May 25, 2018

Unturned - SDGNelson

Greece Update 3 of 3:

Spyjack, well known for his incredible use of NPC features in his "Tales of Terror" mod, has been hard at work since the initial launch of Greece on this huge NPC update!

Now available in-game these are some of the highest quality quests yet - from critical thinking puzzles (that still challenge him from time to time), to multi-stage construction, to some questlines with many alternative endings.

You can now make use of the rally racing tracks across Greece! Two Rally Car vehicle skins are now up on the Stockpile for purchase, the sales of which support the creators of Greece. The Greece Mystery Box has also been updated with a few new items.

View Rally Car Skins

Ireland:

By popular request Ireland has been extended to June 15th!

The Ireland team has been hard at work these past few weeks improving the map through smaller patches. For further details view the Ireland specific patch notes on the steam discussions:

View Previous Ireland Patch Notes

Ireland changes in the 3.24.0.0 update:

Tweaks:

Tweaked Dagger rarity to Epic from Rare.
Tweaked Dagger head shot multiplier to 1 from 1.2

Fixes:

Fixed naming issue with Ireland House #6 which caused it to be non existent for Linux users.
Fixed issue with trees looking quite broken for Mac and Linux users.
Fixed incorrect Nav data for several quests causing them to be impossible to complete.
Fixed bug causing underwater sounds to not play.
Fixed texture stretching and smoothing on many boulders.

Main Update Notes:

Additions:

Added tons of new content and features to Greece.
Added Rod of Asclepius, Warhammer and Corinthian Helmet to the Greece Mystery Box.
Added NRG and vT0 Rally Car skins to the Stockpile.
Added button to remove servers while on the favorites list screen.
Added thumbnail and server list description options in server config.
Added Gun_Damage_Multiplier and Melee_Damage_Multiplier options for vehicles and buildables.
Added Stun_Zombie_Always and Stun_Zombie_Never options for melee weapons.
Added ability for plugins to use 32x32 .png for chat message icons.
Added buildable damaged events for plugins to modify damage and whether it's allowed.
Added Bundle_Override_Path option for identical assets to share files.

Improvements:

Improved chat message display and added options for chat to Preferences.json.
Improved pause menu to open when alt-tabbing while in-game.
Improved performance of several post process effects.
Improved item despawn/respawn responsiveness. [May still need some tuning!]
Improved reliability of server favoriting features.

Tweaks:

Tweaked death music to only play in singleplayer.

Fixes:

Fixed pitch of certain sounds interfering with each other.
Fixed item context menu to respect UI scale setting.
Fixed item drag visual to respect UI scale setting.
Fixed attachments to respect UI scale setting.

Behind-The-Scenes Changes:

In response to requests to improve the stability of updates, and in part to learn more Continuous Integration (CI) best practices for Unturned II this is the first update to use a new build process using CI: my laptop is now set up to download changes as I make them and check the changes for issues, for example whether the game is still able to load all of the maps, or if any asset errors are reported, or if some files are missing. If any of these steps fail the update can't be released, and I'll get an email notification that something is amiss. I've also improved the update release process to be more automatic and less error-prone.

With the addition of server thumbnails and short rich text descriptions I've decided to hide the icons that used to clutter up the server browser, instead allowing hosts to specify what they consider important information. The thumbnail should be a 32x32 .png and makes network affiliation recognition quicker. You can also use rich text formatting e.g. <b>, <i>, <color> in the short description underneath the server name. The in-game chat now supports plugins using 32x32 .png icons as well.

Several post process effects, specifically those for sun shafts and hallucinations dated back to Unity 3 and were written in JavaScript. These have been ported to C#, and the hallucination effects have been revamped to look more appealing.

Up Next:

This update has been a long time in the making! It's been a while since I've worked on 4.0 now, so I'll probably be putting some more focus back into that - especially to get the roadmap up soon. I've still got some important planned updates for 3.24.1.0 that I'll be prioritizing as well, such as re-investigating upgrading to a newer version of Unity.

May 25, 2018

DCS World Newsletter - 25 May 2018

DCS World Steam Edition - NineLine

Persian Gulf Map for DCS World, Now Available! (Coming to Steam Soon)

We are excited to announce that the Persian Gulf Map for DCS World is now available for download. This is our first modern-day combat theater outside of the Caucasus map, and it will provide many interesting and engaging historical and hypothetic scenarios. To purchase this new map for DCS World, please visit DCS e-shop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8WJRBRp2EU

Please note that the Persian Gulf Map early access release is only for DCS World 2.5 Open Beta. Once the map becomes final, it will be available in the DCS World 2.5 Release version.

The Persian Gulf Map for DCS World focuses on the Strait of Hormuz, which is the strategic choke point between the oil-rich Persian Gulf and the rest of the world. Flanked by Iran to the North and western-supported UAE and Oman to the south, this has been one of the world’s most dangerous flash points for decades. It was the location of Operation Praying Mantis in 1988 in which the US Navy sank several Iranian naval vessels.

The region also includes the vast Arabian Sea that is well-suited for combat aircraft carrier operations, and it will be an amazing area of operations for the upcoming Hornet and Tomcat. Be it from land bases in Iran, UAE and Oman, or from the deck of an aircraft carrier, the Persian Gulf Map offers a wide array of combat mission scenarios to prove your mettle.

