Flashing Lights News

Hello all,

The Flashing Lights February update is now live, introducing a player-controlled tow truck and towing callouts to match, along with a brand new arsonist callout! Read towards the end of this announcement for the full patch notes.



Don't forget all of the exciting additions coming up in the March update, and remember that we have some major background work going on too.

New content has always been a priority and will continue to be so throughout 2020. However, we also recognise that Flashing Lights’ foundations need work, which is why we’re focusing development on some major background work over the coming months. We’ll be releasing more details on what exactly this means in the future, but rest assured that the game should look and run better once this work comes to fruition.





Did you know that tow truck racing is a thing IRL? Find out more interesting tow truck facts in our blog - we even have one Flashing Lights code to give away to a lucky commenter!



New

• Tow truck for police (use the arrow keys to operate and the J key to connect/disconnect)
  
• Vehicle impound area added at police station parking lot
  
• Tow callout "Vehicle blocking driveway or access" [ID 1023], 10 random locations
  
• Tow callout "Vehicle parked without permit" [ID 1024], 7 random locations
  
• Ability to tow Aggressive driver car [ID 1000]
  
• The ability to tow ticketed vehicles to impound
  
• The ability to tow suspect cars from police assistance callout [ID 1005]
  
• The ability to tow wrecks from vehicle incident callouts in multiplayer (except calls involving spreaders)
  
• New parking ticket category for areas in the city with permits only - any vehicle without permit can be towed for points. Look out for "Warning - Permit Only" signs
  
• Arsonist callouts for police [IDs 1018-1022] and for fire department [IDs 2013-2017] - in multiplayer, a police player can tag along and help out a firefighter player on the mission and vice-versa
  
• Suspect surrender chance increased in general, with an additional chance increase by every shot hit
  

Fixes

• Fixed an issue with water spray sometimes ignoring fire
  
• Fire should no longer go out by itself after water spray has stopped
  
• Engine sound and waypoint system now turns off when NPC gets out of their vehicle
  
• Vehicle wheels now detect dirt roads, the grip has been adjusted
  
• Tickets no longer disappear after leaving and returning to same area
  
  

Note: We have updated our privacy policy as we have introduced a third party tool that helps us with understanding how the game is performing. If you wish to read the updated privacy policy, you can do so here - jump to the 'WHEN YOU PLAY (SOME OF) OUR GAMES' section for the new stuff.

Remember that the Flashing Lights community localisation project is still ongoing - if you wish to help translate the game from English to another language, you can find out more here.

We hope you have a great time with the new update!

Thanks,
The Flashing Lights Team

Hello all!

Flashing Lights currently supports a wide range of languages for the majority of the interface.

We have used a professional translation service for these translations, however mistakes can be made and can be quite difficult to spot without a good knowledge of gameplay and the language displayed.

We have a huge community from many different regions around the world, and we often get requests to open up the translations for the game so that you may help contribute to the game and help correct any mistakes.

Because of this, we have decided to partner with the wonderful people over at Localizor, an online community-led translation service where you can help out in translating games in exchange for some rewards. This means that our community can help translate Flashing Lights and earn rewards while doing so.



While we are starting by mostly reviewing the game's existing languages and getting them improved thanks to your help, we would also love to use Localizor in order to get the game translated into new languages. If you would like to see Flashing Lights support a language that it doesn't already, please let us know by reaching us via the official Discord or by email at [email protected].

If you would like to join in on this community translation project, then you can simply do the following:

• Head over to the Localizor platform: https://www.localizor.com/ and create an account
  
• Select Flashing Lights from the available games on the platform (You can also help translate other games if you wish)
  
• Read the global documentation for tips on translating Flashing Lights
  
• Select your chosen language and start submitting translations
  
• If your translation receives enough votes, it will be added to the game in a future release
  
• Earning votes gets you Localizor coins, these can be redeemed for rewards from the Localizor coin shop
  

Watch out for the tow truck update coming soon! Here's a little teaser to tide you over:



Thanks,
The Flashing Lights Team

Hello all,

While the next major Flashing Lights update will release towards the end of this month, delivering a driveable tow truck, tow truck callouts and more, we have a small bonus update for you today.



Along with a handful of bug fixes, getting in and out of vehicle animations have been added, and NPC suspects shooting with firearms now reload their guns.





New
- Player character animations for getting in/out of vehicles
- NPC suspects shooting with firearms now reload their weapon

Fixes
- Fixed an issue with door tags randomly disappearing preventing interaction with vehicles
- EMS calls no longer get stuck if you apply a fraction kit or bandages before mission message notification
- Armed NPCs shooting and hitting the player is now filtered locally to prevent player hit damage because of lag, around corners or position de-sync
- You can now can jump from a standing position
- Sound of crashing into road signs and barrels is now connected to game's main volume settings
- Random floating handcuffs behind pedestrians now reset on spawn
- Christmas hat removed

Remember to check out the roadmap for what's to come in the February and March updates!



Thanks,
The Flashing Lights Team

After an intense two weeks of community voting on what we should prioritise in Q1 2020, the final roadmap is here! We were absolutely blown away by the amount of you who participated in this vote on the official Discord, with at least 3,300+ individual voters - thank you!

1. Driveable tow truck + callouts - 3345 votes
2. Unmarked “charger” car for police - 2384 votes
3. Additional vehicle interior and exterior lights - 2371 votes
4. New police callout: arsonist (fire department players assist in multiplayer) - 2119 votes
5. Flashlights, flares and portable lights for fire department - 1823 votes
6. New police callout: Escaped convict/fleeing suspect search - 1705 votes
7. New police callout: Missing person - 1675 votes
8. Additional vehicle incident FD callouts: Rescue trapped drivers/put out fire - 1637 votes
9. Additional vehicle incidents EMS callouts: new locations/multiple injured NPCs - 1615 votes
10. New police callout: Shoplifting - 1433 votes

Keep in mind what we announced earlier on this month - we have a clear vision of 2020's major updates, with substantial background work ongoing.

New content has always been a priority and will continue to be so throughout 2020. However, we also recognise that Flashing Lights’ foundations need work, which is why we’re focusing development on some major background work over the coming months. We’ll be releasing more details on what exactly this means in the future, but rest assured that the game should look and run better once this work comes to fruition.

Thanks,
The Flashing Lights Team

2020 will be a big year for Flashing Lights.

New content has always been a priority and will continue to be so throughout 2020. However, we also recognise that Flashing Lights’ foundations need work, which is why we’re focusing development on some major background work over the coming months. We’ll be releasing more details on what exactly this means in the future, but rest assured that the game should look and run better once this work comes to fruition.

To make sure that we get 2020 right, January is a planning month, where we gather feedback from you all and continue background work on some major updates for later on in 2020.





While we have a clear vision of what 2020’s major updates will look like, we want your help to prioritise which additional features we should work on throughout Q1 2020. Expect these additional updates in February and March.

With that, we invite you to participate in the Q1 2020 roadmap vote! Please join our official Discord if you haven't already and head to the #Announcements channel to vote.

You can vote for as many features as you like, but we recommend only voting for the features you really care about, as if everyone votes for everything we are back at square one.

Voting closes on Tue 28 Jan (morning GMT time), with the final roadmap to be announced within a few days following that.

(Please note that all options from the previous roadmap vote, that are yet to be implemented into the game, will be added in Q1 updates too!)


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We were delighted to be voted 4th in IndieDB's Players Choice - Indie of the Year 2019! Thank you very much to everyone who voted - and to those who are yet to jump in, we hope you will join us for another great year in 2020!

Thanks,
The Flashing Lights Team