A new bugfix version is now available on Steam: v0.9.2.0

• Let you choose between long (old) or short (new) EAS warnings in the settings
  
• Fix loading stuck when starting free roaming
  
• Fix SUV probe score added to other players
  
• Fix flying players in online free roaming
  
• Fix car sounds that can be heard from far away
  
• Fix tornado siren not rotating in Wakota
  
• Reduce light bloom (really this time ːsteamfacepalmː)

That's all for now.
Have fun!

A new bugfix version is now available on Steam: v0.9.1.1

• Fix light from lightnings not affecting clouds and tornadoes
  
• Change EAS sounds to reduce audio duration. Made by Caleb [WBMA-LD]
  
• Make tornado slightly more visible
  
• Fix visible car lensFlare inside the car
  
• Reduce light bloom
  
• Let the player's house lights be on all day in Free Roaming
  
• Optimize electric columns and electric cables
  
• Add ban info in main menu for banned players
  
• Fix SUV probe not activating (not repeating score sound)
  
• Increase SUV probe max score

That's all for now.
I hope that it will fix most of the major bugs detected in the previous version.
Have fun!

‼️ The v0.9.0 version is finally AVAILABLE ‼️

It has been a verrrrry long journey (exactly 3 years since the last update), and I truly appreciate all your enthusiasm after all that time.

Screenshot by Gopensgo291

• New realistic lighting system.
  
• New vehicle (SUV) available at XP level 10.
  
• Improved 3D model of the pickup truck.
  
• New buildings with optimized performance and detailed (and destructible) interiors.
  
• Enhanced physics for tornado-induced destruction.
  
• Visible car body damage caused by hail.
  
• Unknown tornado categories until they cause destruction or data is obtained with a probe.
  
• Wind force affecting trees and grass.
  
• Bonus points for capturing a lightning strike in a photo ⚡ .
  
• Language, time format, and distance format options added to the general settings.
  
• Car mirrors and physics accuracy options added to the graphics settings.
  
• Team selector in Versus mode.
  
• Ragdoll physics for players and animals (🐮 ) caught in a tornado.
  
• Wet textures when it's raining.
  
• Many optimizations for improved performance.

And that's all!
It has been a long odyssey, and I hope you enjoy this version that has been so challenging for me to release.
I hope it will serve as a foundation for improving the map and making many more changes in the future.

Thank you all for your patience 😘
Enjoy the game!

Hello Steam!
It's been a looooooong time... I know... and I'm really sorry ːsteamsadː.

Today I would like to share the new developments made with the v0.9 version which will arrive as a public beta at the end of June.

• FREE ROAMING
  In this video you will see a lot of the new features added to Free Roaming mode in the new version:
  
  
• LIGHTING
  As many of you already know the lighting in v0.9 has been totally remade and has continued to improve and over the last few weeks:
  
• TORNADO CATEGORY
  A tornado will not have a known category until it begins to strike objects, trees, cars, or anything that might indicate its category.
  This means that an EF5 with an unknown category will give you fewer points than an EF1 with a known category.
  
• DESTRUCTION
  The physics of the destruction caused by tornadoes has changed as well. You can see those changes in these two short videos:
  Mission 3 in v0.9[streamable.com]
  Mission 6 in v0.9[streamable.com]
  
  And remember that hail will also damage car bodies:
  

And... that's all!
I guess a lot of players aren't playing the game anymore after so long, but it was important for me to come back and release this version with so many changes.
Thank you so much for your patience and see you the last week of June for the public beta!

Hello Steam!
It's been a while since something were posted here and I would like to apologize for it.
Today I would like to share all the progress made with the v0.9 version.

• LIGHTING
  The lighting system has been totally remade to get better looking colors.
  
• BUILDING MODELS
  All of the buildings/tree models are being replaced with simpler ones (less polygons) to optimise performances.
  The car repair garage will now be separated from the gas station.
  Destruction of farms and city buildings will be improved.
  
• BUILDING INTERIORS
  All of the buildings/houses will have a realistic interior. You will be able to access to your house, building's rooftop or any other opened building (This is not Thief Simulator)
  
• ANIMALS
  All of the animal models have been updated... with Ragdoll!
  (But please, be kind to these poor beasts)
  
• WETNESS
  I've also been working on a wet surface manager that modify the wetness of different textures when it is raining to have a more realistic rain.
  
• CAR MODELS
  This next version will also increase the car model quality (mirrors, polygons, damages... etc.) and add a new vehicle model that will use slightly different probes.
  
• BIGGER MAP
  I don't have anything pretty to show for the moment, but I am working hard on it to get a big and optimized map to play all together.

And... that's all!
Thank you so much for playing Storm Chasers and I really hope that this upcoming v0.9 will hype you as much as me.

After several months of hard work and beta testing, the new v0.8.0 update is now live.

• New radar visuals
  
• New cloud's appearance with better supercell formation
  
• Possibility to get flat tires when driving off road
  
• New FM radio mode to read local files (mp3, wav or ogg)
  (You can change the folder in the settings)
  
• EAS alerts on the FM radio when a tornado is forming or moving close to a town.
  
