What changed in Unturned in 2020

Exception when alt-tabbing while re-joining singleplayer fixed.

Async image downloads dirtying pooled images fixed.

Support for switching between the older (IMGUI) and newer (uGUI) HUD implementations has been added.

Crawling prone underwater into a slanted surface entering swimming stance fixed.

Noto Sans Thai font for Thai players added.

Kick messages for the different lost position in queue reasons added.

Delay when rapidly selecting items in inventory fixed.

Cooldown on standing up adjusted to 0.5 seconds and server-side handling improved.

Button on server info screen to view workshop item details added.

Added command-line option (-Glazier=IMGUI) to use IMGUI rather than uGUI.

Async item icon capture dirtying pooled images fixed.

Negative color option for UIs which used red added.

Exception when chat message was received while loading fixed.

Unable to reload assets after exiting level editor fixed.

Moved first-person light source (e.g. headlamp) to camera position.

Improved scaling of in-game map menu at higher resolutions.

Scroll wheel handling while mouse is over inventory grid fixed.

Throughout the winter holidays each level is sporting seasonal decorations, including snow on PEI and gifts under Christmas trees.

danaby2 released an update to Elver with decorations, new quests, items, and more!

A major rewrite of the UI systems has been implemented, improving the look and feel of menus and HUD.

Interaction hint now uses preferred color except for items and vehicles.

Inventory headers now scale to match scroll view width.

New text chat option added to preferences, defaults to true.

Crafting buttons have been reverted to their original design.

Performance boost in the compass, hotbar, and map overlay.

Resolved issue where players were unable to cook using campfires and ovens on vehicles.

Server now only advertises differences in config values compared to default, improving client-server data matching.

Config screen now categorizes variables to clarify those with the same name.

All game APIs returning organizational transforms for plugins have been deprecated, with placeholders created to prevent exceptions.

Vehicles, items, zombies, etc. were reworked to exist at the root level, enabling multithreaded Unity optimizations and granting a +10-20% performance increase.

Huge thanks to Miku from Pandahut for extensive help testing!

Useful if creator is using dependencies as advertisements.

Added Recoil settings for Sprint, Crouch, and Prone.

Added Spread settings for Sprint, Crouch, and Prone.

Menu was loading in the wrong order rarely.

Decorations added to official maps and Elver.

Event active until November 1st with new quests, items, and monsters each Thursday.

Unable to deselect item by clicking character.

Potential exception when enabling/disabling skins in-game.

NPCs are now wearing Halloween costumes.

New setting added to level asset for minimum stealth radius.

Missing text for server config without display names.

Character list on menu not properly populating.

Potential exception when player dies partway through shooting.

Several new skins accepted from the curated workshop.

Added Horizontal and Vertical Attack Range settings for animals.

Hosting dedicated servers using client files is deprecated; use the standalone dedicated server app.

Spyjack is updating Tales of Terror with new quests, items, and monsters each Thursday leading up to Halloween.

Potential issues reading corrupted Groups.dat file.

All bundles on the Stockpile are discounted for the Steam Halloween Sale.

Fixed attachment of pooled audio sources.

Added LODGroupAdditionalData component which can be used to disable LOD bias per-LODGroup.

Steam Networking Sockets are now the default transport layer, offering superior performance and stability.

Fixed decimal scope zoom values defaulting to zero.

Fixed per-gun shell casing effects for sentry guns.

Fixed building items on terrain inside hole.

Fixed placing rotated item from ground into equipment slot.

Fixed prevent entering build mode while in first person view.

Fixed completing multi-item condition in singleplayer.

Fixed taillights not turning back on after exiting water.

All colliders on destroyed structures are moved to the debris layer.

Fixed holiday restricted objects with conditions.

Fixed vehicle exit not accounting for teleport vertical offset.

Updated from Unity 2018 LTS to 2019 LTS on the Steam beta branch, with new performance optimizations.

Fixed components using IMGUI to disable layout pass.

Fixed destroyed vehicles not appearing burnt after re-joining server.

Added tools for removing kill counters and ragdoll modifiers.

Now uses a nearby location instead of the highest point.

Mythical toggle now disables ragdoll effects for stealth.

