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Hey, everyone! There's only one week left to pick up the SDGNelson Plushie from Makeship. We've almost reached the order funding threshold - thank you to everyone who has supported the campaign so far!
The plush is only available for a limited time, so make sure to get yours before the campaign ends:

Edit 2024-07-23: Thanks to your support we've now reached the funding threshold, thank you!

Edit 2024-07-29: The campaign for the SDGNelson Plushie on Makeship has ended. Since the campaign goal was met, these are estimated to start shipping out on October 22, 2024! Once they ship, its estimated to take 7-15 days to arrive. Some regions may take 10-30 days. Thank you for your support!

View SDGNelson Plush on Makeship

With your own genetic* clone of Unturned's developer (Nelson), you'll have unprecedented access to request features, report bugs, and ask your burning questions about the lore**.

*It's yet unconfirmed whether the original Nelson is composed of polypropylene cotton and ultra-soft fleece. This is almost certainly a marketing gimmick.

**Plushie is incapable of responding or acting on these inquiries. But hey, don't let that stop you from asking away!



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Today, we celebrate ten years of Unturned on Steam!

If you'd like to read a long-winded rambling blog post from the overly nostalgic developer, you may enjoy:
Reflecting on 10 Years of Unturned



The main menu is decorated with a harkening back to the 2.0 era. And, for the first time, we're releasing a craftable mystery box, or, more accurately, mystery... tophat?

Reach in and draw a random item from the hat! Its design pays homage to the company's early hat-themed logos (I named SDG when I was around 12-13 and unfortunately don't recall quite what I was thinking). The hat contains a variety of classic items from Unturned 2.2.5. It's similar to the original Anniversary Gift Bag, but freely craftable rather than a playtime drop in our continued opposition against bot farms.

For the next two weeks, as part of the anniversary event, you can craft it from Menu > Survivors > Inventory > Crafting:



Credit and special thanks to Toothy Deerryte! We hired her to port the assets from her 2.0 data mining, and I think she brought a special nostalgic perspective as a player from that time.



We're also excited to unveil a new collaboration with Makeship to make the SDGNelson/SDG-logo-character into a limited-edition collectible plush toy!


With your own genetic* clone of Unturned's developer (Nelson), you'll have unprecedented access to request features, report bugs, and ask your burning questions about the lore**.

*It's yet unconfirmed whether the original Nelson is composed of polypropylene cotton and ultra-soft fleece. This is almost certainly a marketing gimmick.

**Plushie is incapable of responding or acting on these inquiries. But hey, don't let that stop you from asking away!

View SDGNelson Plush on Makeship

Edit 2024-07-29: The campaign for the SDGNelson Plushie on Makeship has ended. Since the campaign goal was met, these are estimated to start shipping out on October 22, 2024! Once they ship, its estimated to take 7-15 days to arrive. Some regions may take 10-30 days. Thank you for your support!

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In case you missed it, earlier this week we released a major gameplay update, too! Various vehicle improvements, an audio menu, kicking for grass-colored skin, and more:

Read A Carr Update Announcement Post

Ahoy there me hearty!
What, why is this update vaguely pirate-themed? Because it's fun to say "car" with an extra 'r', that's why!

I left my offroader parked in the Pirate Cove for 5 minutes and some scallywag vandalized it with magenta paint. As a navy man, that is, a man who likes the color navy (not to be confused with a pirate's enemy, the navy), it was a clear choice how to restore ol' reliable:


Oh right, the update! Well, vehicles with 4+ wheels - like cars and trucks - should behave a fair bit more reasonably now! With new suspension and a somewhat more realistic engine system they handle much better, though this is hard to show with a picture so here's me kicking up sand on the beach:


It's hopefully worth giving them a try in-game! Note, however, that two-wheeler vehicles like bikes and snowmobiles are still rather questionable (to say the least) and haven't been addressed by this update yet.


Can you spot a green-skinned player in this screenshot? If you can, you may need to get your eyes checked because I took the screenshot in singleplayer mode.

That said, it can be challenging to spot players online whose skin color perfectly matches the terrain. In an experment to protect against this, we're requiring players' skin color not to be too similar to the terrain before they join a PEI, Washington, or Russia server.

o7 to our O.G. double-R Unturned pirate, yarrrr! (He's not dead or anything, I just felt he deserved acknowledgement considering the piracy here.)



Added

• Vehicle spraypaint items. [IDs 1840-1866]
  
• Audio Menu with new Game Volume slider separate from Master Volume and Voice Volume.
  
• Options for adjusting volume and limiting framerate while alt-tabbing.
  
• Preliminary engine RPM and automatic gearbox systems for vanilla cars.
  
• Tire kickup particle effects on vanilla physics materials.
  
• New wheel models that properly match suspension, steering angle, and speed for vanilla cars.
  
• Support for item names in vanilla /give command and vehicle names in /vehicle command.
  
• Kick for skin color too similar to terrain color. Enabled on PEI, Washington, and Russia.
  
• Enable_Terrain_Color_Kick server config and TerrainColors level asset property.
  
• Per-item-type options for Has_Durability tuning.
  
