Hi everyone, backers, enthusiasts, critics and want-to-try'ers! It has been 7 months since we released our latest patch. We announced we would take our time to make the next step for the game.
Coming friday 25th of June, we will release the new patch on Steam. We will make sure there are servers up and running from the start! The time for the release will be 21.00h CEST.
What's new in the patch?
A whole lot actually, and so much more than this list below. But we don't want a crazy list to read over, we want you to play the game. Below you can find the highlights of the new patch!
⦁ The game now runs on Unreal Engine 4.25.4
⦁ TO4 now has Steam Audio in place with all new sound effects. This system will still be tweaked as we go (sound effects, reverb, etc.). Most obvious is the better possibility to locate sound effects (weapons, footsteps, etc) throughout the map.
⦁ Tweaked and reworked player(s) movement and animations
⦁ New player models for Special Forces, Terrorists and Hostages. We can now also set the player skin per map to change.
⦁ Tweaked and balanced the weapon specifics (timings, damage, falloff, recoil, etc.)
⦁ New effects on the weapons and grenades (sounds, impacts and decals), overhauled the smoke nade effect. Physics on nades are on our list for a next patch.
⦁ Redid and added parts of the User Interface (better keybind inputs, detailed round stats overlay, new minimap,
⦁ Added two 2on2 maps, three arena maps and five normal maps. We have also (performance) tweaked, balanced, fixed and overhauled on all the old maps. This alone is over 1.000 changes.
⦁ Rewrote and structured a lot of code in order to fix the core of the game for further updates on the engines, this also helped in gaining overall performance
What is Tactical Operations again?
We are a fast paced (team based) action shooter, set in a realistic-every-day environment. The key for this game is in it's movement, weapon control and ability to play different styles, while the fundament is still a very basic game design. Rush, camp, attack, swim, crouch, jump... you control all this while you shoot at your enemies in order to make the team objective.
You can find our game on Steam ('Tactical Operations' or 'TO4'), download it for free and give it a try! You can also visit us on discord (www.discord.gg/to4), this is our platform for feedback, finding competitive wars, talk about every day business and see live action from the game.
