Public beta testing of new graphics in the game Rust begins tomorrow

Public beta testing of the new graphics will begin tomorrow at 13:00 Moscow time.

How to connect?
• You must have Rust - Staging Branch installed.
• Tomorrow, April 7 at 13:00 Moscow time, a separate beta called "aux01" will open for the test branch. To find it, right-click on Rust - Staging Branch in the Steam library, click on "Properties" and go to the "Beta" tab - there, in the drop-down list, select "aux01".
• If the branch was selected, Steam will start downloading "aux01". Once installed, you will be able to enter the game and try out the new graphics.

What is required of us?
Play, search and report bugs, if you have impressions - write about them, be they positive or negative. Keep in mind that this version of the game will often have wipes, at least for the first two weeks.

For all bug reports and feedback, the developers have launched two new channels in the official Rust Discord — #hdrp-general (for discussions) and #hdrp-bug-reports (for bug reports, obviously)

Please note that the server is English-only - if you want to share your opinion, you will need to do it in English.

How can I make my bug report useful?
If you are the server owner and have found problems with map generation, then when reporting a bug you will need to write the seed and size of the map, as well as the approximate coordinates of the detected defect.

If you have performance issues (maybe significantly worse than the current version of the game with the same settings), it's important to share a full list of the game's graphics settings and your exact PC configuration.

When will the testing end?
If everything goes as planned, beta testing will end in early May and the new graphics will be in the main version of the game on May 6 at 21:00 Moscow time.

If you don't have a chance to review all the changes yourself, there will be a post in the group soon with the most important changes to maps and monuments.

See you in the new Rust...