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'[/*]

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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[/*]

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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[/*]

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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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