Forts
FORTS - HOTFIX 2018-06-10a
Just a quick update...there have been issues with the lobbies and we've done a hotfix to fix those now. Restart steam now to get the hotfix.
Here are the details...
HOTFIX 2018-06-10a
Balance: reduce rank search distance from 300 to 250
Fix: crash in leaderboard screen when lobby search takes a long time
Fix: ghost lobbies appear at first and always take up some of the limited slots
Fix: lobby list overlaps bottom of the panel
Fix: open lobbies may be pushed out of the search by closed lobbies
Fix: crash when trying to update loading screen when a sample failed to load
Fix: Host can see opponents name in ranked briefly before it's overwritten by anonymous name
Fix: tute 2: restart while waiting to build the mortar, mortar attack happens early and never ends
Fix: text to upgrade minigun in mission “Alternative Facts” not in english
Fix: typo in mission 203 “Wahead”
FORTS Hotfix and Tournament XI : Battles Commence this Weekend!
Greetings FORTS fans!
Following feedback from the first week of ranked multiplayer we have released a hotfix. The main change involves making the ranking system anonymous. This is to prevent players cherry picking matches they think they can win, leaving better players waiting for a long time. The ranking system is intended to match you with players of similar skill level, which means you may sometimes lose. Unless you are xRayz3n. We've also reduced the number of projectiles in the swarm, as rushing them was an OP strategy. Some important improvements were also made to anti-air. Full list below. As always we welcome your feedback.
Build 2018-06-07a Changelist
Add: other players anonymous in ranked matches
Add: 'Please wait for a match' text when starting a ranked mp lobby
Balance: increase max ranked score distance from 200 to 300
Balance: reduce missile swarm size from 15 to 13 (loss of 13.4% net damage)
Balance: reduce shrapnel damage vs mg and minigun from 25% to 20% of normal to compensate for increased shrapnel
Fix: change clients to unready if host changes configuration options in a ranked match
Fix: don't create new score until the first match is scored
Fix: window hung test too sensitive (crash when viewing leaderboard)
Fix: line highlight overlaps scroll bar in leaderboard screen
Fix: disabled text style hard to differentiate from normal (made darker)
Fix: ranked score for lobby matching can be calculated incorrectly
Fix: no ? substitution for unsupported characters in leaderboard
Fix: repair station shows efficiency when selected
Fix: resource icons missing from display when device selected
Fix: K (kilo) suffix in resource read-out not localised
Fix: energy & metal icons missing in device tags
Fix: anti-air sometimes aiming badly
Fix: anti-air (especially flak) sometimes doesn't fire
Fix: anti-air (especially flak) sometimes closes door on firing weapon
Fix: weapons can be placed in repair state while firing
Fix: unreliable ping doesn't help to keep connection from timing out
Fix: crash when host shuts down and local client no longer exists
Fix: console error when seeking around outro cutscene
Fix: install paths containing certain characters can prevent Skirmish maps appearing
Also a reminder that the FORTS Tournament XI is this weekend! This will be our first 3v3 competition and we're really looking forward to some intense mega-multiplayer action. There are still some slots open, so enter now while you still can.
WHEN
Saturday, June 9th, 6pm BST (British Summer Time)
(check-in opens two hours prior, please check-in on Challonge BEFORE the tournament starts!)
Other timezones:
- 6pm BST (British Summer Time)
- 7pm CEST (Central European Summer Time)
- 1pm EDT (USA Eastern Daylight Time)
- 12pm CDT (USA Central Daylight Time)
- 10am PDT (USA Pacific Daylight Time)
- 3am AEST (June 10 - Australian Eastern Standard Time)
WHERE
The FORTS Multiplayer Lobby and Official Discord
SIGN UP
Click here to sign up on Challonge.
(please only sign up if you are sure you can participate)
Click here to sign up to the Forts Discord.
(you MUST be on the Forts Discord to participate in the tournament)
RULES
- 3v3
- Single Elimination
- Team Co-op
- 15 minute battle time limit
- Ton of Guns enabled
- Commanders enabled
- Draws decided by total damage inflicted
- 16 teams max.
