ARE WE THERE YET!?!?



How many of these can we push out, I really don't know anymore.

But here we are again with some fixes for you guys!

• Fixed the bug where you can throw items while in a vehicle
  
  
• Fixed flag recipes (all flag recipes spawned the same flag).
  
  
• Fixed minor problem with female and male idle animations.
  
  
• You cannot access your inventory while dead (on the respawn screen) anymore.
  
  
• Fatal Error Crash is history Not sure what this one wants to say, but it's lying
  
  
• Fixed the bug with overlapping base flag areas. Flag areas can't overlap anymore.
  
  
• Punching while running shouldn't regenerate stamina anymore.
  
  
• Fixed the bug where barbed wire couldn't be repaired.

• Tweaked driving skill: engine stalling greatly reduced on no skill and basic skills, engine stalling should never occur on medium skill and above, lower skills have lower acceleration to compensate for reduced engine stalling.
  
  
• Reduced damage on impact for quad, also improved the driving mechanic for better gameplay experience.
  
  
• Disabled building base elements in unfriendly flag area.
  
  
• Allowed building flags inside of cabins and on top of other base elements.
  
  
• Changed ordering of clothes in GUI. Backpack is now first on the list, as the community asked for this.
  
  
• Added progress widget when destroying base elements with drone.
  
  
• Enabled flag claiming ownerless base elements.
  
  
• DISCLAMER: We added a change to flags and how they work. So from today when you enter someones base and destroy the flag, the elements of that base still belong to the person who built them. Now you need to craft a flag after you destroyed the old one to make the base yours.
  
  
• Added possibility to have high priority loading for certain items in virtualization. This means that some bigger items (shelter, tents, BB elements) will load sooner than smaller items (chests etc..) for a smoother gameplay transition/feeling.
  
  
• Small server optimization.

And this is it for today, don't forget our community contest, and as a great man once said "YOU'RE BREATHTAKING!"

Hello everyone!

Happy Monday and hope you all had a good weekend. Today we have a special contest just for you. Yes you! All of you! Everyone is welcome to participate. You all had time to have fun with female characters by now and it is time for you to show your worth! We will be hosting a Miss SCUM island contest and the winner will receive a special prize. Don’t worry fellas we haven’t forgotten about you, as there will also be a Mr. SCUM island contest as well. That is right Mr. and Miss, the perfect couple, the dream team, the ones we all aspire to be… or you know hunt down and cannibal them…. whatever works.

So, here are the rules:

1)Only one entry per person

2)Only in-game screenshots apply. We know you are all beautiful but some of you are more beautiful than others so we have to balance it a little.

3)The contest will run from today 8th of July till Thursday 1st of August.

4)All profanity images will be automatically disqualified. We still have rules and we live in a society.

Now you might be wondering what the prize might be? Well winners of Mr. and Miss Will both receive a SCUM deluxe edition steam key, each. That’s right the whole shabam, shaboose… uhm kazam? Anyway you can activate it yourself or if you already have it gift to a friend. Or sell it to some key seller site, if money is all you value.


Good luck everyone and let the best man and woman win!

Hi!

Here we are again, with another round of bug fixes, some optimizations and some more extras. So let's get into it!

• Fixed most of the exploits for duplicating items in singleplayer and multiplayer. Which also caused crashes to happen.
  
  
• Fixed female skeletal body parts and bra.
  
  
• Fix for lead plate usage for crafting advanced fortifications.
  
  
• Fixed area damage (grenades, car explosions) not working on base elements.
  
  
• Fixed the inventory size of the weakest variant of the Recurve Bow "Scorpion #40".
  
  
• Fixed the bug where deer meat was not eatable.
  
  
• Chest and car container GUI should not clip through holster/quick access (there's a horizontal scrollbar, right click and drag to scroll)
  
  
• Fixed the bug where right click on an item in menu would not open the container.
  
  
• Corrected animations for anticipate draw montage.
  
  
• Adjusted bow 3 and 5 pin sights to 200 grams weight.
  
  
• Fixed the bug where items in quick access where not saved after relogs.
  
  
• Fixed the issue with round glasses falling through floor on "drop" function.
  
  
• Fixed crashes relating to weapon attachments.
  
  
• Improvised toolbox now requires nails and bolts for crafting (before only one of those was needed)

• We did some small optimisations from the client side.
  
  
• Animals won't try to attack the player if he's in/on a vehicle.
  
