War Dust
Mid week update
-Added single player mode with official rotation
-Added 2 new region servers : EU(Amsterdam) and ASIA(Tokyo). Please note that once you are for example on the EU server, you won’t be able to play with US server players. To see the amount of players in a certain region, please switch to it and check Server Stats in the main menu.
-Added game options to spawn room (currently on right hand side, but this is not the final place).
-Added synchronization of players level/rank, so for example beside names on the scoreboard, you can see other players' level (5 different colors of stars, from darkest to gold). Rank is calculated from average level on all classes. Star changing color every 10, max is 50.
-Added nearly 200 cheaper (for GPU) material/shader versions for fastest settings, it should decrease GPU load. And because of this shaders stripping I added back post processing on fastest settings.
-Fixed spawning under the map on the Middle East, removed collision on tent ropes, fixed missing wall.
-Added script that detects players in spawn room with weapons and prevents killing others there .
Increased distance of explosion sound on frag and sticky.
If a player lands in a full room, it should be moved back to the "search for new room" event , hopefully no more rooms with above cap players amount (46).
-Players attacking home base (X or Y) won’t cause any damage to other players in their home base anymore (anti spawn camping solution, vehicles still can be destroyed) .
- Some tweaks on Terrain material on Kaoh Kreik maps
Mid week update
-Lot of optimizations on the netcode side. It should decrease lags on peak times. Still more to do in that area, but that will be next time.
-Stage 2 of solving the “Please Wait” bug.
-Stage 2 of solving the “Can’t choose the team” bug.
-Some changes in options in the menu. Removed advanced options
-Added 2 new options :
1. Vehicle Camera toggle :
If it’s off then the old way is used. If it’s on, then you can lock the camera view while driving the vehicle. To turn on the fixed camera view flick your thumbstick up. To turn it off, flick up again. To turn on a 3rd person view, flick your thumbstick down. To turn it off and go back to free cam view, flick down again.
2. Compass on right hand. You can turn it on/off in main menu options
Thank you for playing WarDust!
Sunday update
- First attempt to fix new bug causing double weapon on Engineer class
- Further improvement of RAM usage. About 1-2 GB saved.
- Added lock view on vehicles. To enable/disable just move thumbstick up or down (depends what view you would like to have)
PS. We are aware of all issues with the game during peak times, sooner or later we will smash them all!
Mid week update
- Massive improvement of memory usage and shaders performance, about 70% reduction in memory usage comparing to last weeks version
- Buffed all semi auto pistols about 20%
- Color change on weapons etc. should work correctly now (on most of the gun skins)
For example when your gun touches the wall and you can't shoot then it will turn to red tinted or when you can grab any part of your loadout, then it will turn to grayish.
- New graphics for Alpha Variant maps in airplane map loader
- New crosshair on ACOG sight
- The Community section on the right hand side of the menu is back online. There will be mostly weekly updated screenshot slideshow and news
- Hot text Feed in spawn room above spawn maps is back online either. Default message is a reminder about balancing teams, but once in a while you might see some high priority messages that need to be pushed to all players currently in the game. For example "Update available, please restart your steam" etc.
FOR MODDERS : Added up to date modding template
"Please Wait" bug is still under investigation as our highest priority bug!
War Dust Celebrates Steam VR Fest!
Excitement is in the air as VR Fest 2022 arrives with a bang! War Dust celebrates the event with a 40% off discount and massive battles all week. Everyone is invited to join the fun! War Dust is a great place to push your strategic combat skills to their limits but can also be a space to meet with friends and have a VR party (as long as you don't mind getting killed a lot). War Dust is about winning but also so much more. We think War Dust is the perfect place to celebrate VR Fest 2022!
Join our Discords for up-to-date news and conversation about New War Dust!
Community Discord:
https://discord.gg/fbv8yU747P
Official Discord:
https://discord.gg/scfMqXUYt9
https://store.steampowered.com/app/957790/War_Dust/
Shaders optimization
Shaders optimization, should reduce overall RAM usage about 30% and hopefully fix crashes reported by some users.
Still lot of to improve on shaders/RAM side, but that will be another time.
If you see any pink material please let us know!
Thank you!
New Map Update!
WarDust got an exciting update!
- Added Middle East Map day version (night coming later)!
- Added video tutorial in main menu, basics, parachuting and pro loco (Massive thanks to HappyPappy)
- Lot of changes to improve overall memory usage to chase random crashes reported by some players (not finished)
- Fixed floating grass on BloodCells maps
- Couple other small fixes and changes around
- Due to many complaints and confusion about official tournaments (same map all over again, some thought that it’s a bugged rotation), I decided to disable it until a better idea is found for it.
BONUS : Little twist :) Maps (except new one and night ones) got a new variant with different capture points placement that could change tactics and gameplay (please let me know what you think about that!).
Other major bugs still on the workbench
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO1Kn88AsyQ
https://store.steampowered.com/app/957790/War_Dust/
Please restart your steam to get this update.
Little patch
Orlov Refinery shouldn't happen that often anymore
Other major bugs working in progress!
Community Events in War Dust! Massive VR Battles!
You are invited to join Community Events in War Dust Official Rotation!
Every Saturday and Sunday:
3 PM EST
9 PM CET
Anytime is a great time to play War Dust, and these special times are even more intense and exciting than ever as we flood the servers for massive battles filled with real players and all the chaotic glory that is War Dust at its best!
New War Dust is now streaming LIVE on our Steam Store Page and other Steam locations during most weekend events and rebroadcasting gameplay video on weekdays.
Join our Discords for up-to-date news and conversation about New War Dust!
Community Discord:
https://discord.gg/fbv8yU747P
Official Discord:
https://discord.gg/scfMqXUYt9
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/957790/War_Dust/
Increased Total Player Cap Number
Please restart Steam to get this patch. Thanks!