STREAMS
EarthWork Games Twitch Channel
EarthWork Games YouTube Channel
EarthWork Games Mixer Channel
Project Incursus Youtube Channel
THE BATTLEFIELDS
(chosen randomly during the tournament (the list may change)
Dueling Vipers 4v4
Hell Mouth 3v3
Jagged Teeth
Stalactites 4v4
Up & Down 3v3
Vanilla 4v4
Wingman 4v4
Ziggurat 4v4
note: Earthwork Games reserves the right to make changes to this event as needed
Ranked Multiplayer - Update 1.13
G’day Forts Fans! It’s been a long time coming but we’re pleased to be able to bring you Ranked Multiplayer Matchmaking! Also included in this update is a new device, the Repair Station, along with the usual fixes and improvements.
Ranked Multiplayer Matchmaking
Ever wanted to play Forts against another player with a similar skill level? Well, now you canI Players who opt to play ranked matches will have the result of their battles figure into their score, and their rank will be adjusted accordingly on the public Leaderboard. This should lead to more competitive battles, and a more competitive multiplayer scene in general.
Ranked matches have some restrictions that custom games don't:
- Symmetrical built-in maps only
- Only a few built-in mods may be selected
- AI settings are symmetrical
- Teams must be even and lobbies full
- You can't battle the same player more than 3 times in the last 10 games
- The host receives artificial lag based on the average ping
Players are scored like so:
- The larger the difference in score, the higher the gain the lower ranked player receives if they win, and the lesser the gain the higher ranked player receives
- Part of your score comes from how current your last match was
- Quitting early results in a forfeit, even if you are knocked out of TDM
- The host can quit without forfeit within 30s to correct game configuration
- In 2v2 if your team mate forfeits you can still go on to win
- Disconnecting results in losing points if you are losing (judged by damage)
- Desyncing results in no change to scores
To play a ranked match, follow these steps:
1 - Click ‘Multiplayer’ from the Main Menu
2 - Select ‘Ranked Match’ from the Lobby Select screen
3 - Check the box for the game type you want to play, 1v1 or 2v2, and click ‘Start’. You will get placed into a lobby with a player of a similar rank, or if none are available, start your own ranked server to await an opponent of similar rank.
1v1 Steam Leaderboard Link
2v2 Steam Leaderboard Link
Repair Station
In an effort to reduce APM and to add another element of strategy, we have created the Repair Station. Available as a device built directly from the Reactor, the Repair Station repairs damage to surrounding building materials and devices as and when they are damaged in exchange for an ongoing resource cost. Multiple Repair Stations can be built at a time, but should be placed with care to maximise their coverage, while also ensuring they don’t put too much of a strain on your economy. Armourdillo has the passive ability of having a larger repair redius for his Repair Stations.
FORTS Tournament XI
Also, a quick reminder that the FORTS Tournament XI is on June 9th, 6pm BST. Sign up is open now! Click here.
Build 2018-06-01a Changelist
Add: Ranked multiplayer with leaderboards (1v1 and 2v2)
Add: Repair Station device (Armourdillo has increased radius)
Add: New achievement for completing 10 ranked multiplayer games
Add: translations for maps and mods
Add: 'English names' check to file select screen to turn off translation
Add: category tag to uploaded mods
Add: link to tournament news item on main menu
Add: additional logging for workshop and file select to help track down issues
Add: increase away from keyboard time to 3 minutes lobby search
Balance: auto-defenses enabled in campaign hard mode
Balance: +50% minigun damage vs bracing
Balance: remove Hurricane active buff for swarms
Balance: add extra shrapnel to flak (9 -> 12)
Balance: make heavier weapons more expensive to repair (17% -> 33% of build cost)
Balance: boost damage caused by flaming projectiles (mortars, missiles, rockets up to +33%)
Optimise: trim down effect particle allowances and durations
Fix: players can get stuck in Playing state in lobby
Fix: translation of some strings incorrect or out of date
Fix: UpdateProjectiles attempting to delete out of range nodes
Fix: PhysicsManager::HandleCollisions copies vector of every node, allocating memory every frame
Fix: various unnecessary dynamic allocation of small amounts of memory
Fix: full lobbies are not sorted below open lobbies
Fix: use stable_sort for sorted effects to prevent fighting of overlapping particles
Fix: crash in editor: effect.Effect from mSortedEffects dereference crashes
Fix: in PlayerController::StartInstantReplay() host doesn't always recognise itself as such, not allowing pause in replay
Fix: missile flight paths show in replays
Fix: German text overlaps in replay screen
Fix: machine guns not overheating fast enough
Fix: overheating machine guns don't always produce steam
Fix: Ping string not translated due to conflict with unused table
Fix: Limit campaign display names to 19 characters and reduce font size
Fix: validate map foldername/filename in SinglePlayer when selecting a map
Fix: damage tracking for a projectile was cumulating the target type modified damage values
Fix: projectile damage_used tracking for damage multipliers == 0
Fix: Workshop download error message doesn't match errors from failing to download hidden items
Hotfix: crash when browsing ranked lobbies in progress using German language, and maybe other languages
Thanks for playing Forts!
