Undead Labs FAQs

We are aware that the number of reports of this issue has greatly increased since the release of Choose Your Own Apocalypse. A disconnection (Error Code 3) or an attempted reconnection that times out (Error Code 4) seems to be a barrier to some people.

We have isolated a few areas of concern and will be performing some network optimizations as we continue to support the game.

In the meantime, we suggest trying to ensure your connection is as strong as possible and use direct connections to your router or modem. People with stronger connections seem to experience the issue less. Once you start experiencing the issue, we also encourage you to close the game and relaunch before attempting a reconnect to the host.UPDATE: We have isolated one source of the problem. We are thoroughly testing the fix to ensure it does not have widespread effects. We apologize for the delay, but hope to have this out to you soon.

State of Decay 2 Patch NotesReleased June 1, 2018

The 1.2 Update focuses on stability and quality of life improvements discovered during the pre-launch deployment of the game.

The 1.2 Update features significant improvements related to:

Increased stability

Improved networking interactions for clients

Improved networked vehicle interactions

Elimination of Out Of Memory crashes

Update 1.2 Highlights

Gameplay

Grenades no longer get stuck and explode in front of client character's face or behind their head while throwing

Fixed instances of clients dealing damage to their hosts non-active community members with explosives

Flashlight beams no longer cast shadows from the players character model (which had caused flickering shadows)

Characters no longer self-shadow when using a flashlight in multiplayer

Fixed issue with doors appearing the opposite of the state they are in

Resolved situation where, when getting into vehicles, the camera could become detached from the players character

Resolved situation where, when clients swap weapons while in vehicles, the weapons do not swap upon exit from vehicle

Fixed rare bug that could prevent Warlord legacy arc from being completed

Fixed rare bug that could block Sheriff legacy arc from starting

Fixed issue with player's loot sometimes becoming invisible until their entire backpack was deposited into a Supply Locker

Networking and Multiplayer

Numerous networking bandwidth and CPU improvements

Game now exits to main menu faster when a client loses their internet connection, so players will no longer hang after dismissing the pop-up

Improved network vehicle interactions in multiplayer games to address weird rubber-banding and physics issues (including cars flying into the air).

Host facilities no longer appear invisible to clients during multiplayer

Zombie and Character Behavior

Zombies no longer become immune to the Assault Kick

Reduction of step height to prevent survivors popping up onto props while moving

HUD

Fixed issue with player HUD disappearing after NPCs are executed by zombies

Community advice list no longer shows up under vignette on the map

Environment and Collision

Fixed numerous collision spots across all 3 maps where players or vehicles were getting stuck

Fixed numerous collision spots across all 3 maps where players were getting stuck in an infinite freefall animation loop

Elimination of white line that appears when driving at night time

Addressed a variety of spots in world where player was not able to climb over props they shouldve been able to

Additional polish and reduction of LOD popping

Additional lighting tuning passes, reduction in glowing props

Other Fixes

Addressed a variety of general crash bugs

Updated a number of strings that were previously hardcoded in English

Audio mix optimizations

This means that you or your friend are running an old version of the game. Make sure each of your games is up to date and that should allow you to get past this error.

From the Front End screen, click on Settings. Once you are in the Settings menu, you should see a version number in the bottom left hand corner of the screen.

If you are unable to launch the game or otherwise reach the Settings from the main menu, please do one of the following:Xbox One: A) Select My games & apps after pressing the Xbox button; B) Select State of Decay 2 from the list and press the Menu button; C) Select Manage game & add-ons from that menu; D) The version should be in the upper right corner;

PC: A) Open the Microsoft Store; B) Click on ... in the upper right corner; C) Select Downloads and updates; D) Scroll down until you find State of Decay 2; E) The version number should be listed in the third column;

This could be for a number of reasons. The simplest check is to make sure your internet connection is active. Then, make sure that the hosting player has their Multiplayer options enabled in the Settings menu. Additionally for each platform, multiplayer will not be available if Xbox Live services are limited or down. You can check on that status here: https://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-live-status

If you are on Xbox One, ensure that you have a Xbox Live Gold subscription. Multiplayer will not function as the host or guest without one.

If you play on PC, make certain you do not use Alt+Tab excessively. Using this can put the game in a suspended state that will terminate any active multiplayer session. Other solutions for multiplayer connectivity on PC have ranged from router settings to third party antivirus software (such as Avast). You can check your settings by using the instructions at one of the following websites:

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-on-windows/social/troubleshoot-party-chat

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/networking/multiplayer-connection-error-solution

Each of these sites has possible solutions that have worked for others.Please submit a ticket if you are unable to connect after reviewing your settings and account permissions.

Earlier this year, we released a new story campaign forState of Decay 2, calledState of Decay 2: Heartland.

It returned players to Trumbull Valley, the setting of the original game, and introduced a brand new set of unique characters, as well as revealing a secretive faction of military scientists calling themselves Echo Lab.

This update takes some of our audience's favorite weapons and outfits fromState of Decay 2: Heartlandand introduces them into the core game for free.

The Guns of Echo Lab

The high-end firearms used by the military scientists of Echo Lab during their foray into Trumbull Valley have been smuggled out and restored for use by civilians.It is unclear whether Echo Lab is aware of this, or whether they will have a problem with it once someone tells them. These firearms include:

Restored Echo-S1 Revolver(.22 Caliber)

Actions speak louder than words. The same cannot be said for this nearly silent pistol.

Restored Echo-S2 Rifle(.22 Caliber)

He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared ... such as with this integrally suppressed rifle.

Restored Echo-S3 Shotgun(12 Gauge)

Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.

Restored Echo-S4 SMG(9mm)

The strongest of all warriors are these two Time and Patience. Of course, Silence is pretty good too.

Restored Echo-S6 Pistol(.45 Caliber)

It has been said that an empty vessel makes the loudest sound. I assure you, this pistol is no empty vessel.

Restored Echo-S7 Assault Rifle(5.56mm)

This weapon proves the adage that silence is a source of great strength.

The restoration work is top-notch, and these weapons are mechanically identical to their counterparts inState of Decay 2: Heartland. All six are available via the Bounty Broker.

Trumbull Valley Fashion

We've added 30 new outfits (6 models, 5 variants each) based on the clothing worn by characters inState of Decay 2: Heartland.Two are unlocked immediately, and the rest are available via scavenging or the Bounty Broker.

Trumbull T-Shirt

Keesha's original "shadow skull" T-shirt is unlocked automatically.

Four more variants with local Trumbull Valley logos are available via scavenging, primarily at vehicle-related sites.

Rumpled Jacket

Larisse's original striped shirt and green jacket combo is unlocked automatically.

Four more variants are available via scavenging in houses.

Tattered Suit

Quincy's original bloodied suit is available from the Bounty Broker.

Four more (cleaner) variants are available via scavenging in houses.

Leather Trenchcoat

Helena's original black leather ensemble is available from the Bounty Broker.

Four more variants are available via scavenging, primarily at police and military sites.

Biker Vest

Brock's original "deer skull" vest is available from the Bounty Broker.

Four more variants, including Reba's dusty grey vest, are available via scavenging at vehicle-related sites.

Lizard Hoodie

Diana's original "chameleon" hoodie is available from the Bounty Broker.

Four more variants, each in a different color, are available via scavenging in a variety of places.

Quincy Maxwell as a Facility Mod

We've also added the Improvised Weapon Station, a facility mod that can be installed anywhere in your base.This unlocks the weapons that Quincy could craft inState of Decay 2: Heartland, including:

Danforth Slugger(Blunt)

A Network-affiliated maker named "PapiEdgar_11" perfected and shared a simple process for filling an everyday wooden bat with lead, without losing durability.

The resulting weapon delivers high-value strikes on a shoestring budget.

Trumbull Gatekeeper(7.62mm)

Originally designed by a Network-affiliated gunsmith known only as "Cletus", the pattern for this modified Model 70 rifle has spread virally from community to community. Its owners swear by its reliability and versatility.

Features a scope, an expanded internal magazine, fast-cycling bolt, and homemade suppressor, making it perfect for the lone survivor looking to kill a lot of zombies without drawing too much noise.

Network DIY Assault Rifle(5.56mm)

After I gave up on finding exact replacement parts for repairing firearms, I started getting ... creative. This baby might not be much too look at, but she's got it where it counts.

Masterwork Assault Rifle(5.56mm)

I've been setting aside components for this ... a double-drum magazine, high-end optic, and hand tuned trigger group should make this as effective as a military-grade machine gun.

Loot Changes

While placing the new outfits into the loot system, we made another couple of changes.

Rare outfits are now much more likely to appear, once you have already found the more common variants. This should help address the plight of players who have struggled to scavenge for their last few outfits.

Clients can now find outfits as loot in all three maps, rather thanonlyfinding them in Cascade Hills.

Repair Kits can now be found at Auto Shops, because of course they can.

A version of theGolden Vulture(Brock's ridiculous gun) can now sometimes be found in police evidence lockers and abandoned bags, or may be sold by the Mysterious Wandering Trader.

A firearm once owned by an idiot, full of sound and fury. Perhaps in your hands, it might signify something.

This gun isvery rare, so please don't get your hopes up.

PC

To discover the possible source of your crash, we suggest you check your Windows Event Viewer logs before continuing through any further troubleshooting:

1) Press the Windows key and type 'Event Viewer';2) Press Enter;3) Click on Windows Logs in the left pane;4) Click on System or Application;5) Look for any errors related to 'Stateofdecay2.exe' or 'Microsoft.Dayton';

If you find any errors related to a 'DCOM Server Error', you will want to try the Windows Update Troubleshooter available here. If this does not help resolve the issue, please contact Microsoft Support directly.

