We’re releasing a quick hotfix today to our default branch. There are a lot of decent quality of life fixes to smoothing things out before the next big update. Check against the changelog below and report any issues directly to the team in game or via our official Discord.

• Fixes to items disappearing/becoming detached from vehicles (please report in game if this is still happening in 1.31.8)
  
• Fixed issue which caused items to be lost when entering placement mode.
  
• Improvements to gravity system to prevent items falling through shelves and a tables.
  
• Performance improvements at the military base and facility.
  
• Improved performance in the military base and underground facility
  
• Fix for items not falling instantly when dropping/stewing
  
• Vehicles now keep gravity while they have velocity to prevent them floating
  
• Increase brake torque when getting out of vehicle to stop vehicle from rolling too far
  
• Fix for getting water from swamps not working
  
• Fixed large font size in machine GUI quantity display
  
• Fixed campfire/grill exploit.
  
• Damaged reduced when stepping out of a moving vehicle.
  
• Fixed issue which trapped you in placement mode.
  
• Fix for being able to consume cooking pot when using hotkey.
  
• Upgraded unity engine

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Today we’ll be releasing the new 1.31 build to our default branch. This update address some issues, adds some really cool items and does some background priming for our upcoming builds that will feature some big game changing mechanics.




We’ve really wanted to add some new weapons for a bit now. We’ve really, really wanted to add a flamethrower. Andre has in 1.31 and it’s a whole mess of fun. It accepts propane (propane filling stations coming soon). It sets stuff on fire, it stops zombies dead in their tracks and you can totally use it to light fireworks, stoves, campfires etc.



You’ll now find a big ol' flatbed at the military base. This vehicle handles off-road well and has a large bed for storage.


Military Truck


Cargo Area

We’re always happy to see some great content come in from all kinds of folks, some on our discord, YouTube and our Steam workshop. With every update we’ll try to feature some community content for everyone to check out.


YouTube credit: Fossum


After Dark Scenario credit: IndieMaze


Screenshot credit: alway (Steam)


Screenshot credit: M1CH0 (Steam)


Weapons

• Added flamethrower!

Traps

• Propane tank now has 200 resources
  
• Propane fire trap uses resources 10x faster
  
• 10 resources are added/removed at once when adding/removing resources from the fire trap.

Melee

• Reworked melee to improve hit detection and overall 'feel' of the system.

Vehicles

• Added new military flatbed truck.
  
• Added 4x4 military jeep variants.
  
• Prison bus no longer flies away.
  
• Improved interaction with vehicle wheels.

Inventory

• Fixed duplication issue with containers

Zombies

• 30 zombies can now chase the player instead of 25.
  
• Tweaks to zombie behavior when there are more than 20 chasing the player.
  
• Hordes no longer come while at POI's

Crafting

• Removed airhorn from airhorn trip wire trap.

Environment

• Fixed several floating rocks in the environment
  
• Aligned chimney on house variant 4.
  
• Moved the generators in the military facility so they can power the doors with out the needs of meter/breaker panels.
  
• Fixed visible spawners in the drive in movie theaters.

SFX

• Improved commercial generator sound

Props

• Tools and weapon drops no longer cast shadows when on the pegboards.
  
• rear of the pegboard is no longer invisible.
  
• Textures for the 9mm ammo crate now shows correct ammo type.

UI

• Updated splash screen.

Admin

• Added god mode and invincible indicator lights.

If you're enjoying the game and our recent updates, please consider leaving a review. Thanks for your support! :)

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Today we’ll be releasing the new 1.31 build to our experimental branch. This update address some issues, adds some really cool items and does some background priming for our upcoming builds that will feature some big game changing mechanics.

This is just a quick update for anyone interested in helping the team test out the experimental build before it hits default later this week. If you’re interested follow the steps below to join the branch (you can always go back to default). Please check against changelog below and report any issues found directly to the team via the official Discord.

We will be doing a full length blog and vlog later in the week with the default release of build 1.31!

How to get into experimental branch:

1. Open Steam and go to your games library.
   
2. Right click on STN and select "Properties"
   
3. Navigate to the "Betas" tab and select "experimental" in the drop down menu.
   
4. Close the properties window.
   
5. You will find a single experimental server titled EXPERIMENTAL_SERVER. Join this for some testing.

We’ve really wanted to add some new weapons for a bit now. We’ve really, really wanted to add a flamethrower. Andre has in 1.31 and it’s a whole mess of fun. It accepts propane (propane filling stations coming soon). It sets stuff on fire, it stops zombies dead in their tracks and you can totally use it to light fireworks, stoves, campfires etc.



