Hey, drivers! I invite you to take part in a small Halloween event.

Smash Halloween pumpkins to reveal themed decorations for your train. You will also find some content and memes dedicated to Halloween.


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Hey, drivers! A few months ago, a player Arling wrote to me with a proposal to model a new improved train and create modifications for it. In the process of discussing the redesign of the train and its improvements, I realized that Arling has an incredible imagination for unusual technical solutions for various equipment. Some technical changes were made to the old locomotive, the interior was completely redesigned, as well as improvements and full armoring of the hull. You can see the result of our work below.

A car without improvements and armor.
A car with a full set of improvements and armor.
Completely redesigned interior.
Link to the 3D model on the author's website.[sketchfab.com]

We plan to extend our cooperation. In the plans, at least a redesign of the car platform and all game workbenches, and then we'll see.
The probable time of implementation of this locomotive is the 18th version of the game.

I am also glad to announce that today the soundtrack for the game was released. If you liked the music from the recent update and want to support the development, this is a good way to do it.

https://gtm.you1.cn/storesteam/app/2858040/Zompiercer_Soundtrack/



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Hey, drivers! The work on the main part of the music for the game has unexpectedly finished. Considering the importance of the work done, it was decided to release an additional separate update dedicated to music. Musical themes were developed for various game situations. An individual musical theme sounds day and night, on a train or in a tunnel, when fighting a boss or ordinary zombies. Each melody was carefully developed with the composer, taking into account its purpose. At the moment, the game has 16 unique compositions, but gradually 5-7 new musical compositions will be added for those game situations in which the player spends more time than usual, in order to diversify the musical range. Also, for individual adjustment of the atmosphere, the player has access to the pause setting between playing musical themes.

There were also suggestions to implement aiming with firearms by holding down the right mouse button and activating the run by pressing the run button once, without having to hold it down all the time. Now these settings are optional. The settings are temporarily located in the mouse menu, but will eventually be moved to the theme menu.

Lighting in buildings, shadows and basements has been improved. Previously, objects in the shadows did not reflect light and appeared flat, this has now been fixed. Also, in complete darkness, the player will no longer be completely blind, instead, the player will barely be able to distinguish objects and walls around him within a couple of meters.

Example of vision in complete darkness.
Examples indoors.
When developing the base for version 17, I realized that the game uses home kitchen furniture to decorate restaurants and canteens. This may seem insignificant, but I decided to fix it anyway.

You may notice that the music update is quite heavy. The update was unexpected and unplanned during the development of update 17 and the game already has most of the content for version 17 of the game.

Composer Viktor Khomyak is working on the music for the project. You can see his other works at the link below.
Victorkhomiak[victorkhomiak.com]



Improvements

• Music for different game situations has been implemented.
  
• Music and sounds are muted when switching to the pause menu.
  
• You can optionally activate aiming from firearms only while the button is held down.
  
• You can optionally enable running with one key press.
  
• Most plant textures have been optimized.
  
• The status of the locomotive's rear searchlight is saved when loading.
  
• When loading the game, the effect of effects such as healing, regeneration, poisoning is saved.
  
• When loading the game, the headlamp status is saved.
  
• When consuming items, the movement of items in the inventory is temporarily blocked, which helps to avoid a number of bugs.
  
• The designation of mouse buttons in the control settings menu has been fixed.
  
• The chance of rainy weather has been reduced by 50%. The duration of weather has been reduced by 30%.
  
• Kitchen furniture in restaurants has been replaced with professional ones.

Bug fixes

• Fixed the ability to install an item in a slot for firearm upgrades.
  
• Fixed a bug where the ability to interact with the environment disappeared if the player exited the workbench with a blinking cursor for selecting the number of items to produce.
  
• Fixed a bug where the tank was not filled with rainwater if the priority tank was in the form of a planned building.
  
• Fixed a bug in the city location where the asphalt disappeared underfoot on some sections of the road.
  
• Fixed a bug where the glass in a large window broke without sound.
  
• Fixed a bug where the glass did not break from a grenade explosion.
  
• Fixed walls without collisions in farmhouses.

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Hey, drivers! I promised that I would find time for development news and I have something to share with you.

At the moment, all the key characters have been written and preliminary models have been developed. This is not the final version, the images will be modified or even partially redone. I won’t reveal the roles of the characters on the base in order to leave some intrigue, I’ll just post it as a continuous list without description.

As a bonus, I’m posting screenshots of new locations. A new biome will appear in the game, it will be the northern prairies.

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Hey, drivers! In the Halloween event, I wrote that I would try to periodically spoil players with new events. The last big update is a good reason to pamper you again, so I'm announcing a one-day but very important event, the day of toilet zombie heads. Destroy 30 toilet zombie heads and receive an incredible, useful and rare item that can be crafted in one of the workbenches.



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Hey, drivers! Given the large number of reviews and comments on the topic of very slow reloading of new weapons, I decided to slightly increase the reload for all weapons from 10 to 30% of the original. Also, the reloading method for the revolver has been changed from inserting one cartridge at a time to reloading using a speed loader. Unfired cartridges still disappear when the revolver is reloaded.


