G'day Forts Fans! On Saturday August 20th the seventh Forts Tournament got under way. The best players from around the world took each other on in one-on-one battles. After obscene numbers of bullets, shells and missiles had been fired, and many a mighty structure felled, Jobi and Cancer Alert had emerged as semi- finalists on one side of the draw, with Quxzcvoer facing off against T1meToCaRRy on the other side.

In the first semi-final Jobi came out on top against Cancer Alert 2-0 in a best-of-three series. The second semi-final T1meToCaRRy came up against two-time Supreme Champion Quxzcvoer, and had to bring all of his experience to bear in order to win, but win he did. Unfortunately, due to IT issues Jobi was unable to compete in the final, and as such had to forfeit the battle, meaning T1meToCaRRy is Supreme Champion for the second time. Congratulations to him! Prizes will be sent out this week.

If you want to see the battle replays, check out Quxzcover’s video:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rhqgRH-ewA

Two-time Forts tournament winner Quxzcover has been hard at work producing a series of strategy guides on his YouTube channel. Click the link below to see his insights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teTuUB7U2IY&t=5s
Also check out Forts developer Beeman's strategy guide, for yet more useful tips:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpOusG6gHAc
Thanks for playing Forts, and if you want to see the replays, join in on the next tournament, or just get involved with and battle other members of the Forts online community, head over to the Official Forts Discord server!

Cheers,
EWG

G'day Forts Fans! On Saturday August 20th the seventh Forts Tournament got under way. The best players from around the world took each other on in one-on-one battles. After obscene numbers of bullets, shells and missiles had been fired, and many a mighty structure felled, Jobi and Cancer Alert had emerged as semi- finalists on one side of the draw, with Quxzcvoer facing off against T1meToCaRRy on the other side.

In the first semi-final Jobi came out on top against Cancer Alert 2-0 in a best-of-three series. The second semi-final T1meToCaRRy came up against two-time Supreme Champion Quxzcvoer, and had to bring all of his experience to bear in order to win, but win he did. Unfortunately, due to IT issues Jobi was unable to compete in the final, and as such had to forfeit the battle, meaning T1meToCaRRy is Supreme Champion for the second time. Congratulations to him! Prizes will be sent out this week.

If you want to see the battle replays, check out Quxzcover’s video:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rhqgRH-ewA

Two-time Forts tournament winner Quxzcover has been hard at work producing a series of strategy guides on his YouTube channel. Click the link below to see his insights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teTuUB7U2IY&t=5s
Also check out Forts developer Beeman's strategy guide, for yet more useful tips:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpOusG6gHAc
Thanks for playing Forts, and if you want to see the replays, join in on the next tournament, or just get involved with and battle other members of the Forts online community, head over to the Official Forts Discord server!

Cheers,
EWG

G'day Forts Fans! Forts Tournament VII is scheduled to take place on Saturday August 19th, and will for the first time feature commanders. Competitors will have to choose their favourite commander and adapt their strategy to accordingly, if they want to be proclaimed Supreme Champion and take their place on the Hall of Fame and claim their exclusive gold Forts tshirt.

Finalists and runners-up will now be able to claim one of three new t-shirt designs, featuring new designs for Firebird, Pinchfist and Hurricane, to go along with the Eagle Eye, Armourdillo and Architect already available. The Supreme Champion of the tournament, however, will walk away with a limited edition gold Forts tshirt.

Hit the links below to enter:-

North America Bracket
Europe Bracket

Purchase Forts T-shirts

This revision brings some much needed fixes. We’ve solved two desyncs and a few crashes. We greatly appreciate all the players who have submitted crash reports and helped with testing. The game will now produce a set of files when you desync and opens a window to them. Please open the link starting with ‘Urgent’ to send the files to us, so we can debug any remaining desyncs.

We’ve heard your requests for new weapons. Thanks for the feedback.

Add: game time to info readout (F8) and remove debugging displays
Add: option to disable weather effects
Add: re-introduce snow to Alpine environment at lower alpha
Balance: Eagle Eye explosive rounds charge ability no longer applies to Machine Guns.
Balance: remove wind floor to remove lower fort disadvantage in Dueling Vipers 4v4
Balance: Team 1 can build the same number of mines as team 2 without destroying any on Balls map
Fix: desync when repairing a damaged strut soon after its material is replaced
Fix: desync while joining with AI enabled
Fix: older AI forts crash when dynamically placing ropes
Fix: restarting a campaign mission on hard causes the replay to crash
Fix: prevent neutral battery causing splash damage (team killing method)
Fix: crash when starting a host while receiving messages from a previous session
Fix: Team 1 AI on Balls incorrectly builds the incompatible Team 2 fort
Fix: missing edges on background terrain in Dueling Vipers 4v4
Fix: missiles can crash into parent structure even when it's clear to target
Fix: replay HUD sometimes shows on desync and window is lost
Fix: make desync diagnostics functional without disrupting game flow

Thanks for playing Forts.

