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Nomad 0.997 Released!

Hello survivors!

Nomad 0.997 is now released, however as the last build contained a lot of bugs and exploits, this update came early. Due to this, vehicles are not included in this version.

Vehicles are around 50% completed and was originally planned for this update, but due to the bugs and exploits, 0.997 had to be released early.

Changelog:
- Fixed a bug that prevented players from looting farmable crops
- Roads added
- Bloom effect reduced
- Updated tonemapping effect
- Main menu redesigned
- Main menu connection fixes
- Bullet speed on all bullets are now 20% faster
- Discord rich presence added
- Fixed a bug that caused bullets not to do the proper damage on metal and steel doors
- Fixed a bug that caused bullets to do double damage or sometimes triple damage on objects and players
- Wooden and stone tier base armor value increased by 50% (armor does not affect flamer damage or explosive damage)
- Fixed a bug that caused durability stacks on your weapon from other peoples weapons
- Fixed zombie explosion positioning (was spawning on the ground level)
- Server and client script optimizations
- Loot will now slowly spawn over time instead of spawning in one go
- Fixed a bug with looting items with raycasting
- Fixed a bug with mining talents not correctly getting sulphur or improved metal
- Fixed a bug that caused extra mining nodes to spawn when mining
- Increased rock durability
- Explosive zombies explosions now affect objects around them (and other zombies!)
- Fixed hands durability bug
- Added better protection for dedicated server client to start when loading a server
- Bullets can no longer go through tiny openings (base doors)
- New weapon added, Kuzi. A high rate of fire uzi, uses 9mm ammo boxes.
- Gold bars are now worth $250. This will help store cash.
- Premium members now gain 50% extra XP
- Weapon speed and damage adjusted on some weapons
- Lyno is no longer a single fire weapon
- Fixed stairs from deleting itself when placed at the side of a foundation
- Added new status effect, wet. Being wet will reduce your armor by 30%
- Explosive and stalker zombies now have increased health
- Compass added that displays NESW heading
- Pocket Pistol now holds 9 bullets, up from 6
- Replaced Painkillers model
- Replaced Military Backpack model
- Fixed a chat display bug when using the admin cleaning tools
- Fixed a bug that caused furnace decay to run much slower than usual
- Added harsher server checks for all containers
- Placing objects now check for intersecting objects in the way
- Sleeping bags can now be placed in unauthorized areas
- Wooden spike traps can now be placed in unauthorized areas
- Fixed a bug with wooden spike trap culling and positioning
- Fixed a bug that caused birds to give multiple sets of XP
- Supply helicopters now spawn every 45 minutes, up from 15 minutes
- Supply helicopters will now be announced in the chat when they spawn
- Supply helicopters and supply drops now have map icons
- Player boxes now stay for 10 minutes, up from 5 minutes
- Supply drops now stay for 15 minutes, up from 5 minutes
- Fixed a bug that caused the supply helicopter not to spawn
- Thor, C4 and Explosives are now added in the supply drop loot table
- Traffic cone hat added
- Rebalanced hats armor values
- Supply helicopter now waits 1 minute before dropping its load. More chance of people catching up to it when it drops
- Optimized netcode (>50% reduced bandwidth)
- Construction objects no longer push players

All servers have been wiped due to this update.

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Nomad 0.996.16 Released

Hello Survivors,

Quick update to address some core bugs.

Changelog below:

- C4 now requires Improved Metal
- Cleaned up server logic scripts
- Fixed a bug that caused the increased speed talent not to work when loading back into the server
- Fixed a bug that caused stairs to delete itself on upgrade or when a workbench is nearby
- Fixed a bug that caused the exploding zombie not to play its explosion effect when killed
- Fixed a bug that caused players to be stuck when opening an explosive chest
- Fixed a bug that banned players when dropping berries
- Updated post processing stack
- Bushes added



All servers have been wiped due to this update.

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Nomad 0.996.15 Hotfix

Hello survivors!

Quick hotfix for the game. Changelog below:

- Fixed bug with upgrading improved metal doors
- Reverted crouch sound effects, now it doesn't play any
- Added durability on melee weapons
- Fixed minor bugs with server
- Improved metal shutters can now be closed
- Minigun bullet capacity reduced

Nomad 0.996.15 Released

Hello survivors!

Nomad 0.996.15 has now been released. Hopefully this will clear up any bugs currently in the game, not including the inventory/weapon system as that's getting a planned overhaul.

The next update will focus -hopefully- on vehicles. Though please be patient.

Changelog:
- Metal doors can now be upgraded to Improved Metal doors
- Fixed tooltip error when upgrading wooden doors
- Katana damage increased
- Fixed inventory exploit
- Sleepers are no longer lootable
- Sleepers will now output their name when looking at them
- Metal shutters can now be upgraded to Improved Metal shutters
- All base windows now have bars
- Flamer damage on wooden bases reduced 12%
- Updated water shader, should see better performance
- Fixed spraying more than one spray at the same time
- Improved profanity filter
- Profanity filter now applies to workbench names
- RPG Rocket crafting materials reduced, now needs only 2x Metal and 2x Gunpowder
- New community skins added
- Fixed a bug that caused storage cupboard not to delete after foundations got destroyed
- Base foundations and military barracks now have LODs
- Increased the quality of the hangar and warehouse LOD's
- Cleaned up island map
- Fixed a bug where crouch footsteps wasn't playing correctly
- New zombie added. Explodes on attack.
- Workbenches and other objects can no longer be hidden under foundations and/or stairs
- Fixed workbench collision checks after workbench has been placed

Nomad 0.996.14 Released

Hello Survivors!

Changelog for 0.996.14:

- UI menu touch ups
- Connecting to a server now attempts to connect 5 times before showing the "failed to connect" screen
- Creating a server now defaults to your local address
- Fixed issue with sleepers not deleting properly on server
- Fixed issue that caused players to randomly spawn in the air after logging in
- Auto reload is now disabled
- Updated to Unity 2019, should see increased performance
- Updated base textures
- Improved metal ore and improved metal added. 10% chance to find when mining. Smelt Improved Metal Ore at furnaces as normal.
- Improved sulphur talent now increases sulphur find by 5%, down from 10% (same with new improved metal talent)
- New base tier added, uses the new improved metal which is 3x as strong as normal metal
- Replaced increased metal find talent with increased improved metal find
- Heavy Axe extra material rate increased to 50%, up from 20%
- Heavy Pickaxe now only applies to base materials
- Walking on different foundation types now play the correct sound effect
- Player bases hit effects now fixed

All servers have been wiped due to this update.

Keep up to date with news by joining our Discord server at: https://discord.gg/znpKqsb