Newest Patch Notes & Teaser
Hop in the Newest Patch! Jump into today’s patch featuring new Anti-Aliasing options, Framerate caps, Simplified Chinese localization, and a stabilized Replay system. Patch Notes UI & Localization Simplified Chinese Support: Thanks to the help of users GEGT and Cattsilisk the
Hop in the Newest Patch!
Jump into today’s patch featuring new Anti-Aliasing options, Framerate caps, Simplified Chinese localization, and a stabilized Replay system.
Patch Notes
UI & Localization
Simplified Chinese Support: Thanks to the help of users GEGT and Cattsilisk the core game and major menus have been fully localized for Simplified Chinese (zh).
Editor Notice: The Level Editor is still in development and currently remains in English.
Graphics & Settings
Anti-Aliasing: Added a new Anti-Aliasing setting to the graphics menu, featuring FXAA and SMAA options for improved visuals.
Frame Rate Limit: Added a Frame Rate limit setting, including an Uncapped option, to give full control over performance.
Replays & Stability
Replay Stability: Fixed a major bug that caused severe lag spikes and engine freezes during chaotic replays.
Gore Accuracy: Greatly improved blood and gore accuracy in replays, ensuring hit decals and severed limbs sync perfectly with the original gameplay.
Level Updates Teaser: A Message From OptionalSpace
Hello Maximum Action fans! I'm excited to share a look at some upcoming level updates for Maximum Action. With recent improvements to the replay system, I am planning to refine several existing levels to make encounters tighter, layouts more purposeful, and to make sure replays are action packed . The Town level from High Noon to Yuma is currently undergoing a full layout overhaul.
Building on everything we loved about the original, I am working to improve the building scale, texture use, and streamlining the environments to keep your momentum going. Ensuring every room is purposefully built for chaos and cutting out the empty space.
This new white‑box layout focuses on improving player navigation with more options, better cover placement and adding new enterable buildings that open up opportunities for shootouts and unique replay moments.
I am also looking to improve other classic levels, including Rooftop, Restaurant, Nightclub, and Good Luck Parking, ensuring each scene is packed with Maximum Action. For players who prefer the classic versions, don’t worry, those aren’t going anywhere.
DELETED SCENES TAPE
Original levels will be available under a new “Deleted Scenes” VHS on the level select screen. For playing classic versions of levels and other fun bits from the cutting room floor. Thank you all for your continued support! -OptionalSpace
Thanks for reading and playing Maximum Action!
-George
New runway section work in progress!
Go try out the updated Jungle level! Enemy placement, textures and placeholder props are all subject to change and further the level eventually will be divided into two for even more action.
Note please walk into
the foggy fence and the end of the village section to teleport to the military base!
Arctic 2
Inside the Arctic tape there is now a button for Arctic 2, the sequel! Fight inside a missile silo. This is also a very early version with lots of placeholder and missing assets.
I am so happy to be finally releasing the new player controller update to you all! After months of hard work and fine tuning I think you'll find it is a much needed upgrade to Maximum Action. Dozens of new animations for the player and even more bug fixes.
No more 4 arms swinging around when looking up and down.
No more head and body dislocation when diving and sliding.
Every movement has been fine tuned and has a unique full body character animation. From a complete in air diving animation tree to rolling around on the ground. Immersive first person character movement like never before.
My goal was to upgrade Maximum Action to the polish level of games like Mirrors Edge while still maintaining the same animation style and feel. It's what Maximum Action always should have been. It will feel familiar yet so much improved.
Sliding has always been in Maximum Action but it was so subtle it mostly went unnoticed. Not anymore, sliding is now an entire other mode of movement with its own animations.
Even further, slide and then hold the dive key to infinite slide. The same way you can infinite dive slide while prone by holding the dive key.
Use the auto lean to blind fire around corners and even over low cover while crouched. This feature makes it easy to use cover even while playing with a controller!
Player Bullet Hit Detection Fix
Even further player bullet hit detection has been overhauled so you can shoot accurately around tight corners. No more bullets hitting the wall in front of you while leaning or shooting from cover.
Turn on and off lots of aspect of the new player to tune it to your liking. Enable camera rolling and camera tilting to roll forwards and backwards from diving in full motion sickness glory.
