Developer Support: NZA Version 1.02 available now!

[76561198085186970]

Hi everyone,

We are pleased to announce update 1.02 for NZA. Please find the fix list detailed below.

Blackscreen/NZA.exe is not responding issue & Refresh Rate Problems

If you’ve had a problem with the screen being black, but you can still hear the game running in the background, then it’s likely that the refresh rate was too high for your display. By default our engine used to pick the highest available refresh rate reported by DirectX, but sometimes this is not valid because of either driver or hardware issues, and the result is a blank screen. A common problem seems to be that for high refresh rates (e.g. 120hz) you need a dual-link DVI cable, and many new monitors are sadly still sold with single-link DVI cables. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface for information on single and dual link.)

Our solution implemented in this patch is that the engine will now by default try to find the closest frequency to 60hz, which is the most standard and safe refresh rate frequency to use. This should mean the game is most likely to work for the majority of users when first installed. For example, if a monitor only supports 75hz, that will be what is used. If a monitor claims it supports both 60hz and 120hz, the default will be to use the safer 60hz option.

However, we’ve also added a new command line option allowing users to specify a refresh rate they’d like to use instead of the default setting. The engine will still use the closest matching reported frequency to this suggestion, so you don’t need an exact number. The command line option takes the form:

-hz=number

Where number is the suggested refresh rate in hz. So for example, “-hz=60” is the default 60hz setting, and “-hz=120” will tell the game to use the nearest setting to 120hz.

Hopefully this new arrangement will satisfy everyone! Users with high frequency monitors can still choose to have a higher refresh rate, while other users will have safer defaults. Stereoscopic 3D using AMD’s HD3D should still work as it did previously, though you may want to specify a refresh rate now with the command line.

(Note: a previous command line option, “-60hz”, has now been removed. This was an early attempt to give people a way of forcing 60hz, which should no longer be needed.)


We’ve also noticed that a few people are not aware that there is in game text chat & voice chat. This has been omitted from the manual, we’ll look to update this asap. In the meantime here is a reminder of the controls..

Press “Y” to chat to your friends in a co-op game.
Press & Hold “V” in game to voice chat via a headset mic.


Update 1.02: Fix list.

Fix for some users hanging on a black screen after launching game on steam.

Fix for when exiting the game it hangs for a long time before shutting down.

Quick Match: Fix allowing clients to ignore current host and search for another lobby.

Mission success screen - Various fixes with incorrect messages displayed.

Fixed AI colliding with incapacitated players.

Improvements to the bullet camera to show more multiple kills.

AI targeting improved to distribute target selection amongst multiple players.

Bullet camera frequency can now be set to NONE.

Fix for Occult General appearing almost invisible post a checkpoint restart.

Fixed Super Elite sliding around looking dead on clients.

Fix to stop other players from interrupting a resuscitation.

Fix to stop score farming on Occult General battle.

Fix to stop bullet cameras on resurrecting AI that was causing some t-posing.

Labyrinth: Fix to stop AI visibly teleporting into view in some sections.

Cathedral: Fix to stop Safe room door from not closing.

Cathedral: Fix to remove an invisible damage volume that was affecting players.

Subway: Fix to remove infinite spawning Snipers in end battle.

We hope you continue to enjoy NZA!

Remember you can contact us at [e-mail] if you are experiencing any problems.

Regards,

Community Support.
Rebellion Developments.

[T9X 69]

Is this the 800MB update I'm downloading right now? That's pretty hefty for a patch :/

[Bizarroskull]

mm yeah, really heavy for those fixes, and its really hard to find coop games, i dont know if steam download server may be a problem or what but we need DROP IN DROP OUT feature!

[mØØd]

800MB ? Damn for me it's 994MB almost 1 GB ! Oo
Anyway if this can help to play in good conditions why not.

[Silver]

Thx for the Patch :-)

[Evanz111]

Any news on whether or not you plan to release a survival mode?

[ShadyYogaInstructor]

Woop woop \o/

[One-HiT KiLLeR]

Thanks!
I want Survival now. :(

[Wobb the Great and Terrible!!!!!]

How about a fix for when all team die, and goes back to end screen, then resets everything back to lobby before you can restart from checkpoint, meaning you have to play whole mission again?
We had this happen 3 times now, and last time was at the water gate with the boss. We got there, fought like ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, and died, then had it reset to lobby and now we lost interest, we don't want to have to play through that whole mission again just to have to fight the overpowered end boss.

[MOLITHAL]

What about the random crashes? In my 20 hours playtime i've had over 20 random crashes/freezing. I'm still to complete a co-op game because of these random crashes.

[Ǥ ḝ Ɓ ḝ Ĭ ň Ḝ]

а по русски? хД

[こんにちは]

Thanks for getting these issues resolved, i hope you guys look into adding more content (maps or missions even payed) and harder AI, sniper elite mode is way too easy and it would be great to have the zombies faster and do more dmg or more mini bosses in this mode instead.

[Vermilicious]

Good to see that you are releasing patches. Many developers don't do that. I just hope it keeps up.

[Martyven]

I want a single player horde mode :D

[Leico]

And what about a fix for that fog that makes FPS really low? Something like an in-game option for making a low-quality fog or for removing it?

[Axe]

We get a patch some morons still moan about the size. Unbloodybelievable!