General


Gameplay

• Removed fixed sequence of events when starting freeplay or multiplay for the first time on a map[/*]
• The freeplay/multiplay events newly introduced in update 3.0.1 now appear more often[/*]
• Sirens now get played longer than only a few seconds[/*]
• The markers below helicopters are not blocking movement and lading commands any more[/*]

Bug fixes

• In freeplay it was possible to get a mission level higher than 4, which was not intended[/*]
• Firefighters got stuck after pulling an injured criminal[/*]
• Fire bars above oil patches in mission "Flood" were not visible[/*]
• The "Avalanche" mission could get stuck when treating and transporting buried victims without rescuing them first with the helicopter[/*]
• The freeplay event "Dirty Bomb" could fail due to time out even though all criminals got arrested already[/*]
• In some cases, the turntable ladder vehicle could not reach victims to be rescued[/*]
• In Hamburg, civilists and units could get stuck near the water[/*]
• The police helicopter does not stutter any more when chasing a criminal[/*]
• After the "Hostage" event, sometimes the house disappeared[/*]
• Removed the audio effect hinting at a vehicle not being able to find its way, which was played too often[/*]
• The achievement for mission "Reactor Disaster" is now easier to get[/*]
• Some of the new multiplay events could not be solved by a client alone[/*]

GUI

• The information message on a gained achievement did not disappear correctly in some cases[/*]
• The modification window could not handle 7 or more mods visible at the same time and crashed[/*]
• In the main menu, an information message was added when the game has to perform content consistence check for multiplay[/*]
• Furthermore, a message is now shown during savegame synchronization with online accounts[/*]
• Savegame contents is now explained in the save menu for savegames, to avoid confusion (only progress inside the campaign gets saved)[/*]
• Some player unit help screens got reworked[/*]
• Various minor bug fixes in user interface[/*]

Miscellaneous

• Account login with e-mail address instead of login name could lead to game progress not being saved correctly[/*]
• Camera view can now be rotated by pressing the middle mouse button as well[/*]
• Various minor usability improvements[/*]

Graphics

• Some player vehicles were colored wrong when using a different language than English or German[/*]
• In mission "Gang War", the screen could stay dark for some time after the intro[/*]
• Some adaptations for the historical firefighters[/*]
• Fixed appearance of firefighter's hoses in multiplay[/*]
• Fixed short framerate drop due to too many particles getting visible[/*]
• Smoother camera transition in tutorial[/*]

Steam

• Fixed a bug that achievements did not appear in Steam[/*]
• Removed achievements in Steam that do not appear in the game[/*]

 


EMERGENCY 2017 content


Changes

• Mission "Crushing the terror cell" will now fail if too many units (3 of them) get injured before the building breakdown[/*]
• Mission "Attack in the heart of Berlin" does not fail as quickly when people get contaminated[/*]

Bug fixes

• Mission "Crushing the terror cell": Some injureds could only get treated after moving them once using the rescue helicopter[/*]
• Mission "Crushing the terror cell": Treatment of some terrorists did not work because of a missing icon[/*]
• Mission "Attack in the heart of Berlin": In some cases, there was a person left to be cut out of a car which could not be found[/*]
• Mission "Attack in the heart of Berlin": A burning object could get listed in the objectives that could not be found[/*]
• Mission "Attack in the heart of Berlin": Rarely, injureds were not correctly recognized as fully treated[/*]
• Medieval mission: Gardists and fanatics could get stuck near the harbor[/*]

Miscellaneous

• Added an information window hinting at new features in EMERGENCY 2017 and where to find them (one click inside will permanently minimize it)[/*]