Onward News

Hey guys,
this will be our last sitrep… until we are ready to unveil the Quest Port!

This sitrep will contain Info on the Quest Port status and future sitreps, We'll be announcing a new member of the Downpour team and we'll show some of the recent videos made by the community!

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See you on the battlefield… Untethered!

We are hard at work on fixing commonly reported bugs, improving client and server security, optimizing performance, fixing map collisions and inconsistencies, and developing the Quest port of Onward. We don’t have any major news just yet, but stay tuned for future Sit Reps; we will slowly start unraveling what we’ve been working on ;)
2020 will be a great year for Onward! See you on the battlefield.


Welcome to our Eighteenth sitrep!

In this months sitrep we’ll discuss the recent v1.7.7 hotfix containing the new Volk Ground Drone, Head Orientated Locomotion option, and other features. We’ll also share some of the latest custom maps made by players within the Onward Community, and show some of the latest community gameplay videos!

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ONWARD Hotfix V1.7.7 Changelog

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General Changes

• Added Ground Drone to VOLK marksman class
  
  
• Added Head Oriented Locomotion option in settings menu. This will allow players to move relative to their head instead of controller.
  
  
• Fixed graphical error with G3 iron sights
  
  
• Disabled flip up sight action when holstered so players can easily grab frags and equipment
  
  
• Fixed ability to allow invalid maps in private lobbies
  
  
• Fixed possibility to deploy drones outside of map
  
  

ONWARD Hotfix V1.7.6 Changelog

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General Changes

• The Rift S and Oculus Quest with Link speed issues have been fixed. All players will run at the same speed.
  
  
• Players can now choose more than 3 custom maps in private custom map lobbies.
  
  
• Grenade timers are no longer based on client time/framerate, and are now dependent on server time.
  
  

Known Issue

• 2x holo sights are 2 points, but will return back to 3 after the holidays.
  

ONWARD Hotfix V1.7.5 Changelog

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2x Flip-Up Sights

• Many weapons can now be equipped with 2x Holographic Sights, which are holographic sights equipped with “flip up” magnifiers. These are magnifiers that will give you an edge at longer ranges when you need, but they can also be lowered for mid or close ranged combat. They are 2 points for the marksman classes, and 3 for Rifleman and Support.
  

General Changes

• Gunshot sounds have been tweaked and are much louder.
  
  
• Fixed an issue that could cause Steam users to be unable to play Onward if the workshop servers went down.
  
  
• Fixed the MP5’s flashlight clipping into its suppressor.
  
  
• Rezeroed the iron sights of the M16A4.