Forts News

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Congratulations to team 974, winners of Tournament XXX!

Julian, Nils, and butterdog constructed gigantic shared bases to deliver precision attacks on their way to winning Tournament XXX. Taking full advantage of co-op on elimination, removing cores only made them stronger and allowed their fort to grow. Then they employed focused firepower to hammer away at weak spots.

974 finding a fatal weakness in Die Kupferstecher's base
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In 2nd, Alesio, I am myself, and klaualles on team Die Kupferstecher put on a dazzling display of map control and weapon variety. With ever present snipers, and a dizzying mix of cannons, lasers, mortars, missiles, and magnabeams they applied constant pressure from every angle.

Die Kupferstecher circumventing the defenses of team Pizza
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And in 3rd, EtaN, Der Benzinpreisvergleicher, and Taichu showcased superb base designs and individual prowess.

Everything is on fire courtesy of team Pizza
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[h3]1st Place - $150 in Steam Gift cards[/h3]

974

• Julian
  
• Nils
  
• butterdog
  

[h3]2nd Place - $75 in Steam Gift cards[/h3]

Die Kupferstecher

• Alesio
  
• I am myself
  
• klaualles
  

[h3]3rd Place - $30 in Steam Gift cards[/h3]

Pizza

• EtaN
  
• Der Benzinpreisvergleicher
  
• Taichu
  

Prizes split equally between teammates

[h2]Challengermode Bracket[/h2]
Tournament XXX Bracket

[h2]Replays & VODs[/h2]

Thank you to hosts and casters Project Incursus and Salzwerk

Tournament replays are available in the Featured tab of the Replays menu in-game, and tournament videos are available below.

English cast with Project Incursus
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German cast with Salzwerk
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[h2]Make Sure To Join Our Discord[/h2]

If you haven't already, join our Forts Official Discord server to connect with other players, share strategies, create maps/mods, and receive advance notice of upcoming events.


Cheers,
EWG

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Congratulations to Poolboy, winner of Season 33. Having thrice finished second and countless top 20 appearances, this marks their first time topping the rankings. Finishing in 2nd is EtaN, perennial winner and reigning FPL champion with partner Dranistian. And in 3rd taking Bronze is klaualles, ending their 2 season winning streak but retaining a spot on the podium.


While the top 3 places receive Gold, Silver, and Bronze, every player finishing within the top 20 will receive a Season 30 Medal. Congratulations to all medalists as well!

Season 33 trivia:

• Balls had both the longest and shortest matches of the season (and for the same reason)
  
• Shockenaugh came into their own with the expansion friendly map pool
  
• Missiles also made a comeback as a result of all the available real estate
  
• The evolution of core swings has continued unabated, some of which even work

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[h2]1v1 Leaderboard[/h2]

1. Poolboy
   
2. EtaN
   
3. klaualles
   
4. Not Poolboy
   
5. [WTF] Domy
   
6. Hallrassy
   
7. Nainibrok
   
8. 9tr
   
9. Nils
   
10. margarinedog
    
11. budderdo
    
12. I am myself
    
13. greatwo
    
14. brainboomxs
    
15. salty snekko
    
16. Julian
    
17. Snipper Sniffer
    
18. Cloud
    
19. ニャミ•キメラ
    
20. BaumstaenderTTV
    

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[h2]Season 32[/h2]
Season 34 is already underway and will run through March 31st. This season's map pool consists of the following battlefields:

• Balls
  
• Elephants
  
• Hillfort
  
• Pillars
  
• Split
  
• Vanilla
  

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[h2]Make Sure To Join Our Discord[/h2]

If you haven't already, join our Forts Official Discord server to connect with other players, share strategies, create maps/mods, and receive advance notice of upcoming events.


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Cheers,
EWG

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Are you ready for Season 5 of the Forts Pro League? Now with massively increased prizes! Everyone can sign up for the FPL group stage and registration opens on February 8th! Register your team on Challengermode and Discord following the instructions below.

Teams will be seeded into groups of 8 where they will face each other in a round robin format, with one match being played per week. Teams may schedule their match at any time during the week, but if they have not played by Sunday at 8pm utc that given week they must contact a league official on Discord and make themselves available to play their match at this time. Any team not present will forfeit that match. At the end of this stage, the teams with the most points in each group will qualify for the playoffs, where the ultimate winners will be decided.

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When is it going to happen?

