Feb 16, 2017
Ballistic Overkill - Chipmunk


Hi Friends! Have you ever wondered how your favorite soldier sound like? Now you can hear for yourself. We recorded voice commands and other useful speeches for all characters over the past months! This update also brings an important gameplay improvement, the "Skills Feedback".

Voice Commands
More than 1400 voice recordings were added to the game. Divided in 6 specific commands, and other automatic messages triggered in many situations. All unique to each character. If you still prefer muted soldiers, you can turn the voice commands Off in the settings menu.

Skills Feedback
Now you will be able to tell when a skill becomes active with visual feedback on your HUD. Some skills also have a stacked effect, or timed buffs. All that will be visible in real time. Making skill mechanics much clearer to everyone.

Mouse Sensitivity
Responding to some feedback, we divided mouse sensitivity setup in 3 different sliders, completely independent from each other. One for default sensitivity, another only for aiming, and the third one only for telescopic sights. This will help players comming from other games keep the same feel they are already used to.

Always Run
If you like to run, you can now enable the "Always Run" option in the settings menu. This will make you run automatically by pressing forward, while holding the run key will make you walk. This can be slightly more comfortable for players who run constantly, but you will still make a lot of noise and get revealed in the radar, don't forget!

Credits Screen
After all these years, It's nice to present the people behind Ballistic Overkill. More importantly, we have highlighted community members that helped us make the game so far, by giving constructive feedbacks or translating the game.

Other Fixes and Improvements
  • Added "Polish" language.
  • Added a subtle feedback on the mini-map when you are revealed in the enemy radars.
  • Added an error message when the game is unable to connect to Steam platform.
  • Improved achievement detection for Sneaky Beaky, Force of Nature, Nostalgia and MVP.
  • Fixed a bug in Soldiers screen that caused it to not update loadouts properly.
  • Fixed a bug in Blackfield map that kills the player randomly.
  • Fixed Last Stand not giving 10% extra life.

Hope you enjoy. See ya!
Feb 16, 2017
Ballistic Overkill - Chipmunk


Hi Friends! Have you ever wondered how your favorite soldier sound like? Now you can hear for yourself. We recorded voice commands and other useful speeches for all characters over the past months! This update also brings an important gameplay improvement, the "Skills Feedback".

Voice Commands
More than 1400 voice recordings were added to the game. Divided in 6 specific commands, and other automatic messages triggered in many situations. All unique to each character. If you still prefer muted soldiers, you can turn the voice commands Off in the settings menu.

Skills Feedback
Now you will be able to tell when a skill becomes active with visual feedback on your HUD. Some skills also have a stacked effect, or timed buffs. All that will be visible in real time. Making skill mechanics much clearer to everyone.

Mouse Sensitivity
Responding to some feedback, we divided mouse sensitivity setup in 3 different sliders, completely independent from each other. One for default sensitivity, another only for aiming, and the third one only for telescopic sights. This will help players comming from other games keep the same feel they are already used to.

Always Run
If you like to run, you can now enable the "Always Run" option in the settings menu. This will make you run automatically by pressing forward, while holding the run key will make you walk. This can be slightly more comfortable for players who run constantly, but you will still make a lot of noise and get revealed in the radar, don't forget!

Credits Screen
After all these years, It's nice to present the people behind Ballistic Overkill. More importantly, we have highlighted community members that helped us make the game so far, by giving constructive feedbacks or translating the game.

Other Fixes and Improvements
  • Added "Polish" language.
  • Added a subtle feedback on the mini-map when you are revealed in the enemy radars.
  • Added an error message when the game is unable to connect to Steam platform.
  • Improved achievement detection for Sneaky Beaky, Force of Nature, Nostalgia and MVP.
  • Fixed a bug in Soldiers screen that caused it to not update loadouts properly.
  • Fixed a bug in Blackfield map that kills the player randomly.
  • Fixed Last Stand not giving 10% extra life.

