Rust Patch Notes (July 2024 update): Bicycles, Prisoner update, Travelling Vendors, and more

The brand-new Rust patch for July 2024 brings a wave of changes to the game. The developers at Facepunch Studios have gone all out to incorporate an array of new features in the game. New vehicles, such as the bicycle, have been added, which allow players to avail a quick and free mode of transport from the nearest gas stations.

This article provides a more in-depth preview of the new Rust patch for July 2024. For a detailed brief on this month's Force Wipe updates, keep reading.

Rust Patch Notes for July 4, 2024

Features

Dynamic NPC Vendor pricing
Creative Mode
Handcuffs
Prisoner Hood
Added motorbikes
Added pedal bikes
Travelling Vendor

Improvements

Reduced memory usage by optimising the number of objects in the world
Increased the maximum number of water containers that can receive water from another container (3 -> 12)
Don’t render the underlying player hands when wearing a hazmat suit, fixes some clipping
Play the old workbench open/close sounds when switching between tech tree tabs
Improved performance when switching between tech tree tabs
Don’t allow the fill placement on Planters to work until the player is in range of all slots on the planter
Buttons in monument elevators can now open the current door even if they are blocked by a vehicle
Optimised wire slack calculation
Allow demo recorder UI to be visible in debug camera view
Added a popup warning the user if they're about to overwrite a demo with the same name
Added a checkbox option to the recorder UI to auto fill demo name
Show the demo UI whilst recording when in debug camera
Wire slack bound to the mouse wheel directly instead of next slot/previous slot
Relaxed the seismic sensor distance checks to mitigate wall thickness
'pipette' command can now copy items skin
Optimized electric heaters light
Updated fluid combiner and fluid splitter destruction sound
Added 'spawnview' command to spawn entity at the position and orientation of the camera
Pressing R to reset debug cam now reset roll immediately regardless of any camlerp value
Debug camera can now save any depth of field aper, blur, squeeze and barrel values
Added 'triggerevent' server command to trigger any event by name (airdrop, cargo, patrol heli etc)
Also added 'killallevents' to instantly kill any ongoing event
Set the device ID config UI input field to alphanumeric, so it behaves like computer station and ignore any special characters

That's all there is to know about the latest Rust patch notes for July 2024 update. For more news and guides, stay tuned to Sportskeeda's MMO Section.

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