You’ll now find a big ol' flatbed at the military base. This vehicle handles off-road well and has a large bed for storage.


Military Truck


Cargo Area


Weapons

• Added flamethrower!

Traps

• Propane tank now has 200 resources
  
• Propane fire trap uses resources 10x faster
  
• 10 resources are added/removed at once when adding/removing resources from the fire trap.

Melee

• Reworked melee to improve hit detection and overall 'feel' of the system.

Vehicles

• Added new military flatbed truck.
  
• Added 4x4 military jeep variants.
  
• Prison bus no longer flies away.
  
• Improved interaction with vehicle wheels.

Inventory

• Fixed duplication issue with containers

Zombies

• 30 zombies can now chase the player instead of 25.
  
• Tweaks to zombie behavior when there are more than 20 chasing the player.
  
• Hordes no longer come while at POI's

Crafting

• Removed airhorn from airhorn trip wire trap.

Environment

• Fixed several floating rocks in the environment
  
• Aligned chimney on house variant 4.
  
• Moved the generators in the military facility so they can power the doors with out the needs of meter/breaker panels.
  
• Fixed visible spawners in the drive in movie theaters.

SFX

• Improved commercial generator sound

Props

• Tools and weapon drops no longer cast shadows when on the pegboards.
  
• rear of the pegboard is no longer invisible.
  
• Textures for the 9mm ammo crate now shows correct ammo type.

UI

• Updated splash screen.

Admin

• Added god mode and invincible indicator lights.

Discord: https://discord.gg/survivethenights

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Today we’ll be releasing the new 1.30 build on our default branch. Come check out some exciting new additions along with a few needed fixes! We have been busy, quite busy actually. I’m sure some of you have noticed the large land mass off the northeast corner of Black Island. When we released the last update we teased an army base and we’ve been cracking along developing our brand new POI.

Something we have wanted to add for some time is new models, it’s not easy with a team our size. Along with new models, the idea of zombie types has always intrigued the team. With the addition of our new military base POI, we’ll be introducing zombie types and area-specific zombies.

Players will find multiple military-based zombie types with varying difficulties. Along with ‘regular’ military zeds (stronger than civilian zeds) you will now also encounter more heavily armored, tank-style zombies. This expands on several possibilities when it comes to points of interest and player/team-created scenarios.

Along with military based zombies we’ve added police and inmate zombie variants. These can be found in the islands police stations and prison. They add a really nice vibe to both of these places and they’ve needed for some time.


Military Zombie


Gas Mask Zombie


Zombie Tanks


Gas Mask Tank


Armored Zombie


Police Zombie


Inmate zombies


BISD Zombies


BISD Swat

The addition of this landmass and military base isn’t a small one. The island itself is massive, and the upper level of the base is massive. There’s a huge warehouse, and a newly designed military building (previously the schoolhouse - the schoolhouse is being updated.) There are barracks and tarp-style tents, shooting ranges, solar arrays (alternative power in the works), an additional runway, and much more.


New map base in Northeast


Civilian Barracks


Shooting Range


Military Base Long Shot


Substation


Military Office


Office Interior

When we originally concepted STN and right through our original stress test the terrain was not a barrier for us. However, we quickly found (at the time at least) that AI and quite a few other logics didn’t play nicely below the terrain. We’ve wanted to get back below ground for some time and we’re happy to say with 1.30 we’ve done just that.

The military base is essentially two points of interest. There’s a massive above-ground base some of which you’ve seen above but there’s also a massive underground tunnel system. This system leads directly to our new POI’s reward a massive ammo cache.

Breaking below the terrain allows us to greatly expand on our map and opens up a new playing field. The power station rework is in the prep stage and you better believe that POI will have a large underground labyrinth to explore and we plan on incorporating it into an overall power mechanic (more on that when the time comes).

The terrain barrier no longer being an issue allows us to also explore other possibilities like massive tunnels linking POIs, sewers systems, structure basements, and anything else the community can think of, so feel free to share some ideas on Discord.


