Author: Mike6FO

• 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.

Forgot to post this yesterday. The NPCs at Village and Factory have been adjusted to have a lower damage multiplier and higher aim cone (they deal less damage and have worse aim) so as not to down players as quickly. They are now more in line with the other NPCs.

Welcome to January! Some new items this month:

• Backpack storage increased to 144 (3 pages)
• 2 new monuments. Village and Factory
• Slower conveyors. – Sadly, due to continued abuse, we have had to slow the conveyors down some.
• Raidable Bases will now show a red dome around them when locked to a player/team.

Don’t forget to look at the last change log also to see what else has recently changed.

As we get ready to ring in the new year, we are releasing several new changes to the server:

• Playtime rewards are back! Earn RP just for playing the server.
• Personal recyclers are now available. Players are given up to 2 recyclers per wipe. Players can craft a recycler by using “/recycler.craft”. You can pickup a recycler by hitting it with a hammer. Check your balance remaining with “/recycler.balance”.
• Foundation limits have been increased to 300 per player.
• TC Limits have been increased:
  • Single Players: 8
  • Teams of 2: 16
  • Teams of 3 or more: 24
  • New leaderboard system (Player Rank). Use /pr to access leaderboard.

These new limits are subject to change based on performance.

Merry Christmas Rust Players!

Our new shop and welcome screen are now active.

The welcome screen replaces the /info screen with a new design. Players should start seeing it when they join the server now.

The reward shop has also been replaced with a new design. Players can now easily purchase multiple quantities of an item by placing the item in the shopping bag then using the + and – buttons to increase/decrease the amount or simply type the amount into the field.

We hope to have several new items released in the next day or so as well. Stay tuned!

In order to maintain a stable server, we have added another daily reboot at 5:00pm US Eastern daily. This means the server will reboot at 5:00am and 5:00pm daily.