Hope you enjoy. See ya!
Ballistic Overkill - Chipmunk


Hey Folks! Today we are proud to present Ballistic's 10th map, the Reinstate Factory. This map was designed to explore the abilities of all classes. It is of a considerable size compared to others, which in turn rewards a more tactical pacing, but also offers various spots where closed range classes can benefit from.

We're also releasing several other features that were developed or improved:

Steam Achievements
Now Ballistic Overkill has dozens of achievements to pursue. Some of them are just easy and fun, and some were made only for pro-like players to conquer.

Password Protected Servers
You can now create your own password protected matches. This is great to organize parties with your friends without having to invite everybody over Steam invite.

Enemy Area
Staying on the "Enemy Area" now reveals you in the radar, with any class. This new feature will give a clear advantage to spawning players and help to prevent spawn camping.

Russian Language
Welcome russian friends, the game is available in your language now!

New servers in China
Our community in China is growing fast. The new servers will improve a lot the experience in many asian countries.

Multi-Thread Improvements
Some fundamental parts of code were reviewed to make a better use of multiple cores. We hope to see less frame drops, specially in maps such as Wonderdome. This optimization was only on the CPU side, if you are limited by the GPU, your performance should remain the same.

Bug Fixes
  • Steam invite is working again.
  • Fixed Capture Point not scoring points sometimes.
  • Fixed some minor collision issues in Nox Museum.
Balance Changes
  • Vanguard
    • All Assault Rifles clip size reduced
      • Blackguard, Widower and Stalker
        • Clip size reduced by 10
      • All others
        • Clip size reduced by 5
  • Shadow
    • All Dual Machine Pistols clip size reduced
      • Scorpion and Typhoon
        • Clip size reduced by 10
      • All others
        • Clip size reduced by 5
      • Typhoon
        • Increased accuracy slightly
      • Needler
        • Reload speed reduced slightly
  • Grenadier
    • Destructor
      • Clip size increased to 6 (was 4)
      • Rate of fire decreased slightly

We hope you enjoy it, and thanks for the support!
Ballistic Overkill - Chipmunk


Hey Folks! Today we are proud to present Ballistic's 10th map, the Reinstate Factory. This map was designed to explore the abilities of all classes. It is of a considerable size compared to others, which in turn rewards a more tactical pacing, but also offers various spots where closed range classes can benefit from.

We're also releasing several other features that were developed or improved:

Steam Achievements
Now Ballistic Overkill has dozens of achievements to pursue. Some of them are just easy and fun, and some were made only for pro-like players to conquer.

Password Protected Servers
You can now create your own password protected matches. This is great to organize parties with your friends without having to invite everybody over Steam invite.

Enemy Area
Staying on the "Enemy Area" now reveals you in the radar, with any class. This new feature will give a clear advantage to spawning players and help to prevent spawn camping.

Russian Language
Welcome russian friends, the game is available in your language now!

New servers in China
Our community in China is growing fast. The new servers will improve a lot the experience in many asian countries.

Multi-Thread Improvements
Some fundamental parts of code were reviewed to make a better use of multiple cores. We hope to see less frame drops, specially in maps such as Wonderdome. This optimization was only on the CPU side, if you are limited by the GPU, your performance should remain the same.

Bug Fixes
  • Steam invite is working again.
  • Fixed Capture Point not scoring points sometimes.
  • Fixed some minor collision issues in Nox Museum.
Balance Changes
  • Vanguard
    • All Assault Rifles clip size reduced
      • Blackguard, Widower and Stalker
        • Clip size reduced by 10
      • All others
        • Clip size reduced by 5
  • Shadow
    • All Dual Machine Pistols clip size reduced
      • Scorpion and Typhoon
        • Clip size reduced by 10
      • All others
        • Clip size reduced by 5
      • Typhoon
        • Increased accuracy slightly
      • Needler
        • Reload speed reduced slightly
  • Grenadier
    • Destructor
      • Clip size increased to 6 (was 4)
      • Rate of fire decreased slightly

We hope you enjoy it, and thanks for the support!
Jan 10, 2017
Ballistic Overkill - Chipmunk


Hey guys! Hope you're all doing well. Over these first days of 2017 we worked on some bug fixes and added minor features to improve the overall experience. One of our favorites is the ability to setup a promotional banner in your dedicated server and advertise your Twitch/Youtube channel!

