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LEAP Mod Support is HERE!



Hello to all Mercenaries!

We are absolutely ecstatic to share that modding support is here - presenting LEAP Design Works! From day one, we wanted LEAP to become a tool to create your own FPS. Not only are you free to customize the game however you wish, you can actually create entirely new FPS experiences. With our modding tools, LEAP can become almost anything you can imagine. We have exposed nearly everything in the game for you to work with, and over the coming weeks and months we’ll be adding new example content to get you started easier and faster.

We want to express a huge thank you to mod.io - they made setting up and creating mods an absolute breeze.

[h2]Lets Get Modding[/h2]
[h3]Step 1[/h3]
Currently, you will need to own a copy of LEAP in order to access the modding tools. To locate and download them, please head on over to the Epic Game Store and download the modding tool. https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/leap-mod-editor Please be sure to have LEAP properly downloaded prior to the mod tools and ensure your game version is up to date.

[h3]Step 2[/h3]
With the modding tools in place you can head on over to: http://blueislestudios.com/leap/documentation there you will have access to all of our modding documentation. Please note this is a live document and over time we’ll be adding and adjusting this based on updates to the game.

[h2]Modding Tutorial Videos[/h2]
To jumpstart your mods, we’ve put together some short video tutorials for those who may be new to modding or want to create something unique and fun. And who knows, perhaps in the future we may even host one of these mods as an official LEAP server.

[h3]Part One: Getting the Editor and Starting a Mod[/h3]
This video will cover how you can download the mod editor tools and how to set up your very first mod
https://youtu.be/gjanyC2aK0U
[h3]Part Two: Making a Custom Class[/h3]
In this tutorial will give you the blueprints on how you can create your very own custom class in LEAP
https://youtu.be/Zu01hSG1sUk
[h3]Part Three: How to make a Mutator[/h3]
This video will go over the steps on how to set up a mutator
https://youtu.be/W28k9ADIcTc
[h3]Part Four: Publishing your Mod[/h3]
Next we’ll go over how to publish your mod, be sure in this step to be signed into your Steam account and have it running in the background to properly publish your mod
https://youtu.be/48zjwsVxevw
[h3]Part Five: Setting up a Modded Server[/h3]
The last part in our modding tutorial is going over the steps to get your published mod playable on a server in LEAP
https://youtu.be/XTxtkhr7kD8

[h2]LEAP Modding Documentation[/h2]

We have a pretty in-depth step-by-step setup for our Mod Documentation. Please click here to read all about it https://www.playleap.com/post/leap-modding-documentation


[h2]FAQ[/h2]

Q. What can we mod in LEAP?
A. Nearly everything can be modded!
  • All maps (a majority of environment art)
  • All weapons
  • All player classes and models
  • All abilities
  • All game modes
  • AI’s
Q. Will there be modding events in the future?
A. Absolutely YES! We plan on making some epic contests for our modders to help bring your creators to life! Not only that but we do want to encourage our community to grow and develop their own FPS games within LEAP.

Q. Are there any mods in LEAP currently?
A. Yes! We launched our modding support with our first in-house game jam mod from our team. We incourage you to try out the mod “IcyDay”. Additionally all our community events that are “Wraith only”, “Rocket only” events have been in-house mods. When we say that the sky is the limit, we’re not joking! :)


[h2]Final Notes[/h2]
We wish to thank the LEAP community once again for all their support. There is much more to come, and we really appreciate the kind support as we continue to develop the game. Mod support is one of those elements that we know will help boost the excitement of the game allowing you to create anything you desire.

Those of you who are modders can jump in our Discord, we're happy to assist you with any questions you may have, or if you need feedback or support from the community, feel free to join us.



Devs + Community Mod Event: IcyDay

[h3]IcyDay is Here! [/h3]

We’re debuting our first dev mod provided by one of our developers Luiz (Arknostik) today called IcyDay, where you’re armed with only your fists for a punching match to the death. Your goal is to knock the opposing team from the ice rink suspended in the sky, plummeting them to the abyss.



More about our mod support is coming today, so be sure to check that announcement coming soon.

Today’s event will be at 4pm EST, everyone is welcome to try this mod out, be sure to join the server “IcyDay“ to LEAP in!

We've also put together a ZIP file for our IcyDay mod for anyone wishing to download it. IcyDay Mod

Devs v Community Event: Swords & Stars

Wednesday Wonderland!