We recommend the following fixes, which resolve the crash on launch issue for most PC players. Try these in order, proceeding to the next option only after confirming that the fix you tried didnt solve the issue.

1) Check the antivirus settings to ensure that State of Decay 2 is allowed through. This will vary depending on the antivirus software you are using. This is usually only a problem if you are using an antivirus program other than Windows Defender.

2) Check that your drivers are up to date. Specifically, your drivers for your GPU. If you use an AMD GPU, we have had reports that the latest drivers are not always compatible.

3)Ensure there is only one instance of State of Decay 2 installed on the PC;

Press the Windows Key and type 'PowerShell';

Right click on the icon and select 'Run as administrator';

Type the following command: get-appxpackage *Dayton* -allusers ;

Note if there are multiple drives or users specified in the output;

Delete any duplicate instances of State of Decay 2 and reinstall the game.

4) Reset State of Decay 2:

Press the Windows Key;

Type 'Settings' and press enter;

Select Apps > Apps and features;

Click on State of Decay 2;

Click "Reset";

Restart your computer once the process is complete.

5) Move State of Decay 2 to a different drive.

6) Uninstall/Reinstall State of Decay 2.

If the issue persists after taking any of these steps, please submit a ticket.

Xbox One

We recommend the following action for owners of the Xbox One digital version of the game:

Press the Xbox button to open the guide;

Select My games & apps

Highlight State of Decay 2, press the Menu button;

Select Manage game & add-ons;

Select Installed > Uninstall all, then confirm by selecting Uninstall all again.

After the uninstall is complete, go to My games & apps;

Select Ready to install and choose State of Decay 2.

For Xbox One disc owners, we suggest the following:

Uninstall State of Decay 2 and any add-ons;

Disconnect your Xbox One from the internet;

Fully reinstall State of Decay 2 from disc;

Reconnect to the internet;

Take the update.

If the issue persists after taking any of these steps, please submit a ticket.

Heartland

Heartlandis the firststory-based content updateforState of Decay 2. It returns toTrumbull Valley, the iconic location presented in the originalState of Decaygame, revisiting familiar people and places to see how theyve been changed by the ongoing apocalypse. It is available to all Game Pass subscribers, and can be purchased from the Microsoft Store.

In addition toHeartland, we have also made a following free upgrades to the coreState of Decay 2experience:

Inventory

We've expanded the range of actions you can perform in your inventory in different contexts:

While in a vehicle, you can now drop items and break open rucksacks.

While looting a container, you can now unequip your weapon or a weapon mod.

While the supply locker is open, you can now repair or salvage items in your personal inventory.

While the trade interface is open, you can now unequip items.

While the vehicle inventory is open, you can now unload weaponsand break open rucksacks.

The "Take 1" action in the Inventory interface can now be used to take the final item in a stack.

You now hear an error sound when attempting to use an unusable item via the Inventory screen.

Blood Plague

Curing a survivor's blood plague is now more user-friendly.

You can now treat survivors who are merely fighting an infection, before they develop full-blown blood plague.

When you talk to an infected survivor, you have a new "View Treatment Options" action that reveals how long they have left to live.

After you select that action, the usual "Exile/Euthanize/Administer" options appear, and work as before.

If you have cure in your inventory, you'll use it to cure them. If you don't, you'll see an option to use cure fromtheirinventory.

If you decide not to act on their infection, you can back out to the original set of dialogue actions (like "Enlist Follower" and "Switch to this Character").

Miscellaneous

A handful of rare crashes, arcane mission blockers, and minor typos are no longer a problem.

Stabilizing Foam now costs zero meds to use, but you do still need to be at home to use it.

Hostile icons no longer come randomly unglued from characters' heads.

Water disturbance effects no longer continue after zombies are killed.

Bloater Gas in a car is no longer lethal to zombies outside the car.

Knowing how to fish no longer makes you sad.

State of Decay 2Patch NotesReleased December 19, 2018

The Apocalypse Keeps Getting Better

As the year draws to a close and the nights get longer and colder (at least on our side of the globe), its common to exchange gifts... which means thatEVERYBODY GETS A WIZARD VAN!

After updating the game with the new patch, use your radio menu to call in the delivery, and moments later youll be riding in style. (Its okay if you didnt get us anything. We know were hard to shop for.)

But the fun doesnt stop there! This update also features plenty of improvements to the experience of playing State of Decay 2, including several fan-favorite suggestions. We've highlighted themost exciting itemsin each category, but we recommend reading the whole list to see all the changes.

Thanks for your support, and well see you in 2019. Until then, keep playing State of Decay 2!

Highlights

We made several balance changes to the Daybreak rewards CLEO guns are better, CLEO ammo can be crafted, and Red Talon contractors are cheaper ... though a bit more unruly.

We added some new facility actions you can craft Ammo, Meds, and Food, and you can teleport gas cans and repair kits straight into parked vehicles.

We amped up the benefits of allied enclaves, and added the option to dismiss trader enclaves when you're trying to summon a new one and there isn't any room for them.

We added the ability to use simple consumables while in a vehicle.

We bumped up the size of zombie hordes late in the game.

Daybreak Mode & Content

CLEO guns have been rebalanced to make them more valuable in the base game.

All CLEO guns are 20-40% lighter.

All CLEO guns (except bolt-action rifles) are 15-25% more durable. (Bolt-action riflescan'tbe more durable than they already are.)

All CLEO guns (except pistols) are about 20-30% faster to reload. (CLEO pistols were already unusually quick.)

CLEO ammo is now much easier to acquire in large amounts, though it still always costs prestige.

The Red Talon Crafting Station allows you to manufacture CLEO ammo at will, spending prestige, circuitry, and Ammo from your resource stockpile.

The CLEO Relay now offers a CLEO Drop alternative that delivers 8 stacks of CLEO ammo.

We worked with members of the community to rebalance Red Talon contractors, so that they are no longer 100% overpowered. Now they are more like 85% overpowered.

Existing Red Talon contractors now have the potential to run wild and waste resources if their morale is low.

Existing Red Talon contractors are now "Irritable" towards others, which makes them more likely to start fights when their morale is middling to low.

However, we also changed the threshold that causes "Irritable" characters to fight, so that fights happen less often, across the board.

Newly-recruited Red Talon contractors now come with minor downsides tied to their fifth skill. Hackers snack more than other people, Logistics experts use up extra bed space for storage, etc.

Red Talon acknowledges that attrition has made their pool of recruits shallower, so they now only charge 2750 prestige for their contractors (down from 3250).

In summary, if you keep your morale high, your current Red Talon contractors should be just as awesome as they've always been but it's more important now to keep maintaining that morale. New contractors now have minor drawbacks, but they also cost less.

We now refund the full prestige value when you reject a Red Talon recruit. This removes the old incentive to exploit the system by restarting the game. And it's just nicer. Thanks for playingDaybreak.

Ferals should no longer occasionally enter a "T-pose" when moving through the environment.

Hostile NPCs should now properly trigger the detonation of deployable minefields they stumble into.

Followers should now properly follow the player when in the vicinity of a deployable minefield.

We improved performance and reliability of VO playback during various moments in the game.

Gameplay

Many simple consumables can now be used while in a vehicle.

This includes bandages, painkillers, and other consumables that don't involve throwing, placing, or playing a complex animation.

Consumables thatcannotbe used within a vehicle are now shown as unavailable in the HUD while you're inside a vehicle.

Allied enclaves now offer a greater variety of more powerful enclave benefits, to make the time spent befriending and supporting them more worthwhile.

Late in the game, zombie hordes can now be up to three times as large as before. (You asked for it ...)

When summoning a trader over the radio, you will sometimes have the option to dismiss an existing trader to make room for them, if that's what it takes to get them into the map.

Ranged weapons no longer jitter in your hands as you aim left and right.

A new option in the Gameplay section of the Settings menu allows you to ensure that no weird zombies (such as clowns, coneheads, and war reenactors) appear in your game.

We fixed a bug related to rapidly placing explosives that could result in premature detonation and character death. Sounds painful.

We increased the size of safe zones created by clearing large sites to more accurately encompass their area.

Survivor traits that reduce the number of required beds should be accurately counted by morale system.

We fixed an exploit that prevented hostile enclaves from defending their base when mines were planted in the area.

We solved a rare crash that could result when destroying a plague heart with ignited bloater gas.

Zombies should show up more often inside buildings while you are exploring.

On the other hand, random zombies should now NOT show up inside an infestation that you've just cleared.

Any attempt to pick up stackable items from the ground now tries to pick up all items in the stack.

Facilities

You can now produce Ammo, Meds, and Food at your base with the right facility and ingredients.

Meds are produced in any Infirmary from parts, chemicals, and ethanol.

Ammo is produced in any Workshop or Armory out of parts and chemicals.

Food is produced in any Kitchen by spending seeds and ethanol (yum).

You can now use your Parking facilities to move gas cans and toolkits directly from your community's inventory into parked vehicles.

The Infirmary now uses characters' nicknames, instead of their full names, making it consistent with the rest of the game.

Missions

Missions that involve searching dead bodies or killing zombified humans now pinpoint the corpses with icons on the minimap, rather than requiring you to hunt for them near a marked location.

We resolved an exploit that let players cancel Threatening to Leave missions by quitting and restarting the game.

We fixed a potential case where some NPCs in an enclave would not be visible during an objective to kill them all.

Graphics

We "tightened up the graphics" to achieve higher and more consistent resolution and frame rate on the Xbox One.

We improved the camera transition when moving into or out of a crouch while zoomed in.

We reworked our anti-aliasing system to reduce ghost outlines and blur artifacts when rotating the camera.

Lens flare effects are now smoother and crisper.