Logs when server connection to Steam fails, such as when logon token is expired.

Added a flag to allow Steam Networking Sockets connection without authentication.

Fixed updating amount when switching vendors with different currency types.

Fixed owner command in startup commands list.

Rocket no longer consumes a bot player slot.

Combined per-player audio source pool into a global pool to save performance.

Client waits for authentication availability before connecting to SteamNetworkingSockets.

Server hosts can try out the new Steam Networking V2 by including specific command-line arguments.

The network transport layer has been rewritten to support alternatives like New Steam Networking V2 and generic sockets for offline LANs.

A huge number of changes to the game-level netcode to support the transport refactor.

Maintained backwards compatibility with plugins, but some may need fixing if they modify network buffers.

Fixed when map is not installed.

Head can pass through walls in some vehicles.

This may be helpful for players with a broken number key.

Raw beef had cooked material, and cooked beef had raw material.

Useful if the filters are too specific when results are empty.

Allows them to be overridden separately from metal boulders.

Fixed on server.

Rewritten to support alternatives like New Steam Networking V2 and generic sockets for offline LANs.

Rather than a simple radius overlap.

Uses closest point rather than center.

No longer target walkie talkie users.

By flying/copy/paste/delete/etc.

Collision layer matrix included.

Quest object interactions are no longer predicted on client.

Minimum time between sentry gun shots fired was corrected to prevent certain guns from firing one shot per frame.

Magazine reload speed modifier was incorrectly applying to detach rather than attach.

Zombie kills condition can now set 'Radius' rather than specific navmesh.

Free Elver-themed items are no longer dropping and are now only available by trade or through the marketplace.

Server verifies hashes of all loaded master bundles during connection to prevent clients from connecting with out-of-date or modified bundles.

Embedded YouTube videos are now removed from in-game text for announcements.

FallDamageOverride, TimerEventHook, and ActivationEventHook for mods added.

Skin sharing between items with the same model using 'Shared_Skin_Lookup_ID'. Elver variants of melee weapons use this to share skins with the base game items.

Fixed issue with pressing UI hotkeys on the same frame (e.g. crafting and attachments menu).

Harvested bushes were invisible until respawning when returning to an area.

Replaced vehicle exit capsule overlap by finding the vehicle center by largest volume to prevent upside-down vehicles from falling back to spawn points.

Server tests dialogue tree to ensure player has access to vendor, preventing access through other NPCs.

Fixed losing track of original mesh when repeatedly changing car paintjob.

One transparent propeller is updated to sort properly with water to prevent air vehicles from crashing incorrectly.

New Steam Friends enhanced rich presence shows who is playing together, in-game, in-editor, etc.

Catch exceptions while loading asset files to prevent players from getting stuck loading.

Prevent using voffset tags on signs to avoid abuse for drawing text in the sky.

Econ hash is validated with server to prevent local exploitation of player visibility.

Elver auto-install period extended indefinitely, making it a permanent map.

Trees no longer respawn while a player or barricade is on the stump.

Fixed impact grenades not exploding upon hitting vehicles.

Fixed slightly floating fence in Stratford on PEI.

Fixed battery charging while fuel is empty.

Default TMP fonts fallback to Noto Sans CJK by Google.

Plugin UI formatting and event compatibility with TMP input fields and TMPUGUI texts.

Fixed yet another issue with crafting ingredients marked critical.

Moved an out of bounds boulder on Washington.

Elver event and exclusive theme items drops are active until July 31st.

Temporarily disabled clientside workshop restriction validation until we have a better way to identify hosts.

Fixed using rest gesture from invalid stances.

Fixed showing nickname on map with spectator overlay.

Fixed disconnect button timer showing while dead.

Fixed door overlap test bounds. They were twice as big as they should have been.

Fixed LOD fallbacks for skins with override meshes.

Lucky Coins, Sky Lantern, Blossoming, Decked Out, Crystal Shards, Soul Shattered, and Enchanted mythical effects are available in the crafting pool.

Fixed APC steering tire visuals.

Elver Mystery Box and Elver Item Bundle are now available on the Stockpile.

Servers using old versions of Rocket will now be required to update to a newer version.

