Strayed News

[h2]Attention! Monumental changes have come to Strayed![/h2]

Brand-new and improved monuments come into the islands! 🤔

With Strayed Update 0.2.0.0, mysterious engineers have decided to build a way for more people to visit the islands - The Airstrip! Plus, they decided to renovate the Radio Tower and the Gas Station to appeal more to both resident and upcoming Strayers!

Let's take a tour of the new infrastructure, shall we?

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[h2]The Airstrip - It's quite nice here.[/h2]


While there's no pilot present on the islands, the men at work thought that it would be a good idea to have an Airstrip just in case.

But still, where there's a large field meant for planes and cargo containers comes new opportunities for islanders to loot important stuff.

Don't know where to look for the Airstrip? Just look for the two large hangars and an airstrip in front of it. One pro tip for you: Make sure you're as armed and dangerous as most will come.

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[h2]Renovations - Radio Tower & Gas Station[/h2]


After building the Airstrip, the engineers felt they still had a little sweat to release. With the remaining construction materials, they decided to renovate some familiar places.

Meet the all-new Gas Station and Radio Tower! Modernizing the areas, making them feel more at home on the island, and leaving them in a semi-derelict state must be a huge feat, though!


With these new and improved areas, we expect more players to explore the monuments in search of loot and adventure. Be on the lookout for more new monuments in the next few months!

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[h2]Other Changes & Optimizations[/h2]

Other than the ones above, here's a complete list of changes from the update:

Added:

• New airstrip monument
  
• Gas station overhaul
  
• Radio tower overhaul
  
• Military pistol slide hand poses
  
• M1 garand slide hand poses
  

Fixed:

• Bow climbing glitch
  
• Torch climbing glitch
  
• Ability to glitch through window frames
  
• Objects sometimes not destroying when they should
  
• Boats not driving
  

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[h2]Join the Strayed Community![/h2]

If you have concerns/questions/suggestions/feedback etc., don't hesitate to chat on our Discord:
[h2] Official Strayed Discord Server [/h2]

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[h2]Strayer Innovation to Trading - for better or for worse![/h2]

Taking the Strayed barter system to the next level! 🤔

With Strayed Update 0.1.14.0, we're introducing the Trading Window deployable with the goal of making the trading system more reliable and safer for both parties involved. Oh, and we're running a Strayed Keys giveaway on the SteamVR subreddit!

Now it's time to trade deeper intel about this update!

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[h2]Trading Window - Strayer Barter 2.0![/h2]


The 0.1.14.0 update focuses on a renewed trading experience for all Strayers. While we're not removing the ol' drop-and-loot process for trading, introducing the Trading Window deployable should develop a systematic trading process.

Once you get your hands on a Trading Window deployable, it's as easy as attaching it to a Wall Frame. We'd recommend having the "Trade" signage facing out - but to each his own.

Once deployed, the Trading Window acts as a medium for systematic trades. The user interface below shows how simple it is to execute a trade with someone. Both players add their trade items to their offering slots and click the ready button below in order to mark their offers as ready. The trade will complete once both offers are ready!



The trading window acts as the first piece of Strayed's economy content. Player shops and skins are coming soon! Thank you for playing Strayed!

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[h2]Other Changes & Optimizations[/h2]

To give you a breakdown of all the changes for 0.1.14.0, here's the full changelog:

Added:

• Trading window deployable
  

Changed:

• Decreased workbench module shred requirements
  

Fixed:

• Server rollbacks
  
• Ability to place deployables inside of rocks
  
• Ability to place multiple doors in one doorframe
  
• Locked crates sometimes falling into rock structures
  
• Player death bags sinking to the bottom of the ocean
  
• Wire tool not working in left handed mode
  
• Metal window bars giving wood window bars when picked up
  
• Player head height being offset upwards
  

Known Issues:

• Other player’s entering a boat seat can sometimes cause a crash. We’ve added code to hopefully catch these cases to prevent crashing
  
• We have seen reports of rockets disappearing from player inventories when shooting. We have included a partial fix that should help with this issue, but we have not yet found a way to totally prevent this.
  