Multiplayer

The Multiplayer section of the Settings Menu now has options for voice chat, and is generally awesomer.

Most notably, we've added a push-to-talk option, and left it unbound for players to assign as they wish.

On a controller, we recommend D-Left (Emotes) if you want to swap out something that doesn't directly impact gameplay.

When a player speaks over in-game chat, their player indicator pulses to indicate which character is talking.

When a client is tethered to a host who is driving a vehicle, they now land in a passenger seat in that vehicle, rather than being dumped by the side of the road like garbage.

We fixed a rare case where the host would think a client's character died if they sustained many injuries, healed, and then sustained more injuries.

We fixed a rare crash bug that could occur when an Xbox client joined a UWP host just as the host is completing the search of a building.

You can no longer make progress toward the Citizen Z achievement by using the "Stuck" radio command, or by choosing and then cancelling the "Volunteer" or "Call for Help" commands.

Interface

We reworked the use of icons in the HUD and the Character Panel, so that the icons that pop up next to the Health, Stamina, and Infection meters can be followed all the way into the deepest menu to find out what they mean.

The "Show HUD" and "Show Notifications" options in the Settings Menu now consistently turn on and off their respective UI elements.

We clarified the visual language of the infection meter, to make it clear that you are progressing from a minor infection towards full-blown blood plague.

On PC, the game will now recognize any plugged-in controller as belonging to the player, rather than specifically requiring the designated "Player 1" controller.

We've made a video to run you through the basics of our new Closet feature. Please let me know in the comments if you have any further questions after watching the video.

The Outfit Customization Update introducesthe ability to change the clothing on your community members, andbrings with it agiant pile of clothing and hats to help you survive the apocalypse in style!

And this set of clothing is only the beginning we will continue to support Outfit Customization with additional content as time goes on!

When you play with the new update, look for the following:

A brand new Closet interfacein the Community Screen to keep track of your outfits and hats.

A new Bounty Broker packthat includes unlockable outfit bounties, along with a new suite of weapons!

Rare clothingthat you can loot from containers in the world.

Limited time gifts!Watch for more news later this month!

We've also mademajor improvements to multiplayer stability, across the board.

You can read the details, and all the other changes and improvements, below:

Fashion in the Apocalypse

The initial release of this feature will give players the opportunity to customize their community with a wide array of clothing and hats:

Immediately UnlockedThese will be ready to use as soon as you get the update!

Baseball Cap (in five color variants)

Dockyard Cap (in five color variants)

Flat-Brim Cap (in five color variants)

Denim Jacket (in five color variants)

Flannel Shirt (in five free color variants plus five lootable color variants below)

Layered T-Shirt (in five free color variants plus five lootable color variants below)

Puffy Vest(in five free color variants plus five lootable color variants below)

Find by Scavenging Go forth and kick open containers to find these goodies!

Army Cap (in five color variants)

Military Helmet (in five color variants)

Classic Cowboy Hat (in five color variants)

Knit Cap (in five color variants)

Flannel Shirt (in five lootable color variants in addition to the five free color variants above)

Layered T-Shirt(in five lootable color variants in addition to the five free color variants above)

Puffy Vest(in five lootable color variants in addition to the five free color variants above)

Leather Jacket (in five color variants)

Ninja Hoodie (in five color variants)

Tactical Uniform (in five color variants)

Earn by Completing Bounties Talk with the Bounty Broker for details!

Juggernaut Mask (oh yes we went there!)

Skeleton Hoodie (no bones about it!)

Limited Time Gift

STAY TUNED!

The Closet

The Closet UI is your place to change the outfits of your community members. Give them all unique looks, or make them match like a tactical dream team, your choice!

You can get there via the Community Screen. Just press Y (on a controller) or C (on the keyboard) to switch into the Closet view.

Choose which outfits or hats to apply to your characters!

Highlight a locked item to find out where you can get it!

Favorite items for easy equipping later!

Rotate your character to preview the back of an outfit (since that's what you'll see when you play them)!

Fearsome Footage Bounty Pack

The Bounty Broker is loaded up with a new film and television-inspired pack of weapons and outfits, available to those who can meet his demands:

1911 Long Slide .45 Caliber Pistol

"An accurate, long-barrel version of the iconic pistol. These are brand new, I just got them in."

SPAS-12 Semi-automatic Shotgun

"Italian gunsmiths crafted this tactical semi-automatic shotgun. It's quite ideal for home defense."

Uzi 9mm Submachine Gun

"If you can't put your hands on a phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range, well then I'd say this is the next best option."

Barbed Wire Bat Blunt Melee

"I do believe this weapon makes a statement without even being used. Of course, using it makes quite another statement indeed."

Slasher Machete Bladed Melee

"I would not dare to claim that this weapon is literally thirsty for blood, but I do believe it has seen more kills than I could count. And yet it keeps coming back for more..."

Seor Pokey Close Combat Weapon

"It's quite the perfect addition to the arsenal of any would-be slayer. For my part, I prefer simply to watch."

Skeleton Hoodie Outfit

"Enjoy this 100% anatomically accurate depiction of your own skeletal system."

Juggernaut Mask Headwear

"Wearing this could get you shot."

Other Changes

Technical

We made major improvements to multiplayer stability, across the board.

We made subtle advancements to our hair shader, improving the way hair looks under different lighting conditions.

We fixed a bug that was hard-locking the game if you continued too soon after exiting to the main menu.

We improved general stability and fixed some rare crashes.

Items

All backpacks have been renamed to tell you what color they are. This should make it easier to coordinate backpacks with your new outfits!

Recruits from military enclaves now carry a variety of different-sized military backpacks, instead of always having the same one.

Radio Commands

TheRecruit Military Survivorsradio command was just a stopgap until the arrival of Customizable Outfits. Now that you can dress your entire team in tactical uniforms and combat helmets, we've disabled that command.

Military enclaves will still continue to spawn naturally at a low rate, even without the radio command.

We removed blind spots from theLocate Plague Heartradio command that were making it very difficult for some players to find and destroy their final Plague Heart. If you're stuck there, try it again after the update.

We fixed a problem that made some rucksacks obtained via radio commands not count towards bounties and other mission objectives.

Gameplay

We fixed a bug that made it impossible to cure some survivors of their second case of Blood Plague, after they had already survived it once.

We fixed a bug that would lock you out of your ability to use a gun if you aimed too soon after dropping a mine while walking.

Missions

We fixed some progression blockers in the early missions that would halt them awkwardly if you performed actions out of order, such as healing your sick community member early by unexpected means.

We removed the option to deny the Wilkersons their bomb-making materials inLocal Personalitiesbecause it broke continuity in the story and didn't offer much value to the player community.

We fixed a progression blocker inVic: Reconnectingthat would strand those characters without a mission if you quit partway through recruiting one of them.

We fixed a progression blocker in the missionAction Hero Returns: Explosive Consequences.

Unfortunately, there is no easy path for upgrading at this time. The Ultimate Edition must be purchased separately. Alternatively, the Independence Pack and Daybreak Pack are purchasable individually through either the Windows store or the Xbox store.

This is a smaller update that packages the newGo Bag Weapon Packwith some minor upgrades and bug fixes, including:

An improvement to the catapulting-vehicle situation.

A fix allowing clients to heal the technician inDaybreak.

A few fixes for progression blockers in missions.

You can read all the details below.

Bounty Broker

The Go Bag Weapon Pack offers a whole duffel bag's worth of grab-and-go weapons, in return for completing a whole new set of bounties!

Classic AK-47(7.62mm Assault Rifle)

Doomsday Carbine(.45 Caliber Rifle)

Trail Blaise X2K(9mm Rifle)

M590 FDGB(Shotgun)

MPX(.357 Caliber Submachine Gun)

M-Dart 986 Revolver(9mm Revolver)

G45 FDE(9mm Pistol)

Tow Hitch Club(Blunt)

Wrench Blade(Close Combat)

There is a new Coming Soon tab on the Bounty Broker interface that lets us drop hints about our next release.

The Bounty Broker interface now accurately displays the weights of weapons with attachments.

Cash Beaumont is no longer vulnerable to players who like to throw zombies at him again and again.

The stealth-focused Police Sniper Rifle bounty now requires you to use quiet weapons, not just be crouched while killing zombies.

Cash Beaumont is now a little bit more chatty than he was before.

Gameplay

We reworked our physics systems to make it less likely that a vehicle will explode or fly away upon repair.

We fixed an issue with the new Dodge keybind that was causing it to fire off a dodge even when players pressed it while in a menu.

We fixed a fun bug that caused players to walk in the sky when they triggered a remote explosion while sliding down a ladder.

We fixed a bug that was preventing multiplayer clients from healing the technician inDaybreak.

We fixed some issues that caused players to get stunned when their friend attacked a zombie they had grappled.

We fixed an issue that was causing some fast-search attempts to stall out.

We refined search audio, adding container "open" sound effects to most container types.

Missions

We fixed faulty objectives with the following missions, some of which were causing progression hangs:

Sheriff: Winning Allies

Sheriff: Loot Dispute

Demand for Food

Demand for Ammo

Final Offer

We fixed an issue withHelp WantedinHeartland, which was blocking progress if the player quit the game with Brock dead.

Miscellaneous

We also did further work improving the stability of the game.

We have had some luck working around this issue by entering into a multiplayer session, using the community experiencing the infinite load time. Follow these steps:

Enter a friends session while on the main menu, selecting the affected community and the active character in that community.

During that session, switch away from the character you were using when you first encountered the load problem.

Return to your personal game. You should now be able to access that community.

However, we have also noticed that the area of the map in which the issue occurred can cause the issue to recur. It is best to complete the legacy for any community experiencing this particular problem, while avoiding the section of map in which it occurred (if possible).

