ADDITIONS:
- Visual display for if you made noise when lockpicking/breaking into object
CHANGES:
- DMRs made semi auto
BUG FIXES:
- Fix for multiple hidden caches
- Fixed 'Regenerating Health' notification after everytime consuming an item
SurrounDead
Patch 1.3.2b - Intruders - Hotfix
Patch 1.3.2 - Intruders
ADDITIONS:
- New passive skill: Thief (Improves player speed of breaking into stuff and less chance of making noise)
- New currency item: Credits
- Locked safes added to map that can contain Credits & Money
- Wandering trader now sells rare items that can be purchased with the obscure currency 'Credits'
- Locked objects have a chance to produce noise when opening them, this will draw AI to your location
- Reset player camera position (Change keybinding to enable)
- Added audio when hovering over UI buttons
- Interact UI shows keybinding and if the container is inspected or not
- Removed keybinding for reset level and added a button in difficulty options that resets the player's level & skills
- Added new exploration music
- Added ability for player to sit down (keybinding in controls)
- Added UI for when health is being regenerated (Can be disabled)
CHANGES:
- Regen health is started by either using medical items or sitting down
- Improved crafting so that you don't have to click back on it each time
- To regain health (With skill) you need to have at least 15 health
- Changes to font of interact UI
- Increased lock picking of doors from 5s to 10s
- Backend changes to shaders
- Adjustments to some prices
- Changes to foliage
BUG FIXES:
- Fixed bug on locked objects where cancelling the progress will not cancel the animation
- Fixed rare issue when a vehicle runs out of fuel it will go backwards
- Fixed to random issue of zombie bosses spawning in weird positions
- Fixed floating trees near a motel location
- Fixed bug where you could loot hidden cache multiple times
Patch 1.3.1c - Intruders - Hotfix
ADDITIONS:
CHANGES:
- Improved crafting so that you don't have to click back on it each time
BUG FIXES:
- Fixed rare issue when a vehicle runs out of fuel it will go backwards
- Fixed to random issue of zombie bosses spawning in weird positions
- Fixed floating trees near a motel location
Patch 1.3.1b - Intruders - Hotfix
ADDITIONS:
- Wolf & Bear reaction sounds
CHANGES:
- Increased range of AI ranged attack
- Adjustments AI human melee attack frequency
- Slight camera shake added to melee
- Removed unnecessary back end check when loading game
BUG FIXES:
- Fixed being able to access scope when a melee weapon is equipped
- Fixed crash on shooting range
- Fixed AI spawns in prison
Developer Update - What's next?
However, I know one thing on people's minds is what's in store next for the game, and in this post I hope to give people that general idea that development isn't slowing and more fun content is coming to the game!
I'd as well like to point out that the below is always up for feedback, not in any particular order of when it's coming and none of it is final.
1. New POIs
The current map will continue to expand, new locations with a variety of different infrastructure. Expect to see new towns, military locations, survivor locations and a large city. While I am using Synty Assets to develop most of these areas, I'm always looking at getting new types of buildings and environment made, from banks to even smaller details that will add to the lore of the game.
2. Base building additions/improvements
Base building is an important part of the game and something that needs to be added to and expanded.
With additions to this system you can expect new furniture, to new traps and buildables that will allow you to better defend your camp against the dead.
Another big question for this system is free building, allowing you to create large wooden, stone, etc buildings. I have not made a 100% decision on this system but don't expect is soon if it is added.
Farming is another system that will be coming to the game so you can live off the land, grow crops and harvest them at the perfect time, and make sure to stock up for certain times of the year.
Plus, an electricity system with generators that will power certain objects in your camp.
And more!
3. Vehicle modding
If you've played State of Decay 2, this is the type of system I'm aiming for with vehicles. Find or craft vehicle upgrade kits that you can attach to certain vehicles, from more armor to more storage, these are the types of kits that could be added to your vehicle.
4. Quests!
Story missions, bounty board, etc
This is quite simply the system I'm most excited about adding to the game. From going to safe zones and helping the communities thrive, to taking down thieves and destroying bandit camps, there is a vast range of quests that can be added.
You'll as well discover more about the world and uncover the lore of what happened to the world you are in and the direction it is going in.
As well, there will be a bounty board, accept a bounty on it and it will be marked on the map, go to that location and take out the individuals there, head back to bounty board and collect your rewards. These will as well rotate/be random each time you join and more will be added with each update.
In the future, you will as well be able to gain reputation with different factions in the world and this will affect who are your enemies and who's your friends are.
