Dread Hunger Update Patch Notes – January 28, 2022

Dread Hunger update 5 is now available to download on PC(Steam). According to the official Dread Hunger patch notes, the latest update added a long list of bug fixes and gameplay changes.

Previously, a major update added a new character model, emotes, and an improved tutorial.

Unfortunately, players are still experiencing several issues. Today’s Dread Hunger patch 5 will fix a few of these issues. Check out more details below.

Dread hunger Patch Notes – January 28, 2022

• Reviving now time based instead of health based
• Added five new tutorial chapters
• Added crosshair feedback when damaging nitro
• Body parts now look like the person they were cut from
• Added ‘Whetstone’ item that replaces steel and upgrades multiple melee weapons
• Added new inventory item “Nails”
  Balance stuff:
• Repairing hull breaches now requires nails
• Crafting barrels now requires nails
• Crafting shovel now requires nails
• Crafting ice axe now requires nails
• Removed extra bullet from the Royal Marine’s starting kit
• Cannibal limbs are now decorative only
• Boiler sabotage no longer random, each gunpowder will double the time till the sabotage
  Fixes:
• Fixed an issue where the boiler UI would get stuck on the screen at game end
• Fixed an issue that was causing the iceberg to receive inconsistent damage from nitro
• Fixed an issue that was causing corpses to become stuck in the air
• Fixed an issue that was causing AIs to get confused when attacking multiple downed players
• Fixed boiler consumes non-fuel items
• Fixed an issue where Thralls do not get points for moving the ship backwards
• Fixed an issue where Explorers did not get points for assisting nitro carry when a thrall was carrying
• Fixed an issue where poisoning as a Explorer did not give expected points
• Fixed an issue where warmth decreases when in bed on ship
• Fixed an issue where totems destroyed while a thrall is in brig doesn’t get removed from spell charge
• Fixed an issue where items can be dropped while in spirit walk
• Fixed coal in barrel doesn’t give points
• Fixed ghosts gain points for escaped/stowaway
• Fixed an issue where can you dig and build campfire at the same time
• Fixed poison doesn’t apply to a dead players inventory items
• Fixed filling the last workbench slot mid craft cancels craft but consumes materials
• Fixed swapping inventory items with external inventory holsters equipped item
• Fixed holding ctrl while moving poison doesn’t move whole stack
• Fixed an issue where holstering bone charm stops bone charm access (unless scroll first)
  Art
• Cosmetics
• Improved gore effects
• Improved nitro iceberg destruction effect
• Improved water splash effects
• Improved campfire effects
• Added smoke to the ship’s exhaust pipe
• Added particle effect to bear’s ground slam attack
• Added playtester and early access emotes
• Changed Royal Marine’s uniform to red so he’s distinct from the Captain/Engineer at a distance
  UI
  New stuff:
• Added new end of match victory screens
• Added “Compendium” UI which provides detailed information about the game
• Added “Stats” UI which provides detailed information about the player
• Updated “Journal” and added hyperlinked compendium terms
• Added more keybind images
• Added rejoin party button (for when voip goes wrong)
• Crew board invites show when coming back from a tutorial
• Can accept a steam invite while in the tutorial
• Added show mute icon over players when their volume is at zero
• Added cosmetics menu within role selection menu
• Added new role icons
• Adding region select to launch expedition
• Added auto select for last remaining role when joining a lobby
• Added upgrade icon to the slot icons
• Added Browse All Expeditions button
• Added no XP message for custom expedition settings
• Added message other thralls keybind
• Added boiler sabotage and powder keg sabotage to the ship progress widget (visible only to thralls)
• Added level up animation for Thrall charge tier change
  Fixes:
• Fixed ship fuel gauge can fail to appear
• Fixed ESC menu can fail to open
• Fixed pressing Enter on title screen does nothing
• Fixed long usernames moving lobby slots
• Fixed lobby loading up bar appears over the date in the lobby map
• Fixed replay text can go off screen in some languages
• Fixed Doctor’s perk in Russian moves UI in character select
• Fixed opacity on tutorial concepts sometimes being too low
• Fixed thrall chat cut off in some languages
• Fixed “No expeditions” message in the lobby browser goes off the screen in some languages
• Fixed the “days until blizzard” changes but the day and date does not
• Fixed custom map settings showing 4 days before blizzard, not 3 as default