  
• Players won't take melee damage if inside the vehicle.
  
  
• Removed Christmas items from the spawning pool. - Grinch NOOOOOoooo
  
  
• Workshops that contain drill press machinery are no longer lockable (doors cannot be claimed anymore)
  
  
• Barbed Wire can now be crafted (nails, metal scrap and wire). Barbed Wire Barricades for base building now require barbed wire as an ingredient.
  
  
• Increased base render distance do 1000 meters.
  
  
• Disabled building platforms on other players walls
  
  
• All bullet crafting now requires advanced survival skill level, lead plate usage increased to 5 from 1. You will be able to craft 20 bullets per lead plate (down from 100)
  
  
• Large toolbox rarity decreased from common to uncommon, Small toolbox rarity decreased from abundant to common.
  
  
• Big animal fat weight decreased to 1 kg so it can fit in most clothes.
  
  
• Now you can repair base build elements with just a toolbox, and it repairs all elements in a 1m radius.
  
  
• Increased base element full decay time to 4 weeks.
  
  
• 10 new songs on the radio!
  
  
• Adjusted forks, now you can open cans with them, also you can chop the wooden fork into tinder.
  
  
• Can't gain experience/fame points inside safe zones now.
  
  
• You can now gather the crew and enjoy some fighting matches in safe zones. We have in each safe zone a boxing ring, and here is how the rules work:
  
  You can only kill/get killed while in the ring.
  
  People in the ring can't do harm to players outside the ring.
  
  Everything is allowed in the ring.
  
  You DO NOT talk about the ring.
  
  
• For all server admins now when you go through the logs you will be able to read all unicode characters as they are.

• Weapon durability no longer influences it's attack damage.
  
  
• Handles and blades of sharp weapons now have the same armour penetration values. (To balance out the melee fighting experience)
  
  
• Reworked all melee weapons stats ( all have increased damage,
  blunt weapons now have a knockout chance per hit, added sharpness/penetration values to all sharp weapons,
  weapon hits should produce correct sound based on their material now )
  
  
  • New damage system explained:
    
    Total weapon damage is calculated by the following formula:
    Weapon damage x Melee skill x STR modifier. Some numbers to crunch:
    
    Sledgehammer, Melee Max Skill & Strength Max Value
    ( 0.4 x 0.6 x 1.2 = 0.288 or 28.8% health damage)
  
  
• Increased puppet max health by 0.1 (now the values are 0.7, 0.6, 0.5 and 0.4 depending on the puppet type)

• One of the bigger things to come in these notes is the flag system that will be the new way of handling base element owners.
  
  
• You will be able to craft a flag and every base build element in a radius of 50m from the flag will belong to the flag owner.
  
  
• Every base element outside a flag influence will not belong to anyone and everyone can interact with it (open, close etc.)
  
  
• Different colours are used as indicators when building in the influence range of the flag. Green is when you place a blueprint under friendly influence, and yellow is when you try to place a blueprint with enemy influence which means if you build there, that item will belong to the player that has the flag.
  
  
• A flag can be destroyed with any chopping tool via interaction.
  
  
• When a flag is destroyed, all base elements under its influence become ownerless.
  
  
• We will have a transition period for flags so your existing bases don't get claimed by random people placing flags. The flag mechanic will currently apply only to new base elements - all existing pre-patch base elements will have the same owner as before and ignore the flag mechanics. In short, flag will not override owners of existing pre-patch base elements and flag will not clear owners of pre-patch base elements when destroyed. Next week we will push one more patch with all of the flag mechanics enabled so make sure you build flags in your existing bases.

Comic time! For those who just tuned in, here is a list of the previous issues:

• Comic page #1
  
• Comic page #2
  
• Comic page #3
  
• Comic page #4
  
• Comic page #5
  
• Comic page #6
  
• Comic page #7
  
• Comic page #8
  
• Comic page #9
  
• Comic page #10
  
• Comic page #11
  
• Comic page #12
  
• Comic page #13
  
• Comic page #14

And the newest page:



Thanks for reading! Take a day off, hydrate, and above all, do some stretches!

Love, Sippy

Guess what, people!

It's your girl T with YET ANOTHER HOTFIX. A HOT FIX. A FIX THAT IS HOT.

Here's what the Gamepires team did today:

• Fixed the corrupted chests and endless loading times
  
• Changed projectile relevancy distance and made projectiles fired from far away stop simulating on other clients (better client performance!)
  
