This month we're introducing a new addition to Rust's permanent store, the Arctic Pack. With the fix, framerates should be a lot more consistent again (as long as what's being rendered is consistent) and should overall be slightly higher in general, particularly in areas with a lot of bushes and trees like Bandit Camp.After doing a bunch of profiling, I noticed that there were some significant stalls on the render thread and our tree impostor system was most likely the cause of the issue, even though the population had only been tweaked very slightly recently.The higher your base framerate was, the more severe these dips would appear to be. Whilst attempting to confirm this, we noticed that the framerate would predictably dip significantly for no apparent reason, then recover. Recently it came to my attention that performance had degraded more significantly than it probably should have based on the recent updates to the game.

Wounded Team Members – Wounded team members now appear as orange when wounded in the team UI.

Tech Tree Unlocking – Added the ability to click and hold to unlock items in tech trees.

Recent Contacts – Contacts can now be sorted by recently seen.

Wounded Player Looting – No longer kicked out of the inventory when looting wounded players.

Mute Menu – Manage your muted players with a new UI.

Patrol Helicopter on Map – Show the Patrol Helicopter's current position on the Map.

SAM Defender Mode – Added Defender mode to SAM site to defend against MLRS rockets only.

Auto Walk and Toggle Crouch – Native auto walk keybind and toggle crouch option.

Tech Tree Improvements – Show total cost to reach an unlock and show how much scrap is being held.

Tool Cupboard Storage – Added slots for tools in the Tool Cupboard.

I've spent some time working on some more General QOL features this month, see the changelog for further info or check out some highlights below:

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