We are aware that there is the occasional problem with people being able to start their Legacy missions after defeating the last Plague Heart on the map. You will know you have defeated the blood plague in your zone when your Primary Objective changes to Promote a Leader or Define your Legacy. It is also communicated that all Plague Hearts are defeated through character dialogue. The character will say something about this Plague Heart being the last one. There is also generally some chatter about defeating the blood plague after its defeat.

If you are certain you have defeated the blood plague, then we are aware of a couple of situations in which players can be blocked from starting their Legacy mission.

The first scenario is that there is an active Leader mission (or sometimes a mission for another community member's personal arc) for someone in the community. Start that mission - you can complete it or abandon it - and that should get you started.

The second scenario is not as well defined. That said, it seems that eliminating some enclaves from the map will usually get the Legacy missions started.

If neither of these things starts your legacy, please submit a request and we will try to gather more information.

Update 10 launches at 12:01am PT on Wednesday, July 31

The Bounty Broker Update introduces abrand-new mechanism for earning new gear, abrand-new weapon pack, along with other major improvements, including:

Large reductions to load timesand to thesize of the game on the hard drive.

Gameplay improvements tododging,using items, andtargeting interactions.

An oft-requestedre-balance of the Red Talon recruits.

A restoration of the long-lostmilitary character models.

Details are listed below.

Bounty Broker

The Bounty Broker is a new character who provides you with a straightforward way to try out new gear as it is added to the game you just have to complete a few jobs for him first. Here's what you do:

Track the Bounty Broker down at his van in Cascade Hills, Drucker County, or Meagher Valley.

Talk to him to see a catalog of available gear, and the bounties you must complete to earn it.

Select the bounties you want to pursue. They appear in the upper-right corner of your HUD, and persist across all your communities.

Complete the bounties and return to the Bounty Broker to receive the promised gear as your reward.

Once you've unlocked a piece of gear, you can buy additional copies of it for Influence, in any community.

The initial catalog features bounties that unlockthe new Critical Response weapons (listed below).

We also included the World War II weapons from the previous pack, unlocked by default for everyone. This replaces the Historical Weapons Dealer, who will no longer appear.

Critical Response Weapons Pack

The Critical Response Weapons Pack is a celebration of police and firefighters in the wake of the zombie apocalypse. It includes the following weapons:

Firearms

Police Sniper Rifle (5.56mm Scoped Rifle)

RC-9 Police Carbine (9mm Sighted Rifle)

Police M590A1 (Pump-Action Shotgun)

SWAT 416 (5.56mm Assault Rifle)

UMP SMG (.45 Caliber Submachine Gun)

MP5SD (9mm Suppressed Submachine Gun)

Backup Boss (9mm Revolver)

G34 (9mm Pistol)

G26 (9mm Pistol)

Melee Weapons

High-Angle Rescue Hatchet (Bladed)

Military Riot Club (Blunt)

Police Riot Club (Blunt)

Metal Nightstick (Blunt)

Close Combat Weapons

Police Knife

Rescue Knife

General

Community Request:We significantly improved load timesacross the board, particularly on the Xbox, significantly reducing the time it takes to get into the game or into a new map.

Community Request:We significantly reduced the footprint of the game on the hard drive, as well asthe download size offuture updates. (The update thatgetsus here is still pretty big.)

We now provide a direct link tosupport.stateofdecay.comin the Settings menu (under "Help & Support") for players who run into bugs and other technical issues.

It also includes a QR code, if you prefer to get there via your phone.

Gameplay

You now use the direction of your camera (instead of your character's facing) to choose which interactive object to target.

This makes some situations (like entering the left rear door of a vehicle instead of refueling it) much easier to get right.

There is a new option on the Settings/Gameplay menu to change it back if you liked the old way.

There are new keybinding options that allow you to split Dodge and Stealth onto separate buttons. If you want to try it out, here are some approaches we like:

On the keyboard, we recommendC for dodgeandG for stealth.

On the Xbox controller, we recommendB for dodgeandclicking the Right Stick for stealth(giving up zoom functionality for scoped weapons)

Using items like painkillers, grenades, and mines is now much more reliable and responsive while moving and dodging.

Dodging while tired or injured is now quicker, and you can follow up with another action sooner.

Inventory

Community Request:You can now hold the "Drop" button in your inventory to drop only one item from a stack. Ideal for sharing consumables with friends.

Community Request:We added safeguards against modded "glitter bombs" leaving a million Parts in hapless supply lockers.

You can now unload weapons in supply drops.

The game no longer claims that you can unload the weapons in a trader's inventory, because that would be rude.

Characters

Frequent and Emphatic Community Request:You can once again meet and recruit survivors who dress in green military clothing, many of whom have military backgrounds and skills. Here is where you might encounter them:

The classic storyline about a disaffected soldier in a military enclave now features survivors in military clothing, as it did when the game was first released.

Any ambient mission now has a small chance of spawning survivors in military clothing.

For a limited time, we are offering a "Find Military Survivors" radio command, allowing theverypatient military enthusiasts in our audience to staff up much faster than normal.

Community Request:We re-rebalanced the Red Talon Contractors and Soldiers as follows:

They are no longer irritated at everyone all the time.

We reduced the downsides associated with the Combat Medic, Pioneer, Squad Cook, Demolitionist, and Facilities Engineer backgrounds.

Killing zombies with explosives grants a small amount of XP towards the Chemistry, Munitions, Outlaw Chemistry, and Bomb-Making skills.

Survivors with the last name "Castellano" no longer show up with a blank nickname.

Missions

Builder: Elbow Roomis now better at finding applicable bases, and has safeguards against getting stuck when it fails.

Warlord: Weapons for Allnow allows you to spare the last enclave member without getting stuck.

We fixed a bug that sometimes preventedWarlord: Personal Dead Zonefrom completing.

Builder Legacy missions now automatically pin to the HUD.

Heartland

Heartland-specific specializations for core skills now gain experience as intended. This fixes Butchery, Field Testing, Gymnastics, Obsession, Scavenging, andVigilance.

We fixed some voodoo that was causing Reba, Diana, and Chavez to reset their timelines when they died, starting over from scratch. Now the only way they can rise from the dead is as zombies.

We fixed a blocking issue in the first mission if Quincy or Larisse died, and then the game was restarted.

Aunt Fi and Helena should no longer run to you from Jurassic Junction ifWilkerson Family TiesorSeeking Santosstarts while the player is away.

Aunt Fi should no longer teleport away at the beginning ofA Real Fixer Upper.

Scenes inWilkerson Family Tiesshould now still play, even if Aunt Fi is dead.

Malik no longer jumps in and speaks Larisse's lines inWilkerson Family Ties.

We made sure Brock and Keesha were killable when they should be killable in the Santos and Wilkerson enclave arcs.

We fixed another place where Malik could become immortal while playable.

We fixed an issue where theOverrunmission would still make you clear out the plague heart if you canceled it.

Xander's enclave should now have appropriate enclave descriptions on the map screen.

Achievements

We fixed several Achievements that the game was failing to award progress for, including:

Legacy Achievements

Be Still My Dog of War

I Am the Law

Speedy Delivery

If You Build It, They Will Come

Plague Heart Achievements

Heart of Darkness

Total Eclipse

What We Do in the Shadows

These Dreams

Other Achievements

Barley and Spoiled Blueberries

Sayonara

Miscellaneous

Eight months after delivering the Holiday 2018 celebratory Wizard Van, we realized we should probably remove it.

If you die of blood plague while exiting a vehicle, you will now stand up and die instead of soft-locking the game.

We fixed an issue with AI pathing that was causing mission characters to dodge around you repeatedly while trying to stand where you were.

We fixed an issue where clients in multiplayer games would hear muffled audio forever after they died.

We fixed a few graphical issues with shadowing, especially with halo-like artifacts around characters.

We fixed many minor issues with lighting and world geometry.

We are glad you found our support site. In order to tell us about your issue, please do the following:1) Click "Submit a Request" at the top of the main support page;2) Once you are in the Request form, please provide as much detail as you can (videos or screen captures are limited to a size of 20 MB);Thank you for helping us improve your experience!

This will depend on where you purchased the game. If you purchased a hard copy of the game, you need to make the return at the retailer you purchased it from. If you purchased a digital copy of the game from either the Xbox store or the Window store:

1. To request a refund for a digital product, go to Order history to see if its eligible for an immediate refund.

2. If its eligible, you can select Request a return.

3. If youdon'tsee Request a return, your item may not be eligible for a refund. See Microsoft Terms of Sale.

4. When your return is accepted, well issue your refund. Please note that refunds are applied to the original payment option.

Important: Before requesting a refund for downloadable software such as Windows, Office, or Visual Studio, uninstall it from your device. To do this, select the Start button on your device, then select Settings > Apps. Select the software and select Uninstall.

Note: To get the status of your return, exchange, or refund, check your order history again. If you're canceling and requesting a refund for an Xbox Play Anywhere game, youwon'tbe able to play the game on your PC or console after you cancel it.

On Xbox One, it should be automatically installed after purchase from the Store once you launch the game. There are times when you have to relaunch the game in order for the license to be visible. On Windows 10, there is no need to install the DLC. The content is already loaded into the base game and the Store purchase is a key to unlock that content. If you are unable to access the content after making a purchase, please submit a ticket.

State of Decay 2Patch NotesReleased June 8, 2018

Update 1.3 is a build aimed at fixing a number of crashes players are experiencing. It also improves logging functionality to help troubleshoot future player issues.

