• The game is now Open World, which means you can now explore a very large procedurally generated world without encountering loading screens
  
  
• You can see a map of the world by pressing M when outside
  
  
• Cars still work the same as before, except that you can only travel between the three outposts with them, other locations must be visited on foot
  
  
• Lobby multiplayer works the same as before, except that all 8 of you are in a larger map
  
  
• MMO Mode Multiplayer is now based on instances of 32 players. However you can only see/talk to players who are actually nearby. In MMO mode the game will automatically change instances during loading screens if you haven't seen anyone else for a while, to try and match you up with players in your area
  
  
• Instead of the Killing Grounds, a large area of the map (marked in red) is now a PVP Zone. Note that you WILL lose exp and health when fighting here and will respawn back at the nearest outpost
  
  
• There is a new building type, the Mansion
  
  
• There are now 6 outpost attacks per day (every 4 hours), with each outpost getting attacked twice per day and each attack lasting for 20 minutes. The times in GMT are: 10am, 2pm, 6pm, 10pm, 2am and 6am
  
  
• A lot of the game has been reworked to support object pooling, which should reduce garbage collection (IE lag spikes/stutters) especially during high aggro or Outpost Attacks

Version (0.151) Notes
- Open World performance has been greatly improved
- Fixed a bug which prevented people from joining instances in MMO Mode
- A bug which caused zombies to constantly die/revive in multiplayer has been fixed
- A bug which caused too many zombies to spawn in multiplayer has been fixed
- A bug which caused certain loot spots to break has been fixed
- Two seperate black screen bugs have been fixed
- Worms no longer block movement when dead
- Worms no longer make sound when dead
- Fixed some translation bugs
- Fixed a display issue with puddles-
- Display brightness has been increased slightly

The Open World update is finally complete and will be launched tomorrow at approximately 9am GMT (world reset time).

I previously stated that only new characters would be allowed into the Open World for testing purposes. However, because I've been focusing on the Open World there are now actually more issues with the old game. For this reason I now feel that there will be far less problems if I simply move all characters over at the same time.

When the update happens (9am GMT), you'll be disconnected and the servers will be completely turned off. Shortly after that, the client update will be available on Steam. Note that you may need to log out and back into to Steam to get the patch right away. The servers should be up again within 10 minutes, at which point you'll need the latest update installed in order to play. When you log back in you should find all your characters are now in the Open World outside Dallbow Police Department. Note that any outstanding missions you had prior to the update will be unavailable, just like after a normal world reset.

I'd like to take this opportunity to warn you that the Open World update is a *massive* change. I've literally rewritten about 1/4 of the game's code to make this happen, and therefore there are bound to be all sorts of issues, ranging from bugs, to lag and balancing issues. Therefore I imagine that things may be a little chaotic in the first few days. All I can say is please be patient, and know that whatever happens I'll be working round the clock to get the game stable & balanced ASAP.

Thanks for reading, and I hope to see you all tomorrow morning :)

I'm sad to report that I will almost certainly fail my goal of having the Open World update finished by this Saturday. Although all the core systems have technically been completed, there are still over 20 known bugs on my todo list and I'm sure there are more I've yet to discover. Realistically I don't think I can fix them all in the next 3-4 days. I also feel like I need a couple of extra days to polish the look of some areas.

The new ETA is Sunday March 8th.

I'm sorry to disappoint you all, but I do think extra wait will be worth it :)

- Everyone gets +100% EXP, +100% Elite Find and +100% Ammo Loot Quantity from now until Monday morning!

Happy Valentines Day! :)

This is a follow up on my two previous posts about Dead Frontier 2's planned updates:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/744900/announcements/detail/1585754447302643497
https://steamcommunity.com/games/744900/announcements/detail/1615032915334438645

Open World
I'm happy to report that the Open World system for Dead Frontier 2 is nearing completion and should be ready by the end of this month. For those of you that haven't heard about it before, the Open World will replace the current towns, allowing you to seamlessly explore a large outdoor game world with no loading screens. There will be a lot more variety than we have now, with new area types such as fields, woods, graveyards and parks.



The system I've created is quite flexible, and should allow me to add even more area types over the next year. For those of you wondering, cars will still remain part of the game and will be used to fast travel between outposts.




Since this will be a big change to DF2 the final switch over will happen in stages to minimize the impact of any bugs on existing characters. To start with, only new characters will have the option of being created in the Open World, and old characters will still be playing in the normal areas. I will then spend a week or two responding to player feedback and fixing any bugs with the system. Once everything is working correctly, I will then move all the existing characters into the new world.





Level 30-50 Infected
While I've been busy with the Open World, our character artist Dobrin has been hard at work and has brought some of Milen's (our concept artist) twisted ideas into reality. Here are just a few of his gruesome creations:











Once the open world update is finished I plan to move on to implementing these new creatures, along with adding new weapons, armour, clothing & skills ready for the level 30-50 game. Rather than save all of these up for one large update, I will most likely do the work in smaller batches so that there is a new update every week or two.



Thanks for reading!

Everyone gets +40% Ammo Loot Quantiy this weekend.

Enjoy! :)

Everyone gets +50% EXP Gained this weekend!

P.S I'm sorry Open World is taking a little longer than I planned. However I am 99.99999% sure it will be ready before the end of February :)

Everyone gets +200% Reloading Speed this weekend. Enjoy!

This weekend everyone gets +40% Ammo Loot Quantity :)

Everyone gets +35% Move Speed this weekend!

Enjoy :)