https://uareforged.pages.dev/UA Reforged is an unofficial, non-commercial fan remaster of Urban Assault (1998). Hand-built New Look models, a smarter AI commander, graphics presets from pure 1998 to Ultra, and a standalone Quest 3 VR edition with a living tabletop diorama. Follow the progress, the full history and the downloads.enhttps://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-17-cheaper-low-preset-trails-battle-marks-sharper-menus-38-answers/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-17-cheaper-low-preset-trails-battle-marks-sharper-menus-38-answers/Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTVisualsGraphicsLow and Medium were costing too much at 4K because of the upscaled UI layer, so it's off there now. Muzzle flashes, tracers and missile smoke (1998 had none), scorch, craters and wreck smoke that fade after six minutes, and rebuilt menu art. Then 38 review questions answered in one go: a lighter host-station shadow, more glow at higher levels, towers that are still too clean and flat, and modern rebuilt icons in place of the AI-upscaled ones. What you'd notice: A full graphics menu taking shape. Next: the fixes from that review, then the sky.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-16-shadows-glow-new-skies-real-building-geometry/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-16-shadows-glow-new-skies-real-building-geometry/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTVisualsGraphicsThe integrated build passed every check: Original matches 1998 pixel for pixel, High matches New Look, and HD models now load only for the units a level uses (load 9 s down to 6.3 s). Shadows, glow, a four-sky pilot and rebuilt towers went out as review sheets. What you'd notice: Soft shadows, glowing fire and energy, painted skies, towers with real depth.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-15-graphics-wave-everything-switchable/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-15-graphics-wave-everything-switchable/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTVisualsGraphicsThe rule for the graphics wave: do all of it, but every piece must switch off cleanly, VR stays standalone, and nothing bloats. Every new feature gets levels and joins presets: Original (exactly 1998), Low, Medium, High (today's New Look), Ultra, and VR. There's an in-game graphics menu and a first-launch benchmark. What you'd notice: One menu that goes from pure 1998 to everything on.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-15-host-stations-r3-and-effects-r11-live-the-floor-arrives/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-15-host-stations-r3-and-effects-r11-live-the-floor-arrives/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTVisualsEffectsHost stationsGhorkov's station got its chrome shine, Taerkasten's stone a touch whiter. The effects pack went live: stronger laser and lightning hits, softer smoke, a faint ground light, measured at 0% frame-time cost on an M2 Max. The new floor was shown in clips and the strong detail setting won. What you'd notice: Better explosions today; a detailed floor coming with the presets.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-14-sulgogar-and-host-stations/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-14-sulgogar-and-host-stations/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTVisualsUnitsHost stationsThe Sulgogar arrived: khaki skin, yellow veins, glowing pulsing tendrils. All host stations joined New Look, including the Black Sect station and the train. What you'd notice: Every faction's host station remastered.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-14-surface-v5-on-every-unit-and-a-showroom/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-14-surface-v5-on-every-unit-and-a-showroom/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTVisualsUnitsOne shared wear layer, pushed further, rolled out to 44 units and published in steps (r6 to r8). A showroom level parks 51 vehicles from every faction so you can walk around them. What you'd notice: The whole roster in one consistent battle-worn finish.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-12-rework-rounds-2-and-3-yellow-veins-living-arcs-a-whiter-host-sta/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-12-rework-rounds-2-and-3-yellow-veins-living-arcs-a-whiter-host-sta/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTVisualsUnitsBuildingsAliens got back the yellow and whitish glow of the originals, with a faint blue tint on some white parts ('perfect'). The electric blue around them now moves and flickers in game. The Resistance host station got white plates, painted stripes and a dish you can see. Buildings got a proper sun side and window glints. What you'd notice: Electricity crackling over the alien ships; a host station that looks like the box art.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-12-rework-round-1-aliens-lose-their-guns-buildings-get-damage/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-12-rework-round-1-aliens-lose-their-guns-buildings-get-damage/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTVisualsUnitsBuildingsA check of the originals showed Mykonian and Sulgogar ships carry no visible barrels, so the human-style guns came off (the Black Sect keeps theirs). CITY1 got sandstone ornament, then damage you can read at play distance, because the first pass was far too polite. What you'd notice: Aliens that look alien again; buildings that look like a war happened.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-11-vr-p9-and-p10-big-maps-movable-panels-build-by-hand/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-11-vr-p9-and-p10-big-maps-movable-panels-build-by-hand/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTVRStatic sector batching took the biggest map from 25,000 draw calls (1 fps) to 479 at 120 Hz. P10 added a quick return to the host station, a death prompt, HUD panels you can move and resize, bridge screens floating in your room, and building units by hand on the miniature. P10 is waiting for its play test. What you'd notice: Every map fits on the table; build squads with your hands.