Calling all our Mercenaries, our winter training mode is in full swing! Next stop Mount Borealis for some special stealthy training activity, this is a Wraith-only training so pull out that cape and get ready for some action!




[h3]Special Instructions[/h3]
This game mode will be a Wraith-only event
  • Sword only
  • Throwing Knives only
  • Super fast invisibility is a GO!

Starting tomorrow (June 15) at 4pm EST (running for 1 hour) we’ll have our Wraith Only event. Anyone is welcome to join we’ll have the official server called “Swords and Stars” ready so just jump in when you can.

[h3]Prizes for Joining[/h3]
2500C// sweet sweet credits to buy yourself some luxury guns, decals, and skins in the Black Market

Stay tuned this Friday for our next community game!


If you want to LEAP into the Discord, we have an active community taking part in events and hosting ones similar to these. So if you'd like to join some really cool Mercenaries, head on in!

Hotfix 14.06.2022

[h3]This Hotfix has us LEAPing with joy![/h3]

Thank you to all the mercenaries out there making LEAP an even better experience. The team has been working on a lot of quality of life updates, squashing bugs, and improving optimization. All the feedback you've all been giving us has been amazing, and the community members who have been actively finding new ways to...break the game, we love you! Thank you all again for the support, we have a lot more news coming your way real soon, but today we have another hotfix.

We're going to continue with our community devs v player events, so be on the look out for that announcement later today.



[h2]HOTFIX : 14.06.2022[/h2]

[h3]Weapons and Abilities[/h3]
  • Broad pass on weapon recoils and spreads
  • Slight cooldown reduction for wraith cloak ability
  • Higher initial sword reflect cost (from 5 to 10)

[h3]Maps[/h3]
  • Adjusted ambient soundtrack for Cataclysm
  • Team Annihilation spawn improvements
  • Wide balance pass on capture rates for objectives in Special Operations
  • Reduced size of playable area for Asset Assassination
  • Fix for Alpine Basin loot spawners that could spawn items in safezones
  • Moved some AI spawn and soft boundary locations in Redrock

[h3]Programming[/h3]
  • Fixed wrong skins applied on killcam
  • Added "quit to menu" button from match end screen
  • Server admins can now join full servers
  • Fixed a bug causing valid contractor bonuses to be hidden
  • Fixed an issue where the scoreboard entries started at 2
  • Fixed controller keybindings automatically binding once a face button was pressed
  • Fixed some contractor bonuses which were not working
  • Added mod auto-download support for Linux servers
  • Fixed friendly fire not working with the golden rocket launcher
  • Added class icons to items in the black market
  • Dying via noncharacter sources is now considered a death
  • Fixed a bug where warning effects doesn't clear by thunderblast if the player using it was killed while charging
  • Fixed some inconsistencies with leaving matches and rejoining as a party

[h3]Misc[/h3]
  • - 10% reduction in Asset damage reduction (ie, nerf Asset health)
  • Larger refill station radius
  • Updated localization
  • Fix for a graffiti name
  • Added another streamer graffiti



For anyone who would like to join our Discord, I've added a link below for you to join. We're encouraging people who would like to interact with fellow Mercenaries to jump in, the dev team is also in the Discord and can help provide feedback and support. Anyone looking to seed servers or would like to find people to jump into matches with we have a section on the Discord for that. It's not a permanent solution, but as we work to grow the game and push towards bigger and better updates these are ways we can help LEAP grow!

Discord: https://discord.gg/LEAP

Dev v Community Event: RocketBattleBlitz!

All Together Now!

Hello Mercenaries, hope all of you are doing well and staying safe.

This is your captain speaking, MERC…The Mercenary. Training is necessary for any elite soldier in order to keep y’all tough as nails. Let me introduce Devs v Community game modes!



We’ll be running weekly games with a slight twist, whether it be a Sword only game mode or Titan Wrecking Crew game mode, there will be something happening every week to keep you all finely tuned mercenaries.

[h3]Event Details[/h3]
Starting tomorrow (June 10) at 3pm EST we’ll run our Rocket Launcher Only event.
Everyone is welcome to join we’ll have the official server called “RocketBattleBlitz” ready so just jump in when you can.
  • All classes will be default set to Titan
  • You'll be equipt with a Rocket Launcher and a Grenade
  • Titan ults will be allowed


Enjoy and have fun tomorrow! We're thrilled to start running more community events and we strongly support community-run events as well. If you have a suggestion for a game mode you'd like to see please share it with us as well and perhaps it'll be the next one we host (or you host!)