New content

• New freeplay and multiplay events: [list]
• Storm front over the city
• Blackout
• Manhunt
• Explosion at rock concert

[*]Additional new freeplay event:[/*]

• Train crash

[*]Added unit overview window which can be opened by clicking on a new button inside the minimap or by pressing 'O'[/*] [/list] Additional improvements and fixes

• General [list]
• Full multiplay and modding compatibility between EMERGENCY 5, 2016 and 2017
• Many stability improvements
• Additional performance optimizations
• Fixed a problem with savegames containing non-ASCII characters or only a single character
• Connected all achievements to Steam

[*]Graphics[/*]

• Regarding black screen reports from users - thanks for your feedback, we were able to identify two problems: [list]
• Graphics cards below minimum requirements: Intel HD 4000 graphics cards generally cause a black display inside the main game - this is the only Intel card known to have this problem
• Fixed: Black screen inside the launcher already when using an installation path with non-ASCII characters

[*]Fixed flickering supervisor which could happen in sore rare situations[/*] [*]Highlighting of recommended graphics setting for your computer in graphics settings menu[/*] [*]Additional map polishing regarding slightly misplaced objects[/*] [*]Visual polishing[/*]

• Fixed light editing of some cars which previously disabled e.g. headlight emissive map while the dynamic light was still active
• DLK vehicle has now blue lights which rotate correctly together with the ladder
• Fixed several visual glitches

[*]In case the used graphics cards doesn't support DirectX 11, there's now a more detailed error description so you can more easily figure out what's the cause of the problem[/*] [/list] [*]Effects[/*]

• Improvements for the depth-of-field effect, it's less noisy now
• Improved bloom effect which previously could look odd in certain lighting & weather combinations
• Ultra quality graphics: The street markers on wet streets are no longer oddly dark
• Low quality graphics: Damaged or destroyed windows are now black so one can no longer see through the buildings
• The selection marker below player's personnel now rotate slightly as it did in EMERGENCY 4
• Dead persons now have a special pose so one can identify them faster
• Persons diagnosed as deceased are marked with an icon now
• Smoother movement of some effects, e.g. throwable weapons

[*]Units[/*]

• Faster animation of firefighters getting equipment from rescue vehicle
• Faster animation of crane vehicle
• Intensive care transport vehicle can now be used in freeplay and multiplay for EMERGENCY 2016 (and 2017) players
• Rescue dog: Faster feedback if no victim can be found
• SWAT helicopter can now be sent to hover (using right-click), land or rope down the SWAT team (using buttons)
• Helicopters: Fixed glitches when issuing an exit command for starting/landing helicopters
• SWAT drone: issuing the search command again while already searching enforces searching another target, if there is one
• Firefighter plane: Message when ready again is now a normal message, no supervisor

[*]Campaigns[/*]

• Some changes to the EMERGENCY 5 Avalanche mission so that finding and rescuing all victims works better
• When starting the tutorial inside the EMERGENCY 2016 campaign, it could happen that the game didn't continue correctly after finishing the tutorial

[*]Events[/*]

• Gangster behavior improvements for some police events
• Fix for quickly escaping supermarket robbers
• Fixed several bugs leading to events getting stuck or failing too early
• Automatic cleanup of failed freeplay events

[*]Gameplay[/*]

• Fixed issues with cars temporily standing around on streets
• Added a hint when units can't reach their target position
• Smoother braking of vehicles at traffic lights or obstacles
• Smoother following of moving targets, e.g. policemen chasing gangsters
• Injured player units and damaged vehicles are not selectable any more, especially for multi-selection

[*]Freeplay[/*]

• How many events can be active at the same time is now controlled by the current event level, which is shown in the information bar at the top
• Improvements to event appearance probabilities

[*]Multiplay[/*]

• Multiplay communication uses a proxy server now so no port forwarding is needed any more
• Additional IPv6 support
• Added direct connection mode so clients can connect to a host by entering the host IP address
• Fixed disconnects caused by certain gameplay situations
• Fix for several visual glitches on client side
• Fix for a background music issue
• Better multiplay compatibility of events and units

[*]GUI[/*]

• Added more buttons to the launcher [list]
• Open your user data folder (containing your savegames, settings, mods, log files, etc.)
• Reach our support more easily

[*]Unified hotkeys for unit commands[/*] [*]Jumping to an event is now also possible by clicking into the objectives list[/*] [*]Showing both event time and game time of day where it makes sense[/*] [*]Moved drone screen windows to have enough space for the unit overview window[/*] [*]Camera zoom does not change any more when jumping to an event[/*] [*]Fix for the credits display in EMERGENCY 5 campaign which did not always get updated correctly[/*] [*]Usability improvements[/*]

• Inside the minimap, the path of the currently selected unit is now shown in singleplay modes
• Added more tooltips
• Double click support for loading savegames and overwrite security question for saving
• Clearer checked icon for checkboxes
• Various more minor GUI tweaks

[/list] [*]Audio[/*]

• Fixed that several audio effects were played too loud after an building evacuated audio effect had been played
• Smoother audio fade in/out for ambient sound

[*]World Builder / Modding[/*]

• Fixed and extended navigation map tool visualizations
• Asset browser asset context menu tag editing ease-of-use actions added
• Added batch processes for converting skeletons between the two most widely used coordinate systems
• Added pre-defined collision types to simplify collision editing
• When importing OGRE meshes, we now only output errors when there's just a single and empty texture unit
• Particle assets now also support hot-reloading inside the editor, reimport a particles effect to see the new asset at once
• Fixed situations where an online editor client deleted some local game files not managed by the online system
• Fixed various situations with linked objects inside the online editor which could lead to transform changes not been saved correctly
• Fixed a problem of the local prefab file cache not being updated correctly in certain situations after having changed the editing of a prefab asset
• Added more API exports for plugin modders (e.g. command modes, reserve logics)

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