Emergency 2016

Sixteen Tons Entertainment · Deep Silver

Released: Oct 15, 2015
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Last updated: 11 Sep 2026, 20:34 GMT

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19 Dec 2017Developer post
EMERGENCY 20 for Mac now also on Steam!
EMERGENCY 20 for Mac is now also out on Steam. For the 20th anniversary of EMERGENCY, Mac-Users can now enjoy EMERGENCY on Steam for the first time. Three content-packed campaigns from EMERGENCY 5, EMERGENCY 2016 and EMERGENCY 2017, ten historical missions in new technology, deve
19 Dec 2017Developer post
EMERGENCY 20 for Mac now also on Steam!
EMERGENCY 20 for Mac is now also out on Steam. For the 20th anniversary of EMERGENCY, Mac-Users can now enjoy EMERGENCY on Steam for the first time. Three content-packed campaigns from EMERGENCY 5, EMERGENCY 2016 and EMERGENCY 2017, ten historical missions in new technology, deve
20 Nov 2017Developer post
Patch 4.1.0 is now available
Patch 4.1.0 has just been released and brings new improvements and some bugfixes. As always it will be downloaded and installed automatically here on Steam. As many of you already noticed Steam trading cards have been online for some time now. And we have added some EMERGENCY 20
Patch 4.1.0 has just been released and brings new improvements and some bugfixes. As always it will be downloaded and installed automatically here on Steam.
As many of you already noticed Steam trading cards have been online for some time now. And we have added some EMERGENCY 20 themed wallpapers to our website.
Thank you for your feedback and your help in finding and identifying issues!
Patchnotes:
Gameplay:

EMERGENCY 5

Hamburg flood, one car would sometimes not spawn after repeating the mission
EMERGENCY 2016

Supermarket robbery, the robbers now take much longer to escape
EMERGENCY 20

Tornado, fixed the collision of a fence
Train Crash, fixed that one person could be placed inside a train after being freed
Fixed the door of a taxi in the mass collision event
Tires will now always be towed with cars in the mass collision event
Nuclear disaster, evacuation vehicle now always has just 6 seats
Improved visualization of towing rotated cars
Improved behaviour of the weather when repeating missions
The rescue dog team now no longer can be unresponsive after getting into and out of their car
The supervisor will stop giving tips after the mission has already failed
Command icons in the help screen will now properly switch when switching between units pages
A purely decorative pier in Munich can no longer be used to get units onto the water
Fixed a rare instance where firemen ran to the edge of the map, when ordered to cut open a vehicle

Multiplayer:

Improved performance for clients
Backstage-videos:

Added new functions to the video player
Steam:

Improved synchronization with the WORLD of EMERGENCY accounts for achievements earned on Steam
Modding:

Expanded Code to make modding for multiplayer easier and added a sample plugin to the SDK
„Custom“ light animations now properly use animation speeds
Animations for vehicles are now moddable (turntable ladder, heavy tow truck, tow truck, motor boat transport)
Original post
20 Nov 2017Developer post
Patch 4.1.0 is now available
Patch 4.1.0 has just been released and brings new improvements and some bugfixes. As always it will be downloaded and installed automatically here on Steam. As many of you already noticed Steam trading cards have been online for some time now. And we have added some EMERGENCY 20
Patch 4.1.0 has just been released and brings new improvements and some bugfixes. As always it will be downloaded and installed automatically here on Steam.
As many of you already noticed Steam trading cards have been online for some time now. And we have added some EMERGENCY 20 themed wallpapers to our website.
Thank you for your feedback and your help in finding and identifying issues!
Patchnotes:
Gameplay:

EMERGENCY 5

Hamburg flood, one car would sometimes not spawn after repeating the mission
EMERGENCY 2016

