SCUM News

[h3] Welcome, prisoners, to your weekly update on the development of the game! Now that the latest update is out, our full focus is on the development of 1.0. Here’s a glimpse of what the team has been working on this past week![/h3]





The programming team has been hard at work fixing a variety of issues, focusing on the rain/wetness mechanics, a fix for first-person shadows, and improvements to the ocean opacity map. Additionally, enhancements have been made to the encounter manager, tutorial UI highlighting, and localization. We've added new survival tips, UI highlights, tutorial tasks, and codex pages. More functionalities have also been implemented for armed NPCs. However, make no mistake— overall bugfixing still remains the biggest priority.



The level design team is primarily focused on bug fixing, with additional efforts directed toward fixing asphalt roads and refining the landscape wetness function.



The animators are working on various bug fixes and reworks related to weapons, as well as continuing their work on the tractor and the new trailer.

The hard surface team is focused on reworking the tire repair kit, improving item LODs, and making adjustments to the Kinglet Mariner and the tractor, which is also getting new icons. To top it off, they’re introducing new optimizations for the Rager.

The soft surface team is preparing assets for the trailer and working on overall bug fixes.



The sound team is focused on bug fixing and making certain edits for DEENA.



QA is doing what they do best—rigorous testing to ensure a smooth experience. Nothing new here!



The game designers are making improvements to the codex and adding new survival tips. Of course, bug fixing remains a top priority here as well.

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Now, onto your impressions from last week's transmission:

• Thank you for the kind words, MustangGT! Controller support will be coming to the game, but for now, we can only say that it will be added sometime after 1.0.
  

• No and no. For now. However, we will be looking into it to see what can be done.
  

• Even though we have not officially announced a release date, we can confirm that the game will definitely be released in the second quarter of 2025, and that is set in stone. More details on the release will be shared in the coming months.
  

• Our focus remains on delivering the final features planned for 1.0, along with all necessary bug fixes and optimizations to ensure a smooth launch. Our last DLC was released over a year ago, and we have no intention of "locking content behind a paywall." There is nothing to suggest that we will be doing so. We have some really exciting plans for new content and features after our 1.0 launch, which will be available to all players. We hope you'll stick around to see what we have in store!
  

• Many of you have been asking for mod support—especially after we confirmed that we’ll be releasing the server files, one of the most requested features from the community. We hear you! If mod support does come to the game, it will definitely be sometime after 1.0. It’s not off the table, but we can’t provide any definitive answers just yet.
  

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Until next time, prisoners!

Fratman

[h3]Hey hey everyone, happy Thursday! As mentioned in the community address here comes the last content update before 1.0! Check it out! [/h3]



Like announced on Tuesday, this update will contain a soft wipe as well, in preparation for next months anit-cheat update!





First up, a new bow, the Manchu bow! With its slick design and stealthy mechanics, it is a perfect choice for taking out puppets or other players when you do not want to be heard. It might look big, but we consider it the perfect size!







Next up the, even before it released, a fan favorite. The improvised Trash ghillie suit is here. Let the terror in urban areas begin! As soon as you craft one, Find a good spot, hide and wait. Just make sure there is not another trash wookie in that spot you did not notice yet!





Welcome back old friend. With its refreshed look, adjusted to fit all the new clothing, the b/w polka dot is back! You can camoflauge yourself... well nowhere really but it looks fly af.

• Fixed the exploit where you could farm grenades on Sentries.
  
• Fixed the bug where you could crawl in ADS while in prone full snake mode.
  
• Fixed the bug where your drone would sometimes teleport all over the place.
  
• Fixed the bug where fire sources such as bonfires would be destroyed if your lighter was in vicinity.
  
• Fixed the bug where your fish would disappear if you had nothing in holsters and you chose to keep or release it.
  
• Numerous server crash fixes.
  
• Various smaller bug fixes.
  

We have added two new features to the server settings to ensure that you can keep your database clean of inactive users.

• Delete inactive players By default it is on
  By default the number of inactive days is set to 180, minimum value 1, maximum value 3600
  On server startup if your Delete inactive players is set to on, it will delete users that haven't logged in for 180 days or more from your database. (It depends what you set the number to)
  If you keep this setting on, it will keep deleting users on every startup if there are users that haven't logged in for the set time.
  Deleted users will be written in the Admin.log on server startup, they will be below "deleting inactive users".
  
