General

• Starting with this patch, only 64-bit operation systems will take advantage of future improvements
  
• Various performance and stability improvements. Thanks to all users sending us crash reports and informing our support via https://www.world-of-emergency.com/support about problems found.
  

Graphics

• Windows: Replaced the DirectX 9 renderer with a DirectX 11 renderer
  
• The available display resolutions are no longer limited to the operation system display resolution in order to support GPU driver supersampling techniques
  
• Fixed a rarely triggering bug causing fire lighting staying active after the fire went out
  
• Visual polishing
  
  
  
  • Fixed overlay bars and icons being updated one frame too late resulting in a swimming overlays effect
    
  • The animation for falling trees is now smoother
    
  • SWAT team members leaving the helicopter via row is now smoother
    
  • The helicopter door of the rescue helicopter was closing too early resulting in a visible clipping with the paramedic team
    
  • No longer active contamination clouds now fade out smoothly
    
  
  

Gameplay

• Fix for hostage taking event being stuck in case the gangsters give up
  
• Added support for second speaker voice (command and selection feedback for player units)
  
• Fixed a bug that local highscores got lost
  
• Fixed traffic light issues inside the Hamburg and Berlin map
  

Editor

• Multi-monitor support: With the DirectX 11 renderer, the main window can now be moved to other monitors
  
• Added a dialog for local asset datasources which can be found inside the customize menu bar entry
  
• Inside the map properties dialog, the create mini-map button now opens a dialog with additional options
  

Modding / SDK

• Similar to the building clipping effect, the unit shine through effect can now also be disabled by editing the game configuration file
  
• Added more EM5_API_EXPORTs for better accessibility for plugin modders
  
• Preview and loading screen support for custom maps (using file naming "em5/gui/asset/map_preview/_preview.dds" and "em5/gui/loading/loadingscreen_.dds")
  
• Custom maps can now also be used for multiplayer modes
  

Additional Hints

• Users of 32-bit and 64-bit operation systems will play on separate servers without the need to change any settings
  
• Please note that the used graphics adapter need DirectX 11 support and as a result EMERGENCY 5/2016 will no longer run on systems below the minimum requirements of 1 GB VRAM, NVIDIA GeForce 400 series or AMD Radeon HD 6000 series
  

• When playing with a WoE account: Fixed save game problems with the new cloud save game feature which was introduced version 2.0.1
  
• Persons following a policeman using a megaphone now stop following when the policeman is entering a car
  
• Fixed failing jailbreak event when all gangsters got arrested
  
• Fixed instantly failing forest fire events with injured persons
  
• Increased rescue dog search radius, rescue dogs sniffing out more casualties works better inside the EMERGENCY 2016 Munich plane crash event with this change
  
• Resolved wrong objective to cut open a hidden vehicle in the EMERGENCY 2016 Munich large scale operation "Mass panic at the central station"
  
• When repeating the EMERGENCY 2016 Berlin large scale operation "Attack on the aid convoy", it could happen that the gate could no longer be opened by the engineer
  
• In case a policeman gets wounded while arresting a prisoner, the prisoner is free again and will try to flee
  
• Inside the EMERGENCY 5 Hamburg large scale operation "Flood", rescued persons could end up below a pier
  

• Since version 2.0.1, the tab key also moves the camera to the selected unit. We received feedback from players liking the old behaviour better. So we made the following extension: Using ^ key (the one above tab) for jump to next unit without camera jump now, key N with the same function, while TAB still has the camera jump.
  

• Fixed several reported collision issues inside the Hamburg and Cologne map
  

• Fixed black screen at the end of the EMERGENCY 2016 campaign
  
• Fixed buried and injured persons standing in T-Pose
  
• Fixed a minor path mesh editing issue at the train station inside the Munich map
  

• Fixed random client freezes
  
• Fixed the issue that only the host was able to break open doors of burning houses with a firefighter equipped with an axe
  

• There was an issue with Unicode symbols inside the user directory or installation directory name
  
• Fixed various crashes based on crash dumps we received
  

• In order to avoid mod version compatibility problems in the future, active mods are automatically disabled when using a new game version. Re-enable them inside the modifications window.
  
• Fixed a bug that did not allow modded units to have custom internal names
  Added special order info unit tags "CanTransportInjureds" and "CanTransportGangsters" to allow for modded injured transporters and gangster transporters