Supermarket robbery, the robbers now take much longer to escape
EMERGENCY 20

Tornado, fixed the collision of a fence
Train Crash, fixed that one person could be placed inside a train after being freed
Fixed the door of a taxi in the mass collision event
Tires will now always be towed with cars in the mass collision event
Nuclear disaster, evacuation vehicle now always has just 6 seats
Improved visualization of towing rotated cars
Improved behaviour of the weather when repeating missions
The rescue dog team now no longer can be unresponsive after getting into and out of their car
The supervisor will stop giving tips after the mission has already failed
Command icons in the help screen will now properly switch when switching between units pages
A purely decorative pier in Munich can no longer be used to get units onto the water
Fixed a rare instance where firemen ran to the edge of the map, when ordered to cut open a vehicle

Multiplayer:

Improved performance for clients
Backstage-videos:

Added new functions to the video player
Steam:

Improved synchronization with the WORLD of EMERGENCY accounts for achievements earned on Steam
Modding:

Expanded Code to make modding for multiplayer easier and added a sample plugin to the SDK
„Custom“ light animations now properly use animation speeds
Animations for vehicles are now moddable (turntable ladder, heavy tow truck, tow truck, motor boat transport)
Original post
20 Nov 2017Developer post
EMERGENCY 20 now available
10 classic missions celebrating our anniversary For the 20th anniversary of EMERGENCY we prepared a special game: In EMERGENCY 20 you can experience 10 of the best missions out of 20 years of EMERGENCY, in the newest technology. Newcomers and long-term players alike can now prove
20 Nov 2017Developer post
EMERGENCY 20 now available
10 classic missions celebrating our anniversary For the 20th anniversary of EMERGENCY we prepared a special game: In EMERGENCY 20 you can experience 10 of the best missions out of 20 years of EMERGENCY, in the newest technology. Newcomers and long-term players alike can now prove
30 Oct 2017Developer post
Hotfix 4.0.2 release
Fixed an issue that reset some sound levels to zero when starting a game Vehicles are less jittery on inclines Fixed a potential disconnect issue when calling units in multiplayer mode
Fixed an issue that reset some sound levels to zero when starting a game
Vehicles are less jittery on inclines
Fixed a potential disconnect issue when calling units in multiplayer mode
Original post
30 Oct 2017Developer post
Hotfix 4.0.2 release
Fixed an issue that reset some sound levels to zero when starting a game Vehicles are less jittery on inclines Fixed a potential disconnect issue when calling units in multiplayer mode
Fixed an issue that reset some sound levels to zero when starting a game
Vehicles are less jittery on inclines
Fixed a potential disconnect issue when calling units in multiplayer mode
Original post
26 Oct 2017Developer post
Patch 4.0.1 out now
New Patch just before the release of EMERGENCY 20 While we are celebrating the anniversary of the EMERGENCY series with the upcoming EMERGENCY 20, we have also developed a new Patch. Patch 4.0.1 contains numerous improvements and bugfixes for EMERGENCY 5, EMERGENCY 2016 and EMERG
New Patch just before the release of EMERGENCY 20
While we are celebrating the anniversary of the EMERGENCY series with the upcoming EMERGENCY 20, we have also developed a new Patch. Patch 4.0.1 contains numerous improvements and bugfixes for EMERGENCY 5, EMERGENCY 2016 and EMERGENCY 2017. The update will be delivered via Steam automatically.
Patchnotes:
Gameplay & GUI

Fixed buildings in Cologne and Hamburg that were difficult for Firemen to enter
Fixed rare issue with disappearing mouse cursor after curscene in the Oktoberfest event
Improved interactions between diver and boat
Collapsed buildings are now marked on the minimap
Many small improvements to usability to make units more responsive
Graphics

Wind turbines now turn the right way
Fixed animation issues with the police dog handler
Fixed off-center text in some loading screens
Multiplayer

Compatibility with EMERGENCY 20 established
Missing persons are now displayed better for clients
Improved lighting of vehicles for clients
Fixed rare issue where no treatment was possible after decontamination
Improved stability of multiplayer server
Fixed overlapping windows in the ending screens
World Builder
New Feature „Morph Component“: e.g. morphs „Mesh“ into „Tintable Mesh“
New dialogue to set map size when creating an empty map
Asset Browser