Key Features:

201,000 sq km highly detailed map area that centers on the Strait of Hormuz.
As part of DCS World 2.5, this map include highly detailed terrain, textures, seas, and buildings.
17 accurately created airbases in Iran, the UAE and Oman. Airbases include a variety of landing aids that can include TACAN, VASI lights, realistic approach lights, and VOR.
Detailed cities such as Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Bandar Abbas with unique buildings.
“Strong Hold” islands such as Abu Musa, Siri, and the Tunb islands.
Iran, the UAE and Oman will be added to the list of DCS World nations.
Unique trees, bushes, grass and other vegetation using speedtree technology.
Varied terrain from towering mountains and valleys to desert plains.
New map objects like super tankers, cargo ships, pleasure craft, and dhows.
New Iranian liveries for ground and air units.
Map expansion coming soon with Kerman and Shiraz airbases in Iran.

DCS World Gift System
A common request we've had from you, our customers, is a gift system to purchase DCS World products for others. It's here! The gift system allows you to purchase any product on the DCS World e-Shop and send them as gifts to other users registered on http://WWW.DCS-WORLD.COM.

When in the "My Shopping Cart" store page, you now have a "Buy as a gift" button. Upon selection, you can then enter a DCS World username or their e-mail address to gift them the purchase; you can also leave them a comment.

Your gift orders will also be listed in your DCS World Store page.

Note that when purchasing a DCS World product as a gift, no bonus points are earned, but you can use bonus points to purchase a gift.

DCS World and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
On May 25th 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect, a regulation that greatly influences how companies collect, process, and use personal data. Eagle Dynamics SA (EDSA) and The Fighter Collection (TFC) have updated their Privacy Policies to comply with new European Union data protection laws. Please read our Privacy Policy, which describes how we collect, use, and share your information to provide you a better game service. We've recently made important updates to our products and services to help you on your journey to GDPR readiness.

Nothing is changing about your current settings or how your information is processed. Rather, we’ve improved the way we describe our practices in gathering statistics data.

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May 25, 2018

What is the Task Tree? And how it will work.

while True: learn() - Пьер Нарцисс

Task Tree

Today we would like to tell you why we decided to make a Task Tree.

Many players wrote to us that they wish to see more tasks dedicated to machine learning and less - dedicated to simple logic schemes. Some people even spoke that there is not enough machine learning in the game at all. To be honest with you, we added a lot of simple tasks to the game so that people who are not familiar with the programming topic would not get stuck in the beginning and got to learn the basics. Hey, we are not making excuses, you were absolutely correct: we did not separate EDUCATIONAL tasks from SIDE tasks. Well, we are glad to fix this.

With the release of the Task Tree, everything in the game will get separated in 2 categories - main and side tasks. Main tasks will be located on the trunk of the Tree and they will be unlocking new sections of machine learning to you. Side quests will be put onto the branches of the Tree. They are needed to open rare items, earn money and simply train your skills in already opened nodes.

As a result, there will be 2 paths every player will be able to follow:

You can rapidly beat only the tutorial tasks to see all the tasks from the machine learning section :(
Complete the tutorial and side-quests in order to train your intelligence and earn money for all sorts of kitty costumes.

And this is still not the end. It is so great that people wish to see more information about machine learning in the game! We’ve already added tutorial tips to each of the nodes (you need to press “i” in the list of nodes, it is located over the node to the right).
Tutorials will tell you about how each node works in the game and how it works in real life (you will be able to see links to different articles on the internet or Youtube videos, which will tell you more details about the topic under the short description). We would also like to point out that we are planning to improve these tutorials, so they are far from their final state at the moment.

Links for our best friends ❤️
Get to know how you can help us develop the game:
blog.luden.io/our-plans-or-how-to-get-more-involved-561ebad5e376

We do not have any secrets from our players, here you can see our public roadmap (where you can vote and leave your comments)
trello.com/b/MNIKsP2V/while-true-learn-roadmap

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May 25, 2018

1.1.3 Released!

Sky Rogue - nihilocrat

This is mostly a bugfix release which also brings in a number of new translations.

NEW STUFF:
- New translations: русский, Español, Português

CHANGES:
- When choosing techs, you will now be told how many more you can choose next to the "RESEARCH" prompt
- Widened buttons on most menus to avoid overlap issues with other languages
- Reduced Thunder Beam ammo: 50 -> 30
- Adjusted cloud render distance to improve performance slightly on low-performance devices
- Dodging with no directional input will dodge right instead of not dodging at all
- Disabled audio on carrier engines in carrier menu

FIXES:
- Upgraded Unity and Rewired (input library) versions, so if you have had persistent crash or input issues they may have been resolved
- Fixed minor bug with UB-C accuracy
- Thunder Beam would sometimes not actually hit anything
- AGM-MIRV sub-missiles would be out of max range if you upgraded the AGM-MIRV and be mostly ineffective; the AGM-MIRV range upgrades were simply removed and replaced with some other upgrades to compensate
- Destroying a target with subsections (like a carrier) via the critical hit point instead of the subsections would run into an error