Generation Zero® News

Greetings, Survivors!

The September Update is here, bringing you a substantial amount of bug fixes.
If you’ve seen our Road Map, you know that we have some amazing content lined up for the rest of this year, which is why we’re reserving this release for bug fixes to make sure we’re ready for what’s to come.

While we’re hard at work preparing upcoming content, we didn’t want to wait with these fixes, especially since a lot of them were issues you reported to us after the Companion update and we wanted to let you play with the Companion to its full capacity before we add more content on top of it!

It’s not just one of the most anticipated and requested features from the Community, but also one of those we’ve been most looking forward to releasing, so we’re making sure to do it justice.
We hope you enjoy these bug fixes and look forward to the next update as much as we do!

Until then, remember the rules of survival: Destroy, dismantle, and rebuild!
The Generation Zero Dev Team

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]
Companion

• Fixed an issue where the Companion item could be dropped by pressing R
  
• Fixed an issue with Companion targeting, where rocket launcher projectiles would continue to target a destroyed enemy, instead of retargeting a new one
  
• Fixed an issue where the Companion would react to flares and fireworks by attacking them instead of attacking an enemy
  
• Fixed an issue where 'Repair Companion' button failed to grey out after using the Repair Kit in the Companion Workbench
  
• Fixed an issue where a client’s Companion might end up invisible to the host
  
• Fixed an issue where Companion could remain stuck in the Pet the Dog emote animation, if players interrupted it with any other emote
  
• Fixed an issue where the Companion could go out of bounds or clip through geometry when performing the Pet the Dog emote
  
• Fixed an issue where performing the Pet the Dog emote could catapult players into the air or cause them to fall through geometry
  
• Fixed an issue where item quality was not shown for items in the Companion inventory
  
• Fixed an issue where the Companion could be picked up while performing emotes
  
• Fixed an issue with missing sound effects in the Companion Workbench
  
• Fixed an issue with the Companion Spotting Module, where it kept calling out the same enemy over and over
  
• Fixed an issue in multiplayer games, where there was no VFX shown for other players getting healed by a Companion with the Medic Module equipped
  

Mission

• [Community reported] Fixed an issue where the Building Blocks mission might not be able to complete due to a missing FNIX base
  

Equipment and Weapons

• [Community reported] Fixed an issue where players were unable to attach Vision Modules to scope on the RLG-7
  
• Fixed an issue where players could use the Sensory Jammer despite being detected by Scouts
  
• Fixed an issue where Explosive Arrows did no damage on FNIX Outpost Generators
  

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue where players might join a multiplayer game with a difficulty setting other than the preferred
  

UI

• Fixed an issue where Completion and Station might overlap on the map screen
  
• Fixed an issue where icons could be erroneously displayed on Warboard maps
  
• Fixed an issue where opening Inventory while interacting with a Station or Storage Container might cause UI overlaps
  
• Fixed an issue where UI prompts did not update if player rebound keys while in control of an RC Tick
  

Map

• Fixed a large amount of terrain holes and floating props
  

[h2]Known Issues[/h2]
Machines

• Some armor plates on the Tank’s legs are invulnerable
  
• Some Machines that are visible for one party member are invisible for others in the same lobby
  
• Dead machines sometimes still produce idle sounds
  

Gameplay

• Assignment "Destroy 5 Runners with a hunting rifle" does not track correctly
  

UI

• Multiplayer Matchmaking - Player fails to join the correct session as per the preferred multiplayer matchmaking settings
  
• Safehouses might get lost when logging in. This is most commonly encountered on PlayStation.
  

Performance

• (PC) Tabbing out may result in unusually high GPU usage
  

PlayStation Plus subscribers are getting a new selection of free games in September right on schedule. However, the staring PS5 game at the forefront of this month's selection is Saints Row - a critically mauled reboot that didn't exactly blow people away when it first released. At least, not in the ways people hoped.

Free to download starting September 5, running all the the way until October 2, Saints Row will be totally free to download for any and all PlayStation Plus subscribers. If you're not especially keen on trying it out, Black Desert is also free to download. A popular MMO on the up and up, it alongisde Generation Zero may just win the month over.

Saints Row, for those unaware, was a pretty popular series back in its day. Oringally a gang-focused 3rd person RPG, it evolved over time into an increasingly wild story of aliens, giant sex-toy bats, and the bowels of hell. After it jumped the shark for the final time in Saints Row: Gat out of Hell, the series was left in peace as the world moved on. That was, until the Saints Row reboot last year, which tried to modernise the appeal, but didn't quite make the landing.

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Attention, Survivors!

Another small Hotfix has just gone out.
It addresses a crash occurring when looting at the same time as the Companion.
Please keep reporting any crashes you're having via the proper channels so that we can address them properly.

The best way to report bugs and crashes is on our forums!

Thank you and Happy Looting!

[HOTFIX]

Thank you for your patience and feedback regarding game crashes when joining multiplayer sessions. We have now released a hotfix that resolves this issue for Steam users.

We are also working on a fix to address less frequent issues that have been reported by players since the update, and will let you know more soon.

Your feedback was incredibly useful in helping us nail down these bugs, so thank you again. Please continue providing your feedback in the Steam Discussions or by visiting our forums (the best place to report bugs).

Dear Community,

Here it finally is! Everything we'll be working on during the second half of 2023.
Thank you for your patience as we were working out the details!
There will be a Dev Letter about how Roadmaps are made, the hurdles, and why it takes so long to come up with one.
We hope you'll enjoy these features just as much as we do!

Cheers!
The Generation Zero Dev Team