Added searchable tags
Added search function to the project section
Navigation Map Generator Tool

Fixed crash when deleting a navigation-map in the Navigation Map Generator Tool
Improved usability
Maps in write-protected projects can now be opened, but the user gets notified
Added warning in the log if there are holes in the ground map
Mesh Assets now support BGR-Colourst
„Save as Prefab“ can now overwrite files not in the EMERGENCY 5 project
Various smaller fixes and improvements
Online Editor

Improved project management

Fixed disconnects when importing a project
It is no longer possible to open maps of currently inactive projects, since this could lead to terrain display problems
When opening maps in write-protected projects we cut the connection tot he server for security reasons
When opening write-protected maps or logging into an admin account the menu will appear red and a tool tip has been added
Fixed issue where sometimes a new project would not show up in the clients project lists until the server was rebooted
Expanded project management

Newly created project will be visible only to the user who created it
Added "OwnerUserLogin", "RestrictedUserAccess", "ReadOnlyUserLogins" and "ReadWriteUserLogins" to manage project access for users
New map dialogue

You can now create a new map based on the copy of an existing one in the online editor
Added information to the dialogue when cloning a map
Improvements to asset management

Asset modification dates internally saved in UTC will now be displayed correctly in local time
Map assets can now be renamed by administrators
Terrain assets are now handled by the online editor server
Terrain source assets are now compressed
Improved GUI when deleting assets

Modding
„getLinks()“-problem solved
Patchable Mods: Mods can now be overwritten with newer versions
Original post
26 Oct 2017Developer post
Patch 4.0.1 out now
New Patch just before the release of EMERGENCY 20 While we are celebrating the anniversary of the EMERGENCY series with the upcoming EMERGENCY 20, we have also developed a new Patch. Patch 4.0.1 contains numerous improvements and bugfixes for EMERGENCY 5, EMERGENCY 2016 and EMERG
New Patch just before the release of EMERGENCY 20
While we are celebrating the anniversary of the EMERGENCY series with the upcoming EMERGENCY 20, we have also developed a new Patch. Patch 4.0.1 contains numerous improvements and bugfixes for EMERGENCY 5, EMERGENCY 2016 and EMERGENCY 2017. The update will be delivered via Steam automatically.
Patchnotes:
Gameplay & GUI

Fixed buildings in Cologne and Hamburg that were difficult for Firemen to enter
Fixed rare issue with disappearing mouse cursor after curscene in the Oktoberfest event
Improved interactions between diver and boat
Collapsed buildings are now marked on the minimap
Many small improvements to usability to make units more responsive
Graphics

Wind turbines now turn the right way
Fixed animation issues with the police dog handler
Fixed off-center text in some loading screens
Multiplayer

Compatibility with EMERGENCY 20 established
Missing persons are now displayed better for clients
Improved lighting of vehicles for clients
Fixed rare issue where no treatment was possible after decontamination
Improved stability of multiplayer server
Fixed overlapping windows in the ending screens
World Builder
New Feature „Morph Component“: e.g. morphs „Mesh“ into „Tintable Mesh“
New dialogue to set map size when creating an empty map
Asset Browser

Added searchable tags
Added search function to the project section
Navigation Map Generator Tool

Fixed crash when deleting a navigation-map in the Navigation Map Generator Tool
Improved usability
Maps in write-protected projects can now be opened, but the user gets notified
Added warning in the log if there are holes in the ground map
Mesh Assets now support BGR-Colourst
„Save as Prefab“ can now overwrite files not in the EMERGENCY 5 project
Various smaller fixes and improvements
Online Editor

Improved project management

Fixed disconnects when importing a project
It is no longer possible to open maps of currently inactive projects, since this could lead to terrain display problems
When opening maps in write-protected projects we cut the connection tot he server for security reasons
When opening write-protected maps or logging into an admin account the menu will appear red and a tool tip has been added
Fixed issue where sometimes a new project would not show up in the clients project lists until the server was rebooted
Expanded project management

