DayZ Experimental 1.08 Is Live

Bohemia Interactive is ready for another DayZ update. Even if most of the Bohemia Interactive developers are entirely focused on the development of the Enfusion engine, they are still able to develop updates for DayZ, which confirms their dedication to one of the best survival games out there. For that, the new Experimental 1.08 update has already deployed, adding new content, fixes, and more.

The new experimental patch introduces an utterly different destruction/raiding mechanics. According to the blog post, Fences and Watchtowers are no longer destructible using actions. Now, they can be demolished by melee attacks, firearms, or explosives, which represents a somewhat more realistic and dramatic feature.

Several crashing issues have also been addressed, including server errors, inflicting a better mainstream gameplay experience. For a detailed list of patch notes, you can check the section below.

DayZ 1.08 Experimental Update Changes

Added

Added: Sporter 22 and its attachments
Added: Lighter
Added: Frying Pan
Added: Direct cooking slots on the oven and indoor stove (allows to place both pots/pans or food directly)
Added: Cooking equipment, kindling and fire fuel can now be used to create a fireplace at the indoor stove or fireplace
Added: Items can now be attached directly to the fireplace
Added: Interactive indoor stove
Added: SKVSCh Biatlon Arena location to Chernarus
Added: Saint Roman ski resort location to Chernarus
Added: New car wrecks on Chernarus, spawning vehicle parts
Added: Character sounds for running out of breath
Added: Storage containers (barrels, crates, chests,..) can now be destroyed by explosions, gunfire and melee damage
Added: Tents, watchtowers and fences can be destroyed by explosions, gunfire and melee damage
Added: Tents, watchtowers and fences can be repaired using tools and materials
Added: Ruined containers and tents will drop their contents onto the ground
Added: Canopy Tent along with color variants
Added: Color variants for the Medium Tent
Added: Server info in the In-Game menu (PC – can be switched off in the options menu)
Added: Ability to pull dead bodies out of vehicles

Fixed

Fixed: A game crash related to base building
Fixed: Server errors related to throwing
Fixed: Several optimizations when it comes to building collisions
Fixed: Several map issues on Chernarus and Livonia
Fixed: An exploit to look through walls abusing the compass
Fixed: Loading internal magazines of weapons did not work across multiple stacks of ammunition
Fixed: No sound was played when skinning something with the machete
Fixed: Bottles and canteens are now spawning with random amounts of water in them
Fixed: Sounds weren’t played when filling up a bottle or canteen at a well, lake or gas station
Fixed: Repositioning the cable reel could break the hand slot and cause desynchronization
Fixed: The flashbang could cause a permanent Tinnitus effect when hit by multiple flashbangs in short succession
Fixed: The windows of the large tent could not be interacted with when the camo net was attached
Fixed: Switching to a heavy item while in throwing stance could freeze the character
Fixed: The character was not forced to stand up when switching from a one-handed to a heavy item in hands, causing animation glitches
Fixed: Horticulture: Water/Plant/Fertilize actions would still be shown after they were already executed
Fixed: Reloading immediately after shooting with the Repeater would sometimes not work
Fixed: Starting to shoot during firearm melee could cause extremely rapid firing
Fixed: When waking up from unconsciousness in a car, the player could be teleported to an unspecified location
Fixed: Characters had misplaced items in hand and were stuck in sitting position after becoming unconscious while entering a vehicle
Fixed: It was possible to drive a car with a dead battery
Fixed: The player can now remove car attachments while another player is sitting in the vehicle
Fixed: It was possible to get out of vehicles too close to walls
Fixed: A limping character was unable to enter the shooting gallery in amusement parks
Fixed: Swapping light and heavy items while prone could glitch animations
Fixed: It was possible to light a fire with an empty matchbox
Fixed: Trying to chamber an already loaded weapon could break the weapon
Fixed: Rotation of human meat when attached on the long stick
Fixed: Switching your item in hands while placing would create false holograms
Fixed: Some environmental actions could be triggered regardless of height difference
Fixed: The fireplace could be ignited under water
Fixed: Igniting kindling would create the resulting fireplace right under the player
Fixed: It was possible to destroy the barrel fireplace by using bury ashes action
Fixed: Burying ashes was possible on concrete surfaces
Fixed: Fireplace effects (particles, sounds) were not cleaned up on clients when the fireplace leaves the network bubble
Fixed: Water boiling effects were stuck on the cooking pot, even when water boiled off
Fixed: Cooking equipment effects were present even when the fireplace went out
Fixed: Damage materials for barrels and fire barrels were not applied properly
Fixed: Watchtower top roof did not have collisions
Fixed: Items could not be placed on the upper watchtower levels
Fixed: The watchtower was not producing the right footstep sounds
Fixed: When a gate with barbed wire attached was opened, the damage would still be applied at its original position
Fixed: Ruined Barbed Wire could be mounted on a fence
Fixed: Traps are now also triggered by animals and infected
Fixed: Sun shaft effect was not present over the course of the day
Fixed: Character desynchronization when a player would log in close to a player who is taking an item into hands at that moment
Fixed: It was not possible to take an item from the hands of a dead player
Fixed: After committing suicide, the tools used was desynchronized and could not be interacted with
Fixed: Several synchronization issues related to the inventory, Quickbar and slot reservation
Fixed: Several character issues when going unconscious while swimming
Fixed: Issues with the ladder in the lighthouse
Fixed: The character could get stuck in the climbing animation when attempting to leave the ladder (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T135669, https://feedback.bistudio.com/T150616)
Fixed: The infected would not follow the player on the harbor pier
Fixed: Faulty hit registration when hitting multiple components within the same damage zone
Fixed: The player was able to open their inventory during the surrender gesture
Fixed: Dried zucchini was missing textures
Fixed: Several localization issues
Fixed: Heavy items could be stacked to float in the air

