SCUM News

[h3]it is Monday gamers, things are really heating up in here. Check out what the team has been up to on this weeks development update. [/h3]

• Working on the radiation system.
  
• Implementing the farming skill.
  
• Expanding the farming database.
  
• Working on plant interactions.
  
• Bugfixing.
  
• Working on the Nuclear powerplant POI performance.
  
• Working on the eye pressure visuals.
  
• Resolving shader issues.
  
• Working on the mechanic interactions.
  
• Working on the ATM system.
  
• Resolving rebasing issues with garden placement.
  
• Resolving issues with networking and vehicle damage systems.
  
• Implementing 3D audio support.
  
• Finished the vehicle spawning manager.
  
• Working on the vehicle physics system.
  
• Bugfixing navmesh and tile watering system.
  
• Finished radiation presence system.
  
• Finishing the Geiger counter functionality.
  
• Working on a network compression plugin.
  
• Implemented new batch of modular BB elements.
  
• Resolving issues with the modular BB system.
  

• Working on new trailer background scenery.
  
• Working on Nuclear powerplant POI ambience effects.
  
• Working on new item spawners.
  
• Working on distant LODs for the Nuclear powerplant POI.
  
• Optimizing the Nuclear powerplant UE blueprints.
  
• Cleaning up modular BB models.
  
• Finishing the modular BB element shaders.
  
• Finished the master materials for the BB elements.
  
• Working on the Uranium container mesh models.
  
• Finished atlas bake for Reactor building.
  
• Tweaking the lighting of the new POI.
  
• Tweaking the render distant.
  
• Working on Gardening produce models.
  

• Working on foliage variety around the Nuclear powerplant.
  
• Working on new male character models.
  
• Changes in the ATM UI.
  
• Working on new concept art.
  
• Bugfixing.
  
• Working on skeletal mesh of the Geiger counter.
  
• Working on new improvised ammo model.
  
• Making adjustments to modular vehicles.
  
• Texturing the Geiger counter.
  
• Working on the new trailer.
  
• Finishing the vintage hazmat suit.
  
• Finishing the modern hazmat suit.
  

• Working on the 3D audio implementation.
  
• Adding farming audio.
  
• Tweaking ambience audio for the Nuclear powerplant POI.
  

• Hunting and banning cheaters.
  
• Ban appeals.
  
• Steam general discussion and bug reports.
  
• Performance benchmarking and optimization testing.
  
• Testing of upcoming features.
  
• Various bug reports.
  

• Tweaking and balancing new features related items.
  
• Working on new blueprint recipes.
  

[h3]Hey hey everyone it is Monday. Hope you enjoyed your weekend, now it's time to check out what our busy dev time was up to! [/h3]

• Working on on demand mesh components for searching garden slllots.
  
• Working on the radiation zone.
  
• Working on saving and loading garden state from the database.
  
• Working on soil wetness system.
  
• Bugfixing.
  
• Removing foliage from garden plots.
  
• Working on farming skill.
  
• Touching up on trader UI.
  
• Working on the banking system.
  
• Working on modular vehicles service system.
  
• Finished the interaction functions on modular vehicles.
  
• Updating the car mechanic NPC for modular vehicles.
  
• Finished the starter banking card.
  
• Added the ne renew card function on the ATM.
  
• Working on the farming panel.
  
• Working on the modular vehicles damage model.
  
• Working on the spawner manager.
  
• Transferring planes and boats to the new vehicle system.
  
• Refactoring the garden interaction code.
  
• Finished the radiation presence metabolism system,
  
• Working on the radiation poisoning symptoms.
  
• Working on the Geiger counter.
  
• Finishing the fame point system rework.
  
• Fixing the BB stability system.
  
• Implemented the BB element counting system.
  
• Implemented the new modular BB elements.
  

• Working on volumetric fog UE blueprints.
  
• Tweaking the fog intensity.
  
• Working on the Nuclear powerplant POI distant LODs.
  
• Working on the ambience effects for the Nuclear powerplant.
  
• Working on more modular BB elements.
  
• Working on the farming tree models.
  
• Baking the turbine and purification building atlas.
  
• Baking the reactor building and admin building atlas.
  
• Working on turbine and purification building LODs.
  
• Working on the reactor building and admin building LODs.
  
• Bugfixing.
  
• Working on the depleted uranium container.
  

• Finished the new male character faces.
  
• Working on the new trailer assets.
  
• Working on additional UI elements for Banking system.
  
• Working on Farming UI.
  
• Working on new concept art.
  
• Working on Farming product meshes.
  
• Adjusting the vehicle models to modular vehicle systems.
  
• Working on the Geiger counter device model.
  
• Working on the new trailer.
  
• Working on the hazmat suit model.
  

• Working on the Geiger counter sounds.
  
• Implementing Bankar NPC voice lines.
  

• Hunting and banning cheaters.
  
• Ban appeals.
  
• Steam general discussion and bug reports.
  
• Performance benchmarking and optimization testing.
  
• Testing of upcoming features.
  
• Various bug reports.
  

• Revising the gain Fame methods.
  
• Further work on Radiation design document.
  
• Resolving design issues regarding the economy.
  

[h3]Here we go all another Monday, another Dev update.. Check out the situation (our progress on the new features not that guy from Jersey Shore) right below. [/h3]

• Experimenting with the replication graph.
  
• Finishing up the ATM UI.
  
