Update 29

Unreal Engine 5 + OpenXR

Pavlov has moved to Unreal Engine 5.1 and the OpenXR input standard. The physics system has additionally changed to Chaos. The benefits of upgrading the engine will become more apparent as the modders embrace better workflows and new engine features to make development much more enjoyable.

Lobby overhaul & Crossplay with Playstation VR2

You can now play the standard maps and game modes with PS5 players via crossplay. No downgrades were necessary! Additionally, we overhauled the lobby and server browser experience to make more information accessible.

Maps

Sand has been completely overhauled and brought up to our current standards. The layout and theme is identical in keeping the spirit of the original. We have also added new “massacre” or night versions of Datacenter, Siberia, and Container Yard for the horror-sided game modes such as Zombies, Hide, and Infection.

New characters

We now have a full ten-character roster for modern game modes. This has been something that has been a long time coming but quite a time-consuming effort to get here. Players will be randomly assigned a skin at the start of a match for the modern game modes.

Retiring Steam Workshop and In-Game Mod Browser

As a result of upgrading the engine for Pavlov, all previously made content on the older version of Pavlov has been made incompatible. We used this opportunity to change our CDN for custom maps and mods.

With that, we have vastly improved the in-game mod browser. New sorting categories, search, details panel, update, and uninstall map allow you to manage your downloaded content without leaving the game. Multiple mods can be queued and arranged with the download manager.

The player experience will remain relatively the same as before. You do not need to register with Mod.io to download and play content. When you join a server playing a mod, the game will automatically download and join the match. You can now also finally cancel a download in progress!

If you still want to play the older workshop content, you can switch your Steam Beta branch to "Legacy" to access the old mods that will not be brought to Mod.io.

Game Mode Permutations for TDM/DM

Weapon filters can be applied to modern Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch. This will allow more exciting varieties of ways to play by letting you select which specific weapons will be available.

Audio Overhaul

Updated weapon sounds to have more unique characteristics. There are also new reverb effects for better environment audio behaviors and a much more robust and improved audio occlusion system to help identify audio direction. We have also enhanced environmental audio to our maps to give them a much more lively feel.

New Guns

We’re introducing the Russian PKM and Skorpian to round out further the factioning system we just implemented.

New IK system and Hand poses

The move to the new engine brought the opportunity to rewrite the Inverse Kinematics system. We have additionally brought finger tracking to all the controllers to allow as many poses as allowed by the controller. Players can also lay on their stomachs and back in a prone position for all game modes except Search and Destroy.

Spawn system logic overhaul

When your character is born again, the logic is vastly improved to spawn you away from enemies and close to friends. Give it a try, and let us know what you think!

Search and Destroy

SnD has seen quite several changes. Faction-specific weapons have been