Zombie Lighting


Facility Map


Tunnel Infirmary


Tunnel Vault


Vault Long Shot


Interior Tunnels

In 1.30 we've implemented changes to how assets are loaded. These changes should produce RAM savings up to 40% with potentially faster load times and smoother gameplay. We've achieved this by moving away from outdated asset bundle loading. This means that internal builds take slightly longer. However the improvements results in the removal of double references to the same assets within the project. We're trying out these changes in 1.30 to gauge the pro's and con's of the new system. Let us know how performance has changed for you over on the Discord.

There are a few really big updates planned. The ability to get below the terrain opens up a world of possibilities for us. The plans for the future will most certainly include getting back underground. In the mean time we’ll be improving our new POI the military base. We’ll get this quick update out as soon as possible while we continue to develop the larger 1.32 update (more on that in the coming weeks).

Additions

• A military base is not really complete without a unique reward and while our new ammo crates provide a substantial amount of ammunitions' it’s just not enough. We plan on introducing a large military vehicle along with some fun new features and items ;)

Improvements

• Item gravity has needed some attention and we’ll get to fixing those pesky issues in this next quick version.
  
• Melee improvements

1.30.2

• Improved design in stair wells leading to the underground facility.
  
• Stopped weapon unequipping as you walk down into military facility.
  
• Improved loot spread at military base and facility.
  
• Improved spread of keycards around the military base.
  
• Less zombies in the facility entry building
  
• Fix for scenario that caused drowning damage while in the military tunnels.
  
• Added new emergency speaker sounds at military base.
  
• Fixed ai wandering through various military props.
  
• Zombies in military facility now wonder.
  
• Improved zombie wander navigation calculations.
  
• Fixed missing sounds at facility.
  
• Added emergency sound effects to the military headquarters armoury
  
• Balanced loot in the headquarters and military facility
  
• Added military base maps to the walls in the headquarters to help guide the player.

Zombies

• Added new zombie variants
  
  • Soldiers
    
  • Soldier tank
    
  • Police officers
    
  • Swat
    
  • Inmates
• Added functionality for zombies to have clothing items like helmets, gas masks and bullet proof vests.
  
• Zombies now drop location/type specific loot.
  
• Fixed headshot reactions

Player

• Fixed the /stuck command
  
• Added system for detecting when the player is stuck. So they can be informed of the /stuck command.

Assets

• Added over 80 new military and tunnel network assets.
  
• Added new zombie variant.
  
• Added zombie clothing items.

UI

• New map design
  
• New images in the loading sequence

Performance

• Reduced Ram usage by 2-3gb’s
  
• Fixed issue which caused steam to think files need to be reacquired.

Admin

• Added toggle options to the admin window for spawning zombies by type.
  
• Fixed server errors when killing command spawned AI.

If you're enjoying the game and our recent updates, please consider leaving a review. Thanks for your support! :)

Links
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Today we’ll be releasing the new 1.30 build on our Experimental branch. Come check out some exciting new additions along with a few needed fixes! There’s loads to talk about and we’ll save the majority of that for the upcoming default blog. Check the changelog below for a list of exactly what has gone into 1.30.

We have been busy, quite busy actually. I’m sure some of you have noticed the large land mass off the northeast corner of Black Island. When we released the last update we teased an army base and we’ve been cracking along developing our brand new POI.

How to get into experimental branch:

1. Open Steam and go to your games library.
   
2. Right click on STN and select "Properties"
   
3. Navigate to the "Betas" tab and select "experimental" in the drop down menu.
   
4. Close the properties window.
   
5. You will find a single experimental server titled EXPERIMENTAL_SERVER. Join this for some testing.

You’ll notice a massive new chunk of land to the northeast, along with an updated map. The military base is massive, containing both an above and below ground facility.

Players will find multiple military-based zombie types with varying difficulties. Along with ‘regular’ military zeds (stronger than civilian zeds) you will now also encounter more heavily armored, tank-style zombies. This expands on several possibilities when it comes to points of interest and player/team-created scenarios.


Gas mask zombie



Zombie tank


Zombies

• Added new zombie variants
  
  • Soldiers
    
  • Soldier tank
    
  • Police officers
    
  • Swat
    
  • Inmates
• Added functionality for zombies to have clothing items like helmets, gasmasks and bullet proof vests.
  
• Zombies now drop location/type specific loot.
  
