Thank you for all the support and feedback you've been sending to us! This is the first major patch for ZERO Sievert, with more content cooking in the bunker coming in 0.28 👀 We hope that you enjoy it and we can't wait to see your Christmas spirits!
Christmas event. New craft category in the workstation. User can craft Christmas lights, Santa weapon and armour.
New mysterious NPC in the bunker.
User can change the name of weapons in the file “Mod.ini” in the savefile location.
When you have completed all the missions of the Crimson Corporation go back and talk to their leader, he will have a proposal for you.
New attack for Boars. If the player is far enough away, the boar will stop to grasp the ground for a few seconds and then charge at high speed.
Backend work for dialogues code.
User can no longer enter the ghoul’s lair after they have completed the quest.
Fixed a bug where the same scope was present two times in the Crimson corporation trader.
CCTV camera can be bought multiple times for trader restock.
Fixed a bug where the laser stops after a certain distance.
Fixed a bug where the user can not shoot if they're holding the sprint button.
Fixed the ergonomic value for a foregrip.
Fixed the price for the 60-round fanaz magazine.
Fixed a bug where the quest “weird Phenomena” was not green after completing it.
Possible fix for a crash-related enemies acquiring the target.
Fixed a bug where the EC 101 was coming with incompatible attachments.
Fixed a visual bug where vending machine was invisible in the police station and sawmill.
A new game is not required for this patch.
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Developer Update
To our hunters, whether you’re a newbie fresh out the bunker or a veteran with a stash the size of a house, we thank you for putting your faith in ZERO Sievert and joining us on the hunt! You’ve helped us keep the community super friendly and helpful for everyone, nominated us for Best Game you Suck at Awards on Steam and also made some amazing Igor faces in our Discord!. It’s only been a month since early access was released into the wasteland but 0.27 is just around the corner. We’ve already released patch 0.26.2 to address topline concerns and 0.27 is next week with major updates still in the pipeline.
This is our first dev blog and we will be releasing one alongside every update! With this we can guide you on the ins and outs of the progress of ZERO Sievert and we're giving you a heads up on upcoming patches so you can get yourself geared up for the next hunt!
Our Community
The community has grown immensely with over 35K members in our Discord!, Over 2.5K followers on our Twitter and over 1000 Newsletter signups. We are listening to all your feedback as always and are reviewing everything but join us on any of these platforms to keep yourself up to date.
We also have a stream coming up this thursday to show off the latest 0.27 patch and if you want to see it first hand you can join us over on our Twitch
Upcoming Patch
Patch 0.27 Preview - Coming Out Next Week
Check your craftables for some seasonal surprises; Crimson Corporation will now feature in the bunker once you have completed certain quests; New Boar attack (as if there weren't enough already?!); You can now edit the names of the weapons in the file “Mod.ini” Steam trading cards and badges! And more!
Luca Cornernera (See what we did there?)
Here we sit down with Luca himself, and hear what he has to say about the game, and about life.
Q: How do you feel about the launch and the first big patch that is coming next week? A: The launch went great! I never expected such a thing! Needless to say, we are all very happy. I really enjoy working on the whole process from just an idea for a feature through to its implementation. Next week players can look forward to a surprise for lovers of RGB lights and the addition of the first real choice the player will have to make that can permanently change a playthrough.
Q: What are you currently working on and looking forward to? A: Now that the new build is ready I'm testing it and looking through all the features suggested on Discord. I'm really just very excited to work on the game and continue to develop it!
Q: Finally, what's your favourite food and drink? A: MILK! All kidding aside, my favourite non-alcoholic drink is water and alcoholic drink would be beer. For food it's a real cliché - pizza and pasta! For pizza I have no particular preference while my favourite pasta is carbonara.
If you have any questions you would like to ask Luca for the next Luca Cornernera feel free to comment below, or reach out to us on Discord!
The future of ZERO Sievert - 0.28 and beyond
A sneak peek into the next patch! This is of course subject to development changes, but we want to keep you in the loop as much as possible! This is what we can share with you at the moment, more will be revealed in the next developer update!
