PC Stable 1.21 Update 1 – Version 1.21.156201 (Release on 23.05.2023)

NOTES

• Consider using the Steam client option to verify the integrity of the local game cache to avoid corrupted data after downloading this update.
• Consider de-fragmenting your HDD after downloading large updates.
• In case of problems, please check the Bohemia Interactive support F.A.Q., DayZ F.A.Q., or BattlEye F.A.Q.
• You can help us to further improve the game by posting your feedback on the Feedback Tracker.

GAME

ADDED

• Crossbow and color variants
• Bolts and Improvised Bolt variants
• Sword
• Mace
• Chainmail
• Chainmail Leggings
• Chainmail Coif
• Norse Helm
• Chestplate
• Medieval Boots
• Wool Gloves with fingerless and color variants
• Feathers
• Game hints in the loading screen
• Added new game hints
• Thrown items and moving vehicles now move smoother on high refresh rate devices
• Status icon for mild leg injuries
• UI brightness can be adjusted in the settings
• The character now spawns with items pre-assigned to their quickbar
• Sound indicator when dying of thirst

FIXED

• Fixed further exploits to look through walls (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170298 – private)
• Fixed an exploit to glitch through walls
• It was possible to execute a stealth kill even if there was an obstacle between the player and the target
• Several explosions were missing their tail sounds
• The camera would move sharply when a vehicle turns opposite to the mouse/joystick movement
• The camera would glitch when swimming with a broken leg (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170499)
• The action to refill a partially filled gasoline container would appear at water sources
• The Scout rifle reload sounds would echo (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T169535)
• Items ruined while in a container carried in hands would float in the air
• Fixed issues with several structures (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T160592, https://feedback.bistudio.com/T168942, https://feedback.bistudio.com/T169537 – private)
• It was very difficult to reach the “Open trunk” action for the Olga 02 wreck
• Ruining handcuffs would not free the cuffed player (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T169831)
• Arming/disarming damaged Remote Detonation Units would reset the health of the explosive and detonator (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T169981)
• Links between remote detonators and explosives were not persistent
• The character could collide with items dropped from a thrown fireplace
• Interrupting of building by another player could result in desync
• On lowest FOV settings, the camera would zoom out instead of in when focusing the view
• Items inside the vehicle cargo were not drying or changing their temperature (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T163152, https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170216)
• Exhaling sound was missing when exiting ADS while holding breath (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T169869)
• The player could fall to their death when reconnecting while high on a  ladder (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T156308)
• Infected could walk through specific base building objects
• Fire barrels did not have accessible cargo space when attached to a truck (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170054)
• Aiming to attach wooden sticks to an improvised shelter could display non-functional selection arrows
• Weight of the heat pack was irrationally high
• It was not possible to purify water in a cauldron (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170056)
• It was possible to purify an empty container
• Placing a tent inside a bigger tent could cause inventory management problems
• Thermometer was not displaying realistic temperatures in cases of sickness
• The character could get stuck when changing stances while dropping an item
• Player could desync and fall through the map by going prone or being attacked by infected (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170823, https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170837, https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170747, https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170752, https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170854)
• Accessing ladders from crouch position could offset the character’s collision
• PU scope reticle would glow slightly at night
• Heat comfort was not handled properly after reconnecting on elevated positions in buildings
• The tripwire could not be moved in the inventory in ruined state (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170682)
• Advanced placement did not work as intended in the small factory building (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170826)
• Some clothes, accessories, tools and car parts could not be shot through (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVCXhVkur0M)
• A damaged Battery could lose quantity when being swapped
• A square shape was present when looking through the iron sights of the 4x ATOG optic (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T159711)
• UI tabs were resized when changing sliders in the settings (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170570)
• The control when looking through binoculars and certain scopes in hands was very floaty (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T167629)
• Desync when reconnecting near a car or entering a running car’s network bubble could result in the client showing a stalled state for the car
• Aiming while prone would not take the terrain surface into account normally
• The state of weapons would not be reflected properly when dropped to the ground
• The texture for bloody hands was darker on survivor model 11
• The action to wash hands was even available when gloves are put over the bloody hands
• Infected could walk through rocks
• Infected could walk through piles of wooden planks
• The NVG headstrap could be dropped on the ground upon reconnect
• Vehicle startup sounds were not synchronized with the animation (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T169846)
• Freelook could only turn the camera by 90 degrees (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T160427)
• Bird and cricket ambient sounds would cut instantly when a player shoots within 500 meters
• Bird and cricket ambient sounds would not react to explosion sounds
• Soft braking a vehicle with CTRL+S was not working as intended
• The player could get stuck in the load-in queue at position 0 while being kicked off the server
• Fixed a bug that could transform vehicles into unusual shapes
• Fixed an issue where players with poor network connection could influence the connection of other players
• Fixed several cases of items falling through the map when being thrown
• Reigniting a fireplace would not increase its heat again (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T171086)
• It was possible to glitch through a wall of the airfield tower (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T171454 – private)
• Vehicles stuck outside of the map would not despawn (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170836 – private)
• M1025 tires were not properly aligned on wrecks (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T171065)
• Interrupting the unpacking action by jumping would spawn unlimited amounts of paper
• Fixed an instance of the blow torch causing desynchronization (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170681)
• Eye zoom reduction would trigger in not-intended situations (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170939, https://feedback.bistudio.com/T171809)
• It was not possible to repair certain masks with a sewing kit (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T171736)
• Water from animal troughs was not contaminated with cholera
• It was possible to shave a character’s face while it was covered with a mask
• RPM of cars could jump up while entering