  
• Delete banned players
  This setting is a bit more volatile, by default it is turned off.
  This setting reads your BannedUsers.ini and then it syncs the steamIDs from banned users ini with the users in database and it deletes them on server startup. This means that it will delete all users that are in BannedUsers.ini, you have to be careful if you have banned someone "for fun" cause his character will get deleted.
  If you put this setting to on, after the deletion on server startup it will be returned back to off. You have to set it to on manually every time.
  Deleted users will be written in Admin.log on server startup, they will be below "deleting banned users".
  

How you should perform deleting banned users from your database in server settings UI:

1. Make sure your BannedUsers.ini is currently not being edited and that it's not open (beware if you have a bot connected to your server)
   
2. Make changes to the BannedUsers.ini, make sure that it is in the state you want it to be. If you put a steamID in there for fun, his user will be deleted as well.
   
3. After you have made all changes and turned of all bots, etc. Save the BannedUsers.ini and wait for at least 15 seconds.
   
4. Turn the setting to on
   
5. Restart the server
   

How you should perform deleting banned users from your database while the server is turned off (safer way):

1. Turn the server off
   
2. Turn off all bots interacting with your .ini files
   
3. Make sure your BannedUsers.ini is in the state you want it to be
   
4. Go to ServerSettings.ini and set scum.DeleteBannedUsers=0 to 1, save file
   
5. Start the server
   

And last but certainly not least, we wish to welcome a new hosting site with SCUM servers available. If you are looking to rent a server, POCKETHOST is here to help. So make sure you check them out!



Until next time, talk to you soon! - Beda

[h3] Hello prisoners! Perito has been transferred to solitary confinement for no particular reason, which means I'm handling your weekly dose of entertainment. Enjoy an assortment of community contributions and our 'witty' takes on them, oh and an important announcement as well! -> [/h3]



But before we get to the Community showcase an announcement! You all heard that there will be a new update this week. Well we can confirm that it is happening on Thursday!
And you asked for it and we can confirm, there will be a partial/soft wipe on that update as well. Not for the content that is dropping itself but to ease in implementation of a certain new anti cheat system next month. Consider yourself warned!

Looks like someone has experience with carrying heavy logs in their hands.

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Those damn Slavs are still squatting on the most random of places.

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A better rainbow road than a certain italian plumber racing game.

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'Don't disturb my squadmate - she's dead tired' or however the famous line by an 80's action star goes.

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Just a renter on the Croatian coast patiently waiting for the summer season.

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Well if you can't afford it IRL, might as well make a nice one in SCUM.

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'It's just too hot building your base in Z zones.' This guy said it all already. No need for puns.

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Eastern European guided tours be like...

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My guy just created a 5-star prisoner's resort

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We already know the availability of your ***. No need to be so vocal about it.

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And to top it all off, let's dive into this weeks clips ->

This week's YouTube creator shout-out will have an international flavor as we want to spotlight SCUM players from all around the world. First off, we have a up and coming creator from Brazil named Gamer por diversão, giving his best to create a base of his dreams.

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And we have ZOROREN7 from Thailand breezing through the Killbox like a true pro!

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Your weekly entertainment has concluded. As you were, prisoners!

-Fratman

[h3] Attention inmates! Big announcement coming! This is not a drill! I repeat, big announcement coming! Make sure you check it out -> [/h3]



We have some pretty good news for you all, and we doo mean news in plural. So make sure you check it out!

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- Beda

[h3] Howdy ho, prisoners! Looks like I've been let out of the basement to compile last weeks highlights in the Scummunity. So, enjoy the genius level captions and handpicked content before I have to go serve the rest of my sentence -> [/h3]



Finally, I can say "nice rack" without ending up at HR

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An accurate depiction of demons going back to hell after spending a day on 4chan

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Mandatory hell yeah picture of the week

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Silberwind encountered a Hitchhiker who was just dying to meet him.

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You know what they say, Shoot for the moon to land among a pile of corpses of other prisoners who thought they were something special

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eheheheheh

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You, minding your business, enjoying your tax-free life in the woods

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The IRS, somehow...

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Guy on top chillin' Laika boss. Guy chillin' on Laika like a top. Laika chillin' top like guy. Laika like chillin' guy boss top guy

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And those are the screenshots of the past week. Anyway, here's Wonderwall.

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And to top it all off, let's dive into this weeks clips ->

We always like to support the little guys, so this week we'll be promoting some up and coming streamers, starting off with Daskaria and her road to victory over the iron giant:

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I hope y'all are ready to rumble, because Frosty Luigi is always ready to throw some hands, making full use of our Octagon:

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Zu guter Letzt, the titles says it all - no skills, no mercy! Check out Palfy205, as he takes on the 1-1-1-1 challenge and see if he managed to bode well in this endeavour:

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Que the end credits and the closing theme, kill the lights and see you next week!

-Perito