Insurgency: Sandstorm Operation Nightfall Update 1.7 Patch Notes Released
After weeks of teasers and wait, Insurgency: Sandstorm Operation Nightfall free update 1.7 is now finally live for PC-only players since the console version of the game is yet to be released. According to the 1.7 patch notes, the update brings Operation: Nightfall, a new way of playing the game in the dark-themed maps. Notably, with the latest Operation: Nightfall update you will be able to play in a dark night variant of every map including the brand-new Tideway map.
Alongside, Operation: Nightfall update also brings new night-themed gear to help you play – Night Vision Goggles, flashlights, infrared gadgets, and more. You can check it all in action in the video below. Notably, Operation: Nightfall is a huge update, and to celebrate this, the game is also being offered at 50% off on Steam until June 20th!
The latest Insurgency: Sandstorm Operation Nightfall updates 1.7 brings a new night mode is to co-op with modified enemy AI responsive to light, as well as Versus in limited-time playlists and on community servers. This update also brings five new weapons including Honey Badger, AS Val, Sterling, Grease Gun, and Welrod, also available for free.
Alongside, the Nightfall update also brings the first paid cosmetic DLC packs to purchase. With these new cosmetic DLC packs, players can get their characters and weapons a unique look. Check out the main contents, bug fixes, and additional hotfixes added in the latest Insurgency: Sandstorm Operation Nightfall Update 1.7 patch notes below.
Tideway is a reimagining of the classic Insurgency 2014 map Buhriz. It’s been totally overhauled with a more beautified river, more dense village layout, and UNIQUE SAND COLORS. Read more about it in our State of Production #9 post here.
Tideway has the following scenarios available:
Push Security
Push Insurgents
Domination
Frontline
Firefight
Checkpoint Security
Checkpoint Insurgents
Hardcore Checkpoint Security
Hardcore Checkpoint Insurgents
New Weapons: Honey Badger, AS Val, Sterling, Grease Gun, and Welrod
(This set is a bundle of all 4 DLC above at a reduced price)
Night Maps
All of our maps, as well as our brand new map Tideway, can now be played in a night time version. Only official Co-op playlists will feature night maps, not PvP. We excluded PvP for a few reasons, primarily because of balance issues and the fact that in the previous Insurgency PvP night maps were very unpopular. You can read more about this decision in our State of Production #9 post here.
Enemy AI have lower visibility and night-appropriate responsiveness
Enemy AI will call out if they see a player’s flashlight
Enemy AI Breachers and Advisors make use of weapon flashlights to locate and blind players
When players respawn in Hardcore Checkpoint, they will have a flashlight equipped on their default bolt-action rifle
Night Equipment
Available in the Accessory slot
Each faction has two available types, with different image qualities and FOVs
Each type is available in Green, Amber, White Phosphor, and Multicolor color filters
Increases nighttime visibility substantially, but still will have dark spots where there is little ambient light
When worn, will slow down aiming down sights speedNight-vision Goggles (SOF NVGs, MIL-SPEC NVGs, Civilian NVGs, Military NVGs)
Infrared Laser weapon upgrade (IR Laser Sight)
Available for all Primaries and Secondaries
Projects a laser beam and dot only visible when wearing Night-vision Goggles
Helps target enemies without ADS and indicate to teammates which angle you are watching
Useful when combined with NVG Point Shooting upgrade (see below)
Infrared Flashlight weapon upgrades (IR Flashlight)
Available for all Primaries and Secondaries
Projects a beam of light in a cone only visible when wearing Night-vision Goggles
Useful in very dark areas that Night-vision Goggles can’t fully illuminate
Flashlight weapon upgrades (Flashlight)
Available for all Primaries and Secondaries
Projects a high intensity beam of light in a cone
Useful to see targets far away and to blind enemies, but will reveal your position
Attaches a second scope to an existing optic to give its sight picture White Phosphor night vision
If Night-vision Goggles of a different color filter are worn when aiming down a Night-vision Scope, the scope’s sight picture will appear as the color filter of the Night-vision Goggles
NVG Point Shooting weapon upgrade
Available for all Primaries and Secondaries
If selected for a weapon, when aiming down sights while wearing NVGs, free-aim will disable and the weapon will “lock” to a position where it points to the center of the screen
Useful when combined with IR Laser Sight weapon upgrade
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where explosive damage mitigation from Light Armor and Heavy Armor wasn’t being applied correctly
Fixed an issue with controllers in the Loadout menu that would unintentionally exit the menu when attempting to accept changes
Fixed an issue with most pants clipping with the Insurgent leather jacket items
Fixed an issue when using a shotgun with flechette rounds and scavenging rounds that would prevent the player from reloading even though the animation would play
Fixed an issue with clipping on the insurgent T-shirt cosmetics and most pants
Fixed an issue with the community server browser search function not working correctly
Fixed an issue with the Audio Options footer displaying in the middle of the screen instead of the bottom.