Cheers,
EWG

PS: Finalists from Tournament VI have been contacted and we are in the process of getting their prizes delivered

G'day Forts Fans! Forts Tournament VII is scheduled to take place on Saturday August 19th, and will for the first time feature commanders. Competitors will have to choose their favourite commander and adapt their strategy to accordingly, if they want to be proclaimed Supreme Champion and take their place on the Hall of Fame and claim their exclusive gold Forts tshirt.

Finalists and runners-up will now be able to claim one of three new t-shirt designs, featuring new designs for Firebird, Pinchfist and Hurricane, to go along with the Eagle Eye, Armourdillo and Architect already available. The Supreme Champion of the tournament, however, will walk away with a limited edition gold Forts tshirt.

Hit the links below to enter:-

North America Bracket
Europe Bracket

Purchase Forts T-shirts

This revision brings some much needed fixes. We’ve solved two desyncs and a few crashes. We greatly appreciate all the players who have submitted crash reports and helped with testing. The game will now produce a set of files when you desync and opens a window to them. Please open the link starting with ‘Urgent’ to send the files to us, so we can debug any remaining desyncs.

We’ve heard your requests for new weapons. Thanks for the feedback.

Add: game time to info readout (F8) and remove debugging displays
Add: option to disable weather effects
Add: re-introduce snow to Alpine environment at lower alpha
Balance: Eagle Eye explosive rounds charge ability no longer applies to Machine Guns.
Balance: remove wind floor to remove lower fort disadvantage in Dueling Vipers 4v4
Balance: Team 1 can build the same number of mines as team 2 without destroying any on Balls map
Fix: desync when repairing a damaged strut soon after its material is replaced
Fix: desync while joining with AI enabled
Fix: older AI forts crash when dynamically placing ropes
Fix: restarting a campaign mission on hard causes the replay to crash
Fix: prevent neutral battery causing splash damage (team killing method)
Fix: crash when starting a host while receiving messages from a previous session
Fix: Team 1 AI on Balls incorrectly builds the incompatible Team 2 fort
Fix: missing edges on background terrain in Dueling Vipers 4v4
Fix: missiles can crash into parent structure even when it's clear to target
Fix: replay HUD sometimes shows on desync and window is lost
Fix: make desync diagnostics functional without disrupting game flow

Thanks for playing Forts.

Cheers,
EWG

PS: Finalists from Tournament VI have been contacted and we are in the process of getting their prizes delivered

G'day Forts Fans! After some delay, we have our sixth Forts Supreme Champion. The NA and EU brackets had been played out in fine style, with T1meToCaRRy blasting his way to the finals in the EU bracket, while Balrock crushed the competition in the NA bracket.

The two came together this weekend past to face off in the best-of-five series. It was a tough and damaging sequence of battles, with the mortar at the center of the carnage, but eventually Balrock came through to claim the top prize. As well as keys, he will receive the black and gold champions tshirt, with runners up getting a Forts commander promotional tshirt.



If you're keen to watch the finals action, or pick up some strategies, jump over to Quxzcover's YouTube Channel.

Thanks for playing Forts, and if you want to join in on the next tournament (this time featuring commanders), or just get involved with and battle other members of the Forts online community, head over to the Official Forts Discord server!

Cheers,
EWG

G'day Forts Fans! After some delay, we have our sixth Forts Supreme Champion. The NA and EU brackets had been played out in fine style, with T1meToCaRRy blasting his way to the finals in the EU bracket, while Balrock crushed the competition in the NA bracket.

The two came together this weekend past to face off in the best-of-five series. It was a tough and damaging sequence of battles, with the mortar at the center of the carnage, but eventually Balrock came through to claim the top prize. As well as keys, he will receive the black and gold champions tshirt, with runners up getting a Forts commander promotional tshirt.



If you're keen to watch the finals action, or pick up some strategies, jump over to Quxzcover's YouTube Channel.

Thanks for playing Forts, and if you want to join in on the next tournament (this time featuring commanders), or just get involved with and battle other members of the Forts online community, head over to the Official Forts Discord server!

