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I may as well at least add the option for auto-updating server mods. The code is mostly already there and it's been requested a few times recently. When that feature was first added it wasn't *as* important for the server mods to be completely in sync, but now the game is pretty strict about asset mismatch to block some cheats.

Hmm not out of the question. I'd been thinking mostly of controller navigation in the UI, and perhaps updating to Unity's new input system. Considering how tightly coupled with Steam Unturned is already there wouldn't be much downside to using Steam Input directly...

To expand on this: The request for easier server hosting would technically be implemented as "listen server hosting". In that mode your client would run as both the client and server simultaneously and your friends could join without the separate dedicated server software.

That's how multiplayer worked in 2.0. There is a host player in the world and everyone joins them. This approach isn't without downsides, however, and so dedicated server support was one of the absolute top priorities with 3.0. I over-corrected though and didn't factor in listen server hosting as being an important feature.

Singleplayer sort of runs as a listen server. It's running both the client and server code simultaneously. Unfortunately, it's not as easy as just enabling joining singleplayer to make listen server hosting work at this point. Lots of code the has been written with only dedicated servers and singleplayer in mind, and would function unexpectedly on listen servers.

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If you have a few minutes, I’d appreciate your input on this survey! The goal is to collect feedback on what the Unturned community is most interested in seeing in 2024: https://forms.gle/Fv4guTqb5ApacQbM9

I will post it in-game as well a little bit later. The reason for waiting is to get any comments/criticisms on the survey itself before posting to a wider audience.

Thanks for the kind words and your longtime support, Sharrac! :)

Thanks Nick! :)

Thanks shredder! :)

can you give an explanation as to the active botting of the game? if you are doing it, why?

In short: No, I'm not botting the player count.

To help clarify my side of this issue and prevent the spread of misinformation, I have written a support article here with more details: https://smartlydressedgames.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/20692302395028

Similarly, in the interest of transparency, I shared the server list player numbers for 2023 in a blog post here: ...

Thanks, I hope it's worth the wait!

Welcome back to the game and community! :)

As another player mentioned paid server hosting, I'd like to add that the free self-hosting process has gotten easier over the years and port-forwarding is no longer required. For more details, here is the official documentation: https://docs.smartlydressedgames.com/en/stable/servers/server-...

No, development is ongoing. There were some rather significant updates towards the end of 2023, and there is (at least in my opinion) a great-looking lineup of content coming this year!

I'm the developer of the core game, and I understand that from the outside, it sometimes looks like I don't do much, especially if there hasn't been an update for a while or if the updates seem to be mostly boring stuff. Game development is still my passion, I'm working on Unturned projects 100% lately (sometimes I do little side projects for various reasons like learning or experimenting, but not for at least the last 5-6 months), and I tend to get at least a standard workday every weekday. I've been having a lot of fun recently and feel very optimistic about the future!

Thanks for your kind words! There is definitely room for performance improvement. The previous update that was heavily performance focused was the level atlassing update last year. The majority of the performance cost right now is on the CPU in rendering, unfortunately, which is difficult to make further big improvements to. This is part of why even with a highend GPU the FPS could be around 60 - it's CPU bottlenecked. If future Unity updates further parallelize rendering we would see a huge improvement. This is also why maps like PEI are so much faster, there's just a lot less stuff to draw compared to newer super-detailed maps.

I don't recall off the top of my head, but I suppose it's something to go looking for! That being said, it might be somewhere inaccessible.

Congratulations on the progress so far, nice work!

Yes, natural causes. I don't recall the exact explanation but it was along the lines that cats can catch Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) as kittens and have it lie dormant their whole lives before it randomly mutates. His condition deteriorated very quickly. Fortunately, he had a long happy life, and we were able to put him to sleep at home calmly and peacefully.

Haha there's definitely a lot of potential there! :)

You're right - that was my cat, Jasper! He had the role of Chief Bug Hunter at SDG. Sadly, he passed away early this past Summer, so I added these pictures as an easter egg memorial of him in all of the official maps.

Breaking ice spots would be a pretty cool feature immersion-wise.

For some additional context on this: https://support.smartlydressedgames.com/hc/en-us/articles/20692302395028-What-s-with-Unturned-s-player-count-