Fixed an issue where pressing the Escape key to go back while in the Play menu would take you back two screens
Fixed an issue when cancelling the M16A2 reload animation with a bipod equipped that would cause an unintended animation
Fixed an issue in the Settings menu where color sliders were nor properly aligned
Fixed an issue where long mod names would overflow the text box by adding scrolling text
Fixed alignment issues in the mod download indicator
Fixed an issue where players would be unable to cancel a resupply animation while at a Supply Crate
Fixed an issue when using a controller in the Settings menu pressing B or Circle would not save adjustments to slider options
Fixed an issue where controllers could not adjust gamma in the Settings menus
Fixed an issue where users could cause mods to download multiple times by unsubscribing and resubscribing while the download was in progress
Fixed an issue on the community server browser where changing a filter would immediately start a search but any additional filter changes during that search would be ignored in the results
Fixed an issue with the M240B where certain upgrades would be clipped through during the reload animation
Fixed an issue with the AKM speed reload with a drum magazine that was preventing subsequent speed reload animations from playing
Fixed an issue on Frontline where players were unable to plant explosives to destroy a Weapon Cache if it had previously been planted and control of the proceeding objective and changed hands
Fixed multiple instances of text overlaps in various Lessons
Fixed animation issues with the ACE 52 while sprinting in Hardcore mode
Fixed an issue with the Tavor 7 where the 4x M150 optic was displayed twice
Fixed an issue in the Settings menu where the wrong title was displayed when hovering over optic Sensitivity Scale settings
Fixed an issue with player reports where long messages would make the cancel and submit button move off screen
Fixed an issue in the community server browser where the where the UI would report the wrong number of total servers found by a search when viewing favorites
Fixed an issue in Co-op scenarios that prevented friendly AI from detonating a Weapon Cache after planting the explosives
Fixed an issue causing “Camera Zoom” and “Camera Speed” hints to show in the Spectator mode when they were not applicable
Fixed an issue that would incorrectly trigger an error message when submitting a rating for a mod from the Mod menu
Fixed the alignment of the pause screen in ultrawide resolutions
Fixed an alignment issue in the Settings menu when using a controller the image of the controller wouldn’t be fully on screen in certain situations
Fixed an issue in the mod menu where you could get stuck with an infinite loading icon under certain conditions
Fixed a bug where kills with a scavenged weapon would count twice
Fixed an issue with NVIDIA Ansel support that was causing 360 images to stitch together incorrectly
Fixed an issue that would cause players to stop running when they moved up a slope with a sufficiently high incline
Fixed a memory leak on the community server browser screen that could occur when rapidly hitting the refresh button
Fixed an issue where AI could see through smoke once they approached the edge of it
Known Issues
Occasionally when loading a new map, no class or factions are available to be selected until the player leaves and rejoins. This issue will not occur in official matchmaking. The issue is actively being investigated with the assistance of Epic.
When scavenging ammunition from certain weapons with a skin, the skinned magazine will only display in third-person and not in first-person
A new player’s default cosmetics that they see on start up may sometimes not be of a consistent color scheme. Please go down to supply and bitch to whoever is on duty until they give you the right gear.
When using the Picture-in-picture Scope Setting, some optics may not display correctly
While aiming down sights with some illuminated optics will cause the crosshair to stutter when the weapon is moved
Some hints that reference key bindings are showing as <Unbound> in the loading screen dialogue
There are some cosmetic clipping issues that are only visible when players join a round that is already in progress
Bots are not responding to the Intimidate voice over Comms Menu command
The Commander voice over for requesting an observer while attempting to use Binoculars away from an Observer is not always playing properly
AKM underbarrel grenade launcher’s reload animations are missing the shells
Floating weapons and equipment can sometimes be seen after resupplying which could be supernaturally related (have called Epic’s Bustin’ Division [EBD])
There are instances in the game where an audio crackling/degradation may occur which we have diagnosed but are still working on fixing correctly
Purchased cosmetics are not being properly sorted at the top of the list
The Laser Sight is incorrectly showing the ‘New’ yellow dot indicator (intended for new night equipment) until it has been selected at least once
Replays recorded at night will be shown in the day
There is an exploitable issue with certain magazines which allows them to reload quicker than they should
Suicide bombers exploding can sometimes cause a crash to desktop
Hotfix 1
Fixed the link on the Nightstalker Pants to link to the correct DLC bundle
Fixed an issue with the price of the Half Wrap Plain, Black, and White cosmetic items displaying as 80 instead of 800
Fixed the loading screen for night maps not displaying correctly
Fixed the night images of maps not being shown on the map vote screen
Fixed the stamina screen effect displaying improperly when combined with NVGs
Added the “Night Equipment” playlist feature to Frenzy and Hardcore Co-op playlists
Set Normal, Hardcore, and Frenzy playlists to show they include “Day and Night” scenarios
Fixed clipping issues with the Nightstalker DLC set
Reduced some clipping issues with the Half Wrap Plain, Black, and White cosmetic items
Hotfix 2
Fixed Fire Support call ins happening too quickly with overlapping voice over
Fixed the remaining in-game earnable cosmetics listed cost to match their actual cost (this was resulting in people spending more than they expected and feeling like some of their coins were missing)
Made several fixes to Mod Editor
Fixed an issue with the Honey Badger model not loading
Added back Crossing, Outskirts, Power Plant, Precinct, and Hillside maps
Fixed an issue with the login button in the mod uploader
Fixed an issue that could cause the crash reporter itself to crash if the crash reporter was used while attempting to upload a mod
Fixed weapon icons appearing squished in the Loadout screen
Fixed DLC cosmetic items not appearing at the top of the list
New users are properly prompted to select a matchmaking region when they first run the game
Fixed the 4x C79 NV scope having black circles when aimed down sights
This post was last modified on 12th May 2022 2:22 pm