5. Medical system
Broken legs, bleeding, nothing too in depth
Adding the ability for the player to bleed, break legs and of extreme temperatures is another layer of complexity I'm working on. This will make it so that there's a a variation in the use of different medical items. Although, I don't want to make this system too complex or annoying for the player (A good example would be Unturned).
6. Special & more unique zombies
At the moment SurrounDead consists of just your normal zombies, irradiated and boss zombies. With more improvements to the AI coming in the future, you can expect to start seeing new types from your classic bloaters, screamers to even more unique type of zombies that will add an extra layer of horror to the game is what I've got in stores for you! You will as well be able to disable these types of zombies as you please.
7. Improved firearm customization
While an EFT weapon customization system will not come, I am looking at adding more attachments for the player to loot or even craft. From Laser Sights to flashlights and range finders, expect to see more tactical attachments and more long range sights and red dot sights.
One possibility is the addition of a makeshift weapon station, where you will be able to craft custom makeshift weapons from broken weapons.
8. Melee weapon customization
Allowing the player to customize melee weapons will add another layer to the melee weapon system. Grab a bat and add a blade to it or some wire, these are the possibilities that could happen with this system.
9. Character customization / Clothing
Before clothing and proper customization, there will be character selection. You'll be able to choose the character you want to play and possibly as well the chance to name your character and give them a profession of your own choosing.
Clothing may take some time but it's something I really want to add as well, so when it can actually be implemented (Waiting on actual models), I will definitely work on it and add it as soon as I can.
10. Motorbikes
Faster, nimble but weaker. Plus, they look cool.
11. Multiple saves
At the moment you can only have 1 save. In the future, I want to change this so you can have multiple saves and save each part of your journey.
12. Travel system
Travel to various other smaller maps. From exit points on the main map, you will be able to choose to travel to various other locations surrounding the base area. These locations could vary from small wooded areas with a large destroyed survivor campsite, to an irradiated nuclear area, to out in the water at an oil rig and even a large enclosed city.
13. Improved weather system
At the moment, between seasons you will no difference in the weather or how it affects the world. In the future, this will change to where actual seasons have unique weather variations and can affect the player temperature, possibly vehicles, AI and future systems like farming and fishing.
14. Fishing
Find fishing rods around the world and go to a body of water to find various fish types or even rare, submerged loot.
15. Horde mode
Just something that I will work on to the side is a horde mode. Enjoy taking out waving of infected on a unique map and earn points to traverse it and get better equipment.
16. Translation
This is a question I get quite a lot and it is something I will be working on is getting the game translated for various languages around the world as I understand not everyone is fluent in English and this can sometimes put people off the game.
17. Co-op/ Multiplayer
Yes... It's planned but nothing else to say apart from that.
18. Steam workshop
Allowing players the ability to share and create custom difficulty packs, new weapons, equipment and possibly maps.
Other Features:
- Naming inventory containers
- Improved trading & crafting
- Additional world markers on map
- Roaming hordes
- Bow & arrows / Crossbow
- Gas mask filters & batteries for equipment
- More & new random events
- Improved / Actual controller input mappings
Finally, the next couple weeks are going to be very busy for me and so I will not be very frequent with updates or interacting with the community and to end it I'd like to say again, thank you so much and I hope that you are all excited for the future as much as me!
