Patch #27 - October 28, 2015

All servers will be coming down in about 30 minutes for Patch #27.

Raise/Lower Weapon System

In this patch is a new weapon lowering/raising combat mechanic. By default you can use the "Tab" key to switch between the two (can be rebound to a key of your choosing). With your weapon raised, you will run slower in the game, so lower it when you are not in a combat situation. At any time you can sprint (from lowered or raised weapon postion) to sprint at full speed, but need to leave sprint to attack or fire.

Pre-compiled Shader Cache

This patch contains the first iteration of distributing our own pre-compiled shader cache with the game to help reduce stalls while playing. We will continue to improve the cache each update.

Server Rental

• Fixed spelling of "http_password" in the hosting config file, so you can change it for your server

• All rented servers running in whitelisted mode will have the phrase " - Whitelisted Only" appended to their server name

• First-person only mode should work correctly

• wm_TimeScale will now work correctly in the hosting.cfg file

• Removed support for idle time related variables, temporarily

• Fixed issue with some rcon services not starting, so people renting servers couldn't issue commands

Game

• White flickering when joining another game is fixed

• Game will no longer start in fullscreen mode to workaround the mouse scaling issue. You can use Alt+Enter to switch after starting the game if you want to run in fullscreen

• Smoothed out player and AI movement - less jittering now

• Increased available network IDs, so busy servers should run longer

• Fixed server hang caused by a bad output message

• Server browser will no longer display servers that are still starting up and not ready for players to join yet

• More adjustments and improvements to the weapon lowering/raising system

• Adjusted player movement speeds when a weapon is raised - lower weapon to run at full speed

• Using an ironsight is now synchronized over the network

• Added "focus zoom" feature - can be used without a weapon also by holding down the right-mouse button

• Some fixes for head disappearing when scrolling view out

• Adjusted helper positions for firing, so you can't shoot through objects really close to you

• Reduced backpack spawn rates - can easily craft a starting one now

• Camera interpolation changed so it's smoother and has less lag

• Game sounds still continue to play when the game loses focus - keeps looping sounds from being lost

• Spawn in rotation and rotation of weapons visible on the player have been fixed for most weapons

• Player corpses shouldn't float as often and appear in a t-pose as much

Items

All of the four camouflage patterns are now consistent across the various clothing pieces, so you can try to find a complete set, if wanted. The sets are named Woodland, Hunters, Hex, and Desert.

• Axe added - harvests wood a little better than a Hatchet, does more damage to players

• Balaclava added - five color variations

• Wool gloves added - nine color variations

• Gas mask added

• Rope added - used in crafting

• Empty bottle added - used in crafting

• Craftable horseshoe pack added - works as a backpack - default recipe for everyone

• Craftable molotov added - can be thrown and explodes - acts more like a grenade for now, but will be improved over time - default recipe for everyone

• Added several vegetables (seven of them) that will spawn in food related spots - later you will