Improvements

+ Added display of complete information about an item in workbenches.
+ Increased the reloading speed of pistols, shotguns and AKMs by 30%.
+ Increased rifle reload speed by 20%.
+ Increased the reload speed of the revolver by 10%, but the cartridges are now reloaded by the speed loader.
+ Added a flashlight to the plane in 6 locations.
+ Reduced chance of rainy weather.
+ 100% localization for Japanese and Ukrainian languages.



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Hey, drivers. This small update brings several important changes.

1. The system for subtracting strength from armor has been changed. Previously, the full damage dealt by zombies was simply subtracted from armor. Now only the damage that is blocked by a given type of armor is deducted from armor. For example, if the degree of armor protection is 10%, then with damage of 10 units, the character will receive damage of 9 units and armor of 1 unit. As a result, the actual strength of the armor became extremely excessive, so the strength was reduced by 20-100% depending on the armor class.
   
2. There were many comments about the deterioration of bow aiming, so it was decided to minimize hand movement when drawing the bow string, which would make it easier to aim at the target. But it is necessary to take into account that the sights on bows are centered relative to the character’s gaze, the arrow is located slightly to the right relative to the sight, this distance must be taken into account when aiming.

Since the system for increasing lifting capacity from increasing strength has been changed, you may encounter an overweight after upgrading to version 16.1. The character will be slowed down for the duration of the overload. If you are fully loaded, try to reduce your load before upgrading to 16.1.


Improvements

• Implemented a secret event.
  
• Fixed the system for subtracting damage from armor.
  
• Reduced armor strength from 20 to 100%.
  
• Reduced the increase in carrying capacity from increasing strength from 20% to 5% of base, that is, 1 additional kilogram for each strength level.
  
• The movement of the hands when pulling the bowstring has been minimized, which will simplify aiming, and the sight is also more accurately centered on the head of the nail.
  
• For the reinforced bow, the sight has been changed to make it clearer for aiming.
  
• Increased detection distance for character attacks for zombie trainer and fat man.
  
• Increased the cost of building workbenches and furniture to 50 - 200%.
  
• The effect of hitting SWAT zombie body armor has been changed from metal to ceramic-polymer.
  
• Increase the cost of a sleeping bag.
  
• The flashlight settings have been changed, now the better the flashlight, the wider its beam, the brighter the illumination and the longer the lighting distance.
  
• Now a motorcycle helmet can be crafted at the tailor's workbench.
  
• The AKM has been moved to the first dead-end room in the tunnels, where the rifle used to be. The rifle has been moved to the workshop in the Swamp location.
  
• Added an engineer's workbench to the workshop in the swamp location.
  
• The density of smoke from the barrel when fired has been reduced by 66%.
  
• The runner on the plane should no longer appear in front of the player.
  
• Dried trees no longer sway in the wind.

Corrected mistakes

• Fixed a bug where the robot could not enter the boss fight zone while the gate was open.
  
• Fixed a bug where the texture of holes on the walls created noise at significant distances from the location.
  
• Fixed a bug where the player would not strike with his fists if there was a broken weapon in the active slot.
  
• Fixed a bug in which the player, instead of punching, used food or medicine if the item was in the active slot.
  
• Masks and gas masks no longer lose durability from physical damage.
  
• Dynamite no longer glows before the fuse is lit when first placed in the active slot.

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Hey, drivers! I am pleased to announce the release of the 16th update of the game. This update is truly iconic and takes the game to the next level of development and here's why. The final redesign of all the old cartoon models of the game has been completed, from weapons to building elements.

The mechanics of character interaction with weapons were completely rewritten, thanks to which it was possible to cure the old multiple animation bugs and the animations themselves became smooth and realistic.

M1911
Sawed-off double-barreled shotgun
AKM
Hunting rifle
The weapon no longer displays a graphic sight and for accurate shooting you need to aim through the front sight of the weapon. In this aiming mode, the weapon wobbles and the recoil becomes significant. But given that many did not like the realistic behavior of the weapon, it was decided to add this part to the difficulty settings and set the default to 25% of the standard. If you are a fan of realistic weapon behavior, change the settings to 100% before starting the game.

Before version 16, stamina was not very important and players often did not increase the level of stamina in favor of strength. Since update 16, stamina also affects interaction with weapons. With a significant decrease in endurance, the weapon begins to shake more strongly and the recoil also increases.

A large number of firearm improvements have been introduced into the game. To place upgrades, hover over the desired weapon and press the Q key, which will open an upgrade slot in the upper right corner of your inventory.

Some of the equipment can be improved, so a flashlight can be installed in any helmet, and backpacks and armor can be equipped with pouches.

A system of improved bows has been introduced. Improved bows will increase arrow damage. Considering that Strength also increases arrow damage, bows are a meaningful weapon on par with firearms without creating the noise that in this update can attract the attention of zombies at long distances.

