Rust February 2024 Update 1.88 Patch Notes

The Rust February 2024 update version 1.88 is here, and it’s called Bags to Riches. This update adds a handful of items long desired by players including Backpacks, a Metal Detector, a Shovel, and more. It also adds new visual models on player remains, allowing you to tell from a glance if the bag has already been opened by someone else. Here is the full Rust February 2024 Update 1.88 Patch Notes and everything the Bags to Riches update brings.

Full Rust February 2024 1.88 Patch Notes

Here are the full Patch Notes for the February 2024 1.88 update of Rust.

Features

• Added Metal detector item
• Added Small Backpack
• Added Large Backpack
• Added Shovel (Currently not useable, for future implementation)
• Added white variation of Lunar New Year lantern for more neutral ambient lighting connoisseurs
• Added option to show death marker on compass (can be disabled in UI settings)
• Added an indicator to guns on the Belt Bar when burst mode is toggled on and off
• Added Server.industrialTransferStrictTimeLimits to more accurately control Industrial performance on busier servers
• Legacy Shelter can now be limited by server owners (default of 1) set by ‘server.max_shelters’. Map marker is now displayed if kept at the default
• Added option to have map button as toggle instead of hold

Improvements

• Reduce server side entity counts by selectively spawning Planner entities
• Add a tooltip on the hostile indicator in the inventory
• Improved behaviour of doors and gates when hitting vehicles while animating
• Passing ‘teleport2marker’ a -1 argument will now teleport to the last placed marker
• Improved client performance when excessive amounts of Laser Lights are deployed
• Improved client performance when the player is getting shot
• Improved client performance in the Main Menu
• Improved server Industrial performance on some complex Conveyor setups
• Refreshed visuals on loot barrels and some background props
• Ladder hatches can be repaired without ladders
• Convar to disable the fade in the death screen ‘server.skipDeathScreenFade’
• Legacy Shelters are now easier to place
• Doors, hatches and embrasures can now be rotated while being deployed using R
• Warning popup when logging out in a safe zone
• Increased all plants ripe stage duration from 4h to 14h
• Launch site monument static SAM sites will no longer shoot down MLRS rockets
• Eoka more likely to shoot after every failed strike
• Reduced memory footprint for textures, shaders and meshes
• Improved texture quality
• Weapon Racks can now hold Instruments
• Updated rocket launcher handling sounds

Fixes

• Fixed locker displaying incorrect specular values when using workshop skins. Community Skin-makers can now include their own specular maps when submitting workshop locker skins.
• Fixed incorrect repair costs for Auto Turrets
• Fixed team markers being mis-aligned while using Night-Vision Goggles.
• Fixed player clothing sometimes not updating properly when scrubbing in a demo file
• Fixed Bar Doors sometimes loading in the incorrect orientation
• Fixed being able to deploy other entities onto a specific Rustige egg
• Entities reskinned with the Spraycan will no longer lose their OwnerId for admin purposes
• Fixed ‘teleport2marker’ command not working when assigned to a key
• Fixed incorrect behaviour when a Water Pump was connected to a barrel via a Combiner/Splitter
• Fixed Smart Switch not calculating passthrough properly when Turn On/Off inputs are changed
• Fixed Chainsaw continuing to consume fuel if a player disconnects while it’s in use
• Fixed the Skinning Knife not producing player heads when the server has server side ragdolls disabled
• Possibly fixed an exception some players were receiving when attempting to assign a player to a Wanted Poster
• Fixed server-side ragdolls flickering briefly invisible when entering and leaving parenting triggers
• Fixed rare bug where a door can’t be picked up until a lock is placed and removed from it
• Fixed player being incorrectly dismounted from rowboat
• Fixed animals camping the Legacy Shelter
• Fixed NRE whilst reloading and swapping weapons
• Ensured all neon signs now stack to 5
• Fixed unpowered turrets turning on their attachments
• Fixed Legacy Shelter grass displacement not working properly on certain terrains
• Fixed third person speargun being offset when held, and when holstered
• Fixed missing bottom on the Storage monitor
• Fixed boneknife & vampire stake disappearing from view when cancelling a throw animation (viewmodel)
• Fixed locomotives being able to get stuck on railings in the train tunnels on certain seeds
• Fixed Scientists sometimes dying to Cacti
• Fixed EAC backend auth issue kicks
• Fixed M4 shotgun playing the incorrect gunshot sound with a muzzle break attached

Known Issues: Cameras / Entities at Oilrigs resulting in error messages or nullref error kicks when a player interacts – We have identified the cause and fixes are currently undergoing testing.

That is the full Rust February 2024 Update 1.88 Patch Notes for the Bags to Riches update which is now live.