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EMERGENCY 20 for Mac now also on Steam!Dec 19, 2017 - Community Announcementshttp://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30943743/87b9aa5f38574e242dcf0bfafba10c5eab3945cb.jpg EMERGENCY 20 for Mac is now also out on Steam. For the 20th anniversary of EMERGENCY, Mac-Users can now enjoy EMERGENCY on Steam for the first time. Three content-packed campaigns from EMERGENCY 5, EMERGENCY 2016 and EMERGENCY 2017, ten historical missions in new technology, developer videos, Multiplayer and Freeplay are waiting for you in the new Mac version on Steam. Of course, all the improvements and fixes of the PC versions are included. In Multiplayer the PC variant and Mac variant of EMERGENCY 20 are compatible. So you can protect Cologne, Munich, Berlin and Hamburg together with your friends, even if one of you is commanding his units on a PC and one on Mac. EMERGENCY 20 for Mac now also on Steam!Dec 19, 2017 - Community Announcementshttp://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30943743/87b9aa5f38574e242dcf0bfafba10c5eab3945cb.jpg EMERGENCY 20 for Mac is now also out on Steam. For the 20th anniversary of EMERGENCY, Mac-Users can now enjoy EMERGENCY on Steam for the first time. Three content-packed campaigns from EMERGENCY 5, EMERGENCY 2016 and EMERGENCY 2017, ten historical missions in new technology, developer videos, Multiplayer and Freeplay are waiting for you in the new Mac version on Steam. Of course, all the improvements and fixes of the PC versions are included. In Multiplayer the PC variant and Mac variant of EMERGENCY 20 are compatible. So you can protect Cologne, Munich, Berlin and Hamburg together with your friends, even if one of you is commanding his units on a PC and one on Mac. Patch 4.1.0 is now availableNov 20, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsPatch 4.1.0 has just been released and brings new improvements and some bugfixes. As always it will be downloaded and installed automatically here on Steam. As many of you already noticed Steam trading cards have been online for some time now. And we have added some EMERGENCY 20 themed wallpapers to our website. Thank you for your feedback and your help in finding and identifying issues! Patchnotes: Gameplay: EMERGENCY 5 Hamburg flood, one car would sometimes not spawn after repeating the mission EMERGENCY 2016 Supermarket robbery, the robbers now take much longer to escape EMERGENCY 20 Tornado, fixed the collision of a fence Train Crash, fixed that one person could be placed inside a train after being freed Fixed the door of a taxi in the mass collision event Tires will now always be towed with cars in the mass collision event Nuclear disaster, evacuation vehicle now always has just 6 seats Improved visualization of towing rotated cars Improved behaviour of the weather when repeating missions The rescue dog team now no longer can be unresponsive after getting into and out of their car The supervisor will stop giving tips after the mission has already failed Command icons in the help screen will now properly switch when switching between units pages A purely decorative pier in Munich can no longer be used to get units onto the water Fixed a rare instance where firemen ran to the edge of the map, when ordered to cut open a vehicle Multiplayer: Improved performance for clients Backstage-videos: Added new functions to the video player Steam: Improved synchronization with the WORLD of EMERGENCY accounts for achievements earned on Steam Modding: Expanded Code to make modding for multiplayer easier and added a sample plugin to the SDK „Custom“ light animations now properly use animation speeds Animations for vehicles are now moddable (turntable ladder, heavy tow truck, tow truck, motor boat transport) Patch 4.1.0 is now availableNov 20, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsPatch 4.1.0 has just been released and brings new improvements and some bugfixes. As always it will be downloaded and installed automatically here on Steam. As many of you already noticed Steam trading cards have been online for some time now. And we have added some EMERGENCY 20 themed wallpapers to our website. Thank you for your feedback and your help in finding and identifying issues! Patchnotes: Gameplay: EMERGENCY 5 Hamburg flood, one car would sometimes not spawn after repeating the mission EMERGENCY 2016 Supermarket robbery, the robbers now take much longer to escape EMERGENCY 20 Tornado, fixed the collision of a fence Train Crash, fixed that one person could be placed inside a train after being freed Fixed the door of a taxi in the mass collision event Tires will now always be towed with cars in the mass collision event Nuclear disaster, evacuation vehicle now always has just 6 seats Improved visualization of towing rotated cars Improved behaviour of the weather when repeating missions The rescue dog team now no longer can be unresponsive after getting into and out of their car The supervisor will stop giving tips after the mission has already failed Command