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-10-vr-p8-the-living-diorama/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-10-vr-p8-the-living-diorama/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTVRWhat I really wanted was the actual little vehicles fighting on the actual map, on an actual table. So the real terrain, buildings and units are drawn as a miniature on your real table through Quest passthrough. You can grab a unit and dive into it. Verdict in the headset: great. What you'd notice: The battle in miniature on your coffee table, then jump into any tank.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-10-vr-p6-merged-p7-command-deck/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-10-vr-p6-merged-p7-command-deck/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTVROpen-plus-rim cockpit as default, automatic refresh-rate step-up, a yellow crosshair, restore-defaults. Then P7: one app with two VR modes, Classic and Command Deck (war table, two-click orders, radio on the wrist). Honest verdict after playing: the little token war table didn't add much. What you'd notice: Choose Classic VR or a commander mode.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-09-vr-p4-and-p5-41-to-120-fps/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-09-vr-p4-and-p5-41-to-120-fps/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTVROpen cockpits with a clear sky above, grip driving, graffiti baked out, and a big performance push: the scripted Quest benchmark went from 27 to 49 fps up to a locked 120. A pause panel now opens anywhere, with settings, controls and an FPS meter. What you'd notice: 120 Hz on a Quest 3, open cockpits, a proper pause menu.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-08-vr-p3-first-play-in-the-headset-comfort-and-aim/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-08-vr-p3-first-play-in-the-headset-comfort-and-aim/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTVRFirst play in the headset: the visuals held up, but there was vertigo, the crosshair was off, and vehicles looked enormous. P3 fixed that: a level horizon, a bump filter, tunnel vision you can set, a world crosshair on the gun's real ray, a laser pointer, and a smaller world scale. We also learned that Meta's store won't list Urban Assault (it's Microsoft's IP), so VR is sideload-only. What you'd notice: Comfortable VR with an adjustable vignette.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-07-vr-p0-to-p2-a-quest-3-build/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-07-vr-p0-to-p2-a-quest-3-build/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTVRA separate VR edition, running natively on the Quest 3 inside our own engine (the Team Beef way, no PC needed). Stereo rendering, your head inside the vehicle camera, the HUD on a panel. VR off stays byte-identical to the flat game. What you'd notice: Urban Assault in a standalone headset.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-07-faction-rollout-buildings-pilot-twelve-look-calls/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-07-faction-rollout-buildings-pilot-twelve-look-calls/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTVisualsUnitsBuildingsGhorkov, Taerkasten and Mykonian units built in parallel. The buildings work started: about 400 building meshes across six sets, a separate shape per set, and the CITY1 apartment block as the pilot. I settled twelve look questions in one sitting. The first answer: go even more worn. What you'd notice: Other factions arriving, and the first remastered building.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-06-all-14-resistance-units-in-new-look/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-06-all-14-resistance-units-in-new-look/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTVisualsUnitsHelicopters, jets, the bomber, the drones and the buggy joined the tanks, with an air-specific version of the battle-worn look. The first pilots for the other factions (Ghorkov, Taerkasten, Mykonian) came out with per-part colours sampled straight from the originals. What you'd notice: Every Resistance vehicle is remastered.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-03-trailers-made-then-parked/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-03-trailers-made-then-parked/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTVisualsTrailerThree 30-second intro trailers were tried: one fully AI-generated, one rendered in Blender from the real remastered tanks, and a hybrid. The Blender one won easily, for the realism and the burn-through reveal from old to new. All three were parked so we could get back to the game itself. None of them is shown here. What you'd notice: A trailer exists. It needs a re-cut before it can go public.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-03-first-drive-in-the-new-tanks-the-new-look-edition-is-born/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-03-first-drive-in-the-new-tanks-the-new-look-edition-is-born/Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTVisualsMy first proper drive in the new tanks: it looked really good and the frame rate held. So the list grew: the rest of the vehicles, the buildings, the host stations and the floor. The game split into two versions kept in sync: Reforged (frozen, with AI radio) and Reforged New Look, which gets every visual update. What you'd notice: A separate 'New Look' edition, so the classic Reforged stays untouched.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-01-batch-1-wiesel-jaguar-tiger-fox/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-10-01-batch-1-wiesel-jaguar-tiger-fox/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTVisualsUnitsFour Resistance tanks with real running gear (road wheels, sprockets, one continuous track) inside the original silhouettes, and the weapon each one fires now visibly mounted. The blind reviews split, so I lined up v4, v5 and v6 and picked v6. 17 test games in real levels: no crashes, frame time unchanged. What you'd notice: The first HD tanks driving in real campaign levels.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-09-27-reforge-begins-the-eisenhans-pilot/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-09-27-reforge-begins-the-eisenhans-pilot/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMTVisualsUnitsPlan agreed: a faithful remaster. The 1998 model sets the shape, a concept sheet sets the detail level, and the original governs how a unit reads from the commander's distance. The first unit, the Taerkasten Eisenhans, went through nine versions. I overruled the reviewers twice and the rule for everything after came out of it: battle-worn realism, never toy-clean, no camo patches. What you'd notice: The first remastered vehicle, and the look that every later unit follows.