Signups for the FPL begin on February 8th and end on March 8th at 8pm utc. Opening day is March 15th at 8pm utc. The playoffs (tentatively scheduled for May 10th 8pm utc) will be held once the round robin stage has concluded.
If you want to participate, make sure you are free on May 10th as well as the two weekends afterwards.

How to participate?

Everyone is eligible to sign up for the group stage of the FPL!

First, see the Forts Pro League Official Rules

Then form your team of two and meet the following requirements. Player names must be clearly readable and match on Discord, Steam and Challengermode. The maximum length is 16 characters for teams. Players are expected to use this name when playing all of their matches. Offensive player or team names and profile images will result in disqualification from the league. Players currently under ranked or multiplayer bans are also ineligible to compete.

Team tags must be 3 characters or less.

Team logos should be 128x128 pixels. Offensive images will result in disqualification.

How to join the Forts Pro League:

• Make sure you have created your team on Challengermode;
  
• Message @42scientist or @taichuz on the Forts Official Discord with your Team name, composition, team tag and logo. Also include the Discord and Steam ID's of you and your teammate.;
  
• You will then receive an invitation for your team to join the League event;
  
• Accept the invitation on Challengermode;
  
• You are now officially registered in the Forts Pro League!
  
  

Team Capacitor
(Link to the challengermode team)
[CAP] Fred
(Link to Fred's Steam profile)
[CAP] Max
(Link to Max's Steam profile)

Sample entry with Team and Logo



What are the prizes for Pro League?

• 1st place: $500
  
  
• 2nd place: $250
  
  
• 3rd place: $100
  

Prizes will be split equally between team members and distributed as a Steam gift card.

[h2]Where?[/h2]

• FPL Season 5 at Challengermode
  
  
• The Official Forts Discord

[h2]Rules[/h2]

For more information on rules and match scheduling please read the Forts Pro League Official Rules

Earthwork Games reserves the right to make changes to this event as needed

[h2]Streamers[/h2]

Project Incursus

Salzwerk

Communauté Forts FR (Gusteagle & Pile Rouillée)

Cheers,
EWG

G'day Forts fans!

In this update we introduce four new 3v3 maps, including the winners of the recent Forts Map Making Contest 6. Input responsiveness is improved, and we've tweaked camera controls for better feel. There are also a few balance changes to commanders, and a bunch of bug fixes.

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Add: 3v3 version of the Vanilla map
Add: Winning maps from Forts Map Making Contest 6 (Shattered Rift, Mountain King 3v3 and Regicide 3v3)

Balance: (Pinchfist) Removed the 5% resource gathering boost
Balance: (Overdrive) Increase GaugeDamageHitpoints from 4050 to 4860 (+20%)
Balance: (Firebird active) Machineguns take 33% less time to overheat

Improve: Reduce FramesPerTick from 4 to 2 to increase input responsiveness
Improve: Zooming in step is equal to zooming out step by default

Fix: (Crevice) Some foundations not exactly aligned to grid
Fix: (Crevice) Team 2 can't fire missiles down from ball
Fix: Clients who have left still appear in the player list UI
Fix: Damage device smoke is drawn under terrain
Fix: Device SaveName is not always set during sprite loading of device scripts
Fix: device.lua and weapon.lua is not applied during sprite loading of device scripts
Fix: Devices can be deleted rapidly after upgrade
Fix: Directional camera controls sluggish while zooming in
Fix: FireWeapon doesn't use correct fire cost when using Eagle Eye's ReloadBack mechanic
Fix: Forfeiting in the ranked commander selection screen allows the same map to be repeated
Fix: Freeze or desync caused by corrupt packets
Fix: Host crash when a player joins and the world state is very complex
Fix: If host sets 'lock forts' while clients are in fort select screen, they can still select their forts
Fix: Map preview generation inconsistent when you start from the team 2 fort
Fix: Map preview generation is inconsistent with vulkan
Fix: Map requires Moonshot when included mod only supports it
Fix: Moonshine generates a warning about MaxLinkLength being out of bounds
Fix: Moonshot environments not visible or have no preview
Fix: Players with previous bans missing the Continue button if EnableBanWarning = false
Fix: PNG files can cause a crash when using Vulkan.
Fix: Resetting tips in game causes lua errors
Fix: Sniper laser sight can pass through terrain
Fix: Unable to extrude Moonshine shield to full extent
Fix: Warhead trail (flying) sounds were higher priority than explosion sounds, causing explosions not to be heard when spammed by the crazy modders (yes, I'm looking at you DeltaWing)

