Will To Live Online News

Good day, fighters!

We have released a minor update 0.57.10 with the following changes:

• The heads of male and female characters have been updated in customization. We changed the heads that were least popular, making them better. More choices will never be redundant!
  
• Fixed an issue with the lack of hostile NPCs in the Swamps location. Quests can now be completed.
  
• We have changed the minimum required to deal damage to explore the Goliath. Thus, they will be able to be looted by slightly more players than before.
  
• The game has switched to the most recent anti-cheat from Epic Games (which many big games like Fortnite, Squad, etc. are using at this time). If for some reason you have problems with the automatic installation of the anti-cheat module, you can reinstall it manually. The anti-cheat installer is located in the "EasyAntiCheat" folder in the directory where the game is installed. Use the file EasyAntiCheat_Install.bat.
  

Fighters!!!
Today we've rolled out a small but important update, with changes to the "Canyon" location, as well as changes to the balance of events in the "Drone Arena" location.

Let's start with Canyon. The guide at the North Outpost now takes the side of the attacking faction, changing the safe zone accordingly. So, for example, if the Northern Outpost belongs to the Black Sunset faction, the safe zone of the guide will be for the Confederation faction and vice versa. Players of other factions (and without factions) will be unable to take this safe zone and dying will fall into sector A1 - the entrance to the location through the "Swamps". Similarly, the entry point in sector C6-5, known among players as "rags", has changed.



This change was discussed by us in our Discord community and generally received a positive reaction. Thus, we expect that these changes will improve gameplay in the location "Canyon". We would like to add that the faction of these transitions to the location will not be displayed visually: it is clear that it is opposite to the faction of the outpost.

As for the "Arena of the Drones" - we see that the number of players in the "Arena of the Drones" has increased. We believe that this is a positive result. However, at the same time, the increase in the number of players leads to the fact that the events in the "Arena of the Drones" have become quite simple: not all players have time to get the desired prizes and awards, as the life of drones is too fleeting. While some players don't have time to fight this or that drone, other players have enough free time to create discomfort for others. We decided to slightly increase the vitals of some drones to make them stronger. In the meantime, we found out that armor wear was not counting correctly for some types of drones as expected - this has also been fixed.

Good day, fighters!

Mr. Nuke-Pumpkin has left the Will To Live Online universe, and with him, traditionally, all gift cards have been removed from the game. All amulets are now removed from the game at the end of events (as well as gift cards). As such, all amulets have been removed.

With it, we have released a minor update with the following changes:

• A special sound effect is now applied to voice chat when a character is wearing a gas mask or respirator, and when a character is intoxicated;
  
• Silencers now reduce damage by 20% instead of 25% as before. The increase in accuracy remains the same, by 10%. A 10% recoil reduction effect has also been added;
  
• Symbiot in the Bunker location is now an event that is available to multiple players up to level 30;
  
• The "Kill Symbiot" clan quest is now available up to level 30 and can be canceled;
  
• Fixed some anomalies not displaying correctly when using the drone;
  
• Hornets' head of Canyon now has less weight, a higher drop chance, and a higher price
  
• Small improvements were added to the design of the "Swamp" location.
  

Hello fighters! Today we have prepared the 0.57.9 update, with which the Halloween event begins, and a huge number of changes aimed at improving the game. There was a transition to a newer version of the game engine Unreal Engine 4, an adaptive mechanism for optimizing animations was implemented, design improvements of some locations were made, as well as many different fixes. Let's start in order!





Mr. Nuke-Pumpkin has once again returned to the world of WTL. This time he is not alone. Along with him, there is a new mysterious creature that you will have to deal with! With the help of special amulets, this creature is able to enter the minds of innocent adventurers and collectors of anything valuable, wreaking havoc and panic! Mr. Nuke-Pumpkin also brings both familiar and all-new disgusting gifts that can be exchanged for cards.

The Pumpkin and Toxic Pumpkin masks, a special Hellbike moped, and some new nasty items to inflict pain will be available for trade! The classic Skull Mask and Devil's Helmet are available from the in-game store.



The Halloween event has begun and will run until November 8th, 23:59 UTC. After the event ends, Mr. Nuclear Pumpkin will stay for a while to give everyone time to exchange their gift cards for something of value.



