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Added log when server is fully started (helpful for server problem diagnosis)
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Added refresh_stability console command (helpful for debugging)

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Optimized terrain carving triggers significantly (better projectile and culling perf)
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Optimized various small inefficiencies in prefab pooling and the LOD grid
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Optimized client side network update events to reduce entity streaming stuttering
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Eliminated needless string reallocation from object creation (better perf, less GC)
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Eliminated some minor dynamic memory allocations (less GC)
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Stone gate gibs are no longer the incorrect wood gate ones

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Fixed AMD R9 half-screen darkening
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Fixed tree lighting desaturation
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Fixed viewport resize breaking water when reflections are enabled

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Removed building blocked chat message when trying to build while building blocked

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Added new grass displacement option (experimental, disabled by default)
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Added contact shadows to view model when ambient occlusion is enabled

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Made revive line of sight check more forgiving (easier to hold)
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Building blocked message is only shown when in building mode or holding a hammer
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Building privilege is also checked at the construction placement position
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Optimized terrain carving tests slightly
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Terrain Quality no longer affects shader lod; use Shader Level instead

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Fixed server side player rotation getting corrupted from sleeping bags on slopes
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Fixed a situation where building privilege would randomly be incorrect
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Fixed surface dimensions mismatch error when resizing window
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Fixed crash when switching servers
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Fixed DX9 white player preview
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Fixed water system performance on riverless maps

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Added stabilityqueue server convar (building stability update time per frame)
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Added surroundingsqueue server convar (surroundings refresh time per frame)

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Better explosion sounds
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Misc sound polish
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Projectile CPU optimizations
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Semi auto pistol damage nerfed to 40 (was 50)
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Pistol ammo effective distance nerfed to 60 (was 80)
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Enabled player model pooling by default on 64bit systems (pool.players convar)
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Drastically improved entity destruction performance (less stuttering)
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Optimized player mesh building and refreshing (less stuttering)

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Fixed players sometimes appearing with wrong name, gender or skin tone
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Fixed various small client side network interpolation issues on respawn
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Fixed various issues with player model pooling
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Fixed exception when trying to upgrade building block after it was destroyed
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Fixed exception when trying to rotate building block after it was destroyed

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Old bone armor no longer drops( will be removed next wipe)

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Muzzleflash smoke effect hidden when in ADS
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ADS lowers near clip plane (less viewmodel clipping)
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Weapon FOV lowered (stubbier guns)
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Viewmodel sway is snappier and aims ahead of your look point
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Much smaller muzzle flashes
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Less bright muzzle flashes
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Bone armor buffed 10%
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Reduced diminishing xp for finding loot and harvesting
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Tracers once again visible in first person
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Reduced horizontal recoil of semi auto rifle
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Candle/Miner hat use half as much fuel

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Added Cactus Flesh
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Added WIP lighthouse monuments

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New lighting.
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New Map: SavasIsland. Conventional Rust on a tiny map.
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Gamma cranking is fairly fruitless now.
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New LR300 sounds
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More sound polish
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Monuments and dungeon artwork from last 2 months
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Reworked bone armor
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Deer skull mask
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Improved weapon firing rate frame rate independence
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FPS counter now updates in menus as well
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Color grading is now forced on all clients
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Weapon owner mismatches are now logged to the combat log

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Fixed and improved SavasIsland_koth.
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Fixed god rays
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Fixed distorted water reflections
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Fixed particle motion blur
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Fixed TSSAA occasional darkening
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Fixed climate color grading
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Fixed swimming in tunnels being a pain in the ass

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