• Fixed headshot reactions

Player

• Fixed the /stuck command
  
• Added system for detecting when the player is stuck. So they can be informed of the /stuck command.

Assets

• Added over 80 new military and tunnel network assets.
  
• Added new zombie variant.
  
• Added zombie clothing items.

UI

• New map design
  
• New images in the loading sequence

Performance

• Reduced Ram usage by 2-3gb’s
  
• Fixed issue which caused steam to think files need to be reacquired.

Admin

• Added toggle options to the admin window for spawning zombies by type.
  
• Fixed server errors when killing command spawned AI.

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• Zombies no longer die when they walk into a stationary vehicle.
  
• Fixed container storage duplication issue.

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We have a quick and exciting update to talk about. 1.29 features new zombie models, setting home improvements, hotkeys and quite a few fixes. A quick thanks for all the help and direct contact via Discord over the last couple of weeks. You have all been a massive help as Jay tackles some of our long standing issues and begins to put a polish on STN :)

1.29 features a couple of new zombie models. We now have a really nice variety of dead things walking around. This is just the beginning of the new model introduction and 1.30 will feature some really unique zombies and new zombie mechanics including tank zombies and area based zeds. For 1.29 we’ve introduced a new female zombie and a couple of new male models.


New Zed Lineup

• NEW improved zombie types.
  
• Zombies no longer attack vehicles that have no players nearby.
  
• Zombies are now cleaned up in a slightly larger range when the player spawns in.
  
• AI that is hit with a vehicle is now always harvestable.

A nice quality of life improvement in 1.29 are inventory hotkeys. Players can how hover over items and use (by default) q, w and e as hotkeys. With these hotkeys players can hover over an item, hit a the respective key and jump directly into placement mode along with being able to either consume/use and drop the item. This is another improvement to the UI system and the inventory itself, making gameplay a bit smoother. Keep an eye out for more UI changes in coming builds ;)


Hotkey Place (W)


Hotkey Drop (Q)


Hotkey Consume (E)

• Added hotkey functionality to the inventory for Dropping, moving, placing and using.

A much requested feature has been added, setting homes anywhere. This will allow players to set homes out in the wild, without the structure requirement. This also allows players to set homes inside stripped out RV’s making a nomadic lifestyle far more achievable.


Setting home in RV


Setting home in the wild

We’ve also attended to some issues like not being able to move or jump around crafted furniture and that annoying issue where the mouse cursor wouldn’t unlock after you died.

• Homes can now be set in/on vehicles.
  
• Homes can now be set outside of structures.
  
• Fix for cursor not always unlocking correctly when player dies
  
• Fix for not being able to jump near crafted furniture

We have nerfed some of the overall damage dealt by bullet penetration and more importantly the damage done by explosions. This has been a thorn in the side of many players and we thought we would get it sorted here. We plan on fleshing out some more PvP issues in coming builds.


Explosion Damage

• Reduced bullet penetration overall.
  
• Reduced explosion effects on fortification and free placed items overall.
  
• Damage fall off from explosions now correctly affects pickups.
  
• Added checks to reduce damage when there are building walls between explosion and items being damaged.

As mentioned above we plan on introducing some new zombie mechanics. Including tanks and location based zombies. This will include police zombies in the prison and police stations on the island. This will allow for some really unique gameplay experiences along with the ability for players to create unique scenarios.









We’ve had some great content come in from all kinds of folks, some on our discord, some on YouTube and our workshop. With every update we’ll try to feature some community content for everyone to check out.

Screenshot of the Week
This week's screenshots come from a few of Discord regulars: @Rouge Turtle's bad ass Cricket, @Randy's RV gate and @Snail Tax Informer's fantastic nomad base :)


Rogue Turtle's Cricket 1


Rogue Turtle's Cricket 2


Randy using the RV as a gate


Snail Tax Informer's nomad base 1


Snail Tax Informer's nomad base 2

You will all likely notice a new massive chunk of land off the north east corner of the map. This will be the future home of our new POI. Not too many details to share at the moment other than the fact it’s gonna be a friggin' military base with super awesome rewards and a massive tunnel system!!! I shouldn’t have said that but how many of you have actually read this far into the blog? ;)


What’s this?


Storage

• Fixed container item duplication glitch.
  
• Increased health of crafted furniture, storage and crafting benches

Vehicles

• Alarms no longer sound when punching your owned vehicle.

