Hello!

If you’re interested in testing out this patch head on over to the Preview branch! You can gain access using the secret passcode “OPERATIONMAPLELEAF” in the Betas tab.

Additions:

• Added stairs.
• Added holes.
• Added ramps.
• Added ladders.
• Added ability to rotate roofs.
• Added ability to build outwards from roofs.
• Added experience and planned out skill trees.

Improvements:

• Improved terrain performance.
• Improved pathfinding performance. (Might negatively impact singleplayer, let me know.)
• Improved server zombie performance.
• Improved server background performance.

Tweaks:

• Increased useful item spawnpoints on the East coast until loot is properly set up.
• Reduced high speed steering.
• Reduced military helmet protection.

Fixes:

• Fixed server to not bother with zombie audio.
• Fixed a few areas on the Canada map.
• Fixed schoolhouse model flickering.
• Fixed nodes loading on server.
• Fixed vehicle debug showing up.

After profiling this update it seems that it should boost serverside performance a bit, however the networking itself still needs a lot of work. The next few days will be focused on implementing the actual skills and bonus systems.

Thanks for reading!