Empires News

We're happy to announce version 2.34.9 which is live on Steam right now.
Changelog below and also on our Website

Come join us on Discord!
Don't forget to check Discord events to see the date and time of when Games are played.
(It's not dead yet)

Did you know we are porting this mod to Unreal Engine 5?
You can follow its development on our Website and/or Discord

Changelog:
[h2]Features[/h2]

• Double clicking of weapons/armor/engine in vehicle custimization now adds/removes. Armor and engine will swap what is equipped if trying to add a different armor.

[h2]Bug fixes[/h2]

• Fixed a bug causing engineer tool to lose charge if the player triggered a re-equip before deploying the weapon.
• Fixed a bug preventing vehicles from repairing on repair stations when taking DMG_CRUSH damage type. (Physics crush damage/Damaged caused by crashing into walls)
• Fixed a client crash relating to guard/attack orders.
• Minor fixes to mini-map player icons.
• Minor fix to cross-hair alignment.
• Minor fix to artillery feedback skill showing hits that occurred before having the skill.
• Minor fix to prevent console spam on the server - caused by vehicle engine heat variables.

[h2]Script/Game Balance[/h2][h3]Vehicle Armors[/h3]

• Regenerative
  • Reduced Cost from 12 to 11
  • Reduced Weight from 15 to 13
  • Reduced Biological Damage Multiplier from 1.25 to 1.1
• Absorbant
  • Increased Cost from 10 to 11
  • Increased Biological Damage Multiplier from 0.5 to 0.8
  • Reduced BulletPlasmaResist from 0.1 to 0
  • Reduced ShellPlasmaResist from 0 to -0.1
• Reactive
  • Increased Cost from 15 to 16
  • Reduced Health from 120 to 110
• Composite
  • Increased Angle modifier from 0.35 to 0.5

[h3]Vehicle Weapons[/h3]

• Homing Missile
  • Increased Reload Time from 5s to 8s
• Plasma Cannon
  • Increased Clip Size from 30 to 40
• Biological Cannon
  • Increased Clip Size from 30 to 40
• Depleted Uranium Machine Gun
  • Reduced Cycle time from 0.105 to 0.09

[h3]Vehicle Engines[/h3]

• Bio Diesel
  • Decreased Heat Stall Penalty from 50% to 25%

[h3]Infantry Weapons[/h3]

• Mines
  • Disabled mine detonation by vehicle carcasses. (This is back to the old behaviour.)
• RPG
  • Reduced Explosion Radius from 75 to 50
  • Reduced Turning Speed from 1.65 to 1.5

Get ready for a night of fun and excitement! The annual Shitmaps event for the Empires is back on January 28th 2023 at 18:00 GMT. Players from all around the world will come together to play on some of the most creative and wacky maps ever seen in the game.

For those who might not be aware, Shitmaps are maps created just for fun games and the Empires community has a long-standing tradition of hosting an event dedicated to these unique creations. With a wide variety of maps to play at, each offering a unique and exciting gameplay experience.

Whether you're a veteran of the game or a newcomer looking to try something new, the Shitmaps event is the perfect opportunity to jump into the action and have some fun.

So, mark your calendars and join us on January 28th 2023 at 18:00 GMT for the annual Shitmaps event in Empires.

Check out some videos of the previous Shitmaps event in 2022: Shitmaps 2022 Playlist

And you can also join our Discord

We'll see you on the battlefield!

We're happy to announce version 2.34.8 which is live on Steam right now.
Changelog below and also on our Website

Come join us on Discord!
Don't forget to check Discord events to see the date and time of when Games are played.
(It's not dead yet)

Did you know we are porting this mod to Unreal Engine 5?
You can follow its development on our Website and/or Discord

Changelog:
[h2]Features[/h2][h3]Changes to squad menu[/h3]

• Fixed some alignment issues on text / icons.
• Text should is now set as ‘proportional’ and should better based on resolution.
• Health values update more reliably and are now colored Red-]Green based on health percentage. (Squad aura indicator is now white, to avoid confusion.)
• The Squad Power icon now has text displaying time left on it’s timer.
• Fixed some issues with the squad member flashing indicator when squad members fire weapons. (This now flashes their name instead of the whole row background.)

