Maximum Action — patch notes and updates
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| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| 0.96 UPDATE RELEASE | 2026-06-26 | Maximum Action 0.96 Is Live!So happy to finally set this update live on the main branch of the game! Lots of new levels, improvements, and features.Arctic 2Arctic 2 is here! Fight your way through an underground missile silo and reach the Runway just in time for the missile launch. New original music from the genius himself Daniel J. Stimac.This level is still a bit rough around the edges and a work in progress! Wanted to get it out to you all to enjoy, expect improvements with lighting textures and sound effects coming soon.Arctic EndlessChill out and fight endless waves of enemies in this icy cool launch room. Stay frosty and try not to sho |
| 0.96 Testing Branch Updated! | 2026-05-08 | Go try out the next update before full release!Go to Properties > Betas.Select "0.90_testing" from the dropdown.New Jungle 1!New Jungle 2!New Tank Boss Fight!New Player Faces with full eye movement, dynamic expressions and blinking! ;)New First Person Hand Textures!Improved Replays!Lots of new angles added to the auto director for replays!Third Person Mode!Open the console '~' and type the command 'toggle thirdperson'Highlight Mode! (ALPHA EXPECT BUGS)Go to Properties > Betas.Select "0.90_testing" from the dropdown.Thanks to you all for your continued support!! |
| Maximum Action December News | 2025-12-19 | December Development UpdateIt's been awhile since the last Maximum Action update, wanted to show some screenshots of what I've been working on and what's coming next for the game! Happy Holidays!No new official updates but switch to the testing branch to try out what's in progress! Go to Properties -> Betas -> 0.90_testing Playback cleanup updates A testing branch update released in November with the first version of the overhauled replay system. New highlight mode and hugely improved playback. Still lots of quirks to work out but overall this new system sets the core foundation of what will be an amazing and finalized action movie directing |
| Maximum Action Update Preview | 2025-10-08 | Maximum Action — Major Update Preview! 🎥💥Hey Action Heroes!We’ve been cooking up some seriously explosive stuff behind the scenes, and it’s time to give you a sneak peek at what’s coming in the next big Maximum Action update!🎬 Replay System OverhaulThis one’s HUGE. The replay system has been rebuilt to be way more consistent, way more cinematic, and just straight-up cooler. Whether you’re capturing your finest slow-mo dive or your most chaotic self-inflicted explosion — your replays will finally do them justice. New camera angles, more consistent playback, improved AI director.Auto generated cinematic camera angles!Choreograph your own act |
| Maximum Action June News | 2025-06-28 | REPLAY UPDATESThe replay version of the player is being overhauled to be a 1:1 recreation of all of your actions! Dives, rolls, slides, dropkicks, and reloads will all now show up in the replay just how you did them.Muzzle Flashes, Shells, and SmokeGun muzzle effects and smoke have also now been updated to show up in the replay! Finally your replays will start to feel like a real full detail action scene. Make John Woo proud with choreographing your own ballistic shootout.Both of the above clips were recorded in-game with the free cam mode during replay!THIRD PERSON MODEWith all of the updates to the replay player, I couldn't resist adding a |
| New Levels on Testing Branch! | 2025-03-14 | TESTING BRANCH UPDATE The 0.90 testing branch has been updated! Go check it out: Early drafts of the new Jungle level and Arctic 2 level. Updated Jungle Level Go try out the updated Jungle level! Enemy placement, textures and placeholder props are all subject to change and further the level eventually will be divided into two for even more action. Note please walk into the foggy fence and the end of the village section to teleport to the military base! Arctic 2 Inside the Arctic tape there is now a button for Arctic 2, the sequel! Fight inside a missile silo. This is also a very early version with lots of placeholder and missing assets. WE WA |
