Infestation: Battle Royale News

Patch 3.5 Hotfix

SUMMARY:

This is a small hotfix to address some issues related to the Medieval Event and the maps. We are also still adjusting the issue related to zombies lagging players in places with high amounts of zombies.

Full Patch Notes:

GENERAL UPDATES

Vehicles now apply a handbrake to forcefully slow down the vehicle after exiting it, this prevents vehicles from rolling away and desyncing.
Optimized Zombie Networking:
- When zombies are far away from players or are part of larger hordes, their networking is limited to decrease the bandwidth used by their movement packets. This change has lowered the zombie network usage by 70%.
- This optimization fixes an issue where people with really bad connections suffered from ping spikes when farming the airport.
- When zombies are close to you, this system does not apply (unless there are more than 50 of them in a big horde around you).
Bear Traps & Claymores will now grant the kill to the owner who placed them.
Spawn protection will now sync properly when a plays has packet loss or high ping.

MEDIEVAL EVENT

MISSIONS:

Changed the way the medieval event missions work. Now it will only counting if you pick the items up if they are spawned by the server.
Changed the amount of zombies you need on the Massacre mission.

OPEN WORLD

MAPS:

MEDIEVAL
- Added a no-ghost area to the castle part to prevent people from ghosting back in.
- Fixed a collision wall under the bridge which made it possible for players to see through.

SURVIVAL

LOOT & ITEM CHANGES:

Throughout this week, we will be adjusting the prices of the items in the marketplace.

MAPS:

COLORADO V1
- Fixed some misplaced objects at Lone Tree Farm.
- Fixed some terrain issues at Cottonwood where you were able to glitch inside rocks.
- Fixed a misplaced fence in Clearview next to the garage.
- Fixed some terrain issues at Smallville behind Fire Station.
- Removed the trees on the streets next to Smallville.
- Fixed some terrain issues at Frosty Pines around the Post Office.
- Added a clinic to Crystal Lake with medicine spawns.

OREGON
- Fixed some misplaced objects in Rio.

MEDIEVAL
- Added a no-ghost area to the castle part to prevent people from ghosting back in.
- Fixed a collision wall under the bridge which made it possible for players to see through.
- Fixed the in-game revive bug.

Estimated patch size: 50MB

Patch ETA: NOW

Estimated downtime: 15 minutes

Pre-patch notes might be changed if we need to fix / add something.

Once again thank you for your great support! Want to support us even more? Make sure to share these updates with your friends and followers!

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// Fredaikis

Medieval Event 2020

Dear players,

It's FINALLY time to kick off an event we've been working on for the past 2-3 months! It is time to take New Z back to the Medieval days. This will be one of our bigger events and includes many exciting things like a NEW medieval map, many events, giveaways and competitions, medieval skins and much, much more!

Now, let's walk you through the details:

EVENTS

MEDIEVAL SEASONAL LEADERBOARD

During the event, Medieval seasonal leaderboards will be active.
Top 5 in each leaderboard in Survival, OW and BR will be rewarded: 10 boxes for 1st place, 5 for 2nd, 3 for 3rd, 2 for 4th and 1 for 5th place.

Start: Friday, June 5, 12:00 PM (CET)
End: Monday, June 22, 12:00 PM (CET)

PLAYTIME REWARD

We will reward those who played 25 hours or more during the event with 5 medieval boxes.

Start: Friday, June 5, 12:00 PM (CET)
End: Monday, June 22, 12:00 PM (CET)

The boxes will be rewarded at the end of the event.

GLEAM GIVEAWAY

We will give away LIFETIME PREMIUM and 5 medieval skinboxes to 3 lucky winners! The giveaway will be posted on June 9th on playnewz.com/giveaway.

Start: Tuesday, June 9, 12:00 PM (CET)
End: Friday, June 22, 12:00 PM (CET)

DOUBLE GD/SD/BT/CT & XP

We will run a Double Currency and Double XP event during the first week of the event! We want to give a heads up that Private servers may fill up quickly, but we have got an extra NA server to support the demand.

Start: Tuesday, June 10, 12:00 PM (CET)
End: Friday, June 14, 12:00 PM (CET)

Start: Tuesday, June 19, 12:00 PM (CET)
End: Friday, June 21, 12:00 PM (CET)

LIVE STREAM BY CHUPACABRA

A live stream event will be done on both 12th and 19th of June by our Community Manager Chupacabra with lots of fun and awesome prizes! More info about this in a separate post!

