Rust News

Back in May we introduced a special Beta branch which included the new work-in-progress modular cars. This later made it into Staging, and now modular cars have reached the main game.

• Added Modular Cars
  
• Added Airwolf
  
• Fixed custom skins not appearing on third person models for most tools and melee weapons
  
• Fixed some weapons not centering properly when aiming down sights on ultrawide resolutions (compound bow particularly)
  
• Fixed tool cupboard getting destroyed if triangle spiral stairs were destroyed at other side of wall
  
• Fixed world reflection quality 2 being too bright inside player buildings
  
• Fixed roadside decor sometimes spawning on road at intersections
  
• Fixed unable to mount sofas at bandit camp
  
• Fixed allowing players to place items into minecart container
  
• Fixed Jerry can clipping on rowboat
  
• Fixed triangle grill and ladder hatch bounds
  
• Fixed cave_updown_a inside terrain antihack false positive
  
• Fixed HBHF sensor not receiving damage
  
• Fixed small wooden box being deployed inside trees
  
• Fixed NPCAutoTurrets shooting shopkeepers or conversation providers
  
• Can now push minicopters
  
• Vehicle textures now visibly degrade as a vehicle takes damage
  
• Doors/gates can no longer close while blocked by a vehicle
  
• EAC SDK update
  
• All vehicles send out network ticks immediately after they have a new position on the server to reduce input lag
  
• Default world size is now 4500
  
• Side roads are slightly wider
  
• Smoother road layout (both vertically and horizontally)
  
• Smoother road joining (at intersections)
  
• Moved roadside decor slightly further away from the road
  
• Slight road terrain offset tweak to prevent ground peaking through around intersections
  
• Fully encapsulated bandit town in a safe zone
  
• Animals no longer attack players in safe zones
  
• You can no longer draw a weapon in a safe zone
  
• Players who are not considered hostile take no damage in safe zones (anti roof camper) and sleepers are automatically killed after 20 minutes inside a safe zone instead of needing an NPC to find them
  
• Many more recyclers were added to the compound.
  
• Slightly increased blocker, combiner, branch, memorycell and rand switch culling distance
  
• Large banners now decay when placed outside of building privilege
  
• Increased minicopter decay time outdoors to 8 hours, inside to 36 hours
  

More details can be found in the blog

Rust+, the official companion app for Rust, is out now! Stay connected to the game so you never miss an important moment again. Coordinate with your team, receive alerts when you’re being raided, remotely set off traps, and more!

[h2]Pair with your Servers[/h2]

Pair with your favorite Rust servers to receive real-time updates for the things that matter the most: player counts, current game time, online teammates, and more. You’ll also get (optional) push notifications whenever one of your teammates joins the game.

[h2]Explore the Map[/h2]

View the full server map to find points of interest, see where your teammates are and check on vending machines. You can also track ongoing events like the attack helicopter and cargo ship.

[h2]Keep up with your Team[/h2]

Communicate with your team from anywhere to just catch up or plan for your next raid. Messages are visible in both the app and the in-game team chat so you can seamlessly switch between the two.

[h2]Control your in-game Devices[/h2]

Connect Smart Switches and Smart Alarms to your in-game electrical contraptions and pair them with Rust+ to control them remotely at any time. Smart Switches let you turn things on or off, and Smart Alarms send customizable push notification alerts when an electrical signal is detected.

Visit the Devblog for more information on this update

[h2]Changelog[/h2]

• Added Rust+ tab to the main menu
  
• Added pairing with the companion app (make sure `app.port` isn't firewalled!)
  
• Added push notifications for when teammates join the server
  
• Added push notifications for when you're killed when not playing
  
• Added a deployable Smart Switch
  
• Added a deployable Smart Alarm
  
• Added a deployable button
  
• Added detail layer parameters to the workshop editor (allows removal of "micronormals")
  
• Added fuzz mask parameter to the workshop editor
  
• Added Spiral Stairs and Triangle Spiral Stairs building blocks
  
• Added Ramp and Steps building blocks (replace Foundation Steps)
  
• Added Triangle Floor Frame building block
  
• Added Triangle Ladder Hatch deployable
  
• Added Triangle Floor Grill deployable
  
• Added conditional wall corners to bases
  
• Fixed the workshop editor generating blank icons for wearables
  
• Fixed the workshop editor erroring opening the mining hat
  
• Fixed a white edge appearing on the generated workshop icons
  
• Mostly fixed respawning underwater when oceanlevel is increased (avoid underwater islands for now)
  
• Fixed some bits of code that were not pooling correctly
  
• Fixed a bunch of NullReferenceException errors
  
• Fixed game tip code allocating memory occasionally
  
• Fixed a number of building exploits
  
• Fixed a number of anti hack exploits
  
• Fixed a number of anti hack false positives
  
• Fixed 3rd person weapon attachment offsets
  
• Fixed spas12 viewmodel - shell floating into shot during reload
  
• Fixed a bunch of translation setup issues
  
• Fixed Ch47 Event dropping hackablecrate at the same monument
  
• Fixed a number of instant death zones inside Caves and Savas
  
• Reduced memory allocations when updating your inventory
  
• Reduced memory allocations when pressing buttons
  
• Improvements to hair material for more natural looking shades
  
• Improved server performance with Fluid IO Entities
  
• Improved large furnace deployment
  
• Updated Hapis Island vending machines
  

Rust will soon be getting modular cars that players can modify and drive around. With this being a major new feature, we're releasing it initially in a separate version of the game, which is available to try right now.