icons in the help screen will now properly switch when switching between units pages A purely decorative pier in Munich can no longer be used to get units onto the water Fixed a rare instance where firemen ran to the edge of the map, when ordered to cut open a vehicle Multiplayer: Improved performance for clients Backstage-videos: Added new functions to the video player Steam: Improved synchronization with the WORLD of EMERGENCY accounts for achievements earned on Steam Modding: Expanded Code to make modding for multiplayer easier and added a sample plugin to the SDK „Custom“ light animations now properly use animation speeds Animations for vehicles are now moddable (turntable ladder, heavy tow truck, tow truck, motor boat transport) EMERGENCY 20 now availableNov 20, 2017 - Community Announcements10 classic missions celebrating our anniversary http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26684459/4777bcfa5f87220b09bd5a1eab53dda4c4f1c59d.jpg For the 20th anniversary of EMERGENCY we prepared a special game: In EMERGENCY 20 you can experience 10 of the best missions out of 20 years of EMERGENCY, in the newest technology. Newcomers and long-term players alike can now prove their skills as incident commanders in the gorgeously re-imagined missions. It’s your task to manage the exciting challenges with your firemen, doctors, policemen, engineers and many units more. Each of the 10 missions has three levels of difficulty, making sure that even experienceid incident commanders will have their hands full. Featuring all three campaigns of EMERGENCY 5, EMERGENCY 2016 and EMERGENCY 2017 and their four huge freeplay and multiplayer maps, EMERGENCY 20 contains many hours of tried and true EMERGENCY gameplay. EMERGENCY 20 is available on Steam now. Owners of EMERGENCY 2016 or EMERGENCY 2017 can get EMERGENCY 20 as a discounted upgrade. EMERGENCY 20 now availableNov 20, 2017 - Community Announcements10 classic missions celebrating our anniversary http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26684459/4777bcfa5f87220b09bd5a1eab53dda4c4f1c59d.jpg For the 20th anniversary of EMERGENCY we prepared a special game: In EMERGENCY 20 you can experience 10 of the best missions out of 20 years of EMERGENCY, in the newest technology. Newcomers and long-term players alike can now prove their skills as incident commanders in the gorgeously re-imagined missions. It’s your task to manage the exciting challenges with your firemen, doctors, policemen, engineers and many units more. Each of the 10 missions has three levels of difficulty, making sure that even experienceid incident commanders will have their hands full. Featuring all three campaigns of EMERGENCY 5, EMERGENCY 2016 and EMERGENCY 2017 and their four huge freeplay and multiplayer maps, EMERGENCY 20 contains many hours of tried and true EMERGENCY gameplay. EMERGENCY 20 is available on Steam now.Hotfix 4.0.2 releasedOct 30, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsFixed an issue that reset some sound levels to zero when starting a game Vehicles are less jittery on inclines Fixed a potential disconnect issue when calling units in multiplayer mode Hotfix 4.0.2 releasedOct 30, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsFixed an issue that reset some sound levels to zero when starting a game Vehicles are less jittery on inclines Fixed a potential disconnect issue when calling units in multiplayer mode Patch 4.0.1 out nowOct 26, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsNew Patch just before the release of EMERGENCY 20 http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26684459/51a947fad3205102816ce71e267ee9d92885a4ce.jpg While we are celebrating the anniversary of the EMERGENCY series with the upcoming EMERGENCY 20, we have also developed a new Patch. Patch 4.0.1 contains numerous improvements and bugfixes for EMERGENCY 5, EMERGENCY 2016 and EMERGENCY 2017. The update will be delivered via Steam automatically. Patchnotes: Gameplay & GUI Fixed buildings in Cologne and Hamburg that were difficult for Firemen to enter Fixed rare issue with disappearing mouse cursor after curscene in the Oktoberfest event Improved interactions between diver and boat Collapsed buildings are now marked on the minimap Many small improvements to usability to make units more responsive Graphics Wind turbines now turn the right way Fixed animation issues with the police dog handler Fixed off-center text in some loading screens Multiplayer Compatibility with EMERGENCY 20 established Missing persons are now displayed better for clients Improved lighting of vehicles for clients Fixed rare issue where no treatment was possible after decontamination Improved stability of multiplayer server Fixed overlapping windows in the ending screens World Builder New Feature „Morph Component“: e.g. morphs „Mesh“ into „Tintable Mesh“ New dialogue to set map size when creating an empty map Asset Browser Added searchable tags Added search function to the project section Navigation Map Generator Tool Fixed crash when deleting a navigation-map