UI

• Health of crafted furniture now visible in the hover
  
• World save's "Last play/edit" time now updates correctly.
  
• Improved user report submitting

Environment

• Added peninsula to north east section of map.

Assets

• Added various military base assets.

Dedicated Servers

• Windows dedicated servers installed via steamcmd now working again correctly.
  
• Fixed servers warning/errors from the player.log

Admin

• Given vehicles now contain all engine/wheel parts.

If you're enjoying the game and our recent updates, please consider leaving a review. Thanks for your support! :)

Links
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Happy Saturday! Hope you’re all doing well. 1.28 introduced some major changes when it comes to vehicles, server performance and fortifications. It also introduced a handful of nasty issues. We’re hoping this patch squares a good deal of the server related issues away. A big thanks to everyone that has helped us out over the last week. Replicating issues is always a challenge for us being such a small team. We can’t find the issues without your help. Unknowingly or not, you are all our testers as it should be with a true indie team and a genuine early access game.

With your help we’ve identified some really nasty server issues. Most (not all) of which were introduced with the RV improvements. Mainly the ability to set a home in the RV, this has caused unforeseen issues with the database and in some circumstances was manifesting itself as nasty server lag. This issue was what was causing some of you to not be able to join server, quite possibly causing all kinds of terrible effects on running servers and introducing crazy amount of lag.

We’ve also taken the opportunity to have a look over other not so current server issues, squashing a load of old warnings and misleading errors in the logs. This will make it far easier to identify actual issues in the future.

If you are still having issues or have anything further to report, please feel free to reach out to Jayty or JB on our Discord anytime. We need logs and info to fix issues :)



Game development is an insane time consumer and we rarely get a chance to tidy anything up. During some downtime Andre has refreshed our store page. This is something we’ve pretty much not done since release. There are numerous features currently in the game that just weren’t even mentioned on the store page. The new page, along with the new logo should drive some more people into the community. We’ll stay on top of things as we move along while introducing new features, areas and in-game goodies.


New Store Page

• Added crafting recipes for work lamps.
  
• Added crafting recipes for bull bars and vehicle light bars
  
• Fixed issue that allowed the RV to be picked up when setting home.
  
• Fixed issue which caused beds to break (stopping further connections to server)
  
• Fixed lag issues on the server caused by zombies.
  
• Fixed issue which stopped players blowing up other players RV’s
  
• Fixed issue which stopped players destroying other players sleeping bags.
  
• Fixed issue which stopped home setting for longer periods than the intended 12 in-game hours.
  
• Reduced time between home sets from 12 to 6 in-game hours.
  
• Improved connection pipeline to make it more reliable and robust
  
• Fixed various misleading errors and warning in the log.
  
• Doors that do not have slam function now open/close when trying to slam.
  
• Removed Christmas movie and brought back Night of the Living Dead at the theaters.

Links
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We’ve had some feedback. You all have found some issues and we are fixing a few before the weekend. We’re also showcasing some cool community bits below so be sure to check them out.

As you have noticed since the addition of vehicle fortifications, vehicles have been, let's call it, ‘wonky’. Flying off to god knows where, sometimes with players in them. Dancing around like it’s the mid 80’s and someone has thrown a piece of cardboard on the ground in Times Square challenging their neon clad nemesis to a breakin' style dance-off. Sorry. Anyway, that should be somewhat better now

• Rv no longer gets cleaned up when you move bed to a structure.
  
• Vehicle fortifications now have ownership. Stopping other players removing forts.
  
• Players now get kicked to menu when steam stats retrieval fails
  
• Added option in general setting for resetting all progress (This sometimes fixes the steam issue)
  
• Improved vehicles flying off (not a complete fix)
  
• All new screenshots in the loading sequence.
  
• Fixed various errors on the client/server

** Known issues **

• Some players are experiencing issues with retrieving their steam stats. This seems to come down to a Steam query issue. This can cause in-game issues to manifest in all sorts of bad ways. We are attempting to fix this and are actively engaging with Steam for support.
  
  Players will now be kicked back to the menu if they are experiencing this issue. If this should happen to you please join our DISCORD and DM Jayty (lead dev) directly. He's building a ticket base and trying to get the issue sorted.
  
• Vehicle stability (some improvement in 1.28.2) this is a priority.

