Autumn 2025 Update Notes — Six Days in Fallujah News

Six Days in Fallujah’s Autumn Update is here! Experience two completely improved campaign missions, new Wounded State and Command Overlay features, improved Fireteam and enemy AI pathfinding and behavior, updated Training simulations, and hundreds of changes and bug fixes.

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COMING SOON: PROGRESSION SYSTEM

IMPROVED CAMPAIGN MISSIONS

Vigilant Resolve
- Completely new location with new buildings
- More open mission design
  - More player choice in how to accomplish objectives
- Improved objectives
  - Clearer direction
  - Fewer required actions
  - DShK gunner can now be eliminated by the player
- Improved mission pacing
  - Removed active GO! Command tutorials from campaign gameplay and placed in new Training
  - Removed slow, paused tutorialization in favor of active gameplay beats
Operation al-Fajr
- Northern Train Station now integrated into al-Fajr
  - Removed Northern Train Station as an isolated mission from the campaign timeline (still available in Cooperative Menu > Mission Settings)
- Streamlined mission flow and difficulty
  - Clearer objectives and map flow
- Improved mission pacing
  - Removed active GO! Command tutorials from campaign gameplay and placed in new Training
  - Improved difficulty
    - More consistent challenges
    - Less spikes

MISSION PACING

All missions re-tuned to create downtime between mission phases
- Creates more tactical opportunities for players to observe, orient, decide, and act
  - Combat occurs in pockets, with more defined beginnings and ends
  - Reduced cases of players getting shot immediately upon mission load

IMPROVED FIRETEAM AI

Pathfinding
- Replaced Unreal’s navigation system with a third-party solution
  - Significantly reduced the number of gaps in our nav mesh, causing Fireteam AI to get stuck less often
  - Smoother movement between Fireteam AI characters
  - Less harsh collision between Fireteam AI characters
Movement
- Fewer cases of blocking the player
  - Will go around or behind
- Improved positioning when both holding and firing
  - Previously occupied the most optimal firing position (which could sometimes be where the player was standing)
- Improved room clearing
  - Now follow exterior walls instead of cutting straight through rooms
  - Properly pan doors, staircases, and windows
Combat response
- Reduced cases of not properly engaging enemies
- Reduced cases of repeating the same lethal action leading to AI death

ENEMY AI

Refactored all enemy types
- Fixed an issue in which insurgents appear moving at low fps, or “slideshows”
- Reduced cases of insurgents spawning in player view
Tuned visibility and accuracy
- Reduced cases of insurgents seeing players through obstacles
- Adjusted accuracy values based on distance from the player
Combat response
- Slightly delayed insurgent target acquisition to reduce “botty” behavior

TRAINING

Updated training simulation
- Now instructs players on fundamentals
  - Move and shoot
  - Basic orientation
  - GO! Command introductions
    - Move!
    - Watch!
    - Suppress!
    - Stack up!
- Now includes insurgents
- Now appears on the campaign timeline
Added Training Scenarios
- Short, bite-sized encounters
- Difficulty scales with each mission
- First batch introduces players to emergent objectives
  - Black flag
  - Armory
  - Sniper
  - Mortars

GAMEPLAY IMPROVEMENTS

Added “Wounded” state
- Timed, limited status between active and incapacitated
  - Active > Bleeding (self-heal possible) > WOUNDED > Incapacitated
- Allows limited movement
- Allows pistol use, exclusively for defense
  - Cannot be fired while being revived
- Must be healed by another player or Fireteam AI to return to active status
  - Cannot revive yourself
Added GO! Command Overlay
- When holding the GO! Command key, GO! Command options now populate in the world space, in real-time
  - Limited to 3-5 nodes on screen at any one time
  - When mouse cursor hovers over any node, GO! Command execute key replaced by the specific contextual action
  - When execute key is pressed, Fireteam AI respond to particular command
- Advantages:
  - Instantly reveals tactical options that are unique to each situation
  - Broadens the number of commands you can issue your team
  - Allows issuing complex orders with a tap
Increased activity of ambient environment
- More:
  - Gunshots
  - Tracers
  - Explosions
  - Smoke
  - Fire

HUD IMPROVEMENTS

Complete menu overhaul
- Fireteam roles shown by default
Repositioned GO! Commands list when holding GO! Button
- Now stacked in bottom right
Overhauled KIA screen (Ghost Cam)
- Now requires manual input to assume spectating role
- More color distinction between active gameplay and spectator mode
Adjusted vest graphic
- Better communicates ammunition status
Expanded Bulletin notifications
- Now includes major activities or milestones that award Rank Points
  - Emergent objectives completed, for example

