DayZ Patch Notes: All 1.24 Update Changes For Experimental Servers ·

17 Aug 2024, 00:00

The 1.24 update for DayZ has finally arrived. Here's the full list of changes, fixes, and additions to the game with this latest patch.

First Published January 26, 2024, 15:13

DayZ will traditionally release 4 or 5 big updates to the game every year, and whilst these updates to the stable version of the game are fairly infrequent, the number of updates applied to the experimental servers - where new features are tested ahead of their official release - are a lot more regular. Regardless of what version of the game you play though, it's always worth keeping track of the patch notes to see every small change that the developers at Bohemia Interactive are making to the game.

Some of these might seem relatively minor, but in the survival sandbox, every small tweak could have huge repercussions. From nerfing certain guns, increasing the time to use a bandage or even making your boots louder to fellow players. Every change matters. So it's important you have a read of the most recent patch notes to know what's going on in the game. Without further ado, here's the latest info on the DayZ Patch Notes.

DayZ 1.24 Update Patch Notes

Just below you'll find the latest details and patch notes for DayZ Experimental Servers.

DayZ Update 1.24 Patch Notes For Experimental Servers

PC Experimental 1.24 Update 1 - Version 1.24.157302 (Release on 16.01.2024)

A full article breaking down the 1.24 update can be viewed on the link.

GAME

ADDED

Vikhr rifle
30rd 9x39mm magazine for the Vikhr, ASVAL and VSS rifles
Camouflage variants of the ballistic helmet
Updated book shelves with the winning entries of our #DayZBook contest
Sounds for crafting improvised clothing from rags
Sounds for crafting base-building kits
Sounds for crafting a bone knife
Sounds for wringing out clothing
Sounds for splitting firewood
Sounds for breaking down bushes with hands
Animations for cleaning hands with the cooking pot and gasoline canister

FIXED

The heavy melee attack was displayed with the wrong key assigned in the settings
Weapons could desynchronize when modified outside of the players network range
Item interaction by a player who just left another players network bubble could result in item desynchronization
The microphone icon could be displayed on-screen with no microphone connected when in voice activation mode and lowest voice threshold
Bolts attached to a door wouldn't move or animate with a vehicle
Unloading a bolt with full inventory would reset the bolt health to full (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T177396)
Corpses could not be pulled out of vehicles properly
Fixed an exploit to glitch the camera through walls
Weather could be desynchronized for players
Bolts shot on players or creatures would attach in the wrong direction (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T173208)
Potatoes would yield full quantity when peeled regardless of the tool used
When standing up from prone with raised hands, the camera would not properly follow the player
It was possible for players to rotate with their dead bodies until respawn
All colored skirts appeared blue on female characters (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T175252)
Some birch trees were offering the option to collect dark bark
The lab coat was not correctly reflecting damage visually
The leather duffel bag had wrong buttons being displayed (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T174349)
The blue hoodie was displayed as red in the inventory view
The sling bag was clipping with most clothing items on the female model
Several items were displayed too big in the inventory view
It was possible to shoot through some corners of the base fence
It was possible to get stuck in the blocking position if activating it right after picking up a firearm
Unjamming the AUR AX would play the wrong sound
The jammed state of firearm models was not synchronized when on the ground
The camera was briefly in the wrong position after waking up from unconsciousness in a car
Padded gloves could not be repaired with a leather sewing kit
No widget allowed to attach barbed wire or camo net to a fence or watchtower (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T169159, https://feedback.bistudio.com/T175010)
The widget of the watchtower's roof blocked widgets for other walls
The large entry door of the cement works played the wrong sound (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T175866)
It was possible for the stagger animation to be skipped (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T174787 - private)
Infected were reacting to suppressed shots over long ranges (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T161760)
It was possible to push a car while a gear was clutched
Firearms would twitch in some cases when too close to obstacles
An error with despawning base-building objects could result in invisible barbed wire (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T176347 - private)
The state of the crossbow was not always correctly saved during server restarts
The inventory view was sometimes cut off in narrow screen resolutions (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T167177, https://feedback.bistudio.com/T174019, https://feedback.bistudio.com/T176060)
Fixed a game crash that could occur when connecting to multiple servers at the same time
The combine button did not work when an item was in the cargo of another held item
Fixed an exploit that created infinite amounts of liquids
Some item spawn points inside the bus wreck were in the ground or floating (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T176895)
Two players putting an item from their hands into the same cargo slot could result in desync
Reduced server performance load on player-(dis)connection and -respawn (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T177400)
It was not possible to remove items fast from a incapacitated player or infected through CTRL+LMB
It was possible to get stuck in prone by using the portable map with enabled "use3DMap: true" settings (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T175771)
Fixed a server crash related to player death
Items dropped next to a fence or gate could not be picked back up (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T176992)
Fixed an animation glitch that allowed passing below walls faster than intended
It was not possible to refuel a torch while it was burning (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T176149)
The large ship wreck had several collision issues (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T170004, https://feedback.bistudio.com/T172940)
Ambient fruits from trees were still spawning at their old positions at the NWA (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T178137 - private)
Items in the Chernogorsk hotel were spawned below the map