Start: Friday, June 12, 18:00 PM (CET)

Start: Friday, June 19, 18:00 PM (CET)

COMPETITIVE EVENT

We will do a Competitive event in order to get players into this fast-paced, exciting game mode! At the end of the Competitive event, we will reward 10 random players who have played 3 competitive matches or more with 5 Medieval Skinboxes each!

Start: Tuesday, June 15, 12:00 PM (CET)
End: Friday, June 22, 12:00 PM (CET)

MEDIEVAL BATTLE ROYALE

We will activate our NEW MEDIEVAL MAP in Battle Royale and make it medieval-style. Don't miss this out!

Start: Tuesday, June 15, 12:00 PM (CET)
End: Friday, June 22, 12:00 PM (CET)

CONTENT

A lot of content has been prepared for this patch! Skins, clothes and a dedicated map has been prepared!
Medieval 2020 Box:

Will be available in the in-game marketplace and findable in-game but very rare.
Also dropped by Super Zombie and Slicer Zombies.
Will also spawn in secret rooms and on heli cras sites

Some of the contents in the box:

Skins

The following skins will be availible from the skinbox and events only:

Sprays

The following sprays will available during the event only:

Character Clothes

The following Character Clothes will available during the event only:

Rockin Rollah

Shane

Walter

Mechanic

Items

The following items will available during the event only:

Medieval Trading Lounge:

The trading lounge is updated in medieval-style. Enjoy!

PVP MAP

We have made a PVP map out of the Medieval trading lounge - make sure to try it out!

NEW MAP - MEDIEVAL

For this event we are releasing a completely new medieval map made just for this event! It will be available in both Survival and Open World. It will also be added to Battle Royale during the second event week. We are really excited for this!

MISSIONS

There will be special missions to do in order to gain rewards inside the event map! Complete them for awesome rewards!

You will have 6 missions on this map which you can repeat all the time. Rewards are XP and Medieval coins which you can use to exchnage them for a Medieval 2020 Skinbox. Keep in mind, you need 10 of these coins.
This map will NOT have a safe zone, so you have to log out and stash or join a different map to do so and might risk your good position.

We hope that you appreciate our big efforts in making the best event so far. Good luck in the competitions and happy farming!

Best Wishes from the Fredaikis Team!

Patch 3.5

SUMMARY:

Fixed skins that didn't match the set.
Fixed abusable bugs related to vehicled and secret cave.
Fixed some minor UI issues and cleaned it up.
Added skins for the Medieval Event.
Fixed objects around the maps.
We are tweaking the loot from Helicopter Crashes, Slicers and Secret Rooms live from now on. Any feedback is welcome.
We made a small change to the gun switching system. It now prevents abuse from it.
Added new contracts/missions with Slicer body parts.
Fixed an issue related to multiple zombies. This issue most likely is the main cause of the ping spikes on areas with many zombies.
Improved loot in some areas in both Open World and Survival.
Changed the way loot spawns in Secret Locked Rooms.

Full Patch Notes:

GENERAL CHANGES

USER INTERFACES AND MENUS:

Made some small UI changes to have a cleaner look.
Whenever you pick up gear and attachments from the vault, it will no longer auto equip if its a superior one than you had on.
Oceania Servers have been removed from the Server List.
Added a protection on changing weapons that was easily abused.
Reverted back a change that would cause your mouse to "escape" the Window when you had other menus open.
Fixed a bug where players were able to open the ingame store while dead.
Fixed a bug where you could use your "Taunt" command while typing in search bars in the GI or store.
Updated the Tutorial Windows in English, German and Portuguese.
Fixed a few issues in the French translation.

GENERAL FIXES:

Fixed an issue with zombies that caused gathering too many of them at the same time. This SHOULD fix the ping spikes, but we will need broader testing.
Made a few changes to physics on cars versus players that allowed players to abuse and enter areas they shouldn't.
You can open the "player list" (Tab Menu) while climbing up and down stairs.
When you pick up gear and attachments from the vault, it will no longer auto equip if it's a better one than you had on.
Fixed an issue that caused an error when gifting a friend character clothes on the marketplace.