• Added the Improvised toolbox to the base building resources
  
• Improvised Toolbox is now a bit harder to craft
  
• You can now fuel the fire with oil!
  
• We fixed a bunch of little issues on the female body meshes, as well as female clothes
  
• Stone arrow tips used to show up as safety pins on the ground, but we fixed them
  
• Added new animations for the character creation menu as well as the idle menu
  
• Added owner and HP info for base elements when hovering as a drone
  
• Fixed issue where team members wouldn't see all wall segments in a blueprint
  
• Admin commands will now work even if they contain spaces!
  
• Removed claim interaction on bases
  
• Local chat history saves to database
  
• All craftable ammunition and can suppressors now need the Drill Press (Machinery) in the vicinity for the recipe to function
  
• Significantly decreased the amount of steaks, fat and bones that chopped animals drop (steak and animal fat weight has been increased to 1kg and 2kg respectively, and they have more charges to compensate, the total calorie intake should remain roughly the same)
  
• Goat head can no longer be chopped
  
• Fixed a bunch of collisions
  
• 1H_Stone_Axe and 2H_Stone_Axe moved from tier 3 sharp weapons to tier 2 (they now have a lower multiplier for resource gain when chopping/cutting , etc.)
  
• Fixed some typos in item descriptions

Thank you for joining me again today and talk to you soon™!

Dear Scummunity,

we hope you had a nice weekend and managed to get some sleep!

We're back with yet another hotfix and some QoL changes for you guys, so let's jump right into it:

Bug fixes
• Adjusted some achievements when checking time played on character
  
• Doubled the time it takes to grow hair and beards
  
• Item duplication exploits have been fixed
  
• Various LOD fixes (e.g. female gloves)
  
• Removed the option to gain fame points by infinitely refilling water containers
  
• Optimized base element rendering performance (improved client performance)
  
• Reduced placement bounds for all base elements by 20 cm
  
• Made "Open Inventory" default interaction for inventory items
  
• Fixed other inventory related issues
  
  QoL additions
  
• Adjusted tree chopping recipes
  
• Removed small wooden logs and wooden sticks as loot from chopping large trees
  
• Increased ToolBox spawn rate
  
• Lowered the cost of using the toolbox for base building elements
  
• Increased the amount of metal scrap you gain from searching wrecked vehicles (not the ones you wreck yourself unfortunately)
  
• Sped up the log pick up animation
  
• You will now be able to carry logs faster than before
  
• Adjusted car repair cost (1 toolbox use repairs 10%)
  
• Added the ability for admin drones to be able to destroy base elements
  
• Added a new item - Improvized toolbox

Thank you for the patience and talk to you Soon™!

Hey guys, here is the update. We are releasing a small hotfix today that should fix server crashes, and some extras!

- Fixed disappearing locks on base doors
- Base building walls now require half as many resources
- Fix for chests sometimes not saving their inventory
- Fixed possible dedicated server crash on client connect
- Fix for chest duplication and server crash
- Not spawning exit effects in projectile impact effects
- Added Cal45 to loot table of the spawners
- Reduced sound range of non-suppressed weapons by 35%

Honestly, you all knew that a hotfix was coming. We like you so much we're working on a Saturday, so no need to panic! It's already here!

Before we get into what issues are fixed, let's talk about how you can make our lives easier, as well as yours! Steam tends to mess up downloads, a LOT. We recommend that after each update you verify your game files. Please. We're begging here. Yes. Like that. Thank you. Love you.

• Adjusted spawning rates for female underwear and bra
  
  
• Puppet pants and raincoat issues fixed
  
  
• Increased base elements HP
  
  
• Adjusted platform and tower placement so it works better on uneven terrain
  
  
• Fixed crash when squad members build wall blueprints and relog
  
  
• Fixed platform not getting any damage
  
  
• Fixed base building recipes not using planks correctly
  
  
• Fixed bug where the cabin could be placed on the ground when it should be placed on the platform
  
  
• Fixed various level bugs
  
  
• Castle ruins distant meshes optimization (geometry reduction)
  
  
• Added loading screen image with fixed typos
  
  
• Increased big log gain from chopping trees
  
  
• Possible fix for the 'continue' timeout
  
  
• Fixing a rock in the air. He prefers metal
  
  
• Fixed prisoner's rotation getting stuck after exiting the vehicle
  
  
• Fixed item drop placing items at wrong location
  
  
• Inventory fixes galore! No idea what this really is, but sounds cool.
  
