[b]Hello![/b] [i]These are patch notes for the preview branch, not what's currently default. If you're interested in testing this you can join with the password "OPERATIONMAPLELEAF"[/i] [b]EDIT: Oops, this accidentally overwrote the 3.1.4.0 Update Notes from yesterday. 3.1.4.0 added a ton of features such as voice chat.[/b] The new server performance tools added in this update will make it a lot easier to determine what needs to be optimized most, and hopefully even after the tweaks in this one you'll notice some boosts especially regarding zombies. I believe I've tracked down one of the core issues, but it's something to do with Steamworks library that I'll have to ask Valve about. [b]Additions:[/b] [list] [*]Added some new tools to profile the server which will allow some crazy optimizations! [*]Added new systems to make zombies not congo-line quite as much. [*]Added new singleplayer item respawn system that functions similarly to the singleplayer zombie respawns. [*]Added volume propety to barrels. [/list] [b]Improvements:[/b] [list] [*]Optimized animation performance. [*]Optimized server-side hitboxes. [*]Optimized server-side physics. [*]Optimized some performance issues caused by lag compensation. [/list] [b]Tweaks:[/b] [list] [*]Reduced volume of silencer. [/list] [b]Fixes:[/b] [list] [*]Fixed zombie respawning system going way too fast. [*]Fixed zombies respawning near other zombies in multiplayer. [*]Fixed zombies not damaging players due to a quick patch from last night. [*]Fixed zombies sometimes wandering away and then becoming impossible to alert. [*]Fixed dedicated servers not correctly loading zombie data. [*]Fixed a crash with the chat. [*]Fixed a crash related to zombie movement. [/list] From the sounds of things you guys like the zones idea! I'm not sure if I'll have one in my maps, but certainly it should be a feature at some point either in the editor or perhaps something buildable in game? The next few days are shaping up to be quite busy with non-Unturned stuff, but hopefully a reasonable number of things can get done. Specifically I really want to get the grouping system in before the end of the month! :) [b]Thanks for reading![/b]