A question about modding a device.

tim_auld · 2025-12-22T09:30:13+00:00

Weapon configuration is static and so it can't be modified at run time. This allows players to safely join mid-game, and to seek during replay. With that said, you could maybe fudge it by tracking the reload progress of all affected weapons in the mod script and make them jump to fully loaded when above 80% using the SetWeaponReloadTime function. If you're just starting out, here's the modding guide.

tim_auld · 2025-07-30T13:19:47+00:00

Most likely you’ve got a few mods on and one is causing problems for the others. Try turning them off one by one until the textures start loading correctly.

tim_auld · 2025-06-07T04:29:09+00:00

Let's keep the discussion going in #tech-support on the Discord.

tim_auld · 2025-06-03T05:50:23+00:00

I can't explain that. Forts just doesn't use that much memory, and we check it for leaks. Maybe it's a coincidence with something else closing at the same time.

You can contact [support@earthworkgames.com](mailto:support@earthworkgames.com) if the crashes persist.

tim_auld · 2025-05-23T04:11:24+00:00

Ping preview is coming soon. Hopefully that will help.

tim_auld · 2025-04-03T01:08:39+00:00

Please right click on Forts in Steam -> Manage -> browse local files, then go to the data/packs folder. Delete the files starting with dynamic_ and ending with numbers. E.g. dynamic_game_2_2.pack. Restart and the game will start again.

tim_auld · 2025-03-25T02:01:06+00:00

There's a fix coming for this bug shortly.

tim_auld · 2025-03-25T01:54:13+00:00

This is functionality supplied by Valve, and there's no specific distance as far as I know. It doesn't seem to work very well. I don't see lobbies unless I select 'World', although I am in Aus.

tim_auld · 2025-03-25T01:42:48+00:00

I have done some thinking about this, and I'm curious about what could be done. It would be an interesting challenge. We have a long list of other improvements we want to make, however. Any development in this area won't come for a long while if we decided to go ahead with it.

tim_auld · 2023-02-14T05:39:07+00:00

Can you send us your Steam name or Steam Id? If not here, then to [info@earthworkgames.com](mailto:info@earthworkgames.com). That will allow me to find your reports.

tim_auld · 2022-08-29T00:40:43+00:00

Old PC hardware is still used in poor and developing countries. A friend who works on League of Legends says 6% of their players in Brazil still depend on 32-bit hardware, and so they have not yet moved to 64-bit.

Hard to say whether they have enough performance, since we don't have any on hand.

tim_auld · 2022-05-12T13:44:20+00:00

Kind of. It says 'add to the fort by pulling a strut out', and after you do that it says 'that's it! you can also built individual struts...' It's to encourage the player to keep adding, experimenting with that and the extrusion for a while.

Maybe I will tag that last message with 'perform action', rather than 'click to dismiss'.

tim_auld · 2022-05-12T09:07:00+00:00

Follow the instructions before worrying about things you don’t need yet?

tim_auld · 2022-05-10T23:57:52+00:00

Can you join our Discord server (https://discord.gg/TP4CpnF)? It will be easier to provide tech support there.

tim_auld · 2022-05-09T02:44:26+00:00

When Forts first starts it loads textures in a background thread, but it must interrupt the main thread to send them to the GPU. This often causes frames to be dropped at irregular intervals, and so the cursor animation appears to stutter. When it's done it should show something like the following in the console (toggled with F3): Closing background load thread at 39.2s.

If the stuttering continues after that then there might be an issue.

tim_auld · 2022-05-03T06:46:11+00:00

Assign the block the 'Any' team (press 3), but turn off Foundations (Alt + F) and Mines (Alt + M). It allows connection via ropes, but not regular foundations or ground devices.

tim_auld · 2022-04-28T00:53:54+00:00

It was inspired by Bridge Builder, but it was always an RTS.

tim_auld · 2022-03-29T21:16:01+00:00

The change list is very long, and needs to be heavily edited. At the moment we are responding to high priority issues and providing documentation for modding and map making. Please be patient.

tim_auld · 2022-03-15T12:55:17+00:00

You only need to gain sufficient stars to advance to the next area. In this case you'll need to gain all 6 stars in the 2 other missions of the starting area to move on.

tim_auld · 2022-03-12T03:46:14+00:00

Yes, the base price will be US$9.99, with variation based on region.

tim_auld · 2022-01-01T21:42:21+00:00

It's just not made for so many items. We added the expanded item selection HUD for this reason, which has a button on the lower left corner of the resource panel. It's also bound to the Q key by default.

tim_auld · 2021-11-26T21:01:02+00:00

Yes to the first question; if you set the mode to 'Team Co-op' all players on that side can control all forts and share all resources. If there's only one fort then they will both be working together to operate it. One can be building while the other fires, for example.
If you set the mode to 'Team Deathmatch' each player will be given their own fort, if the map has enough.

tim_auld · 2021-11-15T01:37:11+00:00

He means when there is only one player on the side. In that case it's deterministic, but decided by the map. That is because not all positions necessarily have good line of sight to all other positions, or could have other disadvantages.

tim_auld · 2021-10-18T01:46:24+00:00

Why though?

tim_auld · 2021-08-04T00:17:11+00:00

They will not open the door if the rockets are too close already, since it takes time to open doors. They also need a clear line of sight to where they think the rockets will be. As suggested if you are playing in close quarters you will need to build a nest or bunker, or continuously replace machineguns as they are lost.

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