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[h2]Exclusive r/SteamVR Strayed Keys Giveaway![/h2]


To celebrate the release of our update, we're giving away Steam Keys exclusively to the r/SteamVR community! We're starting with FIVE Steam keys, but moving up the more comments we get on the Reddit post.

Click on the image below to check out the official Reddit post and engage as much as possible to increase your chances of winning!




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[h2]Join the Strayed Community![/h2]

If you have concerns/questions/suggestions/feedback etc., don't hesitate to chat on our Discord:
[h2] Official Strayed Discord Server [/h2]

Other Strayers are waiting for you to survive with them. Follow us and stay tuned to more updates and announcements on our official channels:
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[h2]Workbench and Crafting - Reloaded![/h2]

The ever-demanding world of Strayed just got a bit more interesting! 🤔

With Strayed Update 0.1.13.0, we're redefining the crafting system by upgrading the ol' trusty workbench with the new Workbench Module System, among important changes to crafting itself!

Let's take the scenic route into what's new for Strayed!

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[h2]Workbench Module System - Worthwhile Crafting![/h2]


In this update, we're adding the Workbench Module System, a series of upgrades you can add to your workbench to allow for crafting different levels of items in-game.

To start things off, three workbench modules are ranked in order of tiers - the Toolbox (costs 100 shreds), the Welding Tool (costs 750 shreds), and the Laser Cutter (costs 1500 shreds). Each module upgrades the workbench to allow for higher-tier items to be crafted.

The workbench UI will now feature 3 new module slots, where you'll put the crafted modules in to "upgrade" your workbench.

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[h2]Workbench Crafting 2.0![/h2]



With the addition of the Workbench Module System comes the changes to crafting on the workbench.

All blueprints now require a certain module to craft them. The toolbox is the lowest-tier module, so it's required for things like crossbows, basic sights, etc. The welding tool is for mid-tier guns. The laser cutter is for explosives and high-tier armor.

This system is meant to slow progression and add more steps to craft high-tier items.

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[h2]Other Changes & Optimizations[/h2]

To give you a breakdown of all the changes for 0.1.13.0, here's the full changelog:

Additions:

• Workbench module system
  
• F8 gun blueprint
  

Changes:

• Loot table math
  
• Loot table probabilities
  

Fixed:

• Rockets dealing damage to deployables/build pieces through walls
  
• Locked crates disappearing
  
• Airdrops disappearing
  
• Ocean cutting off at edge of world
  
• Reduced ocean drawcalls
  

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[h2]Join the Strayed Community![/h2]

If you have concerns/questions/suggestions/feedback etc., don't hesitate to chat on our Discord:
[h2] Official Strayed Discord Server [/h2]

Other Strayers are waiting for you to survive with them. Follow us and stay tuned to more updates and announcements on our official channels:
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[h2]Beat your enemies with the new Blade Bat![/h2]

Strayer innovation just got a little bit bloodier with a new melee, components, and a whole lot of refreshes! 😎

With Strayed Update 0.1.12.0, we're bringing back our streak of introducing new features to Strayed! Adding in brand-new stuff like a sadist's favorite toy—the Blade Bat, new components for creative crafting, and refreshed loot come together to cement what's next for all Strayers!

Let's dive deep into our new, bloody catalog of mayhem!

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[h2]Blade Bat - Bash 'em skulls in![/h2]


Tired of using rocks and hatchets just to send a bloody message? Made from a simple bat and some junk nailed tightly together, the Blade Bat is as simple as how it's named.

There's not much we can say about it, really. If you're looking into inflicting higher physical damage and chaos to someone or something, this is your weapon of choice.

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[h2]New Components - Unlocked Creative Potential![/h2]


New Components = New Innovations! With Update 0.1.12.0, we're setting things up for more possible crafting combinations. Start picking up fresh loot such as electronic parts, pipes, springs, nuts and bolts, and weapon parts!

Together with the new components come tons of changes to crafting recipes! This will make progression a bit more challenging. The new components will also allow for more valuable shredding!

