2017-05-19

**Developer Patch 2017/05/19**

*As promised in yesterday's announcement about the new Hong Kong servers we are rolling out a patch to add the new servers to the game and do some updates & fixes.*

***To celebrate the release of the new Hong Kong servers we are rewarding all the players in the following way:***

* **We have upgraded player's current active subscription with an extra week.(premium, deluxe ﻿& extreme)**
* **Every player that did not have ﻿an account subscription activated now has a week free premium. (This only apply to people who did not have any account subscription)**
* **Everyone who registers a new account through the website will get 7 days free premium this week only﻿.**

### GENERAL UPDATES

* Added Hong Kong servers. Servers are now available and running. Private servers are not available in Hong Kong.
* Added ve﻿teran badges to the game. Everybody who has played for more than one year will now automatically get the eteran badge the next time they log in to the game.
* The Bada Boom (explosive) is now spawning again.
* Updated the italian language pack. (Fixed some spelling mistakes etc.)
* Updated the in-game menu background to a new one again.
* Updated the visual breath sniper indicator. The styling has improved and the bar looks much better now.
* Updated the alien super zombie loot. Doubled the chances of snipers dropping from the alien super zombie.
* Fixed an issue related to some custom guerilla's changing into heavy armors randomly. Thanks for the reports.
* Fixed some models (buildings) that recently got added to th﻿e game. (Some are used in the new Batte Royale lobby.)
* Fixed the airport tower model where players could only do damage through some windows from one side only.
* Fixed some other models (buildings) in the game that did not have the right materials assigned.
* Fixed some visual bugs related to the loadouts and backpacks.
* Fixed major issues related to the "reconnecting" screen. Improved the system aswell.

### ITEM UPDATES

* Added a new country riot shield: Riot Shield Hong Kong.
* Added a new moderator riot shield: Riot Shield Havi.
* Added a new media riot shield: Riot Shield Zaihawk.
* Added a new media riot ﻿shield: Riot Shield Marcelek.
* Fixed the recipe names of the Heavy Armor's now too. All of those armors should be called "Heavy Armor" now.
* Fixed the texture issues of the Riot Shield Svena69.
* Fixed the texture issues of the Riot Shield MMFK.
* Fixed the texture issues of the Bada Boom.
* Fixed the name of the "Mosin Gladiator". Removed the "." from the name.
* Updated the texture of the shotgun shell ammo to red instead of grey and fixed the store icons.
* Updated the name of the "UZI" to "Mini UZI" since this name makes more sense due the UZI in game is actually a minified version of the UZI weapon.
* Updated the "9x19 Para Mag" bullet capacity from 9 to 15 bullets. One magazine can now have 15 bullets instead of 9.
* Updated the TEC 9 statistics. Increased the recoil and finally fixed the sound glitch. (No distance.)
* Updated the STI Eagle Elite statistics. Decreased the spread and updated the name to "STI Eagle Elite".
* Updated the Jericho 9mm statistics. Decreased th﻿e spread.
* Updated the 1911 statistics. Decreased the spread and decreased the reload time.
* Updated the RA H23. The light machine gun is now called: "MG36", and can now only take G36 C-Mags instead of Stanag C-Mags.
* Updated the fire axe statistics. Increased the damage.