• Spread_Midair and Recoil_Midair gun properties.
  
• Invulnerable [true/false] property for attachments. Enables Invulnerable property on the gun.
  
• Shared_Skin_Apply_Visuals item property.
  
• Per-deadzone damage and radiation control.
  
• FilterDegradationRateMultiplier mask item property. Multiplier for per-deadzone radiation intensity.
  
• Redirector asset type for replacing one asset with another.
  
• VehicleRedirector asset type specifically for consolidating vehicle color variants.
  
• OnExploded event for VehicleEventHook.
  
• -LogVehicleWheelConfigurations command-line flag to assist in converting to new wheel system.
  

Changed

• Changing directions while driving is more responsive by automatically braking until velocity changes direction.
  
• Third-person camera rotates independently of vehicle.
  
• Converted barricade and structure rotations to use quaternions rather than euler angles.
  
• Perform host bookmark GET request without protocol specified if address contains forward slash.
  
• Consolidated all vanilla vehicle LOD groups so wheels don't disappear so soon.
  
• Merged vanilla vehicle color variants into paintable base vehicles.
  
• Respawn affected vehicles when reloading assets.
  
• Physics material names are replicated using a string table now that tires use them.
  
• Vehicles should no longer require a legacy ID for anything.
  
• Similarly, spawn table legacy IDs should be mostly optional except for references by legacy systems.
  
• Updated example assets and project packages.
  

Fixed

• Laser/light/rangefinder attachments now only affect damage and firerate when enabled. [Thanks danaby2!]
  
• Aprix bandit shirt and pants overriding elf ears color. [Thanks Armstrong!]
  
• NPC support EquipablePrefab override. [Thanks NSTM!]
  
• Boss_Spirit zombie type missing bullet resistance. [Thanks Molt!]
  
• Focus camera mode drifting away from focal point if spinning. [Thanks diddlyono!]
  
• Hide attachments without name in otherwise unsupported slot from item description. [Thanks Happy12222!]
  
• A few small visual bugs on Russia. [Thanks Happy12222 and Williriano!]
  
• Maybe fix some visual issues with mythical effects. [Thanks ai-kana!]
  
• Escalation Bionic Spine and Spirit Signs adjustments. [Thanks dug!]
  
• Adjusted a few vehicle names including renaming Russian APC to Vodyanov.
  
• Duplicating NPC reward volume not preserving asset reference.
  

Special thanks to Big-Raider, Der Ente, Diddlyono, elsultaan, Flodo, Molt, Renaxon, Senior-S, WWTC, and YOUALLWA2 for their help resolving a variety of issues while this update was on the preview branch!



Added

• Vehicle paint color preview when buying a vehicle from an NPC vendor.
  
• NPC vendor asset property to override vehicle's paint color.
  
• More helper functions for plugin devs updating for vehicle paint changes.
  

Fixed

• Has_Durability backwards compatibility not working when overridden by level config. [Thanks NSTM!]
  
• Out of date info in reload, give, and vehicle help text. [Thanks Molt!]
  
• Exception with LDM /v command handling vehicle redirector asset. [Thanks ItsRodrigoAl!]
  
• Missing non-repairable wheels on vehicles with new wheels added like APC. [Thanks Pete!]
  
• Wheel model tread direction. [Thanks LocoCZ!]
  

If you're interested in the thought process behind this update, you might find this blog post interesting. It explains why and in what order some vehicle changes were worked on:

A Carr Update - Notes from the Preview Branch

For the modders out there looking for details on how to implement these improvements in your own content, here are some links to the relevant documentation:

Vehicle Wheel Configurations Vehicle Engine RPM and Gears Vehicle Paint Vehicle Engine Audio Vehicle Redirector Asset Vehicle Paint Tool Tire Motion Effects Redirector Asset Terrain Color Rules

BattlEye needed this client update released as soon as possible, so it's the only change in this tiny patch.

Added

• Add_Default_Actions item property. Defaults to true when no actions are specified.
  
• Buildable_Placement_Rule vehicle property. Replaces vehicle Supports_Mobile_Buildables property.
  

Fixed

• Russia keycard door progress for players who follow a friend into the room. [Thanks SkeJ!]
  
• Replacing vehicle battery using the wrong guid. [Thanks NSTM!]
  
• Headlamp not overriding Priority_Over_Cosmetic. [Thanks Zombs-R-Cute!]
  
• Duplicate automatic repair/salvage blueprint actions. [Thanks TeemoCell!]
  
• Default new terrain tiles to Fallback_Green material. [Thanks Jdance!]
  
• Map credits list cut off in some cases without enough height. [Thanks WWTC!]
  
• Push forward rendering decal out from surface 2 mm.
  
• Exception when logging out inside ambiance volume.
  
• Potential cause of out-of-sync NPC date/time counter.
  

Edit: Released a .2 patch to fix an exception related to effect cleanup. My apologies for any inconvenience! I'm still not actually sure *why* this exception arose after the .1 patch rather than the 3.24.3.0 update, so if you ran into it in .1 and know why I'd love to hear about it.