May 24, 2013
Insurgency - [NWI]Jeremy
We've been hard at work on an update for Insurgency and are excited to give you guys something new to play with over the weekend!
<ul><li>Added new coop game mode: Checkpoint. Checkpoint is an objective-based coop mode with 4 objectives that must be secured one by one. After capturing the second objective, your team receives reinforcements and anyone who is dead gets to respawn. Checkpoint is currently supported in Uprising_Coop, Siege_Coop and Market_Coop.</li>
<li>Firefight is now using a new reinforcement mechanic. Instead of players respawning infinitely, reinforcements are only triggered when a point is captured, distinguishing it from Occupy and incorporating some of the intensity of Elimination into objective-based gameplay.</li>
<li>Battle now supports moving spawn points. When your team captures the middle point, your spawn point moves up giving your team momentum and making it less of a stalemate.
<li>Market and District now support Push game mode.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug in Push and Battle where the defending team could not block enemy capture.</li>
<li>Implemented new server and client controlled ragdoll manager that will limit ragdolls for the client depending on FPS.</li>
<li>Added new convar "sv_vote_kick_quorum_ratio" (default value 0.8) to help prevent "gang-banning." Instead of requiring 60% of the vote (which is the default), it now takes 80% of the vote to kick/ban someone, to decrease instances of people being unfairly kick-banned from servers.</li>
<li>Added new convars "bot_health" (default 1.0) and "bot_damage" (default 0.6) to allow server admins to modify bot health and damage.</li>
<li>Updated realism mode scripts.</li>
<li>Bots can no longer see through smoke.</li>
<li>New gameplay sound cues related to objectives and receiving supply.</li>
<li>Point captures are now displayed in the upper left along with death notices, and display each player involved in the objective capture/neutralization.</li>
<li>Moving while prone in iron sights will put down your weapon and allow you to move instead of force-restricting player movement.</li>
<li>Player stats are no longer reset after each round.</li>
<li>Reduced cost of RPG and C4 to 1 supply now that supply rate is slower than it was previously.</li>
<li>Increased fuse time on Flashbang.</li>
<li>Increased the rate of fire of burst mode for M16A3 and MP5K.</li>
<li>Removed spark particle from muzzle flashes.</li>
<li>New Mini-14 and Mosin Nagant textures.</li>
<li>New character animation improvements - players no longer run in place, smoothed idle -> run transition, new idle animations.</li>
<li>First person spectator is now the default for Coop. In the future we will make it the ONLY supported spectator mode in Coop, however we need to fix leaning and laser sight in spectator mode before doing so.</li>
<li>Potentially fixed ragdoll UFO abduction bug. Don't want to claim we've fixed it officially, as it's a latency related issue and requires more testing. However, if any of you still notice this bug or notice less of it occurring, we would very much like to know!</li>
<li>Starting to evolve environment art a little more (see barber shop in Siege/Contact as an example of what we will be doing to all of our environments in coming weeks/months ahead).</li>
<li>Fixed a crash in the ClientLeafSystem that caused a crash whenever IsLeafMarker was hit in AddRenderablesToRenderLists.</li>
<li>Fix the following problems in hammer: 3D Shaded Textured mode for the 3D viewport not working, displacement texture blends not showing up in 3D Shaded Textured mode, and texture blends on non-displacement surfaces being glitched in 3D Textured mode.</li>
<li>Siege bug fixes and new art</li>
<li>Ministry map cleaned up and playable - no more missing textures.</li>
<li>Heights map cleaned up with more spawn exit options for Security</li></ul>
We will be hosting a Play with the Devs event later today at 4pm Pacific for those interested in joining us for some INS action. We look forward to getting more detailed feedback from you all on the changes!
May 24, 2013
Insurgency - JBlum
We've been hard at work on an update for Insurgency and are excited to give you guys something new to play with over the weekend!
  • Added new coop game mode: Checkpoint. Checkpoint is an objective-based coop mode with 4 objectives that must be secured one by one. After capturing the second objective, your team receives reinforcements and anyone who is dead gets to respawn. Checkpoint is currently supported in Uprising_Coop, Siege_Coop and Market_Coop.
  • Firefight is now using a new reinforcement mechanic. Instead of players respawning infinitely, reinforcements are only triggered when a point is captured, distinguishing it from Occupy and incorporating some of the intensity of Elimination into objective-based gameplay.
  • Battle now supports moving spawn points. When your team captures the middle point, your spawn point moves up giving your team momentum and making it less of a stalemate.
  • Market and District now support Push game mode.
  • Fixed a bug in Push and Battle where the defending team could not block enemy capture.
  • Implemented new server and client controlled ragdoll manager that will limit ragdolls for the client depending on FPS.
  • Added new convar "sv_vote_kick_quorum_ratio" (default value 0.8) to help prevent "gang-banning." Instead of requiring 60% of the vote (which is the default), it now takes 80% of the vote to kick/ban someone, to decrease instances of people being unfairly kick-banned from servers.
  • Added new convars "bot_health" (default 1.0) and "bot_damage" (default 0.6) to allow server admins to modify bot health and damage.
  • Updated realism mode scripts.
  • Bots can no longer see through smoke.
  • New gameplay sound cues related to objectives and receiving supply.
  • Point captures are now displayed in the upper left along with death notices, and display each player involved in the objective capture/neutralization.
  • Moving while prone in iron sights will put down your weapon and allow you to move instead of force-restricting player movement.
  • Player stats are no longer reset after each round.
  • Reduced cost of RPG and C4 to 1 supply now that supply rate is slower than it was previously.
  • Increased fuse time on Flashbang.
  • Increased the rate of fire of burst mode for M16A3 and MP5K.
  • Removed spark particle from muzzle flashes.
  • New Mini-14 and Mosin Nagant textures.
  • New character animation improvements - players no longer run in place, smoothed idle -> run transition, new idle animations.
  • First person spectator is now the default for Coop. In the future we will make it the ONLY supported spectator mode in Coop, however we need to fix leaning and laser sight in spectator mode before doing so.
  • Potentially fixed ragdoll UFO abduction bug. Don't want to claim we've fixed it officially, as it's a latency related issue and requires more testing. However, if any of you still notice this bug or notice less of it occurring, we would very much like to know!
  • Starting to evolve environment art a little more (see barber shop in Siege/Contact as an example of what we will be doing to all of our environments in coming weeks/months ahead).
  • Fixed a crash in the ClientLeafSystem that caused a crash whenever IsLeafMarker was hit in AddRenderablesToRenderLists.
  • Fix the following problems in hammer: 3D Shaded Textured mode for the 3D viewport not working, displacement texture blends not showing up in 3D Shaded Textured mode, and texture blends on non-displacement surfaces being glitched in 3D Textured mode.
  • Siege bug fixes and new art
  • Ministry map cleaned up and playable - no more missing textures.
  • Heights map cleaned up with more spawn exit options for Security
We will be hosting a Play with the Devs event later today at 4pm Pacific for those interested in joining us for some INS action. We look forward to getting more detailed feedback from you all on the changes!
Insurgency - Argyll
Join us on Thursday, May 16 at 1:30pm Pacific (UTC - 8 hours) for a Play with the Devs event being livestreamed by GamesRadar.com at http://www.twitch.tv/gamesradar