* **Name Changes:**

***Based on feedback from newer players and to make the game generally easier to understand we have decided to do some name changes to certain items.***
	+ The "Standard Mosin Magazine" is now called: "Mosin Clip".
	+ The ".22 Caliber Clip" is now called: "Kruger .22 Magazine".
	+ The "Medium Kruger Rifle Clip" is now called: "Medium Kruger Magazine".
	+ The "Large Kruger Rifle Clip" is now called: "Large Kruger Magazine".
	+ The ".40 Caliber 1911 Mag" is now called: "1911 Mag".
	+ The "FN Five Seven" is now called: "FN57".
	+ The "Standard Kruger .22 Rifle Clip" is now called: "Kruger Rifle Clip".
	+ The ".45 ACP STI Eagle Elite ammo" is now called: "STI Eagle Elite Ammo".
	+ The "Saiga 10 ammo" is now called: "Saiga Clip".
	+ The ".308 Winchester Ammo" is now called: "Winchester Clip".
	+ The "SVD 10 Ammo" is now called: "SVD Clip".
	+ The "SVD 20 Ammo" is now called: "SVD 20 Clip".
	+ The "Bizon 64 ammo" is now called: "Bizon Clip".
	+ The "P90 50 rounds" is now called: "P90 Clip".
	+ The ".338 Magnum Ammo" is now called: "AWM Clip".
	+ The "CZ Scorpion EVO-3 ammo" is now called: "Evo-3 Clip".
	+ The "Desert Eagle ammo" is now called: "Desert Eagle Clip".
	+ The "AWP Mag" is now called: "AWP Clip".
	+ The "DMR Ammo" is now called: "DMR Clip".
	+ The "FN57 10 Ammo" is now called: "FN57 Clip".
	+ The "FN57 20 Ammo" is now called: "FN57 20 Clip".
	+ The ".50 BMG 10" is now called: "BMG 10 Clip".
	+ The ".50 BMG" is now called: "BMG Clip".
	+ The "SMG-20 Ammo" is now called: "SMG-20".
	+ The "SMG-40 Ammo" is now called: "SMG-40".
	+ The "MP5/10" is now called: "MP5".
	+ The "MP5 10mm Mag" is now called: "MP5 Clip".
	+ The "9mm Mag" is now called: "9MM Clip".
	+ The "Sig Sauer P226" is now called: "P226".
	+ The "9x19 Para Mag" is now called: "P226 Clip".
	+ The "AW Magnum" is now called: "AWM".
	+ The "Alice Rucksack" is now called: "Alice Backpack".
	+ The "Military Ruck" is now called: "Military Backpack".

### SKIN UPDATES

* Fixed the store icon issues of the QBZ Tech recipe icon.
* Fixed the textures of the Moto Helmet Alien. The helmet looks less "grey" now.

### BATTLE ROYALE UPDATES

* Added a visual indicator (dome / ball) around the safezone. Players can now visually see where the border of the safezone is. When being outside of the safezone the dome will turn blue.
* When being inside of the safezone the dome / border will only display when you get close to the border.
* Fixed a bug where every time the first safezone spawns players would be for one second in the radia﻿tion.

### MAP UPDATES

* **Caliwood**﻿
+ Fixed floating objects at Convention Center.
+ Fixed floating objects at Police Station.
+ Fixed floating objects at Aeroorome Militairy Airport.
+ Fixed floating objects and terrain issues at Football Stadium.
+ Fixed objects around Parking lot.
+ Fixed Militairy Area near the b﻿each.
+ Fixed rocks near the beach.
+ Fixed misplaced objects and improved loot at top left of the map.
+ Fixed collision walls at Convention Center where players could bump into it.
+ Added loot to Civilian Vehicles.
+ Added missing buildings.
+ Added Food to every Fast Food and Liqour store building.
+ Added tons of new Ambience Sounds across the entire map.
+ A new Secret Spot has been added to Caliwood.

* **Tropico**
+ Added more loo﻿table area's around the spawn (start of the Battle Royale) so that players don't ha﻿ve to walk that long to get loot fas﻿t.

* **Lounge**﻿
+ Fixed and updated the lighting in the map. Skins should look better / fixed now.﻿

* **Rocky Ford**﻿
+ Fixed collision walls around the map. Updated them so that players can no longer glitch outside of the map.

* **Colorado V1**﻿
+ Fixed loot spawns at Ridgeway Airport.
+ Fixed tons of misplaced objects at Ridgeway Airport.
+ Fixed floating objects at Hidden Forest Ranch.
+ Fixed and added some loot to Boulder City.
+ Fixed overal terrain issues.
+ Fixed a collision wall where you could walk outside of the map.

* **Colorado V2**﻿
+ Re-added rocks around Boulder City.
+ Fixed a building in Boulder City, where player could get shoted behind a wall.
+ Fixed the metal fenses around Emerald Peak Retreat.
+ Fixed a superzombie spawn in boulder city, he spawned directly at a playerspawn all the time.
+ Fixed the detection radius of a superzombie in boulder.

**Servers will be down for around 30 minutes max. due the testing of the new Hong Kong servers.**

*Best Regard,*

*Infestation: The New Z - Staff Team*

**You can find the original Patch Notes in our forums here**