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Originally posted by sztartur
And still no news????

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Artur.

I'm sure we are all eager for news, but I'm sure no news yet means that the mod is being worked on and will be here as soon as possible, which is at the end of the day good news.

Well, I know I left you waiting all too long now, but here is what I was working on the last days:

- as I solved the problem with the new move&fire MMGs not entering buildings, I found out that I could improve the MG icons for larger MG squads like the German 9 men or the US Arm MG. We now have additional guys around the MGs (like spotter or grenade thrower), that will disappear when the number of men drops (only in two steps and not every casualty).

- the work on the vulnerability of HTs on the official OOBs inspired me to work on that aspect a little bit aswell (but I think I approached it differently).
HTs can now be knocked out by small arms fire and rifle caliber MGs with a bit luck and a vulnerable location hit.
This should force players to be a bit more carefull with these thingies and limits a bit the "super speed rush" towards enemy infantry.

I will put up the finished mod for the Blitz by tomorrow...then it should only be a few days till they get it on up on their site.

I didn't here any complains from my testers, so I think everything else is fine

P.S. the Napalm thing is quite tricky to handle...I can't make it rare enough...I can already see the skies swirling with napalm bombers...as far as I know, the use of it was very limited before the date we have now in the OOBs...so the first months after July should be left for scenario designers only, till it got more common - I think it was very uncommon in the European theatre even up to the end, or ? (but if you got other sources, let me know)

Great work Leo!


But Holy Cr*p! You're making the HTs even MORE vulnerable? I guess my experience with these machines are entirely different than the stock of SP:WAW players if there's a demand for a weaker HT!

Other than speed, I can't justify their cost at all. My HTs are all paper HTs as it is. :p

I think napalm had been used massively in WWII since 1942 but mainly on the pacific TO. Nevertheless napalm was largely used against the French islands still hold by the Germans after D-Day. On the western TO white phosphorous incendiary bombs had been more massively used.

David

Originally posted by David Lehmann
I think napalm had been used massively in WWII since 1942 but mainly on the pacific TO. Nevertheless napalm was largely used against the French islands still hold by the Germans after D-Day. On the western TO white phosphorous incendiary bombs had been more massively used.

David

That's true, but I think as a weapon for close battle support, it was almost non-existent in France...or am I wrong ?

Yes I agree with you but I lack reliable info about that precise point. As I said the single example I know of napalm use in France is against the Germans entrenched in the French and Anglo/French islands. Perhaps also against few Britanny pockets.

David

Finally some good news...


Of course I knew Panzer Leo was working hard on it. Good job!

Artur.

First of all thanks Pz Leo for this mod I now have 4 SP games:

SP WaW 7.1
SP WaW 7.1 H2H
SP WW2 5.6
SP MBT 2.0

I just finished the download from the blitz but its the H2H ce version. From reading these posts once you release your newest upgrade all I have to do it point it in the right direction and let it install correct? (Do I need the full patch or will a partial patch work?)

Thanks and advance.

(Don't tell anyone, but I like the German spelling, would be cool if you did the Italians, Russians, and French in their native langugaes too like SP WW2 does - then you need a translation page for us single speaking/reading kind)

By the way what does the following mean?

Chef

Mir nach, ich folge euch !

those of us who got the premature download a week or so ago...will we need to redownload entire thing again??
Thanks for evrything Leo!

Originally posted by dlazov

By the way what does the following mean?

Chef = to describe the position of a company commander, usually holding the rank of Hauptmann (can also mean "boss" and normally used for owners of civil business companies)

Mir nach, ich folge euch !

My slogan as officer in the Luftwaffen-Infanterie:
"Follow me, I'm behind you !"


Alby, I will send Tracer a 2MB patch to upgrade your pre-release version, the rest needs the full 65MB...

Aha,
Mir nach, ich folge euch
Now I get it (lol)

Although I am still trying to figure out how I would follow you if you are behind me (lol)

Alby, I will send Tracer a 2MB patch to upgrade your pre-release version, the rest needs the full 65MB... [/B][/QUOTE]

Thats very nice of you!!
I wasnt complaining by any means, I was just wondering.
I finally got cable modem so downloads dont scare me so much anymore hehehhehe:)
once again, thanks for everything

To those who received pre-release copies: I'll e-mail the patch as soon as I get it. If your e-mail account can't accept a 2mb file let me know.

Panzer Leo,
I just downloaded the H2H ce version the other day. And I like it way better then the "regular" game (7.1). Apparently Matrix will release an "official" version by end of July and you are working on a "new" release. Anyway thanks for all your efforts.

Others,
I don't know how intertwined the two are but need-less-to say I would enjoy a match on H2H either at ce or when Panzer Leo produces the next version. I am a member of the Blitz. Right now I could only do one more game (I have several WW2 and MBT matches going on and one WaW match) if someone is interested PM me and let me know.

I generally prefer
1500-2000 point range
Smaller maps (the default map size is okay for 1500, not that wide though, again still playing with WaW/H2H)
All realism on (including c2)

If the right fellow was interested in a H2H Blitzkrieg reporting match we can work out the details. (I don't want to play some one like Steel God at the Blitz, looking for intermediate player)

I may get a chance to check back latter tonight or tomorrow.

Thanks