10 Miles To Safety news & patch notes

Greetings Survivors! Version 1.01 RELEASE is now available with the following changes: New features:

• Guns will now auto-reload when out of ammunition
• The Sharpshooter character now starts with the Chesterfield as a secondary weapon
• You can now choose to disable Friendly-Fire when creating a new session
• Looting a container displays how much of an item you already have/the max you can hold
• You can now disable Screen-Shake from the Options > Graphics menu
• Added Storm Drain tiles to the Docks Area
• Tanks now have health-bars
• Several mission types will no longer auto-fail at nightfall, but will not activate until daytime

Fixes:

• Fixed "Silent Night", "Crafty", and "Wired" achievements
• Fixed an issue where the player can hold more than max ammo by dropping a weapon
• Quit to main menu/desktop does not tell you it will save your game in Survival mode
• Melee no longer triggers when in Build Mode
• Fixed an issue when dropping an attachment onto a weapon which already has one
• Breakable barricades no longer shatter under a player's weight
• Friendly Fire from Sentry Guns is now disabled
• Fixed a rare issue where hits from Infected could register through a wall
• You can no longer vault over seats and burning trash piles in the Train Station area

As usual, if you discover any bugs at all, please report them on our Discord Server - thanks!

Greeting Survivors! The 10 Miles to Safety 1.0 update is now available to download, and this includes a host of new things including:

• New Scientist Character - a hazmat-suited character who's impervious to fire.
• New Mobile Lab missions - complete specific kill challenges in each zone to be rewarded with loot and computer logs charting the story of the infection.
• New Taser melee weapon - Shocks and stuns enemies... the non-lethal option!
• Reworked and optimized co-op multiplayer code.
• Off-screen mission pointers now more accurate.
• Lots of bug fixes and optimizations.

Even though this is our first release version, this doesn't mean we won't be releasing further updates including more optimizations and bug-fixes - so please keep these coming!

Survivors! Version 1.15 is now available with the following:

FEATURES

• Attachments have been reworked and new attachments have been added including Quickdraw mags, Holo & ACOG sights and compensators
• New areas such as Trailer Parks, Burning buildings in the Suburbs and more Docks areas

FIXES

• Achievements should now trigger reliably
• You can no longer accidentally join a game when you are a long way ahead of the host

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FEATURES

• New Medic character - less health but regenerates over time and revives team-mates much faster
• Lots of improved Gamepad functionality including Character Name Entry & Inventory Stack Splitting
• Vault & Roll is now located on the LEFT thumbstick on the gamepad to avoid interfering with the communications menu
• Removed broken bridges in the Docks Canals area to make navigating this section easier

FIXES

• Barriers constructed during the Ferry mission are now removed on mission complete
• The BACK button in the in-game audio menu no longer disappears occasionally
• Survival-mode airdrops no longer stuck on roofs, etc
• Improved night-infected path-finding in The City area

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FEATURES

• New Communication Menu: Hold C to open the communication menu then choose one of the preset messages to ping the other players in a session. Alternatively, open the menu while highlighting any item to point it out to the other players
• New RELOAD and OUT OF AMMO warnings under the target cursor let you know when you need to reload or rearm in a busy firefight
• The Flamer has been buffed significantly: Enemies caught in the flame-jet receive damage-per-second and move much slower
• You can now melee over barricades by holding LEFT-ALT
• Pressing reload will auto-switch back to your last ranged weapon
• Rocket and grenade launcher damage has been increased
• Enemies with automatic weapons now fire in smaller bursts making them less of a threat

FIXES

• Weapons and items dropped will no longer get stuck in the environment
• Fixed an issue where the player could spawn inside a random vehicle
• You can no longer fall between the train and platform in the Station area
• Vaulting is now more reliable and less likely to mistakenly result in a roll
• Zombies no longer spawn outside the play area during the Escort Scientists part of the final mission
• Items left on the ground in Survival Mode only last for 2 minutes

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Can you survive our new Survival Mode?