in the Navigation Map Generator Tool Improved usability Maps in write-protected projects can now be opened, but the user gets notified Added warning in the log if there are holes in the ground map Mesh Assets now support BGR-Colourst „Save as Prefab“ can now overwrite files not in the EMERGENCY 5 project Various smaller fixes and improvements Online Editor Improved project management Fixed disconnects when importing a project It is no longer possible to open maps of currently inactive projects, since this could lead to terrain display problems When opening maps in write-protected projects we cut the connection tot he server for security reasons When opening write-protected maps or logging into an admin account the menu will appear red and a tool tip has been added Fixed issue where sometimes a new project would not show up in the clients project lists until the server was rebooted Expanded project management Newly created project will be visible only to the user who created it Added "OwnerUserLogin", "RestrictedUserAccess", "ReadOnlyUserLogins" and "ReadWriteUserLogins" to manage project access for users New map dialogue You can now create a new map based on the copy of an existing one in the online editor Added information to the dialogue when cloning a map Improvements to asset management Asset modification dates internally saved in UTC will now be displayed correctly in local time Map assets can no...Patch 4.0.1 out nowOct 26, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsNew Patch just before the release of EMERGENCY 20 http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26684459/51a947fad3205102816ce71e267ee9d92885a4ce.jpg While we are celebrating the anniversary of the EMERGENCY series with the upcoming EMERGENCY 20, we have also developed a new Patch. Patch 4.0.1 contains numerous improvements and bugfixes for EMERGENCY 5, EMERGENCY 2016 and EMERGENCY 2017. The update will be delivered via Steam automatically. Patchnotes: Gameplay & GUI Fixed buildings in Cologne and Hamburg that were difficult for Firemen to enter Fixed rare issue with disappearing mouse cursor after curscene in the Oktoberfest event Improved interactions between diver and boat Collapsed buildings are now marked on the minimap Many small improvements to usability to make units more responsive Graphics Wind turbines now turn the right way Fixed animation issues with the police dog handler Fixed off-center text in some loading screens Multiplayer Compatibility with EMERGENCY 20 established Missing persons are now displayed better for clients Improved lighting of vehicles for clients Fixed rare issue where no treatment was possible after decontamination Improved stability of multiplayer server Fixed overlapping windows in the ending screens World Builder New Feature „Morph Component“: e.g. morphs „Mesh“ into „Tintable Mesh“ New dialogue to set map size when creating an empty map Asset Browser Added searchable tags Added search function to the project section Navigation Map Generator Tool Fixed crash when deleting a navigation-map in the Navigation Map Generator Tool Improved usability Maps in write-protected projects can now be opened, but the user gets notified Added warning in the log if there are holes in the ground map Mesh Assets now support BGR-Colourst „Save as Prefab“ can now overwrite files not in the EMERGENCY 5 project Various smaller fixes and improvements Online Editor Improved project management Fixed disconnects when importing a project It is no longer possible to open maps of currently inactive projects, since this could lead to terrain display problems When opening maps in write-protected projects we cut the connection tot he server for security reasons When opening write-protected maps or logging into an admin account the menu will appear red and a tool tip has been added Fixed issue where sometimes a new project would not show up in the clients project lists until the server was rebooted Expanded project management Newly created project will be visible only to the user who created it Added "OwnerUserLogin", "RestrictedUserAccess", "ReadOnlyUserLogins" and "ReadWriteUserLogins" to manage project access for users New map dialogue You can now create a new map based on the copy of an existing one in the online editor Added information to the dialogue when cloning a map Improvements to asset management Asset modification dates internally saved in UTC will now be displayed correctly in local time Map assets can no...Patch 4.0.1 for EMERGENCY 5, 2016 and 2017 coming October 27th 2017Oct 11, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsVarious Bugfixes and improvements to the editor While we are working on our anniversary EMERGENCY 20 years edition, we are also making a new update for EMERGENCY 5, 2016 and 2017. Besides some bugfixes for the campaigns we are also working on some improvements for multiplayer. For modders we are working on many improvements to the Editor and Online Editor. As always we will be releasing the complete Patch Notes as soon as the Patch is available for