ITEM CHANGES

VEHICLES:

Fixed a visual bug that would show the wrong durability on vehicles.
You are no longer able to repair vehicles when they're at 100%, so you won't waste repair kits.
You are no longer able to refuel vehicles when they're at 100%, so you won't waste fuel.
Fixed an issue related to Player vs Vehicles physics that allowed players to glitch and abuse those glitches.
Normal Repair Kits will no longer repair vehicles with less than 25% durability left. For such cases a Premium Repair Kit will be required.

ZOMBIES:

Improved textures and materials for the Slicer. This gives the Slicer a better appearance with more detail, especially on higher resolutions.
Added two new unique items to the Slicer: Slicer Head and Slicer Blades. They can be acquired from Slicers and are needed for the Razer Blade contracts.

LOOT:

Items in secret rooms will now spawn in boxes. This will prevent these items from glitching through walls and always be visble. It will also avoid abusing items through walls.
Added an extra protection against players camping inside secret rooms to wait for the loot to respawn.

SKINS:

Fixes
- Fixed some K. Style NVG textures that didn't properly match the rest of their sets. Those include: Pulse, Black Night, Helix, Modern Black, Battle Royale, Crimson, Camo and Digital Red.
- Fixed some other Pulse skins. Their Glow Maps were not properly set and they now all have the same level of glow.
- Fixed the M107 Recipe icon. It was missing.
- Renamed all the Sig Sauer 556 skins. They are now called Sig Sauer 556 "NAME".
- Fixed the Iron Sights on multiple Sig Sauer 556 skins. They were still using the unskinned version Iron Sight.
- Fixed the AWP Tech glow map. Its glow was not properly set and it now matches the rest of the set.
- Fixed the coloring of the Heavy Armor Fallen Angel Gold. It now matches the rest.
- Fixed the colors and wings on the Heavy Armor Fallen Angel Desion.
- Improved the Blue Night skins set. The colors have been readjusted to its intended colors. It's now less "purple" than it previously was.
- Fixed the description of the Sig Sauer 556 Skins.
- Fixed an issue with the sound on the Valentine Heart Katana Skin.
- Fixed the texture on the M9 NVG Valentine.
- Fixed the model on the Heavy Armor Helix where the lower part of the armor would split from the rest when crouched.
Additions
- Added a new skin set for the Medieval Event. You will see more details on them when the event starts.
- Added skins to be rewarded to Battle Royale 2019 Leaderboard Winners. These are 3 different skins. Rank 1 will receive a unique one, then ranks 2 to 10 will receive a different one and 11 to 50 will receive another one. These skins are unique and will be automatically applied on the accounts so therefore nobody else can get them.
- Added two new Toxic Skins, the K. Style NVG and Moto Helmet. They will be added to the Revolution Skinbox.

OPEN WORLD

LOOT & ITEM CHANGES:

Items from Helicopter Crashes will continue to be tweaked over time.
Items from secret rooms will continue to be tweaked over time.
Items from the Slicer and Toxic zombies will continue to be tweaked over time.
New Contracts Added. They can be found around the world but they will also be in the Open World Contract Box.
- Razor Blade I
- Razor Blade II
- Razor Blade III
Items in secret rooms will now spawn in boxes. This will prevent these items from glitching through walls and always be visble. It will also avoid abusing items through walls.
Added an extra protection against players camping inside secret rooms to wait for the loot to respawn.

MAPS:

COLORADO V1
- Fixed a player spawn that had the player spawn inside a tree.
- Moved some objects that were blocking the entrance of a few buildings.
- Fixed some terrain issues at Blue Ridge Safe Zone.

COLORADO
- Fixed a Helicopter Crash at the Airport that contained the wrong loot pool. The loot from it now matches other Helicopters.

OREGON
- Fixed a airdrop spawn where the airdrop was going through a building while landing.

SURVIVAL

GENERAL:

Fixed an issue where your backpack would change when you picked up a smaller backpack. It now only changes if you pick up a larger one.

LOOT & ITEM CHANGES:

Items from Helicopter Crashes will continue to be tweaked over time.
Items from secret rooms will continue to be tweaked over time.
Items from the Slicer and Toxic zombies will continue to be tweaked over time.
New Contracts Added. They can be found around the world but they will also be in the Survival Contract Box.
- Razor Blade I
- Razor Blade II
- Razor Blade III
Items in secret rooms will now spawn in boxes. This will prevent these items from glitching through walls and always be visble. It will also avoid abusing items through walls.
Added an extra protection against players camping inside secret rooms to wait for the loot to respawn.