• Choose a Zone - each zone is a small area of the campaign
• Each zone starts at a different Outbreak Level
• Gear up by looting or finding the random Supply Drops
• The Outbreak Level increases every morning you survive
• Play single-player or online co-op - Survive as long as you can!
• Unlock more zones and starting Outbreak Levels as you go

Coming soon!

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FEATURES

• Added 100 achievements - the full list can be found here
• All characters now have a male or female option pickable from the New Character screen
• Buddies are now more effective, tougher and cannot be killed by the player. However they will only stay with you for around 5 minutes before going on their way, though they will not leave you during the Night-time
• Gamepad aiming has been tuned so that the auto-aim will not lock onto enemies further away than 10m, and the lock-on radius is now smaller

FIXES

• Shop cabinets no longer appear under the ground
• On the Ferry mission, an infected must still be alive to fail you the mission when it boards the ferry
• Evacuate Civilians mission now has the correct music
• Infected that can't be reached/reach you should no longer spawn inside buildings or the environment during events such as Protect Civilians
• Outbreak Level notifications/Health bars no longer appear in cutscenes
• Items on the ground no longer interfere with placing a barricade
• The Docks Canal section is now considerably shorter
• There is now less chance of the same event appearing over & again
• Better detection of an item on the ground
• Reduced the number of special night-time infected in Nightmare mode
• Fixed an issue where you could drop more of an item than was held

As always, if you find a bug or issue, please join our Discord Channel (link at top of forums) and let us know!

Happy New Year Survivors! Version 1.10 is now online with the following new features and fixes:

NIGHTMARE MODE

Continue your journey from a character that's made it to safety with a host of new items, weapons and enemies in a more dangerous world. Once you complete a Normal game you'll also unlock Nightmare as an option when starting a new character.

NEW WEAPONS

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• Crowbar - melee weapon
• Magus .45 revolver - powerful armour-piercing revolver
• Nailgun - powerful SMG with craftable ammo
• Hedge-trimmer - melee weapon with a long reach
• Lektor - ultimate SMG
• Crossbow - silently fires craftable explosive bolts
• Minigun - Devastating automatic weapon
• Rocket Launcher - Fires up to 4 rockets in a magazine

NEW THROWABLES, ITEMS & BUILDABLES

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• Electrified Barricade - arcs to all nearby enemies when hit
• Beartraps - traps an enemy for a short time
• Flashbangs - blinds enemies at night for a short time
• Speedloader - increases revolver reload speed
• New Composite & Commando armour types
• Engineer, Medic, Military & Scout backpacks let you carry more of certain item types

NEW ENEMIES

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• Armoured Hunters, Behemoths & Shamblers are resistant to bullets but can be killed with armour-piercing weapons such as revolvers, rifles and melee, and are vulnerable to explosions and fire
• Toxic hunters & behemoths explode on death, spreading corrosive acid
• Raiders intent on taking your gear for their own now patrol the streets, setting up roadblocks and shooting on sight

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Survivors! Version 1.09 is now online with the following: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35860186/c0e53a419d7080e16bb168fd333f2e7daa9a8d26.gif

FEATURES

• New "Quarantine Wall" stealth mission in the middle of the City - find your way over a massive wall hastily built by the authorities without being spotted by the lethal guards patrolling it!
• More blocks, buildings and rooms in the City
• The City Park is now larger
• The River mission now transitions into the City directly

FIXES

• Fixed an issue with the mouse locking onto targets
• Fixed an issue with very small mouse movements not registering
• Fixed various issues with the final "Evacuation" mission

Survivors! Version 1.08 is now live with the following changes:

