EmergeNYC News

Update 0.8.3S is live and fixes an issue where the multiplayer servers were down. As most of you know I moved to NYC in the beginning of June and have been getting settled in and moved in hence the lack of patches in July. I’m about 85% done with getting Manhattan up to date and back in the game. We are adding new mechanics, interiors, and emergencies to the game as well as bug fixes.

Our texture artist Tommy has been hard at work and has created some exceptional skins for some other real life Brooklyn companies that surround the Brooklyn map area which we MAY expand in the future. For now these 8 new companies can be used as relocations, second alarm units, etc. I’ve chosen to include these companies in this patch while we finish up Manhattan. Thank you all for your patience!

0.8.3S

Fixed Multiplayer Server connection issues
Added 9 new companies to Brooklyn
Engine 249

Engine 255
Engine 280

Ladder 113 - Rearmount

Ladder 157 - Tower Ladder

Ladder 175 - Tiller

Ladder 120 - Tower Ladder

Ladder 132
Ladder 174 - Rearmount


Added a spare for Ladder 123

Fixed an awkward Engine sound from version 0.8.3R

A lot of these companies are featured in this video I took this week of a fire on my block, check it out!

https://youtu.be/479o5rFxfwc

We are hard at work bringing Manhattan back still and it should be ready soon! We added a new 111 Tower Ladder and a new KME Engine 214. Something new to keep you guys updated with new content while we shift our focus over to Manhattan. NOTE this did not take more than 30 minutes to do since all it took was a simple reskin.

Changelog 0.8.3R

Added New Tower Ladder 111
Added New KME Engine 214
Added Roof Unit numbers on Ladder 123 and Ladder 176

Happy 4th of July everyone! We hope you all enjoy your holiday. In this hotfix I addressed an issue where some emergencies wouldn't work and some would not be synced in Multiplayer. The issue stemmed from some change in the code I made so that the Fire Academy scenarios would sync properly. I adjusted the code some more to maintain that fix and the emergencies in Brooklyn should work as expected now.


I need your help. The next issue we want to look into is solve is the many reports from some users crashing while loading the game. If you are someone who has this issue we need your help to solve it.

1. While loading, open task manager (Ctrl + Alt + Delete) Click the performance tab. Leave this open while loading to see if anything is using over 90-100%. Pay close attention to CPU, GPU and Memory usage.
2. Many people report having performance issues with EMERGENYC. This may be caused by the game itself but may also be related to your PC components and we would like to try to help the community figure this out. If you would like to benchmark your PC and receive some feedback on what may need upgrading in regards to your PC components, please run this free benchmark below.
Steps:
1. Click on the link below to download the benchmark
2. Make sure NOTHING is open in the background
3. Run benchmark
4. Once the benchmark is complete it will open a webpage with your results, please post the URL to that webpage in this text channel
5. Wait for benchmark to be reviewed and feedback will be given via PM.

https://www.userbenchmark.com/resources/download/UserBenchMark.exe

3. After crashing, send us your crash files located here: C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\LocalLow\FlipSwitch Games\EMERGENYC
If you are unable to find it, type "%APPDATA%" in the windows file explorer directory bar.
Send us the error.log and or crash.dmp so we can try to track down the source of the crash and fix it asap!
Once we are able to figure out the source of the crashes for these users, we will be able to fix it. Thanks!

0.8.3P is live immediately following 0.8.3O. We tracked down the main causes of lag in Multiplayer which had to do with backend stacktrace logging backup and a wrong line of code. We corrected these issues and performance should be substantially improved in Multiplayer. Thanks everyone again for your patience!

0.8.3O Changelog

Re-added the Fire Academy in Multiplayer with synced Scenarios
Fixed the broken font on the riding list and Firehouse alerting systems
Fixed the VOIP Hotkeys (Now under the player tab in control mapping)
Added a key binding for the electronic airhorns (E by default)
Fixed Rescue 2's blinkers
Fixed an issue where some textures in Brooklyn and the Fire Academy were Purple

Firstly, I want to thank everyone for their patience while I made the biggest move of my life from Georgia to NYC which has been a long term goal of mine. I finally got settled in and spent today fixing some of the main issues that I found after returning to work. I will continue working on getting Manhattan and Montgomery County back in the game asap now that I've finally got my work station set up in my new apartment. Expect things to move much quicker now that I've got my own place and can work as long as I need to.