Update 35: NPC Flamethowers, Mortars, Humvees, Howitzers, M45's, and Shermans!

This update is hot!
New Flamethrower Units and Melting mechanics! New Humvee and Sherman tank! Open bolt reloading is now available on Open bolt rifles! Plus almost all of the Single player reloadable weapons have been added to Multiplayer! (And that doesn’t even get into the mountain of props we’ve added, and yes we added a small mountain)
On top of that, this update includes the most significant NPC improvements since commands: the ability to mount vehicles and the addition of new NPC vehicles and types!

Single Player

• Melting Mechanics 🥵

  • Soldiers that are hit with the flamethrower will melt into a gooey pile of plastic!

• Added Open bolt reloadables

  • These open bolt weapons have been reworked to incorporate true open bolt operation.  

  • Thompson, Beehive, Chauchat, Mac10 machine pistol, Sten, Grease Gun, MP40, MAT 49, Makeshift SMG, Typewriter, MP18, PPSH Reeler and Graystav

• New & Improved NPC’s

  • New Flamethrower Soldiers. 🔥

    • Burn! Burn! Burn! These new flame thrower soldiers are hot!

  • New Mortar NPC's

  • New Vehicles

    • Sherman Tank (Player driven and AI)

      • The classic US WW2 Tank comes to PBG!

    • Humvee NPCs:

      • Humvees can run over enemy soldiers.

      • NPC’s man the Humvee Turret.

  • M45 AA NPC’s

    • The AA gun now has a Soldier manning the turret

  • Howitzer NPCs:

    • The NPC Howitzer is now controlled by an NPC soldier.

  • NPC optimizations for better player performance  📈

    • NPC rag dolls are dynamically disabled when low FPS is detected

    • NPC bodies are dynamically  removed when low FPS is detected

  • Bazooka NPC improvements

    • Bazooka soldiers have had their animations overhauled along with a reload animation

    • AI rockets no longer hits friendlies or explode prematurely due to improved detection system

  • NPC’s can be commanded to seek out empty mountables like AA guns and Howitzers and mount them via the Mount command in the Command Menu

New props

• Osprey Prop

• Twin Gun Spartak AA Tank Prop

• Sherman Tank Prop

• Jeep Prop

• Cinder block (Normal size)

• Cinder block (Half sized)

• Large flat plastic tiles (In three sizes)

  • Rather than use lids for all of your walls, waterways, etc, We made large flat surfaces for you to build with.

    • Plastic "Tile" 1x1 (Square)

    • Plastic "Tile" 1x2 (Rectangular)

    • Plastic "Tile" Small (Also square but 1/3rd the size)

• Winter Shrub (Tree with no leaves)

• 4 new Terrain props to build your worlds.

  • Each team color is a different Biome.

MISC

• New grappling hook gun Mesh.

• The elevator has a new look.

• M45 AA gun, Humvee’s and Truck prop got some mild graphical improvements.

• New Paperclip prop can be used on ziplines.

• Spawnable trees and shrubs have been optimized. 

Multiplayer

• MP reloadable weapons!

  • Almost all of the reloadable weapons from single player have been added to multiplayer!

• Big Mode presets have been significantly reworked for improved feel and balance.

• “Return to Lobby” and “Return to main menu” Button added to wrist menu.

• Sherman Tank Added to Multiplayer (playable and NPC)

• Multiplayer Map loads all props for the guests across the whole map.

  • Previously only the client could see all of the props, guests could only see props up to a certain point.  

Bug Fixes and Adjustments

• Single Player bug fixes and adjustments 🐛

  • Fixed Mag’s from pushing back the player (Player flying glitch)

    • PPSH, Sten, Tan Hozer, and Jackhammer.

  • Minor balance tweaks to the C96A, Makeshift SMG, and MP18.

  • Fixed player drone tipping over 

  • Fixed Tan and Blue Toy Soldier Box props displaying the wrong team colors.

  • Fixed the player taking damage while invincible in Single Player.

  • M16 [M203] No longer blows up in your face when you launch a grenade.

• Multiplayer bug fixes 🐞

  • Fixed players would sometimes load into levels without bodies. Hosts could not leave

  • Fixed players being incorrectly kicked when the wrist menu changed states

  • fixed layout issues with the in-game Bug Report form.

  • Fixed cross compatibility for Quest and Steam VR.

    • It looked darker on the guests headset if they were not on the same platform as the host.