What changed in Unturned in 2023

Material palette fields were visible in objects editor before selecting anything.

Corrected the metallic maps for the Dragon Serpent skin.

Corrected caching of invalid level assets if missing when first loading into server.

Resolved an issue that could lead to crashes introduced in the update.

Addressed the issue of the Eagle truck missing its rear collider.

Resolved an issue with asset hash mismatch occurring with specific OS languages such as Turkish.

Corrected the advertised status of BattlEye when Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) is disabled.

Fixed singleplayer config defaults not applying in tutorial.

Doubled Precision Charge damage against barricades and structures.

Fixed broken interaction between blueprint supplies marked critical and not searchable.

Ability to connect by 'Server Code' without port forwarding and support for Steam's 'Fake IP' feature.

Resolved issue with placing pillar/post/wall/rampart with top of center underground.

Fixed issue with turning off NV when wearing NVGs and switching to third-person while aiming NV scope.

Crafting Bounce Charges no longer requires C4, only Wire and Explosives.

Resolved missing 'offline' text in singleplayer loading screen and pause menu.

Resolved issue with changing mannequin pose on vehicle blocked by vehicle colliders.

Fixed player list sort button out of sync with Group_Player_List config.

Revised default server list preset naming for clarity and refresh server list when Enter is pressed in fields.

Fixed hitch for some players when starting and stopping voice chat.

Fixed zombies not climbing through Gas Station #2 windows.

Fixed decal editor gizmos flickering with node visibility off.

Fixed Diner #1 interior door missing slot.

Introduction of Bounce Grenades and Impact-Absorbing Boots for improved raiding mechanics.

Metal freeform buildables are now weak to all weapons.

Resolved exploit related to swapping contents of asset files.

Resolved Moon Buggy corrupted metallic map.

Six new outfits added: Aurora Skier, Balanced Breakfast, Chicken Suit, Infernal Demon, Mushroom, and Strawberry Waitress bundles.

Fixed issue where server with -SkipAssets would kick players for missing assets.

Introduced Date_Counter NPC condition and food, water, and virus equivalents for health NPC rewards.

Placeable vehicles now default to locked if supported.

Fixed issue with Lavaflow shader alpha behaving differently after engine update.

Fixed inconsistency in how item condition amount was counted in UI.

Improved performance cost of RegionList constructor allocation.

Detonators and Raw Explosives are now available (rarely) in care packages.

Resolved missing item prefab override in character menu after state update.

Resolved issue allowing players to queue exiting the same group multiple times.

Fixed corruption issue with France Crusader shirt and pants metallic map.

Increased nighttime brightness on all vanilla maps.

Adjusted capitalization of server's input map name after loading.

The server browser has been upgraded with custom filter presets, icons, tooltips, optional columns, and map icons.

Renaxon has updated Arid with new items, vehicles, and content.

1911, Maschinengewehr, Luger, and Determinator moved from care packages to militia spawns.

Animatic has completely remade the Kuwait city of Miral.

Added Allow_Freeform_Buildables and Priority_Over_Cosmetic options for gameplay configuration.

Fixed issue where NPCs could sell locked vehicles that shouldn't be lockable.

Fixed corrupted metallic maps for Bounty Hunter Ace, Teklowvka, Formal Fusilaut, Supercharged Shadowstalker, Accelerated Force Determinator, Air Raider Augewehr, Bodycount Nightraider, and France Crusader Shield.

Spawns editor tooltips show ID and asset origin.

Fixed issue with aiming gun while safety is on and Can_Aim_During_Sprint is enabled.

Reverted postprocessing package version (again).

Include code documentation xml alongside dlls for plugin devs.

Item descriptions now automatically include a variety of stats, from damage to movement speed to recoil control.

3D hitmarkers now show multiple instances when spraying full-auto.

Pressing item hotkeys while the mouse is visible outside the inventory menu no longer unbinds them.

Text chat messages can now span multiple lines, increasing the limit from 127 bytes to 512 bytes for player messages and 2048 for plugins.

NPC dialogue responses without linked dialogue/vendor now grant rewards correctly.

Updated from Unity 2020.3.38 to 2021.3.29 for improved performance.

Corrupted metallic maps for several weapons have been fixed.

A button to mute text chat per player has been added to the player list.

Six new outfits from the Curated Workshop have been added for Halloween.