CHANGED

Changed the collision checks for weapon raising for better accuracy
Reconfigured the calculation of weapon lengths for more accurate collision detection
Shock damage of blunt weapons will now partially be translated into health damage when fighting infected and animals
Bandaging is now a continuous action when treating multiple cuts
Removed outdated server browser filters
Partial optimizations on the network traffic (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T177400)
Simplified collisions of trees for better behavior with vehicles and reduced performance impact from penetrating shots
Gave basic chemical protection to the OKZK cap
The great helmet, chestplate, tripod and barrel can now be repaired using the blow torch
Pulling a body from a vehicle is now done by simply pressing F instead of holding
Adjusted insulation values of tracksuits and police clothing for consistency (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T174705)
Re-balanced the weight of tools and melee weapons
Reduced the weight of shovels (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T176615)
Reduced the weight of plant material (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T175196)
It is no longer possible to split plant material
Adjusted the recoil of several automatic firearms
Reduced the fire rate of the Vaiga and slightly lowered its recoil
Reduced area in which infected will be alerted by bullet impacts
Reduced the alert level impact on infected by suppressed shots
Slightly increased the silencing effect of the pistol suppressor
Regular infected will keep their alert state for slightly longer periods
Tweaked the overheating particles of firearms
Updated sounds of the SK 59/66 rifle
Updated the game credits

LIVONIA

Updated the Lukov Airfield

SERVER

Added: PlayerSpawnEditor now has (?) next to values to tell you more about them
Added: It is now possible to have player spawn points not generate a grid and stay a singular spawn point by setting density to 0
Added: Player spawn point editor now saves which subwindows are hidden and what checkboxes were ticked
Added: Player spawn point editor now has options for the debug shapes being drawn
Added: Player Spawn Points can now avoid triggers
Fixed: PlayerSpawnEditor duplicating group points into regular points when saving with <groups_as_regular>true</groups_as_regular>
Fixed: Servers with verifySignatures=0 should no longer disconnect players in the queue due to validation errors (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T175275)
Fixed: Linux: Json files loaded through script had capitalization (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T165620)
Changed: Player Spawn Points will now automatically force change group when no good points are available in the currently selected group
Changed: PlayerSpawnEditor now saves documentation when saving xml
Changed: Player spawn gear JSON: If a particular preset has an empty or undefined characterTypes, the character model last set in character creation menu will be used for that preset (Documentation)

LAUNCHER

Added: The password window now allows to view the password
Fixed: The Direct Connect window could not connect to LAN servers
Fixed: The command line parameter could not be removed in the favorites tab
Changed: Made the Direct Connect button red for better visibility
Removed: Outdated server browser filters

MODDING

Added: terrainNormalPower parameter into world config
Added: Exposed STANCEIDX_RAISED in DayZPlayerConstants
Added: SurfaceInfo script API
Fixed: Human.StartCommand_ScriptInst should no longer crash the game (but can trigger a memory leak)
Fixed: 'CGame.AddActionJuncture' wouldn't setup the replication relationship between the player and the item
Fixed: Crash with using the DayZPhysics bullet library functions and passing in a skeleton based object as the ignore entity (i.e. static HouseNoDestruct, static ItemBase)
Fixed: Inventory Commands were dependent on distance checks from a player which would fail when an object still existed on the client but was outside of it's network bubble
Changed: PlayerIdentity can now be sent over an RPC as a serializable parameter, sent as 4 bytes
Changed: The steam ID can now be accessed on the client for all identities via 'PlayerIdentity.GetPlainId' directly now, replacing scripted 'SyncPlayer'
Changed: Moved m_dT and GetDeltaT from PlayerBase to DayZPlayerImplement
Tweaked: JSONFileLoader: better handling of file errors + throwing those to VME or log; new API + old one deprecated (with warning messages)
Tweaked: JSONFileLoader is passing all the errors to the caller in new API; displaying is not part of the API anymore
Tweaked: JSONFileLoader: Commented out ifdef added to show future intentions with old API
Tweaked: JSONFileLoader: Removed the extra logging from old API

DayZ 1.23 Stable Release Notes

The stable version of DayZ - available on PlayStation, Xbox and PC - is update 1.23 of the game. This patch was released to all platforms on 7 November 2023. For those curious to know what features were added in the last stable update for the game, you'll find them on the dropdown below.

DayZ Update 1.23 Patch Notes

Do note, the below patch notes are for the PC version of the game. The console patch notes are sometimes (slightly) different. If you would like to read the console patch notes, follow the link.