Attached barricades ignore vehicle colliders regardless of name.

Potentially save time during startup by only checking official guns, melee and beans for skins.

Fixed potential issue with lobbies.

Fixed placing barricade attachment being one frame late.

Exiting vehicles tests whether seat capsule is overlapping world to prevent wedging.

Added EffectSpawner component for Unity event hooks to invoke.

Fixed fire and acid weapons dealing damage on PvE servers.

Fixed layout of large images in the menu news feed.

Featured workshop item is slotted below unseen announcements in the news feed.

Added Quest_Boss_Respawn_Interval (seconds) option to help prevent abusing quests for loot.

Expanded navmesh at the mine on the Russia map so zombies can reach the soul crystal.

Fixed re-acquiring 'The One That Got Away' quest after abandoning it.

Fixed entering vehicles through player collision volumes.

Per-level server config overrides only apply if the server is using the default value.

Fixed not resetting atmospheric fog when returning to main menu.

Fixed punching when transitioning between swimming and jumping.

Fixed a misplaced parking line in St. Petersburg.

IOBS spawns the interactable effect for Effect, Effect_On and Effect_Off transforms if present.

Fixed zombie fire breath sound attenuation.

Fixed failed parsing of graphics command-line values throwing an exception.

Fixed ammo and repair blueprints not respecting critical supplies.

Fixed missing Bistro #1 and House #11 window slots.

Fixed atmospheric fog influence on sun rays and aurora borealis.

Links to box items are not shown in regions where they cannot be opened.

Several settings have been added to Config.json for limiting the size of vehicle bases.

Upgraded vanilla flag, placard and sign items to use Unity's newer 'TextMesh Pro'.

Fixed movement and vehicle mispredictions related to the underground whitelists.

Fixed barricades placed on doors not attaching to vehicles.

Added collection tags to Steam items.

Item placement preview materials are two-sided, and no longer red/green.

Workshop submission menu tries to check for write permissions.

Fixed refreshing hotbar icons when item state changes.

Watch the trailer for danaby2 and Renaxon's upcoming curated map 'Elver' releasing next Friday!

Fixed brightness of stars.

Fixed item hotkeyed to 0 showing as 10.

Added Rubble_Reward_Probability for destructible objects.

Fixed changing weapon slots while driving interfering with physics.

Fixed disabling interaction highlight when salvaging a barricade attached to a vehicle.

Tools like carjacks and lockpicks can be used by admins in safezones for cleanup.

Line break markup is formatted in item descriptions.

Fixed Use_Airdrops config only applying to survival mode.

Fixed cancelling turret usage when vehicle dies.

Fixed nailgun maximum starting ammo.

Fixed treating relay server IPs as remote player IPs.

Bloom threshold raised to only affect pixels with >1 emission, preventing interference with bright surfaces.

Fixed missiles disappearing on client when shot while moving backwards.

Added flags for plugins to disable life meters and status icons.

Non-Headshot Armor Multiplier added to zombie config for difficulty or headshot-only modes.

Fixed several potential null reference exceptions when exiting vehicle or swapping seats.

Potential fix for vehicle death issue by kicking player out before plugin callbacks.

Zombies stuck during horde beacon are teleported to a valid spawn point.

Fixed infinitely removing tires using a socket wrench in the safezone.

Fixed multiple visual issues including LOD1 material for Devil's Bane and scope render texture color banding.

Post-processing effects have been upgraded for performance, quality, and fixes, benefiting first-person viewmodel skins.

Players cannot build on vehicles with occupied seats.

Added various new settings and components for modding including song assets and zombie difficulty settings.

Oil pumpjacks and fuel tanks can hold more gasoline.

Added support for Steam game server login tokens.

Added Bypass_Buildable_Mobility to gameplay config allowing sentry guns and beds on vehicles.

Passengers cannot repair their vehicle unless per-vehicle Can_Repair_While_Seated is enabled.

Added underground whitelist volumes that teleport out-of-bounds players back above the terrain.

Added basic support for custom weather events that can trigger effects.

Rumors suggest that Volatile mutations are forming in the darkness.

Players of Dying Light on Steam will receive a skin of the Korek Machete 2.0.

