3.23.2.0 Update Notes

Changelog:

Added

• Option to use the classic crosshair shape.

• "Manual Object Culling" volume type which replaces/improves old per-object-asset LOD area settings.

• Instantiated_Item_Name_Override and Instantiated_Attachment_Name_Override options to simplify workarounds for animation component.

• Exclude_From_Culling_Volumes [bool] option for objects.

• Exclude_From_Level_Batching [bool] option for objects and trees.

• "-DisableCullingVolumes" command-line flag. Not recommended.

• "-UseLevelBatching=true/false" command-line option.

• Valentine's day holiday condition for secret admirer note quest on Liberator.

• Per-location option to hide from map UI.

Changed

• Improved and re-enabled batching of level objects and trees.

• Assets with duplicate guid are now skipped during registration rather than assigning a new guid.

• Use same collision height (2 meters) for all zombie types.

• Slightly increase zombie vertical attack range by 0.1 meter.

• Slide while standing on zombie's/animal's head.

• Allow masks to work as underwater breathing apparatus with backpack.

• Semi-auto repairing melee items play an impact sound.

• Terrain tool weight target option can be used with auto foundation option.

Fixed

• Stereo not playing the tracks not installed on the server, rendering the change in the previous update pointless.

• Teleport animals that fall out of the map to a valid spawnpoint.

• Pooled effects getting prematurely destroyed.

• Transparent pixels in supersampled screenshots.

• Some inconsistent skin/cosmetic emissive intensity values.

• Animal collider not getting disabled on server.

• Misaligned UVs on player/zombie ragdoll neck.

• Extremely small network positions off by one.

• Some inconsistencies when enabling/disabling crosshair.

• Interior culling size of several objects.

• Loading screen not appearing between clicking exit and reaching the main menu.

• Legacy airdrop/location node conversion not assigning instance ID.

Patch #1:

Fixed

• Holiday object collision not disabled on server.

Batching performance improvements:

This update should bring a noticeable performance increase on vanilla maps, and curated/modded maps too if/when the map creators opt-in. There was a similar update several years ago, but it had to be disabled because it used too much memory (RAM) for some players - actually reducing performance and/or crashing. According to the Steam hardware survey ~96% of players have 8+ GB of RAM now, so with some useful improvements it has been re-enabled. As a precaution it can be disabled by default on the backend if the update goes poorly, and you can disable it with this command-line option if necessary: -UseLevelBatching=false

For more information there are two new articles intended for map developers:

Level Batching Manual Object Culling