SCUM News

[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.

[h3] Just another manic monday, but at least you have a new development update to look forward to!
Check out what our team has been doing this past week [/h3]

• Halloween content implementation
  
• Barber implementation and polishing
  
• Additional work on modular vehicles
  
• Finishing touches on the ATM interface
  
• Implementation of halloween gestures
  
• Final preparations for permadeath testing
  
• Creation and implementation of new admin commands
  
• Additional work on the farming system
  
• Bugfixing
  

• Distance rendering optimizations
  
• Additional work on basebuilding models
  
• Further Samobor optimizations
  
• Creation and implementation of new assets for the barbershop
  
• Creation and implementation of new assets for the nuclear plant POI
  
• Optimization and polishing of the nuclear plant POI
  
• Additional work for the halloween location
  
• Bugfixing
  
  

• Finishing touches on the barber
  
• Farming animations
  
• Barber animations polishing
  
• Creation and implementation of halloween gestures
  
• Modular vehicles animations
  
• Additional work on the modular base building UI
  
• Creation and implementation of farming assets
  
• Creation and implementation of new clothing items
  
• Basebuilding walls concept art
  
• Finishing touches on the new weapon - SCAR
  
• Bugfixing
  

• Further investigation and resolving of puppet related SFX bugs
  
• Creation and implementation of halloween related SFX
  
• Recording and implementation of the barber's voice lines
  
• Volume rebalancing of various game SFX
  
• Polishing and implementation of additional reverb SFX
  
• Bugfixing
  

• Hunting and banning cheaters
  
• Ban appeals
  
• Steam general discussion and bug reports
  
• Halloween location extensive testing
  
• Additional testing of halloween-related mechanics
  
• Performance benchmarking and optimization testing
  
• Testing of upcoming features
  
• Various bug reports
  
• Recording placeholder voice lines and facial animations for the barber
  
• Revising applications for the International program
  

• Creation and revision of the upcoming radiation effect document
  
• Bugfixing