Patch 1.3 Highlights

Crash Fixes

Fixed issue where PC players were crashing on launch if they were in locales that do not support text-to-speech

Fixed crashes players were experiencing when loading into their communities

Improved stability

Improved Diagnostics

Better logging to help troubleshoot startup crashes

More granular crash tracking between the different Xbox platforms

Better PC crash reporting

Other Fixes

General stability improvements

Update 11.1 is a hotfix aimed at resolving a few minor issues:

We fixed a problem that was causing some clothing items to land in your inventory instead of being added to the closet.

If you have any stored clothing items as a result of this bug, adding them to your inventory now should fix them and add them to your closet.

Characters on the Community Screen now arrive all at once, as intended, rather than loading in piecemeal, starting with their hats.

We also fixed abug that would cause vehicles to experience physics problems on roads right after the tutorial.

What you're playing at home, from our point of view, is one specific version out of tens of thousands made over the lifetime of this game's development. It happens to be one which was subjected to increased scrutiny, but new versions are available to us internally multiple times per day, each one with a few more hours of work from some subset of the studio in there; tuning changes, new content, new systems, bug fixes, and inevitably, new bugs.

When we build a new version, we take all the code, art, data, and other components of a game and assemble them into the thing you're actually running at home. There are literally thousands of factors that make each version different from the next, which can make bugs easier or harder to reproduce. We have teams across multiple offices who are always actively looking at the build and coming up with reproduction steps and potential solutions. Some of them slip through and we apologize for that.

We thank you for your continued support in notifying us of issues you see.

You will need to bring up the Radio Command screen in order to get unstuck. On a controller press Up on the D-pad. On a keyboard, press the O key. Select the Stuck button at the bottom of the list. After a few seconds, your character will be shifted to another location.

This function also works for vehicles. While inside the vehicle, follow the same instructions.

We've taken another step in our ongoing quest to keep listening to community feedback and improving the game. This time, the big-ticket items are:

Over a dozennew weaponsfrom the World War II era.

The ability todemote a leaderwithout exiling or killing them.

Newicons to help you find charactersyou're trying to exile or demote.

The ability totransfer items into the base from every inventory slotat a parked vehicle.

The ability tounload ammunition from weapons in your inventory.

Check out the detailed patch notes below.

World War II Weapons

Community Request:We've added a new set of classic weapons from the World War II era:

M1918 BAR

M1A1 Thompson

M3 Grease Gun

Surplus M1911

M1917 Revolver

M1903A4 Sniper Rifle

M1 Carbine

M1 Para Carbine

M97 Trench Gun

There are several ways to get these new weapons:

There is a new antique weapons trader who shows up occasionally to sell them (appearing at the same rate as the other traders).

These new weapons can also be looted from the same containers as other standard guns in the game. Gun stores are a great place to look.

Characters with an interest in historical weapons can also spawn with them. (Look for traits likeRifle Collector,War Reenactor, and the newWorld War II Buff.)

Community Request:We also added four special variants that can only be found in the rare weapon containers hidden across the maps:

Barrow Style BAR (a cut-down M1918 BAR)

Gangland Strad (an M1A1 Thompson with a drum magazine)

Graveyard Shift (an integrally-suppressed M3 Grease Gun)

T4/M2 Carbine (a fully-automatic variant of the M1 Carbine)

Demoting Leaders

Community Request:You can now demote your leader from the Community Screen without having to exile them or get them killed.

The process is the same as for exiling a character. First you mark them for demotion, then you speak to them in person.

The demoted character's standing drops to Citizen level, and they suffer a temporary Morale penalty.

Community Request:When you exile or demote someone, they are now given a distinctive marker in the world and on the map, so you can easily find them to complete the process.

Characters

Community Request:Nonplayer characters are now a lot less aggressive towards nearby enemies while talking to you.

They will still defend themselves if attacked, but they won't break out of a conversation to chase a zombie that is across the building from them.

Community Request:When you switch characters at an outpost, your old character now teleports home, rather than heading out on foot and probably dying (at least in the harder zones).

Community Request:When you switch characters with your flashlight on, your new character starts out with their flashlight already on.

Abandoned followers no longer teleport directly over your head like drop bears.

We fixed a bug that was preventing characters from getting nicknames based on their last name.

This fix unlocks ahugelist of nicknames that were not available before.

This fix also unlocks more nickname options for cops, soldiers, and other characters who go by really long or uncapitalized last names that historically haven't fit well into the UI or the mission text.

Facilities

The Sort Ammo action at the Storage facility has been rebalanced to make some of the rarer ammo types more common. Now you should generate:

About twice as many .357 rounds as before.

About 50% more .44 and 7.62mm rounds.

About 15% more 5.56mm rounds.

About 25%fewer9mm rounds (to make up for it).

Upgrading an Infirmary or Clinic no longer ejects its Blood Plague patients, which was causing their death timers to quietly resume. Survivors now remain checked-in after upgrades.

TheScrum Certificationskill now grants a speed bonus to the building of facilities, in addition to its original speed bonus to other facility actions.

Items

Community Request:Quick-Repair Toolkits have been rebranded as Advanced Toolkits, and they now repair twice as much damage as standard Toolkits.

Their crafting cost and rarity are unchanged. They're just better now.

Community Request:Deployable Pyro Minefields now spawn with the correct rocket pods. They can set zombies on fire again.

Community Request:In response to players finding certain crossbows overpowered against Plague Hearts, we've reduced crossbow damage across the board (though headshots against zombies are still always deadly).

Crossbow bolt impacts no longer play inappropriate audio.

Characters with appropriate traits now have a chance of initially spawning with a crossbow.

This includes the newCrossbow Huntertrait.

Unbreakable items no longer drop from Plague Hearts in a damaged condition

User Experience

Community Request:You can now hold Y (controller) or R (keyboard) to unload the ammunition from the magazine of a weapon in your inventory, so you can store it or use it elsewhere.

Now when you're transferring items from a vehicle inventory to your base, you can do it fromanyslot in your inventory, not just the vehicle slots.

When playing with a mouse, you can now click the empty leader slot on the Community Screen to initiate leader selection, rather than having to press the spacebar.

Community Request:We fixed a bug that was preventing freaks from appearing on the mini-map inDaybreak.

Map icons for optional mission objectives have been recolored to stand out more against the background.

Entering a site while in a vehicle no longer prevents room-clearing pips from appearing on the mini-map.

If you interrupt a subtitle by conversing with an NPC, and then exit the conversation while the original line is still playing, the subtitle comes back, too.

Multiplayer

Incoming clients now land in the host's vehicle, if the host happens to be driving at the time.

Bonuses to influence gains now apply to multiplayer rewards, in addition to standard in-game earnings.

Nonplayer characters no longer fall through the world or spawn in the sky when exiting vehicles.

Getting tethered with the map open no longer traps you on a black screen.

We fixed a bug so that clients can now interact with built-in facilities after the host settles a new base.

Community Request:Players can no longer throw Bloater Gas Grenades at other players and then disconnect, causing the damage from the grenade to suddenly kick in. Explosives of all kinds now disappear when the character that triggered them goes away.

Dread and Nightmare Zones

Community Request:Hostile humans in Nightmare Zones are now a bit less deadly with firearms.

Now when you suffer a headshot, you are protected from additional headshots for a short time afterwards.

The remaining sliver of health has doubled in size, leaving a bit more room for you to escape with your life.

TheTrue Gritachievement is no longer triggered simply by rolling over to Day 100 while in a Dread or Nightmare zone, even if most of those days were spent in a Standard Zone. Now you must spend all 100 days in a more challenging zone.

Communities that are already in Dread and Nightmare zones when the update is installed will still be credited according the old rules.

Difficulty descriptions no longer continue to display unnecessary warning text after you change difficulty.

We fixed a crash that would occur if you managed to switch difficulties when your last survivor was dying.

Other Stuff

Windows with multiple panes now break as you would expect, rather than quietly violating the laws of physics.

We fixed a bug that was causing the game to begin without the characters or the world fully spawned in.

We fixed a crash that occurred when a character was killed after being exiled.

State of Decay 2Patch NotesReleased November 16, 2018

This is a major update to the game the download is large, and the list of improvements is long! We've highlighted the most exciting ones in each category, but it's worth reading through the whole list to see everything that's changed.

Zedhunter

TheZedhunter Updatelaunches today, free for all SoD2 players including Xbox Game Pass, and owners of the Standard and Ultimate editions. This update adds eight new crossbows, three new melee weapons, three new close combat weapons, three new blood plague consumables, quirk skills, achievements, a respecc option, and missions to the game. For a complete content list and more information, please visit stateofdecay.com/news

Daybreak

Earned CLEO rewards are now given to players even if they close or disconnect from a game before the round is finished.

The collections screen now shows you the prestige cost of the selected item as well as your current prestige total.

Walls no longer show interaction icons when they do not need to be repaired.

Lightly-damaged walls now show yellow (not orange) repair indicators.

We added a waiting screen for clients to keep them from spawning into Daybreak before the host.

When a player dies in Daybreak, their un-detonated remotely triggered land mines now disappear to reduce battlefield clutter.

The loadout screen now remembers your last equipment selection.

Red Talon Contractors

We added a secondary Recruit option for Red Talon contractors that offers the classic Red Talon uniform (tan vest over black clothing).

Red Talon contractors can now be inspected and rejected upon meeting them. Rejected contractors offer a 3000 prestige refund.

The cooldown between Red Talon recruit attempts has been reduced by half.

Red Talon contractors will no longer have their trait lists disrupted by new traits gained through conversation nor by Starvation, Frustration, and other temporary effects.

Red Talon contractors with the Combat Medicine skill now offer Medical Advice, just like real doctors.

The Warfighting skill advertised that it caused all shots to pierce enemies, but this wasn't true. Now in the main game, itistrue. In Daybreak, it stillisn'ttrue, but we're not advertising it anymore.

