FURTIVE News

Hey everyone, welcome to all our new players that have come in over the past few days! Just wanted to give a quick response to the feedback around optimisation we've seen in our recent steam reviews. We're hearing you, and I'm committing time into making every improvement possible to boost the game's overall framerate. I'll provide an update on this as soon as possible. Thank you!

We've just released a final update fixing a few last remaining issues and making a couple of improvements. There is also partial controller support available. As mentioned before, we made the decision to move forward with a new project rather than continue new content for FURTIVE due to a multitude of reasons. We're happy to have rounded out the last few issues, take the early access label off, drop the game price as we move into a new era for our studio.

We're getting closer to announcing our next project that we've been working on for some time, a new kind of survival game, we're extremely looking forward to bringing it to your attention soon. Please follow our social media pages or subscribe to our newsletter at https://frozenbulletgames.com to receive the announcement when its ready.

Thank you FURTIVE players, we'll see you in our next game soon!

Hey everyone, Dev Update!

Just a little update about the next update. Since releasing Call To Arms Part I, we've had to scale back our efforts to take a small break for ourselves and we've had time to reconsider how we will be approaching our future plans. First, we're going to be pushing back the content we were planning to release this month to a later point for now, but we're doing this to ensure we're delivering a satisfying content update that comes with as little issues as possible, and so that we have time to improve other areas that need attention as well. So you can expect the features we had planned and more for the next content update.

Before then, we want to prioritise controller support and localisation so we can broaden our player base and bring more players into our community in time for the next content update. We believe bringing full controller support can come with many opportunities such as putting our game on the Steam Deck and even porting to consoles one day.

This means there will be a shift in all future plans we originally had but we'll touch more on that at a later point in time. Thanks for all the support everyone, we'll share our progress soon!

Hello everyone, we've just deployed a patch that fixes a range of issues found in the Call To Arms Part I update. There's more patches to come as we learn about these issues, please let us know if you experience any we might not have heard about yet.

Fixes

• Buffed the HV-1 winch strength and increased it's maximum length.
  
• Optimised health code to minimise game freezing on death.
  
• Fixed a bug where the third person's gun model parts and muzzle flashes would be rendered in the first person camera after exiting a vehicle.
  
• Fixed a bug where the mission to steal a HV-1 was not completable and caused the game to stop working correctly.
  
• Fixed the road collisions near the outpost that leads to the main facility bridge.
  
• Fixed NavMesh around the fortresses so soldiers and animals are no longer able to spawn or walk inside the walls.
  
• Fixed a bug where the HV-1 was still drive-able after it had run out of fuel.
  
• Adjusted helicopter spawnrate to be slightly less frequent.
  
• Helicopter will now flee if it is unsuccessful in finding players after a while.
  
• Adjusted textures on Chris Roberts and Aaron Roberts default and survivor outfits, as well as all Corocotta disguises to prevent them clipping in the camera.
  
• The fortress floors now give the correct footstep sound effects.
  

Thanks everyone!

Welcome to the Call To Arms update! Part 1 of 2 of the new content and features coming to FURTIVE. The second part will be releasing some time in June.

Please note we strongly recommend starting a new save file for this update.

New Content Additions

• Weapon Attachments: Added attachments for all guns (excluding Rocket Launcher), including Silencer, Red Dot Sight, Reflex Sight, Halo Sight, and ACOG Scope.
  
• HV-1 Winch: Introduced a new winch feature for the HV-1 vehicle to help it get unstuck.
  
• Steam Achievements: Implemented 60 new achievements.
  
• Building Items: Added new items including Table, Standing Torch, and Sleeping Bag.
  
• Map Points of Interest: Added 2 new Fuel Depots and 2 new Corocotta Fortresses.
  
• Weapon Crates: New weapon crates can be found in Outposts, Fortresses, and Supply Boats. These crates may contain weapons like Rapidhawk SMG, Hunting Rifle, Galil, IS-1911, as well as attachments and ammunition.
  
• Cosmetic Outfits: Introduced a new set of 'Survivor' outfits for all 4 characters.
  

Changes and Improvements

• Workbench V2: Updated the workbench with a new UI, allowing players to craft items, change firearm attachments, and repair melee weapons/tools.
  
• Item Degradation: Melee weapons and tools now degrade with use and can be repaired at the workbench.
  
• Weapon Info UI: Reworked the bottom right UI to display ammunition type for firearms and a health bar for melee weapons.
  
• Rucksack Model: Added a visible rucksack model to the player character's back when their inventory contains items.
  
• Inventory Rucksacks: Redesigned the death drop rucksacks to spawn on the server, interactable by all players as normal storage containers, with an improved UI for item management. These rucksacks now also save and load correctly.
  
• Weapon Icon Artwork: Updated all weapon icons to match the style of other items.
  
• Metal Axe Model: Upgraded the model for the Metal Axe.
  
• Aiming Adjustments: Lowered the camera field of view when aiming down sights to improve aiming accuracy. Additionally, weapon walk animations now do not play when aiming down sights.
  
• Supply Crates: Removed the ability to add items back into supply crates.
  
• Tree Generation Option: Added an option to generate fewer trees when creating a new save to enhance performance.
  

Bug Fixes

• HV-1 Mission Crash: Fixed a crash that occurred when completing missions while inside the HV-1.
  
• HV-1 Crouch Bug: Fixed a bug where entering the HV-1 while crouching caused it to flip when exiting.
  
• Galil Model: Optimized the Galil weapon model.
  
• Fire Particles: Fixed transparency issues of fire particles against fog.
  
• Map Errors: Corrected errors in certain map locations.
  

Work In-Progress Fixes

• Framerate Optimisation: We're still working on ways to improve framerate. The Part II update will feature further optimisations of in-game assets around the new points of interest.
  
• Furnace Items: Addressing inconsistencies when adding to or removing items from the furnace.
  
• Dialogue Voice Volume: Slightly adjusted dialogue voice volume, but we're continuing to work on achieving a better balance.
  
• Wood Footstep Sounds: Fixing the issue where wood footstep sounds are incorrectly applied when walking on terrain around wood pillars.
  
• Client Control of the HV-1: Ongoing work to resolve issues with client control of the HV-1.
  

Our discord server now features a new bot with commands to report bugs and suggest features that will give users a prompt to fill out. These reports will go straight to our development dashboard so we can work fast to address it and provide updates as we go along. Join the discord!

Thank you! We look forward to hearing about your experience with the new update.