FEATURES

• New gamepad aiming system for much easier and more intuitive aiming, building and throwing grenades
• There's a new "Kick/Ban Players" menu in the pause menu for managing players online
• You can now optionally map keys to each Boost & Throwable item
• The mouse wheel will now cycle throwables when you have one ready to throw
• New molotov and nailbomb graphics
• You can now see when the daytime progress meter is paused (e.g. in missions)
• You can now see the Outbreak Level an online session is on in the Join Game menu

FIXES

• The tree will now be breakable correctly if you fail the Lumber Truck event in the Suburbs Woods
• You can now build on top of dead zombies straight away
• Zombies no longer continually try to vault up stairs/ramps
• Fixed more places players should not be able to stand on top of
• You can't join a game if they are more than 5 Outbreak Levels behind your character
• Added ambient waves sounds in the Docks areas
• Clipped player and server names if too long
• Fixed some pathing issues with zombies and buddies
• Explosions no longer knock over downed/dead players/zombies
• The Behemoth no longer flinches when hit with smaller calibre weapons

As always, please join our Discord Server for bug reporting, feedback and new ideas!

Just an early sneak peak at all-new female versions of the Brawler and Engineer characters! More to come soon!

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Survivors! Version 1.07 Early Access is now live with the following changes: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35860186/6c8391d58831711d764c884c87f325d6b98dfe38.png

FEATURES

• New Zone: Docks Canal - A maze of interconnected barges between the Upper & Lower Docks
• Increased the overall pacing of the game
• Events in the Suburbs and City can now occur on any street corner
• You can now hold Z/X or D-Pad Left/Right to rotate the view 45 degrees
• Boosts are now D-Pad Up and Throwables are now D-Pad Down on the gamepad

FIXES

• The tree will now be breakable correctly if you fail the Lumber Truck event in the Suburbs Woods
• End-of-mission checkpoints always revert you to the morning if you die
• Removed some annoying collision on small objects in some rooms to make building easier
• Fixed some more music volume bugs
• AIs will find you if you try to last the night on top of the roof access structures on top of apartments
• The Evacuate Civilians event will now fail if too many civilians die before the timer runs out
• Fixed an issue with pathfinding inside the cargo plane on the runway in the Airfield zone
• Rescue Buddy is now a standard event
• Players should no longer respawn on top of shops such as the Gunstore
• Missions will no longer trigger if you respawn on top of them (e.g. Gunstore)

As always, please join our Discord Server for bug reporting, feedback and new ideas!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35860186/de5589e44d71a8b9e759aee2460fba09b118a14f.png Survivors! Version 1.06 is now live with the following: FEATURES • New "Suburbs Woods" zone between the Lower & Upper Suburbs (around 9 miles to safety) • Defending the Docks area is now more difficult due to more ramps • Reset to Defaults added to both main menu & in-game Settings > Controls menus FIXES • Fixed some issues loading checkpoints created from the Save & Quit menu • Removed the Select Melee Weapon mapping (it was redundant) • Unmapped keys now fixed at game start-up automatically • Options sub-menu no longer overlaps the main menu on some resolutions • The Spiked Barricade now damages enemies correctly • Weapon no longer fires when skipping cutscenes/speech bubbles • Fixed an issue with second player sometimes spawning below floor when both players are killed • Players can no longer enter the burning apartment building in the City As always, if you find a bug, issue or think of something awesome you'd like to see, join our Discord Server!

Hello Survivors! Version 1.05 is now live with the following fixes:

• Fixed an issue in multiplayer where houses where not being rendered
• Fixed an issue with some sound effects not obeying volume controls

If you find a bug, or want to request a new feature, please join our Discord Server!