• Thunderstorms and Lightning strikes added that can destroy objects or kill players

• Pretty big optimization for better performances
  
• New Unity version used for more stability
  
• Turn signals added
  
• Toggle picture saving when looking through the camera
  
• Ability to lock the car doors online to avoid other players to enter into your car
  
• Add footstep sounds
  
• Add stars in the sky during the night
  
• Add some smoke when drifting with cars
  
• Reduce view distance depending on graphics settings
  
• Faster character animations to crouch and jump faster
  
• Hands transparency can be changed in the settings
  
• Possibility to change to the other seat in your car
  
• Tornado siren is now rotating when active

• You can use your own audio files for the EAS warnings and the tornado sirens
  (Read the file in [GAME_FOLDER]/Mods/Audio)

I really hope that you will have fun with this new version.
Remember to join the Discord server to get the latest news about the development.

Thank you so much for all of your support!

Hello Storm Chasers!
A new update (v0.7.2) is now available to fix remaining bugs.

New Features

• Feel the Power (control a tornado) is now available in singleplayer free roaming.

Modifications

• Online Feel The Power duration has been set to 20min (instead of 10min).
  
• Missions 6 and 7 duration has been reduced by 1min.

Bugfixing

• Famous "Draw" bug in online versus game mode has been fixed.
  
• Players were, sometimes, spawning in the same house in online free roaming.
  
• Sometimes, in free roaming game mode, portable gas cans were not available in the gas station store.
  
• Warning residents option was available even when the house was destroyed.
  
• Tornado's icon on the radar was rotating in online Feel The power.

Hello Storm Chasers!
A new update (v0.7.1) is available to fix critical bugs.

Bugfixing
- Missions with multiple tornadoes were imposible to complete
- "Same point of view" penalty do not apply if you shot a different tornado
- Free Roaming was not working after playing online versus mode
- Reduce tornadoes transparency
- Reduce physics objects depending on graphics settings (very low, low, medium, high, ultra)
- If a car is parked too much time in a forbidden area, it will respawn (resetting upgrades and paying respawn price) instead of disconnecting player

Hello Storm Chasers!
The new v0.7 update is now live (at last!).

Features

• Add a laptop in the car.
  You will now be able to upgrade your gears directly from your laptop and navigate through the map on your radar.
  This also adds a new feature to be able to upload your photos and probe's data. With this change you will still earn points when you take pictures but no money. To earn cash you will have to upload your photos and probe's data to your laptop.
  This upload will last longer if you don't upgrade your bandwidth.
  Uploading your photos will also free up space in your camera storage.
  It is always better to upgrade your camera storage to avoid having to upload your photos right when you are chasing a tornado.
  Here is a short video of the new laptop feature included:
  
• New "Home" interaction in free roaming.
  You will now have a home where you will be able to rest or to sleep. For now it is just a menu without an interior in 3D. If your house is destructed by a tornado, you will have to pay and wait (depending on damage amount) for its reconstruction.
  
• "Feel the power" online versus game mode added.
  In this game mode, you control a tornado and you have to earn more points than the other team (normal storm chasers). You have to destroy things to be able to increase your category. There will be a destruction bar to know how much you have to destroy to gain access to the next category.
  You can watch a small peak of this upcoming game mode here
  
• Warn residents of close tornadoes.
  If a tornado is close to a house, you will now be able to knock the door to warn possible residents. It won't give you money, but a good amount of points.
  
• Camera's battery management.
  You will have to take care of your camera's battery level. You will be able to charge it in your car and will have to remember to take your camera with you before getting outside of the car if you leave it charging.

Modifications

• Avoid player from being sucked by a tornado if he is protected behind a wall or similar (and the tornado doesn't destroy that wall ːsteamhappyː)
  
• Optimize map performances
  
• Probes will give you more points (up to 300pts in a EF5 direct hit)
  
• Players will earn less points if they are taking too many similar pictures.
  
• Make the game brighter
  
• Car's lights have now a greater range and lights from street lamps are now wider
  
• Offroad is now more complicated because the terrain is no more flat outside of roads
  
• Better damage sounds when a tornado hits something
  
• More violent physics when a debris is sucked up by a twister
  
• Update max players number in online free roaming private to 8
  
• Increased tornadoes max speed
  
• In free roaming you will now earn XP every 12h instead of every 24h.

Bugfixing

• Tornadoes were not spawning after sometime in online free roaming
  
• Unity version updated to avoid some crashes
  
• Respawning car in Wakota gas station was not working
  
• Changed time of day 00pm and 00am to 12pm and 12am
  
• When player was dying in singleplayer free roaming, he was respawning in his house instead of the gas station (to be able to respawn his car)
  
• Increased the speed needed to be hit by hail when the windshield of your car is broken
  
• If your car was in a forbidden area (in gas stations), respawning it was not changing this state
  
• Changed break light color of the cars
  
• Avoid getting vertical trees rendering when they are uprooted by a tornado
  
• Some female clothes were locked until level 0 was reached
  
• Some debris were flying far away when getting hit by a car
  
• Cars were flying when driving over some big debris

And that's all!
Keep in mind that this is a big update that could include some new bugs
Thank you so much for your patience.
Have fun!