Next Major Patch - 0.28
Introducing Radioactive Rain. No one will be singing in this rain! Emission (blowout). Sounds familiar? It is exactly what you are thinking.
Good luck out there. You’re going to need it! See you in 2023 for our next Developer Update!
We've had overwhelmingly positive feedback from you all and thank you for all your amazing feedback! We really appreciate the time you have taken out to support us. Our first small patch, 0.26.2 is live now for ZERO Sievert. Stay tuned for future updates!
Possible fix for the swamp generation bug
Scrapping a stack of medication items will always provide at least the amount of the stack
The keys for debug mode have been changed from F12 to CTRL + ALT + P
Minimum selling value for equipment is 1, even if its durability is 0%
Fixed a bug where repair eats resources but doesn't repair the equipment if the inventory is full
Fixed a bug where repair eats resources but doesn't repair the equipment if the item is in stash 1
Fixed a bug where the mouse disappears if the user opens the inventory while aiming with a scope
Fixed a bug where it was always raining in the swamp ( It still rains a lot but less than before)
Fixed the position of the shadow for the “infestation” enemy
Fixed a bug where you can interact with a module and create the chest even if you don't have the module built
Fixed some collision bugs in the mall map
Fixed a bug where the mouse wasn't over the text in the "heal me" menu screen
The red cross on the medication items has been changed to a green cross
Fixed a bug where users could open their inventory during the sleep fade transition and duplicate their items
Hunters, thank you for being such a key part of our launch and continuing to support us! We wanted to reach out to let you know that the Steam Awards are now open! shoots rifle into the air
We've all had that moment of desperation, being chased and hunted instead of being the hunter that has made us rage quit and think about our life choices BUT we keep coming back for more because we just can't get enough... Shamelessly we are asking if you have a spare moment and you have loved the game if you could cast a vote for ZERO Sievert which would mean the world to us.
Just click the link above and let us know in the Discord so we can throw an emote at you as a thank you!
Have you been wondering what other people have to say about ZERO Sievert? Not the bandits, of course, we shot all of those but out there people are talking. Whispering. Sometimes screaming as their legs get torn off by- but we want to give a shout-out about the current reviews of ZERO Sievert!
"An excellent game that you'll sink your teeth into for many hours" - Finger Guns "A Fiendish Mash-up of Stalker's setting and Tarkov's hardcore mechanics" - NME "If you don't buy this game I will find you and live in your walls" - Steam Review "Very tense and strategic" "Gunplay and sound design is amazing" "Scratches so many itches" "Very fun and very brutal" "Tough but sooooo fun" "I have already fallen in love" "This game is a masterpiece" "Hits me in the heart, soul" "Huge potential" "Kick in the *******" "Hell yes" "I'm hooked" "A lot of depth" "Amazingly fun" "S Tier" "Addicting" "Awesome" "INTENSE"
Hunters! Welcome to the Wasteland in a post-apocalyptic shooter that you've all been waiting for is out now! This survival-tense top-down shooter challenges you to scavenge the wasteland, take out bandits, and explore what’s left of this world.
Customise your weapons, gather your quests, and stack those rations because THE HUNT IS ON.
What awaits you beyond the bunker?
🗺️ Five procedurally-generated areas spanning across a variety of terrain 🤫 Looting to your heart's content with hundreds of combinations of what you can find Secrets 🧭 Gather Quests from friends and foe 🏗️ Customize your base to suit your hunting needs! 🛡️ Defend yourself against an irradiated wasteland filled with the stuff of nightmares 🥛 IGOR is out there. You have a choice. Choose wisely.
Not sure where to start? Get a headstart by watching our Beginner's Guide!
SURVIVAL GUIDE
You can't be without your trusty SURVIVAL GUIDE to help you navigate the wasteland outside this bunker, we'd expect it to boost your chances of survival by at least 0.03%.
The guide contains tips and tricks galore - from how to craft weapons and upgrade your base, to bios on the humans and creatures waiting to take you down.
