Les développeurs d'Hammerpoint Interactive viennent tout juste de déployer le dernier patch pour The War Z. Ce dernier est très conséquent, ce qui a entrainé une période de downtime des serveurs du jeu. Au niveau des changements, ils sont nombreux et importants et concernent essentiellement les graphismes. Ainsi, la zone de l'aéroport a été refaite, les bâtiments sont maintenant recouverts par la végétation, les textures ont été optimisées pour de meilleures performances, les options graphiques ont été simplifiées, l'éclairage de certaines zones a été amélioré, de brouillard a été amélioré, l'effet de la lampe de poche a été amélioré, deux nouveaux personnages ont été ajoutés (Ex-Spetsnaz et Park Ranger), on peut désormais utiliser des objets en sprintant, certaines zones du monde on t été modifiées (des collines entre Echo's Compound et Norad, notamment)

La liste complète des changements se trouve dans la suite de la nouvelle.

New Additions

Added the ability to change your outfit.
To change your outfit click the "Change Outfit button on the character select screen.
The airport area was re-designed, more info HERE.
Added overgrowth to buildings
Optimized textures for better performance.
Adjusted graphic settings. The options are now more simplified and overall quality has been improved.
Lighting in Colorado has been improved.
Two new characters have been added: Ex-Spetsnaz and Park Ranger.
When sprinting, you can now select items, use items, etc
Flattened some hills between Echo's Compound and Norad.
Cleaned up some textures on the Asian character model. Also, renamed him to Club Promoter.
Villain and Assassin titles have been switched; making Assassin the top rank now.
Fog quality was improved.
Flashlight effect was improved.
You can now mute/unmute players regardless of their distance to you.
When talking with VOIP it no longer displays an icon above your head, instead it shows who is talking in the right corner of the screen.
Added some gameplay optimizations to Cleairview.


Bug fixes

Fixed a bug that allowed for no recoil when switching to single fire mode.
Fixed a bug that was not displaying a cursor while using NVG in 3rd person mode.
Fixed a bug that made all character models look very fuzzy/unclear while in the main menu.
Fixed a bug that allowed users to pick items up while firing a weapon.
Fixed a bug with the Binoculars that would display -1 ammo.
Fixed a bug that allowed for "use item" to remain on screen after switching items.
Fixed a bug that allowed for snipers to hold breath indefinitely while using chat.
Removed "use item" while right clicking on Binoculars and Range Finders in your inventory.
Fixed a bug that allowed lock boxes and barricades to be used while in a lock box.
Fixed a text bug that listed "empty clip" for attachments that were not clips.
Fixed a bug that caused Paragon and Lawman to have the same icons.
Fixed some missing/incorrect textures throughout the map.