Cheers,
EWG

G'day Forts Fans! Welcome to this week's update, complete with new map Dueling Vipers 4v4. This update adds a few minor features and fixes which improve team death match, and also includes an important fix which ensures doors are closed after repair. We’re aware of the lobby connection and desync issues, including when joining a battle in progress. These are being investigated.


High up in the middle eastern mountains, two ancient snakes are caught in time about to strike at each other. Or at least that's what it looks like. Attached to their faces are four forts apiece, with three differing styles of play: standing, hanging and cliff face. Whichever you choose, the battle is sure to be intense!

Add: Dueling Vipers 4v4 map
Add: Notification in console of who was taken out in TDM, with time stamp
Add: Show "you have been kicked" in the console instead of just disconnection
Balance: Lower wind floor in Hellmouth 3v3
Fix: AP sniper can penetrate damaged armour & doors
Fix: Collisions not detected in same frame as incendiary mortar hitting back-bracing under repair
Fix: AI don't build in co-op on Team 2 on Up & Down maps
Fix: Overdrive active icon not showing up when upgrading collectors during active
Fix: Repairing doors don't close if told to when complete
Fix: Alt-tab and multi-monitor issues
Fix: Resources not zeroed when knocked out of TDM
Fix: knocked out TDM team mates can activate commander
Fix: if a TDM team mate activates commander you don't hear the activation effect
Fix: invalid missile target shows up at origin by default

Thanks for playing Forts, and don't forget to head on over to the Official Forts Discord server, if you want to take part in tournaments or meet and battle other members of the Forts community.

Cheers,
EWG

G'day Forts Fans! Welcome to this week's update, complete with new map Dueling Vipers 4v4. This update adds a few minor features and fixes which improve team death match, and also includes an important fix which ensures doors are closed after repair. We’re aware of the lobby connection and desync issues, including when joining a battle in progress. These are being investigated.


High up in the middle eastern mountains, two ancient snakes are caught in time about to strike at each other. Or at least that's what it looks like. Attached to their faces are four forts apiece, with three differing styles of play: standing, hanging and cliff face. Whichever you choose, the battle is sure to be intense!

Add: Dueling Vipers 4v4 map
Add: Notification in console of who was taken out in TDM, with time stamp
Add: Show "you have been kicked" in the console instead of just disconnection
Balance: Lower wind floor in Hellmouth 3v3
Fix: AP sniper can penetrate damaged armour & doors
Fix: Collisions not detected in same frame as incendiary mortar hitting back-bracing under repair
Fix: AI don't build in co-op on Team 2 on Up & Down maps
Fix: Overdrive active icon not showing up when upgrading collectors during active
Fix: Repairing doors don't close if told to when complete
Fix: Alt-tab and multi-monitor issues
Fix: Resources not zeroed when knocked out of TDM
Fix: knocked out TDM team mates can activate commander
Fix: if a TDM team mate activates commander you don't hear the activation effect
Fix: invalid missile target shows up at origin by default

Thanks for playing Forts, and don't forget to head on over to the Official Forts Discord server, if you want to take part in tournaments or meet and battle other members of the Forts community.

Cheers,
EWG

G'day Forts Fans! Saturday August 5th sees another Forts Tournament, and this time not only can you claim your place on the Hall of Fame, and win Steam Keys, you now have the chance to win one of the brand new Forts T-shirts!

Finalists and runners-up will now be able to claim one of three new t-shirt designs, featuring Eagle Eye, Armourdillo and Architect. The Supreme Champion of the tournament, however, will walk away with an exclusive gold Forts t-shirt.

The tournament is split into two bracket: Europe (EU) and North America (NA). The winner of each bracket then face off in a best-of-five series, for the title of Forts Supreme Champion.Hit the links below to enter:-

North America Bracket
Europe Bracket

Join up, battle and have fun, and if you want to purchase a Forts t-shirt for yourself, head over to our store.

Cheers,
EWG

G'day Forts Fans! Saturday August 5th sees another Forts Tournament, and this time not only can you claim your place on the Hall of Fame, and win Steam Keys, you now have the chance to win one of the brand new Forts T-shirts!

Finalists and runners-up will now be able to claim one of three new t-shirt designs, featuring Eagle Eye, Armourdillo and Architect. The Supreme Champion of the tournament, however, will walk away with an exclusive gold Forts t-shirt.

The tournament is split into two bracket: Europe (EU) and North America (NA). The winner of each bracket then face off in a best-of-five series, for the title of Forts Supreme Champion.Hit the links below to enter:-

North America Bracket
Europe Bracket

Join up, battle and have fun, and if you want to purchase a Forts t-shirt for yourself, head over to our store.

Cheers,
EWG