Newly created project will be visible only to the user who created it
Added "OwnerUserLogin", "RestrictedUserAccess", "ReadOnlyUserLogins" and "ReadWriteUserLogins" to manage project access for users
New map dialogue

You can now create a new map based on the copy of an existing one in the online editor
Added information to the dialogue when cloning a map
Improvements to asset management

Asset modification dates internally saved in UTC will now be displayed correctly in local time
Map assets can now be renamed by administrators
Terrain assets are now handled by the online editor server
Terrain source assets are now compressed
Improved GUI when deleting assets

Modding
„getLinks()“-problem solved
Patchable Mods: Mods can now be overwritten with newer versions
Original post
11 Oct 2017Developer post
Patch 4.0.1 for EMERGENCY 5, 2016 and 2017 coming October 27th 2017
Various Bugfixes and improvements to the editor While we are working on our anniversary EMERGENCY 20 years edition, we are also making a new update for EMERGENCY 5, 2016 and 2017. Besides some bugfixes for the campaigns we are also working on some improvements for multiplayer. Fo
11 Oct 2017Developer post
Patch 4.0.1 for EMERGENCY 5, 2016 and 2017 coming October 27th 2017
Various Bugfixes and improvements to the editor While we are working on our anniversary EMERGENCY 20 years edition, we are also making a new update for EMERGENCY 5, 2016 and 2017. Besides some bugfixes for the campaigns we are also working on some improvements for multiplayer. Fo
10 Oct 2017Developer post
EMERGENCY 20 releases October 2017 for PC
10 missions from 20 years of EMERGENCY with the newest technology In July 2018 it will be 20 years since the first release of EMERGENCY: Fighters for Life. We will be celebrating this anniversary with a special new game: EMERGENCY 20! EMERGENCY 20 will be available as the boxed v
10 Oct 2017Developer post
EMERGENCY 20 releases October 2017 for PC
10 missions from 20 years of EMERGENCY with the newest technology In July 2018 it will be 20 years since the first release of EMERGENCY: Fighters for Life. We will be celebrating this anniversary with a special new game: EMERGENCY 20! EMERGENCY 20 will be available as the boxed v
01 Dec 2016Developer post
Patch 3.0.2
General Gameplay Removed fixed sequence of events when starting freeplay or multiplay for the first time on a map The freeplay/multiplay events newly introduced in update 3.0.1 now appear more often Sirens now get played longer than only a few seconds The markers below helicopter
General
Gameplay

Removed fixed sequence of events when starting freeplay or multiplay for the first time on a map

The freeplay/multiplay events newly introduced in update 3.0.1 now appear more often

Sirens now get played longer than only a few seconds

The markers below helicopters are not blocking movement and lading commands any more

Bug fixes

In freeplay it was possible to get a mission level higher than 4, which was not intended

Firefighters got stuck after pulling an injured criminal

Fire bars above oil patches in mission "Flood" were not visible

The "Avalanche" mission could get stuck when treating and transporting buried victims without rescuing them first with the helicopter

The freeplay event "Dirty Bomb" could fail due to time out even though all criminals got arrested already

In some cases, the turntable ladder vehicle could not reach victims to be rescued

In Hamburg, civilists and units could get stuck near the water

The police helicopter does not stutter any more when chasing a criminal

After the "Hostage" event, sometimes the house disappeared

Removed the audio effect hinting at a vehicle not being able to find its way, which was played too often

The achievement for mission "Reactor Disaster" is now easier to get

Some of the new multiplay events could not be solved by a client alone

GUI

The information message on a gained achievement did not disappear correctly in some cases

The modification window could not handle 7 or more mods visible at the same time and crashed

In the main menu, an information message was added when the game has to perform content consistence check for multiplay

Furthermore, a message is now shown during savegame synchronization with online accounts

Savegame contents is now explained in the save menu for savegames, to avoid confusion (only progress inside the campaign gets saved)

Some player unit help screens got reworked

Various minor bug fixes in user interface

Miscellaneous

Account login with e-mail address instead of login name could lead to game progress not being saved correctly

