# Unturned 3.25.10.0 Update Notes

- Product: Unturned (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/unturned)
- Vendor: Smartly Dressed Games
- Date: 2025-12-04
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/304930/view/507347176534311303
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/unturned/releases/2025-12-04-3.25.10.0-update-notes

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- **changed** — Upgrade to Unity 2022 LTS for improved stability
- **added** — New SMAA anti-aliasing option as an alternative to TAA or FXAA
- **changed** — Major upgrade to the A* Pathfinding Project library used by zombies, fixing server-side pathfinding bugs and improving performance
- **changed** — Vanilla sentries now immediately react to gunshots and melee hits by turning toward the attack source
- **changed** — Workstation capability name search in crafting menu now filters blueprints producing items with that capability
- **changed** — Raise detonator max selected charges from 8 to 16
- **changed** — Rework water transition into sky to avoid revealing underwater terrain topography
- **added** — Add beard color option separate from hair color for NPCs and cosmetics
- **changed** — Many cosmetics covering the lower face now use preferred beard color
- **changed** — Cosmetics take priority over NVGs in singleplayer and PvE where they don't affect balance
- **changed** — Revise server backup naming by appending tilde to extension instead of appending -backup to file name
- **fixed** — Server not writing -backup files after 3.25.8.0
- **fixed** — Server not re-serializing Config.json when -UseLegacyJsonGameplayConfig is enabled
- **changed** — Re-enable doppler effect with per-audio-source disabling by default during load for backwards compatibility
- **added** — Add Enable Doppler Effect component to bypass disabling doppler effect
- **changed** — Enable doppler effect on vanilla emergency vehicle sirens
- **added** — Objects with dialogue can show different display name with Dialogue_Name localization key
- **changed** — NPC hints in multiplayer use client's language if Keep_Localization_Loaded is enabled
- **added** — Add level underwater fog effect density override for maps with longer underwater view distance
- **added** — Levels can adjust default config per-difficulty (easy/normal/hard)

##### Engine Update

We've upgraded to Unity 2022 LTS, primarily for improved stability. Related updates include:

- New SMAA anti-aliasing option as an alternative to TAA or FXAA.

- Major upgrade to the pathfinding library used by zombies (A* Pathfinding Project). This fixes a variety of server-side pathfinding bugs and may improve performance.

- Taking advantage of some new performance optimizations.

We'll be keeping a close eye on bug reports, as this kind of update has many side-effects.

##### Full Changelog

##### Quality of Life

- Vanilla sentries immediately react to gunshots and melee hits. (They turn to where you attacked them from.)

- Searching workstation capability names in crafting menu filters blueprints producing items with that capability. (For example, "Heat Source" will find Campfires.)

- Raised detonator max selected charges from 8 to 16. Let the pyrotechnics commence!

- Reworked water transition into sky to avoid revealing topography of underwater terrain.

##### Character Customization

- Added beard color option separate from hair color. NPCs and cosmetics can use this, too.

- Many cosmetics covering the lower face use your preferred beard color.

- Cosmetics take priority over NVGs in singleplayer and PvE where they don't affect balance. (Ignoring the Priority_Over_Cosmetic setting.)

##### Servers

Edit to clarify: if you are hosting a server using RocketMod, please update to the latest version (either bundled with the game or merging into your fork), as it includes a fix to assembly loading needed for the engine update!

- LDM dependency-handling patch for 2022 LTS. (Thanks Senior-S, DanielWillett, and Paradox304!)

- Revised server backup naming to improve terminal tab completion: rather than appending "-backup" to the file name, a tilde '~' is appended to the extension. For example, auto-completing "Conf" to "Config.txt" as the more common operation.

- Fixed server not writing "-backup" files after 3.25.8.0. (Thanks CatzTimes!)

- Fixed not re-serializing server Config.json when -UseLegacyJsonGameplayConfig is enabled. (Thanks CatzTimes!)

##### Audio

3.25.8.0 experimented with enabling the doppler effect, which was previously disabled project-wide. Many audio sources weren't configured with this in mind, so it was reverted in 3.25.8.1. This update re-enables it, and disables per-audio-source by default during load for backwards compatibility.

- Added "Enable Doppler Effect" component to bypass disabling doppler effect.

- Enabled doppler effect on vanilla emergency vehicle sirens.

##### Localization

- Objects with dialogue (like interactable computers) can show a different display name with Dialogue_Name localization key.

- NPC "hints" in multiplayer use client's language if Keep_Localization_Loaded is enabled.

- Updated a few cases where translation fallback to default was unsupported. (Such as item names.)

- Fixed Covert achievement description spelling mistake. (Thanks Zeenotzed5!)

- Allow sending single-character chat messages because they can be meaningful in other languages. (Thanks CatzTimes!)

##### **Level Editing**

- Added level underwater fog effect density override. Useful for maps featuring a longer underwater view distance.

- Levels can adjust default config per-difficulty (easy/normal/hard).

- Added option for per-navmesh vs per-zombie-table difficulty asset prioritization.

- Resources can set Legacy_Rotation_and_Scale false to use newer surface alignment options. For example, we're using this to place mineable clay on cave ceilings in a future update.

- Per-object savedata is more resilient to removing/moving objects in the level editor. (Thanks clue!)

- Fixed missing level Has_Atmosphere option turning off stars. (Thanks Strekazyabrua!)

- Fixed editing devkit node properties not marking the level dirty. (Thanks LocoCZ!)

##### NPC Modding

- Added effect OnlyRelevantToInstigator and event InstigatorOnly options. For example, to limit showing a UI popup only

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