ANIMATION IMPROVEMENTS

Reduced cases of animation “popping” between movement transitions
- Applies to both players and AI models
- Improved AI “gaze” system for head models
Locomotion movements now more uniform

GRAPHICS IMPROVEMENTS

Improved models
- Weapons
  - Textures and resolutions now 4K
  - Reduced motion blur around weapons
- Hands, gloves, clothing
- Doors
- Apartment IEDs
Lighting
- Adjusted interior lighting
  - More rooms now have “active” lighting source
    - Oil lanterns
    - Gas stoves
  - Pitch black interiors reserved for Flares time-of-day
- Adjusted prop lighting
  - Supports lower graphic settings
Visually upgraded vistas
- Increased detail
  - More depth
  - Better natural terrain formation
Adjusted Procedural Architecture’s color rolls
- Houses more uniform in color profile
- Foliage and brush color expanded
- Graffiti and poster color stylized
Improved reflections, globally
Updated LODs
- Less environmental popping
Improved time-of-days
- Noon
- Sunrise (limited to campaign missions)

PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS

Framerate now locked at 60 fps by default
- Can be uncapped in the settings
Various VRAM reductions

BUG FIXES

Fixed an issue in which SAW belt loop animation not functioning correctly
Fixed an issue in which bolt release sound missing on m16 reload
Fixed an issue in which player camera not functioning correctly
Fixed an issue in which Ghost Cam controls not functioning correctly
Fixed an issue in which sniper dead checks not functioning correctly
Fixed an issue in which insurgent pistol reloads not functioning correctly
Fixed an issue in which high latency impacted auto-lean
Fixed an issue in which VOIP not functioning correctly without a mic
Fixed an issue in which VBIED movement not functioning correctly
Fixed an issue in which cooperative player list not functioning correctly
Fixed an issue in which text on invite player button shakes in lobby
Fixed an issue in which mission settings invalidated by lobby leadership change
Fixed an issue in which Start Mission button not functioning correctly after lobby leadership change
Fixed an issue in which Start Mission button not functioning correctly after canceling
Fixed an issue in which empty fireteam slots not auto-filling with Fireteam AI
Fixed an issue in which Fireteam AI flashlights not functioning correctly
Fixed an issue in which Fireteam AI exited armory too slowly on Northern Train Station
Fixed an issue in which mortars not animating correctly when destroyed on Phase Line Henry
Fixed an issue in which intro cinematic not functioning correctly on Phase Line Henry
Fixed an issue in which VO overlapped after intro cinematic on Phase Line Henry
Fixed an issue in which vehicle convoy moving on Phase Line Henry
Fixed an issue in which Crazy Horse idle state not functioning correctly on Objective Virginia
Fixed an issue in which Crazy Horse not aiming correctly on Objective Virginia
Fixed an issue in which Crazy Horse stuck if intro cinematic skipped on Objective Virginia
Fixed an issue in which skipping cinematics not functioning correctly on gamepad
Fixed an issue in which opening player career not functioning correctly on gamepad
Fixed an issue in which settings navigation not functioning correctly on gamepad
Fixed an issue in which restoring default gameplay settings not functioning correctly
Fixed an issue in which crosshair style impacted opacity
Fixed an issue in which role icons not functioning correctly on compass after being reinforced
Fixed an issue in which crosshair not functioning correctly after being reinforced
Fixed an issue in which SATMAP not functioning correctly after being reinforced
Various AI behavior fixes
Various fixes for AI clipping in environment
Various fixes for AI getting stuck in environment
Various fixes for players clipping in environment
Various fixes for players getting stuck in environment
Various fixes for doors and gates out of sync
Various fixes for objects floating in environment
Various fixes for collision in environment
Various fixes for interior and exterior lighting
Various fixes for LODs
Various fixes for missing textures
Various fixes for geometry blocking mission progression
Various fixes for interacts missing
Various fixes for interacts not functioning correctly
Various fixes for role assignment in lobby and gameplay
Various animation improvements
Various audio fixes and performance improvements
Various networking optimizations
Various performance optimizations
Various fixes for common crashes

For a list of major, unfixed bugs we're currently tracking, please see our Known Issues list.

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