[h3]Changes to squad revive[/h3]

• Improved the checks used for positioning revived players. Ray casts are more predictable in terms of where players might be revived, using a radius around the squad leader.
• Added extra checks to prevent reviving through terrain. This might not cover every situation but it’s a big improvement over the previous method.
• Player’s are no longer revived on locations where they would fall down a slope. It will instead try a different location.
• Squad members now revive slightly closer to the squad leader if the revive is successful. Previously players would spawn in very random locations which could be quite far from the squad leader, leaving no opportunity for counter play from the enemy team. This is no longer the case and squad revive is more predictable, both for the squad leader and the enemy!
• Revived squad members now point in the direction that the squad leader was looking, rather than always pointing toward east!

[h2]Bug fixes[/h2]

• Spotting is now removed when a player dies. Previously the spotting diamond would display until the spotting timer expired.
• Updated console font to be proportional. It should now be readable on most resolutions.
• Updated some mini-map fonts to be proportional. These should now be readable on most resolutions.
• Fixed an issue with chat closing when you get revived. Although there are benefits to this, it can be annoying if you typed out a whole message and lose it all!
• Fixed issues where the engineer tool couldn’t detect a ragdoll when attempting to revive players. (Reviving players who died in water is now fixed!)
• Fixed a bug where the squad menu player ordering would break, leaving gaps and breaking the squad menu. This only occurred when the round had ended.

[h2]Script/Game Balance[/h2][h3]Changes to infantry movement[/h3]

• Speed upgrade now increases swim speed through water. There was previously a bug causing players to move at the maximum speed regardless of having the skill or not.
  • Stamina use in water is now the same regardless of player stance (Crouch/standing), this is because the speed is the same regardless of stance.
• Speed upgrade now affects crouch/prone stances - whereas previously they were set to always consider you having the speed upgrade skill.
• Fixed a few bugs causing low movement speed whilst using weapon iron sights. This is a significant change to the previous move speed as it was setting it lower than it should have been.
  • As a result, the view model bobbing effect has been significantly reduced when using weapon iron sights and moving around.
  • Running while in sniper scopes is slower than standard iron sights. (25% reduction but this may need further tweaking.)

[h3]Infantry weapons[/h3]

• Concussion grenades
  • Disable effect to turrets is now applied when the damage is applied rather than separately. Explosion damage is more reliable than the single ray cast method that was previously in use.
    • As a result, the damage radius has been increased to be closer to the original disable radius. Damage falloff reduction has been changed to reflect this. Radius is now 400 (up from 300), damage falloff reduction starts at 200 (down from 300).

[h3]Vehicle Engines[/h3]

• All Engines
  • Gas Turbine
    • Heat Dissipation increased by 1
    • Heat Output At Max decreased by 1
  • Bio Diesel
    • Heat Dissipation increased by 0.5
  • Fission Reactor
    • Heat dissipation increased by 0.5
    • Heat Output At Max decreased by 1

We're happy to announce version 2.34.7 which is live on Steam right now.
Changelog below and also on our Website

Come join us on Discord!
Don't forget to check Discord events to see the date and time of when Games are played.
(It's not dead yet)

Did you know we are porting this mod to Unreal Engine 5?
You can follow its development on our Website and/or Discord

Changelog:
[h2]Bug fixes[/h2]

• Fixed a bug causing the engineer tool to regain more ammo than expected when re-applying the player’s class.
• Fixed an issue preventing map spawned ammo crates from re-supplying tanks in certain situations.
• Fixed a problem with the squad artillery ability being activated in areas that shouldn’t be allowed. (Non sky-box.)

