Dear Community,

We hope you had a great summer! Despite the warm season, plans have been brewing behind the scenes and some fun activity has taken place and is to come. Now we want to come forward with what's in store for the Project Reality 1.6 release in terms of our game servers and server hosting and also some other topical stuff.
America, America!

We are going to give North America a new go! We need donations to have enough money to host a server in the USA...

We are excited and proud to announce the PRTA IRL Event, which will be a social get-together for both former and current PRTA members as well as the wider Project Reality community.

The event is aimed to be a...

Hey squaddies!



With Track Attack in full swing, we’re ready to announce the Offworld Industries Squad Championship! What makes this one different?

THE OFFWORLD INDUSTRIES SQUAD CHAMPIONSHIP​

Well, for one, it’s official! Not only does it have the official Offworld Industries stamp of approval, but we’ll also be running the show too.



Next up: we wanted to make sure it was the right tournament for Squad, so we started by consulting members of the community to see what sort of rules they wanted.



After much deliberation, we’ve come up with a format we think you’ll like: head over to the official rules page for a complete breakdown.

THE...​

Hey squaddies!



The Canadian Armed Forces team has been hard at work since the Modding Weekend to incorporate your feedback, smash bugs, and make all sorts of tweaks! We’re happy to present those changes now, as well as provide an update on Alpha 16 and the OWI Company Holiday.

CANADIAN ARMED FORCES UPDATE​

As mentioned, the CAF team has been hard at work polishing their release and are ready to roll out some of those changes! The update will release today, August 28, 2019, at 3 PM PDT. This is a separate update from Alpha 16, which we’ll touch on in just a minute.

KITS AND LOADOUTS​

• Added Arid (or Desert) Canadian faction.
• Added a second Medic...

Armored squaddies rejoice, the time has come to prove your mettle!




A good tank crew is the backbone of a team and we’ve noticed that the armored crews out there have not had the opportunity to strut their stuff: enter the official Track Attack Tank Tournament.



Our newly formed tournament committee will be hosting an evening of knockout tank action for teams of 3 people to compete for vehicular bragging rights in true 1v1 tank action!



Taking to the field in intense and brutal 15-minute rounds, teams will fight for the top spot in a knockout-style tournament leading to a grand finale, all streamed for your enjoyment!



We’re hoping this small but high-octane event will be the perfect practice our team needs for our future event organization and management.



Sign-ups for this event will be open on Tuesday 27th August 12:00 UTC with spots limited to 8 teams — we want to give it a shakedown run before going any bigger.



From there we can look to put...

Hey squaddies!



We’re getting ready for another SquadChat!



The SquadChat will take place on Friday, August 23 at 11 AM PDT on our Twitch Channel: http://twitch.tv/JoinSquad. If you can’t make it, don’t worry: we’ll archive it on Youtube.



This time, we’ll be inviting Renn Farnell, Blueprint Designer, to chat about what he does on Squad during the day, and how he mods Squad during the off-hours. Dude pretty much lives Squad, so bring your tough questions! (Or post them in the discussion thread if you can’t make it — we’ll do our best to answer as many as possible.)

WHAT’S A SQUADCHAT?​

Good question! SquadChats are a casual discussion between the developers and YOU, the community. They’re a great opportunity to learn a little more about the team, including what powers them and how they...

Hey squaddies!



We’re tracking an issue that’s preventing players from accessing servers.



Early reports from the team are pointing to an issue with Steam-Unreal functionality related to the FOnlineAsyncTaskSteamFindServers queue. It appears to be an issue that will impact other games (e.g., Mordhau) using the Epic Steam OSS will be unable to display servers.



We’ll keep an eye on the situation and let you know more once we do.



Hang in there, squaddies.

OFFWORLD OUT.​

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Hey squaddies!



We’ve got some slightly-unsual patch notes for you today.



But first, you can say goodbye to that annoying server filter bug! (The “show full servers” checkbox functionality was inverted. Whoops!)



Additionally, we’re introducing some experimental changes to the “dead dead” mechanic, as well as the way “instadeath” works. Let’s dig in a little.

PRE-ALPHA 13​

Prior to Alpha 13, the mechanics worked like this:



After dying and being revived, there was a 60-second time frame during which you were extra vulnerable. This meant that if you died again during these 60 seconds, you would become unrevivable (“dead dead”) and be instantly sent to the spawn screen. There was no UI indication of this vulnerability.



Taking a large caliber headshot (such as 50cal) would instantly make you unrevivable (instadeath).



This was a mechanic was originally added to convey some consequence of death, as well as a sense of tension and...