We will be playing on an official NWI server, with a password that will be revealed during the livestream event. Join us in game, or watch the stream live! GamesRadar is going to be asking us questions from the live chat as we play, so feel free to stop by and ask away.

Looking forward to it!
Insurgency - Spearin
Join us on Thursday, May 16 at 1:30pm Pacific (UTC - 8 hours) for a Play with the Devs event being livestreamed by GamesRadar.com at http://www.twitch.tv/gamesradar

We will be playing on an official NWI server, with a password that will be revealed during the livestream event. Join us in game, or watch the stream live! GamesRadar is going to be asking us questions from the live chat as we play, so feel free to stop by and ask away.

Looking forward to it!
Insurgency - Valve
Insurgency has just been updated on Steam.

Update Includes:

- Resolved a crash occurring during changelevel that a lot of servers have been experiencing
- Fixed some issues with Linux Dedicated Server (see this post for more information)
- Updated District and Heights
- Heights now supports Battle, Firefight and Occupy game modes
- District and Market now support Firefight game mode
- Fixed a bug in Push where defenders can re-capture points
- Fixed an issue with helmets not being precached properly
- Tweaked shotgun slug damage
- Adjusted supply rate so it's closer to what it was before the 5/4 update
- Adjusted reinforcement times based on community feedback
- Tweaked AI placement on Heights_Coop
- Fixed a bug in the server browser causing the Battle game mode not to display under Modes
- Improved syncing between player animation and movement speeds

May 9, 2013
Insurgency - [NWI]Jeremy
We have a nice little update for you guys today with the following in it:
<ul><li>Resolved a crash occurring during changelevel that a lot of servers have been experiencing
<li>Fixed some issues with Linux Dedicated Server (see this post for more information)
<li>Updated District and Heights
<li>Heights now supports Battle, Firefight and Occupy game modes
<li>District and Market now support Firefight game mode
<li>Fixed a bug in Push where defenders can re-capture points
<li>Fixed an issue with helmets not being precached properly
<li>Tweaked shotgun slug damage
<li>Adjusted supply rate so it's closer to what it was before the 5/4 update
<li>Adjusted reinforcement times based on community feedback
<li>Tweaked AI placement on Heights_Coop
<li>Fixed a bug in the server browser causing the Battle game mode not to display under Modes
<li>Improved syncing between player animation and movement speeds</ul>
We will be hosting a <b>Play with the Devs</b> session today at 4PM Pacific Time on NWI Official Server #1. So let us know what you think of the changes ingame or on our forums.

That's all for now. For those of you who missed the update on Friday, you can still see the changelog <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/games/insurgency/announcements/detail/1675614709781652319">here</a>.