Bug Fixes
  • Improved Free-for-All spawns to prevent players from respawn at the same point.
  • Free-for-All now rewards players with Kill Assists.
  • Sound effects revised to consistently respect volumes set in options screen.
  • You can now disable the weapon swap with mouse wheel in the options menu.
  • Added specific message when players can't enter a match because of a VAC ban.
  • Improved Quick-Match algorithm.
  • Sunnsquare Mall collision reworked to prevent players from getting stuck on the ceiling in some locations.
  • Crouching repeatedly will not prevent players from take hazard damages anymore, e.g: Gas chambers in Blackfield.
  • Fixed weapon skins not showing in third person with dual wields.

Optimizations
We significantly reduced some memory allocations. Which means, the game should now have less frame drops during the match. Although the average framerate should remain the same.

New Territories
Due some new legal conditions, Ballistic Overkill can be available in all of these countries:

Russian Federation, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Byelorussia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Luxembourg.

Dedicated Server Banner
If you access Library/Tools in your Steam, you will see the Ballistic Overkill Dedicated Server. It allows you to create your own server with some custom options in a fairly low bandwidth and CPU cost. Now you are also able to setup an image and a link to promote your channels.

This is part of many dedicated server customizations we plan to do in the near future.

Hope you like it. See you soon!
Jan 10, 2017
Ballistic Overkill - Chipmunk


Hey guys! Hope you're all doing well. Over these first days of 2017 we worked on some bug fixes and added minor features to improve the overall experience. One of our favorites is the ability to setup a promotional banner in your dedicated server and advertise your Twitch/Youtube channel!

Bug Fixes
  • Improved Free-for-All spawns to prevent players from respawn at the same point.
  • Free-for-All now rewards players with Kill Assists.
  • Sound effects revised to consistently respect volumes set in options screen.
  • You can now disable the weapon swap with mouse wheel in the options menu.
  • Added specific message when players can't enter a match because of a VAC ban.
  • Improved Quick-Match algorithm.
  • Sunnsquare Mall collision reworked to prevent players from getting stuck on the ceiling in some locations.
  • Crouching repeatedly will not prevent players from take hazard damages anymore, e.g: Gas chambers in Blackfield.
  • Fixed weapon skins not showing in third person with dual wields.

Optimizations
We significantly reduced some memory allocations. Which means, the game should now have less frame drops during the match. Although the average framerate should remain the same.

New Territories
Due some new legal conditions, Ballistic Overkill can be available in all of these countries:

Russian Federation, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Byelorussia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Luxembourg.

Dedicated Server Banner
If you access Library/Tools in your Steam, you will see the Ballistic Overkill Dedicated Server. It allows you to create your own server with some custom options in a fairly low bandwidth and CPU cost. Now you are also able to setup an image and a link to promote your channels.

This is part of many dedicated server customizations we plan to do in the near future.

Hope you like it. See you soon!
Ballistic Overkill - JesusFabre


Hey guys!

We are preparing some in-depth interviews about the making of Ballistic Overkill to document the development process. Would you like to participate with questions regarding any aspect of how the game is being developed, from game design, art, programming, production or any other areas? Feel free to submit your questions in the following form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfIGE8nUjsyN8lJUtAnDvvBEUM-OWYT8d9GQBBeBypFDVcApg/viewform

Cheers,
The Ballistic Overkill Team.
Ballistic Overkill - JesusFabre


Hey guys!