Joining the hunt is the RULE OF THREE BUNDLE the tactical trio you need to brush up all your survival skills against every terrain, creature and environment a smart hunter needs.
The world is a dangerous place and the best way for you to make it out there is to take as many people as you can with you, even if you just use them as a human shield we don't make the rules 🤷♂️ So consider joining the discord where support is in abundance and milk chat is plentiful.
You heard that correctly, your eyes do not deceive you. As part of MIX Next, we have made a huge announcement and decided to deliver Early Access straight to your bunker on the 15th November - A WHOLE WEEK EARLY!
A good surprise (unlike those Ghoul attacks am I right!?)
Customise your weapons, gather your quests, and stack those rations because THE HUNT IS ON.
At launch in November you'll be able to raid 5 different procedurally-generated areas including the previously accessible Forest; the Industrial Area; and the new Mall area that has all kinds of secrets, inside and out, waiting to be discovered. We're ready to welcome you to the wasteland, an unforgiving terrain that keeps you on your toes in an epic fight for survival.
Become the master of your inventory, take down enemies who are the stuff of nightmares, and explore areas which have been reclaimed by anomalies and nature... most of all ZERO Sievert tasks you with a simple challenge:
SURVIVE
We'd love for you to come with us on this journey with as many limbs intact as possible 😬 AND if you haven't already please consider joining our Discord where we'd love to hear your ideas, feedback, and support!
Thanks for joining us for Steam Next Fest! So far, we've had around 50K players enjoying the demo and luckily for you there is still one week left to carry on your save. Use this time to explore the Forest and Industrial Areas, and complete over 25 quests! 🎉
We’re blown away with all the positive feedback and can’t wait for the ZERO Sievert Early Access launch in November! The Discord community has been growing strong with over 13K hunters in the server. If you haven't joined already you can join here to take part in community events, telling us what you really think and helping new hunters on their journey for survival!
Throughout this week we had had amazing creators stream ZERO Sievert following the EA release date announcement. You can catch up by clicking on some of our favourite streams below!
If you want to die less than usual (even though it’s pretty fun) here’s a survival book we found in the bunker when clearing out a hunter's stash. What happened to the hunter? That’s not important.
Tip #1 Equip your gun and load them with ammo. Sounds silly? You'll be surprised. Every time you respawn, reload the ammo. Moved on to a new area? You guessed it, reload the ammo. There is nothing worse than engaging in combat and you’re out of bullets, spending reload time being attacked!
Tip #2 Believe it or not, not being greedy helps reduce the number of deaths. Do you really need that boar meat? Whenever you think “Just one more kill!”, “I can squeeze one more thing to my backpack”, shut that thought down and get to the extraction point.
Tip #3 Which brings me on to tip number 3. We ALL love to hoard, right? WRONG! Use those meds to heal up when you can. Keep an eye on those stats, don’t carry too much and be overweight and most importantly, survive.
Tip #4 Start off with smaller raids. We’ve all run into raids in the past, getting shot one direction by numerous Bandits while getting chewed up by ghouls in the other, which usually means it’s game over. Settle for small raids, kill a couple of bandits, finish the good deed of the day and be done with it.
Tip #5 Whenever you enter a map the first thing you should do is to check where the extraction points are. This gives you a head start with which direction you should take in a short lived safe environment. If you right click on the map, you can even place a marker to where you need to go.
Tip #6 Sleep it off. So, you don’t have a bed of your own? Share with one of your fellow hunters. Replenish and get back out there.
Tip #7 The mouse wheel. This one can be easily missed but use the mouse wheel for different options when you see the popup tooltip.
Tip #8 We mentioned ammo earlier but here’s a secret, there is ammo in enemy guns (I know, obvious!) unload the ammo once you’ve killed your enemy. Don’t waste those bullets!
Tip #9 Make sure to look around your corners as your view is blocked by environmental obstacles. You never know where an enemy is hiding! And that’s the story of how I got a scar on my face.
