Hey all, here’s a quick rundown on a few of the things currently in the internal testing build and due for a hopeful release early next week.

Visible wounds on the character

New ‘vehicle zed stories’ to see on the road as you drive by (these being the car placements and zed clothing that suggests scenes of what was happening during the initial outbreak)

Fuel timers for campfires and other fuelled items – showing how many in-game hours they have left

The ability to tie a bandana either Rambo-style over your head, or to cover your face.

Cruise control for cars – pressing Shift+W will increase the maintained speed, Shift+S will decrease it. Braking will turn it off.

Stealth improvements – especially for sneaking up behind zombies and stabbing them. The player character will raise a hand to signal when he/she is close enough for a jaw stab from behind.

Added ability to hold a flashlight in the player’s hand, and also for a visible umbrella to be displayed being held by the player too.

Here’s a quick video that shows some of the above in action.

Finally today, here’s a quick look at Yuri’s work on fire spread. It’s not quite as visually appealing as the above, but hopefully it’ll be of some interest.

On the right you can see all the factors in-play: temperature, material types, weight, volume, surface area, heating energy, cooling energy etc – ignore the ‘weather’ tag at the top.

Then, on the left you can see a map of combustible materials, in this case trees. Each tile displays the temperature of a tree – the left the trunk, the right the branches. We then see a fire spread between them all – with the tree-tops lighting up, and their burning being passed on to surrounding trees.

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