0.1.7.000 Graphics Overhaul, New Vehicles, Better Combat, more FPS, QOL

PolyZ 0.1.7.000 Update:

New Vehicles, Combat Overhaul, Performance Boosts & More! This update brings a lot of new content to PolyZ, including a modular vehicle system, improved combat mechanics, better performance, and many bug fixes. A revamped flashlight system, new items, and more server locations are also included. Read on for all the details!

Patch Notes:

New Features:

• Modular Vehicle system with multiple vehicle parts
• Driveable Ambulance Vehicle Added
• New Table Saw build part for base building
• Graphics overhaul, now using DX11 renderer
• Added Official Brazil #1 server
• Added German and Spanish and Portuguese(Brazil) language support
• Car Battery, Car Wheel, and Car Spark Plug items added

Combat & Gameplay:

• Zombie Health adjusted for easier kills
• Zombie heads now have a chance to explode when hit with a firearm or melee weapon
• Added higher quality zombie animations
• Gunplay overhaul and additional improvements
• Increased recoil for Assault Rifle and Shotgun
• Player movement now has more air control
• Flashlight animations reworked and flashlight can now be aimed
• Improved AI ranged combat aiming (headshots and other body parts targeted)
• Zombie now hit at all times and cannot be caught inside a react animation loop

Performance & Bug Fixes:

• Massive performance improvements across the board
• Fixed FPS drop when turning on a campfire or furnace
• Fixed fatal crash when first spawning in the city
• Fixed an issue with GPU rendering everything as a white bright light
• Fixed a fatal crash on DX11 graphics cards
• Fixed server player limit bug (previously capped at 16 players)
• Fixed issue where stone ore nodes wouldn’t despawn
• Fixed stone resource from not disappearing after being depleted
• Fixed sync issues with character hair and skin meshes not syncing properly in multiplayer
• Fixed issues with multiplayer sync for player hair and faction selection
• Fixed issues with aiming firearms not behaving as intended
• Fixed issues with interactable ore nodes not disappearing in certain cases
• Fixed duplication glitch with picking up items
• Fixed issue where a 0 UI would show when an item spawns in singleplayer
• Fixed invisible models at the shopping mall
• Fixed helicopter crash issues in shopping mall

Quality of Life Improvements:

• Inventory and interactions are now faster and more intuitive
• Inventory items are more visible to players in lower screen resolutions
• Font size increase in Inventory for better readability
• Inventory icons now have a pop-up animation when hovered over
• Changes to item visibility in item proximity scanning
• Added colour and toggle options for interaction item highlight for more gameplay customization
• Adjusted the brightness of highlighted items to prevent blinding
• Reduced crafting times and costs for Furnace, Wardrobe, Storage Box, Mortar, and Key Card Lock
• Reworked player vaulting for smoother gameplay
• Player inventory redesign and improved durability progress bar

Base Building & Crafting:

• Base building is now easier with the addition of the Table Saw to cut logs into planks instantly
• Changed Storage Box from metal to a wooden version
• Reduced crafting costs for key items such as Furnace, Wardrobe, Storage Box, Mortar, and Key Card Lock
• Reduced crafting time for key items like Furnace, Wardrobe, Storage Box, Mortar, and Key Card Lock
• Reduced Crafting Cost for Cloth and Rope

Fixes & Improvements:

• Fixed storm/rain volume and lowered the chance of storms/rain in weather patterns
• Fixed issues with inventory item showing damage stats on non-weapon items
• Fixed issues with aiming firearms acting not as intended
• Added ragdoll physics to AI dead bodies (Singleplayer complete, Multiplayer in progress)
• Improved AI ranged combat aim patterns (targeting different body parts)
• Improved item highlight and interaction visibility in low resolutions
• Fixed a crash when loading into specific scenarios