The range of melee weapons has become significantly further and zombie attacks have become shorter. Zombie detection for melee weapons has also been changed; the strike falls not exactly in the center of the screen, but along the arc of the strike.

It is also possible to fight with fists and this works well for simple zombies. If this resonates with the players, I plan to develop the theme of fist fights by adding various brass knuckles.

The ability to produce cartridges for all types of weapons was introduced; for this, new resources were introduced into the game. Batteries can now be found in car hoods, which can be processed into lead ingots for later making bullets. In the future, batteries will be needed for the manufacture of batteries for various equipment. In kitchens you can find brass utensils that can be melted down into cartridges.

Axes have appeared in the game, in addition to the fact that with this formidable weapon the player will finally be able to extract wood for subsequent sawing into boards. Unfortunately, for now you can only cut down fallen trees, which are mostly carefully felled near the railway tracks, but can also be found deep in the forest.

Some players may have a fair question, because you promised to start working on new locations. In essence, this update is part of a larger work on new locations, as at the time of the completion of Update 15, I had run out of all character content and had nothing to reward players when exploring new locations, which largely took away the point of visiting new locations. Now, with the release of Update 16, I have an extensive base of content and a base to create even more if necessary in the process of creating new locations and developing the plot.



Changes

• Added a class of sniper rifles and revolvers with unique cartridges.
  
• Changing weapons now occurs smoothly and takes longer than before.
  
• Most reload animations take longer.
  
• Kamarov was replaced by Walter, the standard magazine was changed from 8 to 7.
  
• The standard Glock magazine has been reduced from 17 to 13.
  
• Remington 870 clip changed from 8 to 6.
  
• Damage from bullets has been increased by 100%, but the chance of finding ammunition for firearms has been reduced.
  
• Increased the audibility of gunshots for zombies by 150%
  
• The ability to create all five types of cartridges in the weapons workbench has been implemented.
  
• The attack range of melee weapons has been increased and the range of zombie melee attacks has been reduced.
  
• Changed the damage for a scrap arrow from 20 to 15 and for a crossbow arrow from 30 to 25.
  
• Cancel a bow shot using the R key.
  
• The ability to fight with fists has been implemented.
  
• The zombie fireman throws out an old fire axe, which the player can pick up.
  
• New resources have appeared for collection. Car batteries that can be found in car hoods and brass utensils in kitchen units.
  
• Brass ingots are smelted from brass utensils and used to create cartridge cases.
  
• Lead ingots are smelted from car batteries and used to create bullets.
  
• There is a chance to find plastic in the kitchen sink.
  
• There is a chance to find mechanical and electrical parts in a kitchen dishwasher.
  
• The amount of stamina consumed has been increased for all tools and weapons.
  
• The police have been removed from the location with the plane.
  
• Increased durability for all armor and shoes by 300%
  
• The damage of the flamethrower turret has been reduced and the fuel consumption has been increased.
  
• Decreasing stamina increases recoil and weapon sway when aiming.
  
• The character takes damage when falling from a great height.
  
• Reduced the standard damage of a normal attack from 30 to 20 and a strong attack from 50 to 40 for boss Grace zombies.
  
• Reduced the health of Grace's zombie boss from 2000 to 1500.
  
• The robot can freely enter the battle area with the Grace boss.

Improvements

• Ability to chop downed trees in the forest and saw them into planks in the new workbench.
  
• Strikes with melee weapons no longer go only to the center but are struck in an arc of impact.
  
• Two types of throwing a grenade or dynamite, left mouse button for long throw, right mouse button for short throw.
  
• Automatic weapons now have a single-fire mode.
  
• All old cartoon models and textures have been replaced.
  
• You can now find plastic and fabric in trash bags.
  
• Electronic boards and electronic parts can be found in all televisions.
  
• You can now also find electronic parts in the system unit.
  
• TAA smoothing mode has been introduced.
  
• You can now find brass utensils in kitchen sets.
  
• Car batteries can be found in car hoods.
  
• The volume of daytime and nighttime ambient sounds has been reduced by 50%.
  
• The information panel for items in the inventory has been significantly expanded.
  
• Workbenches display the number of objects produced, the number of objects that are produced in more than one copy.
  
• More information in the lower left corner.
  
• All bullet impact effects, effects of zombies hitting surfaces, and melee weapon impacts have been improved.
  
• The area around the Big House behind the fishing village has been improved.
  
• The area around the Zombiebusters base has been improved.
  
• Hints have been added to the information panel in the lower left corner when interacting with items in and outside the inventory.
  
• Step-by-step system for throwing a grenade; after swinging, you can choose a long or short throw.
  
• The physics of the sleeping bag has been changed, it should no longer fall into the ground.

Corrected mistakes

• Since the character control function was completely rewritten, errors with the weapon jerking in the hands when quickly switching between weapons are no longer relevant.
  
• Fixed a bug where the head and limbs of zombies disappeared at a certain angle.
  
• Melee weapon hits are no longer missed if a zombie is too close.
  
• Fixed sudden head return animations for zombies after taking damage.

Plans for future updates

• New locations and NPCs.

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