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- Tornado: Research and Rescue
Main Menu, Career Mode, Sandbox Mode, Trailer Parks & Sirens
Big changes in this one! There is now a main menu, where you can select between Career Mode and Sandbox Mode: Career Mode lets you progress, but you can't customise the map or forecast. Instead a randomly generated map…
Announcement2 changesMapsUI/audio - Tornado: Research and Rescue
Peak Tornado Season Sale! 60% Off for 2 Weeks!
It’s peak tornado season so the game is on discount at 60% off for the next two weeks! Grab it cheap while you can! 😊
Event1 change - Tornado: Research and Rescue
Destructible Houses, Impact Penalties & More!
It's been a while since the last update, lots of changes with this one! Visual changes: Debris clouds now have more of a dirt-brown colour that is randomised (sometimes darker, sometimes lighter) rather than always bein…
Announcement8 changesFixGameplay - Tornado: Research and Rescue
First Day of Meteorological Spring! 50% Off Today Only!
To celebrate the first day of Meteorological Spring, Tornado: Research and Rescue is now 50% off for the next 24 hours (ending 13:00 UTC on 2nd March). If you haven't already, now is a great time to get the game on sale…
Announcement - Tornado: Research and Rescue
Tornado Hunts You + Career Rebalanced + Wind + Truck Reset
Some new things, some bug fixes, and some changes! New features: At random intervals, the tornado will chase you! You will hear a monster-like sound, and the tornado will speed up and move directly towards you for 30 -…
Store8 changesGameplayUI/audio - Tornado: Research and Rescue
Career Mode + Wall Clouds + Power Flashes + More!
A lot of new additions, most importantly there is now a career mode with the ability to upgrade your equipment, progress is automatically saved (and can be reset by pressing 'esc' in the settings menu). There are four d…
Announcement5 changesUI/audioGameplay - Tornado: Research and Rescue
More destructible objects + Updated physics + Sound effects
Be prepared for more epic chases! The following objects have been added: Cows Barns Solar panels Fences The tractor and trailer combo have now been updated so that they are separate and the bales of hay also get sucked…
Announcement3 changesGameplayUI/audio - Tornado: Research and Rescue
Trees & Power Lines
Just a small update which adds power lines and clumps/groves of trees which can be ripped out of the ground. There is also a small change to the tornado physics that adds a random torque/twist to them so they don't just…
Announcement1 changeGameplay - Tornado: Research and Rescue
Random Destructible Models
A few changes in this one, pretty fun ones too! The tornado funnel is shown with a white circle on the map, and once big enough, text shows the width of the tornado at ground-level and the ground speed in mph Once the t…
Announcement3 changesMaps - Tornado: Research and Rescue
Tornado Eyes, UI Toggling, Speed Limits & Speedometer
A few useful little updates and game-altering changes: Pressing the F1 key now toggles the HUD on and off so you can take screenshots without all the text and map in the way The car now has a speedometer The subvortices…
Announcement3 changesMapsGameplay - Tornado: Research and Rescue
Finally! FPS Controller Issue *Actually* Resolved!
I spent the day tracking down the root cause of the first-person controller bug where the WASD keys would become inverted/offset from the direction the camera was pointing. It turns out the Unity physics engine was inte…
Announcement3 changesFixPerformance - Tornado: Research and Rescue
Invisible Tornado Fix + Compass + Probe Defaults to "On"
Just a quick update for a few issues: Fixes the invisible tornado bug when spawning more than one tornado on the map Defaults the probe to "Collect wind data", there is no "off/shutdown" state now. I kept forgetting (an…
Announcement2 changesMapsUI/audio - Tornado: Research and Rescue
Settings Menu (Press Escape Key to access)
A small but significant update, now introducing graphics settings! While in gameplay mode, simply press the 'Escape' key to show them (also pauses the game), you can customise the following: Screen resolution Tornado qu…
Announcement3 changesGameplayPerformance - Tornado: Research and Rescue
FPS Hotfix & Rapid Deploy/Recall
That pesky FPS bug reared it's head yet again, I'm more confident this time it's fixed, it appears that the FPS controller was caching the direction the player was pointing then smoothly accelerating the camera towards…
Announcement2 changesFixPerformance - Tornado: Research and Rescue
Hotfix: FPS controller & Data
Just a quick hotfix: I'm hoping the FPS controller WASD inversion issues are resolved, the controller is much more simplified now so there's a lot less that can go wrong, please leave a comment if it keeps occurring for…
Announcement3 changesFixGameplay - Tornado: Research and Rescue
Remote Control Probe Camera, Updated VHS effects & Velocity Radar Scale
Last update of 2025! New features: Remote control probe camera: see from the point of view of your probe as it gets impacted! Pan, tilt and zoom controls included! You can now scan your data for "anomalies" - these are…
Announcement7 changesFixGameplay
