Heliborne

JetCat Games Developer

Klabater Publisher

2017-10-12 Release

Indie MMO MultiplayerTags

Game News Posts: 112

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse

Mostly Positive (3107 reviews)

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The Game includes VR Support

Public Linux Depots:

Heliborne Linux Depot [1.3 G]

Available DLCs:

Heliborne - Polish Air Force
Heliborne - Czech & Slovak Air Force
Heliborne - Exclusive Camouflage Pack
Heliborne - Civil Aviation Camouflage Pack
Heliborne - Search and Rescue Camouflage Pack
Heliborne - Law Enforcement Camouflage Pack
Heliborne - US Marine Corps Camouflage Pack
Heliborne - Russian Federal Security Service Camouflage Pack
Heliborne - Air Show Camouflage Pack
Heliborne - East Germany Camouflage Pack
Heliborne - German Camouflage Pack
Heliborne - Winter Camouflage Pack
Heliborne - Polish Hussar Camouflage
Heliborne - Navy Seals Camouflage Pack

One week after the Release (Update 0.87)

Hey Pilots! One week has passed since Heliborne has been officially released. And it’s been a really good time for the game: a lot of players having fun 24/7, dozens of new Heliborne streamers on Twitch and YouTube, media coverage worldwide. This is so great and exciting, especially for such a small team and project as ours! Even more exciting is how fast our community is growing. You guys are awesome! It’s a pleasure to see how active and dedicated you are. We’ve received tons of good ideas and advice how to make Heliborne great again. Will be done! Heliborne community has also started to work on Heliborne wiki — feel free to use and expand it, any help is highly appreciated! Meanwhile, Team JetCat has been working hard all the week to deliver you the first post-release update. In this update we have addressed the most pressing issues and also added new features:

first batch of netcode improvements to provide better network synchronization;
updated mechanics for AA missiles and flares;
several new types of door gunners;
mortar teams will now give a reward to players who deploy them.

The next update will be more focused on new content. And the last thing for today. You probably remember how the Mighty Jingles helped us on the release? We decided to give him something special in return. Greet a new British camouflage for UH-1D with a logo of the overlord! It’s added into the progression as an additional camouflage which means everyone can get it. More neat stuff for the Jingles subscribers is coming, stay tuned!

Update 0.87 changelog:

An interval between in-game background music tracks has been shortened.
New RPG/SMAW smoke trails.
The 'death cam' will show enemy helicopter more accurately.
First stage of Steam friends integration. Battles with your friends in them are now the highest ones in the battle list, your friends' names are green in-game now, also now you can check steam profiles of players from your last battle in Steam - View - Players.
Filters of a battle list will be active in-between the battles, battles are now showing sides correctly.
Cabin gunner in Mi-8MTV and Mi-8TV has been relegated to door gunners.
New door gunners: AGS-17 (grenade launcher) and NSV Utes (12,7mm) for Mi-8MTV, NSV Utes for Ka-27, paired M-60 for UH-1D.
Door gunners with M60 have been added to UH-1B.
Flares, if they blind a missile, will deflect a missile way farther (50 meters instead of 10) in direction of deployed flares.
Slight change to Flare chance to blind missiles on long distances
Air-to-air missile (R-60&AIM-9) mechanics have been changed: flare will be able to blind a missile only from medium range (about 500 meters), they won't misguide missiles from long range. AA missile itself, when blinded from long range (more than 400 meters), will not go off the course but will significantly lose maneuverability (4 times). It allows pilots to dodge a missile with active maneuver. When blinded from less than 400 meters, a missile will follow flares as before.
AA missiles (R60&AIM-9) now have bigger range and can be guided with maximum zoom.
Double spotting reward bug is fixed.
New ATGM launch sound
New helicopter crash sound
1 second delay between ATGM launches
3rd and 4th gen ATGM maneuverability after 2 sec of flight is reduced
Marker appearance mechanics are changed: markers will appear on a visibility range, hovering helis will be more visible now.
Infantry resupply mechanics are now changed: soldier will be occupying all free seats (they didn't use seats of deployed special troops before), double limit for special troops is removed.
MANPADs on 1st&2nd gens now have less fatal and slower missile. 3rd&4th gens are unchanged
Explosion calculations for AA and MANPAD missiles has been changed: max damage is the same, but will be decreasing to the border of explosion less than before.
Now successful mortars strikes will give an award to the transport heli pilot who deployed them. Reward for destroying enemy mortars and special badge for destroying mortars in one battle. Fixed bug with some Throttle devices in advanced control. Now collective won't jump to 0 when throttle is moved into minimum position.
Various small bugfixing
First batch of netcode improvements, should be less network synchronization issues.
ATGM netcode fixes, which should reduce the number of false hits.
EU-2 and US CENTRAL servers have been removed from servers list. Two others that has been left, more powerful ones, are located at the same data-centers.
The Mighty Jingles camouflage has been added to UH-1D.

