Greetings Survivors!
The long awaited update 0.998 is now released. This is Nomad's biggest update, ever. There's a lot of content and new features added. Let's go through them:
Vehicles
The much requested feature, vehicles are now added. There are two types of vehicles that spawn in the world, a standard car and a SUV. Only a limited number of vehicles can spawn at any given time, so make sure you're the first to secure them.
Drive them all across the map, you are free to go where ever you want. Vehicles need to be refuelled using Fuel before driving them.
We've added Garage Doors to bases that will help store your vehicles. Protect your vehicle, you found it. Garage Doors can be raided just like any normal base structure. So don't let too many people know about your vehicle being stored at your base, otherwise you'll have quite the number of uninvited guests turning up.
Quests
To enrich the PvE scene, we've added in quests. Quests are picked up at the Safe Zone from the NPC, Hamood.
These quests will take you all over the world finding items, crafting items and killing zombies. Find out about what's happening on the island and uncover history and lore.
Completing quests will give high amount of XP, Cash and mid to end game tier items.
Meet The Fumer
A new zombie has been added, The Fumer. This deadly zombie will explode when close, just like her brother, The Boomer but will leave an area of poison gas behind.
You can negate the effects of this toxic gas by wearing a Gas Mask.
Zombies in this update have also been buffed, they will deal more damage, run faster and more of them will spawn. It's safe to avoid Pinewood City and the Airfield until you are heavily geared or with a group of fellow survivors.
New Safe Zone
The Safe Zone has been redesigned and will act as a central hub for all things to come. Traders, Gold Seller and Buyer and the new Quest NPC are stationed here.
Players will spawn in this area and once in the Safe Zone, you cannot be killed.
Major Locations Redesigned
Pinewood City, the old military area up north and the Airfield have all been redesigned. They have new, more detailed models and better layouts.
New Point of Interest, The Lighthouse
A new Point of Interest has been added, The Lighthouse. These lighthouses are jotted in the corners of the world and are fully lootable. They will spawn a range of different gear ranging from medical supplies, military supplies to general supplies.
Lighthouses show up as pink squares on the map.
New Keybinding Window
You can now set your key bindings in-game via the pause menu!
The Riot Shield
The Riot Shield has been added. Negate and block incoming fire by wearing this on your back. A great piece of gear to help you win PvP battles.
Tons of New Items
Tons of new items have been added ranging from Urban Body Armour, a new survival backpack for Premium members to Hockey Masks and more! These items are in the general loot tables and can be picked up anywhere in the world.
4 new Premium skins from the community got added! Remember you can submit your own skins via the Community Hub!
17 new Premium death effects got added. They will play randomly when a Premium player dies.
Huge List of Balances and Performance Increases
Nomad was pretty unbalanced at the best of times. This update set out to rectify most of the balancing problems.
Zombies are faster, stronger and no longer useless. They pose a threat and should be treated with care.
Talent changes happened. There are now new Level 2 talents to choose from. First option; Decreased to +5% armor, down from 10% and the other will stop 50% of Wet Rating applying to armor.
Most notable balance changes are headshots now do 50% extra damage, down from 100% extra damage and crafting and building XP has been reduced. It's better to earn XP via the new quest system.
Performance upgrades and increases throughout this update will result in better Frames Per Second for a smoother, more enjoyable experience. On average, you should see an increase of around 50% increase FPS.
Join Our Discord
This patch was released in the Beta branch to everyone on our Discord. If you want to join into previews of future patches, join our Discord at
https://discord.gg/FaRbr2PI want to personally thank everyone who tested the beta versions of 0.998. Without your extensive testing, this patch wouldn't be released yet!
We post regularly with news, updates and announcements. Join our community today!
The Changelog
There are a lot of changes, fixes and new stuff that can't possibly fit all here. Below is the entire changelog for this update.
[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]
- Fixed bug with server list not populating when disconnecting from a server
- Fixed a bug where destroyed foundations didn't properly destroy base elements above
- Fixed a rare bug that caused the player to not be able to run when reloading weapons
- Fixed a bug where the grab timer wasn't working sometimes
- Fixed a bug where weapons didn't update fast enough on network players
- Fixed a bug with Explosives not properly spawning naturally in the world
- Fixed a bug with player kills Steam Achievements
- Fixed an inventory exploit
- Fixed a bug where the game wouldn't close when failed to authorize with Steam and the player pressed "Exit to Desktop" button
- Fixed a rare bug with zombies and deers not interacting with players sometimes
- Fixed a rare bug where zombies' targeting may bork out
- Fixed a bug where storage chests using didn't instantly update their status
- Fixed a bug that caused zombies to play their attacking animation without doing damage some times
- Fixed a bug that caused door knock sounds to never properly destroy after it's played
- Fixed a bug that caused repair sounds to never properly destroy after it's played
- Fixed a bug that caused player animations to sometimes warp
- Fixed collision problems with sleepers and player death boxes
- Fixed a bug that caused barrels and nodes to share the same number when spawning, causing mismatches in total numbers of nodes and barrels to be spawned
- Fixed a bug with server list not showing all of the connected servers
- Fixed a bug that caused FPS to be over 60 on the main menu
[h2]Engine[/h2]
- Updated Unity version, should see some performance increases
- Physics Timestep has been increased to 30fps, up from 20fps (40fps in vehicles)
[h2]New Items[/h2]
- Military Backpack Desert added
- Military Backpack Night added
- Hockey Mask Blue added
- Hockey Mask Brown added
- Hockey Mask White added
- Survival Backpack added. This special backpack does not spawn in the world nor is it craftable, only Premium users spawn with it.