Gameplay

The aim camera no longer hitches when zooming in and out with a scope or sight.

NPCsno longer become hostile when dealt damage from sources that weren't hostile to them.

NPCs no longer react negatively when you accidentally point a gun in their direction.

Your character is now onlyimpressed by a scavenging location when itactuallyhas a lot of searchable containers.

Your character no longerreacts to every suburban house like it's a prime outpost opportunity.

We fixed an issue that was making it extraordinarily difficult to walk instead of jog using the analog stick.

Community

It may not have been clear in the previous Patch Notes that we now store only the 50 most recently used legacy characters, instead of stacking them up endlessly. This was necessary to reduce save sizes and prevent data loss. We are currently working on further improvements to this process.

When you delete a community, any characters within that community who have completed at least one legacy are now saved.

Negative traits gained through conversation have had their negative impacts reduced, and in many cases, removed entirely. You can feel more confident bringing followers into the field.

We fixed several skill specializations that were not responding to experience-rate buffs.

We fixed an issue where we would display a mood description for a character that wasnot as sadas their actual mood.

We fixed some hero bonuses, traits, and other attributes whose effects were being ignored specifically, Durability Loss Per Shot, Durability Loss Per Hit, and Food Consumed Per Day.

We fixed a crash that could occur when the final member of your community died after finishing the final legacy mission.

Facilities

The Sniper Tower now offers a passive 2 to Threat Level, and a new option to spend 2 ammo to reduce Threat Level by 6 for an hour, while training the Shooting skill.

The Bell Tower at the Church on the Hill and theAnnouncer Box at Whitney Field now trigger genuine sieges when used to reduce Threat Level at thebase. To balance this out, their Threat Level benefit has been slightly increased.

You now need to interact with the storage facility directly to withdraw a rucksack, rather than teleporting them magically onto your back from across the map.

We now properly check the Cooking skill when upgrading the Kitchen 1 facility to Kitchen 2.

TheScrap Materials For Partsaction now awards Craftsmanship experience, as intended.

The Bike Generator no longer accidentally incurs a fuel upkeep cost, so cyclists are apparently no longer drinking gasoline.

We fixed a cost mismatch when employing the Pathology skill to craft theBulk Plague Cureitem, versus individual Vials of Plague Cure.

We no longer award free Influence when changing maps, since you now arrive with a free base instead.

The Infirmary text now more accurately describes recovery from injuries and trauma.

You can no longer repair the same weapon multiple times in a row without damaging it first.

TheWithdraw a Rucksackactions on the storage facility now appear in the same order as the resource icons in the HUD.

Items

Fallen NPCs now drop their close-combat weapons for you to recover. They can be equipped by other characters or salvaged for parts.

The inventories of your parked vehicles now come with you when your community changes maps.

Dropped items now display in-world icons to better indicate what they are, as well as their current condition.

Plague samples are now dropped as individual items, not as containers, making them quicker and easier to pick up.

The interaction prompt on dropped plague samples now says "Take Plague Sample" instead of "Interact".

Vials of Blood Plague Cure now cure early-stage infections, without needing to wait until you develop full-blown Blood Plague.

We fixed a bug where Remote Rocket Pods and Deployable Minefields dealt no damage to vehicles. They now deal a small amount.

We fixed the stack count for Piles of Weapon Remains to be the standard 3 not the 99 used for crafting items.

Triggerable items, such as C4, are now set off in roughly the order in which they were placed. While most of these items are still set off simultaneously, some of them (such as remote rocket pods) will interrupt the chain, as they must be detonated individually.

Consumables that provide an effect over time will now display while active over the health and stamina bars.

Missions

Allied enclaves ask for help (and risk leaving the map if you ignore them) about half as often as they did before.

When you interact with an NPC, the dialogue options now always pop up immediately, rather than sometimes waiting for a VO line to finish.

Personal leadership-related missions no longer automatically override your current mission in the mission HUD.

Several story-driven enclaves have new trade inventories specifically themed to their specialties.

Starting characters are no longer shown as belonging to the same community until after you've completed the tutorial.

We fixed cases where the "Warlord: Notice of Eviction" mission could accidentally be abandoned.

Multiplayer

We've refined the experience for clients depositing rucksacks for the host. Now anyone can make a deposit, either at the Storage facility or at a Parking Slot, and everyone is rewarded appropriately with Influence.

Clients now gain appropriate progress for Achievements earned while in the Host's game.

We clarified the error message for when a Client interacts with an NPC while the Host is also interacting with that same NPC.

We clarified the error message for when a Client attempts to claim an outpost or home site while in the Host's game.

We removed some jittery behavior of players and icons when riding together in vehicles.

UX

When you open a vehicle trunk while carrying a rucksack, the cursor defaults to the rucksack in your possession (if there's room in the trunk to store it).

When you die, and you only have one remaining available character, we now auto-switch you to that character, rather than having you choose from a list of one.

Pressing the View or V button will now close the Community Screen, even when you are zoomed in on a character.

The car-flip icon now consistently shows as inactive whenever flipping is impossible.

Help Tips no longer show over dialogue.

Graphics

Billboards and signs now stream in their high-res textures at a greater distance they look better from farther away.

The visuals and audio for automatic gunfire now line up much better than they did before.

You can no longer "outrun" the rate at which grass visually appears in the game, causing it to "pop in" seconds later.

TOP ITEMS

Zedhunter Updatelaunches today!

When you open a vehicle trunk while carrying a rucksack, the cursor defaults to the rucksack in your possession (if there's room in the trunk to store it).

Dropped items now display in-world icons to better indicate what they are, as well as their current condition.

Allied enclaves ask for help (and risk leaving the map if you ignore them) about half as often as they did before.

Red Talon contractors can now be inspected and rejected upon meeting them. Rejected contractors offer a 3000 prestige refund.

Earned CLEO rewards are now given to players even if they close or disconnect from a game before the round is finished.

State of Decay 2Patch NotesReleased September 12, 2018

HOW WILL YOU SURVIVE...THE NIGHT?Daybreak Pack introduces a brand-new game mode of co-op siege defense to State of Decay 2. This is an exciting variation on the classic "zombie siege" story.You and up to three teammates play Red Talon soldiers armed with high-end weaponry. Together, you must defend your fortified position against waves of oncoming zombies, while a vulnerable technician repairs a critical satellite relay. The longer you last, the more rewards you earn for your home community of survivors- just be sure to protect the technician at all costs!

EVERYBODY FIGHTS. NOBODY QUITS.

Patch 4.0 Highlights

Daybreak is a brand new way to play State of Decay 2 with up to 3 of your friends.As you play, you'll receive regular supply drops of even more powerful weapons and gear, allowing you to unleash increasingly blistering firepower against the zeds.

Introducing new weapons and gear!

6 new melee weapons

9 new ranged weapons

6 new consumables

Horrific new Blood Plague Juggernaut.

Earn prestige that unlocks rewards for your State of Decay 2 community.

Includes over two dozen new achievements for State of Decay 2, worth 250 Gamerscore.

No risk to your existing community of survivors. If you die, no problem ... you'll be back in action seconds later with a new recruit. (thoughts, Andy?)

Reintroduces the mysterious CLEO drone network that first appeared in State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition.

We resolved many instances of mistranslated text.

A rare and highly-specific series of deaths that could stop progress in the "Heart of the Matter" mission has been addressed. We expect that players who were stuck under those circumstances will now be unstuck.

Immortal characters are now significantly more immortal. This resolves some cases where mission-critical characters could die under weird or unexpected circumstances.

When selecting "New Game" in the Heartland Menu, the confirmation pop-up dialog no longer defaults to "Yes, please delete the community I've worked exceptionally hard to cultivate."

Heartland is now the first DLC option shown in the DLC carousel, so it's easier to find.

State of Decay 2Patch NotesReleased July 3, 2018

Update 2.1 features a variety of bug fixes, including a few related to character positioning on the Community screen.

Patch 2.1 Highlights

ThePurchase DLC button on Main Menu now works properly for players with new profiles who don't own any DLC.

The mission "Builder: Make Your Own Gear" can now be completed if the player has a built-in Machine Shop at their base.

Characters on the Community screen now re-orient correctly when changes are made to the community.

Newly selected leaders are now positioned correctly on the Communityscreen.

Fixed an issue where sometimes newly recruited community members would overlap or be standing too close to others on the Community screen.

Characters now properly gain experience in their close combat specialization when fighting with their close combat weapon.

Characters who have earned at least 1 star in their Gunslinging specialization are now able to snap-aim with the [ A] button as expected.

The in-game Independence Pack purchase confirmation banner no longer eagerly pops up with every player session.

Fixed several missions that occasionally couldn't be completed due to missing items (such as Lost and Found: Search for the Mace, Eagle Eye: Sniper's Stash, and the various resource-scavenging Radio Menu missions). These missions should now properly place the necessary items in the world.

Funnily enough, these things are apparently quite adept at hiding from players and Red Talon surveyors alike. You will find 3 maps attached with highlighted areas of places on each map that elude the range of the survey points. Please comment if any additions need to be made to the maps.

We are aware of the issue and are working on a fix. In the meantime, we have found that the mission can still be completed. It requires a little more care and exploration, but should still be doable. Please submit a request from the main page if you find a mission where this does not seem to be true.

State of Decay 2Patch NotesReleased August 8, 2018

Patch 3.0 features many significant quality-of-life improvements and a host of bug fixes that solve confusing or frustrating issues.

Patch 3.0 Highlights

Feature Improvements

All players in a multiplayer game can now use the "Stuck?" radio command.

Vehicles will now be teleported by the "Stuck?" radio command.

The "Stuck?" radio command now won't teleport you all the way back to your base.

