Hylander/Widowmaker WWIIOL update

[[AK]Choozoo]

DOH! I had hyperlinked the thread instead of pics.
Forgot, w/o account, you can't view....


These are 4 of many....










From Gophur:

1941

The release of v1.8 will include the vehicle set for 1941. This release will also have new terrain included. In the past this would intimate a map reset. We are planning to break that routine by introducing new terrain with this map while keeping the current map state. Ideally we hop to have not only CP ownership, but also facility state and FB state saved when the server restarts. This may be over optimistic but we expect that at a minimum CP ownership will not change after the patch. This will allow us to place the 1941 vehicles into the spawn lists while continuing the current war. So, the 1941 vehicles will be introduced into the ongoing live server at approximately 5 weeks past the start of the map, conforming to our original plans for ’41 vehicle set introduction. Once we have v1.8 released we have some new dynamics to introduce that will allow the High Commands and the players more direct control of which vehicles will be introduced and when. We are not ready to announce our plans here so I’d prefer not to answer questions on this matter but I wanted to make you aware that there will be some interesting news after 1.8.

Terrain

With the release of v1.8 we will be adding some new fidelity to certain areas of the terrain. Players will now find that several tree lines and roadsides have increased foliage cover. This increase is in what are now the 2d tree lines and shrub lines. In addition to these we have added a variety of small berms and hills to the farm areas in the terrain. These will provide an increase to both cover and concealment and offer some very interesting changes to fighting in the field. We will be working to add more of these unique terrain features into the future releases for WWIIOL.

.fuse (1.00 to 6.00)

Anti-aircraft weapons will now have the ability to set the time delay on their shecks. The delay can be set is from one to six seconds. This delay is the number of seconds after firing that the sheck will detonate. If no fuse time is set the round will function as it currently does and detonate at its default time out.

From Toto:

Friday Infantry Update 03-07-2003:

One word for you all: BETA!

That’s right, current functionality has been replaced in the BETA. I had to do some repairs on the German trooper today, but he’s finished and back in.

What does this mean for the public release? Well, after they have went through some stages of testing, fixing, tweaking, and we are satisfied with them, they will make it into the public offering.
NOTE: Initial implementation is a replacement of CURRENT public functionality. The new features will come on a regular basis afterwards. We (Thunder and Toto) already have a quasi-feature list for the patch following the 1.8 release. Of course, this has to be approved by others, but I am sure you will all like it.

I am relieved to have the baseline complete and I’m really looking forward to getting all that FUN stuff in the game.

Questions:

Can we get a look at the faces for the new inf models?
Yep, take a look at the in-game screenshots that Doc was kind enough to snap for me and pass on to you fine people. We had some trouble with the German LOD’s, hence the reason there are no screenshots of him.

Will the infantry "at rest" state be in 1.8?
No…not initially. It will follow very soon afterward. I do mean soon.

Will the game not support the player being able to select weapons via the scroll wheel on our mouse like all other FPS's?
It doesn’t right now because we do not have a previous or next weapon function in the game. Why? Is that something you think a lot of players might want? I hear it’s not that tough to add.

Will squads be able to design/import their own shoulder sigs or will you give a list to choose from?
This is still being discussed. I would like to be able to let squads, brigades, whatever, design their own under a strict set of parameters. Like I said, this is still being discussed.

Will there ever be a uniform for commanders of a squad?
We want to have distinctive uniforms for officers and the like, how far down on the “to-do” list that is though, I have very little clue.

What is the possibility of having some kind of "PLAY DEAD" button or control where an infantry unit could use this funtion when fired upon to doop the attacker into thinking he is dead?
Well, this particular idea to help the survivability of our brave infantry has never been discussed. I can tell you that we have a few things in the works to help the survivability of the troops in the field.

Have you guys thrashed out a list of what's gonna get added post initial release and further on down the line or is most of it still 'up in the air' so to speak?
We have! Now, if I can relay that list to you all is something I will find out this week. If I can, I will post it for you in the next update.