We’ve had some great content come in from all kinds of folk, some on our discord, some on YouTube and our workshop. With every update we’ll try to feature some community content for everyone to check out.

Video of the Week
This weeks video of the week brought to you by The Accidental Survivor Gaming as he checks out the 1.27 build.



Workshop Scenario
There are some fantastic scenarios on Steams workshop currently and we’ve had a good play over most. Today we’d like to feature Steam user WOLFMAN’S “Dead by Dawn” scenario. Wolfman was featured a couple of weeks back with a really neat 28 days later scenario!



Screenshot of the Week
This update's screenshot comes from https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3139902728 over on the steam community. Making good use of the new placement system on vehicles. Rooftops are always such a waste of space in most games ;)


Rooftop Storage

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We’re back at it here and we’ve got a nice little update to discuss. Firstly, happy new year! The team hopes you had a great holiday. We’ve been working on some general gameplay improvements and adding some new features. Below is just a writeup along with a devlog on what we’ve been up to over the last couple of weeks.



The RV has been a team favorite since the concept. We’ve always loved the idea of creating a “mobile home base." In 1.28 that vision becomes more of a reality. The RV is now fully functional. This includes the stove, sink, bed, rear ladder and a functioning/lockable side door.

These features have been a long time coming. Along with the working RV features, we are introducing a new RV variant. The player can now find a completely empty RV, allow you to place crates, new lockable storage and whatever else you’d like to store inside.

This has been probably one of the most requested features from the community. The ability to cook inside the RV allows for a true nomad experience. The player can also get dirty water from the sink, for the time being the supply is endless.



Cooking on the road!


Dirty water mobile

The RV door has always been kind of wonky, in 1.28 players can manually close and now lock the door. A well fortified RV locked up is a very secure and feasible survival vehicle.


RV locking door

In version 1.28 the bed can now be used to set home. This creates a genuine nomad experience and rounds the RV off nicely. You can live on the road and always respawn back at your fortified RV.


RV Home

Another feature added to the RV in 1.28 is a working ladder mechanic for the rear ladder. 1.27 introduced placement mechanics for the RV. This allows players to place loot/fortifications or random items on most surfaces in and on the RV.

This feature also encompasses the RV’s roof. Players can now easily access and use the roof for storage or some kind of insane rolling fortress…


RV Ladder


Rolling fortress


Rolling fortress 2


Rolling fortress interior


Rolling fortress exterior

Placement mode inside vehicles has opened up some new possibilities. We realized with this mechanics introduction in 1.27 that empty/cleaned out versions of both the RV and Police Bus were absolutely needed, allowing players to retrofit their vehicles as they see fit.


Empty prison bus


Stocked up prison bus


Empty RV


Stocked up RV


HOTFIX 1.28.1

• Sensor items now spawn in the world.
  
• Sensor work lamp now working correctly
  
• Now possible to remove home for RV
  
• Propane tanks now explode and clear up items correctly.
  
• Items attached/on vehicle now get destroyed when the vehicle explodes.
  
• It's now possible to interact with RV interior cabinets without unlocking the vehicle.

Lockable Storage

• Added new craftable metal storage containers.
  
• Added functionality for locking craftable containers

Performance

• Various server improvements to bring the RAM usage down significantly. 1.27 introduced a bug which caused the server to use 6gb. That should now be down to 2gb.

Pickups

• Reintroduced the work lamps (Switch and Sensor variants)
  
• Placement of items now allowed inside of AI rag dolls
  
• /kill now displays right amount of AI killed (no longer includes dead AI)
  
• Placement of items now allowed inside of AI rag dolls
  
• Vehicle repair kit now has icon in the inventory.

Vehicle accessories

• Vehicle bull bars vehicle attachment drop added.
  
• Vehicle light bar vehicle attachment drop added.
  
• Cooking stoves in RV now works.
  
• Water tap in RV now works.

Vehicles

• It’s now possible to set the RV as your home by interacting with the bed.
  
• Ladder on the RV now works.
  
• RV door now works and is lockable.
  
• Added emptied version of the RV and prison bus. Allowing for more placement area.
  
• Vehicle license plates now randomize.

Graphics

• Fix for pink shaders in fortification mode
  
• Improved pillow model
  
• improved wood drop visuals

Admin

• /kill now displays right amount of AI killed (no longer includes dead AI)

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