• Preparations with implementing the starter bank card.
  
• Working on the service mode UI for modular vehicles.
  
• Bugfixing.
  
• Working on character actions system.
  
• Working on the modular vehicles service system.
  
• Working on a garden placement system.
  
• Finished the first iteration of modular BB.
  
• Finishing the banking system.
  
• Working on the vehicle spawning manager.
  
• Finishing up the fame point rework.
  
• Finished the body radiation simulation system.
  
• Working on radiation zones.
  

• Working on the Nuclear powerplant ambient effects.
  
• Nuclear powerplant post processing.
  
• Working on the new particles.
  
• Cleaning up the car mechanic shop.
  
• Working on the Nuclear powerplant riverside.
  
• Further work on new BB elements.
  
• Re-texturing containers.
  
• Bugfixing.
  
• Bake defusing texture atlas for new BB elements.
  
• Bake defusing texture atlas for the turbine building.
  
• Working on the turbine building LOD.
  
• Working on farming trees.
  
• Finishing the admin building.
  
• Finished Nuclear powerplant asset textures.
  
• Optimizing assets in UE blueprints.
  
• Working on the road textures.
  

• Working on the new trailer animations.
  
• Working on the new trailer characters.
  
• Working on the ATM UI design.
  
• Working on new concept art.
  
• Working on modular vehicles animations.
  
• Finishing farming animations.
  
• Working on facial animations for the trailer.
  
• Adjusting character grips for new modular vehicles,
  
• Adjusting vehicle models for modular vehicles system.
  
• Rigging the new crane.
  
• Working on farming product models.
  
• Working on the Geiger meter model.
  
• Working on the hazmat suit models.
  

• Working on the modular vehicle sounds.
  

• Hunting and banning cheaters.
  
• Ban appeals.
  
• Steam general discussion and bug reports.
  
• Performance benchmarking and optimization testing.
  
• Testing of upcoming features.
  
• Various bug reports.
  
• Revising applications for the International program.
  

• Working on the fame rework document.
  
• Working on the radiation system document.
  

[h3] Hey hey everyone, welcome to another Development update! [/h3]

• Working on push mechanic for modular vehicles.
  
• Working on implementing ATM UI functionality.
  
• Bugfixing.
  
• Profiling live server performance.
  
• Working on the gardening system.
  
• Working on character actions and implementing animations.
  
• Adjusting the mechanic NPC for modular vehicles.
  
• Resolving issues with the modular vehicles.
  
• Preparing modular vehicles for new testing.
  
• Working on a request and response system for ATM feature.
  
• Working on auto-close BB doors.
  
• Implementing radiation sickness and symptoms.
  
• Working on the master server.
  

• Implementing the barber NPC.
  
• Working on the Nuclear powerplant particles.
  
• Expanding the cane system.
  
• Bugfixing.
  
• Optimizing the island.
  
• Merging the roads.
  
• Expanding the railroad system for the Nuclear powerplant POI.
  
• Painting new roads and foliage.
  
• Working on the Halloween POI.
  
• Working on the procedural buildings for the Nuclear powerplant POI.
  
• Finishing the decontamination unit.
  
• Retexturing containers.
  
• Finalizing the barber shop.
  
• Working on the powerplant admin building.
  
• Placing down spawners on the new POI.
  
• Working on new fruit trees.
  
• Working on the modular BB elements.
  
• Working on the modular BB element textures.
  
• Finished texturing the Nuclear powerplant.
  
• Instancing the broken reactor building.
  
• Optimizing the broken reactor building.
  

• Working on the new male character models.
  
• Worked on the Halloween update visuals.
  
• Working on new icons.
  
• Worked on the Barber UI.
  
• Working on new concept art.
  
• Adjusting the modular vehicles for animations.
  
• Working on the vegetable models for the farming system.
  
• Bugfixing.
  
• Worked on the puppet suit.
  
• Working on the farming system assets.
  
• Working on farming animations.
  
• Working on modular vehicles animations.
  

• Bugfixing.
  
• Recording voice lines for new trailer.
  

• Hunting and banning cheaters.
  
• Ban appeals.
  
• Steam general discussion and bug reports.
  
• Performance benchmarking and optimization testing.
  
• Testing of upcoming features.
  
• Various bug reports.
  
• Revising applications for the International program.
  

• Adjusting trader availability.
  
• Adjusting trader prices.
  
• Working on the radiation design document.
  

[h3]Hey hey everyone, it is time for Freaky Friday! Celebrate your Halloween weekend with the latest hotfix. [/h3]

• Fixed the bug where it was able to use the context menu for items that were already removed from hands.
  
• Fixed the bug where it was possible to craft .44 and .38 bullets with basic engineering.
  
• Fixed the bug where you would get stuck in animation loop when crafting .44 or .338 bullets.
  
• Fixed the bug where the #listflag command would crash the game if there were no flags placed.
  
• Fixed the bug where the #listflag command would not work if there were too many flags placed.
  
• Fixed the bug where the door sliding audio would play after the interaction is done.
  
• Fixed the issue where weapons being dropped from containers if they can't be holstered yet still attempted to be holstered.
  
• Fixed the issue where locks would drop underneath the wardrobe if no inventory space was available when removing them.
  

• Adjusted the loudness of Quad vehicles.
  
• Adjusted occlusion modifier for footstep audio.
  

As Halloween gets near, you might want to revisit the area where ungodliness happens.