download. Thank you to anyone who helped us by giving all kinds of feedback!Patch 4.0.1 for EMERGENCY 5, 2016 and 2017 coming October 27th 2017Oct 11, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsVarious Bugfixes and improvements to the editor While we are working on our anniversary EMERGENCY 20 years edition, we are also making a new update for EMERGENCY 5, 2016 and 2017. Besides some bugfixes for the campaigns we are also working on some improvements for multiplayer. For modders we are working on many improvements to the Editor and Online Editor. As always we will be releasing the complete Patch Notes as soon as the Patch is available for download. Thank you to anyone who helped us by giving all kinds of feedback!EMERGENCY 20 releases October 2017 for PCOct 10, 2017 - Community Announcementshttp://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26684459/216c890acaba70434eb0eb09f2862b879c3e0d67.jpg 10 missions from 20 years of EMERGENCY with the newest technology In July 2018 it will be 20 years since the first release of EMERGENCY: Fighters for Life. We will be celebrating this anniversary with a special new game: EMERGENCY 20! EMERGENCY 20 will be available as the boxed version on October 27th 2017, the steam version will release on the 31st. For EMERGENCY 20 we have remade 10 of the most exciting and difficult missions out of all the installments of the EMERGENCY-series with the latest technology and re-invigorated the gameplay. The cherry on top: EMERGENCY-creator Ralph Stock offers insights into the development of the classic missions and the history and design of EMERGENCY in a videoclip for each of the 10 missions. In every mission you can choose between three difficulty settings. Only those who can keep calm in chaotic situations will be able to master these missions on the highest difficulty! EMERGENCY 20 will be available for Windows PCs on DVD and on Steam.EMERGENCY 20 releases October 2017 for PCOct 10, 2017 - Community Announcementshttp://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26684459/216c890acaba70434eb0eb09f2862b879c3e0d67.jpg 10 missions from 20 years of EMERGENCY with the newest technology In July 2018 it will be 20 years since the first release of EMERGENCY: Fighters for Life. We will be celebrating this anniversary with a special new game: EMERGENCY 20! EMERGENCY 20 will be available as the boxed version on October 27th 2017, the steam version will release on the 31st. For EMERGENCY 20 we have remade 10 of the most exciting and difficult missions out of all the installments of the EMERGENCY-series with the latest technology and re-invigorated the gameplay. The cherry on top: EMERGENCY-creator Ralph Stock offers insights into the development of the classic missions and the history and design of EMERGENCY in a videoclip for each of the 10 missions. In every mission you can choose between three difficulty settings. Only those who can keep calm in chaotic situations will be able to master these missions on the highest difficulty! EMERGENCY 20 will be available for Windows PCs on DVD and on Steam.Patch 3.0.2Dec 1, 2016 - Community AnnouncementsGeneral Gameplay Removed fixed sequence of events when starting freeplay or multiplay for the first time on a map The freeplay/multiplay events newly introduced in update 3.0.1 now appear more often Sirens now get played longer than only a few seconds The markers below helicopters are not blocking movement and lading commands any more Bug fixes In freeplay it was possible to get a mission level higher than 4, which was not intended Firefighters got stuck after pulling an injured criminal Fire bars above oil patches in mission "Flood" were not visible The "Avalanche" mission could get stuck when treating and transporting buried victims without rescuing them first with the helicopter The freeplay event "Dirty Bomb" could fail due to time out even though all criminals got arrested already In some cases, the turntable ladder vehicle could not reach victims to be rescued In Hamburg, civilists and units could get stuck near the water The police helicopter does not stutter any more when chasing a criminal After the "Hostage" event, sometimes the house disappeared Removed the audio effect hinting at a vehicle not being able to find its way, which was played too often The achievement for mission "Reactor Disaster" is now easier to get Some of the new multiplay events could not be solved by a client alone GUI The information message on a gained achievement did not disappear correctly in some cases The modification window could not handle 7 or more mods visible at the same time and crashed In the main menu, an information message was added when the game has to perform content consistence check for multiplay Furthermore, a message is now shown during savegame synchronization with online accounts Savegame contents is now explained in the save menu for savegames, to avoid confusion (only progress inside the campaign gets saved) Some player unit help screens got reworked Various minor bug fixes in user interface