3:55pm EST - The update and devblog are live!

3:00pm EST - Our update stream is live! twitch.tv/rustafied

1:34pm EST - Helk just changed to cost of the new ceiling light from 4 high quality metal to 200 metal frags (and still 30 low grade fuel).

11:50am EST - The team is still putting out commits in preparation for the update (due to hit in several hours). Here are some things of note:

Reduced wounded immortality time.
Wall frame can no longer be placed after roof (fix for RUST-689).
Lanterns can now be placed on boxes (and they look a bit nicer, too).
Improvements to the new ceiling lights (mainly for performance).

1:00am EST - Our favorite time of the week is here - update day - and we've got a great one! There were a ton of changes to armor and damage calculations this week along with a much needed exploit fix for DirectX 9. On top of this, there’s been forward movement on some of the more long term projects (XP system, procgen, character models, etc.). Oh, and swinging ceiling lights!

This update will not force a wipe game wide (expect that next week). As always, some servers will choose to wipe anyway (including all Rustafied servers except low pop). Our update stream will return today at 3pm EST. Follow @Rustafied for info throughout the day.

Ceiling light added

A new way to illuminate your abode is here: Ceiling lights have been added. Running on low grade fuel - because electricity isn’t in yet - these bad boys produce a great amount of light and start swinging when shot. Here are some details and pictures:

Cost
200 metal frags
30 low grade fuel

Starting fuel
15

Blueprint
Book

Armor condition

Building on the initial implementation from last week, all armor now has condition (meaning it’ll break as it protects from hits). Along with this, there have been a bunch of tweaks and additions to the armor condition system in general. Here’s the scoop:

Armor condition lowered when damage is taken from melee or bullets
Armor provides 100% protection until broken
You can wear broken armor but it only provides 25% protection
The final breaking shot on armor only absorbs what it can (based on condition / damage dealt)
Damage from animals does not lower armor condition at the moment
Broken helmets fly off the player on kill headshot
Broken items have a warning icon

Armor balance

While working on the armor condition, Helk also made some balance changes to specific types of armor. Here are the details:

Roadsign armor is more effective against melee, less effective against bullets.
Wood armor very effective at stopping shots, but breaks after being hit twice.
Wood armor pants / jacket are not repairable
Helmets are overall more effective against melee, but easier to break.
Metal facemask / chestplate slightly cheaper, but only save 5-8 shots before requiring repair.
Bone armor nerfed against bullets slightly.

Damage calculation

The way damage is calculated has shifted this week. If you’re in to looking at numbers, here is a before and after of the damage multiplier for each body part. Long and short, hits to the arms now yield 50% damage instead of 100%. This is aimed at making armor more viable because if you wore full metal before and someone shot your arm in front of your chest, it would do 100% damage instead of the 30% that armor would have provided. So now, shots to the arms always do 50%.

In addition to this, melee weapons now look for the best body part to deal damage to rather than just taking the first one they can find. This means if you swing at someone's chest and a hand gets in the way, the strike now registers as a hit to the chest, not the hand. But, if you hit just the hand, it’ll do 50% damage. Make sense? Cool.

Syringe nerfed

An important note to you PvPers out there, syringes have been nerfed this week. They now only heal 5 health instantly then gradually heal an additional 30 over time (at a rate of about 1hp per second). You’ll also note this is 5hp less than the previous healing power.

DirectX 9 fix

A huge bug has been in play which had various map elements like bushes not render if you ran the game in DirectX 9 mode. Thankfully, this has been resolved.

Player model rework

Taylor has been working on some improvements to the player models, with a focus on cleaning up those pesky seams. Although some progress has been made, these changes have not yet been merged into main, so we might have to wait another week before we’re sans seams.

Procgen next week

Andre has continued his work on the next iteration of the procedural map generation due out next week. No new visuals yet as it’s on a separate branch - expect more details from Andre in the devblog.

XP system: Probably May

As mentioned in last week’s devblog, it’s not looking like the XP system will make it in by next week. Therefore, we’re probably looking at a May 3rd launch of this new system at the earliest. Stay tuned for more details as this system progresses.

Other changes

perf 4 in console now shows ping next to fps.
ping in console prints ping
Lanterns now take low grade fuel instead of wood
A fix for chat bar selection issues
Injure command puts you into the wounded state (admin only)
Players now get kicked on exceptions

VIP Slots

In an effort to raise funds for a new dedicated box, we’ve started selling VIP slots for our medium and low pop servers. These allow you to skip the queue and get into the server even when it’s full.

I’m happy to report we’ve almost hit our goal and expect to have the new box in the next couple weeks. Also, at the request of several people, we’ll soon start selling VIP slots for our other servers as well, so stay tuned.

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