Players can now use the Workshop facility to repair or salvage equipped weapons, rather than having to drop them into the Supply Locker first.

Salvaged weapons now return their ammo to your Supply Locker instead of destroying it.

Info flyouts for outposts on the map screen now show the outpost number, which corresponds to the outpost number in the base management screen.

Players will now see a banner at the top-center of screen when a community member dies, instead of the brief side notification that previously popped up.

Players will now see a banner at the top-center of screen when a community member threatens to leave or leaves, instead of the brief side notification that previously popped up.

Communities will now automatically claim an appropriate "starter" home site when traveling to a new map.

Several radio commands have been enabled for clients in multiplayer games.

Players can now drop equipped weapons.

Players can now buy 1 individual item from a stack when trading with enclaves.

Players can now navigate conversationoptions with Left Stick as well as D-pad controller input.

The Supply Locker is now automatically sorted by item type. Additionally, the Ranged Weapons tab has the option to sort by either ammo caliber or weapon type.

When approaching the Storage facility with a rucksack equipped, the interaction text will now display the resource type and the resource yield.

The Mysterious Wandering Trader now appears more reliably.

Adjusted the cadence of the Independence Pack DLC trader to better balance with the Wandering Trader.

The mission that creates the trader who supplies skill books is now called "Skills Trader" (to more clearly communicate its different nature). Also, this mission can now occur during the week (and not just on weekends).

Balance Changes

When you abandon an outpost, you'll be refunded only 60% of the original influence cost, instead of 100%.This increased investment in an outpost is intended to make it feel like a significant choice by the player, rather than an easily swapped "loot-drop" location that drastically alters the overall experience.

Proximity mines are no longer triggered by players or by friendly NPCs.

Bug Fixes

Gameplay

Players can now improve their Close Combat Specialization skill.

Players trying to descend a ladder will no longer experience confused Up/Down controls when the ladder animation involves a camera flip.

Players can no longer consume (and waste) energy drinks if their character is still under the effect of a prior energy drink.

Grenade launcher rounds no longer occasionally bounce off of fat zombies.

Explosives now set off other nearby explosives, such as land mines. Have fun with that.

Losing a benefit that reduces the severity of trauma can no longer kill a character (due to retroactive increase of trauma).

Certain rare skills learned from books will now always start at Level 1 as intended.

Skill books can no longer be consumed if they would not grant any benefit.

Fixed an issue with fire occasionally (and invisibly) remaining in effect beyond the appropriate duration.

Recon radio commands now reveal zombies for all players, not just the host.

When calling in favors over the radio, the enclave that owes you the favor will now answer, rather than someone from your own community.

Facility actions can now be truly instantaneous (cost 0 seconds).

Improved the reliability and predictability of the "Stuck?" radio command.

Improved the predictability of your starting position when loading back into a saved community.

UI

When a home site or previously cleared site becomes infested, it now properly shows an infestation icon on the map.

The minimap now zooms in correctly when indoors at an infestation or plague heart.

Sell and Buy prices for stacks have been adjusted tofix discrepancies with individual item pricing.

The Out of Storage notification now properly triggers when you deposit a rucksack that brings that resource level from just below your base's maximum capacity to above the maximum capacity.

The base management screen's morale flyout now correctly uses the morale effect's name instead of the name of the facility providing the effect.

Notifications for certain rare skills learned from books now show the correct maximum skill level.

The UI for your Storage facility now indicates when withdrawing a rucksack is not possible due to insufficient resources.

Fixed an issue with the player's vehicles not showing up on the map UI after moving to a new map.

Flyout info for sites on map screen should now properly show icons for all expected resources.

When using the mouse on the map screen, the goal info flyout now shows when hovering over a goal in the list, instead of requiring it to be clicked.

Labor and time costs are now shown for facility mod uninstall actions.

The Independence Pack supply drop container now shows a "Busy" indicator when another player is interacting with it.

Players interacting with the radio menu using a mouse can no longer accidentally click buttons that have been hidden by an opened command category

Multiplayer

Host no longer sees client's vehicle help tips.

Multiplayer clients are no longer forcibly teleported every time the host switches characters.

Multiplayer rewards are now always granted immediately upon return to your saved game

Multiplayer location indicators no longer show through the background of the Community screen.

Adjusted position of multiplayer name indicators so that they do not overlap when multiple players are in a single vehicle.

Fixed an issue causing jerky flashlight movements with bad network updates.

Fixed an issue causing flashlights to get "confused" if a player stayed in aim mode for a long time.

Vehicles

Vehicle icon now properly persists if the last passenger of a vehicle exits out of a non-driver seat.

Fixed an issue with Independence Pack vehicle deliveries occasionally appearing beneath the map (and thus inaccessible.)

Clients can now see when their car is properly parked at the host's base.

Clients can now see the name of vehicles while surveying.

Audio

Added error sound when attempting to select unavailable radio command.

Key Bindings

Players who have remapped Struggle and Melee actions to different inputs can now use either one to open locked doors.

Miscellaneous

Tweaked visuals and timing of bloater gas cloud to more closely match effects.

Fixed many spots where players could get stuck in the environment.

Fixed many instances of world art floating or clipping incorrectly.

State of Decay 2Patch NotesReleased June 15, 2018

Update 1.4 contains a number of fixes based on community feedback, in addition to general bug fixes.

Patch 1.4 Highlights

Fixed issue with ladders where players would sometimes not mount the ladders properly during descents and as a result fall off and take damage

Fixed some rare instances of odd follower behavior where players would sometimes lose their follower entirely, or the follower would disappear and then teleport to the player later

Door state should now always match its visuals

State of Decay 2Patch NotesReleased October 19, 2018

Patch 4.3 features two fixes for rare, but significant issues that drastically impacted the game experience, along with some "run in place" bugs that were plaguing our zombies and NPCs.

Fixes

Fixed an issue where the game would hardlock after the player destroyed a plague heart, or in situations where there was an abundance of plague zombies. We believe this was also causing crashes and hard locks in Daybreak.

Made a number of changes to address the save issues that many players were experiencing. (Save files were becoming too large to upload to cloud saves.)

Zombies no longer visibly run in place when grouped together near a lot of objects.

Fixed an issue that caused zombies and NPCs to appear to run in place when the player was inside a vehicle.

State of Decay 2Patch NotesReleased September 17, 2018

Patch 4.1 addresses some Daybreak bugs that surfaced during early sessions, along with a few other random issues that had cropped up.

Key Highlights

A minor scripting error caused our new and improved resource loss events to behave just like the old ones, which was not an improvement. Now they actually behave as intended, with resource losses depending on low Morale and negative Traits.

We made some changes to address the bug that caused an audio blowout and loss of all sound. This problem is stubborn and elusive, so please let us know it you encounter it again after installing the update.

Daybreak Fixes

Red Talon now offers an explanation when they cannot send a contractor to a full community, rather than leaving you hanging.

Red Talon facilities now inform you that you were refunded the rare items needed to build them when they are dismantled.

Fixed an exploit that allowed Daybreak clients to hang around on the rewards screen and get rewards without playing.

The Select Starting Gear menu in Daybreak should no longer show inappropriate item descriptions when navigating off the edge of the menu.

Ferals should no longer be able to vindictively disable walls if killed while climbing.

Crawling zombies will no longer attempt to imitate helicopters by spinning their legs in the air.

Other Notable Fixes

The Purchase button for the Independence Pack actually goes away now when you buy the pack, instead of waiting to ambush you.

The Independence Pack banner should no longer jump in at inappropriate times after cinematics.

Legacy characters with Red Talon's Compact Ordnance hero bonus should no longer crash the game.

CLEO Fire Support is no longer blocked when you are aiming your gun.

Characters with full Stamina will no longer waste snacks.

Kicking too many clients in rapid succession should no longer soft-lock the game.

The Survey Mode prompt should no longer follow you into a friend's game and awkwardly hang around.

Hostile humans should no longer wink out of existence when hit with a car. They were getting off too easy.

Prestige now accurately counts towards the achievement "The Turn".

State of Decay 2Patch NotesReleased October 10, 2018

Patch 4.2 features several fixes related to the Daybreak Pack, as well as some quality-of-life improvements for the full game.

Critical Fixes

We were finally able to reproduce the dreaded audio blowout bug in a dev environment, and we have a new intended fix. As before, if you encounter the bug after installing the update, please let us know!

Daybreak Fixes

Red Talon traits, skills, and hero bonuses should no longer appear on non-Red Talon characters.

Fixed an issue where, if a player in Daybreak looking at the shared inventory disconnected, other players were blocked from accessing the inventory.

You can now properly deliver the special "standing execution" move unlocked by the Heroism skill. All that Red Talon training has to be worth something, right?

The Tactics skill now properly allows a character in stealth to silently open locked doors.

Red Talon recruits who are euthanized no longer remain static in a standing position. Because that's just a little TOO disciplined.

Players will no longer automatically (and erroneously) unlock the "Cargo Cult" achievement while downloading Daybreak.Building the CLEO Relay Facility is how you get it now, as originally intended.

It's no longer possible to accidentally place the Red Talon Watchtower facility into a slot that prevents your survivors from actually being able to get inside the facility.

Bloater gas clouds in Daybreak now play their proper audio every time. These guys may be deadly, but they're not silent.

The description text for the Remote Rocket Pod now clarifies that you can only detonate one of them at a time.

Other Fixes

Fixed a soft lock that would occur if a player died (via injury) while entering a vehicle at the same time. It sounds weird and hard to pull off, but it was totally happening.

Fixed a number of localization issues.

Top 5 Bullets

We were finally able to reproduce the dreaded audio blowout bug in a dev environment, and we have a new intended fix.

