Flashing Lights: Police - Fire - EMS Windows, Mac game

Flashing Lights: Police - Fire - EMS

Nils Jakrins | Excalibur Games | Early Access 2018

Enrol with the police, emergency medical services or fire department and take on missions unique to each service in an open world. Engage in desperate car chases, diagnose life-threatening injuries, and put out lethal fires! Each department has its own vehicles and equipment for you to operate while on duty. Play in single player, or work together with friends in online multiplayer to tackle incidents across a shared world.

Usually the first to respond to a criminal incident, the police are equipped with the fastest vehicle and a variety of equipment. Their roles vary from handing out parking tickets to chasing down dangerous suspects. They’ll do everything they can to prevent criminal activity and put a stop to any crimes in progress.

As an emergency medical specialist, your job lies in keeping members of the public alive, treating patients’ injuries, diagnosis and more. Lifesaving equipment you’ll utilise includes medical kits, stretchers and ambulances.

The role of the fire department extends far beyond putting out flames, as they work closely with medical services out in the field, swiftly cutting open crashed cars so that medical staff can reach the casualty. The fire department won’t engage in the pursuit of suspects, but will handle the aftermath of an incident, including, of course, putting out fires. Battling raging flames and freeing trapped civilians involves some heavy-duty gear including spreaders, a fire hose, a fire extinguisher and a fire truck.

MULTI-PLAYER

Team up with fellow players online and divide your team between the three emergency services at will. Race around the open world in various vehicles, to where you are needed, working together to help civilians in accidents or catch a fleeing criminal.

MISSIONS

Various calls to action will see you responding to incidents based on your chosen department, as well as the relevant area in the open world. From speeding and illegal parking, to raging fires and life-threatening car accidents, the pressure is on in Flashing Lights.

THE WORLD

Flashing Lights features a thriving open world (currently 3.5KM x 3.5KM) that will see emergencies break out in all corners of life.

Early Access

All screenshots on this page are a work in progress, and visuals are subject to change. It is our plan to expand the open world to include different environments, missions and scenarios. We will also be adding further emergency services equipment and gameplay mechanics throughout the Early Access period.

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Bug Fix and Loading Improvements: Patch Now Live For All Players

Jan 27 2022 News

Hello all,

We want to offer a big thanks to all of you who jumped into the unstable version of this update last week, and are happy to announce that the update is now available on the public branch - in other words, it's now available to all players.

This update is aimed at fixing a number of priority bugs, including falling through the ground when exiting vehicles, missing NPC victims in some fire rescue callouts, as well as improvements to city and rural ground environment loading speeds.

We've also worked on optimisations, and we've been seeing the game performing a little better on some machines.

Fixes
- Falling through ground when getting out of cars
- Missing NPC victims in Fire Rescue call ID:2003
- Getting an NPC out from a car in multiplayer previously caused the NPC to slide across the map for client players
- Fixed firefighter players getting stuck in a crouch pose when falling when crouched
- When firefighter players died with a hose in their hands, part of the hose got stuck after player was revived or respawned
- Pedestrians now walk around correctly regardless of distance from host
- Missing textures on fences in Beach Town
- When players die and choose respawn at station, it could break online games
- Mac voice chat issue fixed: now when joining games, you should get a pop-up to allow microphone access
- Texture optimizations
- Weapons optimizations
- City and rural areas ground environment loading improvements
- Floating buildings in areas 28-44 and 32-44 fixed
- Floating street lights at 23-46 fixed
- Christmas theme removed

Incoming Price Increase
We also wanted to let you know ahead of time that we'll be increasing the price of Flashing Lights. On 4 February we will be updating the price from $19.99/£15.99/€16.99 to $24.99/£19.99/€20.99.

Since May 2020 (the last time we increased the price) we've introduced a brand new map, an overhauled callout dispatch system, new vehicles, vehicle customisation, bug fixes and more.

What's Up Next

February – Suburban Update

In February, we'll be focusing on the new suburban area which was recently introduced. We'll be adding building interiors, and adding callouts to those interiors. This will include interactive doors and windows, with some callouts requiring you to smash windows to access homes.

We'll also be adding parked cars to the area, meaning you'll be able to patrol and issue tickets in the suburbs.

Expand your arsenal with a new weapon for police: the patrol rifle.

April - Fire Update

The April update will see a focus on the fire department. We're planning on introducing a conventional fire engine, expanding upon the fleet of vehicles already available.

We'll also be improving upon fire department gameplay by updating hose mechanics, allowing you to connect vehicles together in order to transfer water. We also look forward to introducing spreading fires, making for more dynamic callouts!

June - Traffic Stop

June will see the arrival of the much requested traffic stop update, expanding upon police gameplay by introducing vehicle searches and drug tests. We'll be adding the ability to shoot out AI car tires too, as well as updating traffic car models, adding some welcome visual diversity.

Lastly, we'll be making further improvements to traffic AI.

We're looking forward to the year ahead and are committed to delivering improvements to the game, as well as introducing exciting new content!

We hope you enjoy today's patch and that you're looking forward to what's in store over the coming months!

The Flashing Lights Team