Swanfield Survival Playtest News

[p]Just a small hotfix for reports of Players Spawning under Foundations

Buildings were loading with a 1 second delay while player had already loaded

This was causing players to fall through buildings and spawn underneath[/p]

[h3]Due to the changes with Vehicle Storage and Planters, a Server Wipe is needed

You may also need to reset local saves incase of any issues with the game crashing

See this post in Discussions for more info:[/h3][h3]https://steamcommunity.com/app/4022330/discussions/0/748296282477627869/
[/h3][p]Camper Van Storage Fixed[/p][p]Fix for Campervan Storage saving and loading when quitting and restarting game (Still WiP)[/p][p]Storage now saves when you exit game, and loads the items when you log back in[/p][p]Known Issue: Drag/Drop items to/from Camper Storage not always functioning, the solution is to Shift/Right click or Loot All to enable Drag & Drop again. Working on a fix [/p][p]Camper Van Adjustments[/p][p]Added 6ºc Temperature to Player when entering Campervan, reduced by 6ºc when exiting[/p][p]Reduced Campervan Mass/Weight (Increases initial acceleration from stationary)[/p][p]Adjustments made to Campervan Steering and acceleration

Bug Fixes[/p][p]Added support for SM5 shaders for DX11 (Ongoing fixes for AMD GPU Crashes)[/p][p]Disabled Ray Tracing & Lumen (Ongoing fixes for AMD GPU Crashes)[/p][p]Added additional Array variables when changing Grooms in customization. Now resets and clears the previously selected Groom before adding new.[/p][p]Fixed a bug when killing AI with Explosives[/p][p]Added a Yellow on-screen warning which displays X, Y & Z coordinates = 0 when Respawn point is NOT set[/p][p]This will display "0" for X,Y, Z Coordinates when the player no longer has a Bed Respawn point active and saved (ie, Bed Destroyed, or Respawn Point Reset by another player)[/p][p]Added Validity checks to Holdables to fix multiple warnings in logs[/p][p]Fixed planter seeds from multiplying exponentially. When harvested the original plants no longer appear back and are destroyed correctly

Game Changes[/p][p]Reset growth time for Sugarcane back to 600s per stage (Was set to 5s per stage for testing)[/p][p]Increased Raider despawn time from 2mins to 10mins[/p][p]Reduced Raider HP from 200 to 100[/p][p](Raiders were despawning too quickly, and present enough of a ranged threat to reduce HP)[/p][p]Adjusted Collisions for Foundations and Front stairs so they can place and snap when lowered and rotated[/p][p]Foundations now snap to all 4 sides when rotated[/p][p]Batteries & Lockpicks now stack to 99[/p][p]Adjusted a number of in-game sounds to use distance attenuation and play across entire map[/p][p]Adjusted Trash item Sell prices from 10 to 20 Zomcoin, any Metal Trash item remains the same as you can convert to Scrap Metal and Scrap Metal sells for 12 Zomcoin already[/p][p]Adjusted a number of Food & Drink items to stack to 99[/p][p]Updated Weapon & Ammo descriptions to show which Ammo each weapon takes[/p][p]Increased Shotgun damage from 20 per pellet to 30 per pellet x 5 = 150 total

UI Changes[/p][p]DIsabled and removed "OPTIONS" from Main Menu as there was a conflict with settings not being updated when travelling from Lobby to Server or Loading into the Map via Lobby Sessions[/p][p]Removed Overall Quality settings from Options Menu as there was a conflict when adjusting individual settings[/p][p]Set Default quality Graphics settings[/p][p]Added UI Sounds to Sound SFX Slider

Crafting Changes[/p][p]Added a Cooking Stove buildable, allows cooking and crafting Meals, Soups and Drinks[/p][p]Added Coffee recipe to Cooking Stove[/p][p]Added Cooked Egg recipe to Cooking Stove[/p][p]Added Bread recipe to Cooking Stove[/p][p]Added all Meat recipes to Cooking Stove[/p][p]Added all Fish recipes to Cooking Stove[/p][p]Added Fish & Chips recipe to Cooking Stove[/p][p]Added Steak & Chips recipe to Cooking Stove[/p][p]Added Surf 'N' Turf recipe to Cooking Stove[/p][p]Added Steak & Eggs recipe to Cooking Stove[/p][p]Added Chicken & Chips recipe to Cooking Stove[/p][p]Increased Campfire storage to 24 slots[/p][p]Increased Furnace storage to 24 slots[/p][p]Increased BBQ storage to 24 slots[/p]

