Survivors,

We have a whole bunch of fixes for you this week. A big thanks to everyone who’s been reporting!

We have a stream at 18:00 CET today! So if you want to hear what we’re cooking, join us at: https://www.twitch.tv/starbreeze

Size: 470.5 MB

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue that could cause players that jumped during relocation to take fall damage for the distance traveled
• Fixed an issue that could cause players to get stuck in the air if they performed a vault action during relocation

Visuals

• Fixed a floating bear trap in 'Hell or High Water'
• Fixed a visual issue where a crawler spawn on 'No Sanctuary' appeared like a regular brick wall
• Fixed an ammo box clipping through a bureau in 'No Sanctuary'
• Fixed an issue with object visibility inside an apartment on 'No Sanctuary'
• Fixed some asset popping inside the Church in 'No Sanctuary'
• Fixed some visual errors (z-fighting) in 'No Sanctuary'
• Fixed an issue in the Power Electronics store in 'No Sanctuary' where you could see through the floor
• Fixed an issue where enemies were able to see players through tarp in the beginning of 'No Sanctuary'
• Added a smoother fadeout to the critically hurt visual effect
• Fixed an issue that could affect players when being grappled from the left, causing the camera not to turn to the walker, giving the impression of "invisible walkers"
• Fixed a floating resource item in the firing range of 'Join or Die'

Audio

• Adjusted audio across 'No Sanctuary' - volumes and VO reverb
• Fixed an issue where client players wouldn't hear any mission related VO
• Fixed an issue where the sound of a gate opening or closing would loop indefinitely

Crashes & Freezes

• Fixed an issue where a client could get stuck in 0% loading before a mission
• Fixed an issue where the game would freeze if Steam was shut down while the game was running
• Fixed an issue where the game would crash when players tried to close the game

Levels

• Fixed a pathing issue in 'The First Shot' - in the upstairs tent where walkers could get stuck
• Fixed a pathing issue in 'Hell or High Water' where walkers could get stuck near the park in front of the laundromat
• Fixed objective marker not updating properly on 'No Sanctuary' when opening the deserter's cage
• Fixed an issue on 'Open Season' that would spawn big groups of walkers in some areas, while leaving others completely empty. The spawn should now be more spread out
• Fixed an issue in 'No Sanctuary' where drop-in clients could access the previous parts of the map through a door near the parking lot escape
• Fixed an issue in 'No Sanctuary' that could cause players to get teleported when interacting with the gate in the first military camp
• Fixed an issue on 'No Sanctuary' where walkers in the street would despawn if the players walked into the cafeteria
• Fixed a returning issue where the key on 'Join or Die' could get stuck outside of the playable area
• Fixed an issue where a player could get stuck if climbing a wall in 'Join or Die'
• Fixed an issue in 'Open Season' that could cause walkers to despawn unintentionally
• Fixed an exploit on 'Join or Die' where players could skip ahead inside the military camp by jumping over a wall
• Reduced the amount of loot spawning on 'No Sanctuary' for the OVERKILL difficulty
• Moved a possible chest spawn out of a locked room on 'Join or Die'
• Fixed an issue that would cause walkers to despawn near an escalator in 'Open Season'

Network

• Added improvements to matchmaking to ensure that prioritization wouldn't prevent the player from joining a session
• Improved networking flow to increase stability during loading

Other

• Fixed an issue where players who had signed up to Skybound Insiders were unable to claim their rewards as the 'User was already registered'

See you guys in the stream!
/OVERKILL_Saul