Patch 1.3.1 - Intruders
ADDITIONS:
- Zombie & animal spawn multiplier difficulty option added (Be careful, as performance could degrade)
- Added option to respawn screen to choose either; respawn from spawn point or respawn from random location
CHANGES:
- Increased AI footstep volume
- Adjusted legendary weapon mag drop rate
- If player suicides, they will no longer spawn at their spawn point, but a random location
- Changes to passive skill add amounts
- Changes to XP given AI death
- Spec ops helmet changed to a green color
- Decreased zombie crawler speed
- Water, foliage and AI optimisation
BUG FIXES:
- Fixed random events not having enemies
- Fixed being able to loot all vendor items for free on trader death (While realistic-ish, can be cheesed way to much at this moment)
- Fixed issue where exiting to main menu while ADS with scope can cause scope to stay on screen
- Fixed terrain issues with foliage
- Fixed first person camera occasion where it would be zoomed in after using a scope
- Fixed ice cream truck vendor in tree spawn
- Fixed radiation random events still applying radiation damage even if the event didn't spawn
- Fixed MRE healing player (Should just give Hunger & Thirst)
- Fixed water causing weird lighting issues when a light is cast on it (Usually from a vehicle)
Patch 1.3.0b - Intruders - Hotfix
ADDITIONS:
- Added radio to loot pool
- Themed music added to airfield
- MSAA sample count option added
CHANGES:
- Adjustments to some AI spawn locations
- Adjusted collision of tree stumps
- No build zones around safe zones have been made much smaller
- Adjusted loot spawns of new legendary items
- Vehicles won't take damage until they're going faster than 30mph, this does not apply to hitting AI
- AI human melee slightly slower
- When in 'No Build Zone' UI notification tells player they are in this zone
- Improved/change to how AI spawn at random events
- Changes to navigation, please report if there is a big difference in frame rate
BUG FIXES:
- Fixed various terrain issues
- Fixed new lamp not spawning
- Fixed weird texturing on buggy
- Fixed random events having invisible containers
- Fixed Ctrl Click to crafting stations
- Possible fix for AI not dealing damage
- Fixed AI stopping attacking
- Fixed AI continually increasing in spawn amounts when exiting and entering from main menu
- Fixed rain & snow on main menu
Patch 1.3.0 - Intruders - Bandits, Airfield & More
Look forward to a post soon about future updates
And
If you run into an issue of the game crashing a minute after spawning, save the game as soon as you enter
ADDITIONS:
- Upgrade to Unreal Engine 5.1 from 5.0
- New Locations: The area around the airfield has been opened, go explore and discover REDACTED
- AI Bandits, Scavengers & More - (First Pass): Around the world the player can bandits that will attack the player on sight, you can either find them at one of their camps or roaming randomly around the world. As well you can find friendly scavengers, they will not not attack you, unless you attack them first. In the future, you'll be able to trade with roaming scavengers and the bandit system will be improved heavily.
You will as well be able to find wandering traders and REDACTED
- New AI Animals: New animals have been added to the game. These are a bit more dangerous then your deers and rabbits, but include bears and wolves
- Skill Tree: From leveling up, to killing bosses, these are ways the player can earn skill points, that they can then spend on the skill tree. The skill tree starts with 10 skills, and with future updates, this tree can continue to be modified and added to
- Passive Skills: From doing in-game activities, you can improve your player's ability in that area. From hitting enemies with your melee weapon, applying first aid, sneaking, sprinting, shooting and more, all these will improve the player and their ability to conduct that certain task
- New Vehicle: Modified Utility Pickup Truck
As well, this is a look into the future of what could come to vehicles - Firearm Effective Range: Each weapon has an effective range that it can fire to, once the weapon reaches it's effective range, damage falloff will be applied. For example, a sniper will have a much larger effective range, while a pistol will have a smaller effective range
- Critical Hits: Weapons have a chance to hit a critical hit, these shots will produce more damage than a regular shot. The quality of an items and the type of weapon it is plays a role in how
likely it will do a critical hit
- Find hidden caches that randomly spawn across the map
- New safe zone located on the river, on a broken down ship
- Can now climb numerous ladders that were already on the map
- You can now change distance of camera from player position
- New player stat: Animal Kills
- New item rarity: Rare
- Rare buildable ornaments added, find these rare items in residential buildings
- Speed added to vehicle UI
- Added anti-aliasing type graphic setting
- Adjust crosshair scale setting
- Added light shafts and a setting to turn them off
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New Items:
- Airfield keycard
- Classified Area Keycard
- Pipe bomb
- Chemlight
- Biker helmet
- Alice pack
- Patrol backpack
- Damaged patrol backpack
- Enhanced military respirator
- 300 Winchester rounds
- M2010 Enhanced - Legendary sniper rifle
- M2010 mag
- Battle Ready Glock - Legendary handgun
- Colonels Revenge - Legendary assault rifle
- Colonels Revenge mag
- Exterminator - Legendary shotgun
- Valkyrie - Legendary assault rifle
- Valkyrie mag
- Guardian - Legendary marksman rifle
- Guardian mag