CIAO


Toto

Also, the Windhund have gone French for the current map by request....

allors! aujourd'hui nous sommes les Levrier

Maybe you should reactivate your accounts with 1.8? Give it a shot at least....

[[AK]StitchJones]

I can see vertical tearing in those pictures (inside joke)

I may do it.

[[AK]Hylander]

I actually re-activated my account about 2 months ago, but haven't played since. I was thinking of cancelling again simply because I don't have the time to play it right now.

Maybe if they would allow us as allies to shoot the French, it might be interesting enough to play.

http://www.francestinks.com

[[AK]Choozoo]

Wrong answer!

Get back in the game!

[Widowmaker]

I let my account lapse a while back. But I'll be starting it up again to give a shot at it... "soon". The only complaint I realy had last time I played was that everything, especialy infantry and planes, was warping so much that I could not get a good shot at anything.

[[AK]Choozoo]

All I can say is wow!

It's like a whole new game. Those that own should give it another go round...

netcode = less warping (a lot less) and more hits.
inf animations
1941 vehicle set.

WOW!

5 nights of 4 hour nights of WWIIOL

[[AK]StitchJones]

I was reminded by my wife last night when I threw one of my 'not enough space' fits, I threw my copy of it out. So I have no way to install it again.

oh well. Raven Shield anyone??

[[AK]Squidly]

Raven Shield it is.

[[AK]Choozoo]

Squid, if you like strats, then WWII is your game. The strategy is what keeps me going back...

ask gunny to borrow his copy at the next lan party. Of course it is $12/month

[Widowmaker]

Stitch, you don't need the CD. The 1.6 patch rewrote EVERYTHING so the CD was only good as far as the code to create an account. Go to their downloads page and you can download the full install of version 1.81. This is the full game, no CD required.

I have heard great things about this patch. I expect I am going to try it out again this weekend sometime.

[[AK]Squidly]

I own WWII Online... not really interested in taking it up again just now.

[[AK]Choozoo]

I'll be on, .m me Porter99.

I'll be in France.

Squid, you should be interested. We can get 50 people to flow through an attack....

[[AK]Squidly]

Chooz... I have 50 games I'm playing right now... I don't need 51.

[[AK]Leonidas]

I'm thinking seriously about taking this one up. I'm between games right now. Putting WWII and strategic depth together is very appealing.

Wid, did I understand you correctly that I wouldn't have to buy a disk at all? Just pay online and download a file?

[Widowmaker]

Nay, Leo. You still need to buy a disk to secure an account code. But once you have the code you can toss the disk. You will need to download the whole thing anyway since a code change back during the 1.6 patch completely rewrote the code. They have been struggling with their publishing company (strategy first) but they are not allowed to sell account codes on-line except for out of country customers. Realy stupid if you ask me. They ought to sell you a code for 10 or 12 bucks and let you download it and get first month free, at least that's what I think.

On a side note I did re-activate my account this weekend and I must say WOW! Once I got the sound set right (64 sounds and selected my soundblaster LIVE! instead of the primary sound driver) my framerates are pretty good, still go low in battles but still pretty good. Warping is much reduced. The new terain is fantastic, bumps in the ground for infantry to take cover behind.

I don't know when they added the new lighting effects but it makes night time attacks quite amazingly realistic. All in all the game is great now, and they finaly added in unit counters so you know how much of each piece of equipment is available. Much needed ever since the included all unit attrition.

Allies finaly have ground attack capable aircraft and cannon armed fighters. They are scaring the luftwaffle pilots.

For some reason after activating my account I lost my squad membership. Oh well, if I feel like going back to the 3rtr I'll contact Ish. As it is I play very little due to some real life activities so I'm doing the lone wolf thing. Trying out the dark side (axis) of late for the heck of it. I'm a PFC again there so no good units are available to me, and I am a long way to getting binoculars for my infantry persona.

And sorry, Hylander, you still can't get a Matty no matter who you offer to sleep with. Unless you want to take an hour and drive one up from the rear.