CHANGED

• Reworked falling damage impact depending on height
• Updated the falling animation for medium heights
• Removed the BattlEye license agreement prompt in-game (PC only – https://feedback.bistudio.com/T166065 – private)
• Tweaked sounds of doors with valve lock
• Changed the horn sound of the M3S truck
• Increased the audibility of explosions
• Allowed eye gear to spawn on infected (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T162844)
• Login timers are now also displaying in minutes and hours
• Zoom functionality is no longer reduced during fast movement in crouch or prone
• Applied minor visual tweaks to the Great Helm
• Reduced the weight of the plastic explosive by 60% (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170175)
• Tweaked impact sounds for metallic objects depending on the targeted surface
• Ripened horticulture plants now stay for twice as long before they start to decay
• Increased the minimum amount of quick slots available to the player
• Reduced the amount of additional quick slots given by certain gear
• Interactions with a power generator now refresh the lifetime of it and all items connected to it (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T137688)
• Removed the “Loading…” text on the login timer
• Washing hands is now a continuous action
• Tweaked the width of all tire tracks
• Changed the animation for pill consumption
• Improved the visuals of the PSO-1, PSO-1-1 and P1-87-L Scopes
• Reduced the reflection on the glass of scopes
• Improvised fishing rod can now be dismantled
• Adjusted position/rotation of individual weapons when carried on the shoulder (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T165127)
• Distant lights are much dimmer
• Transition from close up light to distant is much smoother
• Slightly increased the damage the Sarka 120 takes from impacts
• The drying rate of items has been adjusted to correctly reflect item location and outside influences
• Increased the duration of the wringing action
• Adjusted inventory lighting to make the item previews more read-able (less over-exposed) and more in the style of UI (flatter lighting)
• Reduced the chances of pristine weapons getting jammed when chambering a bullet
• It was possible to see under the map while driving with vehicles in 3rd person
• Reduced the view obstruction of the great helm
• Adjusted the sizes of several dialogue boxes to better fit their texts
• Items will now be placed to the side of vehicles when dropped

CENTRAL ECONOMY

• Fixed: Removed headtorches definitions from “cfgspawnabletypes.xml” and “cfgrandompresets.xml”
• Fixed: Humvee wheels were not marked as “vehicleparts” causing them to often spawn in sheds instead of on wrecks
• Fixed: Chickenfeather was missing from “types.xml”
• Tweaked: Adjusted spawning of gloves to accommodate for the new wool gloves
• Tweaked: Adjusted medieval loot spawns to accommodate new items
• Tweaked: Reduced amount of 7.62×54 mm and 9×39 mm ammunition spawning