[p]Bug Fixes[/p][p]Fixed an issue with Holdables (Melee/Ranged) sometimes showing in logs as not valid, added additional safety checks[/p][p]Fixed an issue with Seeds being planted not replicating correctly[/p][p]Fixed attachments UI not being interactable when attempting to add or remove an attachment (Rendering behind another UI element)[/p][p]Fixed an Issue when opening & closing World Map and Quest Journal blocking other UI elements being interactable[/p][p]Fixed an issue when dragging an equipped item from Armor panel to Inventory while holding Left Mouse and Right Mouse simultaneously. The Armour Icon can get stuck to the mouse cursor and not able to remove without logging out and back into game[/p][p]Removed Physics on Tombstone and fixed Tombstone dissapearing before 10mins timer. When a player died in one World Partition cell and respawned in a different cell, the Tombstone was falling through the world and destroying instantly. Tombstone now remains in the world until the timer expires[/p][p]Optimized Male & Female players Hair, Eyebrows, Eyelashes, Moustaches and Beards to reduce hair strands in an attempt to prevent potential crash on AMD GPU
[/p][p]Exploits[/p][p]Fixed an exploit when Buying Wood Logs, converting to Wood Planks and selling Wood Planks to Vendor[/p][p]Wood Logs buy price = 20, 1 x Wood Log = 5 x Wood Planks, Wood Plank sell price =8 x5 (40)[/p][p]Reduced Sell Price of Wood Planks to 4 so it's equal

Map Changes[/p][p]Optimized Texture sizes of all Zombie AI to improve performance and GPU load[/p][p]Added White Outline on hover to all Military Spawners (Vehicles, Aircraft, Crates, Ammo Boxes, Lockers)[/p][p]Added 4 x Trader Outposts surrounding the map. Trader Outposts have a Resource trader and a smaller Safe Zone area than than the main Safe Zone

Game Changes[/p][p]Changed all Assault Rifles to Default Single Shot "B" changes Fire Mode to Semi, Auto or back to Single Shot[/p][p]Changed Garage model. The Vehicle garage is smaller and easier to place on ground[/p][p]Added Climbable collision to planters[/p][p]Disabled Collision on Trees when chopped & Boulders when mined. Many reported issues of players being yeeted across the map while riding Tree Trunks! (Looked fun, not practical)[/p][p]Slightly increased the size of the Crosshair and increased brightness/visibility[/p][p]Planted crops now go directly to the Players Inventory when harvested. (Seeds and harvested crops no longer drop to the ground)[/p][p]Requires free space in Inventory[/p][p]Doubled the range that Raiders render in/out based on Player distance. The distance was too short, if a player left the range they rendered out too quickly and immediately respawned when back in range.[/p][p]Greatly increased the Experience, Power, Agility and Survivor points gained from killing Ranged Bandits. They are more of a challenge and should give the player higher rewards.[/p][p]Added 1st person Left Hand IK positions for AWP and .50Cal for Male & Female Characters[/p][p]Changed Pig & Chicken Models[/p][p]Adjust collisions on PigPen & Chicken Coop to prevent them escaping[/p][p]Reduced Spawn amounts of Pigs & Chickens to bring the population under control![/p][p](Hopefully this fixes the issues) Still monitoring[/p][p]Reduced time for items to spawn in Animal Trap and Birdhouse[/p][p]Edited descriptions for Potato & Onion as they can't currently be grown in planters (Will be added in a future update)[/p][p]Increased Trader prices for Grenades, Landmines & Molotov's[/p][p]Reduced the chance to get a punctured Tire down to 20%[/p][p]Adjusted vehicle steering so it's easier to turn from stationary

Crafting & Building Changes[/p][p]Added Half Wall build part which snaps to foundations (Was missing from 2nd February patch)[/p][p]Added All Raw Meat and Raw Fish to Composter[/p][p]Reduced Gunpowder amount crafted from Chemistry Bench[/p][p]Increased amount of items needed to craft Molotov's, Grenades & Landmines[/p][p]Added Hot Coffee Recipe to Chemistry Bench[/p][p]Adjusted Collision for Crafting Workbench, it now places closer to other objects[/p][p]Adjusted Collision for Table Saw, it now places closer to other objects[/p][p]Adjusted Collision for Ammo & Weapon Bench, it now places closer to other objects[/p][p]Adjusted Collision for Chemistry Bench, it now places closer to other objects[/p][p]Adjusted Collision for Composter, it now places closer to other objects[/p][p]Adjusted Collision for Furnace, it now places closer to other objects[/p][p]Adjusted Collision for Distiller, it now places closer to other objects[/p][p]Adjusted Collision for Repair Bench, it now places closer to other objects[/p][p]Adjusted Collision for Rain Collector, it now places closer to other objects[/p][p]Adjusted Collision for BBQ, it now places closer to other objects[/p][p]Adjusted Collision for Animal Trap, it now places closer to other objects[/p][p]Adjusted Collision for Small & Large Planters, they now place closer to other objects

UI Changes[/p][p]Updated Server Browser UI Window to display Active Servers in-line and adjust size of window when open[/p][p]Added Game Version number to bottom of Main Menu UI below Quit button[/p]

