Greetings Survivors,

As we move towards the 0.54 stable branch update, I’d like to cover a few points that you all should know. As with all updates during Early Access, this is a development build and thus has its own issues, bugs, and so on. If you encounter any of this, please open a ticket over at feedback.dayzgame.com.

More specifically, for those who may be experiencing issues seeing servers in the server browser – please make your way over to this thread on the Official DayZ forums for instructions from Community Manager SMoss, and BattlEye developer Bastian.

Part of the 0.54 is the tech required to support the redesign of our user interface. This is just the initial work required to support said changes, not the changes itself. Thus everything will –look- different, but not necessarily how we intend it to look by the time we hit 1.0. The user interface is just one part of the evolving technology coming in from the engine and gameplay programming teams, and will be iterated throughout Early Access.

As well, with 0.54 comes the initial implementation of the new animal A.I., this system is still early on so odd behaviour will be encountered. However even with the system in this early state, this is a strong step in the direction of a more robust, lifelike animal behaviour system. I for one look forward to the hermit-hunter lifestyle the next time I log in on my public hive character.

In addition to a large amount of new content to explore, new enterable structures, villages, redesigned areas and more – 0.54 features continued security enhancements, bug fixes and more.

Over the coming weeks SMoss will also be rolling out some new features over on the community side of DayZ.com, including a weekly Community Focus that showcases user created content, streams, art, and so much more. Head over to the Community hub at DayZ.com and take a look.

As always, developers are on hand to take your suggestions and feedback on the Official DayZ forums at forums.dayzgame.com.


Animation:

• Trumpet reloading animation
  
• Winchester reloading
  
• Zombie attack animations
  
• V3S Animations
  
• MoCap Session

Design:

• Manual transmission
  
• Firearms Damage
  
• V3S Cargo
  
• Gas cooker refactoring
  
• Fireplace Polishing
  
• Diseases transfer
  
• New script language
  
• Central economy
  
• Bugfixing

Programming:

• Inventory refactorization
  
• Loot distribution per buildings
  
• Zombie/Animal AI
  
• Character controller (animations & physics)
  
• Vehicles - Manual transmission and bugfixing
  
• Flaregun Improvements
  
• Security Bugfixes