Posted on Behalf of SOF Studios President, Tom
Hello H-Hour Community!
What better way to start off the week than with another Patch release. I want to thank the team for their efforts this weekend, working long hours to get fixes out for crashes reported by members along with some new content to sweeten the deal. It is ready now for public testing so don’t forget to grab the latest patch before joining a server. If you find any unreported issues, make sure to let us know in our bug reporting forums on steam or our official forums.
The team had an extremely productive week with two patch releases and a large number of new maps reviewed. Some of the team’s achievements last week are noted below:
- In-game Voice was fixed and the H-Hour community has wholeheartedly given it the thumbs up.
- Network coding improvements added have been confirmed to improve hit registry.
- A reworking of the entire Audio system has allowed the addition of more sliders so players can now adjust ambient sound, mic playback volume and their video brightness.
- Extraction logic has been improved to make killing of hostages a dangerous event for both teams and additional messaging added.
- Options are now accessible from both the Lobby and the in-game Esc Menu. This allows more flexibility for players to tweak settings during gameplay.
- The community run Workshop Monitor team has done an excellent job reviewing all new workshop content and getting feedback to the creators. Of the many maps they reviewed, three were approved for the studio servers so the community could begin providing feedback to the authors. Visit out our “Workshop NEW” server to try out the following maps. Don’t forget to vote for your favorites!
o ColdFront by SelflessOne
o devilsroad by RMRANGER
o Sujocabines by newybond
What’s Ahead?
- The team will continue working on the last few bugs to be squashed on the bomb game modes before beginning any new work. This hotfix will be released before any new content or fixes are started. We will also be closely monitoring player feedback from the latest patch to see if any other new reports come in so don’t forget to let us know if you experience issues.
- Once the hotfix is addressed, the team will refocus their attention on the key binding system in place. More information will be provided on this when it is available.
- On the investor/partner search front: We’ve opened up discussion with a group that reached out to us last week. Bottom line is that we may have an alternate platform to showcase H-Hour that could raise money to complete development. We’re exploring every opportunity we can and will continue to keep you posted on ANY progress that is noteworthy.
I am very proud of the efforts the team put in this weekend on the studio and community’s behalf to get another patch out so quickly. It is important to note that this effort was driven from within and not something I asked of them.
On behalf of everyone, I want to thank each of the volunteers involved for their initiative and passion in improving H-Hour.
Let’s continue to keep those servers rocking now everyone so we can encourage the rest of the player base to join us in checking out these great new additions.
More next Monday…..