Cheers,
EWG
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FORTS Tournament XI : 3v3 Team Sign-Up Open Now
Greetings FORTS fans! The FORTS Tournament XI is coming soon! This will be our first 3v3 competition and we're really looking forward to some intense mega-multiplayer action.
WHEN
Saturday, June 9th, 6pm BST (British Summer Time)
(check-in opens two hours prior, please check-in on Challonge BEFORE the tournament starts!)
Other timezones:
- 6pm BST (British Summer Time)
- 7pm CEST (Central European Summer Time)
- 1pm EDT (USA Eastern Daylight Time)
- 12pm CDT (USA Central Daylight Time)
- 10am PDT (USA Pacific Daylight Time)
- 3am AEST (June 10 - Australian Eastern Standard Time)
WHERE
The FORTS Multiplayer Lobby and Official Discord
SIGN UP
Click here to sign up on Challonge.
(please only sign up if you are sure you can participate)
Click here to sign up to the Forts Discord.
(you MUST be on the Forts Discord to participate in the tournament)
RULES
- 3v3
- Single Elimination
- Team Co-op
- 15 minute battle time limit
- Ton of Guns enabled
- Commanders enabled
- Draws decided by total damage inflicted
- 16 teams max.
STREAMS
EarthWork Games Twitch Channel
EarthWork Games YouTube Channel
EarthWork Games Mixer Channel
Project Incursus Youtube Channel
THE BATTLEFIELDS
(chosen randomly during the tournament (the list may change)
Dueling Vipers 4v4
Hell Mouth 3v3
Jagged Teeth
Stalactites 4v4
Up & Down 3v3
Vanilla 4v4
Wingman 4v4
Ziggurat 4v4
note: Earthwork Games reserves the right to make changes to this event as needed
FORTS Tournament X Winner : Trekjeft
We are super happy to announce the winner of FORTS Tournament X is Trekjeft! He has now won his third tournament in a row and is clearly the king of the FORTS Hall of Fame!
For Joepocalypse, this was his third time coming second place. So close! He's another force to be reckoned with.
Here are the results...
Supreme Champion: Trekjeft
Worthy Adversary: Joepocalypse
Maybe Next Time: Raaaage_Alert
You can see the full results here.
...and you can watch an edited version of the full tournament here:
https://youtu.be/Kycby6r4v0M
The next tournament will be in around a month, it will be 3v3 or 4v4 and the time will be more suitable for those in Europe (although anyone can join if they like). Stay tuned for an announcement.
Big thanks to Project Incursus, Smash Gaming and the FORTS Discord moderators for helping with the tournament. Also a big thanks to the competitors for putting on a great show!
As always, have fun playing FORTS!
Cheers,
EWG
FORTS Tournament X This Weekend!
Howdy folks! Just a quick reminder that this weekend is FORTS Tournament X. We can't wait for things to kick off as some of the world's top FORTS players duke it out for their place in the hall of fame.
Sign up is now full and we have a few in the waiting list. Here are the details...