Camera view can now be rotated by pressing the middle mouse button as well

Various minor usability improvements

Graphics

Some player vehicles were colored wrong when using a different language than English or German

In mission "Gang War", the screen could stay dark for some time after the intro

Some adaptations for the historical firefighters

Fixed appearance of firefighter's hoses in multiplay

Fixed short framerate drop due to too many particles getting visible

Smoother camera transition in tutorial

Steam

Fixed a bug that achievements did not appear in Steam

Removed achievements in Steam that do not appear in the game

EMERGENCY 2017 content
Changes

Mission "Crushing the terror cell" will now fail if too many units (3 of them) get injured before the building breakdown

Mission "Attack in the heart of Berlin" does not fail as quickly when people get contaminated

Bug fixes

Mission "Crushing the terror cell": Some injureds could only get treated after moving them once using the rescue helicopter

Mission "Crushing the terror cell": Treatment of some terrorists did not work because of a missing icon

Mission "Attack in the heart of Berlin": In some cases, there was a person left to be cut out of a car which could not be found

Mission "Attack in the heart of Berlin": A burning object could get listed in the objectives that could not be found

Mission "Attack in the heart of Berlin": Rarely, injureds were not correctly recognized as fully treated

Medieval mission: Gardists and fanatics could get stuck near the harbor

Miscellaneous

Added an information window hinting at new features in EMERGENCY 2017 and where to find them (one click inside will permanently minimize it)
Original post
01 Dec 2016Developer post
Patch 3.0.2
General Gameplay Removed fixed sequence of events when starting freeplay or multiplay for the first time on a map The freeplay/multiplay events newly introduced in update 3.0.1 now appear more often Sirens now get played longer than only a few seconds The markers below helicopter
General
Gameplay

Removed fixed sequence of events when starting freeplay or multiplay for the first time on a map

The freeplay/multiplay events newly introduced in update 3.0.1 now appear more often

Sirens now get played longer than only a few seconds

The markers below helicopters are not blocking movement and lading commands any more

Bug fixes

In freeplay it was possible to get a mission level higher than 4, which was not intended

Firefighters got stuck after pulling an injured criminal

Fire bars above oil patches in mission "Flood" were not visible

The "Avalanche" mission could get stuck when treating and transporting buried victims without rescuing them first with the helicopter

The freeplay event "Dirty Bomb" could fail due to time out even though all criminals got arrested already

In some cases, the turntable ladder vehicle could not reach victims to be rescued

In Hamburg, civilists and units could get stuck near the water

The police helicopter does not stutter any more when chasing a criminal

After the "Hostage" event, sometimes the house disappeared

Removed the audio effect hinting at a vehicle not being able to find its way, which was played too often

The achievement for mission "Reactor Disaster" is now easier to get

Some of the new multiplay events could not be solved by a client alone

GUI

The information message on a gained achievement did not disappear correctly in some cases

The modification window could not handle 7 or more mods visible at the same time and crashed

In the main menu, an information message was added when the game has to perform content consistence check for multiplay

Furthermore, a message is now shown during savegame synchronization with online accounts

Savegame contents is now explained in the save menu for savegames, to avoid confusion (only progress inside the campaign gets saved)

Some player unit help screens got reworked

Various minor bug fixes in user interface

Miscellaneous

Account login with e-mail address instead of login name could lead to game progress not being saved correctly

Camera view can now be rotated by pressing the middle mouse button as well

Various minor usability improvements

Graphics

Some player vehicles were colored wrong when using a different language than English or German

In mission "Gang War", the screen could stay dark for some time after the intro

Some adaptations for the historical firefighters

Fixed appearance of firefighter's hoses in multiplay

Fixed short framerate drop due to too many particles getting visible

Smoother camera transition in tutorial

Steam

Fixed a bug that achievements did not appear in Steam

Removed achievements in Steam that do not appear in the game

EMERGENCY 2017 content
Changes

Mission "Crushing the terror cell" will now fail if too many units (3 of them) get injured before the building breakdown

Mission "Attack in the heart of Berlin" does not fail as quickly when people get contaminated

