Unturned News

Vehicles, items, zombies, etc. were all nested in an unnecessarily deep transform hierarchy. Almost everything has been reworked to exist at the root level now which enables some multithreaded Unity optimizations, granting a +10-20% performance increase to CPU-bound multicore systems.

All of the game APIs which returned organizational transforms for plugins have been deprecated, but will create placeholders when called to prevent exceptions. Functions for finding the root transforms of entities have been updated accordingly.



Previously the server advertised every config value and the client would find the differences to display in the config screen. This was problematic if the data was mismatched between client and server. Now the server only advertises the differences (compared to default), and the client looks up the property by path. The config screen also categorizes them to clarify variables with the same name.

• Flattened transform hierarchy to leverage parallel transform processing.
  
• Improved server config diffing and display for server lobby menu.
  
• Included Russia boulders in example assets package.
  
• Fixed unable to cook using campfires and ovens on vehicles.
  

This update serves primarily to upgrade the game engine from Unity 2018 LTS to 2019 LTS. It should be a seamless transition and does not require changes from modders. The main benefit will be the upcoming user interface rework, which is available on a beta branch if you are interested in trying it out:

1. Right-click Unturned in your Steam Library
   
2. Select Properties and switch to the Betas tab
   
3. From the dropdown select "glazier"
   

Added:

• Bypass_Allowed_To_Damage_Player per-weapon setting.
  
• Ignore_Children_File_IDs to workshop download config. Useful if creator is using dependencies as advertisements.
  
• Imported adjustments by Renaxon to California messenger bag and armor rig.
  
• Accepted four new curated workshop skins.
  

Changed:

• Enabled new Steam networking as the default transport layer (again). Huge thanks to Miku from Pandahut for extensive help testing!
  
• Included mannequin in example assets.
  
• Convert news feed usage of Steam web request to Unity web request.
  
• Enabled rich text for quest interactables.
  
• Failed console command outputs the input string.
  
• LogSteamNetworkingSockets accepts a verbosity integer.
  

Fixed:

• Gap along the edges of the 7x scope lens.
  
• Leaning through invisible walls.
  
• NPC enum parsing exceptions.
  
• Two tiny gaps in the PEI pirate cove.
  
• Using rest gesture in shallow water.
  
• List translation differences on separate lines.
  

Autumn leaves coat the ground, the smell of pumpkin spice lingers in the air, and the turned are roaming the streets... it must be Halloween!



Until November 1st the event is active:

• Spyjack is updating Tales of Terror with new quests, items, and monsters each Thursday leading up to Halloween!
  
• Decorations festoon the towns of official maps, as well as Elver in an update soon.
  
• NPCs are wearing their Halloween costumes.
  

Happy Halloween!

Edit: All bundles on the Stockpile are now discounted for the Steam Halloween Sale!

Miscellaneous Changes:

• Accepted several new skins from the curated workshop.
  
• Hosting dedicated servers using the client files has been deprecated since June 2019 and is no longer supported. Please use the standalone dedicated server app instead.
  
• Added Min_Stealth_Radius setting to level asset.
  
• Added helper methods for getting remote address if available.
  
• Added Horizontal_Attack_Range, Horizontal_Vehicle_Attack_Range, and Vertical_Attack_Range animal settings.
  
• Added Spread_Sprint, Spread_Crouch, and Spread_Prone gun settings.
  
• Added Recoil_Sprint, Recoil_Crouch, and Recoil_Prone gun settings.
  
• Converted berry bushes to use spawn tables.
  
• Exclude bots from server list player count.
  
• Menu remote images are hidden until download is finished.
  
• Menu was loading in the wrong order rarely.
  
• Fixed character list on menu not properly populating.
  
• Fixed unable to deselect item by clicking character.
  
• Fixed missing text for server config without display names.
  
• Fixed potential exception when enabling/disabling skins in-game.
  
• Fixed potential exception when player dies partway through shooting.
  
• Fixed potential issues reading corrupted Groups.dat file.
  

Autumn leaves coat the ground, the smell of pumpkin spice lingers in the air, and the turned are roaming the streets... it must be Halloween!



Until November 1st the event is active:

• Spyjack is updating Tales of Terror with new quests, items, and monsters each Thursday leading up to Halloween!
  
• Decorations festoon the towns of official maps, as well as Elver in an update soon.
  
• NPCs are wearing their Halloween costumes.
  

Happy Halloween!

Miscellaneous Changes:

• Accepted several new skins from the curated workshop.
  
• Hosting dedicated servers using the client files has been deprecated since June 2019 and is no longer supported. Please use the standalone dedicated server app instead.
  
• Added Min_Stealth_Radius setting to level asset.
  
• Added helper methods for getting remote address if available.
  
• Added Horizontal_Attack_Range, Horizontal_Vehicle_Attack_Range, and Vertical_Attack_Range animal settings.
  
• Added Spread_Sprint, Spread_Crouch, and Spread_Prone gun settings.
  
• Added Recoil_Sprint, Recoil_Crouch, and Recoil_Prone gun settings.
  
• Converted berry bushes to use spawn tables.
  
• Exclude bots from server list player count.
  
• Menu remote images are hidden until download is finished.
  
• Menu was loading in the wrong order rarely.
  
• Fixed character list on menu not properly populating.
  
• Fixed unable to deselect item by clicking character.
  
• Fixed missing text for server config without display names.
  
• Fixed potential exception when enabling/disabling skins in-game.
  
• Fixed potential exception when player dies partway through shooting.
  
• Fixed potential issues reading corrupted Groups.dat file.
  

This update makes the new Steam Networking transport layer mentioned in the previous two posts the default. For most players it should offer superior performance and stability.

If you host your own server and experience bugs with this change please report the issues, and for the meantime you can revert to the old Steam Networking by including "-NetTransport=SteamNetworking" in your server command-line arguments.



Miscellaneous:

• Steam Networking Sockets are now default.
  
• All colliders on destroyed structures are moved to the debris layer.
  
• Added LODGroupAdditionalData component which can be used to disable LOD bias per-LODGroup.
  

Fixes:

• Fixed decimal scope zoom values defaulting to zero.
  
• Fixed per-gun shell casing effects for sentry guns.
  
• Fixed placing rotated item from ground into equipment slot.
  
• Fixed attachment of pooled audio sources.
  
• Fixed vehicle exit not account for teleport vertical offset.
  
• Fixed building items on terrain inside hole.
  
• Fixed holiday restricted objects with conditions.
  
• Fixed taillights not turning back on after exiting water.
  
• Fixed prevent entering build mode while in first person view.
  
• Fixed completing multi-item condition in singleplayer.