PC Stable 1.23 Update 1 - Version 1.23.156951 (Release on 07.11.2023)

GAME

ADDED

Characters can now push vehicles
Designated marksman rifle (DMR) with 10- and 20-round magazines
Field Shovel
Padded Gloves
Winter Coif
OKZK hat
Petushok hat
Firefighter M3S Wreck
The server browser now displays the number of players in the waiting queue
Sound for deploying fireplaces and improvised explosives
Sounds for crafting rags
Sounds for washing hands
Sounds for locked valve doors
Sounds for cutting planks
Sounds for (un)equipping the pipe wrench
Sounds for pulling corpses from vehicles
Sounds for placing a claymore mine
Sounds for placing and arming the improvised explosive
Sounds for crafting fireplaces
Sounds for crafting a hand drill
Functionality to hide/show the password when entering servers

FIXED

CHANGED

Major overhaul of the skybox and its textures
Reworked the interior of the large castle tower
Removed a redundant sound during the gas canister explosion
Disabled shadows for fireworks and reduced their light radius to reduce their performance impact
Increased maximum bandwidth limits of Client->Server traffic to reduce movement desync when firing weapons
Updated the game credits
Renamed the fire-mode of the crossbow from semi-auto to single (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T174788)
The clutch for the M3S now triggers faster
Increased the inertia of the M3S
Slightly adjusted the weight of the M1025 Offroad to be able to climb climbing hills
Adjusted explosion sounds and ranges
Tweaked red tracer bullets for better visibility (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T173456)
Adjusted vehicles for better control on grass

CENTRAL ECONOMY

Changed: Reduced the spawning of warm hats to account for newly added items

CHERNARUS

Added: Overhead lines for the railway network
Changed: Major overhaul for the Vybor Air Base (NWAF)
Changed: Moved ASVAL and VSS spawns from contaminated areas to high tier military areas and increased their numbers
Changed: Moved VSD and FAL to contaminated area spawns and decreased their numbers
Changed: Moved KA74, KA74U and M16A2 to higher military tier spawns

LIVONIA

Changed: Base building items can no longer be placed in the Livonia underground
Changed: Moved ASVAL and VSS spawns from contaminated areas to high tier military areas and increased their numbers
Changed: Moved VSD and Aug from military to contaminated area spawns and decreased their numbers

SERVER

Added: Group Spawning system (documentation)
Added: JSON file system to assign gear for players to spawn with (documentation)
Added: New gameplay json parameter to disallow items spawning in underground areas (documentation)
Added: Gameplay config ability to disable respawn of unconscious players from the ingame menu (documentation)
Fixed a typo related to vehicleparts resulting in CE errors
Fixed: Items spawned by CE as attachments are not affected by quantity min and max set in types.xml (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T171237)
Fixed: Certain spawnabletypes.xml setups could crash the server (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T168256)

LAUNCHER

Added: The server browser now displays the number of players in the waiting queue
Added: DLC section
Fixed: Traditional Chinese language was not properly functioning

MODDING

Added: 'Object.GetActionComponentsForSelectionName', 'Object.GetActionComponentCenter', 'Object.GetActionComponentCenterOOB' and 'Object.GetActionComponentMinMax'
Added: Expanded on the Door API for Building, adding in events, state accessors and getting the maximum door count
Added: "space" panorama layer
Added: "atmosphere" panorama layer, deprecated "sky" panorama layer
Added: Renamed "horizon" panorama layer, deprecated "horizont" panorama layer
Added: "spaceIntensity" to weather config, controls brightness of space texture
Added: "atmosphereIntensity" to weather config, controls how much of the atmosphere is visible
Added: Diag menu "DayZ render > Sky" for disabling individual parts of the sky (documentation)
Added: Script Editor: Dropdown 'Build' > 'New Errors Are Warnings', works same as command parameter '-NewErrorsAreWarnings=1'
Added: 'HumanInputController.OverrideFreeLook' to force enable/disable freelook
Fixed: Attached sounds would play at the origin of the parent when offset
Fixed: r-value would be ignored when finding a function to be called, i.e. a static function could be called through any variable like 'GetGame().SpawnEntity' where 'SpawnEntity' is a static global function
Fixed: Sky was purple in buldozer under circumstances where the weather was not being updated due to horizon not being initially set on world load
Changed: Streamlined the deploy sound playback script implementation
Changed: 'Object.GetBonePivot' now supports memory lod, added 'Object.GetMemoryLevel'
Changed: Moved 'string.Get' and 'string.Set' to native for slight performance improvement
Changed: Moved "starsIntensity" to lighting config to configure at each sun angle
Changed: 'LightingNew' config will now ignore any class that starts with 'Default', can be used for inheriting default parameters amongst sun angle/height/overcast groups
Changed: Config entries that expect a color now support a single float value as a grayscale entry without alpha (e.g. LightingNew diffuse entry)
Changed: 'HumanInputController' overriding supports 'HumanInputControllerOverrideType' to allow overriding a value for only one input frame
Changed: Exposed 'moonDayIntensity' and 'moonNightIntensity' in 'DefaultLighting' to config, previously hardcoded in 1.22 and earlier as 1.0 and 5.0 respectively

CONSOLES

Added a warning icon to the "Disconnect Warning Session lost" error
The server browser now displays the time of day on the server
Fixed: It was not possible to interact with error message pop ups after losing connection with the controller (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T174566)
Fixed: Overlay elements were still present after accepting an invite to a server
Missing control hint to switch the camera position between shoulders
Fixed: The tooltip for "save character" was fully capitalized

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