Bug fixes

Mission "Crushing the terror cell": Some injureds could only get treated after moving them once using the rescue helicopter

Mission "Crushing the terror cell": Treatment of some terrorists did not work because of a missing icon

Mission "Attack in the heart of Berlin": In some cases, there was a person left to be cut out of a car which could not be found

Mission "Attack in the heart of Berlin": A burning object could get listed in the objectives that could not be found

Mission "Attack in the heart of Berlin": Rarely, injureds were not correctly recognized as fully treated

Medieval mission: Gardists and fanatics could get stuck near the harbor

Miscellaneous

Added an information window hinting at new features in EMERGENCY 2017 and where to find them (one click inside will permanently minimize it)
Original post
26 Oct 2016Developer post
Update 3.0.1
New content New freeplay and multiplay events: Storm front over the city Blackout Manhunt Explosion at rock concert Additional new freeplay event: Train crash Added unit overview window which can be opened by clicking on a new button inside the minimap or by pressing 'O' Addition
New content

New freeplay and multiplay events:

Storm front over the city

Blackout

Manhunt

Explosion at rock concert

Additional new freeplay event:

Train crash

Added unit overview window which can be opened by clicking on a new button inside the minimap or by pressing 'O'

Additional improvements and fixes

General

Full multiplay and modding compatibility between EMERGENCY 5, 2016 and 2017

Many stability improvements

Additional performance optimizations

Fixed a problem with savegames containing non-ASCII characters or only a single character

Connected all achievements to Steam

Graphics

Regarding black screen reports from users - thanks for your feedback, we were able to identify two problems:

Graphics cards below minimum requirements: Intel HD 4000 graphics cards generally cause a black display inside the main game - this is the only Intel card known to have this problem

Fixed: Black screen inside the launcher already when using an installation path with non-ASCII characters

Fixed flickering supervisor which could happen in sore rare situations

Highlighting of recommended graphics setting for your computer in graphics settings menu

Additional map polishing regarding slightly misplaced objects

Visual polishing

Fixed light editing of some cars which previously disabled e.g. headlight emissive map while the dynamic light was still active

DLK vehicle has now blue lights which rotate correctly together with the ladder

Fixed several visual glitches

In case the used graphics cards doesn't support DirectX 11, there's now a more detailed error description so you can more easily figure out what's the cause of the problem

Effects

Improvements for the depth-of-field effect, it's less noisy now

Improved bloom effect which previously could look odd in certain lighting & weather combinations

Ultra quality graphics: The street markers on wet streets are no longer oddly dark

Low quality graphics: Damaged or destroyed windows are now black so one can no longer see through the buildings

The selection marker below player's personnel now rotate slightly as it did in EMERGENCY 4

Dead persons now have a special pose so one can identify them faster

Persons diagnosed as deceased are marked with an icon now

Smoother movement of some effects, e.g. throwable weapons

Units

Faster animation of firefighters getting equipment from rescue vehicle

Faster animation of crane vehicle

Intensive care transport vehicle can now be used in freeplay and multiplay for EMERGENCY 2016 (and 2017) players

Rescue dog: Faster feedback if no victim can be found

SWAT helicopter can now be sent to hover (using right-click), land or rope down the SWAT team (using buttons)

Helicopters: Fixed glitches when issuing an exit command for starting/landing helicopters

SWAT drone: issuing the search command again while already searching enforces searching another target, if there is one

Firefighter plane: Message when ready again is now a normal message, no supervisor

Campaigns

Some changes to the EMERGENCY 5 Avalanche mission so that finding and rescuing all victims works better

When starting the tutorial inside the EMERGENCY 2016 campaign, it could happen that the game didn't continue correctly after finishing the tutorial

Events

Gangster behavior improvements for some police events

Fix for quickly escaping supermarket robbers

Fixed several bugs leading to events getting stuck or failing too early

Automatic cleanup of failed freeplay events

Gameplay

Fixed issues with cars temporily standing around on streets

Added a hint when units can't reach their target position

Smoother braking of vehicles at traffic lights or obstacles

Smoother following of moving targets, e.g. policemen chasing gangsters

Injured player units and damaged vehicles are not selectable any more, especially for multi-selection