Our aim with this new beta branch is to allow for plenty of testing not just in terms of fixing bugs, but also in adjusting how the new vehicles fit into the game as a whole. Various aspects may potentially still change such as how they're acquired and used, or balance to their costs and statistics. Please be aware that right now there will be bugs and missing features in this branch.

If you're trying out the vehicles branch, we'd like to get your bug reports, plus any suggestions for changes you think are needed relating to modular cars. The end goal is to have modular cars fit well into the game as something where the value is equal to the time and energy required to use them.

Details of how to access the branch, what to expect and where to give feedback can be found on the Blog Page

This update brings Night Vision Goggles, Electric Heaters, Farming 2.0 additions and balances as well as other improvements and fixes.

Check out the Devblog for detailed information.

• Added farming vendor to Hapis Island outpost
  
• Added new Powered Water Purifier
  
• Added new Fluid Combiner
  
• Added new Water Pump
  
• Added Night Vision Goggles
  
• Added Electric Heater
  
• Fixed research table deployment at harsh angles
  
• Fixed Compound "Extra1" vending matchine incorrectly reverting to weapons
  
• Fixed being able to loot power plant puzzle loot through a gap in the window
  
• Fixed players getting stuck on train yard and water treatment plant rooftops
  
• Fixed large and small candles being destroyed when placed on top of a deployable
  
• Fixed Monument SAM sites been destroyed with melee weapons & tools
  
• Fixed tooltips being able to go off the side of the screen (most noticeable on Respawn button)
  
• Fixed slight rounding error on campfire water purifier conversion process
  
• Fixed some incorrect information when mousing over IO ports on Fluid Switch
  
• Fixed electrical battery not draining after a server restart in some cases
  
• Fixed ch47 not dropping crates on land
  
• Fixed being able to loot airdrop crates with minicopter
  
• Fixed wheeled vehicles not being able to drive or fly into the Launch Site lowered area
  
• Fixed players attempting to swim when mounting vehicles that are underwater
  
• Fixed minicopter using the hot air balloon decay time value instead of its own
  
• Fixed Gas Station fridge door being positioned incorrectly at lower LOD, and having no collider
  
• Fixed edge case that caused roadside monuments to spawn upside down
  
• Fixed 14 exploits and vulnerabilities
  
• Oilrig hackable crates now inside red keycard puzzle area
  
• No longer able to bypass monument puzzles using helicopters
  
• Updated bootstrap loading UI
  
• Hitting food boxes no longer flags the player as hostile
  
• Drop boxes are now destroyed correctly when deployed near rocks
  
• Solar panels now decay when placed outside building privilege
  
• Sprinklers now decay when placed outside building privilege
  
• Chairs now decay when placed outside building privilege
  
• Red key card can now only be used twice
  
• Sprinklers will now add wetness to players
  
• Sprinklers will now put out fires
  
• Sprinklers can now be powered by salt water (will have same effect as splashing salt water)
  
• Added fluid input/output ports to campfire water purifier
  
• Combined power on/off electrical inputs on Fluid Switch & Pump into a single Toggle input
  
• Water Jug now holds 5000ml instead of 4000ml
  
• Improved visual states on Fluid Switch (powered/unpowered/on/off)
  
• Hardiness genes now boost temperature happiness
  
• Removed "unknown genes" and gene display from consumable item info panel
  
• Increased minimum temperature inside a planter box
  
• Increased growth and yield gene effectiveness
  
• Lowered optimal water saturation amount for planter boxes
  
• Enabled incremental GC on Linux servers
  
• Smoke grenade available at compound once again
  
• Changed default string handling to only allow safe strings without control characters
  
• Faster server entity hiding
  
• Faster server file storage
  
• Enabled Linux server incremental GC
  
• Projectile frame rate is now independent from the physics frame rate
  
• Harbor monuments now have triple the barrel spawns and oil barrels.
  

For the next week, once every in-game day an easter egg hunt will begin. You'll have 3 minutes to collect as many eggs as you can. The top 3 players are given special eggs as a reward. These eggs can be cracked open for various types of loot ranging from scrap all the way up to an M249!

If you don't make the podium, that's okay. The painted eggs you collect can be upgraded to Bronze eggs once you collect 10. If you collect 10 bronze eggs then you can upgrade to a silver egg, eventually all the way to gold!

There are various items available to help you during your hunt. The Easter Basket will allow instant pickup of eggs and the Bunny Onesie and Ears will provide you an advantage via Egg Vision.

This year we've added two new Rustigé Eggs, each has a new monument with their own associated rust theme.

We've also added a new Nest Hat which functions as a replacement for the wolf headdress. Yes, the eyes are googly.

Have fun!