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Aaaand we are back to our Monday regular programing. Check out what the crew has been up to in this Dev update ->

This is what npcs do when players are not around.

Some of the new male faces. Good news is that my head is also being removed from the game. Cheers to that!

Supposedly this should not be a problem to be added from the content side (not sure about the programmers input yet). The question is: would you like to have a face camouflage in the game or not?

A bucketload of bug fixes and important QoL changes just in time for some weekend fun! Check it out!

Time in the game and the speed of movement isnt' connected, and with days last for 4 hours, it's pretty close still.
Imagine how feels running a marathon with 15 kilos, then resting for 2hours just to run again for at least an hour without being tired. Because that's how it is.

I'd say that the Exhaustion mechanics are acceptable.
Tips:
1. Rest your character when you log off
2. Melee actions are exhausting, use bows!
3. Eat good (cooked) food
4. Use coffee, tea or energy drinks
5. Smoking also helps you to relax
6. Do not overburden your character!

From the gameplay perspective, the character ran in the fastest pace for 12 hours, cross-terrain, with 33kg (72.5lb) of gear for 40 km (25miles). In Tough Ruck Run in Boston on streets, Civilian Heavy division with 15kg (36Lbs) avg time for 40km is 7h:30min (the worst time is10h)

I took a lunch break for 30min RT (2h GT), used a bedroll to rest the character and logged out. During that time exhaustion was restored back to C1 at 75% value. This would give me at least of 1h GT of running without any penalties.

With 2h RT (8h GT) of running, Max Stamina reduction was 5%.
After 3h RT (12h GT) of running, Max Stamina reduction was 12%. The Semi-diurnal cycle ended with almost a full running circle around the map. I've dropped 0.4kg of weight and increased DEX by 0.1 point during that time

Some 8-10min RT later (30min GT), in the middle of D3, C2 Exhaustion finally kicked in, and Stamina started to drop slowly. One thing that I don't like is how C2 is shown at the moment, although your max stamina drops slowly, it's gauge rises fast on UI, that should be fixed.

C1 Exhaustion was still below 100% when I've reached the top of the map between D3/D4, that's after 1h:10min RT or approx 4h GT. Still no reduction of the character's performance in any way!
C1 got to 53.9SU from 60SU.

After some 30min RT (2h GT) C1 Exhaustion got to 50%. That's 30 SUs from 60SUs that the character has. C1 is a 60SU free buffer and there is still no stamina reduction! I've managed to get through 3 sectors during that time.

There were complaints about exhaustion so I did this for you:
1. The character is avg 3,3,3,3
2. Gear weight was slightly below the limit (33/36kg)
3. Kept the character fed (MREs) and hydrated (water)
4. I've ran for 3h real time (12 game time)
5. Test lasted from 8:30am-9pm GT

C1 Exhaustion was activated after 5min RT (20min GT). C1 doesn't reduce the performance in any way, it is more like a gauge to indicate when the reduction will start to occur (when it hits C2), so you can fight before it happens. You can ignore most of C1s in the game.

went through twelve iterations before we got the final trailer
8. That everything was done in parallel with taks needed for the game itself, which included anims for two weapons (FPV,TPV, 3 stances both), sentry animations, and hundreds of custom grips for the new cooking items.

Just in the 40 days, the animation team of 5 did over 250hours of overtime to make everything on time. We have learned a lot in making of this trailer, and we will keep learning more with each subsequent one. Can't wait to see how the cut scenes for the campaign will look like.