CHERNARUS

• Fixed: Chernarus economy files included Livonia animal territories
• Changed: Updated the Chernogorsk football field

LIVONIA

• Added: Flags of the winners of the “Lights Out” event
• Fixed: Shifted police situation at Bielawa (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170793 – private)

SERVER

• Added: Object spawner supports direct p3d spawning (Documentation)
• Added: Server config int parameter ‘networkObjectBatchSend’ (default = 10) which is how many objects within a players network bubble are sent to be created within a server frame (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T169094) (Documentation)
• Added: Server config int parameter ‘networkObjectBatchCompute’ (default = 1000) which is how many objects within a players network bubble are processed to check if it already exists for the player within a server frame (Documentation)
• Added: Optional logging for raising/lowering flags at flag poles (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170287)
• Added: Object Spawner: “enableCEPersistency” which when set to true will make an object behave as configured by economy, otherwise it will not be saved in the server storage until a player puts it in inventory
• Fixed: Script execution not functioning properly in certain situations depending on init.c (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T169822 – private)
• Fixed Several inconsistencies in the admin logs (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170195)
• Fixed: It was not possible to spawn infected with functional head torches attached (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T162844)
• Fixed: Items spawned before CE Init were not persistent
• Changed: Shortcut for map toggling is not available if use3dMap option is enabled (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170401)

LAUNCHER

• Fixed: Offline servers (in Favorites tab) now always appear after online servers
• Tweaked: Offline servers (in Favorites tab) are now faded to clearly indicate they are offline

