Surroundead Patch Notes

Patch 0.8 September 29, 2026

  • Added new items: Saw
  • Big change to crafting Wooden Planks. It now requires only 1 Wooden Log but you also are required to find a Saw (The Saw does not get consumed on craft) and this will be looked at getting added to other craftable recipes
  • Adjustments to muzzle flashes (Only smoke will appear if a suppressor is attached and less than before)
  • Fixed an issue where animations like reloading, chambering a weapon, etc would not play if it isn't rendered on screen
  • Fixed laser disappearing when hipfiring
  • Fixed grenadier zombie archetype beeps before explosion not playing if you killed them
  • Fixed Screamer constantly screaming if you were closeby
  • Fixed turrets not actually shooting/damaging
  • Possible fix to traders not refreshing items
  • Fixed an issue that could cause issues when changing weapon (Not being able to shoot, only push, etc)
  • When a zombie loses visibility of the player, instead of going back into a roaming state, it will go into an alert state and move to a location close to where the target was last located
  • Fixed issue that would cause elimination quests to not count the kills
  • Fixed an issue causing the mist around zombie archetype mouths to not be removed on death
  • Headshot with a bolt will no longer destroy it
  • Bolts have an increased chance to spawn in ammo containers now
  • Sledgehammer swing is slightly faster
  • Medical bag now accepts infestation sample
  • Increased crossbow headshot multiplier from x3 to x3.5
  • Adjustments to player bitten animation
  • Fixed bandits and coyotes not attacking your vehicle
  • Reduced radius that a bite can actually bite you
  • Increased APC health to 300, you may not see this change until getting a new APC however
  • Fixed an issue causing sprinting/crouch sprinting to create the same amount of noise as normal walking
  • Fixed having to hold down interact to deactivate a turret even if press was enabled
  • Fixed an exploit where applying burn to dead AI (Molotov) would give free XP
  • Fixed infestation Molotov XP glitch
  • Fixed APC not able to detect vehicles for towing
  • Fixed some AI being able to tank explosive damage
  • Issue fixed where slot.sav would corrupt and thus cause crashes when launching the game or trying to access that save (Thank you to Hegi)
  • Possibly fixed an issue that could cause you to be unable to use a consumable when it's in another container
  • Fixed collisions of new workbench models
  • If a water well is placed somewhere it cant fill, it will no longer repeat the notification but only only show it once after being placed
  • Wooden rove concave corner and viking ornament now have the correct item when it is picked up
  • Fixed not being able to use consumables in vehicles
  • Loot all will only close the inventory UI if all items are looted
  • Possible fix to zombie ragdolls having stretchy arms
  • Reduced dynamic event spawn time down to a maximum of 60m
  • UI notification on reading a book/magazine and what is has done (eg, give XP, etc)
  • Fixed crowbar not losing durability on unlocking a door and you now get xp
  • Added a notification that tells the player to unequip the item before equipping another
  • Crossbow now accepts scope attachments (Look to find a new one)
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Patch 0.8 June 2, 2026

  • I took a hiatus from development earlier in the year to focus on not burning out, mental health, etc.
  • A game breaking issue has arose that I am in the process of working out and fixing. Unfortunately, this issue isn’t as easy as just fixing some code but it’s something deeper that has arisen randomly. If fixes carry on to not work, I will be rolling back to a Feb 7th project build and then recreating additions, changes and fixes up to recent.
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