[h2]Script/Game Balance[/h2][h3]Infantry Resists[/h3]

• RPG Resistances and resulting Damage to Infantry is now same as Mortar
• Scout
  • Increased RPG Resist from 0 to 0.19
    • Reduces RPG Damage from 117 to 105
• Rifleman
  • Increased RPG Resist from 0 to 0.1
    • Reduces RPG Damage from 130 to 117
• Grenadier
  • Increased RPG Resist from 0.2 to 0.28
    • Reduces RPG Damage from 104 to 93
• Engineer
  • Increased RPG Resist from 0 to 0.1
    • Reduces RPG Damage from 130 to 117

[h3]Vehicle Weapons[/h3]

• Plasma Cannon
  • Increased Projectile Speed from 3100 to 3300
  • Reduced Gravity from 0.35 to 0.30
  • Reduced Projectile Spread from 1 to 0.4
• Railgun
  • Increased Cost from 120 to 140
• Biological Cannon
  • Increased Damage from 70 to 80
  • Increased Recoil from 70 to 80
  • Increased Speed from 3000 to 3100
  • Reduced Gravity from 0.35 to 0.325
  • Increased Explosion Radius from 150 to 200
  • Increased Infantry Bio Damage from 4 to 6

We're happy to announce version 2.34.6 which is live on Steam right now. Changelog below and also on our website:

Come join us on Discord!

Did you know we are porting this mod to Unreal Engine? You can follow its development on our website, empiresmod.com

Changelog:
[h2]Bug fixes[/h2]

• Fix order distances having incorrect unit conversion from inches to meters.
• Fix an exploit allowing players to refill their engineer tool to full when changing class.
• Disable mine detonation for players on ladders.
• Remove double averaging of scoreboard latency, engine code already handles it.

[h2]Script/Game Balance[/h2][h3]Infantry Resists[/h3]

• Engineer & Rifleman
  • Increased Mortar Resist from 0 to 0.1
    • Reduces Mortar Damage from 130 to 117
• Scout
  • Increased Mortar Resist from 0.1 to 0.19
    • Reduces Mortar Damage from 117 to 105
• Grenadier
  • Increased Mortar Resist from 0.2 to 0.28
    • Reduces Mortar Damage from 104 to 93

[h3]Command Vehicle[/h3]

• Reduced Engineer Hull Repair from 3 to 1
  • It triples the time it takes to repair the Command Vehicle’s Hull
• Reduced Engineer Armor Repair from 0.04 to 0.01
  • It Quadruples the time it takes to repair the Command Vehicle’s Armor
• Reduced Command Vehicle’s Armor Health from 275 to 250
• Reduced Command Vehicle’s Armor Regenaration from 0.004 to 0.002
• Increased Command Vehicle’s Armor Damage to Heat Absorbed from 0.025 to 0.04

[h3]Vehicle Armors[/h3]

• All Armors
  • Increased Squad Artillery Resistance from 0 to 0.25

[h3]Vehicle Weapons[/h3]

• Extended Range Cannon
  • Increased Gravity from 0.1 to 0.15
• Plasma Cannon
  • Increased Explosion Force from 100 to 500
• Railgun
  • Increased Gravity from 0.04 to 0.05
  • Increased Explosion Force from 50 to 1000
• Biological Cannon
  • Increased Explosion Force from 170 to 300
• Upgraded Missile Launcher
  • Reduced Heat from 6.5 to 6
  • Reduced Weight from 70 to 60
  • Increased Explosion Force from 50 to 100
• Biological Missile Launcher
  • Reduced Weight from 70 to 60
• Salvo Missile Launcher
  • Reduced Weight from 60 to 55
  • Increased Explosion Force from 20 to 50
• Guided Missile Launcher
  • Reduced Heat from 9 to 8
  • Reduced Weight from 70 to 60
  • Increased Clip Size from 4 to 5
  • Increased Explosion Force from 40 to 100
• Homing Missile Launcher
  • Increased Explosion Force from 40 to 500

[h3]Infantry Weapons[/h3]

• Mortar & RPG now share the same ammo
  • It effectively reduces the amount of ammo Grenadiers carry by half
• Mortar
  • Reduced Speed from 2000 to 1800
• Northern Faction .50cal Rifle
  • Increased Minimal Damage from 20 to 30
    • It ensures that it takes 4 shots to kill an enemy on distances shorter than ~6000 units