DayZ Update 1.15 now Live: Brings New Weapons, Models and Changes

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DayZ developer Bohemia Interactive has installed the Experimental Update 1.15 on the live server. We take a look at what to expect in the new update.

That’s going on: After version 1.15 had been available for testing on the experimental servers since the beginning of November, the update was installed on the live servers today on November 23rd.

This content awaits you in DayZ Update 1.15

These items are new: Update 1.15 not only brings 3 new firearms, but also new models, new clothes and important sounds that will make your life much easier.

The new weapons include two well-known guns. You can also use the new patch to heavily modify an already included weapon:

AUR A1 – Assault Rifle (AUG)
AUR X – assault rifle (AUG with Picatinny rail)
Sawn-off Le-Mas (Famas)
Baseball bat with barbed wire

The AUR was already in DayZ, but was soon removed again due to the renovation work. Now you can play it again under a new name in Vanilla-DayZ. However, gamers who play with mods on PC have never had to miss this weapon.

abgesägte-famas-dayz — Source (Marks on YouTube)

New magazine: So that the AUR can be supplied with ammunition, it gets its own magazine. The AUR magazine contains a maximum of 30 rounds. It is still unclear whether the AUR can also use normal Stanag magazines.

The AUR in our weapon analysis

New vest & Modell: Soon you will also have a new way to stow your ammunition. With the hunter vest, a veteran of DayZ history returns to the game. The vest originally comes from the game Arma 3, which was also developed by Bohemia Interactive.

Finally, there is this sound: It took years for the developer to introduce this SFX: If you switch between the fire modes in Update 1.15, you will now hear that too.

So you don’t have to double-check whether you are still in full-auto or semi-auto mode. But a little tip from me personally: Always put your weapons on semi-auto. This gives you more control and allows you to fire fast enough with a quick trigger finger.

Also, there is a new female player model. Did you already got it?

Further changes, innovations and bug fixes – Patch Notes 1.15

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

AUR A1 assault rifle
AUR AX assault rifle
30rd AUR magazine
Hunter vest
UI indicator when being hit
Craftable barbed wire baseball bat
Craftable Sawed-off LE-MAS
New female survivor
Sounds for switching the fire mode of a firearm
Day-time setting for night vision scopes
Metal wire can now be crafted out of barbed wire

FIXED

Ski masks and balaclavas would clip with several pieces of headgear
Fixed a server error caused by specific attachment slots
Electric appliances would always make plug-in sounds when the user was connecting to the server (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T159441)
The sawed-off version of the BK-43 had wrong fire mode names
Added a missing bed in the big yellow medical tent
Fixed bad collisions in the yellow medical tents
A killed chicken couldn’t be picked up properly in all cases
The fishing hook was not visible on the boonie hat on the ground
If a player died while in surrender stance, the death animation was played twice
Base building parts could become indestructible under specific circumstances
The CR-75 could not be damaged by gunfire
Small items could not be picked up from specific positions in car wrecks (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T160968, https://feedback.bistudio.com/T161261)
Livonia bunkers were missing textures of fallen leaves
Slicing rotten pumpkin produced raw pumpkin slices
Charcoal tables were only working for a very brief time window

CHANGED

Grenades can’t be pinned anymore, once the fuse has started
Adjusted the thresholds for energy and hydration levels
Food now takes longer to process in the stomach
Slightly reduced the health damage caused by dehydration and starvation
Adjusted weapon fire rates and recoil
Added new variants of muzzle flash for more variety
Secondary cooking processes were adjusted to not ruin the food in all cases (e.g. boiling already boiled food)
Changed the weight of tents to be more realistic
Head torches now count as eye-wear so they can be worn with other types of head gear
Removed ghillie wrap attachment slot from the sawed-off BK-43
It is now possible to craft rags using the shovel or farming hoe
Bushes drop more long sticks instead of short sticks
Dry bags can now be repaired with the tire repair kit (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T161090)
Removed grenade armor and cut protection from the high capacity vest
Unconsciousness caused by firearms lasts longer
Reduced the inventory size of the carp fillet from 2×3 to 1×3
Reworked conditions for allowed item combinations
Increased the volume of the LE-MAS reload sounds to make it more audible
Closed containers won’t show their cargo space anymore

CENTRAL ECONOMY

Fixed: Infected weren’t spawning at the Balota air field and military area
Fixed: Position of some loot spawn points on the western helicopter crash site
Fixed: Incorrect loot spawn points of Land_HouseBlock_2F1
Fixed: Incorrect loot spawn points of Land_House_2W01
Fixed: Livonia CE tiers 1 and 2 were mixed together (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T161247)

SERVER

Added: cfgweather.xml for configuring weather (documentation on the BI wiki)
Added: cfggameplay.json for configuring several gameplay elements (documentation on the BI wiki)
Added: cfggameplay.json can define custom object spawners json files to populate the world without the need to use central economy (documentation on the BI wiki)
Added: Basic XML errors for invalid XMLs
Fixed: Some mission files were not distributed in their lowercase form
Changed: Weather init removed from default init.c (now done automatically from c++)
Changed: FoodDecay parameter is now multiplier (instead of 0 – 1 toggle), meaning decay can be made faster or slower, 0 still switches it off

MODDING

Added: Particle overhaul, with the addition of “ParticleSource” and “ParticleManager”
Added: New script method PlayerBase::OnVoiceEventPlayback called per frame during voice sound event
Added: ErrorEx, script error message containing what class and function it came from
Added: HasActiveParticle for fast checking if the IEntity as any active particles
Added: GetParticleEmitorCount to quickly obtain the count of emitters
Added: IEntity::IsFlagSet for fast testing if a flag is present on the IEntity
Added: IEntity::IsHierarchyPositionOnly to check if it was added to a parent with “positionOnly” enabled
Added: Exposed AbstractWave::GetVolume to script API (https://feedback.bistudio.com/T161111)
Added: ParticleList.GetParticleIDByName, a faster alternative for ParticleList.GetParticleID
Added: CGame.IsDedicatedServer to check if the current instance of the game is a real server or not
Added: Differentiate put in cargo from inventory interaction and load/spawn in cargo (CanReceiveItemIntoCargo/CanLoadItemIntoCargo)
Fixed: Baseball bat cleanup: removed the bottom half of textures (unused) and adjusted UV amps accordingly. Fixed damage materials. All materials now have normal and specular maps, the _view rvmats are unused now
Fixed: OnExplodeClient should now support usage of modded particles
Fixed: Config entry “healthLevels” inside of “DamageSystem” not reading integers
Fixed: StartupEvent not being sent to CGame.OnEvent on script side
Fixed: ScriptModule.CallFunction always returning 0 even when succeeding
Fixed: SetDirection and SetOrientation not working on DayZCreature
Changed: IEntity::AddChild now returns a bool instead of int and has an updated description
Changed: IEntity::RemoveChild now returns a bool instead of void and takes an extra parameter to enable keeping of WS transform
Changed: Moved the AUG magazine’s textures and materials to the magazines folder
Changed: Reduced sizes of unused AUG textures to 256×256
Changed: Engine-level entity events are now protected (instead of private)