Bushfire Missions

  • Hi All,

    There seems to have been an unannounced change overnight to the way bushfire (wildfire to you non-Australian players!) missions generate.


    They used to be only generated by fire stations with the bushfire specialisation built, but now all of the bushfire missions now state:

    Generated By: Fire Station or building with Bushfire Specialization


    Due to this change I am now finding that bushfire missions are being generated in by CBD areas, well away from any bushfire assets or buildings that have had any bushfire specilisations built. I'm only speaking for myself but don't think many in our alliance will have seen this change yet. Also I will also need to check if players without any bushfire extensions are seeing these missions and re-update this post accordingly.


    Are any other Australian players noticing this too?

  • I have escalated this to the devs for review. If anyone does have this happen to them, please post a screenshot of the call (showing the requirements screen) and/or the link to the mission AND a screenshot of the station showing no bushfire expansion and a link to the station.


    Examples like this will make it easier for the devs to identify the root cause and resolve if there is an issue.


    Thank you,

  • I just noticed this also, but in a new state where i only have a basic stations set up and no extensions completed. I also note we're in double credits for our anniversary and there's been no announcement for that either.

  • Looks like they've done some wholesale changes to how the bushfire missions generate.


    Small/Med/Large/Major Bushfire & Forest Fire all still require "Fire Station or building with Bushfire Specialization"


    All other missions released with the bushfire update, and all other missions added that initially needed a station with a bushfire extension now do not need the extension to be built at the station and default back to Fire Station only


    For Example the mission: Smoke Sighting from Fire Tower.
    Although expands to bushfire extension only missions (and I know this mission was released to be generated at fire stations with bushfire extensions only), the mission now can be generated at any fire station as seen in the screenshots below





    And similiar to this, are the Staging Area missions, again were released as to be generated by fire stations with the bushfire extension:


    https://www.missionchief-australia.com/missions/27415591

  • I am finding it frustrating I have major wildfires springing up across 600kms and I have 30 wildfire trucks , so some trips are nearly 4 hours real time each fire requires 10 trucks 8 Tankers. How can I get a heavy air tanker to be added to these jobs?

  • I am finding it frustrating I have major wildfires springing up across 600kms and I have 30 wildfire trucks , so some trips are nearly 4 hours real time each fire requires 10 trucks 8 Tankers. How can I get a heavy air tanker to be added to these jobs?

    They need to revert to how they were spawned before. Its literally forcing people to get the expansions/vehicles whether they're ready to or not. We have raised the issue but have yet to receive a response.

  • From the developers:


    To give a quick explanation: brush missions where running in an older depreciated mode of mission generation, which did not allow much flexibility and may cause other problems for the player. We changed that to the up to date version of counting expansions within the dispatch area, but allowing any station to start the generation if the requirements are met in the area. (I'm not aware of any bushfire mission that doesn't require at least one extension. If you see one please let me know which one.)

    We are aware that this causes the behavior to change slightly, but a similar behavior can be achieved if the stations are organized into dispatch areas. In that regard they now behaving like any other extension. If there are enough extension built in the area a mission can appear.

  • The devs have communicated back to us indicating that the logic has been restored back to the prior behaviour.

    Only stations with the Wildfire/Bushfire Extension will generate the missions.


    This should eliminate the occurrence of wildfire/bushfire missions occurring in heavy urban areas or hundreds of kilometers away from a wildfire/bushfire station.


    This was confirmed for both the US and AU versions.

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