MODDING

• Added: WORKBENCH define for script which should only compiled on Workbench launch
• Added: Defines Window to set up custom Workbench validation
• Added: “Compile Core Builds scripts” option to Build menu (CTRL+ALT+F7) to compile multiple important build setups in a row
• Added: Flags parameter to DayZPlayerUtils::SceneGetEntitiesInBox (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T168610)
• Added: Additional flags parameter for DayZPlayerUtils.SceneGetEntitiesInBox
• Added: Class in CfgMods now auto generates a static (loaded before script compilation begins) script define (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T159481)
• Added: Class in CfgMods now supports “defines[]” text array which adds static script defines
• Added: Support for adding static script defines in gproj with ScriptDefines -> ScriptDefinesClass (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T159481)
• Added: CGame::CreateStaticObjectUsingP3D
• Added: ‘Serializer.CanWrite’/Serializer.CanRead’ to check if the serializer can be read or written to
• Added: ‘IEntity.GetRenderTransform’
• Added: Variable ‘DayZPlayerCameraResult.m_bUpdateEveryFrame’ to change camera update behaviour from fixed tick to unlocked frame rate
• Added: Variable ‘DayZPlayerCameraResult.m_OwnerTM’ to override the transformation of the owner
• Added: Ability to set proxy (inventory slot) offset per item in item config
• Added: Methods for controlling brightness of UI (Widget.SetLV, Widget.SetTextLV, Widget.SetObjectLighting)
• Added: “ignoregloballv” property flag to layout
• Added: ‘HumanInputController.GetAimDelta’ to get the frame independent aim change
• Added: ECE_NOPERSISTENCY_WORLD, ECE_NOPERSISTENCY_CHAR and ECE_DYNAMIC_PERSISTENCY flags to be used with CreateObjectEx
• Added: ‘IEntity.AddChild’ can use pivot points on RV animated objects
• Added: ‘Object.GetBonePivot(level, component)’ to retrieve the pivot index for the component in the shapes LOD
• Added: Moved ‘GetBonePositionX’, ‘GetBoneRotationX’ and GetBoneTransformX’ to Object class, can be used on RV and Enfusion animated objects
• Added: ‘DayZCreature.GetBoneIndexByName’
• Added: Ability to set inventory lighting from config (top-level InventoryLighting config class)
• Added: Exposed methods World::MarkObjectForPathgraphUpdate and World::ProcessMarkedObjectsForPathgraphUpdate
• Added: ‘IEntity.GetHierarchyPivot’ to get the pivot point used when called with ‘IEntity.AddChild’
• Added: CollisionInfo classes for OnProjectileStoppedInTerrain() and OnProjectileStoppedInObject(), which will fire for ALL projectiles that get stuck in objects
• Added: InventorySlotsOffsets config class (on item/weapon), which can define position and rotation offset of an item when placed into a slot on the character
• Added: Workbench: Defines: There is now a duplication check which will prevent the same define being present multiple times
• Added: Workbench: Defines: “Combo” defines are now visible in defines window
• Added: Object.GetShapeName to get full path of shape( https://feedback.bistudio.com/T171777)
• Added: ‘Car.SetBrakesActivateWithoutDriver’ to disable the handbrake while there is no driver inside the vehicle (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T147126)
• Added: ‘Car.GetClutch’ to get the value of the clutch
• Added: ‘Car.SetClutchState’ to set if the clutch is disengaged
• Added: ‘Car.EngineRPMMin’ to get the minimum rpm constant of the car engine
• Added: ‘Car.EngineRPMIdle’ to get the idle rpm constant of the car engine
• Added: Sample for driver-less cars (https://github.com/BohemiaInteractive/DayZ-Samples/tree/master/Test_SmartCar)
• Added: New config class EnvironmentWetnessIncrements for wetting and drying parameters that can be defined on any item (see Inventory_Base config class for the default settings)
• Fixed: Transformation synchronization for script class ‘Transport’ when the vehicle is inactive (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T153234)
• Fixed: EntityAI which were previously reported as Object in script will now be properly reported as EntityAI (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T168610)
• Fixed: ‘typename.GetVariableValue’ would not check inheritance
• Fixed: Crash when calling methods on inventory owner in GameInventory.Init
• Fixed: Crash on DayZCreatureAIInputController::GetMovementSpeed() (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T171426)
• Fixed: ClientConnectedEvent not giving the proper UID
• Changed: CGame.CreateStaticObjectUsingP3D, EntityAI.SetObjectMaterial and EntityAI.SetObjectTexture now disallows absolute paths and support ‘$’ prefixed paths
• Changed: Man.SetFaceTexture and Man.SetFaceMaterial now disallows absolute paths and support ‘$’ prefixed paths
• Changed: Moved ‘EntityAI.IsDayZCreature()’ to ‘Object’ class
• Changed: Ignore detection of dropped items has partially been moved to script through overridable method ‘Object.CanBeIgnoredByDroppedItem’
• Changed: ‘IEntity.AddChild’ (and ‘Human.LinkToLocalSpaceOf’) now synchronize the pivot and position only flags to clients (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T167549)
• Removed: Obsolete sound config parameters: drySound, reloadMagazineSound, reloadSound, reloadAction, shotAction, reloadSkips, soundBullet, disarmAction, soundBegin, soundBeginExt
• Removed: ‘Protected’ keywords from PPEMatClassParameter* Update method variables (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T171246)

KNOWN ISSUES

• Player position on server can be desynced while combat with Infected
• Falling through terrain\object structure when going prone near objects
• Other players can hear character’s groan when landing from a small height
• Arrow disappears right after removing from Crossbow
• A bolt is missing from Crossbow after reconnecting
• Bolt stuck in an AI can be picked up into your inventory but not taken into hands
• Bolt stuck in an item sometimes disappears when taken into inventory
• String is not stretched when Crossbow is on shoulder or in the inventory
• Minutes and seconds values are swapped while logging out with French set up
• Cancelling the pulling back of the crossbow string will show it as loaded
• Plants, Rocks spawned by Object Spawner are deleted after interaction
• Loot spawned with Object spawner does not despawn if moved (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T172579

Source: DayZ Forums (1, 2)