Forefront's latest update, called Operation: Sandstorm, adds a new game mode, melee weapon, progression-tied unlockables, and much more.
Forefront has just launched a new update known as Operation: Sandstorm which adds a new game mode, a combat knife (the game's first melee weapon), a new rifle, and a new progression system called "Operations" that's essentially a "battle pass" in all but name.
Operations offers players an opportunity to unlock free rewards, through gathering points from daily and weekly challenges. Operations also offers premium rewards, such as character and vehicle skins, weapon patterns, and more, if players choose to purchase the premium version of the Operation.
In addition, the update adds a new game mode called "Breakthrough" which is a mix between Conquest and Rush. The objective is for attackers to push and capture all points in a sector until they overwhelm the enemy and conquer the map, while defenders try to maintain control of their sectors.
The full list of changes is included here, pasted from the game's Steam update page. Enjoy!
Changelog | 7.0.171
Featured
- Added **Operation: Sandstorm!** Operations allow players to unlock new weapons, vehicle and character skins, player cards, charms, emblems, weapon patterns, and more!
- Added new gun, the **FMS** (Unlockable through Operation: Sandstorm)
- Added a **Knife** melee weapon (Unlockable through Operation: Sandstorm
- Added bHaptics support | Supported devices include TactSuit vests, TactSleeve, and the TactVisor.
- Added new gamemode: Breakthrough | Available on Tunnels, Siberia, Mauritania, and Fjord.
- Added Character skins and Vehicle skins (Unlockable through Operation: Sandstorm)
General
- Added daily and weekly challenges through which players earn XP, or points to spend on free or premium operation rewards
- Added more server performance improvements
- Added more network bandwidth improvements
- Added movement speed increase when only holding knife
- Added knife kills awarding extra score and making the victim “executed” (which blocks revives)
- Added giving a player ammo when killing someone with the knife
- Improved foveated rendering on Steam Frame
- Improved voice chat systems and its error handling
- Fixed an issue that resulted in players letting go of grabbed equipment at random times or even the equipment swapping hands
- Fixed an issue where player loadout wouldn’t save between matches due to changes including a new unlock
- Fixed claymores and anti-tank mine kills counting as air kills while parachuting
- Fixed voice restricted players not being able to hear others
- Fixed respawned character keeping the previous corpse ragdoll active
- Fixed getting softlocked during onboarding when closing the game while choosing username
- Fixed the whole party getting kicked from the game when the leader is getting errors
- Fixed controller rebinding being broken
- Updated whiteboard
Weapons & Attachments
- Added separate movement slow stats while firing for each weapon category (for example, SMGs will have less of a slowing effect than LMGs)
- Added gun mastery for the FMS (won’t affect the T5 and T6 unlocks for the base game guns)
- Added remembering the laser enabled state upon respawn
- Fixed the jitter on the Qilin reload animation
- Fixed players getting teleported when colliding with friendly vehicles
- Fixed LMGs Fire Rate Discrepancy Compared to ARs
Gadgets & Perks
- Fixed spotting inconsistencies with the drone
- Fixed an issue where knobs on Spawn Beacon couldn’t be turned 360 degrees
- Fixed detonating an enemy's C4 only giving the player an assist and not a kill
- Fixed C4 on a vehicle acting as a shield against tank or RPG shots
- Fixed Stim inconsistencies while inside transport helicopter
- Fixed stim gun reload mispredictions
Vehicles
- Fixed the crash sound for fighter jets not playing sometimes
- Fixed player being able to shoot through Little Bird body to hit the pilot from below
- Fixed unoccupied vehicles stuttering while they are still moving
Maps
- Fixed characters getting stuck on top of pillars on Karst
- Fixed various gaps and holes on Fjord
- Fixed players getting stuck on the water plane under the map on Oasis
- Fixed various places where players falling through the floor on a variety of maps
- Fixed idle vehicle damage on Paradise
UI
- Added sorting by unlock requirement for the My Soldier view
- Added melee weapon slot to the loadout menu
- Added vehicle and character skin selection to the loadout menu
- Fixed name tag above ragdoll not always showing when standing nearby
- Fixed fighter jet icon flying backward on the respawn map
Forefront is available now on Quest, Steam, and Pico. It's coming to PlayStation VR2 on November 5.
