FIREFIGHT RELOADED News

Hi everyone,

Normally, I would wait until the end of the month to post updates about ENDGAME. However, some criticisms have been brought up to me fairly recently, and as the main (and only) developer of the project, I want to address these concerns.

ENDGAME has had a rocky development, with multiple engine changes, and some planned features being announced but were cut. I have said multiple things about the development, which have promised a lot of things about the update. In my recent blog post, I have stated that I won't be changing the engine, which lead to some of you criticizing me for falling back on a promise. I acknowledge that, and I deeply apologize. I respect whatever future decision you make with the mod, and I have no excuses for what I have potentially done. As a result, I'm going to address these concerns in this blog post.

In the Source SDK, the code itself is extremely limited, with zero to no access to the main engine code. However, the engine itself can be fixed using what we have. Valve has given us modders quite a few ways to fix engine-level issues, and a lot of fixes have been made alongside that. During ENDGAME's development, I have been and will be implementing multiple SDK fixes (https://github.com/ValveSoftware/source-sdk-2013/pulls) that will enhance the stability of the engine, alongside implementing bug fixes contained in forks of the SDK code. Some of these fixes have been implemented recently, but I will implement more of these fixes to ensure engine stability. Engine fixes WILL be implemented to make sure FIREFIGHT is a stable mod.

In addition, very recently I have identified 5-6 sources of crashes and have fixed them accordingly. After these fixes were implemented, I have seen less crashes occur when playtesting. This may not be the case on other users' machines, but this is a big step forward towards stability for the mod. This is why i'm planning on releasing a snapshot of the current development process of the mod when it is decently stable. More crashes will be fixed in the future as I work on and playtest the mod. If you would like to view progress on the update, please look at the GitHub commit log here: https://github.com/FIREFIGHT-RELOADED/FIREFIGHT-RELOADED-src-sdk-2013/commits/endgame

I have known for a while that FIREFIGHT RELOADED is a very unstable mod in its current state. I will be implementing new fixes to counteract crashes with the game and engine issues, and delivering a new snapshot to further help with playtesting and debugging. I am committed first hand to focus on enhancing the stability of the mod first before gameplay. Fixing these crashes and issues is one of the main goals of the ENDGAME update. I take criticism of my projects very seriously, and I will work to address criticisms of the mod first-hand.

Now, onto gameplay plans for the update. After the majority of issues are fixed, development will focus solely on the planned wave system. One idea I recently had was to give NPCs attributes that enhance their abilities, such as a Hunter that fires rockets for example. However, I will say that these are merely just ideas at this point, and haven't been implemented in the mod yet. I will post later updates on this in next month's blog post.

Thank you for reading, and thank you for your patience. It has almost been 4 years since I announced this update, and I want to deliver ENDGAME by the end of this year. However, I want to deliver it in the best shape it can be, so fixes and crashes will take priority over gameplay changes. I hope this blog post addresses your concerns about the update. A future blog post will be released when the snapshot is out.

- Bitl

Hi everyone, here's a very small update.

If you're planning on playing FIREFIGHT RELOADED with a controller, phone or Steam Deck, you're in luck! I have created several configs for 4 different controller layouts in Big Picture Mode, which can be transferred over to different controllers:

- Default FIREFIGHT RELOADED Layout: Basic layout configured for Xbox One style controllers, but can be used as a template for every controller, including Switch Pro Controller (No Gyro), PS4, PS5 (No Gyro), 8BitDo SN30 Pro+, Steam Controller, or Steam Deck.

- Default FIREFIGHT RELOADED Layout (SN30 Pro+/Pro 2 Android): Same as the previous one, but configured for the 8BitDo SN30 Pro+ in Android/DirectInput mode.

- Default FIREFIGHT RELOADED Layout (Switch Pro): Same as the Default FIREFIGHT RELOADED Layout, but controls are configured to run on the Switch Pro Controller, with gyro enabled. Gyro settings should work fine on the PS5 controller with minimal tinkering.

- Default FIREFIGHT RELOADED Layout (SteamLink Mobile): Same as the Default FIREFIGHT RELOADED Layout, but configured so it runs on SteamLink Mobile.

Feel free to submit feedback about these controls. These are configured to work with the latest internal version of ENDGAME, so some controls may need to be rebound in-game for them to function.

bind "g" "+grapple"
bind "q" "lastinv"
bind "F2" "incrementvar hud_fastswitch 0 3 3"

This is done in an effort to make FIREFIGHT RELOADED support as many controllers as possible, and run fine on Steam Deck after it is compiled for Linux/SteamOS 3.0.

Edit: For those who are wondering, these controls were configured with my 8BitDo SN30 Pro+ controller on the various settings.

Thank you all for you support!

- Bitl

Hi everyone,

Today I wanted to inform everyone about how the ENDGAME update is going. The plan is to release the ENDGAME update by the end of this year.

The priority is to:

- Implement a wave-based survival mode that will become the default gameplay standard.
- Re-balance gameplay and removing enemies and weapons that negatively impact gameplay.
- Fix the majority of crashes and issues.
- Implement more mod tools to the modding SDK, such as a workshop uploader.
- Get the mod working on Linux/SteamOS, alongside adding full controller support for Steam Deck.

I want to release this update in a relatively stable state. Due to the amount of projects I had to work on while working on ENDGAME, this significantly slowed down progress of the update, and I lost track of what I was working on when going back to it. This update will NOT be as big as I originally planned on doing it, but I want to provide a very good experience for players. I have streamlined the main focus to the top 5 goals above to make the completion of this update quicker. However, I've had to cancel some changes.

Mapbase is no longer used as it caused issues during development, as well as planned ports to future SDK engine versions. Due to this, the engine itself won't be updated. Any kind of engine update would have increased development time, which I want to avoid with releasing an update that has taken this long to develop. However, changes to the game that were made during the Mapbase engine were moved over (such as the re-addition of gamemodes).

I plan on releasing monthly blog posts about the development leading to ENDGAME's release. I apologize for the severe lack of updates regarding it over the last few years and hopefully this will be one of the first few updates.

If you would like to suggest any ideas, please post in the steam discussions, in the comments to this post, or on the FIREFIGHT RELOADED Discord server. (https://discord.gg/4MfShzF)

Thank you, and I apologize deeply for the long wait.

- Bitl, Bitl Development Studios.

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

- Added a setting that allows you to re-enable the "boost" after double jumping.
- Disabled double jumping by default. It can still be turned on in the Advanced Options menu.
- This is to make room for more ways to traverse around the map. Keep your eyes peeled for updates!
- Fixed a bug where g_fr_spawneroldfunctionality didn't work properly.
- Setting this option to 0 would enable gamemodes when it should be set to 1 to enable gamemodes.
- Fixed a crash upon loading the game.
- Increased the air acceleration to 150 for easier bunnyhop control.

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

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

- Fixed the localization text.

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