The Autumn Update for Six Days in Fallujah delivers a sweeping set of improvements across mission design, AI behavior, training content, and core gameplay systems. Two major campaign missions have been rebuilt with clearer objectives, sharper pacing, fewer forced tutorials, and more opportunities for tactical decision-making. The update also introduces the Wounded state and a real-time Command Overlay, adding greater depth to firefights and team coordination.
AI enhancements play a central role in this patch, with major upgrades to Fireteam pathfinding, enemy responsiveness, and room-clearing behavior. Training simulations have been reworked to teach fundamentals more effectively, while extensive HUD, graphics, and performance improvements round out the update. Hundreds of bug fixes resolve issues across animations, networking, missions, UI, and more.
Patch Notes
Improved Campaign Missions
- Vigilant Resolve
- Completely new location with rebuilt buildings
- More open mission structure with expanded player choice
- Improved objectives with clearer direction and fewer required actions
- DShK gunner can now be eliminated
- Improved pacing
- Removed active GO Command tutorials and moved them to Training
- Removed slow, paused tutorialization in favor of active gameplay
- Operation al Fajr
- Northern Train Station fully integrated into al Fajr
- Removed as a standalone mission in the timeline but remains in Cooperative Menu > Mission Settings
- Streamlined mission flow and difficulty
- Clearer objectives and map flow
- Improved pacing
- Removed active GO Command tutorials and moved them to Training
- Adjusted difficulty for consistency with fewer spikes
Mission Pacing
- All missions re-tuned to create downtime between phases
- More tactical opportunities to observe, orient, decide, and act
- Combat encounters occur in clearer pockets
- Reduced cases of players being shot immediately upon mission load
Improved Fireteam AI
- Pathfinding
- Replaced Unreal navigation with a third-party solution
- Significantly fewer nav mesh gaps
- Smoother AI movement with reduced collision
- Movement
- Fewer instances of blocking the player
- Improved positioning and firing behavior
- Better room clearing with proper door, staircase, and window navigation
- Combat Response
- Reduced cases of not engaging enemies or repeating lethal actions
Enemy AI
- Refactored all enemy types
- Fixed low fps “slideshow” animations
- Reduced spawning in player view
- Tuned visibility and accuracy
- Adjusted accuracy based on player distance
- Slight delay added to target acquisition
Training
- Updated simulation covering movement, shooting, orientation, and GO Commands
- Training now appears in the campaign timeline
- Added new Training Scenarios
- Short, scaling encounters
- Introduce emergent objectives such as Black Flag, Armory, Sniper, and Mortars
Gameplay Improvements
- Added Wounded state
- Gradual transitions from Active to Bleeding to Wounded to Incapacitated
- Limited movement and pistol use
- Cannot fire while being revived
- Requires teammate or Fireteam AI for recovery
- Added GO Command Overlay
- Real-time world space node system
- Contextual actions displayed when hovering
- Enables rapid, tactical command execution
- Increased ambient environment activity
- More gunshots, tracers, explosions, smoke, and fire
HUD Improvements
- Complete menu overhaul
- Fireteam roles displayed by default
- GO Commands list repositioned to bottom right
- Overhauled KIA screen with clearer spectator mode distinction
- Updated vest graphic for improved ammo readability
- Expanded Bulletin notifications for Rank Point rewards
Animation Improvements
- Reduced animation popping between transitions
- Improved AI head gaze
- More uniform locomotion
Graphics Improvements
- Enhanced weapon models with 4K textures
- Reduced weapon motion blur
- Improved hands, gloves, clothing, doors, and apartment IEDs
- Adjusted interior lighting with more active sources
- Improved vistas and natural terrain detail
- Updated procedural architecture color profiles
- Expanded foliage and graffiti color variety
- Improved reflections
- Updated LODs for less popping
- Improved time of day for Noon and Sunrise
Performance Improvements
- Framerate locked at 60 fps by default, with uncapped option
- Various VRAM reductions
Bug Fixes
- Fixed SAW belt loop animation issues
- Fixed bolt release sound missing on M16 reload
- Fixed player camera malfunctions
- Fixed Ghost Cam control issues
- Fixed sniper dead check issues
- Fixed insurgent pistol reload behavior
- Fixed high latency auto lean issues
- Fixed VOIP issues when no mic was present
- Fixed VBIED movement bugs
- Fixed cooperative player list errors
- Fixed shaking text on invite player button
- Fixed mission settings problems after leadership changes
- Fixed Start Mission button errors after canceling
- Fixed empty Fireteam slots failing to auto-fill
- Fixed Fireteam AI flashlight issues
- Fixed Fireteam AI exit delays on Northern Train Station
- Fixed mortar animation issues on Phase Line Henry
- Fixed intro cinematic and VO overlaps on Phase Line Henry
- Fixed vehicle convoy issues on Phase Line Henry
- Fixed Crazy Horse behavior issues on Objective Virginia
- Fixed gamepad issues with skipping cinematics and opening player career
- Fixed settings navigation issues on gamepad
- Fixed default settings restore errors
- Fixed crosshair opacity bugs
- Fixed role icon, crosshair, and SATMAP issues after reinforcement
- Various AI behavior, clipping, pathfinding, collision, lighting, texture, LOD, geometry, interact, and role assignment fixes
- Various animation, audio, networking, and performance improvements
- Various fixes for common crashes
The Autumn Update for Six Days in Fallujah is available now for the Steam Early Access version, originally released on June 22, 2023. The full release is planned for late 2025, with console versions for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S expected to launch alongside the final PC release.
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