Miscellaneous Account login with e-mail address instead of login name could lead to game progress not being saved correctly Camera view can now be rotated by pressing the middle mouse button as well Various minor usability improvements Graphics Some player vehicles were colored wrong when using a different language than English or German In mission "Gang War", the screen could stay dark for some time after the intro Some adaptations for the historical firefighters Fixed appearance of firefighter's hoses in multiplay Fixed short framerate drop due to too many particles getting visible Smoother camera transition in tutorial Steam Fixed a bug that achievements did not appear in Steam Removed achievements in Steam that do not appear in the game  EMERGENCY 2017 content Changes Mission "Crushing the terror cell" will now fail if too many units (3 of them) get injured before the building breakdown Mission "Attack in the heart of Berlin" does not fail as quickly when people get contaminated Bug fixes Mission "Crushing the terror cell": Some injureds could only ...Patch 3.0.2Dec 1, 2016 - Community AnnouncementsGeneral Gameplay Removed fixed sequence of events when starting freeplay or multiplay for the first time on a map The freeplay/multiplay events newly introduced in update 3.0.1 now appear more often Sirens now get played longer than only a few seconds The markers below helicopters are not blocking movement and lading commands any more Bug fixes In freeplay it was possible to get a mission level higher than 4, which was not intended Firefighters got stuck after pulling an injured criminal Fire bars above oil patches in mission "Flood" were not visible The "Avalanche" mission could get stuck when treating and transporting buried victims without rescuing them first with the helicopter The freeplay event "Dirty Bomb" could fail due to time out even though all criminals got arrested already In some cases, the turntable ladder vehicle could not reach victims to be rescued In Hamburg, civilists and units could get stuck near the water The police helicopter does not stutter any more when chasing a criminal After the "Hostage" event, sometimes the house disappeared Removed the audio effect hinting at a vehicle not being able to find its way, which was played too often The achievement for mission "Reactor Disaster" is now easier to get Some of the new multiplay events could not be solved by a client alone GUI The information message on a gained achievement did not disappear correctly in some cases The modification window could not handle 7 or more mods visible at the same time and crashed In the main menu, an information message was added when the game has to perform content consistence check for multiplay Furthermore, a message is now shown during savegame synchronization with online accounts Savegame contents is now explained in the save menu for savegames, to avoid confusion (only progress inside the campaign gets saved) Some player unit help screens got reworked Various minor bug fixes in user interface Miscellaneous Account login with e-mail address instead of login name could lead to game progress not being saved correctly Camera view can now be rotated by pressing the middle mouse button as well Various minor usability improvements Graphics Some player vehicles were colored wrong when using a different language than English or German In mission "Gang War", the screen could stay dark for some time after the intro Some adaptations for the historical firefighters Fixed appearance of firefighter's hoses in multiplay Fixed short framerate drop due to too many particles getting visible Smoother camera transition in tutorial Steam Fixed a bug that achievements did not appear in Steam Removed achievements in Steam that do not appear in the game  EMERGENCY 2017 content Changes Mission "Crushing the terror cell" will now fail if too many units (3 of them) get injured before the building breakdown Mission "Attack in the heart of Berlin" does not fail as quickly when people get contaminated Bug fixes Mission "Crushing the terror cell": Some injureds could only ...Announcement: Patch 3.0.2 is in progress!Nov 18, 2016 - Community AnnouncementsWe want to thank all players who helped us find bugs in the games EMERGENCY 5, EMERGENCY 2016 and EMERGENCY 2017. Through your posts on Steam, Facebook, the Emergency-Forum and support-email we were able to fix many bugs and problems. We would like to thank all of you. We are currently working on a patch that will solve the reported problems. The patch will be released within the next few days.Announcement: Patch 3.0.2 is in progress!Nov 18, 2016 - Community AnnouncementsWe want to thank all players who helped us find bugs in the games EMERGENCY 5, EMERGENCY 2016 and EMERGENCY 2017. Through your posts on Steam, Facebook, the Emergency-Forum and support-email we were able to fix many bugs and problems. We would like to thank all of you. We are currently working on a patch that will solve the reported problems. The patch will be released within the next few days.