Our last post dated from the end of november 2020 - this seems like ages ago!
Not to worry, we are still here! Working very hard indeed, we still have those filled servers in the evening hours (European times - sorry). We also still get a lot of feedback on various stuff: little bugs in maps, annoying UI menu's, cries for new and more maps.
New maps
Well now, lets take that last question - more maps! That we will deliver with the upcoming new patch. So far it looks like these maps will make it to be included in the upcoming patch:
MAP-2on2-Lock
made by Ssswing`
The 2on2 maps will be very small and competitive maps that we will add to the game more and more. This specific map is set in an old industrial complex. While the rain poors down on you, prevent or rescue the hostages taken by a group of rebels.
MAP-Arena-2021
made by Dissident
A small and moody Arena map set in a futuristic arena surrounded by snow.
MAP-Collision
made by Dissident
This map now is a bombing scenario, but might transform in the future with a new gamemode we are working on. We just don't want to keep it from you guys. Set in a rainy industrial setting.
MAP-Crossfire
made by DarkSoe and improved by Dissident
This arabic themed map was in before for a very short period of time. This time Dissident redid a lot of the look and feel of the map and also improved the performance a great deal)
MAP-Escape
made by Darksoe and improved by ccKane
Set in a modern city terrorist try to escape from the police. A complex and layered map that needs teamplay.
MAP-Smuggler
made by Ssswing`
In this rainy setting you have to prevent some terrorist from escaping after landing in a newly build port. Don't try to swim your way out, better get your weapons or sneak your way to the waiting cars.
MAP-Thunderball
made by ccKane
In his first TO4 map, ccKane revises an old and known map by some: Thunderball. Set in that trainstation with hostages that desperatly want to break free.
MAP-Torii
made by Dissident
Set in a gloomy and charming japanese setting, you will find yourself hiding in a rice field or swimming in caves in order to plant or defuse that bomb - set to blow up an ancient temple.
MAP-TrainstationII
made by Dissident
The map brings you into a village where terrorists have taken hostage in a trainstation. Will Special Forces rush in or play it tactical in order to save those hostages?
That's an interesting list, but what else?
As said, we are working to move our game from the old Unreal Engine 4.22.3 to the newer 4.25.4. On top of that we switched sound engines. We cancelled the wwise that we used before and now use the Steam Audio setup. This also results in us redoing all sounds and prepare all our maps for better sounds (reverb, environmental effects, etc.).
We also noticed that the minimap we used on our game, made the linux client crash. So we added a brand new minimap plugin that actually looks and performs better.
We will post a lot more in-depth changes on our upcoming patch. We do kinda fear the day we need to create that complete patchlog in order to present to you all the changes, tweaks and fixes we implemented. It will be an insane list.
So when is this patch available to everyone? We have had several internal patches with the above changes, we still have to iron out some bugs, complete some sounds and polish maps. We do expect that the longest wait is over and we will announce the new patch as soon as possible.
Where is the community?
We have a small but dedicated community. Every (especially) evening there are servers filled. We have just public games with players have fun. We also have mixwars and clanwars that players organise themselves. We facilitate in this with available servers and our very active Discord. Feel free to visit us on www.discord.gg/to4 Here you can find the community, but also the Dev's from this game, live bots with active servers and matchsearching channels.