- Small couch
- Bed
- 2x Storage crate (New)
- Money safe
- Camp chair (New)
- Table (New)
- Flag
- Couch
- Dresser
- Bunk bed
- Piano
- Tent (New)
New Rare Buildable Ornaments:
- Cow girl ornament
- Dog ornament
- Globe ornament
- Goblin ornament
- Knight ornament
- Neon cactus ornament
- Newtons cradle ornament
- Orbiter ornament
- Samurai ornament
- Space shuttle ornament
- Toy bear ornament
- Viking ornament
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New Difficulty Options:
- AI respawn timer
- Zombie health multiplier
- Bandit health multiplier
- Scavenger health multiplier
- Minimum timer until airdrops (Seconds)
- Maximum timer until airdrops (Seconds)
- Random event chance multiplier
- Day length
- Night length
- Reset passive skills on death
- Stamina depletion multiplier
- Stamina recovery multiplier
- No vehicle spawns in new save
- Bandit camp spawn chance multiplier
- Scavengers camp spawn chance multiplier
CHANGES:
- Containers are now more random with how they generate loot
- Big change to harvesting system; Now Trees and rocks can be cut down and mined
- Player now spawns a lootable container on death, hopefully this will solves issues with not being able to loot your own dead body
- Adjustments to firearm loot rarity
- Improved combat rolling (Now directional)
- Improvements to vehicle handling and how vehicles turn
- 2 types of locked doors to pick lock. Rooms with better loot now have an advanced locking system. To unlock this type of door the player will need to unlock the Lockpick+ skill in the skill tree
- Only crafting benches, campfires and base marker will block AI spawns / loot spawns
- Improved water material / shader
- Removed vehicle deformation (For now)
- Improvements to ladder system
- Major improvements to graphical design of subway
- Changes to ice cream vendor locations
- Noise made by player movement increased (Ties into to new passive skill system)
- Slight adjustments to inventory UI
- Slight adjustments to crafting UI
- Improved entering & leaving area UI
- Changes to some vehicle textures
- Changes to radiation weather when in a radiation zone
- Improved new game difficulty selection UI
- Improved item inspector/image quality
- Changes to main menu level
- Improved respawn screen UI
- Changes to player crouch camera
- Adjustment to shooting trail visibility
- Smoother switch camera side transition
- Can now carry 10 meat instead of 3
- Adjustment to amount of meat from animals
- Initial delay added when spawning AI
- Only change character model after a suicide (Not every respawn)
- Smoother player movement rotation
- Painkillers, radiation pills & bandages stack size increased
- Explosive radius increased drastically
BUG FIXES:
- Items stack when hovered and dropped over a container (Example, money in money pouch)
- Fixed crane collision
- Fixed not being able to roll while aiming down sights
- Volumetric fog video setting fixed
- Fixes/changes to AI spawning
- Fixed random chance to spawn event code
- Fixed first person building mode
- Fixed no context menu for equipping and un-equipping throwables
- Fixed some issues with water and collision
- Fixed spelling of 'ceiling' on lights
- Fixed position of Acog on Barrett 50 Cal Sniper
- Fixed buildable traps not counting towards kills (Eg. Landmine)
- Fixed animation not looping when breaking into a locked cabinet, etc
- Fixed airdrops giving way too much loot
- Fixed water well going into negatives
- Fixed dropping items from a dead AI body deletes the item
- Fixed animal footstep sounds
- Possible fix for 'Too close to wall' staying on screen
- Fixed issues with melee stance (ADS but melee)
- Fixed Mosin clip description
- Fixed climbing ladders forever if not near middle of ladder
- Fixed events not despawning correctly
- Fixed player model changing every respawn (Not suicide)
- Fixed MP5 compensator location
- Fixed 'auto save' saving even if the player is dead
- Fixed crawlers not being killed by vehicles
- Fixed random events spawning containers even when the event wasn't spawned (Could solve some people's issues with lag after saving and loading the game after many times)
- Fixed an error that was happening when crafting (Does mean you have to click back on object to craft again)
Container weight system delayed until future update if it is going to be added
Thank you very much, keep surviving and look forward to the next updates!
UNSTABLE Patch 1.3.0
If you're having a crash after joining with a previous save, save your game straight after loading in
Firearm view in inventory issue is known about
- New locations; New airfield and surrounding areas
- AI Bandits, Scavengers & More; find randomly spawning pockets of AI, from feedback this can be increased and added to new areas
- Skill tree & passive skill system; will need balancing
- New animals
- Firearm effective range & critical hits
- New safe zone
- Ladders
- New items and legendary items
- New difficulty options
- Can now harvest all trees & rocks
- Player crate on death instead of looting body
- Many changes & bug fixes
- And much more
Container weight system delayed until future update if it is going to be added
Expect issues and I look forward to the feedback.
Happy Holidays & a steam sale
I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays and the game. Shortly after Christmas day (and before New Years day) I will be releasing an experimental patch for the 1.3.0 update, for the new content to be tested. Furthermore, the weight system that was going to be implemented has been delayed until a future update.
Speak soon, when I release the experimental patch!