• Fixed days until blizzard widget doesn’t show at start of game on 4 days in a custom game
• Fixed player settings UI cut off when opened while browsing lobbies
• Fixed thrall UI hotkeys don’t dynamically change when keybind changed
• Fixed can’t read emote name under poker countdown timer
• Fixed UI for pick up downed player reads “interact with corpse”
• Fixed no indication of poisoned food when held
• Fixed “Launch Expedition” is available for host after map selected
• Fixed swapping a held item with another inventory item changes held item but keeps slot highlighted
• Fixed last player to join shows as marine and doesn’t have character selected
• Fixed shadow setting in video settings being misaligned in various languages
• Fixed “Workbench” cut off by repair button in some languages
• Fixed character names in character select exceed allocated space in some languages
• Fixed P keybind doesn’t hide some UI
• Fixed dragging an item onto itself flashes full indicator
• Fixed mousing over the bottom of the screen when in settings shows inventory information
• Fixed ship fuel icon sits inward when thrall on helm with spell charge showing
• Fixed “Already crafted” on satchel is hard to read
  Animation
• Additional Poker emotes
• New walk cycles (8 directions + run)
• New downed animations (8 directions)
• Removed camera shake from first person downed state
• Added 13 crew activity animations for the Tutorial
• Animation and cinematic sequences for Chapters 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
• Syringe | Added (1P/3P) animations for equip, in/out aim transitions and tweaked idle (3P)
• Lantern | Added (1P/3P) animation for equip, in/out aim transitions, aim idle
• Bear traps | Added (1P/3P) animation for equips, in/out aim transitions, idle tweaks
• Axe/Ice Axe | Added in/out aim transition animations and equips (1P/3P)
• Spyglass | Added equip animation (1P/3P)
• Barrels, Powder Keg | Added new equip (no longer has shoulder clipping camera) added aim enter animations (1P)
• Rock, Coal | Added (1P/3P) animations for equip, in/out aim transitions, and shared attack animations
• Poison, Laudanum, Antidote | Added shared (3P) equip animations
• Wood | Added (3P) animations for equip, in/out aim transitions and aimed idle
• Ingots x3 | Added shared (3P) animations for equip, in/out aim transitions, and shared attack animations
• Cooked, Animal, Human Meat | Added (1P/3P) animations for equip, in/out aim transitions, tweaked aimed idle and idle (3P)
• Sabre | Tweaked equip animation (1P)
• Tweaked head holding animations (3P)
• Tweaked Cloth for Chaplain’s scarf
• Tweaked the facial expression when firing a Muskets
  Level Design
  New stuff:
• New Map :3
  Fixes:
• Various fixes to Approach and Summit
• Optimization fixes
• AI pathing fixes
  Other
  New stuff:
• Added support for Steam Game Language
• Can now prestige roles
• Added Hong Kong server region
• Added 11 new achievements
• Added music player to ship lobby
  Fixes:
• Added timeouts for login steps
• Fixed attempting to rejoin a nonexistent lobby (map ended, everyone left) sends player to lobby then kicked to title
• Fixed host rejoining party in lobby after rejoining in map are told they are new host, they are not host
• Fixed if host migrates to new lobby quicker than minion, minion is kicked
• Fixed showing 0 player lobbies from search results
• Fixed re-merging lobbies gets players stuck
• Did not fix my sleeping pattern
• Fixed accepting invite from closed client doesn’t put player in lobby
• Fixed host leaving mid map doesn’t notify new host at end of map
• Fixed attempting to return to host who merged lobbies and left sends to title
• Fixed accepting invite from closed client when inviter in map shows no message
• Fixed hosts globally game banned can still play games as host
• Fixed players cannot be kicked sometimes
• Fixed attempting to join full lobby via friends list leaves player on joining
• Fixed host rejoining party after map selected removes selected map
• Fixed declined pending invites will continue to appear each time player enters own lobby
• Fixed attempting to join full lobby via friends list leaves player on joining
• Fixed host migration after map selection uses previous host’s name as ship name
• Fixed failing to join a lobby via invite because it is full will leave “Failed to join party” message
• Fixed rejoining non-existent lobby leaves player on “joining” for two minutes
• Fixed invites received while in map don’t show after map end
• Fixed after map, minions can’t send Steam invites to lobby; join game unavailable
• Fixed host rejoining in map still has map selected after game end
• Fixed open invite screen prompt displays after invite screen open
• Fixed invites pending after return to lobby after map, show on subsequent lobby returns