FIREFIGHT RELOADED News

Hi everyone!

As I have said on the original comments and the Discord, the translations page on translations.bitl.dev is down, due to my hosting software, YunoHost, removing the software for the site after an update for it failed. Fortunately, all the data is safe and was saved in a backup. However, I wasn't able to restore the backup or re-install the software that runs translations.bitl.dev, so I found an alternative and uploaded the data there.

https://gitlocalize.com/repo/9958

The original blog post store.steampowered.com/news/app/397680/view/4536906156535185614 will be updated with the new link. If you're interested in translating, I'd highly recommend reading this post.

I apologize for any inconvenience.

An update for FIREFIGHT RELOADED's Beta has been released. The update will be applied when you restart FIREFIGHT RELOADED's Beta.

Note: This requires you to use the "beta" beta branch within Steam. Go to properties, betas and then select "beta"

- Bullets are now visible in bullettime mode.
- Fixed Combine Elites and Aces turning around when shooting Energy Balls.
- Fixed precaching issues with some Half-Life 2 maps.
- Fixed a bug where map transitions would hide the weapon.
- Re-edited mapadds and map-specific spawnlists into their own files.
- Mapinfo files are now moved to the maps folder.
- Removed nodegraph .txt files for HL2 Survivor maps as they already have nodes built into the maps themselves.
- Improved gib explosions.
- VBSP: added "Fix smoothing groups not working on detail brushes." ( https://github.com/ValveSoftware/source-sdk-2013/pull/391 )
- With ai_disappear on, the mod will now remove NPCs at a set distance alongside the visibility checks to improve performance.
- The mod will now disable spawners at a set distance to improve performance.
- Added the ability to control the behavior of NPC removal and spawners at low framerates, known as "NPC FPS Control"
- At a specified low FPS, NPCs can be removed and spawners can be temporarily disabled to improve performance.
- Added "firefight_whiteforest", the first custom FIREFIGHT RELOADED map based off the iconic White Forest fight!
- Note: This map is still in beta.

EDIT: due to a failed plan to move all of the Beta's changelogs to the official discord, the changelog for a previous update wasn't posted to Steam. Here's the changelog for that update:

BETA for 10/19/2024:

Fixed a crash involving C_BaseObject::StopAnimGeneratedSounds.
Added Reformed (friendly) Combine Soldiers, Aces, Hunters and Elites.
Buffed the Combine Ace's melee attack damage from 20 to 30.
Added HECU Marines.
Added Reformed (friendly) Metrocops, Manhacks, and HECU Marines for modding purposes.
Ministriders are now closer to their original HL2 Episode 1 versions:
They no longer melee or charge.
They are vulnerable to most weapons.
Their health is now set to the proper amount (300)
They can fire 60 AR2 pulse rounds in a single burst.
Added fr_version command.
Fixed an issue where the Max Health upgrade doesn't give additonal health.
Added the following upgrades:
XP Boost: Adds up to a 3x boost to XP rewards, including through Achievements. Each upgrade adds 1x more XP to the multiplier.
Kash Boost: Adds up to a 3x boost to Kash rewards, including through Achievements and Kash Bonuses. Each upgrade adds 1x more Kash to the multiplier.
Health Regeneration Interval Upgrade: By default, you can regenerate your health in intervals of 10. Purchasing this upgrade will increase the health regeneration interval up to 100. Each upgrade adds 10 (1x) more health to the interval multiplier.
Fixed an issue where Antlion Guards and Antlion Guardians are considered allies to player allies after using bugbait.
Fixed allied antlions not immediately attacking enemies.
Balanced the Grapple:
The Grapple can be used up to 1500 Hammer Units.
The Grapple will take rapidly use 7 points of the HEV suit battery while the Grapple is being used.
Set sk_spawnerhidefromplayer to 1
Fixed an error with the tutorial where it mentions a cut Grapple feature.

Please note that this beta update has no updated localization files yet. They will be applied in a later update.

Be sure to join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/4MfShzF for more future updates!

An update for FIREFIGHT RELOADED's SDK has been released. The update will be applied when you restart FIREFIGHT RELOADED's SDK.

- Upgraded the SDK applications to .NET 6.0 from .NET Framework 4.6.2.

Be sure to join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/4MfShzF for more future updates!

Hey all, recently I just set up a new translation page for FIREFIGHT RELOADED if anyone would like to contribute.

UPDATE: new link. Read store.steampowered.com/news/app/397680/view/4477236002110309476 for more info.

https://gitlocalize.com/repo/9958

This features the original translations made by FarSeer (Russian) and Insane Black Rock Shooter (Simplified Chinese) as a basis. You won't need an account, you have the full ability to suggest translations. UPDATE: Due to the site change, you will need a GitHub account to suggest translations.

All translations will be manually reviewed before they are merged into FIREFIGHT RELOADED. Any strings deemed malicious will have strings reverted back to English. Do not use any machine-translation service or AI. Translations will be reviewed and/or approved before the release of an update.

UPDATE: For Chinese translators: GitLocalize doesn't have Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese specifically, so it is set up slightly wierdly here:

"Chinese, China" is zh_Hant (Traditional Chinese)
"Chinese" is zh_Hans (Simplified Chinese)

If you would like to be credited in FIREFIGHT RELOADED for your language contributions, please post in the Steam discussions page for this blog post with the language name you are translating the game into.

EDIT: some additional things I need to note:

Translations will have 2 phases of approval:
1. They will be merged into the main repo at 100% to save and preserve the language throughout development. They don't get added into the beta branches until the update reaches the finalization stage, within a month or so from planned release date.
2. Upon the finalization stage of a new update, the finished languages will be reviewed and get added into the mod. If any problematic language string/s are found or anything that violates the rules above, they will be removed and the language won't be added into the mod until the string/s are fixed.

DO NOT USE GitLocalize's MACHINE TRANSLATION SERVICE AS IT WILL RESULT IN THE LANGUAGE GETTING RESET AS IT WILL VIOLATE THE ABOVE RULES.

Hello everyone! I am proud to announce that the next FIREFIGHT RELOADED major update is in development. Titled "INVASION", it is planned to be released sometime in 2025, just in time for FIREFIGHT RELOADED's 10th anniversary. It is going to introduce new enemies (to FR), weapons and upgrades to the FIREFIGHT RELOADED sandbox. This update will also improve on the gameplay, but not to the level of ENDGAME as it is focused on content.

If you would like to test out the update as it develops, check out the public "beta" branch. You can access the branch by going to the mods's properties in Steam, and then going to Betas. Afterwards, select "beta" in the drop down menu. Beta update changelogs will be in the FIREFIGHT RELOADED discord as, going forward, I don't want to fill up the community tab with update changelogs for an update that hasn't released yet. I feel like it clutters space when update teasers, dev blogs, bugfix changelogs, major update FAQs, and major update changelogs should be the main focus for the community tab. The discord guild is at https://discord.gg/4MfShzF in the #development-and-beta-updates channel if you wish to access the changelogs.