| 0.95 Patch | 2025-02-10 | Patch for version 0.95! PATCH NOTES: Fixed broken Tiny Mode Fixed bug where picking up a gun over and over kept giving you ammo Fixed issue where your first person model was always wearing a vest regardless of your character edits Fixed particle effect issues with glass railing prefab in editor Added out of map reset to Hotel Endless Increased size of out of map reset for Rooftop |
| 0.95 New Player Controller Update Release | 2025-02-07 | NEW PLAYER CONTROLLER I am so happy to be finally releasing the new player controller update to you all! After months of hard work and fine tuning I think you'll find it is a much needed upgrade to Maximum Action. Dozens of new animations for the player and even more bug fixes. WARNING FOR YOUR EDITOR LEVELS Backup your "AppData\LocalLow\BalloonMoose\Maximum Action\Custom\Levels" Folder!! especially if you are on the testing branch! Myself and others have encountered a bug where Steam cleared the entire folder of anything that wasn't subscribed to. Meaning any non published levels you are working on could potentially be deleted. Working on a |
| Next Update Available For Testing! | 2024-12-19 | UPDATED PLAYER CONTROLLER READY FOR TESTING HOW TO GET ON THE TESTING BRANCH Right click on Maximum Action in your Steam library and click on "Properties.." then go to Betas and switch to the "0.90_testing" branch! The game should update and you can now try the new player controller! DISABLE CAMERA ROLL Most of you will want to enable this setting if you want to prevent motion sickness. If this is disabled, the first person camera will roll with the player rolling animations for a more true first person experience. CROUCH SLIDE, AND KICK! New crouch slide has been implemented, as well as a kick. Kick a guy out a window like a true action hero |
| New Stuff Coming Soon! | 2024-09-16 | It's been a while since the last Maximum Action Update and I wanted to share with you all the current development progress and new features underway! NEW FPS CHARACTER ANIMATIONS It's finally time for the first-person controller to get some love and polish. Working on all new full body animations for diving, sliding, rolling, kicking! No more floaty 4 hands! Very tight and arcade-like. Dive Backwards and Land Animation Tree New Slide Animation Roll from Land Animation LEVELS Arctic 2 OptionalSpace has been hard at work on a sequel to Arctic! Inspired by Goldeneye, and Biocyte labs shootout from Mission Impossible 2, this level will feature to |
| 0.94 Patch | 2024-06-03 | Just released a patch for the 0.94 CUTSCENE Update Big loading optimization! I rewrote more of the game loading code and this patch should decrease load times for both campaign and workshop levels even further than the 0.94 update already did! this patch fixes the following : Game crash and freeze bug at the end of Restaurant Issues with Player Arm Color not updating Rewrite to enemy weapon loading to decrease level load times for both campaign and workshop levels! |
| 0.94 CUTSCENE UPDATE | 2024-05-16 | Hello Action Fans! All new cutscenes and loading cinematics have been added to Maximum Action NEW INTRO CINEMATIC New game boot-up cutscene! See your character in true action movie form NEW LEVEL CUTSCENES All-new intro cutscenes for every campaign level! Here's just a snippet of a few! NEW LOADING SCREEN Update features an overhaul to the loading screens, no more lagging and freezing, and a new badass loading level cutscene! DEATH CUTSCENE As well as a new-level end cutscene and a two "death" cutscenes. These are all still work in progress, these cutscenes took me many long hours to create so I really hope you all grab some popcorn and sit b |
| 0.93 Controller Support Patch | 2024-01-20 | Small Patch For Controller Support! And Night Club level optimization! Fixed bug where player would freeze if crouched or slide on keyboard with controller plugged in Fixed bug with controller crouch and slide speed being too fast Night Club lighting rebaked Night Club neon lights added to stairs and more lights added around level Night Club performance and lighting optimization, should result in much higher FPS in all parts of the level Wall texture UVs fixed in Saloon |
