WAR DUST News

Fixed performance problems on Kaoh Kreik maps, caused by bugged out vegetation rendering system

Hello soldiers!

In this update :
- Increased room cap from 40 to 46 real players.
- Fixed not working next room creation if room1 is full. If room1 is full, then room2 will be created. Players should stay in this room for next matches. If you want to join room1 (for example it's not full anymore), you need to go back to main menu (button on right side in spawn room) and join official rotation, then game will choose first free room available. Information about which room currently you are in is available in spawn room on stats window (right hand side). This was the cause of problems with joining game on Sunday (40 player cap, 50 players in game), room1 was full, room2 didn't exist.
- Added VERY EARLY PROTOTYPE of sticky bomb.(thanks @Evol Hardy for making model). Because it's based on frag grenade, to arm it , you need to pull pin like in frag, it's in the middle, where red cube is. Velocity of throw is 50% of frag as a initial stat. . Handy for Tanks. Engineer class only.
Opened for any suggestions here about damage, throw, timer, respawn timer etc. It sticks to vehicles only (can be modified to stick to anything if needed). It's very rough version, so it will take a while to make it perfect. It will be also remodeled to have some visible pin to pull (now it's just default from frag)


Please restart your steam to get an update!

Hi! New WarDust update available.

For players :
- fixed (I hope) long lasting bug causing huge performance drops on maps with transport helicopters
- replaced skin of quad
- couple tweaks on materials and textures
- fixed bug in spawn room showing lot of text due to broken news feed.

For modders :
- lightmapping now works correctly
- for migrating your mods please use WardustModTools.unitypackage
- for new mods please use updated NEWModdingTemplate2022.rar
- custom mod characters still not working correctly (mercenaries)

As usual, please restart your steam.

Couple changes on maps and game play

- Machine guns got increased damage
- Fixed Kaoh Kreik collision on palm trees.
- Adjusted mag collision on AWP and M590 to prevent accidental grab or unload.
- Pilot avatar on transport helicopters (black hawk) is now visible and possible to shoot with hand guns
- fixed bug preventing to join official rotation when custom server was opened
- changed bots ways on Hashima. They shouldn't get stuck now so much in the corners.
- couple other minor fixes in code

Please note that modding is still in testing phase and also mods made on old version of the game won't work correctly until modders will migrate their mods to new engine (some might work)

In case of any major issues with new update, please report them on steam or our discord.

Have fun!

We are proud to present War Dust completely reworked and remastered from the ground up. We've spent many, many months working and testing New War Dust to bring you the best possible VR experience. Our development team has expanded to include experienced players, so New War Dust is developed by players for players. We've focused on enhancing visuals, increasing immersion, improving performance, fixing bugs and most of the issues that were reported by users in the past couple of years. Currently there are 12 remastered maps in Official Rotation with 10 more under development!

New War Dust will deliver some of the most epic moments you have ever experienced in VR. We would like to thank all the players who have helped test and suggest improvements and changes as we worked on the beta branch of the game. Now that this new version of War Dust has become the main branch, you can still find the legacy version on a separate game branch under "betas" menu in steam.

We hope you share the excitement we feel as this unique and action-packed game is brought closer to its full potential. We look forward to working with the active player community to continue this process of growing and evolving New War Dust even further in the future. We have only just begun.

There are 3 powerful ways to enjoy New War Dust. Official Rotation, Community Mods, and Community Events. Each of these has a Discord Server to explore and deepen your War Dust Experience.

Official Rotation: Raptor Lab Maps Completely Remastered https://discord.gg/HbCandC

Community Mods: Mods created by the War Dust Community https://discord.gg/RxWpDXMmNS

Community Events: Tournaments on Tuesdays and Fridays, and Weekend Events https://discord.gg/NY3fKMQ4D2

Please keep the lines of communication open by posting on Raptor Lab Official Discord server any bugs (fighting these is an ongoing effort) or ideas for improvement as you explore this amazing game.

Invite your friends to check out New War Dust! Let's balance the teams for more competition and fun as we welcome new players and teach them the basic mechanics of gameplay.

See you on the Battlefield!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBchlPc78nk

Changelog:

1. Engine: Game engine upgrade to newer Unity version.
2. Performance: Optimized netcode and map build efficiency, improving load on both CPU and GPU.
3. Weapons: Completely reworked: added recoil, improved sounds, changed damage levels to better balance classes, made damage different based on what part of the body is hit, added many weapons skins
4. Remastered Maps: 12 maps in rotation with 10 more under development (including maps from 2019 that were removed from game, but will return). New shaders and materials throughout the remastered maps with 4k textures
Baked lighting on both day and night maps
5. Bugs: Long-reported bugs fixed such as floating buildings and rocks, missing colliders, 2-handed bug, etc. (but there will always be more)
6. Audio: More environmental 3D sounds around player
7. Vehicles: New models, better physics, and more accurate collision
8. New Features: spawnable and map-placed exploding barrels, spawnable ladders, wrist life meter, and more!
9. GUI: Completely reworked with easy to read fonts and immersive menu area with improved access to menus and game features.
10. Netcode: Upgraded with many optimizations changes made.
11. Stability: Greatly improved to allow more real players at a time in one room. An official-rotation server room will always have 64 soldiers, but the number of real players per room has always been capped at 24(before a second room is auto- created), but that cap has been raised from 24 to 40.
12. Bots: Behavior modified and optimized: More realistic movements across the map. Bots now are a little slower to respond, but are more accurate and deadly when they do.
13. VFX: Increased all explosions, firepower and environmental visual effects for better immersion. Added more environmental effects on all maps.