Zero Hour’s next major update consists of a new map, attack dog(co-op), Molotov, gameplay tweaks & more. This update focuses on content updates and quality improvements.
Road Map
All dates noted are in a predicted schedule. A portion of the few announced features may come in parts earlier than scheduled, but we plan on completing them by the month announced.
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August 2022
- Attack dog featured While the attack dog is very CO-OP oriented, we believe adding this feature will achieve a more rich and dynamic swat breach experience. Attack dogs will be used to detect various explosives to protect their handlers and personnel from danger and other crime scene evidence, along with more plans to be announced soon.September 2022
- Improving Game Modes We will be improving the current game modes to improve the overall experience of each map and make it more fun and exciting, particularly the hostage extraction mode.September 2022 - April 2023
- CO-OP NPC/Story-Telling.November 2022
- New character models The current placeholder Swat and Suspect models will be replaced with better-detailed characters while more accurately representing the story lore and more. With an added possibility of general character customization.December 2022
- Game Audio Finalization While we are satisfied with many of the game's audio, a lot still needs to be changed before we can say we are finalized. We are taking feedback from you guys to ensure we find a more accurate and immersive Audio Experience.January 2023
- Optimize and Polish - Total of 15 map content - Total of 22 weapons and 13 utility varieties - Training ground usable workbench - Releasing official Ost on steam store including various Zero Hour artwork - More achievements, including CO-OPJanuary 2023
- Mocap Featured All existing animations will be replaced using mocap to bring a more accurate and immersive visual to each movement. This includes animations for the Swats, Suspects, and even the Hostage and Civilians. The current animations are hand-made, thus giving them a more cartoon-like look, and we aim to fix that.January 2023
- Gameplay Overhaul and FinalizationFebruary 2023
- Fixing all existing bugs Declaring to fix the list of current major bugs, but these things take a long time when the recreate-ability of some bugs is rare or even unknown. - Co-Op Squad AI We were expecting to add the Squad AI in the next few months; however, due to the delay in mocap equipment, we are unable to bring it to a more visually appealing state. We aim to have it complete by the end of February 2023.June 2023
- UI/UX FinalizationJune 2023
- VFX/LightingAugust 2023
- Total of 20 map content - Total of 25 weapons and 15 utility varieties - Re-evaluating the balancing of the overall game - Finalizing more achievements, including CO-OPNew Update Info
New Character Models and Minor Animation changes
The current placeholder Swat and Suspect models will be replaced with better-detailed characters while more accurately representing the story lore and more. With an added possibility of general character customization. New Attacker character models will be coming in the next update, while the new Defender character models will be out by November as noted in the Road Map.
Attack Dog
Attack dogs will be used to detect various explosives to protect their handlers and personnel from danger and other crime scene evidence, along with more plans to be announced soon. On release it will only be available in co-op and only the host of the session can bring it in. We plan to bring it to pvp once we find a more balanced approach.
Gameplay Touch Ups
Fine-tuning and optimizing various aspects of the game such as gunplay and stamina for a better feel and quality of gameplay. We are redoing some of the animations temporarily (as our mocap is still not here) to improve the overall look and feel of the characters.
New Map
Only the co-op mission will have the top floor and the underground parking accessible. In PvP this map will be slightly smaller.
MS-Unit just received a call of a raid at the Danshiri Police Station. Since the Terrorist leader, Ahmed Al Zoori is held captive inside this station, we assume the terrorist’s motive is to break him out. MS-Unit are tasked to stop Ahmed Al Zoori from escaping and to eliminate all suspects. A timer will indicate when all prison doors open leading to Ahmed Al Zoori running towards the exit. However, MS-Unit is ordered to capture him alive so making him surrender is the only option to complete the mission successfully.
OST Release
The original soundtrack from Zero Hour, featuring 20 official soundtracks (about 1 hour 8 mins) composed and mastered by Muhaimen Zia. All tracks are of the highest quality, each consisting of various Official Album Art. A PDF containing words from the artist, talking about each track will be available in the package. As an extra, you will receive Beta Music from the beta phase of Zero Hour. All tracks are available in WAV and MP3.
Zero Hour Original Soundtrack will be available from 13th August
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1564000/
Conclusion
We apologize for the delay and lack of updates in the past few weeks. We hope to bring out quality content with our upcoming update sometime late August.
We really appreciate and thank the community for the unconditional support and love for the game.
Thank you for your patience, please make sure to report Toxicity, feedback & suggestions in our Discord server using the following links.
Discord Global Community : Zero Hour Official
Discord French Community : Zero Hour France