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1.33 Update (New Vehicles | Game Polish | Game Loop & PvP Improvements++)

Today we’ll be releasing the new 1.33 build to our default branch. We’ve been listening to our community, 1.33 has some really nice fixes and additions in it. We’ve made some great quality of life fixes, gameplay changes and added some new goodies. Check the blog below and the full changelog to see all of the 1.33 changes. As always if you run into any issues, report them in game and swing by the Discord to yell at us a bit! :)

[h3]New Vehicle and Variants[/h3]
Do you have the need for speed? Are any of you old enough to even remember those games? Do they still make Need for Speed, anyway.. Fast cars are fun and Black Island has needed some muscle for quite a while. In 1.33 we’re introducing the “Muscle Car”, not the most original name if we know. If the community has a better idea let us know. As you might guess this is by far the quickest vehicle in the project (for now).

Go fast model stripes!

Zombie beast

The classic

This one needs some work!

Vehicles
  • Added muscle Car vehicle.
  • Added Sport muscle car variant.


[h3]Inventory Improvements[/h3]
We’ve made quite a few improvements to the inventory system in 1.33. One of the biggest requests from the community is scaling. Previously we didn’t have the option to scale the inventory, making playing on anything other than a standard monitor rather awkward. Along with inventory scaling there have been many quality of life improvements made. Including redesigns to the recipe page to make it easier to navigate and understand. We’ve added the ability to craft the desired amount of any given recipe. Check the changelog below for all of the inventory improvements.

UI scaling

Scroll bar

Craft specific amount

Crafting page redesign

Inventory / Crafting
  • Inventory now automatically scales based on inventory size.
  • Added manual scaling option to the general options tab.
  • Removed click window when only ‘view recipe’ option is available. Clicking now navigate directly to the recipe page.
  • Redesigned the recipe page to make easier to understand and navigate.
  • Added the option to craft the desired amount of items. Rather than just ‘craft max’. The maximum now is also pre calculated.
  • Added the ability to craft many from the options drop down + added the option to cancel crafting.
  • Removed recipe search button/icon from item names while in the crafting tab and replaced with options to view items recipe directly from the option drop down.
  • List of craftables no longer gets shifted to the bottom of the page when filtering recipes.
  • Inventory has scroll indicators when required. This includes all crafting content
  • 'R' key is now used for placing from the inventory.


[h3]Player Improvements [/h3]
The community has been fantastic at helping find sync and player issues and we’ve addressed many of those issues in 1.33. Along with the fixes there are a few really nice player improvements.

We’ve fixed headlamps syncs, updated and improved nearly all of the player animations like idle, jump, punching, turning while crouched animations etc.

We’ve also added some features like the ability to crouch and slowly open a door. Greatly reducing the noise made from doors and adding a ton ambiance to our newly introduced and improved sneaking mechanic.

We have longer term goals of total character customization. This however is a massive task for a team of our size. In the mean time Andre has given our current character models a little much needed attention.

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Backpack items

Player (self)
  • Improved flashlight and headlamp behavior to make them more reliable.
  • Flame thrower, double barrel, crossbow, mk4 and flame thrower and all now visible on players backpacks when they are carrying one.
  • Mental state can now increase once per day when becoming fully rested (comfort level 2)
  • Doors now open slowly when the player is sneaking. This greatly reduces noise made by opening doors.


Player (others)
  • Improved flashlight and headlamp sync to other players to make them consistent.
  • Accuracy of other players position has been improved.
  • Improved other player movement animations.
  • Improved other player jump from static and moving animations.
  • Other player now how dynamic idle animations.
  • Improved punching animation while player is stationary
  • Added turning animations when player turns on the spot.
  • Added crouch turning animations.
  • Improved weigh paints on characters so that there isn't as much stretching around the jaw.
  • Fixed bug causing other players to not be visible.
  • Other players no longer animate to their spawn location.
  • Other players in hand item and attachments are now synced reliably.
  • Other player backpack items now sync reliably.
  • Other player crouched and ladder states are now syncs reliably.
  • Other players flashlights/headlamps are now synchronized reliably.
  • Other Players nametags now move down when crouched.
  • Other Player are no longer visible before they reach the ‘in-game’ state.
  • Fix for jerky strafe animation caused by slow animation updates
  • Improvements to aim IK to make it look less like player is about to fall over when looking up


[h3]Zombie and Horde Improvements[/h3]
In 1.33 we’ve made some nice improvements to zombie behavior and hordes. We fixed a nasty issue where indoor zombies were behaving as though they were outdoors, causing some awkward gameplay.

We’ve adjusted ambient sound for zombie hordes based on their level, the higher the louder and more aggressive the screaming. There has been a fix for zombie horde difficulty not working in the config options, zombie hordes also now approach primarily from the direction intended and visible via the inspect menu.

Zombies
  • Resolved issue that was making indoor zombies behave as though they were outdoors.


Hordes
  • Fix for double notifications after horde difficulty 12.
  • Horde spawn frequency no longer influenced by day length
  • Zombie hordes now primarily approach from a single direction
  • Only running horde zombies now prevent new zombies from spawning.
  • Fix for horde difficulty config option not working
  • Horde ambient sound volume is now based on horde level


[h3]General Quality of Life Improvements[/h3]
Quality of life improvements are always important fixes and additions for the team and community. Most of what we add or fix is suggested or pointed out to the team by all of you. So please continue to point out issues and make further QoL suggestions.

Quality of Life (QoL)
  • Changed fire rate of double barrel from 0.1 to 0.2 to fix issue where you accidentally fire twice.
  • Stuck command is now working again.
  • Other players flashlight no longer flicker when the other players character is off screen.
  • Backpacks now remain in the world longer after death.
  • Cooking effects now working again consistently.
  • Reduced weight of generator.
  • Changed antiseptic category to medical
  • Player now spawn at the correct rotation on initial spawn.
  • Decreased flickering intensity on fires.
  • Fix for campfires not always producing light.
  • Fix for lens distortion not resetting after drowning


[h3]UI Improvements[/h3]
Some nice changes and additions to the UI have been made. You’ll see a new scenario carousel in the world save menu, allowing players to see showcased community driven scenarios and more. We’ve added the ability to see all your critical stats when opening the inventory now, same as you do while pressing F. This leaves the left side of the inventory booklet open for future plans :wink:. There are quite a few more UI changes check them out below.

Critical stats on inventory open

New life UI

You Died! Try Again :)

Steam workshop carousel

UI Improvements
  • Added new game over/death UI.
  • Added new fresh spawn UI.
  • Critical stats (F menu) now displays while in the inventory.
  • Added featured scenario carousel to world saves menu.
  • F menu no longer flickers when pressing F while UI is already visible.
  • Zombies killed tally no longer gets stuck on screen.
  • Renamed Server/host tabs to ‘Servers’ and ‘Play’ for clarity.
  • Updated various translations that were missing.


Balance
  • MK4 weapon no longer spawns at pistol spawner locations
  • Disabled spawning on SpikedBarricadeWall
  • Disabled spawning on BarbedWireWall
  • Disabled spawning on VehicleLightbar


Environment
  • Removed incorrect vegetation from car lots.
  • Fixed collision issue under bridge in oldtown.
  • Zombies in the menu scene are no longer jumpsuit prisoner zombies.
  • Optimizations to the farm menu scene.


Server
  • Warning cleanup on server start. Provides a cleaner log file


Admin
  • Creating/Updating scenarios no working again.
  • Vehicles given by admins now spawn with full fuel.
  • Added /coords command that spits out current player coordinates


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