- Urban Ballistic Helmet added
- Urban Body Armour added
- Vehicle Repair Kit added
- Vehicle Repair Kit Recipe added
- Garage Doors added
- Premium Effects
- Added 17 new Premium Death Effects
- Added 4 new Premium Skins
[h2]Enemies[/h2]
- New zombie added, the Fumer. Explodes just like the Boomer but leaves a toxic gas area behind on death (use gas masks to protect yourself from this toxic gas)
[h2]World[/h2]
- Southern Military Zone replaced with an Industrial Zone
- New Point of Interest, Lighthouse which can spawn all types of gear and loot. They are pink on the map.
- Pinewood City redesign (new models, buildings and more)
- Airfield redesign
- Trader area redesign
- Trader area is now a Safe Zone
- Added new type of barrel
- Military/Weapon pallet added (these are randomly spawned throughout the world)
- Stone pallet added (these are randomly spawned throughout the world)
- Quests added via an NPC at the Safe Zone. These quests will take you all around the map and are a good source of XP, cash and items when completed.
- Vehicles added (a highly requested feature!). Cars will spawn around the world. There is also one premium car added which is locked to premium users only which boasts better speeds, health, handling and is all wheel drive.
[h2]Server[/h2]
- New server technology and better server console (you can type in commands at the server console - a much requested feature)
- New robust item spawner to handle the hundreds of loot objects in the world
- Added more words to the profanity filter
[h2]Anti-Cheat[/h2]
- A lot of fixes, improvements and changes to the Anti Cheat system
- Workbenches are now more secure when accessing or changing authorizations
- Storage chests and containers are now more secure when accessing or interacting with them
[h2]Performance[/h2]
- Performance increases with player movement packets to the server
- Decreased memory footprint of each player connected
- Increased performance with C4 explosions
- Zombie targeting packets has been significantly reduced
- Zombie targeting performance has been significantly increased
[h2]User Interface[/h2]
- Admin Menu is now rebindable in the Input Tab on the launcher
- Night Vision Toggle is now rebindable in the Input Tab on the launcher
- You can now hide the UI by pressing F2 (default).
- Main Menu now displays summary of patch notes and other news articles listed in boxes
- New Keybinding window on the pause menu. You can now change your keybinds in-game.
- There is now a popup advertisement for Premium on the main menu screen for free to play users. Help support the game, get Premium!
[h2]Visuals[/h2]
- Barrel model replaced
- Gas Mask model replaced
- Military Ballistic Helmet model replaced
- Zombie Boomer texture changes
- NPC's now have nameplates above their heads
- Door UI tooltip wording changed
- Bloom intensity reduced
- Premium Death effects are now larger
[h2]Balance[/h2]
- Headshots now do 50% increased damage, down from 100%
- Rebalanced XP from items, crafting and kills
- It now takes longer to level up (Premium players will still benefit from 50% experience gain)
- Zombie Brutes now have 300 hp, up from 200
- Zombie Stalkers now have increased run speed
- Zombie Stalkers health increased to 80 hp, up from 60 hp
- Zombie Boomer explosion damage increased to 70 hp, up from 45 hp and blast radius increased to 7m, up from 5m
- Zombie Boomer explosion damage is now 2x more effective against other zombies
- Zombie Boomer health increased to 90 hp, up from 60 hp
- Zombies health increased to 110 hp, up from 80 hp
- All clothing items armor values have been rebalanced. Each slot can go to a maximum of 10% based on the quality of the item. 50% in total
- Workbenches now protect an area in an capsule, not a cube
- Increased currency you get from first time killing and repeat killings to 100-15, up from 75-10
- Level 4 Armor Talent decreased to +5% armor, down from 10%
- Level 4 Talent changed. This talent will stop 50% of Wet Rating applying to armor
- The Wet effect rating increased to -40% armor, up from -30%
- Level 2 Talents changed. Increase food value or increase drink value.
- All players now spawn at the Safe Zone as this will act as a hub in future
- Reduced the number of total mining nodes in the world
- Reduced the number of total barrels in the world
- Reduced the number of total pallets in the world
- Non-owners can now upgrade doors
- Player death box collision removed