Hello Survivors!

Test has been updated and wiped.

Server names updated to reflect new (experimental) rulesets.

For the EU:

• EU1 - Z1, PVP, No Base Raids, High Zombie Population ("PvPvE")[/*]
• EU2 - Z1, PVE, Scarce Items, High Zombie Population ("PVE Survival")[/*]
• EU3 - BWC, PVE, Zombie Population High ("PVE")[/*]
• EU4 - Z1, PVP, Scarce Items, High Zombie Population ("PVP Survival")[/*]
• EU5 - Z1, PVP, Low Zombie Population, No Build Restrictions around POIs ("PVP Sandbox")[/*]
• EU6 - Z1, PVP, No Group / Clan / Permissions Support ("PVP Solo")[/*]
• EU7 - Z1, PVP, Medium Zombie Population ("PVP")[/*]
• EU8 - BWC, PVP, High Zombie Population ("PVP")[/*]

And for US:

• US1 - Z1, PVP, No Base Raids, High Zombie Population ("PvPvE")[/*]
• US2 - Z1, PVE, Scarce Items, High Zombie Population ("PVE Survival")[/*]
• US3 - BWC, PVE, Zombie Population High ("PVE")[/*]
• US4 - Z1, PVP, Scarce Items, High Zombie Population ("PVP Survival")[/*]
• US5 - Z1, PVP, Low Zombie Population, No Build Restrictions around POIs ("PVP Sandbox")[/*]
• US6 - Z1, PVP, No Group / Clan / Permissions Support ("PVP Solo")[/*]
• US7 - Z1, PVP, Medium Zombie Population ("PVP")[/*]
• US8 - BWC, PVP, High Zombie Population ("PVP")[/*]

Note - The server browser currently cuts off these descriptions on JS Test

This update includes the following changes:

• Doors, Gates, and Shutters now count towards the architecture limit[/*]
• Lowered Architecture limit per foundation from 500 to 450[/*]
• Players can snap foundations to their clan's foundations, up to a limit of 4 foundations in one location[/*]
• Players can only build a single foundation per server[/*]
• Deleting your character no longer abandons your foundation[/*]
• Container Storage Capacity increased 4x[/*]
• Crop limits reduced to 25% of previous limit[/*]
• Crops now provide 4x the amount of items when harvested[/*]
• Base placement limits between foundations increased[/*]
• Shacks now ignore these limits and can be placed much closer to bases (allowing for easier shack placement than before)[/*]
• Weapon performance updates - projectile speeds lowered and damage tuned for all weapons[/*]
• All lootbags now have a 15 minute lifetime before despawning (previously vehicle and container lootbags lasted for a shorter time period)[/*]
• Combined specific meats into generic "Meat", reduced meat recipes down to a single steak, sandwich, and stew[/*]
• Combined berries into a single "Blackberry"[/*]
• Steak/Sandwich/Stew provide "Well Fed" buff which lowers stamina burn[/*]
• Removed recipes for Jerkys, Juices, Pies, Saline, Dull Shiv, Wood Club, Makeshift Satchel[/*]
• Dirty Water can now be purified directly, rather than having an intermediate "Water" recipe[/*]
• Gators can now be salvaged into Plastic[/*]
• Work Boots can now be salvaged into Leather[/*]
• Conveys can now be salvaged into Composite Fabric[/*]
• Zeds can now be salvaged into Cloth and Plastic[/*]
• Reduced Gator spawns[/*]
• Removed Syringe spawns from BWC[/*]
• Removed 4 types of Sleepers (Charcoal Sleeper remains)[/*]
• Removed 4 types of Military Backpack (Three Camouflage variants remain)[/*]
• Removed Saline spawns (This removes Saline from the game entirely)[/*]
• Removed All-In-One-Cold-Medicine spawns[/*]
• Removed Aspirin spawns[/*]
• Removed Lighter spawns[/*]
• Removed Water spawns (This removes "Water" from the game entirely - Dirty Water and Purified Water remain)[/*]
• Removed Wooden Arrow spawns (can still be crafted)[/*]
• Removed Molotov Cocktail spawns (can still be crafted)[/*]
• Removed Makeshift Blankets spawns (can still be crafted)[/*]
• Removed Makeshift Bow spawns (can still be crafted)[/*]
• Removed Makeshift Hatchet spawns (can still be crafted)[/*]
• Removed Framed Backpack spawns (can still be crafted)[/*]
• Removed Makeshift Satchel spawns (This removes "Makeshift Satchel" from the game entirely)[/*]
• Removed Canvas Bandana spawns (can still be crafted)[/*]
• Added Fire Trap spawns[/*]
• Added Flash Trap spawns[/*]
• Added Gas Trap spawns[/*]
• Added Shock Trap spawns[/*]
• Added Snare Trap spawns[/*]
• Completely new AI system, optimized for performance[/*]
• AI behaviors for all zombie and wildlife types have been rebuilt from the ground up for smarter and more efficient behavior[/*]
• Rebuilt zombie spawning system - spawns are now more location-centric rather than spawning directly off of active player heatmaps[/*]
• Reduced zombie and wildlife teleporting and other erratic behavior[/*]
• Loot zombies return - after time, a player's lootbag will become attached to a zombie - keep an eye out for well-equipped zombies![/*]
• Significant server-side performance updates - internal testing shows significant (~400%) improvements on an internal clone of the live server "Atrocity"[/*]
• Fixed an issue that was causing players to lose items on automatic server shutdown[/*]
• Skinned items now retain their skins during a server restart[/*]
• Fixed a vehicle exploit[/*]
• Players can now disable shadows via lowering their game default settings or editing their useroptions.ini file[/*]

When reporting an issue, please provide the following (you can copy/paste this as a handy template)

• Summary: (brief sentence)[/*]
• Reproduction Steps: (what did you do to arrive at the bug?)[/*]
• Expected Outcome: (what do you believe should happen when you do the above?)[/*]
• Actual Outcome: (what actually happened?)[/*]

Please use this thread to report bugs and issues found on JS Test!

Thanks to Lonewolfea for the header image!