The Black Sunset Camp in the Eastern Territories location has been globally redesigned to more closely reflect the spirit of the post-apocalyptic world.



There are currently no other changes to the Black Sunset Camp, but we are working on adding new quests and new NPCs to extend the story of the game world.





The Flame clothing paint that was available from the gunsmith was replaced with another. It kept its original color tones but took on a more familiar camouflage style. Those clothes that have already been colored in this paint will automatically update their pattern. In addition, we have slightly adjusted the recipe for the production of this paint.

The new paint is now available at the gunsmith under the names "Camouflage" from 14 to 21.



A migration to a newer version of the Unreal Engine 4 has been made. In this version many old bugs of the engine have been fixed and new ones have been added :-). We hope that the overall stability of the game will be higher, internal testing has not revealed any serious problems associated with the updated version of the game engine.



- NO-PK mode is now active in the "Arena of Drones" location. Since now players of the opposite faction cannot be in this location, the PVP mode has lost its relevance: players of the same faction have no need to fight with each other and interfere with the gameplay. This will prevent accidental loss of reputation during events;
- Fixed an issue that caused smoke from smoke grenades to block the collimator sight;
- Implemented adaptive animation optimization mechanism. Game client performance is expected to be better, especially with a large number of characters in the frame;
- Improved recon drone synchronization;
- Improved recon drone range parameters;
- Fixed issues with some weapon skins at certain lighting settings;
- Fixed an issue with sandstorm rendering in the Canyon location during equipment setup and in safe zones;
- Fixed issues with L96A1 "Tiger" paint: the rifle thrown on the ground was displayed as a common rifle, without paint;
- Fixed problems with container materials;
- Updated protective dome particles at checkpoints in "Canyon" location and "Testing Grounds" location;
- The chance of dropping a drone and a detonator for the "Burdock" bomb is now 0;
- The story quest "Artifact "Nightwatch" can no longer be canceled;
- Fixed incorrect display of PvP points contribution to clan development;
- Fixed an issue where NPC Kuzmich could issue a quest that should be issued by another NPC;
- Fixed a design bug in sector E2-8, E3-4 and E2-7 of the "Canyon" location;
- Based on suggestions from players, new objects and shelters were added to the Canyon location in sectors E1-5, E1-6 and E2-3;
- Lamps have been added to merchants in the "Canyon" location so that they don't sit in the dark;
- Fixed descriptions of some quests in the quest log;
- Fixed a problem with the quest "Cockroach Breeding Ground", which occurred if the player did not have enough free space in the inventory;
- Fixed a problem with the drawing distance of a shelter in the "Testing Grounds" location in sector D3-1: the objects stopped being displayed in the distance too early;
- WSC PDW armor penetration value increased by 5-7 (min-max);
- Changed mechanics of firing single shots. Now when firing single shots quickly, the recoil is accumulated more strongly. Thus "spamming" with single shots will be similar to automatic firing and will not give an advantage to players who used to do it with macros on gaming mice;
- Fixed Hi-tech armor texture bugs;
- Fixed an issue with containers in the Bunker location;
- Symbiot in the location "Bunker" received new running animations and a new attack. Changed the danger level of this monster;
- Updated the clothes of Valera in the "Black Sunset" camp;
- Replaced running sounds of bears in the location "Swamp";
- Changed fishing settings: the time until the nibble will be a few seconds longer, but the time of "fighting with the fish" will be reduced, and the ability to pull the fish - increased. Thus, fishing will become a little more comfortable;
- Fixed bugs in the explosions of the mine "Burdok", which led to unstable operation of the server;
- Fixed a bug that caused the game client to crash when moving between the locations "Territory of Minaev" and "The Solnechniy Outskirts" through the village "Engineering";
- Bodies on the quest "Search for the group "Radar" were replaced with the bodies of Confederation fighters;
- The monocular has been given the ability to work as a target pointer in a group. You can do this by pressing the middle mouse button (scroll). You can send up to ten pointers in total, each sending of a target pointer consumes battery according to the number of players in the group (recipients of the target pointer);
- Fixed bugs in the design of the "Eastern Territories" location;
- Made many other minor fixes and improvements.

Good day, fighters! Today we have released update 0.57.8, along with which the long-awaited event "Quench The Thirst with Gasoline" begins, and was added a lot of new features!