MAPS:

COLORADO V1
- Fixed some misplaced objects at Norad Military Base.
- Fixed a building at West Boulder that had a door blocked by some objects.

COLORADO
- Fixed a gap in Norad where players could get stuck.
- Fixed a misplaced sandbag barricade at Camp Splinter.
- Fixed some flying objects in Whitestone Mountain.
- Buffed the military loot at the Airport.
- Reworked the zombie spawns at the Airport because of server performances. The amount is still the same, but 30% of them will spawn over time.

OREGON
- Fixed an airdrop spawn where the airdrop would go through a building when landing.

Estimated patch size: 250MB

Patch ETA: 1 Hour

Estimated downtime: 1 Hour

Pre-patch notes might be changed if we need to fix / add something.

Once again thank you for your great support! Want to support us even more? Make sure to share these updates with your friends and followers!

For any feedback about the game please let us know at http://playnewz.com/feedback

If you'd like to share suggestions and ideas you have for the game please let us know at https://suggest.playnewz.com/

To stay updated regarding the patch and server downtime please follow us on our social media:
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Best Regards,

// Fredaikis Team

Weekend Event

Dear Community,

Today is Friday and this means it's time for the weekend event.
For this weekend event we'll have it live for the following period of time:

START: May 29, 2020 12:00 PM (CET)

END: June 1, 2020 12:00 PM (CET)

Now, let's jump into further details about this Weekend Event:

Double Reputation Oregon (OW + SURV)
All reputation gained on any official Oregon servers is doubled.
Mirror Fields is BACK! (OW)
We will bring back the PVP map Mirror Fields.
Solo Queue (BR)
During this event you will be able to use Solo Queue in Battle Royale again. We are also going to rotate one map again. This time Arizona V2 will be replaced with Colorado.
Cliffside (SURV)
We are going to enable Cliffside during this event. This map will go offline again after the event.
Keep in mind, there is no Safe Zone or Vault.

GOLD COIN SALE: 50% EXTRA GC on the 20 Euro package!
You will get 50% EXTRA GC by purchasing the 20 Euro package on our website https://playnewz.com/buygc
MARKETPLACE SALE: Chrome Skinbox 30% DISCOUNT!
This week we are doing a sale on the Chrome Skinbox where it's on 30% discount.
Note: This sale is a weekly one so it has already started before the weekend event and does not have the same start-end times as the weekend event.

Please let us know what you think of this weekend event so that we can use that feedback in the future for new weekend events! If you have any ideas or suggestions feel free to share that as well as we might be able to use your idea for upcoming weekend events!

Have any feedback for the weekend event? Feel free to share that with us at http://forums.fredaikis.com/index.php?/topic/8532-feedback-weekend-event/

Once again thank you for your great support! Want to support us even more? Make sure to share these updates with your friends and followers!

For any feedback about the game please let us know at http://playnewz.com/feedback

If you'd like to share suggestions and ideas you have for the game please let us know at https://suggest.playnewz.com/

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Best Regards,

// The Fredaikis Team

Weekend Event!

Dear Community,

Today is Wednesday and this week we are starting the weekend event earlier than usual because of global vacations.
For this weekend event we'll have it live for the following period of time:

START: May 20, 2020 12:00 PM (CET)

END: May 24, 2020 12:00 PM (CET)

Now, let's jump into further details about this Weekend Event:

SpringValley Double Reputation (OW)
All reputation gained on any SpringValley servers in Open World PVP game-mode is doubled.
Presents from the Air (SURV)
Random airdrops are going to be buffed during this weekend, which means you have a higher chance of getting better loot from them.
Speedy Gonzales (BR)
The increased speed feature is enabled in all Battle Royale maps. With the double speed feature enabled, players can move faster than normal.
Double Game Dollar (OW)
All Open World servers will grant you Double Game Dollars!

FREE REVIVE!
During this event, you will be able to revive your character for free (OW).
MARKETPLACE SALE: Black Night Skinbox 30% DISCOUNT!
This week we are doing a sale on the Black Night Skinbox where it's on a 30% discount.
Note: This sale is a weekly one so it has already started before the weekend event and does not have the same start-end times as the weekend event.