Full Invasion 3 is launching February 26th! news

You read that right! We're releasing the 0.1.0 version Full Invasion 3 to the public on Sunday February 26th. We have a few things planned for the days leading up to the release, so read on for more. First, what have we been working on since the second progress report 2 months ago?

Progress

Aside from a massive amount of balance changes and bug fixes, these are the most notable areas of focus:

Invitational events

We've invited 300 players from our Discord server to join us in a series of tests to see how well the mod plays with large groups of players. The first event had a peak of 200 players on the server! We got some great feedback and data from those tests, which we've used to squash bugs and fix balance issues that otherwise would have gone unnoticed until after the full release.

A massive Thank You goes out to everyone who was able to join us for these events!

Refactored AI behaviour

A big change made during the last months was in the behaviour of the bots. During the initial tests, the bots never knew whether to prioritize players or objectives on the map. With this refactor, the AI will make proper use of the equipment they have available (well, mostly. Their brains are still a work in progress :P), properly prioritize objectives, and not create traffic jams in front of ladders.

New "Wardrobes" and Horse Troughs

We've recreated the old FI2 Wardrobes in order to change your class and gear selection without having to respawn. This time, however, it doesn't quite look like a wardrobe anymore, so they are renamed to Armories:

Release weekend

During the release weekend, the following events are planned:

Early Saturday: Full Invasion 2 Osiris Farewell Event

A final event will be hosted on Osiris as a farewell to the mod. We've worked on the mod for over 5 years, and we've managed to create and grow our amazing community through it, so we want to say a proper farewell to Full Invasion 2! This event will be public, and the factions of the event will be up to a poll. For more information about the event, join our Discord server.

Late Saturday: Final FI3 0.1.0 Invitational Event

As we've made some large balance adjustments since the last invitational event, we will be hosting one final Invitational Event on Saturday to test those final changes before the release. This event will not be public! We already have a large enough group of players available for this event. You can, however, join our Discord server to catch a livestream or two of the event.

Sunday (after final adjustments): FI3 0.1.0 Release!

On Sunday, after we've made some final adjustments based on the final invitational test, the public version of FI3 will be released! We will be hosting official servers in multiple regions right from the moment of going live, so you will be able to play on a server with a good ping right from the start.

You will be able to download the mod right from this Mod DB page, or on the Steam Workshop.