Disable Camera Roll
Use this to disable and enable camera rolling while player is rolling out of a dive
Dive Camera Tilt
Enable / Disable camera tilting when diving
Camera Bobbing
Use this slider to control the camera bobbing rotation intensity of the player
Auto Lean From Cover
Turn off and on the new auto leaning cover system
In the reverse, turn these off and turn down the camera bobbing to have a stable smooth first person camera experience that still is packed full of detail.
I personally switch these on and off almost every time I play based on how I'm feeling. Sometimes having your head roll with your body just feels so damn cool. Other times it makes me want to throw up. So give it a try yourself!
I decided to save this for the future since I want to make sure I give it the time to polish and cook it into something really special. Rather than tack it on last minute to this update.
Andy @optionalSpace and I have been working hard on new levels and really wanted to get them in this update but decided we need more testing and feedback from y'all first. Expect to see rough cuts of our new Jungle rework and Arctic 2 levels on the testing branch soon! We have lots of other new levels in the works as well but want to give them the proper time and care to make them maximum action worthy. For those of you craving new content all I can say is sorry and that it is coming soon! Always feel free to hop in the editor or download some workshop levels in the meantime!
Arctic 2 Work In Progress Screenshot
Thanks so much for your continued support of Maximum Action!
-George Mandell
New Slide Animation
Roll from Land Animation
A successful rocket launch?? not in maximum action :)
OptionalSpace has taken the concept of Jungle even further and constructed all new sequences and environments from the pieces already in the game.
When complete the level will have much better pacing while still keeping open world elements.
I hope you enjoyed the development update and thanks for all your continued support for Maximum Action!
-George Mandell
These are all still work in progress, these cutscenes took me many long hours to create so I really hope you all grab some popcorn and sit back and enjoy!
Go check it out! Tested to be compatible with Xbox or PS4 and even PS5 controllers!
Rebind any button on the controller to your liking! No pre-made maps every button can be rebound!
Note : Joystick mappings for look and move cannot yet be changed.
Adjustable Aim Assist works great for making gameplay with a controller feel as natural and smooth as possible!
Use the "Terminator" mode to have cyborg levels of auto-aim!
Enable / disable controller rumble and adjust the global dead zone value for your joysticks!
With the added controller support, the game now plays well on the steam deck using the game's controller mapping!
Official Steam Deck verification is still a work in progress,
NOTE the Maximum Action level editor still needs a mouse and keyboard to function properly!
Other updates:
Try them out on the 0.90 Testing Branch!
Cool features such as controller button rebinding, aim assist, rumble feedback, and more!
Also the entire project has been updated a new version of the Unity Engine for increased support!
To get on the testing branch simply go to Maximum Action in Steam , go to Properties -> Betas, and then select the 0.90_testing branch!
NOTE : Some bugs are still being worked out, sometimes all controller binds show up as "None"
also a bug with kicking has been introduced where the camera rotates behind the player occasionally when kicking
Maximum Action version 0.93 has just been released! This update features one of our most action-packed levels yet Mr. Woo's Warehouse and an all-new endless level Penthouse Endless
Inspired by the famous warehouse shootout from Hard Boiled
Shoot your way through a dark gritty cargo shipyard and into an underground gun smuggling operation. Fight waves of enemies on motorbikes, and dodge and weave through a warehouse packed with juicy destruction! Cars, boxes, scaffoldings, windows, all for you to destroy!
Find this level on the Good Luck Parking tape!
Heavily inspired by Face Off, take a trip to a luxurious penthouse just in time for it to be raided by the FBI.
Shoot through couches, vases, plants, newspapers, and pillars as you battle your way through waves of enemies in this moody new endless level!
Lots of juicy destruction to be found here! Feathers and papers fill the room in true John Woo fashion!
To unlock this level, find the tape hidden in Mr. Woo's Warehouse
Castor Troy approved!
Covert Ultra is an arcade-style tactical shooter, and every level is a lone-wolf terrorist hunt. Play as a high-tech hitman for hire with spider-like abilities and compete to achieve each mission's best time and highest rank. Efficiency is your only priority.
Check it out and add it to your wishlist here:
To get on the testing branch simply go to Maximum Action in Steam , go to Properties -> Betas, and then select the 0.90_testing branch!