Community8 Feb 2026Experimental Patch 0.8 - Pandemic Released For TestingQuests save has been reset - It is recommended to delete your old saves that end with '_Quests' in %appdata%, local, surroundead, saved, savegames. Experimental Patch Notes - 17/02 · Adjustment to calculation of first person camera location · Fixed crossbow making maximum amount of noise, no AI in its vicinity will hear it when you shoot now · Bolt ammo changed to 5 Scrap Metal from 4 High Qual…
Hey everyone, just a quick update to say progress on 0.8 is progressing and it will be a massive update coming December 2025. From the bunkers, to an infection, new items, update and new clothing, a lot is coming and more still to be shown coming up to the release of 0.8! Also, it should be said I have been upgrading from UE5.3 to UE5.6. All saves will transfer and still work fine but you may s…
Hey everyone, this is just a quick post outlining some of the stuff coming for the next major update and I will look to post more information about this as it progresses further. What is coming? · Infection system - Zombies in different ways can now infect the player with an infection. Will you be able to find the cure, find the medicine to hold it off or succumb to the infection. It should als…
Hey everyone, just to give a quick update on what is coming next to Surroundead. I'm going to keep this short and to the point with the plans for upcoming stuff. Expect these in the upcoming week/s. · Remade bunkers - POI military bunkers are getting a face lift. They will have unique layouts and more coming in future updates. · Fishing - While the main system of fishing will stay the same, it…
Hey everyone , this is just a quick update and outlining of what is happening and what is next for Surroundead. What's happening currently and what's next? Tomorrow I will be away for 10 days . With that, do not expect any updates to come out and at most you may see me active on discord or reddit primarily. After this leave, the next major part to happen is the rework to bunkers . Giving them a…
Hey everyone, just to give a quick update after patch 0.7.0c about losing your respirators. This was unintended side effect of in engine changes of where the data for respirators is kept. Now, will this happen to other respirators you pick up, no. I am currently looking into it if I can restore those from before patch and apologies for any inconvenience caused by this. Zurvivor
Hey everyone, Just making this post to update people that there will be a patch Monday with some much needed fixes, quality of life changes and more. Additions to make character customisation easier, fixing it so items actually spawn in the tutorial and many more issues fixed and suggestions implemented. Thank you everyone for picking up the game and leaving feedback and please carry on to that…
Hey everyone, The first part of testing for 0.7.0 has been released. Next, is adding in the parts below and adding in the new infestation system to the world. For bug reports I'd be happy for people to DM myself on discord @Zurvivor, email, reddit, steam discussions or the discord. Expect issues with the patch and I hope to get these ironed out in the coming days as more is added. A brief list…
Hey everyone, This update outlines the next update and a refined roadmap. An Apology I said I was going to get this update by before Christmas. I'm not going to be able to for 2 reasons; one, I'm currently not happy with how it would of been released, with it being a full rework of the inventory (Which I heavily underestimated the work on) I don't want this having multiple issues and would rath…
Hey everyone, Steam Autumn Sale is here, Steam awards are here and an extremely good looking 2025 to come. As we come to the end of 2024, if you feel SurrounDead is worthy of being voted for, I'd be grateful if you do! Good luck surviving and look forward to the future! Zurvivor
Hey everyone, Just a quick update on what is happening at the moment. When is the next update? First of all, apologies for this update taking longer than I thought . However, the plan is to have this update before the end of the year (Most likely slightly earlier than that so I can enjoy the holidays however). Progress has been mainly focused on the inventory system and some other features that…
Hey everyone, This is just an update on what is happening with the inventory remake/rework. Stats & weapon malfunction chance So to begin with a controversial feature; weapon malfunctioning is coming to the game but what does this actually mean? · As you shoot your weapon, the chance of malfunctioning slowly increases · This can be remedied by using a weapon cleaning kit on the weapon · On hard…
Hey everyone, This is just an update on what is happening with the inventory remake/rework. Progress Progress has gone really well and the system is up to a base standard where it could be used in the game now, but missing features and improvements that need to be done first. Systems that still need to be completed are stuff to do with the difficulty system, attachments and many parts of its UI…
Hey everyone, So the plan at the moment is to rework the backend stuff of the inventory to the new system. Now once this is completed I will start to release experimental build updates that will start with hardly any items and go from there. Following on from these updates, I will also look at improvements once it is at a base standard to what we currently have. Now, I will also release frequen…
After the recent update an issue occured via loot containers becoming invisible. With this quick hotfix all you need to do to fix it is to; · Save your game · Load that save file up again · Loot containers will spawn in correctly Also tomorrow I will do another dev update going over the plan for the next update. Zurvivor
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