| OFFICIAL CONTROLLER Support Update! | 2024-01-12 | Hello Action Fans! Controller Support has now been added to Maximum Action! Go check it out! Tested to be compatible with Xbox or PS4 and even PS5 controllers! Lots of cool features such as: Controller Button Rebinding Rebind any button on the controller to your liking! No pre-made maps every button can be rebound! Note : Joystick mappings for look and move cannot yet be changed. Aim Assist Adjustable Aim Assist works great for making gameplay with a controller feel as natural and smooth as possible! Use the "Terminator" mode to have cyborg levels of auto-aim! Vibration and Stick Deadzone Settings Enable / disable controller rumble and adjust |
| Try Out Controller Support on Testing Branch! | 2023-12-22 | Controller Support and a Unity Engine update is coming soon to Maximum Action! Try them out on the 0.90 Testing Branch! Cool features such as controller button rebinding, aim assist, rumble feedback, and more! Also the entire project has been updated a new version of the Unity Engine for increased support! To get on the testing branch simply go to Maximum Action in Steam , go to Properties -> Betas, and then select the 0.90_testing branch! NOTE : Some bugs are still being worked out, sometimes all controller binds show up as "None" also a bug with kicking has been introduced where the camera rotates behind the player occasionally when kicking |
| 0.93 Patch 01 | 2023-11-02 | PATCH FOR VERSION 0.93 Good Luck Parking now connects with Mr. Woo's Warehouse Mr. Woo's Warehouse connects to Boiled Action Crossbow weapon glitch fixed Some collision adjusted / cars / scaffolds in Woo's Warehouse made penetrable Audio settings for music adjusted to decrease level load times Destructible scaffold collision bug fixed Loading screen vhs flash effect reduced |
| MR. WOO'S WAREHOUSE - UPDATE 0.93 | 2023-10-31 | Happy Halloween Maximum Action Fans! Maximum Action version 0.93 has just been released! This update features one of our most action-packed levels yet Mr. Woo's Warehouse and an all-new endless level Penthouse Endless MR. WOO'S WAREHOUSE Inspired by the famous warehouse shootout from Hard Boiled Shoot your way through a dark gritty cargo shipyard and into an underground gun smuggling operation. Fight waves of enemies on motorbikes, and dodge and weave through a warehouse packed with juicy destruction! Cars, boxes, scaffoldings, windows, all for you to destroy! Find this level on the Good Luck Parking tape! PENTHOUSE ENDLESS Heavily inspired b |
| New Levels Available on Testing Branch! | 2023-07-21 | NEW LEVEL Mr Woo's Warehouse NEW ENDLESS LEVEL Penthouse To get on the testing branch simply go to Maximum Action in Steam , go to Properties -> Betas, and then select the 0.90_testing branch! |
| 0.92 Editor Props Update | 2023-07-11 | New props added to the editor from Arctic, Nightclub, and the new level Town! *7/14/23 PATCH *Added Fog System to editor *Added wagon model to editor objects *Fixed texture edit window scroll view not fitting all textures Full list : *Fountain and Courtyard props added *Buildings, Fences, Mexico Buildings, Windows added from Town *Tnt box and barrel prefabs added *graves and destructible tombstones props added *vines and hanging plant wall props added *trees from Jungle Added *guard tower from jungle added *water tower from town added *Nightclub props added neon pillars, destructible pillars, spotlights, round pillars, alcohol bottle props, * |
| 0.92 Replay Patch | 2023-06-17 | This patch fixes issues with the replay system in Maximum Action v0.92! Also improves the character customization screen and a few small fixes and changes to the new levels Nightclub and Town Replays should now be working in workshop/editor levels! Changelist: *Replays now working in custom levels *Fixed bug where player weapons don't load in beginning of replay *New UI and background for character customization screen *Bugs fixed with Replays save and load *Bugs fixed with Replays loading incorrect prefabs for objects *Bugs fixed with enemies freezing on death in replays *Replay System fixed for Nightclub scene *Replay fast forward getting s |