Author: Mike6FO

We have turned off animal AI for now. Server FPS is already starting to get low and we don’t want to see any excess lagging for players.

We are looking into a new event manager that will handle the larger events like Armored Train, Gas Station, Convoy, etc. These events, Convoy especially, consume a lot of resources when running. When they are all running together, it can really eat up system resources. The new event manager will hopefully let us spread them out more evenly to avoid them all running at once. This is still a several days away though.

We have also slowed the spawn speed of Raidable Bases some. Now, when you purchase a raid base, it may take a bit longer to complete the spawn in.

This month, we have a new combined Outpost/Bandit Camp at the center of the map. /outpost and /bandit will both take you there. The combined Outpost/Bandit also incorporates Ranch outside the main walls.

We are also introducing new limits on auto turrets due to continued abuse. Some don’t realize how much client side lag large clusters of turrets can cause for other players. New limits will be 12 per building, 20 globally per player. We will re-evaluate this limit as needed.

The /up and /down commands have been slowed down to prevent larger bases from affecting server performance when running the commands. We also suggest using the /bgrade command to auto upgrade building blocks when placing them.

We will continue to evaluate these new settings and adjust as needed to balance speed and performance.

The Train Yard Bradley is back.

Head bags no longer stack in your inventory. This should prevent different heads from overwriting each other when collected.

• Item Retriever has been updated to support the new built in backpacks. This means items stored in that backpack (if equipped) will auto pull as needed (like with the backpacks plugin). However, it is force enabled with the built in backpacks and can’t be toggled off like the backpack plugin currently. Maybe there will be an option to toggle it later on.
• Shop has been updated to correct an issue with cooldowns (mainly the personal heli and server kit).

Welcome to February 2024! Sorry for the late post, but here are some of the current changes:

• Car Radios now work with the attack helicopter.
• Shop has been upgraded to allow favoriting of items. Items you star will now be listed in the Favorites category for easy access.
• Metal Detectors! These are craftable items and are also available in the shop.
• Raidable Bases has been updated. One notable change, players who purchase a raid base can not purchase another raid until their last raid base has despawned. This is separate from the purchase cooldown.
• Players are now limited to 1 legacy wood shelter “s*** shack” at a time.
• Some other new items:
  • Shovel – Currently only available in the shop.
  • Small and Large backpacks. Small backpacks are craftable, large backpacks are available in the shop. NOTE: Unlike the backpacks plugin we have, these backpacks will drop when you die. So better to keep using the backpack plugin we already have if you want to ensure your items stay with you.
  • Dragon Rocket Launcher and Chinese New Year Spear – Added for Chinese new year. Both items are in the shop.

We are running some performance metrics for the next few days or so to try and locate some issues we’ve seen. However, running these metrics also means a possible hit to performance while they run in the background. While this should be minimal, please let us know via Discord if you see any extreme lag/rubber banding so that we can address it. The plan is to let these run until the Wednesday 5pm reboot.

/outpost and /bandit will no longer teleport you if you are considered hostile. It will also inform you of this upon trying to teleport. This change will be applied at the upcoming 5am reboot Sunday morning.

Just two days into wipe, we already see abuse of the industrial conveyors again. We are trying not to ban folks over this as we understand that most don’t understand how this affects performance for everyone else. So now when we find folks abusing, a first offence will have their conveyors reduced to vanilla speed and excess connections will be removed. This includes the contents of any crates that are removed. Continued abuse past that will result in a ban. Please be sure you read the rules.

The following changes will be applied at the 5:00am reboot on Saturday (next reboot):

• Lab workers in the underground area of Factory will no longer have grenades. The guards above ground will continue to have them.
• Village NPCs will now have pump shotguns with handmade shells rather than LRs.