Freeplay

How many events can be active at the same time is now controlled by the current event level, which is shown in the information bar at the top

Improvements to event appearance probabilities

Multiplay

Multiplay communication uses a proxy server now so no port forwarding is needed any more

Additional IPv6 support

Added direct connection mode so clients can connect to a host by entering the host IP address

Fixed disconnects caused by certain gameplay situations

Fix for several visual glitches on client side

Fix for a background music issue

Better multiplay compatibility of events and units

GUI

Added more buttons to the launcher

Open your user data folder (containing your savegames, settings, mods, log files, etc.)

Reach our support more easily

Unified hotkeys for unit commands

Jumping to an event is now also possible by clicking into the objectives list

Showing both event time and game time of day where it makes sense

Moved drone screen windows to have enough space for the unit overview window

Camera zoom does not change any more when jumping to an event

Fix for the credits display in EMERGENCY 5 campaign which did not always get updated correctly

Usability improvements

Inside the minimap, the path of the currently selected unit is now shown in singleplay modes

Added more tooltips

Double click support for loading savegames and overwrite security question for saving

Clearer checked icon for checkboxes

Various more minor GUI tweaks

Audio

Fixed that several audio effects were played too loud after an building evacuated audio effect had been played

Smoother audio fade in/out for ambient sound

World Builder / Modding

Fixed and extended navigation map tool visualizations

Asset browser asset context menu tag editing ease-of-use actions added

Added batch processes for converting skeletons between the two most widely used coordinate systems

Added pre-defined collision types to simplify collision editing

When importing OGRE meshes, we now only output errors when there's just a single and empty texture unit

Particle assets now also support hot-reloading inside the editor, reimport a particles effect to see the new asset at once

Fixed situations where an online editor client deleted some local game files not managed by the online system

Fixed various situations with linked objects inside the online editor which could lead to transform changes not been saved correctly

Fixed a problem of the local prefab file cache not being updated correctly in certain situations after having changed the editing of a prefab asset

Added more API exports for plugin modders (e.g. command modes, reserve logics)
Original post
26 Oct 2016Developer post
Update 3.0.1
New content New freeplay and multiplay events: Storm front over the city Blackout Manhunt Explosion at rock concert Additional new freeplay event: Train crash Added unit overview window which can be opened by clicking on a new button inside the minimap or by pressing 'O' Addition
New content

New freeplay and multiplay events:

Storm front over the city

Blackout

Manhunt

Explosion at rock concert

Additional new freeplay event:

Train crash

Added unit overview window which can be opened by clicking on a new button inside the minimap or by pressing 'O'

Additional improvements and fixes

General

Full multiplay and modding compatibility between EMERGENCY 5, 2016 and 2017

Many stability improvements

Additional performance optimizations

Fixed a problem with savegames containing non-ASCII characters or only a single character

Connected all achievements to Steam

Graphics

Regarding black screen reports from users - thanks for your feedback, we were able to identify two problems:

Graphics cards below minimum requirements: Intel HD 4000 graphics cards generally cause a black display inside the main game - this is the only Intel card known to have this problem

Fixed: Black screen inside the launcher already when using an installation path with non-ASCII characters

Fixed flickering supervisor which could happen in sore rare situations

Highlighting of recommended graphics setting for your computer in graphics settings menu

Additional map polishing regarding slightly misplaced objects

Visual polishing

Fixed light editing of some cars which previously disabled e.g. headlight emissive map while the dynamic light was still active

DLK vehicle has now blue lights which rotate correctly together with the ladder

Fixed several visual glitches

In case the used graphics cards doesn't support DirectX 11, there's now a more detailed error description so you can more easily figure out what's the cause of the problem

Effects

Improvements for the depth-of-field effect, it's less noisy now

Improved bloom effect which previously could look odd in certain lighting & weather combinations