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-09-27-installers-built-and-parked/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-09-27-installers-built-and-parked/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMTEngineReleaseAn unsigned Mac app (arm64, macOS 11+) and a per-user Windows installer were built and tested, including a full install-play-uninstall on a Windows gaming PC. They bundle the game data, which is Microsoft's, so nothing was uploaded. What you'd notice: Proof it can be packaged for Mac and Windows. Public release waits on a 'bring your own game' version.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-09-19-wave-11-1-the-second-map-bug/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-09-19-wave-11-1-the-second-map-bug/Sat, 19 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMTEngineGraphics went strange after playing one map and starting another. The cause was an inherited render cache that kept deleted textures. Fixed, with a reproduction harness so it stays fixed. What you'd notice: No more corrupted textures on your second mission.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-08-19-wave-11-all-12-fmvs-restored/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-08-19-wave-11-all-12-fmvs-restored/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTEngineVideoEvery full-motion video restored with the original voice-over, after a bake-off between upscalers (SeedVR2 won on quality and stability). New toggles: Modernised Videos, Fullscreen Movies, and Wall Signatures. The HUD digits were decoded from the authentic font. What you'd notice: The intro and mission videos, cleaned up, with a switch back to the originals.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-08-15-wave-10-proving-the-ai-is-smarter-killing-the-shimmer/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-08-15-wave-10-proving-the-ai-is-smarter-killing-the-shimmer/Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTEngineAI21 recorded A/B runs across six contested levels showed the new commander really behaves differently in the designed direction (one honest null result kept). An AI-written radio mode was tested and rejected: too slow, worse prose. Distant ground shimmer turned out to be texture filtering that had been silently off since wave 2. What you'd notice: Data behind the 'smarter AI' claim, and calm, stable ground in motion.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-08-15-wave-9-the-ai-wave-urban-assault-reforged-0-6-0/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-08-15-wave-9-the-ai-wave-urban-assault-reforged-0-6-0/Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTEngineAIRadioThe game got its new name. 46 hard-coded numbers from the 1998 enemy commander became tunable, a sector influence map now steers where the AI attacks and defends, and radio chatter arrived in the game's own message ticker (84 hand-written lines). The original 0.5 build was frozen and kept safe beside it. What you'd notice: A smarter enemy commander and squad radio chatter. 'UA Reforged 0.6' on the title screen.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-08-15-waves-7-and-8-crisp-ui-text-and-hud/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-08-15-waves-7-and-8-crisp-ui-text-and-hud/Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTEngineThe whole 2D layer was being drawn at 640x480 and stretched. Text is now rasterised at full resolution, and the HUD and menu tile sheets got a 3x pack. Every wave so far was archived as a runnable build. What you'd notice: Sharp menu text and HUD at any resolution.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-08-14-waves-4-to-6-every-level-in-hd-rumble-you-can-switch-off-lan-pla/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-08-14-waves-4-to-6-every-level-in-hd-rumble-you-can-switch-off-lan-pla/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTEngineMultiplayerControlsPer-level texture packs for all 200 levels (base, Metropolis Dawn, and every multiplayer map) with zero failures. Controller rumble was rebuilt for modern pads, then I switched the constant engine hum off by default, because after ten minutes it felt like holding a lawnmower. Multiplayer was automated and proven between two Macs over a private network. What you'd notice: HD textures everywhere, a 'Constant Engine Vibration' checkbox, multiplayer between our own machines.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-08-14-wave-3-controller-draw-distance-first-hd-textures/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-08-14-wave-3-controller-draw-distance-first-hd-textures/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTEngineControlsDualSense support through the engine's own dormant joystick model, draw distance raised from 9 to 17 sectors for almost no cost, and the first upscaled texture pack. Lesson learned the hard way: UA re-palettes textures per level, so packs must be built per level. What you'd notice: Play with a PlayStation pad, see much further, sharper ground.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-08-14-wave-2-readable-at-modern-resolutions-full-game-plus-metropolis-/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-08-14-wave-2-readable-at-modern-resolutions-full-game-plus-metropolis-/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTEnginemacOS was snapping every classic screen mode to a giant panel mode, so the menu rendered microscopic. Logical resolutions fixed it and menu CPU dropped from about 70% of a core to 8%. The full campaign and the Metropolis Dawn expansion both boot, with MSAA, mipmaps and anisotropic filtering added. What you'd notice: Menus you can read, smoother edges, both campaigns.https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-08-14-wave-1-it-boots-on-a-mac/https://uareforged.pages.dev/updates/2026-08-14-wave-1-it-boots-on-a-mac/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTEngineUrban Assault running natively on Apple Silicon, on the open-source OpenUA engine. A 2024 attempt had died with a blank screen; the cause turned out to be two things: no game data, and an engine that ignored symlinked folders. Both fixed, and the 1998 menu came up on the first try. What you'd notice: The original game, unchanged, running on a modern Mac.