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Fix: (Vanilla 3v3) Buggy windfloor and surface texture is missing at back right (replays from previous build will desync)
Fix: (Vulkan) Screenshots are not included in crash reports
Fix: Ranked desync reports are not uploaded
Fix: Failure to connect to a lobby always shows the timeout or corruption message

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Fix: Join desync when host CPU is under heavy load
Fix: Latest ranked season medals appear as white squares
Fix: Vanilla 3v3 map can be opened by the map editor
Fix: Error messages from ranked match are not shown until player returns to the lobby select screen

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[h2]Make Sure To Join Our Discord[/h2]

If you haven't already, join our Forts Official Discord server to connect with other players, share strategies, create maps/mods, and receive advance notice of upcoming events.

Cheers,
EWG

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Right after the previous Map Making Competition, we'd like to move swiftly towards our next event! It will be including some of the newest maps added from FMMC6, using the Moonshot DLC. XXX will be held on February 22nd at 8pm UTC, March 1st at 8pm UTC, and March 8th at 8pm UTC. This event will be 3v3 Co-op on Elimination with up to 16 teams competing on a variety of maps. Qualifiers will be Best of 1, Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and Bronze match Best of 3. Due to time concerns, we cannot guarantee the Finals to be Best of 5 as of now.



Registration will open at 8pm UTC on the 1st of February. In order to register, every participant should ping 42scientist on the Forts Official Discord server with their challengermode team, and then be invited on Challengermode.

Hosts:
Project Incursus Salzwerk

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On to the details.


When will Registration open?

February 1st 2025 at

• 12pm PST (West Coast USA)
  
• 3pm EST (East Coast USA)
  
• 8pm GMT (London)
  
• 9pm CET (France, Germany)
  
• 7am February 2nd AEDT (Brisbane Australia)
  

Entries submitted before this time will not be accepted. Once registration has opened the first 16 teams to submit a valid entry will be admitted. Valid entries must fulfill the requirements listed below under How do I join?


How will players be seeded?

Seedings will be based on past results in official events and ranked seasons.


Prizes?

The prize pool is as follows:

• 1st place $150
  
• 2nd place $75
  
• 3rd place $30
  
  

Prizes will be awarded in the form of Steam digital gift cards, divided equally between players of the team

If you have any additional questions please contact us on Discord.
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[h2]How do I join?[/h2]

In order to participate, you must do the following...

• Join the Official FORTS Discord
  
• Your names on Discord, Steam and Challengermode must match
  
• Inappropriate competitor names/logos/team names will not be accepted
  
• Send a message on Discord to 42scientist with your CM team and Steam profiles, team name, tag, logo and team composition
  
• Team name must not exceed 16 characters, team tag must not exceed 3 letters
  
• Team logo must not exceed 100kb (ideally 128x128)
  
• Registration will not open until February 1st at 8pm UTC
  
• Maximum of 16 teams
  

• Tournament XXX starts February 22nd, 2025 at...
  
• 12am PST (West Coast USA)
  
• 3pm EST (East Coast USA)
  
• 8pm GMT (London)
  
• 9pm CET (France, Germany)
  
• 7am 23rd of February AEDT (Brisbane Australia)
  

• The FORTS Tournament lobby
  
• The Official FORTS Discord
  
• Challengermode Bracket

• 3v3 Co-op on Elimination
  
• Choose your own fort
  
• Single elimination
  
• 30 minute time limit
  
• Moonshot enabled
  
• Tons of Guns enabled
  
• Portals enabled
  
• Commanders enabled
  
• Commander bans
  
• Draws decided by core damage inflicted (total damage if core health is equal)
  
• Maximum of 16 teams
  
• Check-in on Discord starts 1 hour before tournament
  
• Late or absent players forfeit their matches
  
• Use of exploits or bugs for self-charging or any other purpose is strictly forbidden.
  
• Tactical sacrifices are allowed
  
• Earthwork Games reserves the right to make changes to this event as needed
  

Project Incursus Salzwerk

• Vanilla 3v3
  
• mountain king
  
• shattered rift
  
• up & down 3v3
  
• pillars 3v3
  
• java 3v3

Cheers,
EWG