SCUM's latest patch is now live for PC. Hotfix 0.6.13.40038 didn’t bring any new content. However, it did bring several QoL changes and tons of bug fixes. From now on, only players with advanced engineering skill levels can upgrade brick and concrete walls. Vegetables can be cooked via a cooking pot only. Network performance has been improved and Gunpower will now despawn if it reaches zero usage.
The patch addressed lag spikes and also fixed issues related to 2 wheel vehicles. We have mentioned the rest of the changes below:
QoL
- Upgrading to brick and concrete walls now requires advanced engineering skill level.
- Cooked vegetables can now only be cooked in a cooking pot.
- Rain collector items can now be maintained like chests and will not disappear until the expiration time reaches zero.
- Adjusting bomb defusal sensitivity in the options menu now also affects the killbox locks minigame.
- Gun powder now despawns when it reaches 0 usages.
- Improved network performance.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed the bug where the physics of vehicle collisions would mess up.
- Fixed the bug where the weapon rack could not be repaired.
- Fixed the wrong skewer meat metabolism caption.
- Fixed the bug where weapons would sometimes glow after you take them from the weapon rack.
- Fixed the bug where animal corpses would have a huge collision box around them.
- Fixed the bug where the player could not strain the bow when strafing in first-person.
- Fixed the bug where the toolbox would not despawn even though it has 0 usages left.
- Fixed the bug where if you would grab an item in hands while in the vehicle it would despawn the item.
- Fixed the issues with 2 wheel vehicles.
- Possible fix for the lag spikes.
You can also read the patch notes on the official website.
SCUM is available only on PC for now. You can purchase the game on Steam, but do keep in mind that it is currently in Early Access. So, expect some bugs and issues.
So what do you think? Are you interested in any of these changes? Are there any other bugs that you want the developer to address? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