See you on the servers!
May 9, 2013
Insurgency - JBlum
We have a nice little update for you guys today with the following in it:
  • Resolved a crash occurring during changelevel that a lot of servers have been experiencing
  • Fixed some issues with Linux Dedicated Server (see this post for more information)
  • Updated District and Heights
  • Heights now supports Battle, Firefight and Occupy game modes
  • District and Market now support Firefight game mode
  • Fixed a bug in Push where defenders can re-capture points
  • Fixed an issue with helmets not being precached properly
  • Tweaked shotgun slug damage
  • Adjusted supply rate so it's closer to what it was before the 5/4 update
  • Adjusted reinforcement times based on community feedback
  • Tweaked AI placement on Heights_Coop
  • Fixed a bug in the server browser causing the Battle game mode not to display under Modes
  • Improved syncing between player animation and movement speeds
We will be hosting a Play with the Devs session today at 4PM Pacific Time on NWI Official Server #1. So let us know what you think of the changes ingame or on our forums.

That's all for now. For those of you who missed the update on Friday, you can still see the changelog here.

See you on the servers!
May 4, 2013
Insurgency - [NWI]Jeremy
We have a weekend update for you guys. Here is the change log:
<ul><li>Heights map with new Push game mode and Coop support.
<li>Fixed issue with muzzle flashes coming from feet.
<li>Various weapon, player behavior and supply rate balance tweaks.
<li>First person immersion improvements - player speeds, footsteps and weapon bobbing are now in sync.
<li>New TOZ texture
<li>Updated Insurgent heavy and Security medium character models
<li>Vote kick will display the steamid of the vote kick player.
<li>Can no longer change names while a vote kick option is in session.
<li>Added a 10 seconds time limit between changing names.
<li>Fixed a bug with the scramble team win logic causing teams to scramble every round after the scramble event was called.
<li>Resolved chat bug preventing the player from closing and interacting with chat usually after alt-tabbing.
<li>Modified behavior and cost of shotgun slugs.
<li>Flashbangs now have a shorter fuse time and a larger impact
<li>Smoke grenades now have a longer fuse time
<li>Improved 1st and 3rd person muzzle flash rendering.
<li>Translation localization is forced to English until we are able to handle other languages.
<li>Fixed a bug with blockzones not resetting to its initial state after every round.
<li>Coop - Smoothed out AI difficulties (bot_difficulty 1-3) and now testing new supply rate requiring two kills per supply instead of one.
<li>Temporarily removed first and third person shell ejections (we're working on a new system that will look better than the old shell ejections).
</ul>
That's all for now! We have more coming soon, but in the mean time enjoy and see you on the servers.
May 4, 2013
Insurgency - JBlum
We have a weekend update for you guys. Here is the change log:
  • Heights map with new Push game mode and Coop support.
  • Fixed issue with muzzle flashes coming from feet.
  • Various weapon, player behavior and supply rate balance tweaks.
  • First person immersion improvements - player speeds, footsteps and weapon bobbing are now in sync.
  • New TOZ texture
  • Updated Insurgent heavy and Security medium character models
  • Vote kick will display the steamid of the vote kick player.
  • Can no longer change names while a vote kick option is in session.
  • Added a 10 seconds time limit between changing names.
  • Fixed a bug with the scramble team win logic causing teams to scramble every round after the scramble event was called.
  • Resolved chat bug preventing the player from closing and interacting with chat usually after alt-tabbing.
  • Modified behavior and cost of shotgun slugs.
  • Flashbangs now have a shorter fuse time and a larger impact
  • Smoke grenades now have a longer fuse time
  • Improved 1st and 3rd person muzzle flash rendering.
  • Translation localization is forced to English until we are able to handle other languages.
  • Fixed a bug with blockzones not resetting to its initial state after every round.
  • Coop - Smoothed out AI difficulties (bot_difficulty 1-3) and now testing new supply rate requiring two kills per supply instead of one.
  • Temporarily removed first and third person shell ejections (we're working on a new system that will look better than the old shell ejections).
That's all for now! We have more coming soon, but in the mean time enjoy and see you on the servers.
Apr 29, 2013
Insurgency - [NWI]Jeremy
First of all, thank you all for contributing to an amazing launch! 
 
We have had a lot of people playing on the servers, and most importantly it seems that you guys are enjoying yourselves. Here is a little status update, since it's now four days since launch and we haven't posted any updates. 
 
We are currently working on a patch that will either come later this week or next, which will introduce an update to the votekick mechanic, new map content, misc. bug and crash fixes, gameplay and supply rate balance, and tweaked AI placement in coop maps. 
 
Over the next few months you can expect to see some updates with new maps for Battle and the new Push game mode we are working on (well, more like reviving), as well as substantial gameplay/aesthetic improvements to the current maps. In addition, we will be refining the class system (discuss), characters, adding some new weapons into the mix (LMGs and Grenade Launchers specifically), tweaking weapon mechanics (discuss), and hopefully implementing some new coop modes (discuss). 
 
Please let us know if we're overlooking anything!
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