The powerful cybernetic wolf RW-01 is back again! Just like last time, NPC Biker appeared in the locations with it. He is a longtime friend of Grisha Mazuta and, like Grisha, he loves motorcycles. But if Grisha is "for practicality," then his friend prefers beauty and aesthetics. Therefore, he has with him valuable goods for the locals: a stylish motorcycle Scrambler and equipment. You can get them if you bring what Biker needs - chrome bolts.

Together with Biker, in the locations "Coast", "Big Village", "Eastern Territories" and "Swamps" at night in the game you can meet the drone RW-01.



This event has not received any changes and has exactly the same balance as last year. Also in the store (and only in the store) there is a specialized and stylized scrambler "Ride Or Die". This motorcycle will be available for sale as part of the event.



The event begins when the update is released and will end on the 11th of July. The biker will remain in the locations for a while so that all players can exchange bolts.



In this version, faction players received an expansion of their arsenal. First of all, a new clan technology was added - "Faction Arsenal 2". By unlocking this skill, clan leaders and deputy leaders will be able to get a quest to create a scout drone from the gunsmiths in the " Testing Grounds" location. The quest to create a drone is issued once a day. The drone can be used only by players who are members of the clan, in which the technology "Arsenal of faction 2" is opened. As for the requirements of the character, the drone requires level 35 and 6 intelligence.



The drone is able to illuminate the identification of enemy faction players and transmit this identification to players in the group. The drone also has a combat ability - it can self-destruct, dealing damage to an opponent. But since the drone is not very cheap, this use is not always justified.

The drone can be destroyed by shooting it down. Partially damaged drones can be repaired with i-SAAC, but this requires launching the drone and requires a second player to repair it. The drone also has a charge that is recharged by NDP accumulator M1.

Another novelty for faction players is the remote-controlled "Burdock" bomb. Its purchase requires the Arsenal Faction 1 clan technology. Unlike the drone, only the engineer can use the Burdock Bomb. The "Burdock" bomb can be defused, which is awarded as an achievement. The process of defusing the bomb is like a minigame.



New quests have been added to the game at Leshiy in the "Swamp" location, as well as at the fisherman Tikhon in the ""Big Village"" location. Completing these quests, players will be able to get recipes for the creation of three stimulators:

- Stimulator "Mustang": This stimulator increases stamina by 1-3 units (but no more than 10) and works for 20 minutes. Gives minor chemical poisoning.
- Stimulator "Fortune": This stimulator increases 1 or 2 stamina points (but no more than 10) and lasts 20 minutes. Luck makes you slightly drunk.
- Stimulator " Smartass ": This stimulator increases by 1-3 units (but no more than 10) of intelligence and works for 30 minutes, gives a slight radiation effect.



- In-game store on sale paint cans "Izolenta";
- MSR-12 "Izolenta" can now be put in the account inventory (even though it was never on sale);
- Added new fish needed for new stimulators. Added recipes for cooking new fish;
- Added new medicament Detox, which cancels the effects of stimulants. You can buy it from merchants;
- Faction merchants at roadblocks in the " Testing grounds " location now wear faction armor;
- The faction players' PDAs now have their own look;
- Added HP ammo for 338LM HP;
- Increased armor penetration coefficient of 12Ga M1/S1 bullet for PvP;
- Coefficient of armor piercing 12Ga bullet M1/S1 for PvE became standard;
- Changed 3d-model of the “Heart” artifact;
- Changing faction with NPC Roaming Trader now resets the revival point to the standard point in the location. This will eliminate the cases when the Black Sunset players go from the Black Sunset Camp to change faction and after death they respawn in the Black Sunset Camp being in the Confederation;
- Fixed bugs that could occur when a character dies in the Gravity Concentrate anomaly;
- Fixed minor errors in the design of the "Canyon" location;
- Fixed minor errors in the design of the "Coast" location;
- Fixed minor errors in the design of the "Testing Grounds" location;
- Fixed minor errors in the design of the "Maze" location ;
- Fixed a problem with hiding a character's torso on the client side;
- Changed the anomaly "Radio" in the location of the Canyon, which led to the death of the character in sector c7-2. It is now more loyal to the fighters.
- The project X event is now available again.