NPC dialogue has been rewritten for better server control, fixing previous issues with interactions.

The news feed UI has been unified with the rest of the game's menus for better consistency.

Disabled workshop file setting ignored if response is received after initial startup.

Raised SNS timeout from 10s to 30s to potentially help servers experiencing spikes of traffic.

Converting UTC time in dat files to local time.

Placed kill volumes inside some vanilla boulders.

Prevent using style and align tags in server listing description.

Changed Scalar magazine rarity from Epic to Rare.

Asset validation for non-readable object navmesh not checking child components.

Show message when trying to join WAN address without Internet available.

Fixed an issue where some boulders had kill volumes that caused unintended player deaths.

Potential fix to zombie path not released error.

Asset validation log for quest condition resetting None status.

Moved scythe cosmetic animation further back from character.

Potential cause of workshop mods not loading on startup sometimes.

Live config problem with byte order mark.

Command-line '-LogBadMessages' option to help check for invalid network messages.

Players can learn item recipes permanently to craft them in the future.

Optimizations made to enhance performance on the detailed Buak map.

Best played without mods and in Normal mode or above, as Easy mode removes many mechanics.

Players can craft a random new limited item for two weeks during the release event.

Fixed reloading vanilla assets with /reload command failing due to legacy IDs in reserved range.

Fixed issue with Germany civilian ammo spawning 1911 magazines instead of Ace magazines.

Improved how zombies with multiple special attacks randomize their choices.

A large island featuring small mountain towns, secrets, and spooks, aimed at singleplayer, co-op, and PVE playstyles.

Different behavior of GC cleanup and unloading unused assets after loading rewrite.

Replaces NPC name with ??? until introduced.

Redirect if loading fails.

Shirt/pants metallic texture Smoothness missing from combined clothing shader.

Default is now four.

Zombie special attacks damaging barricades, structures, and vehicles when targeting is disabled.

Partial transparency while not driven.

Grenade assuming box collider is present.

Picking up items from ground into storage bypassing max item count.

Loading error if a script on an effect threw an exception while pre-populating effect pool.

Docs link in workshop menu not pointing at new docs site fixed.

Inconsistent labeling in Options menu corrected.

Exception if gun properties were specified for non-gun NPC item reward fixed.

Stopped audio cutting off after original timer expired.

Near-zero and near-one bone blend weights on a few vertices of character model fixed.

Incorrect write permission denied error for workshop submission on Mac and Linux resolved.

Festive Toque overly aggressive culling distance fixed.

Now saves and shuts down when closed.

Startup loading should now be faster for most players, about twice as fast.

When a non-visible item is removed.

Available during Pride Month event.

Now available in Stockpile.

Logs message about '/' for file paths.

Keeps ID override order consistent with client.

Similar to flashbangs.

Implemented a potential workaround for reaching audio channel limit while loading.

Fixed incorrect UVs for Blowtorch LOD1.

Resolved issues with Shared_Skin_Lookup_ID not working with ragdoll effect or kill counter.

Resolved issues with lasers and night vision not parsing the blue channel.

Fixed missing increased drops in the outdoors skill description.

Upgraded documentation site with better UX/UI, search functionality, and offline downloads.

Removed materials reported as annoying by players.

Unified code path and file format for asset parsing, improving modding and error handling.

Resolved an infinite loop if animated NPC dialogue was missing a closing angle bracket.

Corrected the label for the respawn button being out of sync.

Players kicked by BattlEye will be temporarily banned for 60 seconds.

The radiation and immunity system has been revised due to the toxic air on the Antarctica map.

A new map named Antarctica has been released, featuring survival mechanics and a detailed wilderness.

Compare workshop file timestamps when joining server instead of asset bundle hashes.

LogMemoryUsage command for server owners to get a high-level view of what exists on the server.

Tracked quest title in HUD too short for some non-English characters.

Pegasus Empire skin incorrect attachment color.

Placeholder partial fix for spamming shoot inputs, however rate of fire is still lower than full auto.

Fixed ambient audio never playing if audio channel limit was reached during load.

Removed warning for objects with legacy ID now that it is unused.

Fixed Valentines quest condition being applied to wrong secret admirer note dialogue.

Added gameplay configuration options for adjusting third-person recoil and spread multipliers.