Ultra quality graphics: The street markers on wet streets are no longer oddly dark

Low quality graphics: Damaged or destroyed windows are now black so one can no longer see through the buildings

The selection marker below player's personnel now rotate slightly as it did in EMERGENCY 4

Dead persons now have a special pose so one can identify them faster

Persons diagnosed as deceased are marked with an icon now

Smoother movement of some effects, e.g. throwable weapons

Units

Faster animation of firefighters getting equipment from rescue vehicle

Faster animation of crane vehicle

Intensive care transport vehicle can now be used in freeplay and multiplay for EMERGENCY 2016 (and 2017) players

Rescue dog: Faster feedback if no victim can be found

SWAT helicopter can now be sent to hover (using right-click), land or rope down the SWAT team (using buttons)

Helicopters: Fixed glitches when issuing an exit command for starting/landing helicopters

SWAT drone: issuing the search command again while already searching enforces searching another target, if there is one

Firefighter plane: Message when ready again is now a normal message, no supervisor

Campaigns

Some changes to the EMERGENCY 5 Avalanche mission so that finding and rescuing all victims works better

When starting the tutorial inside the EMERGENCY 2016 campaign, it could happen that the game didn't continue correctly after finishing the tutorial

Events

Gangster behavior improvements for some police events

Fix for quickly escaping supermarket robbers

Fixed several bugs leading to events getting stuck or failing too early

Automatic cleanup of failed freeplay events

Gameplay

Fixed issues with cars temporily standing around on streets

Added a hint when units can't reach their target position

Smoother braking of vehicles at traffic lights or obstacles

Smoother following of moving targets, e.g. policemen chasing gangsters

Injured player units and damaged vehicles are not selectable any more, especially for multi-selection

Freeplay

How many events can be active at the same time is now controlled by the current event level, which is shown in the information bar at the top

Improvements to event appearance probabilities

Multiplay

Multiplay communication uses a proxy server now so no port forwarding is needed any more

Additional IPv6 support

Added direct connection mode so clients can connect to a host by entering the host IP address

Fixed disconnects caused by certain gameplay situations

Fix for several visual glitches on client side

Fix for a background music issue

Better multiplay compatibility of events and units

GUI

Added more buttons to the launcher

Open your user data folder (containing your savegames, settings, mods, log files, etc.)

Reach our support more easily

Unified hotkeys for unit commands

Jumping to an event is now also possible by clicking into the objectives list

Showing both event time and game time of day where it makes sense

Moved drone screen windows to have enough space for the unit overview window

Camera zoom does not change any more when jumping to an event

Fix for the credits display in EMERGENCY 5 campaign which did not always get updated correctly

Usability improvements

Inside the minimap, the path of the currently selected unit is now shown in singleplay modes

Added more tooltips

Double click support for loading savegames and overwrite security question for saving

Clearer checked icon for checkboxes

Various more minor GUI tweaks

Audio

Fixed that several audio effects were played too loud after an building evacuated audio effect had been played

Smoother audio fade in/out for ambient sound

World Builder / Modding

Fixed and extended navigation map tool visualizations

Asset browser asset context menu tag editing ease-of-use actions added

Added batch processes for converting skeletons between the two most widely used coordinate systems

Added pre-defined collision types to simplify collision editing

When importing OGRE meshes, we now only output errors when there's just a single and empty texture unit

Particle assets now also support hot-reloading inside the editor, reimport a particles effect to see the new asset at once

Fixed situations where an online editor client deleted some local game files not managed by the online system

Fixed various situations with linked objects inside the online editor which could lead to transform changes not been saved correctly

Fixed a problem of the local prefab file cache not being updated correctly in certain situations after having changed the editing of a prefab asset

Added more API exports for plugin modders (e.g. command modes, reserve logics)
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New big content update announced!
On October 28, we release the game EMERGENCY 2017. On the same day, all players of EMERGENCY 5 and EMERGENCY 2016 will receive a new free content update. It is full of improvements and new events for the freeplay and multiplay modes. With the new update, it is not necessary any m