Players will no longer automatically (and erroneously) unlock the "Cargo Cult" achievement while downloading Daybreak.Building the CLEO Relay Facility is how you get it now, as originally intended.

The Tactics skill now properly allows a character in stealth to silently open locked doors.

Red Talon traits, skills, and hero bonuses should no longer appear on non-Red Talon characters.

Fixed an issue where, if a player in Daybreak looking at the shared inventory disconnected, other players were blocked from accessing the inventory.

State of Decay 2Patch NotesReleased June 28, 2018

In honor of the new Independence Pack DLC (available for purchase now!), Patch 2.0 adds new FREE content for ALL players and improves your game experience in several places.

We've also fixed a wide range of bugs related to gameplay, multiplayer sessions, performance, and more.

Update 2.0 Highlights

New Content

"Revolutionary War" zombies can now appear in the world.

Who knew there were so many history buffs in town right when the outbreak occurred?

20 new missions now available to players:

10 ambient missions, which can occur as players explore the map.

7 enclave missions, expanding the stories that can be told about neighboring groups.

3 community missions, offering new options for your group to solve crucial problems.

New Red Talon & Network weapons added to the game:

Danforth Slugger (a lead-filled baseball bat).

Trumbull Gatekeeper (a lovingly improved model 70).

RTX Extermination Blade (a military-grade zombie fightin' blade).

RTX Cyclone (a fully automatic 12 gauge pistol).

RTX Rampart (a Vulture .44 with automatic fire, able to stop a charging juggernaut).

Previous Red Talon weapons have been rebranded as RTX and given new coats of paint:

SOCOM II RT is now the "RTX Hordebreaker".

Scar-H RT is now the "RTX Stormbringer".

Vector Ultracompact RT is now the "RTX Piranha".

A new "Rare Books" trader can appear every few game days, with the following new skill books available for the low low price of 1500 Influence: Driving, Lichenology, Fishing, Scrum Master.

Game Improvements

Gameplay

Added a new jog animation for human characters.

Polished the "walk to run" and "run to walk" transition animations.

Additional improvements to doors so that their state matches their appearance.

Added a "Confirm" option before euthanizing community members.

Additional improvements to mounting of ladders, including better interaction when player is strafing and interaction from the tops of ladders.

Juggernaut modifications:

Ground slam collision volume has been reduced by roughly 25%.

Added a half-second cooldown to the juggernaut's initiation of its finishing move.

Players can start a finishing move earlier in a juggernaut's stagger animation.

Weapon Changes:

B50FG weight has been increased to 28.5 (up from 12 lbs).

Model 99-50 Magazine now holds 3 rounds (down from 5).

M9950 Timberwolf Magazine now holds 4 rounds (down from 7).

B50FG Magazine now holds 5 rounds (down from 12).

A .50 cal weapon can no longer take down a plague heart without at least one reload, or other tools being brought to bear against it. Without using other tools, it now takes 6shotsfrom a .50 cal weaponto take down a plague heart (up from 3).

Other drum-mag weapons which erroneously had no additional weight for their drum-magazines have had their weight increased (SOCOM II and RTX Hordebreaker, Operator's M4A1, DEVGRU X12 Infiltrator, and RTX Stormbringer).

Sniper Towers now count as Watchtowers for Morale purposes.

Changed the weight of several luxury items so that their weight better matches the quality of their manufacturing.

Settings

Added a toggle in the Video options menu on both PC and Xbox that allows players to control the amount of motion blur seen in game.

Bug Fixes

Crashes

Game no longer crashes when player enters a car after calling in a drone strike.

Fix a rare crash that could occur during loading screen (affected roughly 1% of users).

Multiplayer

Fixed a number of softlocks and crashes happening when players were joining and exiting multiplayer sessions.

Players will no longer softlock if their console is disconnected from the network while joining a multiplayer match.

Fixed desync issue that caused rubberbanding of zombie on client's machine if host moved with a grappled zombie.

Fixed issue with supply lockers sometimes not being visible at homesites in co-op.

Fixed issue where host's facilities would occasionally turn invisible to clients.

When the player suspends the app during a multiplayer session on UWP, they will now be disconnected instead of being allowed to move around and interact with the world.

Fixed an issue where players had to move the stick/use input on D-pad twice before the highlighted selection would move when selecting an activecharacter in the Multiplayer Character Selection screen.

Input

Game now pauses when controller becomes disconnected during single-player sessions.

Fixed an issue where players could lose scroll functionality when initially opening or scrolling to the bottom of the Remap Controls settings.

Fixed a bug on Xbox where the Exit Vehicle prompt would default to show "Y" even when it had already been mapped to another button.

Performance

Removed performance dip when player walks into the smoke created by a smoke grenade.

Removed FPS drop when opening the Community Menu on Xbox One before returning to active gameplay.

Removed FPS drop when repeatedly firing B50FG.

Removed FPS drop when breaking the windows at the Quonset Hut in Whitney Junction.

Removed FPS drop when holding up on the right stick on a fully zoomed map screen.

Gameplay

The Magnum Ammo Press facility mod now correctly produces .357 and .44 ammo (a bug was connecting the press to .50 and 40mm ammo).

Fixed issue with euthanization scene replacing the player's equipped gun with a G17 pistol.

Prepper's 10/22 now has a weight of 7 lbs.

Fixed a number of instances where zombies stopped attacking players if players were in specific locations.

Zombies that have no arms are no longer able to scale fences and walls.

Fixed issue where some facilities that were in disrepair continued to provide benefits to the community as if they were in working order.

Ferals and juggernauts now have the ability to kill NPCs with their special attacks.

Juggernaut "execution attack" can now correctly kill survivors that have a ton of different max health buffs simultaneously applied.

A feral attached to a vehicle a player is driving no longer instantly dies when the player jumps out of the vehicle.

Players can no longer initiate a stealth takedown on aggroed zombies.

Morale bonus effects now update immediately on the community morale screen.

Bandaging action is now interruptable by melee attacks.

Updated out-of-date text on Pharmacology and Pathology skill specialties. Pharmacology is about crafting strong painkillers and bonus recovery items, while Pathology focuses on plague cure and infection treatment.

Dead bodies no longer accumulate forever during long play sessions.

Missions

Fixed a number of issues that prevented legacy missions from completing.

Fixed a number of instances where NPC VO was playing at the incorrect time or repeating itself.

Environment

Fixed a multitude of instances where players could get stuck on terrain or objects and require radio assistance to get unstuck.

Fixed markup on numerous objects that were either preventing players from climbing on them or allowing players to enter areas where they shouldn't be.

Removed a number of invisible objects that were obstructing player or vehicle movement.

Fixed LOD issues on a multitude of static objects across all 3 maps.

Removed multiple instances of floating textures and exposed seams in the world.

Performed a clipping pass and a general aesthetic polish pass on environment visuals .

Vehicles

Fixed physics in a number of instances where vehicles would become stuck in animation loops after a collision or rolling over.

Players can no longer enter vehicles that are about to explode.

State of Decay 2Patch NotesReleased September 5, 2018

To pave the way for the upcoming Daybreak Pack,we're unleashing a batch of quality-of-life fixes that should improve your game experiences.

(We're especially excited about items 1-3 under "Characters and Communities," and we think many of you will agree!)

Speaking of Daybreak ....

Don't forget to check in againone week from today, because this brand-new game mode goes on sale on September 12! Daybreak is a session-based co-op game mode for State of Decay 2. It also includes a wealth of new weapons and equipment useful both in Daybreak and in your home community.

And last but not least: A great big thanks from all of us at Undead Labs for the hordes of fans that came out to support us at gamescom and PAX West. Meeting the people who are playing our game is the best part of this job, and we were thrilled to see how many of you showed up to play the Daybreak demo. Your enthusiasm keeps us going in our plans for continued support for State of Decay 2!

Patch 4.0 Highlights

General Issues

Fixed an exploit involving buying and selling stackable items with traders to earn massive amounts of Influence.

Removed an apparent soft-lock caused by the death of a leader.

Removed some locks and crashes associated with pop-up boxes.

Fixed a handful of buildings that were inaccessible due to collision.

Fixed a number of localization issues.

Characters and Communities

Random "resource loss" events are now dependent on morale and traits. If you recruit carefully and keep everyone happy, then random resource losses should be a thing of the past.

Characters who incur "resource loss" events because of low morale will now receive a temporary morale benefit for doing so. IE, they binged on a bunch of food, but at least it made them feel better.

Skilled characters will now sometimes provide the community with new free items in place of the "resource loss" events.

Exiles should now always count towards exile-related achievements.

Characters from other enclaves will no longer receive the large-scale death-banner treatment when they die.

Bases and Facilities

Fixed an issue where facilities would sometimes stop building when the main menu was opened.

Fixed an issue where weapons would be repaired for free.

Fixed collision on the Sniper Tower to allow it to be scaled.

Fixed a case where the old Rally Point bases could still be claimed.

Extended the new resource-counting prompt for depositing rucksacks in the generic Storage facility to apply to specialized Storage facilities as well.

Missions

Fixed an issue where some missions would provide deceptively large piles of resources.

Fixed many cases where critical NPCs would not show up for missions (or in one case, would attack you for no reason).

Fixed an issue with theWarlord: The Informantmission, which was not counting vehicle kills.

Fixed an issue with theBuilder: The Call Is Answeredmission, in which some enclaves would flee the player's home site.

Gameplay

Armored zombies are no longer killed by flames. Instead, they catch fire and become scarier, like a juggernaut.

Zombie kills with vehicles should now count towards zombie-killing achievements.

Fixed some issues where zombies would spawn trapped in geometry.

Fixed an exploit that allowed some clients to easily blow up the host's vehicles.

Fixed an issue with indefinitely persistent C4 charges left by dead characters.