Strategically placed blue garbage bags have been added to absorb fall damage.

The Global Relief Effort (GRE) is airdropping humanitarian aid in Unturned.

Included care package, blast door and flag in example assets package.

Vehicles and players loaded above the sky limit are clamped back below.

Inactive UI components are eligible for buttons and text formatting for server plugin UIs.

Corrected orientation of Dango mythical effects and dragon tails.

Chat_Always_Use_Rich_Text added to server config allowing servers with plugins to force vanilla messages to use rich text formatting.

onThrowableSpawned event in UseableThrowable for custom throwable items.

Cardinal directions in compass were off by 5 degrees.

Changing gun attachments and firemodes are rate-limited.

Prevented exiting vehicle downward through ground in some cases.

Throwable items default to continuous collision detection to prevent fast-moving projectiles from passing through terrain.

Allow walking out of an object if initially overlapping.

Consumeable items support warming other players.

Unboxing is disabled in Belgium and the Netherlands similar to Valve games.

Graphics menu has more thorough explanations and performance warnings.

Several barricade functions ensure they are only called from the game thread.

BattlEye messages and kicks are logged.

Fixed road material on LOD1 of the Germany dam.

Example package contains project settings and a few more objects. Including the 'ProjectSettings.asset' ensures color space is Linear.

Item type in bundle descriptions matches type label.

Tooltips support rich text and have better contrast.

If server rejects an admin edit the changes are rolled back on the client.

Fixed file sharing of a few systems when running multiple servers on the same map.

RocketMod is included with the dedicated server install.

Newly created devkit maps default to foliage storage v2.

Fixed admin and level editor box-selection with UI scale.

Objects can specify Causes_Fall_Damage False to prevent fall damage.

Fixed stitching heightmap corners when using the smooth tool.

Fixed performance of the skybox reflection option.

Custom airdrop models can be overridden per-level.

Zombie spawn chances internally use weights similar to item spawns.

Maps can link to update notes for future curated map updates.

A new map featuring unexplored underwater relics and lava flows is now available.

Fullscreen option has been split into Exclusive and Borderless modes.

Rocket is included in the Extras folder with several post-archival bug fixes.

The France map is now available directly from the creators on the workshop.

New restrictions prevent banned items from being downloaded.

Players can now filter cosmetics and skins to show only those that are equipped.

Translated EconInfo.json is now loaded from the localization folder.

Added logging for missing animation clips for animals and objects with validate flag.

Adjusted the draw distance for sentry gun eyes.

Fixed a server exploit that advertised different workshop items than those downloaded.

Fixed a case where a gun could be dequipped immediately after shooting.

Fixed cases where the loading screen would unmute prematurely.

Fixed emissive flags on many materials.

Resolved issues with quest rewards that incorrectly granted multiple items.

Doctor skillset and support icons have been changed to hearts.

Care package boxes now have the ability to crush players underneath them.

Fixed issues with loading levels that contained duplicate foliage or landscapes.

HUD debug text can now be translated in Console.dat.

Fixed issues preventing the use of skycrane hook and blimp in multiplayer.

Maps can now translate location names in their localization files.

Language setup is now logged during startup.

The console now explicitly defaults to UTF-8 encoding and the UTF-8 code page on Windows.

Localizations can now contain a 'Maps' folder with per-map translations.

Insane skins now have attachment skins created by Debski.

Fixed various issues with missing item animations and added logging for missing items.

Introduced a new command-line flag for logging assembly resolution.

Resolved delay issues with updating lighting when Use_Skybox_Ambience is enabled.

Official maps using the newer foliage system have been updated to improve file IO performance by combining multiple files into a single file.

Resolved issues with overlapping barricades placed on vehicles.

Several movement exploits have been fixed by disabling overlap recovery and reverting moves if characters pass through objects.

Corrected the red tint issue on Winter Pine Tree #01 billboard.

Corrected atmospheric fog color for sun and moon during rain and snow.

Fixed an exception related to animal ragdolls when missing rigidbody.

Dedicated servers now properly handle Ctrl-C or Ctrl-Break requests.

Resolved an exploit that allowed players to swim silently.

Added logging context for unsupported resetting of NPC quest conditions in multiplayer.