Great news and update!
Anyway, still question - any plans for new uniform except of pilot's and paratroopers? Perhaps sailors and marines finally.
Oh I really hope so. There are many at the studio excited about more uniforms.
I'm not looking for a super detailed answer or anything, but in general terms, what is flying an airplane going to look like/feel like for a player?
We are still iterating on the controls, but overall we are aiming for a balance between a flight sim and action game experience.
Genuine question, can we expect some kind of an update/rework on the border base mechanics?
There aren't any immediate plans to rework border bases, but we will of course continue to address issues as they come up in future wars. When discussing border base, I want to make sure their historical context is communicated so any feedback takes into account all prior issues, which will help us find better solutions to new problems. Here's a post I made awhile back.
Read moreIn the first few years of Foxhole and World Conquest, a problem that became known as "border lockdown" emerged. It would cause region borders to be closed off by players and heavily defended. This became a desired strategy (understandably) from players but it had some negative effects.
First, it would cause major issues with player queues. During peak hours, "border lockdown" would essentially subtract regions from the frontline conflict (e.g. bringing the frontline from 7 to 5 or even 4 regions). This problem wasn't easily visible by players and would manifest itself in sudden complaint...
Will the update on the 18th take the servers down for a window? Will the update just be a restart of the server with no downtime?
Live servers will be patched with the new build several days before the 18th (for the "Pre-Patch" war). This is done to ensure major stability issues are caught ahead of time.
So in short, downtime should be minimal on the 18th unless there are unforeseen technical issues.
Is the flight model still going to be relatively realistic? Is plane combat going to be about keeping it in the air as well as guns on target?
We're still iterating on the experience to find the right balance but right now it is on the realistic side. It takes some skill and effort to consistently navigate to a target and engage it. This will obviously be refined over the coming months of development.
What year did air gameplay start implementation beyond the design/"whiteboard" phase? Alternatively, when were you confident enough in the tech/progress that you felt good about showing it off for today's devstream?
Thanks for your hard work!
Implementation started early 2024 and I'd say it took about half a year of on/off development to reach a stage where we were confident. The most exciting part of the process was the first time we were able to climb into a c*ckpit and take off and fly around the world on our internal servers. The flight model started off really realistic so it took quite a bit of skill to even take off at first.
How feasible would it be to transition Foxhole to the R² Engine to remove the hex-based queuing system and create a seamless, large-scale battlefield experience? What specific technical challenges or benefits do you anticipate with such a change? Additionally, have you considered adding in-game skins or customization options as a way to help fund development and offer players more personalization?
It wouldn't be technically feasible to port Foxhole to the R² Engine at this point as the game's codebase is too mature. However, we are continuing to invest in optimizations to help the servers take on more load. While R² Engine tech can't be directly adopted, the R&D knowledge can be shared across teams at the studio.
Skins and customization options would be neat, but we'd want to do it in a way that benefits the game's goals. It was a foundational requirement at the start to not sell microtransactions in Foxhole to ensure that design decisions (whether everyone agrees with them or not) were always towards the betterment of the creative goals of the game as opposed to financial incentives. We believe strongly that in the long term better games are made this way.
Will Charlie be coming back for this update war?
Most likely yes
We'll be answering questions here for the next few hours. Infantry Update specific questions will be prioritized. Thanks!
External link →The next annual update for Foxhole will be revealed on Tuesday, November 5th, 2PM ET live at https://www.twitch.tv/foxholegame.
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Note that this year's annual update with be significantly smaller than last year in terms of features and content. There won't be big new tentpole features like naval, trains, or fire. The focus will instead be on revising core gameplay in several areas. For more details on what to expect, please check out our last devblog: ...
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