[p]1st Person[/p][p]Enabled 1st person as it has been requested multiple times.[/p][p]Added Toggle 1st Person/3rd Person mappable keybind "V"[/p][p]DISCLAIMER - 1st Person needs a lot of work, animations are not ideal and you may encounter issues which need to be reported[/p][p]1st Person mode is a feature that will be in the final game, however it needs additional development time and will be worked on and improved over time
[/p][p]World Map & Mini-Map UI[/p][p]Complete overhaul and change of the Map & Minimap System[/p][p]This allows players to set up to 5 x Custom Markers that will display on World Map, Mini-Map and Compass[/p][p]Added a World Map and Mini Map Marker that will spawn on Player Tombstone on Death making it easier to retrieve loot. The marker is visible to all, so be careful in PvP zones[/p][p]Updated World Map & Minimap image to higher resolution. The map image is now more clear and Roads are visible.[/p][p][/p][p]Map Changes[/p][p]Reduced number of Bears spawning ("Bear"ly noticeable, but they still chase you)[/p][p]Moved and removed some of the Vehicles blocking Highways affecting the Campervan to drive through[/p][p][/p][p]Keybinds[/p][p]Added Invert Mouse X to Keybinds "NUM 1"[/p][p]Added Invert Mouse Y to Keybinds "NUM 2"

Game Changes[/p][p]Reduced temperature damage taken to below 3ºc[/p][p]Removed "Too Hot" Temperature damage, it was 35ºc but this no longer applies (Too Hot has been disabled completely)[/p][p]Changed chat message length from 50 characters to 300[/p][p]Increased Ammo max stacks to x 250[/p][p]Increased Arrow max stacks to x 99[/p][p]Increased Shotgun damage per pellet from 50 total to 20 x 5 pellets = 100 total (If all pellets hit)[/p][p]Increased damage on .50Cal to 120[/p][p]Increased damage on AWP to 95[/p][p]Increased durability on AWP Sniper Rifle[/p][p]Adjusted Silencer snap location for Colt & Glock in 1st person[/p][p]Increased spawn chance for medical items (Bandages, Medikits and Antibiotics)[/p][p]Adjusted sell prices for a number of items with a sell price of 1. Sell price wasn't set and set to default in error
[/p][p]UI Changes[/p][p]Text Search box on Crafting UI is now visible when searching items[/p][p]Adjusted the time that dialogue sequences for player & NPC remain on screen to read the text correctly (Space skips Dialogue if needed)[/p][p]Adjusted Quest Journal UI to render over Player UI[/p][p]Cleaned-up Options/Settings UI and removed some of the spacers[/p][p]Moved Movement Keybinds up and swapped with Vehicle Keybinds further down the list[/p][p]Reduced intensity of Lobby light shining on the player character
[/p][p]Vehicles[/p][p]Adjusted Camera angle of Campervan so it's more visible and easier to drive inside Garage[/p][p]Increased Campervan Storage to 24 slots, the same as the Wooden Chest[/p][p]Adjusted Fuel consumption - Vehicle now depletes fuel slightly faster. (Fuel was almost infinite previously)[/p][p]Added Car Wrench to Resource Trader

Player Buildings[/p][p]When destroying a placed Building using the Hammer, the crafting resources are now returned to the Player Inventory[/p][p]DISCLAIMER [/p][p]1 - You need Inventory space to return all items. If there is not enough space in Inventory you will only recieve partial items returned[/p][p]Items do not drop to the ground currently, and this is still work in progress and NOT perfect.[/p][p]2- If you destroy a Storage Chest, only the crafting items for the Chest will be returned. Any items still inside the Chest will be destroyed (Move them out first)
[/p][p]Building Changes[/p][p]Added Red Directional Arrows to all Ghost (Green) Building Parts[/p][p]Reduced collision for Chemistry Bench, it now places closer to other objects[/p][p]Reduced collision for Storage Chest, it now places closer to other objects
[/p][p]Crafting Updates[/p][p]Changed all crafting times to 1s per craft[/p][p]Removed Bed from Crafting Workbench as its also in Player Crafting[/p][p]Added Silencer, Holoscope and Flashlight crafting recipe to Ammo & Weapon Bench[/p][p]Added recipe for Car Wrench to Crafting Workbench[/p][p]Added recipe for Leather to Crafting Workbench[/p][p]Added recipe for Tire to Crafting Workbench

Bug Fixes[/p][p]Adjusted Navigation mesh to optimize & improve AI pathing (Still WiP)[/p][p]Optimized AI and disabled cloth simulation causing multiple logs to appear server side and potentially cause a fatal error[/p][p]Fixed a potential crash with texture streaming going over budget in shipping, applied a setting which overrides engine settings.[/p][p]Optimized and adjusted AI spawn system which occasionally caused a Fatal Error & crash when exiting the game (Still monitoring)[/p][p]Adjusted Texture resolutions based on Video Settings and capped limits to reduce potential Fatal Errors[/p][p]Added Storage Chest to plot pole to activate permissions and block access to unauthorized players[/p][p]Lowered spawn height of players respawning at Bed[/p]

[p]Unfortunately today's patch has run into a number of issues for which there's no quick fix

So i have no alternative other than rollback the changes made from today's patch completely and revert to the game files from yesterday.
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