THE DEAD ZONE - UPDATE v3.0.2
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THE DEAD ZONE - UPDATE v3.0.2

August 19, 2026 SWITCH COMPAGNIE

Update v3.0.2 : the black screens after the last update are fixed, the "GET IT OUT OF HERE" achievement tracks and unlocks again, trading an item equipped on a survivor no longer crashes the trade, the infected bounty shows the elite's real name instead of "KILL ?", and alliances can no longer go past 50 members.

🖥️ Loading & Survivor Looks

After the last update, a lot of you hit a black screen right after the loading bar, and some survivors rendered wrong or not at all.
That came down to the game's art files being split across mixed-name folders, they're now unified into a single set, so everyone loads the same assets and your survivors show up correctly again, appearance and gear included.

🏆 Achievements

"GET IT OUT OF HERE" (remove every junk pile from your compound) was stuck at 0/35 and never completed.
Junk removals now count toward it and it unlocks properly, including piles that finished clearing while you were offline.

🤝 Trading

Adding an item that's currently equipped on one of your survivors used to throw a server error and kill the whole trade. You can now drop compound-equipped weapons and gear straight into a trade without unequipping first and if it gets sold, it's taken off that survivor automatically. Items  away on a mission still stay locked, as intended.

🎯 Infected Bounty

The Infected Bounty was showing "KILL ?" instead of a name for the elite objective.
Bounties now only hand out targets the game can actually name, so you always know exactly what you're hunting.

🛡️ Alliances

• Alliances could sneak past the 50 member cap when multiple joined at the same time
• Joining is now properly capped, no alliance goes over its limit anymore.

If any other bugs have managed to slip through, let us know

Any reports? https://deadzonegame.net/forum