Fixed exception occurring when loading culling volumes on dedicated server.

Implemented various visual fixes for the Washington map.

Fixed missing distance check for barricade/structure salvage.

Holding primary/secondary input will start item action as soon as possible.

Fixed vertical alignment of Masterkey when aiming.

Fixed garbage generated on server when filtering relevant connections for RPCs.

Fixed item drops falling through narrow gaps when using raycast rather than spherecast.

Fixed zombie detection radius while prone being too low for the newer collision.

Allow bulk-reassigning material index/palette in the editor.

Not just direct children.

Avoids savedata compatibility problems.

Occurs with original UVs exactly at 0.0 or 1.0.

For example, volume components inside Unity prefabs.

Improvements to progression, balance, performance, and more included.

Previously a misconfigured drops multiplier could overwhelm the game.

Previously used time-slicing.

Batching of level objects and trees has been improved and re-enabled.

Fixed issue where loading screen did not appear between clicking exit and reaching the main menu.

Semi-auto repairing melee items now play an impact sound.

New condition added for the quest on Liberator.

Masks can now work as underwater breathing apparatus when equipped with a backpack.

Players can now choose to use the classic crosshair shape.

Zombie vertical attack range increased by 0.1 meter.

New command-line flag '-DisableCullingVolumes' added, not recommended.

Options to simplify workarounds for animation component.

Fixed issue where stereo tracks not installed on the server were not playing.

New volume type replaces/improves old per-object-asset LOD area settings.

Fixed issue where legacy airdrop/location node conversion did not assign instance ID.

All zombie types now use the same collision height of 2 meters.

Fixed issue with holiday object collision not being disabled on the server.

New command-line option '-UseLevelBatching=true/false'.

Animals that fall out of the map are now teleported to a valid spawnpoint.

Noticeable performance increase on vanilla and curated/modded maps.

Fixed not tracking kill counter progress when quitting rather than exiting to menu.

Prevented attaching roofs to top of ramparts.

Fixed blowing yourself up no longer counts as a kill stat.

Fixed ban command fix that was actually broken, used wrong player's IP.

Holiday condition supports Not_Equal comparison.

Fixed copy/pasting scale in volumes editor.

Only validate level objects asset integrity prior to legacy ID fallback.

Fixed nodes editor unable to select empty named locations in IMGUI mode.

Added Delete_After_Filling_Target option for fuel items.

-DisableLightLODs command-line flag added. Not recommended.

Match mannequin placement arrow direction to other barricades like signs.

Stereo tracks list allows songs not installed on the server.

Fixed incorrectly smooth normals on edge of Hangar #1 roof.

Added Min_Items_Dropped_On_Destroy, Max_Items_Dropped_On_Destroy, and Item_Dropped_On_Destroy options for placeable items.

Fixed fishing rod collision detection error logged when bobber started floating.

Fixed disable anonymous WAN IP check when joining through LAN server list.

Adjusted wording of pause menu respawn button.

Support multiple workshop file IDs in AssetBundleCustomData.

Added options for destroying clothing, attachment, and item colliders.

Fixed mannequin pose button getting out of sync with actual pose when rate limited.

Fixed disable vehicle exhaust when all particle systems are finished.

Fixed stuck if EffectSpawner component was triggered while loading level.

Better logging for custom modules to aid troubleshooting.

Fixed weapons applying bleed/bone/food/water/virus/hallucination damage in safezone.

Log state of player in queue during transport failure.

Fixed holding salvage key not resetting on death.

Fixed vanilla ban command IP ban using old net transport code.

Updated missing object and tree kicks to newer asset integrity used by foliage.

Added Terrain_Test_Height option for housing floors, defaults to 10.

Added Laser_Color option for tactical laser.

Prevent viewmodel springs exploding at very low framerates.

Fixed discolored wall in Mechanic #2 back room.

Prevented bed placement inside kill volume.

Zombies block player movement again.

Added SalvageItem option for placeable items when picked up below 100% health.

Fixed objects with visibility conditions using quest GUID.

Fixed server ignoring using vehicle horn if audio clip is missing.

Added Scale_Aim_Animation_Speed option for guns.

Added option to use custom sized crosshair rather than size calculated from spread.

Clamp server Timeout_Queue_Seconds lower than client timeout.

Fixed case where logging exception could throw another exception.