUT

Crash Fixes:

• Fixed a crash encountered with material stack
  
• Fixed a crash encountered sometimes while a player is in their inventory menu before the cardinal option screen

Revisions and Adjustments:

• Revised Storm:
  
  
  
  • Altered storm opacity to equal levels from both inside and outside the safe zone
  
  
• Additional revisions to the rendering system to improve building, foliage, and general streaming

Additional Bug Fixes:

• Addressed various instances of floating objects (particularly loot) spawning in mid-air
  
• Addressed an issue where sometimes loot would remain invisible unless moused over
  
• Addressed an issue where sometimes loot would disappear when looting a dead player

Revisions and Adjustments

• Revised Storm:
  
  
  
  • Starting round circle diameter reverted to original size
    
  • Survive time between storm rounds reverted to original time
  
  
• New Level of Detail (LOD) system pass
  
  
  
  • Further increased building resource load
  
  
• New LOD system pass for foliage
  
• New Powergrid POI added to:
  
  
  
  • Stormwall Dam
    
  • The Collapse
    
  • Steel Foundary
    
  • Gridlock Plant
    
  • Warmonger Compound
    
  • Mudflats
  
  
• New Updated Building designs (all areas)
  
• Revised “Play Again” button while in-match to spectate and queue the full minimum (10) before joining match
  
  
  
  • Note: Player can still early join pre-match lobby through front-end menu
  
  
• Added new weapon: Ripper
  
  
  
  • Silenced sidearm that shreds vehicle and player armor
    
  • No ammo pickups associated
    
  • Fits in sidearm slot
  
  
• Added new offensive system: Munitions
  
  
  
  • Pipe Bomb: deals physical damage within a certain radius
    
  • Dirty Bomb: creates a poison smoke cloud that obscures vision and deals damage over time
    
  • Sparkler Bomb: creates bright and loud visual distraction/alarm
  
  
• Adjusted Dragon Breath Sniper rifle to no longer force players out of scope after firing
  
• Revised loot spawn locations and quantities
  
• Lowered the volume of vehicle horn SFX
  
• Revised end-match display text to detail level/arena progress
  
• Further revised localization text

Additional Bug Fixes

• Removed 80% foliage appearing inside roads, rocks, and buildings
  
• Addressed various instances of vehicles being stuck in collision errors
  
• Removed additional instances of tree stump objects
  
• Addressed various instances of floating objects
  
• Addressed various instances of incorrect texture display for prop objects
  
• Addressed various instances of collision errors with terrain objects
  
• Addressed instances where textures would bleed on/off building walls
  
• Addressed known areas of collision errors with rocks/boulders
  
• Additional fixes to smooth terrain
  
• Addressed various instances of “checkered” landscape
  
• Addressed instances where shadow quality on low and medium settings would display incorrectly
  
• Addressed instance where players would load into the game headless
  
• Addressed instance where player’s camera would display incorrectly at the start of a match
  
• Addressed instance where player received a bonus for killing an idle player
  
• Addressed instance where the melee weapon would not deal damage
  
• Addressed instances where loot appeared to be floating
  
• Addressed issue where no SFX would trigger when equipping vehicle attachments
  
• Further addressed instance where the Dustrider could not be flipped over when on its side
  
• Further addressed instance where players could not exit the Dustrider while on its side
  
• Further addressed issue where shooting the top of a Dustrider tire would inflict damage on the Dustrider’s health
  
• Further addressed instances where vehicle collision would launch one or more vehicles extreme distances
  
• Addressed instance where a player camera on the Razerback would adjust incorrectly when taking damage
  
• Addressed instance where players could not modify the Razerback

Crash Fixes:

• Fixed a crash encountered where the server would crash occasionally when players took damage
  
• Fixed certain instances a crash was encountered while in an Alt + Tab state from the game
  
• Fixed a crash encountered with recent integration of unreal engine patch
  
• Fixed a crash encountered related to certain icons
  
• Fixed a crash encountered related to certain online inventory

Revisions and Adjustments:

• Adjusted the player queue to require 2 players to enter the pre-game lobby
  
• Adjusted the waiting for player timeline within the pre-game lobby from 4 minutes to 2
  
• Adjusted additional matchmaking system functions to better move players searching for a game to the most populated pre-game lobby
  
• Temporarily removed "Stats" end-of-game menu selection while revising calculation system
  
• Revised Storm:
  
  
  
  • Starting round circle diameter reduced to match that of previous Round 5
    
  • Increased survive time between storm rounds
    
  • Reduced overall storm speed
  
  
• Revised POI layouts for Last Bastion and Stormwall Dam
  
• Revised all building layouts
  
  
  
  • props, decals, and layouts adjusted to improve performance
  
  
• New Level of Detail (LOD) system pass:
  
  
  
  • Increased building/object streaming distance
    
  • Reduced building resource load
  
  
• Revised localization text for:
  
  
  
  • French
    
  • Italian
    
  • German
    
  • Spanish
    
  • Russian
    
  • Brazilian Portuguese
    
  • Chinese (Mandarin)
  
  
• Adjusted player inactive status:
  
  
  
  • If a player is inactive for 60 seconds they are removed from the match
  
  
• Reduced Kill XP reward for inactive players within the first 60 seconds of a game to 0
  
• Revised SFX for all consumables
  
• Revised ammo box pickup asset
  
• Revised inventory icons
  
• Revised VFX Dustrider vanity lights
  
• Revised Skybox Lighting System (continual progress TBD)
  
• Adjusted terrain levels throughout
  
• Adjusted terrain objects throughout
  
• Added an option to key bind weapon switching
  
• Consumables assigned to quick slot will now also be visible in storage

Additional Bug Fixes:

• Addressed issue where players were sometimes unable to exit the Credits in the menu screen
  
• Addressed issue where player level would sometimes appear to be 0 after reaching level 100
  
• Addressed issue where weapon attachments were displaying incorrectly in the inventory menu
  
• Addressed additional collision errors on the outer ring of Stormrider Stronghold
  
• Addressed various instances of floating objects
  
• Addressed various instances of collision errors with terrain objects
  
• Addressed various instances of players being stuck in collision errors
  
• Addressed various instances of vehicles being stuck in collision errors
  
• Removed 90% of tree stump objects
  
• Addressed various instances of props having incorrect collision SFX
  
• Addressed issue where sometimes the storm would not injure a player
  
• Addressed an issue near Stormrider Stronghold where invisible collision that would produce blood VFX
  
• Addressed various instances of “checkered” landscape
  
• Addressed issue where players appeared to float over terrain while walking
  
• Addressed issue where players were in the process of using rage boost or moonshine and would cancel when hitting sprint
  
• Addressed issue where the kill chain was being displayed incorrectly in the end-of-game recap stats
  
• Addressed issue where the player dies but the server did not recognize the death, this often resulted in a 'no-win' game
  
• Addressed issue where the server would not restart
  
• Addressed issue where players would be sent back to the main menu from the pre-game lobby
  
• Addressed issue where the incorrect obituary notification plays when a player died in a vehicle explosion
  
• Addressed issue where consumable SFX were not playing when spectating a player
  
• Addressed issue where a destroyed Dustrider would continue to drive
  
• Addressed issue where players would have to enter the Razorback twice in order to ride after it had been tipped on its side
  
• Addressed instances where the Razorback would fall through the world (confirmed this still can happen)