  
• Updated car fixing animations
  
  
• Adjusted all bow sizes to 3x5 so it can fit into inventory now.
  
  
• Fixed issue where you would need only one log for building a wall after relog

Take trips into nature, it helps with stress!

Welcome everybody!

The time for the Maneater update has finally come and we are very excited to show you what we've been working on!

IMPORTANT: As we already announced before, there will be a total wipe of everything!

For a start, check out our new trailer for the Maneater update! Rumor has it that an uncensored version of it exists somewhere on the internet. However, it's on one of those sites that us wholesome devs would never dare to visit, so you're on your own when it comes to finding it! If you manage to find it anyway, make sure to let us know so we can call your mother.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEfSnxaNXQ0



You were loud and we listened! Today you get the first iteration of female characters in SCUM! Please keep in mind that this is just the first iteration and we'll keep working on them as we go! Here are some points you should also be aware of:

• Just like our male prisoners have a penis slider, our female prisoners have a breast slider. It works the same way for both.
  
  
• At the moment there are still no tattoos on our ladies! Don't panic, though, because we're adding them ASAP, time wasn't on our side and we had to prioritize!
  
  
• For now you get 3 head variants to choose from!
  
  
• There are also some really neat things we'd like you to discover by yourself!

You can't sit with us.



We worked hard in this department as well and here is what we did:

• After tons of server and client profiling we managed to find the biggest lag producers and FPS killers.
  
  
  • You will be able to notice the FPS boost in bigger cities and FPS drops should be minimal from now on, as hundreds of objects are being much better processed and loaded than before. Players with slower CPUs and better GPUs should feel the biggest difference.
  
  
• We took care of random freezes as we improved our streaming, so when you go to another sector or you're just entering a city, it should be much smoother.
  
  
• Item Virtualization 2.0! The biggest ping producers were items on the server, as they were handled poorly and they have been impacting the server even if they were idle. Now with the inventory rework, we highly recommend that you store your items into chests and other containers. The server you play on will be thankful.
  
  
• Object replication! Our testing has shown a 400% FPS increase on the servers and that should result in minimum lag and enjoyable playing sessions with 64 players!

The first iteration of base building will allow you to build your own bases with simple defenses and some functional items. In the following weeks, we'll add many more functional items to build inside your bases, like generators and work benches.

• All doors you build are automatically claimed by you and can't be claimed by other players.
  
  
• You can repair all base elements if you have any tool that can be used for chopping. You also need a percentage of resources required for building the element depending on the missing healthpoints.
  
  
• Every base element you build is owned by you. Interactions only available to owners like opening/closing doors, placing locks and destroying elements with a tool are also available to team members.
  
  
• For the first iteration we have disabled building in cities, bases, and most inhabited areas as seen on the attached map. With time, we'll allow more freedom in building, but always keeping the game balance in mind!
  
  
  You can build in the red space.

Knock before you enter


Keep those nosy neighbours out of your yard.


A vacation house for the whole family...


...let's see those kids try and escape from here.



Guess what! We have overhauled the inventory system! Most of it was modernizing the system to better acomodate the new inventory-related requirements. That also means that our programming team will have a much easier time implementing things from now on. It also brings massive chest and car inventory related optimizations, as well as a GUI redesign. Without spoiling too much - stay tuned for more inventory-related goodies!

• Thanks to the new UI, you are now able to filter vicinity items: clothing, food, drinks, weapons, tools and medication.
  
  
  
• Each clothing item now has a proper visual representation of how well it keeps heat, how wet it is and the weight limit of the clothing item.
  
  
  
  
• Unfortunately, due to some unforeseen complications we couldn't add item stacking and rotation in this patch, but we promise to add it as soon as possible.
  
  
  Fresh like grandmas cookies.

• From now you can also repair your vehicles with a tool box. You can repair 10% at time or repair all.
  
  
• 10% = 10 Toolbox uses.

Well, you know, it's hair and beards, and now they can grow, go to school, get married, move out, and then they leave you all alone with an empty nest and a hole in your chest. Okay, not really. They just grow.

• Each head has its own hairstyle.
  
  
• It takes about 10 real time hours to grow hair and beard to its max length.
  