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[h2]Refreshed Loot Models & Icons![/h2]


A Blade Bat? New Components? Of course, we're not letting the old ones rot away!

Introducing — Refreshed Loot Models & Icons! We're giving our old loot & resources a redo to keep up with the new stuff. Don't worry, we redesigned them in such a way that you'll still recognize them.

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[h2]Other Changes & Optimizations[/h2]

To give you a breakdown of all the changes for 0.1.12.0, here's the full changelog:

Additions:

• Blade Bat weapon
  
• New Components
  
  
  
  • Circuitry
    
  • Nuts and bolts
    
  • Pipe
    
  • Spring
    
  • Weapon parts
    

Changes:

• Wooden Club -> Wooden Bat
  
• A LOT of recipe changes to craftables
  
• Models and Icons for:
  
  
  
  • Charcoal
    
  • Cloth
    
  • Duct Tape
    
  • Gunpowder
    
  • Metal Ore
    
  • Metal Frags
    
  • Metal Plate
    
  • Rope
    
  • Shreds
    
  • Stone
    
  • Sulfur
    
  • Sulfur Ore
    
  • Wood
    

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[h2]Join the Strayed Community![/h2]

If you have concerns/questions/suggestions/feedback etc., don't hesitate to chat on our Discord:
[h2] Official Strayed Discord Server [/h2]

Other Strayers are waiting for you to survive with them. Follow us and stay tuned to more updates and announcements on our official channels:
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[h2]Making Strayer lives a little less stressful![/h2]

Before we ultimately shift into high gear, we're setting things up on the islands! 😎

On Strayed Update 0.1.11.0, we're focusing on optimizations and bug fixes. Lately, we've been tirelessly figuring out and solving the most common issues Strayers were facing - specifically, the lag problems.

This update brings what we believe would mostly—if not entirely—eliminate the dreaded stutters of death!

Let's take a look at what we've managed to fix so far!

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[h2]Lag Fix #1 - Batched Deployables with Bases[/h2]



Before Update 0.1.11.0, deployables are sent individually between the server and client sides. We have figured out that this ultimately leads to lag whenever individual deployable instances are sent simultaneously.

As a form of optimization, deployables are now sent in batches together with base pieces as "packages". This way, the communication between the server and client sides won't be flooded with individual instances.

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[h2]Lag Fix #2 - Optimized Destroy Packets[/h2]



Continuing the trend from Lag Fix #1, object destroy messages—once sent globally—are now only sent to players who have deployed the said objects client-side.

This is another way of optimizing communication between server & client sides, eliminating unnecessary packets from being sent to the "uninvolved".

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[h2]Lag Fix #3 - Optimized Damageable Health Updates[/h2]



Much like Lag Fix #2, we've optimized the way damageable object health updates are sent to players client-side. Before Update 0.1.11.0, these object health updates were sending too frequently, and they were also sent to players who weren't actively viewing damageable object health bars.

Now, damageable objects will only send health updates when a player visualizes the object's health bar by aiming his hand at it while holding a building plan - further optimizing server/client communications.

We understand that there might be more to the lag issues than what we found out and resolved with the fixes above. Don't fret - We vow to continue optimizing the game for as long as the islands cater to our fellow Strayers!

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[h2]Other Fixes and Optimizations[/h2]

Besides the server/client optimizations above, here's what's on the 0.1.11.0 changelog:

Bug Fixes:

• Crossbow not being able to be picked up
  
• Deployables being used when trying to place on a base you don't own
  
• Fixed “headset went to sleep” bug on Quest
  
• Temporarily downgraded Quest graphics for perfomance reasons
  
• Reduced number of draw calls on Quest
  
• Fixed stuck connections
  
• Improved time of day reliability
  
• Wires causing errors
  
• Laser sight not having world objects
  

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[h2]Join the Strayed Community![/h2]

If you have concerns/questions/suggestions/feedback etc., don't hesitate to chat on our Discord:
[h2] Official Strayed Discord Server [/h2]

Other Strayers are waiting for you to survive with them. Follow us and stay tuned to more updates and announcements on our official channels:
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/2359470/Strayed/