Heroes of Valor News

[p]Soldiers, 
[/p][p]Temperatures are rising. Sweat is building up under your heavy helmets. Only one way to combat this sweltering heat and keep morale high: We are giving you the order to splish-splash around! 
[/p][p]The Summer Heroes event is here – from today ‘til September 15th![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Take off those heavy uniforms and hop into the ocean in our beach gear. [/p][p][/p][p]Suit up with colorful new swimsuits, float your way to victory with military grade floaties, and make waves with vibrant flippers engineered for aquatic assaults. Keep the sun out of your eyes with a laid-back straw or fisher hat, and bring the heat with all-new water-themed weapon skins that turn your loadout into a summer arsenal.[/p][p][/p][p]How to get your hands on this sweet, summery swag? [/p]

1. [p]Play the game and unlock Beach Balls. [/p]
2. [p]Once you’ve collected enough, head to the Rewards shop and claim your beach looks!
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[p]Not a beach rat? We’re also working on another outfit for those who’d rather spend their holidays sightseeing. And if you (or your friends) haven’t joined the battle yet, you can get Heroes of Valor at a 20% discount for a limited time. [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Want to see what else is new? Here are the patch notes:[/p][p][/p][p]Character[/p]

• [p]New character texture[/p]
• [p]New character weapon poses[/p]
• [p]New jump animation[/p]
• [p]Lots of animation tweaks (still work in progress, more animation improvements coming)[/p]

[p] [/p][p]UI[/p]

• [p]Completely new action bar that no longer obscures character and that is positioned in the bottom right corner (weapon info and action bar are merged into one now)[/p]
• [p]New action bar now also shows ammo percentage of unequipped items[/p]
• [p]Classic crosshair removed (custom crosshair is now to be used)[/p]
• [p]Added "show cross lines" option to custom crosshair which now allows you to have just a dot or a completely invisible crosshair[/p]
• [p]New hit indicator[/p]
• [p]New hit sound[/p]
• [p]New kill sound[/p]
• [p]New kill confirm pop-up that now shows multi and consecutive kills in a list[/p]
• [p]New skill ready sound[/p]
• [p]Increased max displayed chat messages from 8 -> 10[/p]
• [p]Changed kill and assist icon colours in scoreboard from yellow/blue to red/grey[/p]
• [p]Simplified special kill notifications a bit (as part of it's previous info has been moved to the new kill confirm popup)[/p]
• [p]Vehicle HP is now positioned to the right of the character HP instead of the left[/p]
• [p]Usernames now gradually fade out the further they are away from you (less screen clutter)[/p]
• [p]Friendly health bars above usernames now only visible when friendly is not at full HP (less screen clutter)[/p]
• [p]Added ammo counter next to crosshair that shows current ammo in red when under 25%[/p]

[p] [/p][p]Other improvements[/p]

• [p]New Trooper heal skill sound[/p]
• [p]Heal skill particle effect refined[/p]
• [p]Added weapon front glow to Fire Bullet skill[/p]
• [p]Added fire trails and glow to Fire Bullets fired from a weapon[/p]
• [p]Reduced muzzle size from 1.25 -> 0.6[/p]
• [p]Improved tank firing sound[/p]

[p] [/p][p]Summer Heroes event[/p]

• [p]Summer Heroes main menu environment[/p]
• [p]Main menu theme song Summer Heroes remix[/p]
• [p]Added Summer Heroes 2025 beach ball token Steam item (1 token every 20 minutes)[/p]
• [p]Added Summer Heroes cosmetics[/p]

[p] [/p][p]Balance and game tweaks[/p]

• [p]Scoped rifles now use a magazine[/p]
• [p]Increased reload time of poison trap from 7s to 20s[/p]
• [p]Increased sprint recovery speed after firing a weapon[/p]
• [p]Tweaked camera position a bit[/p]
• [p]Added slight camera shake to weapon firing[/p]
• [p]Crosshair now hidden when reloading[/p]
• [p]Decreased chat message font size from 15 -> 14[/p]
• [p]Reworked AT rifle to fire a slow traveling arcing projectile (similar to tank projectile) and now has 3 cartridge magazine[/p]
• [p]AT rifle damage increased from 40 -> 45[/p]
• [p]AT rifle reload increased from 1.2 -> 2s[/p]

[p]Cosmetic items[/p]

• [p]Red headband moved to Axis[/p]
• [p]Allied headband now green[/p]
• [p]Added black headband[/p]
• [p]Added blue headband[/p]

[p] [/p][p]Main menu[/p]

• [p]Added leaderboard category tab and PVP score category[/p]
• [p]PVP score now the main/first leaderboard category[/p]
• [p]You can now switch between a close-up face camera and a body camera in the hero customization screen[/p]

[p] [/p][p]Bug fixes[/p]

• [p]Fixed team select issue with ultra wide screen monitors[/p]
• [p]Valor Coins should now always stack as intended[/p]
• [p]Character corpses should now fall through the water on BB in stead of laying on it[/p]
• [p]Lesser heavy shields (applied to other teammates) now have half HP(30) as intended (instead of 60HP)
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[p]Soldiers, remember: even while you’re building sandcastles and sipping cocktails from a coconut, the enemy is never far.[/p][p][/p][p]See you in the sun,[/p][p]Fancy Cat Interactive[/p][p]
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Hello heroes! :D

Been working on some serious optimizations that should increase FPS quite significantly as well as a lot of network optimizations that should make the game use less bandwith and therefor have a smoother overall multiplayer experience.

We're working on a lot more bug fixes such as a fix for the coin stacking, plane swap board, lingering backseat gun, ... Except a few more hotfix and bug fix updates soon. :)

Cheers!

-big network optimization pass
-big FPS optimization pass
-tank reload bar no longer flashes red when reloading (bug fix)
-fixed incorrect host determination after traveling to a new map (votekick / ban menu bugs)
-fixed planes slowing down when flying fast close to the ground
-fixed national skin and face not working in-game
-dynamic/custom crosshair now also fades a little while reloading like the classic crosshair
-vehicle usernames should now be much more reliably rendered (planes and tanks sometimes not showing username tag bug fix)
-TNT stuck to a player should no longer block the player's bullets
-attack plane rockets should now be much more responsive and reliable in damage output

-should now be able to join password protected servers with the correct password again (sorry for the inconvenience this caused)
-tweaked ragdoll activation time for less buggy and spazzy ragdolls
-joining games through steam friend list should now work
-game should now take focus on launch
-further improved plane transform smoothness
-further improved tank transform smoothness
-fixed knife slash + throw insta-kill exploit
-changed it so that launch inflicter always gets the kill now when target lands in the water
-water kills should now show in kill-feed
-reworked active skill progress bar a bit to be better visible and added skill ending animation
-fixed Overcharge effect not staying as long as the skill is active which caused confusion about the skill still being active or not
-fixed screen shake happening on server host whenever an AI tank collides with a character
-AI tanks should no longer get stuck on other AI characters
-cursor should no longer disappear after map load on hosts

-fixed quickplay
-fixed stuck scoreboard bug
-fixed broken vehicle exit locations (mainly on planes and tanks)

-added no go zone under bridge (exploit fix)
-fixed spawning in center of map on Ruin Rumble bug
-reduced explosion launch from 50% increase to 25% increase
-fixed some collision issues on Barricade Bridge
-increased capture radius of central flag on barricade Bridge