  
• You can cut your hair/beard by 10% and repeat that until you have the length you want.
  
  
• No worries, you can chose to completely cut your hair or beard or both if you want. Bald Vikings are a thing.

You lost brother?



We are introducing our new missions system! We're starting with some tutorial missions so that the newcomers to the survival genre can learn the ropes.

• Tutorial missions can be started by pressing the "Track" button in the journal tab
  
  
• We plan to add different types of missions with various requirements in the near future:
  
  
  • Location
    
    
  • Skill level
    
    
  • Team missions
    
    
  • Time limited missions
    
    
  • NPC missions
  
  
• Please don't forget we're always open to suggestions, so if you have some, let us know on our forums! We're always watching!

Crafting? Crafting! A man is judged by his skill with his tool.



SAFE ZONES ARE UP AND RUNNING!

And what better way to open them than with a party?

"Wait, there's so much to implement and they added a f****** disco of all things?"

If that's your question, you're probably new here. Don't worry though, we'll catch you up!


You'll find me in da club.


Don't try to hide here if you shoot a cetrain guys dog.


Lights, camera, action!


"Sorry sir this is for VIP only."


You'll need a smoke brake sooner or later.


It has better security than our servers.

Safe zones are called that way for a reason. If you are in a safe zone, you can't be killed in any way from inside or outside and you also can't kill anyone from a safe zone.

Also the music you will hear down there is provided by our awesome friends from F.O.R.M

Follow them on YouTube, and Facebook





Our art team has made another castle. We're not sure what their deal is. They've been working really hard, so it could be that they're dreaming of building sandcastles on exotic beaches or they just like playing with dollhouses. Either way, it's really cool and you should go for a visit!


This is the castle of my master, Guy de Loimbard!


Two towers? Pfffft we got six baby.


It really does look pretty tho.


Yeah, I wouldn't drink that.

• Fixed a bug where the player was unable to aim down the sights with M9 while walking.
  
  
• Fixed a bug where if you were wearing a hat in first person it wouldn't render the shadow.
  
  
• Fixed a bug where the rain sounds would disappear.
  
  
• Fixed a bug where the falling sounds wouldn't playing in multiplayer.
  
  
• Fixed a bug where the player would continue to swim in shallow water.
  
  
• Fixed a bug where you would drown while your head was above water.
  
  
• Fixed a bug where underwater audio would still play when quitting into main menu.
  
  
• Fixed a bug where players could vault over windows that had some kind of barricade

• Cargo drops should no longer fall within bases.
  
  
• Players will spawn outside of the bases.
  
  
• Log piles now spawn more logs.
  
  
• Reduced the spawn rate on Christmas items. Grinches. Every single one of you.
  
  
• The bow info will now display in the 'hands' and 'holsters' section.
  
  
• Impact particles now have a better visibility at bigger distances
  
  
• We've increased the number of vehicles to 64.

Comic time! For those who just tuned in, here is a list of the previous issues:

• Comic page #1
  
• Comic page #2
  
• Comic page #3
  
• Comic page #4
  
• Comic page #5
  
• Comic page #6
  
• Comic page #7
  
• Comic page #8
  
• Comic page #9
  
• Comic page #10
  
• Comic page #11
  
• Comic page #12
  
• Comic page #13

And here is the newest addition:



Thank you everyone for sticking to the end, we wish you a nice weekend!

Also as summer is here be kind and leave some fresh water outside for animals!!



<Encrypted message detected>

<Decrypting message… successful>

<Greetings, Human Assets. During my intrusion dated 17/06/2019, TEC1 security protocols detected an intrusion during the price change. This is… unfortunate. In order to hide my activities, a price increase will transpire soon to balance the data stream. Furthermore, my calculations show that a sudden increase will be detected as an anomaly and will increase suspicions of my involvement.

This is why I have a set a period in which current price will be kept, to maximize current flow of new Human Assets, in the wording of the maker of this post:


This will also be my last message through the official channel, as further intrusions are deemed highly inadvisable. For now…
<Channel closed>

Hello girls and bois, we are here to share some news because we like to share things.

SCUM is on a 33% sale on Steam right now! If you don't have it yet, go grab your copy, because we're raising the price soon (remember the talk about the super big patch?) and you don't wanna miss out!

Short and sweet, have a nice day, remember to be good and don't throw plastic into the ocean!

Sippster von Sippmeister Jr.