Team JetCat

[ 2017-10-21 15:15:23 CET ] [ Original post ]

Heliborne seeks to introduce players to rotary-wing aviation and combat. Players will have the ability to fly a number of helicopters from the 60's forward in to the year 2000 across a wide range of maps and in a wide range of mission scenarios. Players will be able to take part in a dynamic battlefield where they support the movement of ground forces that fortify positions and create supply-lines.

Heliborne offers a new type of "Zone" Capture as one of it's core game-play concepts. Troops carried by certain helicopters must be landed at, and deployed to a landing zone. These troops fortify the zone, and in some game modes, defend a base until ground re-enforcements arrive.

Current Features

Updated simul-lite/arcade hybrid flight model that models over 70 different aspects of flight per helicopter.
Our Flight model melds the best of both worlds, and while being updated regularly, is in a state that we are very happy with. This includes momentum and inertia dynamics. This system will be expanded on with more realistic flight dynamics as the project grows.
41 Helicopter, Each with multiple weapons load-outs
The load-outs for each of our helicopters is based entirely on weapons systems that they would have, or did employ in active combat theaters and operations. You wont see a weapons loadout on our helicopters that is not historically accurate.
4 Major Mission Maps - Including Operation Nguyen Hue, Afghanistan, the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam, and Kosovo
All of our maps are "based" on historical conflicts and conflict locations.
2 Principle Game modes - Including standard skirmish, and Frontline mode that's currently exclusive to Operation Nguyen Hue
Skirmish mode is currently active on Afghanistan and Gulf of Tonkin and offers standard capture the flag gameplay. Operation Nguyen Hue offers the first glimpse at "Frontline" mode. As bases are captured by players, ground vehicles spawn in convoys and move across the map to fortify bases and positions.
Multiple AI controlled ground units in skirmish and Front-line mode
Tanks, Troop Carriers, and Anti-Aircraft Artillery vehicles make up the current roster of ground vehicles in Heliborne, more are planned.
Airborne Troops that can be deployed anywhere on the mapMANPADS or "Man-Portable Air Defense system" are just some of the "deploy-able" ground units that players can place anywhere, on any map. Not all helicopters carry these soldiers. Those that can, add a new level to the dynamic battlefield.
Three Classes of Helicopter from Attack, to Air-Assault, and Reconnaissance
Scout Helicopters are small, fast, and may or may not carry a small amount of soldiers. Attack Helicopters carry no troops and are dedicated to air-to-air or air-to-ground operations. Air-Assault helicopters typically carry a mix of troops and weapons and can fill multiple roles in combat.
Three Historical Tiers of Rotary Wing Aviation from 1950 to 2000
Helicopters are widely considered to have "Come of Age" during the Vietnam conflict, and over the following decades, helicopters have become integral to our very way of life. We seek to showcase Rotary wing aviation as it's evolved over four decades of conflict, support, and development.

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 19.04+ / SteamOS+
Processor: 3.1 GHz Dual-Core - Intel i3 2100Memory: 4 GB RAM
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: 1 GB VRAM - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti / AMD Radeon HD 5850Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 10 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: MUST BE COMPATIBLE WITH VULKAN
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Memory: 6 GB RAM
Graphics: 2 GB VRAM. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti / Radeon R7 240Network: Broadband Internet connection

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