0.1.7.000 Graphics Overhaul, New Vehicles, Better Combat, more FPS, QOL

PolyZ 0.1.7.000 Update:

New Vehicles, Combat Overhaul, Performance Boosts & More! This update brings a lot of new content to PolyZ, including a modular vehicle system, improved combat mechanics, better performance, and many bug fixes. A revamped flashlight system, new items, and more server locations are also included. Read on for all the details!

Patch Notes:

New Features:

• Modular Vehicle system with multiple vehicle parts

• Driveable Ambulance Vehicle Added

• New Table Saw build part for base building

• Graphics overhaul, now using DX11 renderer

• Added Official Brazil #1 server

• Added German and Spanish and Portuguese(Brazil) language support

• Car Battery, Car Wheel, and Car Spark Plug items added

Combat & Gameplay:

• Zombie Health adjusted for easier kills

• Zombie heads now have a chance to explode when hit with a firearm or melee weapon

• Added higher quality zombie animations

• Gunplay overhaul and additional improvements

• Increased recoil for Assault Rifle and Shotgun

• Player movement now has more air control

• Flashlight animations reworked and flashlight can now be aimed

• Improved AI ranged combat aiming (headshots and other body parts targeted)

• Zombie now hit at all times and cannot be caught inside a react animation loop

Performance & Bug Fixes:

• Massive performance improvements across the board

• Fixed FPS drop when turning on a campfire or furnace

• Fixed fatal crash when first spawning in the city

• Fixed an issue with GPU rendering everything as a white bright light

• Fixed a fatal crash on DX11 graphics cards

• Fixed server player limit bug (previously capped at 16 players)

• Fixed issue where stone ore nodes wouldn’t despawn

• Fixed stone resource from not disappearing after being depleted

• Fixed sync issues with character hair and skin meshes not syncing properly in multiplayer

• Fixed issues with multiplayer sync for player hair and faction selection

• Fixed issues with aiming firearms not behaving as intended

• Fixed issues with interactable ore nodes not disappearing in certain cases

• Fixed duplication glitch with picking up items

• Fixed issue where a 0 UI would show when an item spawns in singleplayer

• Fixed invisible models at the shopping mall

• Fixed helicopter crash issues in shopping mall

Quality of Life Improvements:

• Inventory and interactions are now faster and more intuitive

• Inventory items are more visible to players in lower screen resolutions

• Font size increase in Inventory for better readability

• Inventory icons now have a pop-up animation when hovered over

• Changes to item visibility in item proximity scanning

• Added colour and toggle options for interaction item highlight for more gameplay customization

• Adjusted the brightness of highlighted items to prevent blinding

• Reduced crafting times and costs for Furnace, Wardrobe, Storage Box, Mortar, and Key Card Lock

• Reworked player vaulting for smoother gameplay

• Player inventory redesign and improved durability progress bar

Base Building & Crafting:

• Base building is now easier with the addition of the Table Saw to cut logs into planks instantly

• Changed Storage Box from metal to a wooden version

• Reduced crafting costs for key items such as Furnace, Wardrobe, Storage Box, Mortar, and Key Card Lock

• Reduced crafting time for key items like Furnace, Wardrobe, Storage Box, Mortar, and Key Card Lock

• Reduced Crafting Cost for Cloth and Rope

Fixes & Improvements:

• Fixed storm/rain volume and lowered the chance of storms/rain in weather patterns

• Fixed issues with inventory item showing damage stats on non-weapon items

• Fixed issues with aiming firearms acting not as intended

• Added ragdoll physics to AI dead bodies (Singleplayer complete, Multiplayer in progress)

• Improved AI ranged combat aim patterns (targeting different body parts)

• Improved item highlight and interaction visibility in low resolutions

• Fixed a crash when loading into specific scenarios