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

12:00am EST - With one week till the update, we’re seeing some new items hit staging and forward progress on more features.

Our update preview stream goes live at 1pm EST. Follow @Rustafied for news throughout the week. 

Tin Can Alarm on staging

Get ready to step up your situational awareness with the new Tin Can Alarm. This nifty perimeter alarm sounds off with a distinct bike bell noise when someone trips its wire, perfect for base security and keeping tabs on movement around the map. It's crafted from just 100 wood and 2 empty tuna cans, making it both accessible and easy to set up. Just place it down, run the tripwire (much like you would an electrical line), and you're set. You can strategically attach the wire to trees or place it at various monument locations. Despite being easy to destroy with a mere 50 HP, the wire is incredibly thin and tough to spot, making it a subtle yet effective tool for monitoring player movements.

Radtown Redux preview

Harking back to the radtowns of the legacy days, the upcoming Radtown Redux monument is stirring up nostalgia with a modern twist. A recent tweet gave us a sneak peek with a video showcasing the monument's layout, featuring a road slicing right through the middle and about eight buildings dotted around. Not only will Radtown Redux offer fresh loot possibilities, but it's also shaping up to be a prime spot for some intense PvP action. While it's not on the staging branch just yet, signs point to it heading there soon for testing. Keep your eyes peeled and your gear ready for this throwback!

Shields progress

Progress is being made on the much-anticipated shields, bringing a new layer of defense to the game. Currently undergoing its first pass on damage logic, these shields are designed to absorb hits based on their condition, whether they're mounted on your back or held in your hand. This means they can effectively protect you by taking the brunt of incoming attacks until they're worn out and disappear when broken. To defend yourself, hold the right mouse button (RMB) to block and you won't be able to attack while blocking. These updates are still on a separate branch, but we’ll keep you posted with more details as they develop. 

Other stuff

• New cupboard skin on the way (hosting collab)

• More zipline improvements (increase max zipline travel, fix overlap issues from first pass)

• Fixed player being left holding cards if they get kicked from a card table during a game for being idle for too long, at the same moment as an earlier player also gets kicked for being idle

• More work on the cliffs rework project

• More work on the ocean wreck and underwater dive sites

• More work on updating wolf AI

• Initial work on server side ragdolling

• Apple Silicon / ARM64 native libraries (allows everyone to use the Apple Silicon Unity editor)

• Some fixes for petrol helicopter

• More work on the Skidoo vehicle

• More work on Jungle Ruins

• Fixed fishing tackle mission soft locking if the player has a full inventory when they try and return it (do the inventory full check before we clear the required mission items)

• Allow trains to smash through deployed cover barricades

• Tuned motorbike headlights

• More progress on crude gestures

• Disabled saving on NPCVendingMachine_TravellingVendor, may fix entity leak

• Wrap a bunch of loose logs in HarborCrane and CargoShip with editor checks to prevent log spam

• More work on crocodiles