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February 11th Update

Dōshin — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 22:41:40 +0000

Changelog

Resources should maybe hopefully not kill you anymore while harvesting them
Wolves should actually scare other AI when they are chasing or attacking something
Last chunk of rock should be on the ground instead of hovering
You can’t place shelters ontop of people anymore and lock them in
You can’t build stuff on top of large spiked walls anymore
You can’t build barricades on top of barricades anymore
Fixed a minor issue with spawning wildlife and resource nodes which could cause some console spam on the server
AI figures out it can’t get to you much sooner and knows to retreat
Shelters decay is active for sure and they will disappear
Metal window bars are thinner and easier to shoot out of

CheatPunch

We made our own anti cheat called CheatPunch last week. We ran it over the weekend. 4,621 people have been detected and banned.

We don’t know how stable it’s going to be, so we’re testing it out on our official servers to make sure it all works before forcing it on everyone else. If you get kicked from the official servers with the message that you’ve been banned then you have been caught. You’re a naughty boy. You know what you have done. You won’t get unbanned. We know it was your 9 year old cousin. We know your computer got hijacked. We know that the CIA is getting you banned from all your games on Steam so you will join them in the hunt for aliens. We’re aiming to get a site set up for people that have been banned so they can go and see proof that they’ve been caught.

CheatPunch isn’t the answer to all of our prayers. It’s a stop gap solution. It’s going to get rid of a bunch of cheaters, but it’s not hard to get around (by design). We fully expect cheats to be touted as ‘CheatPunch proof’ quite soon. That’s cool. We’re never going to be finished fighting.

If server owners want to run it on their servers they can do by updating to the latest version and running with “-cheatpunch” on the command line.

Can you make the resource nodes damage you when you farm?

Dōshin — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 17:04:46 +0000

Devs cannot recreate and need help. If you can do this on demand, let them know.

https://trello.com/c/ZOUIkTlI/272-harvesting-resources-kills-player-when-model-changes

Trello Watch - A New Item is 'Finished' , 4 items in next version

Dōshin — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 19:24:26 +0000

Workbenches make you craft faster has been added to completed items list along with the other items.

Remove Zombies

Need another way to dispense goodies
remove zombies
generic spawn should take a list
wildlife should not be exploitable by walking backwards
fix generic spawner references being copied resulting in few placeholder wildlife dropping the zombie items

AI React to danger a bit

Passive AI run from Hostile AI
Passive AI run from gunshot sounds

Workbenches make you craft faster

YoYo-Pete says to position them around your place so you can walk around and get in your boxes while still in the crafting buff zone

Locked Backpacks

Backpacks remain locked for 5-10 minutes after a player dies
a lockpick item can be used to bypass this delay

Trello Watch - New Object Models, Steam Cards and Badges, and Moar!

Dōshin — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 20:10:36 +0000

Caution Spoilers Below!

This information is posted on the developers 'Trello' board. If you do not wish to know what is coming in future updates, then do not read the 'Trello Watch' as it will have spoilers.

New Object Models

They are addressing tile issues. Meaning they are trying to dynamically use a few models for some of the resource nodes (and building objects) to make things look less tiled.

New wood piles (picture link[trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com])
Multiple rock types
Each type with 3 stages of 'destruction'
Update to FPS hand models (picture link[trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com])
New Torch Model (picture link[trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com])

Steam Integration, Cards, and Badges

What really blew my mind are the Steam Cards, and they did this for a few reasons. First off, the cards are pretty epic. Second, they shed light on some items that the devs plan on introducing, and thirdly it re-enforces that the devs plan on making this not only a great game, but a great steam game (join friends from steam list, steam trading cards, badges).

Steam Trading Cards (anything without RUST logo is WIP)

Status Symbol (picture link[trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com])
Tastes Like Chicken (picture link[trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com])
I love my rock (picture link[trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com])
Junk Rifle (picture link[trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com])
Junk Launcher (picture link[trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com])

Badges

Fire (picture link[trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com]) (not sure what they are doing with this)

This information found at: https://trello.com/b/1iXNdiYw/rust-art

Need Photos for New Map - http://rustmapmarks.com/

Dōshin — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 21:21:17 +0000

Going to be making a map with http://rustmapmarks.com/

The cool thing with this is you can add screenshots for the location markers. So if you find something good. Snap a screenshot and post to your steam. Then paste the link in here with a location and some info.

I'll do the first one as an example. I'll keep adding things to the map and it will be an awesome map (till server wipe).

Rust 1/24/14 Patch Preview & Raid ReCap

Dōshin — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 18:40:14 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEQzlZ7oJ40 (Random youtuber, not mine)

Items in the patch coming... well today (Jan 24th)

Combo Locks - You can put them on doors for friends, you can unlock doors, owners dont have to use the lock. Shared bases here we come!!
Beds - Must be put on foundation. No spawn cooldown. Metal fragments and cloth to craft.
Sleeping Bags - New cool down is regional, so if you put 3 bags down in an area, the cool down will affect all of them. Beds are not affected by cooldown. Part of the things to balance offence and defense.
Ambient Music - Setting was there for it. Now we get to hear it. (Sounds pretty good. Trance Electronic style. I hope it's dynamic, but probably not.)
High Res Grass - I dont turn off grass, so hopefully this will look even better. Maybe we can track people through it more easily now (you flatten it as you walk through it)

First Raid

Some new folks joined (as most of us know) and tried to claim the deserted TaylorGang Decoy house our in our field. After an intense battle, we stomped them and drove them out. They were mad.

As the Ambassador, I chatted with the group and with a small act of good faith (some un-needed supplies gave them), they left to find a new place to live on our server instead of looking for a new server.

They seem like good players. I'm sure they will attack us in the future. Hopefully it will be when we are online. And either way, hopefully they wont take the opportunity to grief our builds.

Either way, our server is stepping up, so we need to step our game up. Look on the youtubes and find videos or check the community for some how to's on how to make your place Raid, Grief, or kill proof. Like this one.

I'm going to spend the weekend finishing my build (mostly the inside) to secure against C4 attacks, and build around to prevent the siege tower attacks (build stairs next to you).

Thanks to C's for finding the links I posted here.

Trello Watch - 2 New Items are 'Finished'

Dōshin — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 18:23:10 +0000

They have 'Finished' two new things

Patrol Helicopter
Camp Beds/Bunk Bed[24.media.tumblr.com]

They are 'Doing' the following

Locking Backpacks
Combo Locks for Doors
Better Building Textures
House Ownership (for item removal).

Gary also has something for 'Bodies should be lootable without killing them - just like chests, boxes etc." So you can take from sleepers without killing them.

Check Server Status and Vote!

Dōshin — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 17:03:07 +0000

http://toprustservers.com/server/search?q=detroit+war+zone

See if the server is online. Also vote as more votes equated to more players (in theory anyway).

Post Dev Days Security patch

Dōshin — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 16:07:31 +0000

An attempt was made to fix ghost/desync
Fall damage & suicide exploit fixed
Reduced lag when entering areas with lots of objects in them (big structures)
Rubber banding/network correction is a bit smarter
Laser/Flashlight on bolt action rifle/revolver are now fixed and point forward

http://playrust.com/post-dev-days-security-patch/

Airdrops changed to 20 players.

Dōshin — Sun, 19 Jan 2014 09:17:27 +0000

In game, a message popped up stating 'Airdrops changed to 15 20 players. Lets get some people on this server!'
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Edit: Admin updated server page and stated Air Drops are set to 20.
http://toprustservers.com/server/4717