WHEN
Saturday May12th, 6pm EDT
(Competitors: check-in opens at 5pm, please check-in on Challonge BEFORE 6pm)
WHERE
The FORTS Multiplayer Lobby and Official Discord
TOURNAMENT BRACKET
https://forts.challonge.com/ft10
RULES
- 1v1
- Single Elimination
- 15 minute battle time limit
- Ton of Guns enabled
- Commanders enabled
- Draws decided by total damage inflicted
- 16 players max.
STREAMS
EarthWork Games Twitch Channel
EarthWork Games YouTube Channel
EarthWork Games Mixer Channel
Smash Gaming Twitch Channel
Project Incursus Youtube Channel
xRayz3n's Twitch Channel (French)
THE BATTLEFIELDS
(chosen randomly during the tournament (the list may change)
Abyss
Arctic Span
Balls
Boxed In
Catacomb
Hillfort
Ice Cave
Ledge Grab
Moorings
Outstretch
Penguin
Pillars
Skylands
Tundra
Vanilla
note: Earthwork Games reserves the right to make changes to this event as needed
Tons of Guns 1.11 Update
G'day Forts fans! Today we bring you the next component of our Steam Workshop support: campaigns. Map makers will now be able to put together a series of missions with a narrative and custom AI. It also features mid-game saves and localisation support. We've put together a demo campaign, which you can subscribe to here. We're looking forward to seeing what you come up with.
In addition we've included another round of network optimisation and improvements. Game clients will make much more efficient use of bandwidth and be less susceptible to congestion. As always let us know if anything goes wrong.
Build 2018-05-04a Changelist
Add: Workshop campaign mod support (linear campaigns supported only)
Add: demo campaign mod 'High Ground'
Mission 1: defend against 20mm battery (specific AI)
Mission 2: 1v2 battle with hanging fort (random AI)
Mission 3: destroy a turtle with anti-air (empty AI)
Add: maps can contain language specific string files
Add: allow a mission script to query game type to avoid cutscenes in Skirmish and multiplayer
Add: restart a linear campaign mission if the map checksum has changed since last save
Add: clock sync option, disabled if off in constants
Add: Workshop shortcut link for items in the workshop manager subscribed lists
Add: select and remove map/mod button for host for client suggested maps/mods. Added to "downloaded" chat lines for items that need subscribing first
Balance: increase mg accuracy
Balance: increase anti-air lead of missiles
Optimise: uninitialised node variables reduce efficiency of keyframe compression
Optimise: have all messages sent buffered on client
Optimise: replay compression type set to fast
Optimise: send tick checks in batches of 8 (every 1.3s)
Optimise: send tick checks as unreliable messages
Fix: crash in replay when printing chat containing % symbol
Fix: seeking in replay with modded music accumulates music streams
Fix: music.lua not loaded during replays
Fix: AI with high team allocation (e.g. 102) is not disabled during cutscenes
Fix: Extrusion fails sometime after restoring a campaign
Fix: hanging-step fort import not aligned with terrain
Fix: TDM AI forts fail to restart
Fix: replay compression allocation failure due to fragmentation
Fix: clock is unnecessarily lagged for moderately good connections
Fix: synced client clocks can drift during pause
Fix: joining clients' clocks are lagged significantly in proportion to ping
Fix: crash when a joint breaks with a standin link attached
Fix: item path not updated when host downloads and subscribes to a new item in chat
Fix: extrusion still shows if link turns neutral
Hotfix 2018-05-06a Changelist
Fix: crash when client receives a ping during connection
Fix: disconnects due to new unreliable messages being dropped
Fix: client doesn't recognise non-responsive host, remaining in lobby or game
Fix: crash in BreakStructure when accessing non-existent link
Fix: commander mod scripts don't handle arithmetic on absent values
Fix: attached device platform can be incorrect after breaking structure
Fix: invalid system chat when host types in the console
Hotfix 2018-05-08a Changelist
Fix: infinite loop when multiple temporary links are cleaned up
Fix: crash when loading Height Challenge
Fix: replay desync when neutral shields are damaged
Fix: incorrect nodes can be deleted in some air-to-air collisions
Fix: crash when starting a sandbox replay