Flashing Lights News

Hello all,

As 2023 nears its close, we wanted to say a massive thank you to each of you and offer a sneak peek at what's next!

This year has been another busy one, which included the 1.0 launch back in May, the release of the Pickup Truck Triple Pack DLC, tons of Steam achievements, the free Visor Lights DLC, the Thunder Sport Sedan Pack and a big focus on bug fixing, optimisation and general improvements.

None of this would have been possible without you, the community. We are eternally grateful for you all playing the game, sharing your excitement, feedback, bug reports, and posting screenshots and videos! And we also want to say an extra special thank you to our team of community mods, the Flashing Lights 'CSOs' and 'MSTs', who help to keep the community welcoming, friendly and fun!





We now have an early version of the mission editor available on the unstable branch for you to play and offer feedback if you wish to.

To access the unstable branch you can do the following:
- Load up Steam and head to your library
- Right click on Flashing Lights and then select "Properties"
- Head to the Beta tab and in the drop down select "unstable_test_branch" (no password needed)
- This will then download the new update for you



We're looking forward to an exciting 2024 for Flashing Lights! In early 2024 we plan to release the mission editor, AI fixes, AI backup, bug fixes, improvements and more. In the new year we will be revealing an updated roadmap with more information, so keep an eye out!

Mission editor - work in progress feature:



New
- Mission Editor [Armed suspect NPC; Two crashed vehicles; One police vehicle; 11 Environment props; Fire modules]
- Added Christmas tree in central park and Christmas hats

Fixes
- EMS players in single player couldn't interact with driver patients in "Motor Vehicle Collision" [ID 3000]
- Fire calls "Structure Fire" [ID 2000] auto-completing
- Fire calls "Structure Fire with Possible Entrapment" [ID 2003] getting stuck
- NPC spawner for missions could select wrong mission or skip spawning
- Firefighters dropping carried patients with input "Hand" (1 by default), blocked the ability to interact with them to call for transport
- Player characters sometimes didn't stop burning when the affecting fire was extinguished
- FEX model wheel fixes for distanced rendering
- Added missing audio channel for spike strips, which were ignoring volume settings

Thanks again, and we hope you all have a happy holidays and a great new year!

Thanks,
The Flashing Lights Team

Hello all,

We're excited to reveal the Thunder Sport Sedan Pack, a new DLC which includes...

• Police Thunder Sport Sedan
  - Sheriff livery
  - Black and white livery
  - White livery
  - Unmarked black livery
  
• EMS Thunder Sport Sedan
  
• Fire Thunder Sport Sedan

Plus, venture into the sandbox mode in-game to access the civilian version of the Thunder Sport Sedan.

And the best part? It's out right now!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2649430


The Thunder Sport Sedan Pack costs $2.99/£2.49/€2.99 - but make sure to take advantage of the 25% launch discount and purchase via the Chief Edition bundle for additional savings!



We've also just launched a small patch for the base game, adding support for the new DLC as well as a few bug fixes.

New
- New car "Thunder" DLC support
- Thunder mod support (Tag name DCH)

Fixes
- Potential crash fix when opening Vehicle Menu for lower specs computers
- Changing vehicles during game could break pickup truck spawning
- Visor lights on fire engine and rescue trucks had incorrect mirrored scale on the right-hand side



We're hard at work on the next free update which will introduce a mission editor, allowing you to create your own missions. Keep an eye out for news!

Thanks,
The Flashing Lights Team

Hello all,

We've just dropped a free Visor Lights DLC for Flashing Lights!



Customise your police, fire and EMS vehicles further than ever before with the free Visor Lights DLC!

This pack gives you access to a large variety of visor light types, and allows you to customise them extensively - including colours and light patterns.

Head over to the Flashing Lights store page and scroll down to the 'content for this game' section to download the DLC. We hope you enjoy playing with and customising the new visor lights - let us know how you get on!



We've also released a small update to the base game today, which includes triple flashers for windshields and rear windows!



New
- Game support for free Visor Lights DLC
- Added "Attached Flasher Triple" to windshield and rear windows flasher group

Fixes
- Fire Engine side flasher spot had blocked interactivity
- Mods could fail to load on first load, especially fire engine mods
- Lightbars optimized for long distance rendering

That's all for now.

Thanks,
The Flashing Lights Team

Recent changes to how the game handles microphones did not have the desired effects and caused further issues.
The game now reverts to the microphone option as set by the operating system

Hey all,

Today, we wanted to do something a little different and highlight some of our favourite screenshots that you've shared.

Please enjoy the following shots which we found to be either nicely composed, funny, or both!

What a mess!


https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2787799185

Suburban days.


https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3042694963

That's an accident alright...


https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3025012322

All hands on deck for this one!


https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3002218147

Golden hour.


https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2997023477