This is a minor update targeting performance issues on lower end systems.
United Assault - Normandy '44 now tracks the performance on your system and if it will ever run below 25 FPS it will track down the source and tries to free up some resources on runtime. If the framedrop happens to be CPU related, the game will temporarly disable several AI features (Hearing, Cover generator) until the game runs again at at least 30 FPS. If the performance drop is GPU related, impact particles, muzzle flashes and other minor visual features will be temporarly disabled until the game runs at at least 30 FPS again.
This will not have any impact if you are running the game with higher framerates and is intended to improve the playability on low end systems.
We also increased the max Rank to 40 and overhauled the vehicle physics.
Update to v1.7.0 - KAR98 Sniper + Drivable Vehicles
Update Notes
This update is adding the KAR 98 Sniper as a new weapon and adds drivable vehicles to the map and other improvements from United Assault - Battle of the Bluge!
added new KAR98 Sniper
added drivable vehicles
fixed reload issue with Sniper Rifles
fixed missing key rebinds
fixed Bazooka damage
updated KAR 98 model and animations
updated M1 Carbine base damage
updated M1 Carbine Rate Of Fire from 300 to 600
updated map optimization
updated AI balance
updated material rendering
updated AI hearing
What would you like to see added to the game? Leave a comment here or on Facebook or Discord !
We are again listening to your feedback! The game again offers the option to fill out a survey with each new release and is now running a detailed analyser. This analyser is only tracking gameplay related informations and not personal data and will be removed with full release.
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Early Access means the game is not finished just yet but is ready for testing. This also means not all features are available on day one and content will follow in with weekly updates. At the start of the Early Access you can explore half of the gameworld and rank up until rank 16 out of 40 ranks. New weapons, parts of the gameworld and drivable vehicles will be added over the time of early access.
The procedural generated underground bunkers complexes are expected to be available in the final weeks before the full release. The estimated final release of United Assault - Battle of the Bulge is 2-4 month into the future from early access launch. This all again depends on your feedback!
United Assault - Normandy '44 has come a long way and it's far from over! We are planning to release several major updates across the year. And here is how it's going to happen.
This is with the port of Normandy '44 to Playstation 4 and 5 is currently the highest priority. This means updates for Normandy '44 will slow down for a while. and will katch up again once we start adding in some of the new features and improvements from Battle of the Bulge.
Multiplayer
Yes, United Assault is getting a full multiplayer part, if you want to have it! For now, this will be for PC only and might come to consoles at a later point. The Multiplayer will be a standalone game which will be unlocked for free to owners of the base United Assault games (Normandy '44 or Battle of the Bulge) or will be made available as a seperate purchase.
This will ensure that the players are not split between several games and can play together as one big community.
This is the business model: United Assault Multiplayer is a Buy-to-Play game without lootboxes or an ingame store. The Multiplayer in base contains the weapons and Maps of Normandy '44. By owning Battle of the Bulge, you will get the Battle of the Bulge map and weepons unlocked for free in the Multiplayer, if you don't own Battle of the Bulge, you can buy the gameworld and weapons as a DLC.
Co-op
the main focus of United Assault Multiplayer will be Co-op gameplay. The coop will use the full gameworld of Normandy '44 as a base with predefined Co-op Missions and randomly generated missions to choose. The Battle of the Bulge map will be made available at a later date for owners of Battle of the Bulge or the DLC owners.
PvP
We will also add a small PvP mode into the game which right now is Team Deathmatch only but more modes can be added during development. This mode will use parts of the gameworlds as PvP maps and is entirly unlocked. This means in PvP you don't need to buy anything additionally to get new maps and weapons.
Release
When it's done! We are targeting summer 2022 to unlock it to owners of Normandy '44 and Battle of the Bulge as a form of pre access. A real Early Access release might come in fall 2022, depending on feedback.
What do you think about this. Do you want Coop or just PvP or both? What are your toughts?
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