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Hello Survivors! Version 1.04 is now live with the following new features, improvements and bug fixes:

FEATURES

• Optimised the city generator
• You now must have the same version of 10 Miles as the host of a multiplayer session
• Reduced the size of a game in the "join game" lobby to fit more on a page
• Mission timers now show a time readout as well as the progress bar
• Added some key/gamepad tooltips on the inventory screen
• The Crafter now produces twice the items at a time instead of cheaper recipes
• Dismantling furniture/barricades in Build Mode is twice as fast
• Added the ability to rebind the "Loot all" command in the Controls menu
• The Flamer will no longer set your barricades on fire if they are closer than 3m
• The Aiming Line is now more accurate

FIXES

• Throwables now land where you expect in multiplayer more predictably
• Fixed all checkpoints when completing a major mission (e.g. The Bridge)
• All music and sound effects now obey the volumes set in the Audio menu
• Made the Train Station trains easier to navigate
• Fixed a very rare issue with some missing city tiles
• Shop doors are now easier to barricade
• Fixed an issue with bolt-action guns with Sniper Scope attached
• Hunters now clips through walls less
• Fixed a multiplayer issue with the client sometimes spawning on a roof next to the host

If you find a bug, or want to request a new feature, please join our Discord Server!

Hello Survivors! Version 1.03 is now live with the following new features, improvements and bug fixes:

FEATURES

• All inventory items now have a red bar under the amount stacked which shows how much of your inventory weight they are taking up
• The Left Thumbstick on gamepad now scrolls the inventory list up & down when needed
• Weapon attachment advantages & disadvantages are more obvious in the tooltip
• Loot/Reward crates always give you something you don't already have, so completing events is more profitable
• When your backpack is full, a tooltip will appear in the inventory screen
• Pressing LOOT ALL will close the popup menu even if you cannot pick everything up (unless there is a weapon or gear piece inside)
• Added a message when a player joins or leaves your game
• Clicking the left thumbstick once to Sprint keeps the player sprinting until you stop moving (auto run)
• Friends-only sessions you cannot join now still show in list with a "locked" icon in the left instead of not appearing at all
• Buddies will now only give you bandages if you are short on them, and will dispense ammo if you are low on ammo for a weapon
• Buddies now have 50% more health
• You can now tap the LEFT BUMPER to toggle build mode, or hold for quick-build on the gamepad

FIXES

• Fixed some more places you can get to which you really shouldn't
• The barriers next to the bridge are no longer vaultable
• The loot-crate after the Ferry mission is more obviously placed
• You can no longer get stuck in the solid (striped) barricades
• Zombies no longer get stuck on the ramps in the Docks area
• Fixed an issue in the inventory and pressing a gamepad button while looking at a loot container
• The RPG is now more powerful
• The Join Game Sessions menu now scrolls properly
• Fixed an issue with offscreen pointer arrows when a zombie is on top of a car/obstacle
• Medkits in medical cabinets only appear after Outbreak 5 & are rarer
• Fixed an issue dismantling with a full inventory
• Outbreak 1 is slightly easier at night
• Fixed a problem with multiple players in a session and a player quits
• Joining a player at night now shows the lit circle correctly
• The mouse is no longer locked to the game window in windowed mode/second screen/etc
• You can now build on the helipad in the airfield Supply Drop mission
• Shortened the Repeating Grenadier to Auto Grenadier
• The sliders now work properly under the controls and audio menus
• Fixed an issue with the end mission

If you find a bug, or want to request a new feature, please join our Discord Server!

Hello Survivors! Version 1.02 is now live with the following new features, improvements and bug fixes:

FEATURES

• New "Friends only" and "Public" options when starting a game lets you decide who can join you on your journey. If you select "Friends only" then only survivors on your Steam Friends List will be able to see your session and join it
• New "Show Friends only" option on the Join Game menu will filter sessions started by your friends for easy joining

FIXES

• The Join Game menu now scrolls when there are too many games in the list for a single screen
• The player count in an online game displays correctly in the Join Game menu
• Zombies will now use windows more easily in some houses
• Melee attacks now have a larger radius of effect for easier smashing of obstacles and zombies
• You can no longer dodge-roll in cut-scenes
• Events will now disappear after completion more reliably
• Fixed some collision bounds on some obstacles to make navigating easier

If you find a bug, or want to request a new feature, please join our Discord Server.