DayZ Stable Update 1.04 - Highlights / Patchnotes

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The fourth Platform Update of DayZ on PC is now live. DayZ 1.04 brings you an expansion on the disease system and gives purpose to several medical items.
On the combat side, we've added two new assault rifles from the trusty KA family and an arsenal of grenades as survivors discover their ability to throw items. However the infected have upgraded as well!

Get all the details and full patch notes below!



New Weapons:
KA-74

The KA-74 is a selective-fire assault rifle, fed from a detachable magazine. It was introduced in the 1970s, as the replacement of the KA-M with compatible attachments. It uses 5.45x39mm rounds.




KA-101

The KA-101 is a selective-fire assault rifle, fed from a detachable magazine. This is an export version of the modernized KA-74M with compatible attachments. It uses 5.56x45mm rounds.




New & improved weapon attachments:

• Regular and tracer variants of the 5.45x39mm ammunition
• P1-87-L Scope

Infected:

• Infected can now spawn with headgear and other attachments

Actions:

• Players can now throw items (hold 'G' to activate throwing stance)

Inventory

• Independent shoulders allow you to carry two melee weapons or firearms

 

Medical Additions

• Fever
• Effects and balancing for Epinephrine, Codeine Pills, Morphine, and Charcoal Tablets
• Shoes gradually wear off while using
• Check Pulse action now displays blood pressure and pulse type if irregular

Added:

• Added: New Steam Experimental apps
• Added: KA-74 with attachments
• Added: KA-101 with attachments
• Added: P1-87-L Scope
• Added: 5.45x39mm ammunition
• Added: 5.45x39mm tracer ammunition
• Added: Overlay icons to differentiate ammunition variants
• Added: Music in the Main Menu
• Added: Independent shoulders (possibility to carry two ranged/melee weapons at the same time)
• Added: Magazine auto-refill by holding 'R'
• Added: Throwing (hold 'G' to activate throwing stance)
• Added: Grenades (EGD-5 and 6-M7 frag grenades, 1-M8 and EGD-2 smoke grenades, 8-M4 Flashbang)
• Added: Grenades can be attached to selected vests
• Added: Handheld Transceiver can be attached to Courier Bag
• Added: Mod presentation in the Main Menu (documentation[community.bistudio.com])
• Added: In-game hints in the Pause Menu
• Added: Vomit emote/gesture
• Added: Mitigation of so-called server hopping on public hives (when a player changes server, a hopping spawn point is used instead of the last log off position)
• Added: Support for multiple sets of player spawn points (only for public hives, currently fresh and hop sets available)
• Added: Fever now causes water loss
• Added: Epinephrine restores the patients' stamina to the max value
• Added: Codeine Pills mitigates the patients' injured state for a limited time
• Added: Morphine suppresses the patients' injured state for a limited time
• Added: Charcoal Tablets can eliminate Salmonella bacteria
• Added: Shoes gradually wear off while using
• Added: Check Pulse action now displays the blood pressure and pulse type if irregular
• Added: Infected can be spawned with headgear, vests, and backpacks
• Added: Positional rain sounds for the Coal Plant
• Added: Character sounds for male characters wearing a gag
• Added: Flare effect around the Road Flare
• Added: Stamina is depleted if a player is hit by a Flashbang
• Added: Player can hear his voice when talking through a megaphone, PAS (when receiver is nearby) or transmitter (when more than one on the same frequency nearby)

Fixed:

• Fixed: Inventory was closed if another player performed the restrain action (T140237)
• Fixed: AI could teleport, visually appear where it was not positioned or be positioned at roofs (T139728)
• Fixed: AI herds were not releasing the territory after the last member of the herd died (could prevent AI herds from re-spawning on smaller terrains with a lower number of territories)
• Fixed: Incorrect visual state of the speedometer
• Fixed: Character will not fold the map while in prone and becomes stuck
• Fixed: Liquid contents of the barrel do not persist upon server restart (T139791)
• Fixed: Ruined weapons could twitch while trying to look through optics
• Fixed: Character started to float in some sections of small rivers (T140952)
• Fixed: Influenza did not cause the blur effect
• Fixed: Texture filtering option in graphics settings was not working correctly
• Fixed: Many fixes and improvements to the ChernarusPlus terrain
• Fixed: DayZ local application data folder was not properly deleted via DayZUninstaller
• Fixed: Punching walls was emitting unsuitable bullet impact particles
• Fixed: Spotlight had a hole where the reflector part should be
• Fixed: Switch ON/OFF actions sometimes not being available on Spotlight after a server restart
• Fixed: Personal light created an undesired reflection if another source of light was nearby (it was mostly visible as a blue shine on cars)
• Fixed: Opening/Closing of car doors was missing sounds
• Fixed: Character stamina did not replenish correctly when reduced by the gear (T139932)
• Fixed: Action to eat pumpkin slices was missing (T139428)
• Fixed: Missing footsteps sound while strafing with a heavy item in hands (T139604)
• Fixed: Incorrect item weight upon adding attachments on specific items (T139773)
• Fixed: Gas Stations can be blown up again
• Fixed: Corrected material on the rear lights of the Olga
• Fixed: Corrected the left headlight position on the Gunter 2
• Fixed: Incorrect rotation of the remaining headlight of a car when one was detached
• Fixed: Infected attacked players inside a closed Gunter
• Fixed: Combination locks couldn't be opened upon server restart
• Fixed: Client error in the main menu
• Fixed: In-game HUD could disappear while typing in the chat

Tweaked:

• Tweaked:  The headlights on cars now switch to left/right/center depending on the attached headlight bulbs' state
• Tweaked:  Cars now have functional rear lights
• Tweaked:  Reversing with a car now subtly illuminates the area behind it, allowing drivers to see there at night
• Tweaked:  The player stomach is now item/liquid-type based instead of nutritional-component-breakdown based
• Tweaked:  The connection timer is now up to 95 seconds in case of rapid server hopping. In connection to this change, the previous database locks have been removed.
• Tweaked:  Player spawn logic for avoiding water surfaces
• Tweaked:  Gunshot sounds are audible up to 3.5 km
• Tweaked:  Vehicles HUD
• Tweaked:  Improved plaster and concrete impact particle effects
• Tweaked:  Bullet impact effects are scaled by impact force much more visible now
• Tweaked:  The Portable Gas Lamp now burns 10x longer (~55 minutes with the smallest container, ~133 with the largest one)
• Tweaked:  Optimized muzzle flash particles for CR-61, FX-45, CR-75, IJ-70
• Tweaked:  Burning light sources now subtly flicker
• Tweaked:  Shadows from burning light sources subtly move
• Tweaked:  Smoke/Steam particles on weapons
• Tweaked:  character position is changed after a server change to mitigate server hopping