Tip #10 Enemy’s enemy is friend, or is it? *SPOILER ALERT* Absolutely, not! Personally, I say if it moves, shoot it. Unless it’s Igor, I will leave that up to your conscience. However, if you do find an entire army that won’t shoot unless you shoot first it’s best to hold back. Tricky, but who says survival is easy, eh.
Issue: Performance issues (low framerates) when ‘Fog of War’ is enabled.
Workaround: Make sure ‘Fog of War’ is disabled in your ‘Video Settings’ If you want to go a step further you can disable ‘Dynamic Grass’ but please note that the changes won't take effect until the next time the world is loaded in (train generation scene). We are aware of this issue and are working on a fix.
FAQ
What is ZERO Sievert? Developed by CABO Studio, ZERO Sievert is a post-apocalyptic shooter inspired by S.T.A.L.K.E.R and Escape From Tarkov. This survival tense top-down shooter challenges you to scavenge the wasteland, take out bandits, and explore what’s left of this world.
When will it be released? The Early Access version of the game will launch later this year but the full game is planned to be released in 2023.
Will there be a multiplayer option? Currently we have no multiplayer plans - ZERO Sievert has been designed as a single-player experience but we are listening to all your feedback!
What platforms will Zero Sievert be released on? At the moment, it will only be available for Windows. You can purchase your copy of ZERO Sievert on Steam when early access is released.
What languages are available? The Early Access game will be launched with English only, with German, Chinese and Korean localisation, among other languages incoming during EA.
Can I carry on my demo save when early access is live? Demo save games will not be compatible with the game when early access is available.
We’re back with the news you’ve all been waiting for. We are excited to reveal the Early Access release date for ZERO Sievert is 22nd November 2022! To celebrate we're giving you the latest demo available for 2 weeks running through the entirety of Next Fest and beyond! Use this time to get prepared for the apocalypse, explore the Forest and Industrial Areas, and complete over 25 quests as you get a full hands-on experience with the game.*
At launch in November you'll be able to raid 5 different procedurally-generated areas including the previously accessible Forest; the Industrial Area which is included in our current demo; and the new Mall area that has all kinds of secrets, inside and out, waiting to be discovered. We can't wait for players to sink their teeth in and begin scavenging the wasteland!
Through the course of Early Access we have plans to introduce: 🌳 New areas to explore 💀 New enemies and bosses to defeat 🔫 New guns and attachments to discover and master
And MUCH more we're yet to discuss! We'd love for you to join us on this perilous journey, if you haven't already please consider joining our Discord where we'd love to hear your ideas, feedback, and support!
Latest patch includes:
New Features
- New Tutorial screens - New weapons and attachments - Mod weapons that are equipped or in your stash
Quality of Life Changes
- Meds that stop bleeding interrupt bleed damage for the duration of the animation - Trees will not fade if the player is in the inventory menu - If you are indoor the prompt to exit now show "exit" instead of "enter" - NVGs now works in the bunker - Attachments will now highlight compatibility in the inventory
Bug Fixes & Quality of Life Changes
- Fixed the blank quest from the doctor - Fixed the crash that can happen when you accept that quest - Fixed a bug where you can't correctly repair your equipment - Mod weapon menu now show the correct durability of weapons instead 100% - Fixed a crash when Kibba was killed - Fixed a crash during map generation if you have the "Mark a working truck" quest - Minimap marker will now not be shown if the player is indoors - Fixed a major memory leak that was causing the game to crash after a while - Possible fix for the crash regarding shaders - Fixed a bug where bleeding was not always stopped correctly (needs more testing) - Fixed a bug where pressing space in "Press any key to continue" would also skip the train animation - Fixed a bug where stamina was drained even if the player was running against a wall - Fixed Steam shut down bug - Fixed resolution bug with NVG - Fixed a bug where clicking resume with an automatic weapons makes the player shoot - Fixed a bug where sound don't pause correctly while entering the pause menu - Fog of war optimization, with added setting for refresh rate - Various small bug fixes
*Please note that Demo save files will not be transferrable to the full release - we're working on all kinds of improvements and changes between now and then!
When the odds are stacked against you, Can you do more than just survive?
