Update 0.32

Release date: December 11th, 2019

Trench & Bunker System

• All new modular base building system has been added to the game!
• New Item: Shovel
  • Use the shovel to dig under the landscape to produce trenches and bunkers
• New Modular Structure: Rifle Garrison (Tiers 1-3)
  • An entrenched bunker manned by stationed troops armed with Rifles
• New Modular Structure: AT Gun Garrison (Tiers 2-3)
  • An entrenched AT gun manned by stationed troops
• New Modular Structure: Engine Room (Tier 3)
  • A engineering facility that provides power to Bunker structures using pipe connections
• New Modular Structure: Storm Cannon (Tier 3)
  • An extreme range artillery capable of firing up to 750m away
  • Large aim deviation, but massive firepower
  • Requires Loading Chamber Facility
  • Requires multiple connected Engine Rooms to power
• New Modification:
  • Trench Bridge - Allows vehicles to cross over this Trench
  • Trench Barbed Wire - Slows down enemy infantry invading this Trench
  • Underground Pipes - Provides power connections from Engine Rooms to Upgrades
  • Bunker Doorway - Provides entry to this Bunker
  • Bunker Firing Port - Allows infantry weapons to be fired from the safety of this Bunker
• Bunker & Trench Mechanics
  • Bunker segments can be connected to form Bunkers of different shapes and sizes
  • Connected segments share one big health pool
  • Bunkers trade size for structural integrity that affects the overall durability of your creations
  • Upgrade your base through 3 tiers.
    • Tier 1 is produced with no cost of resources, but must be dug out with the shovel.
    • Any number of players can dig a single build site in parallel to get it done faster.
    • Tier 3 is very tough, but requires time for your concrete to 'settle'
  • Hold ALT to view pipes networks installed underneath Bunkers & Trench networks

Medic Expansion

• New Vehicle: Ambulance
  • Used for transporting Critically Wounded Soldiers from the frontline to the Hospital or Field Hospital.
  • Stacks all medical equipment and supplies
• New Structure: Hospital
  • When a player dies, there is a chance their body will convert to a Critically Wounded Soldier
  • Critically Wounded Soldiers can be placed into an Ambulance and delivered to a Hospital or Field Hospital in exchange for Soldier Supplies
  • Critically Wounded Soldiers delivered from the front can be recovered into Soldier Supplies
  • Provides 50 beds for recovering soldiers
• New Structure: Field Hospital
  • Same as the Hospital, except buildable by players anywhere in the world
  • Provides 6 beds for recovering soldiers
• New Item: Blood Plasma
  • New resource required to revive wounded players
  • Stackable in Ambulance only

Other New Content

• New Weapon: Light Machine Gun
  • Can be fired while standing
  • Less Accuracy and smaller clip vs other Machine-Guns
• New Weapon: Machine Gun
  • A refresh of the old Heavy Machine Gun
  • New visuals and SFX
• New Shippable Structure: Concrete Mixer
  • Used to refine raw Components into Concrete for construction of high-level defences.
  • Constructed at the Construction Yard
  • Delivered and deployed via flatbed truck and crane
• New Wall Construction Set
  • All walls and gates have been redesigned with new visuals and snapping capability
  • Sandbag walls now have curved variants

New Features

• New Large Item Class
  • Special items that must be carried over the player's shoulder
• First-Aid kits, Grenades, Satchel Charges, and other equipped items are now visible on the character, making the usage of these items identifiable on the battlefield
• The Home Regions have been redesigned with new visuals and layouts
  • More training areas for you to rehearse your operations, plan your fortresses, or practice your abilities.
  • Clearer tutorial signage and updated tool-tips for better new player experience
  • More areas to deploy to the war so you can avoid the crowds (but not the queue!)
• The Wounded Player countdown timer has been increased to 30 seconds
  • Wounded Players can now press E to 'give up' after 10 seconds
• Many weapons have redesigned SFX and VFX, including the SMG and MG
• Relic Base
  • Old Bunkers left behind from past wars that act as world bases outside of towns
  • Provides all normal Base facilities and built in AI defenses and cover mounts
• Suppression of AI defences now works
  • Shooting at AI defences suppresses them, which reduces their rate of fire
  • Structures have different thresholds for suppression

Gameplay Changes

• Squad window can now be minimized
  • Squads are now sorted by online/offline status and online player count
  • Count shown beside Squad now reflects online players only
  • Offline Squads are now grayed out
  • Offline Squad members can now be kicked
  • Offline Squad leaders can now be reassigned
• The production speed of all Resource Mines now scales with player population
• Hammer now has an alternate fire mode (Press 'F') that is required to upgrade structures
  • Upgrade Mode also displays statistics for targeted structures like Health, Faction, etc
  • Upgrade Mode shows the original builder of a structure
• Holding down the ALT key know reveals underground pipe networks
• Barbed Wire collision has been changed so that slow movement is more consistent
• Repairing any structure now takes Basic Materials (cost scales based on materials required to build structure)
• First-Aid Kits now require bandages to be used as ammunition to heal
  • Bandages can still be used without a First-Aid Kit
  • Bandages have been made lighter by 90%, and their crate size increased to 80
• Many maps have been altered to open up more viable building areas for Trenches/Bunkers
  • Significant changes in Sickle Hill (Farranac Coast) and Umbral Wildwood.

Game Balance

• Component and Sulfur fields now spawn every ~6 hours instead of ~8, resulting in a 33% increase in resources overall
• Sunken Pillboxes and Bunkers (Tier 4 walls) have been removed from the game
• Light Tanks health increased by 20%, and their Petrol consumption rate reduced by 15%
• Battle Tanks health increased by 10%.
• Gun Nests damage mitigation against small arms & explosives significantly reduced
• Gun Nest health increased slightly
• Shotguns range reduced by 50%
• Revolvers range reduced by 30%
• Satchel Charge damage has been increased by 25%
• Empty Trucks now travel 20% faster than Trucks that have a full inventory.
• View distance for small arms and grenade weapons have been increased (consistent with the Rifle)
  • Sniper Rifle is the exception
• Rifle range has been reduced by 10%
• Carbine range has been reduced by 7%
• Storm Rifle range single shot mode has been reduced by 7%
• Green Ash Howtizer Shells have been removed from the game for now
• Armoured Cars can only run over light and not heavy structures

Other Changes

• New lore has been added to the game. Happy Hunting!
• Improved interior lighting for some structures
• Rendering performance drastically when playing near a region border

Bug Fixes

• Textures under trees flicker under certain circumstances
• Aim line sometimes indicates a clear shot when in fact the shot is blocked
• Firing at certain walls when a player is on the other side produces blood visuals
• Client can crash on rare occasion after border travelling
• Shrapnel Mortar Shell inconsistently hit infantry near impact point
• Mortar Shell can be duplicated using the Emplacement House
• Resources can be lost at the Refinery if transferring to a full vehicle using right click

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