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freeboy · Post by **freeboy** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:42 pm

is this still goingto be a free update to former owners or is it now a pay to play game...
Either is fine just  making sure.. thanks guys

benpark · Post by **benpark** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:49 pm

free, Freeboy (to previous owners of PzC:Kharkov). We made it for free so that all of you could have it for free.

freeboy · Post by **freeboy** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 4:36 pm

Well, looks good...
where are we with sizing? R we still locked into the 1k grid?

Mad Russian · Post by **Mad Russian** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 4:57 pm

The map now come in sizes from 500 meters, 1km, 1.5km and 2km per side. They are all still square. They can be made into just about any terrain within those parameters that you can think of.

Good Hunting.

MR

Ratzki · Post by **Ratzki** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 10:12 pm

I have noticed some very different shaped and sized building in some of the pics. Is there a standard building set or will we be able to easily make what we want?

Mad Russian · Post by **Mad Russian** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 10:27 pm

Yes. There is a building set in the map editor. Yes, you can make your own. I can't but I'm sure many of you can.

At the moment there are 161 building structures of all types. That includes Soviet, German, industrial, urban, destroyed, rail stations, barns, sheds, 1/2/3 story buildings, row houses, apartment complexes....etc.

It's not hard to find a building to put on the map.

Good Hunting.

MR

benpark · Post by **benpark** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 10:32 pm

Off the top of my head-

I have made a large set of German/central European buildings and quite a few others. There are buildings in these sets that can be strung together to create city blocks. Mobius made quite a few Polish buildings. There are Russian houses by SAF_Biffa.

If you can create a building in a 3D modeling program (I use fragMotion), it's fairly easy to add any structure you like. The possibilities for recreating structures seen in period photographs is real. There are still limitations to how many squads can occupy each structure, but there are ways around that (making the structures modular).

Steely Glint · Post by **Steely Glint** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 2:35 am

Is this game going to make it out during the first quarter of the year?

Mad Russian · Post by **Mad Russian** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 2:49 am

I sure hope so. We're trying as hard as we can to wrap it up.

Good Hunting.

MR

freeboy · Post by **freeboy** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 11:46 am

can we target buildings.. I hate having armor watch buildings fill up with enemy troops and not be able to try to blow the building down?

Mad Russian · Post by **Mad Russian** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:51 pm

Yes, you can target buildings. They just won't take visible damage yet.

Good Hunting.

MR

diablo1 · Post by **diablo1** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 1:05 pm

Yes, you can target buildings. They just won't take visible damage yet.

What do you mean "YET"? Are they going to in Osfront or some long distant future West front version?

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 2:24 pm

The answer is No.
And there are no plans on adding it to PCO.
To make all the current buildings destroyable would take 6 months of work if it was even added right this minute.

jamespcrowley · Post by **jamespcrowley** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 4:21 pm

ORIGINAL: Mobius

The answer is No.
And there are no plans on adding it to PCO.
To make all the current buildings destroyable would take 6 months of work if it was even added right this minute.

So, even if destructible buildings make it into PC Westfront, or whatever, in the future, then that feature will not be retro-fitted to PCO?

junk2drive · Post by **junk2drive** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 4:29 pm

Too early to tell. That would require that PC4 be made with the same engine. If that limits what can be done in the future, it may be better to move to a different engine.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 5:52 pm

ORIGINAL: James Crowley

ORIGINAL: Mobius

The answer is No.
And there are no plans on adding it to PCO.
To make all the current buildings destroyable would take 6 months of work if it was even added right this minute.

So, even if destructible buildings make it into PC Westfront, or whatever, in the future, then that feature will not be retro-fitted to PCO?

It would be quite a lot of work if the rubble was going to resemble the original building and there were multiple stages of destruction. This probably not retro-fitted.

If it went from normal house to generic pile of rubble would be fairly easy. Mostly just coding. And probably retro-fitted.

Erik Rutins · Post by **Erik Rutins** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 9:09 pm

It depends entirely on how it was implemented and there are several possible ways to do that. Allowing buildings to take damage (rather than just the units inside them) is on the future list, but until we finish this release we are not going to decide on the details.

Regards,

- Erik

jamespcrowley · Post by **jamespcrowley** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 9:37 pm

Fair enough and, in any event, it wouln't stop me from purchasing PCO any way.

It is just that I have a preference for East front over West Front and would hope that any future, all-singing, all-dancing PC would cover the East front as well. Maybe PCO2?

Ratzki · Post by **Ratzki** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 1:14 am

Yes, the East is where it is at for me as well.

Richie61 · Post by **Richie61** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 1:49 am

ORIGINAL: Ratzki

Yes, the East is where it is at for me as well.

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