We are preparing some in-depth interviews about the making of Ballistic Overkill to document the development process. Would you like to participate with questions regarding any aspect of how the game is being developed, from game design, art, programming, production or any other areas? Feel free to submit your questions in the following form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfIGE8nUjsyN8lJUtAnDvvBEUM-OWYT8d9GQBBeBypFDVcApg/viewform

Cheers,
The Ballistic Overkill Team.
Dec 22, 2016
Ballistic Overkill - Zanenga
Hello everyone! Hope you're having a good time!
This the last update of the year. As of tomorrow, we're on a break for the holidays. Thanks to everyone who’s been helping us in this journey to make an awesome game.


Hotfixes
  • Players not being able to spawn fixed
  • Wrong outline after changing teams fixed
  • Death animation not playing fixed
  • Increased the precision of the arrow that indicates where the player suffered damage.
  • Traditional Chinese added

List of Servers
If you're wondering if you'll be able to find good matches in your region, below is a list of our current servers.
  • NA West (North America)
  • NA East (North America)
  • Brazil (South America)
  • Frankfurt (Central Europe)
  • Singapore (Southeast Asia)
It's important to notice that players can also create their own matches and that there are other dedicated servers created by fans.

Winter Sale
As you might have noticed, Ballistic Overkill just went on sale with 15% off on the Winter Sale. This is a really great moment for you to buy the game or gift it to your friends. Not only is the game at it's cheapest point yet, but you'll also be able to participate on the Early Access season and get exclusive skins that will never drop again. After this sale, the game will go back to it's regular price. Finally, after the launch on early 2017, it'll become more expensive, so this is probably your best chance for a while.

Discord
If you're still not part of our Discord server, we strongly suggest you join in. We have a cool group of players and we're sure you'll find someone to play with, share builds or to teach you something new.

Bug Reports
If you encounter any bugs, the best way to let us know is to make a post in the forums. Specially in this vacation period, if you can follow this tutorial to also send us your "output_log" we appreciate it. It help us immensely and will speed up the bug fixing process when we return.

Anti-Cheat
Games with a growing community tend to have cheating problems at some point. To avoid this issue, we are actively developing tools to ban this players. Besides the VAC, which will become active soon. In 2017, hackers will not have an easy life in Ballistic Overkill.

Happy holidays and see you in 2017!
Dec 22, 2016
Ballistic Overkill - Chipmunk
Hello everyone! Hope you're having a good time!
This the last update of the year. As of tomorrow, we're on a break for the holidays. Thanks to everyone who’s been helping us in this journey to make an awesome game.


Hotfixes
  • Players not being able to spawn fixed
  • Wrong outline after changing teams fixed
  • Death animation not playing fixed
  • Increased the precision of the arrow that indicates where the player suffered damage.
  • Traditional Chinese added

List of Servers
If you're wondering if you'll be able to find good matches in your region, below is a list of our current servers.
  • NA West (North America)
  • NA East (North America)
  • Brazil (South America)
  • Frankfurt (Central Europe)
  • Singapore (Southeast Asia)
It's important to notice that players can also create their own matches and that there are other dedicated servers created by fans.

Winter Sale
As you might have noticed, Ballistic Overkill just went on sale with 15% off on the Winter Sale. This is a really great moment for you to buy the game or gift it to your friends. Not only is the game at it's cheapest point yet, but you'll also be able to participate on the Early Access season and get exclusive skins that will never drop again. After this sale, the game will go back to it's regular price. Finally, after the launch on early 2017, it'll become more expensive, so this is probably your best chance for a while.

Discord
If you're still not part of our Discord server, we strongly suggest you join in. We have a cool group of players and we're sure you'll find someone to play with, share builds or to teach you something new.

Bug Reports
If you encounter any bugs, the best way to let us know is to make a post in the forums. Specially in this vacation period, if you can follow this tutorial to also send us your "output_log" we appreciate it. It help us immensely and will speed up the bug fixing process when we return.

Anti-Cheat
Games with a growing community tend to have cheating problems at some point. To avoid this issue, we are actively developing tools to ban this players. Besides the VAC, which will become active soon. In 2017, hackers will not have an easy life in Ballistic Overkill.

Happy holidays and see you in 2017!
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