Changed

Changed: Hold breath sway pattern behavior
Changed: Hold breath stamina consumption is now non-linear
Changed: Fireplace ignition action won’t show up if the conditions to light a fire are not met (too wet or windy)
Changed: Fireplaces under exterior roofs will ignore rain and wind factors
Changed: The stone oven is immune to rain and wind effects
Changed: Items in fireplace cargo will get damaged and eventually removed when fireplace burns
Changed: The fireplace stone circle is no longer built automatically and also cannot be carried with stones attached
Changed: Fireplace bark slots merged into one bark slot
Changed: The fireplace with a stone circle has a lifetime of 2 days, the stone oven lasts 7 days (refreshed by interacting with it)
Changed: Reduced fireplace tripod inventory size and visuals
Changed: The barrel fireplace can be ignited anywhere except in water, but can douse when it is raining
Changed: The fireplace barrel can now be carried after the fire went out (can be carried with ashes)
Changed: Tent windows, walls and windows have their state persistent over server restarts
Changed: barrels and fire barrels have their lid state persistent over server restarts
Changed: Splitting 1 large stone produces 3 small stones
Changed: Wringing out clothing now dries clothing faster (one level per circle)
Changed: Bark requires less size in the inventory
Changed: Wooden Crates can now be dismantled
Changed: Ruined items can not receive attachments or items into their cargo
Changed: Combination of items also calculate health of the final stack
Changed: Improved vehicle stability in closed spaces during the spawn (server restart)
Changed: Vehicle brake power is now increased over time instead of instantly
Changed: It should now be easier to find action-widgets on base building objects
Changed: Disabled the crafting of the spear for now
Changed: The temperature tool-tip label no longer shows the accurate temperature in the inventory (rounding applied)
Changed: The escape menu no longer opens automatically after death in multiplayer
Changed: When a player is aware of their own blood type, it gets automatically added to blood bags the player fills with his own blood
Changed: Performance optimization for the Watchtower
Changed: The wooden logs of the fence/watchtower base can be dismantled regardless of the direction
Changed: The destroy action has been disabled on all relevant tools because of balance reasons (but remains functional for modding)
Changed: Barbed wire attachment slots for the Fence and Watchtower were moved to the material pile inside (rather than left outside)
Changed: Updated the textures of several farm/industrial objects (better resolution and visuals)
Changed: Rain drop sounds are now played on player-made tents
Tweaked: The fireplace cannot be ignited in interior space with a ceiling height of below 5 meters
Tweaked: Fireplace values for ignition, heating, cooling, fuel consumption
Tweaked: Fireplace objects (except fire barrel) are now indestructible (to be tackled in a future update)
Tweaked: The Stone Oven requires 16 large stones to be built, the stone circle 8
Tweaked: When creating the Stone Oven, the opening now faces the player
Tweaked: Crafting of the fireplace barrel takes longer and damages the knife more
Tweaked: Reduced the inventory size of lard
Tweaked: Reduced the inventory size of small stones
Tweaked: It was possible to break down the ash tree like a regular bush
Tweaked: Plum and Pear can now be attached to the long stick
Tweaked: Increased crafting cost of the Wooden Crate
Tweaked: Particles for boiling water are now raising slower and less vertical
Tweaked: Cooking on the long stick is now disabled for the barrel fireplace (new direct cooking slots on top of the barrel are available instead)
Tweaked: Particles of the indoor fireplace (primarily to address clipping with surroundings)
Tweaked: Collisions on fence/watchtower lower walls, making the shooting/aiming behind them easier
Tweaked: combination lock will drop when important parts of the gate are destroyed
Tweaked: The player swings the carp now when attacking with it
Tweaked: Improved texture compression for reduced file size
Tweaked: Reduced noise of the MKII
Tweaked: Collisions of the medium tent (to allow easier entrance and exiting)
Removed: Attachments slot for books in the fireplace inventory
Removed: Fake inventory attachment slot for the spare wheel in the Olga 24
Removed: Stacking of small and large stones outside of the fireplace