1:00pm EST - Our update preview stream is live! twitch.tv/rustafied

12:00am EST - Rust development continues this week as we see more work on legacy items, the upcoming Twitch Rivals event, new items, fixes, and more! To all of those celebrating today, have a very happy Thanksgiving!

Our update preview stream goes live at 1pm EST (likely a short one because I have a turkey to cook!). Follow @Rustafied for news throughout the week.

Steam Awards

The yearly Steam Awards have just opened up and I can’t think of a better game than Rust to win the Labor of Love award. If you haven’t already, log in to steam and head over to nominate Rust for Labor of Love.

Nominate now!

Legacy items

Several items from Legacy appear to be making a comeback - perhaps as part of the 10 year celebrations next month. So far it looks like we’ll see legacy versions of the Furnace, Bow, Shotgun, and even that little shit shack (aka shelter). It’s not clear for sure if these will make it in for the December update, but word on the street is they will not be part of a DLC and may just be added to the game.

Twitch Rivals next month!

To help celebrate Rust’s 10th year, a Twitch Rivals event is in the works for December! Forth of its kind, this rivals event may feature some things we haven’t seen before, including some new items / drops like the purple hazmat suit and Twitch Rivals Desk, both of which recently appeared on staging. Make sure to mark your calendars to tune in December 11th!

Oil Rig radiation

It’ll soon be easier to see if Oil Rig is irradiated as a spinning siren light has been added to the bottom of both small and large Oil Rigs. No visuals quite yet as it hasn’t been merged into staging as of writing this.

Misc fixes

The team is also working on a bunch of fixes this week. Here is a summary:

Fixed sunlight scattering in clouds looking square and not matching actual sun direction
Fixed airfield black tiles when running in low shader quality
Fixed Tugboat's low FPS fixing player corpse stretching
Fixed players falling out of HAB
Fixed trophies to respect streamer mode
Hide compass when the map is open
Now easier to hit the hotspots on ores without having to crouch and climb all over them (rocks only atm)
Fix sprinkler wasting water when spreading water into non divisor of 15 (water per splash)

Other stuff

Bandages can now revive downed players the same as syringes can
Painting improvements: Add a button to reset the paint preview camera angle and a button to toggle the preview light on/off so you can see things without glare
Show server version in F8 panel
More colors for industrial pipes: orange, light blue, purple, and pink
More work on tutorial island
Added ability to pick up car lift when not in use
Updated explosive ammo behavior when damaging construction
Impose FPS minimum of 20 FPS
PTZ camera now has a condition and is repairable in the repair bench
Align player clientside forward to serverside forward on spawn