May 9, 2011

Mortar The Point: Darkest Hour Hits v5.0

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 - contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Quintin Smith)

You know Red Orchestra, the supremely bleak multiplayer FPS set on the Eastern front of WW2? Darkest Hour is a similarly dark and moody mod for it which hefts out RO’s black, oily heart and transplants it into the Western Front. As well as adding new maps, new weapons and vehicles, its features include “Airborne drops… bullet suppression and supersonic cracks”. The horror.

This weekend Darkest Hour hit version 5.0, adding even more maps, vehicles and weapons (including mortars and mortar teams), as well as plenty of uplifting new features like “Players now drop their weapon when they suffer falling damage,” “Players now fall over when shot in the legs,” and “Players can catch fire from nearby exploding vehicles and world fires”. THE HORROR. Trailer and mammoth changelog after the jump.
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May 9, 2011

Red Orchestra Darkest Hour mod gets new maps and tanks in huge 5.0 update

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45

The Darkest Hour mod brings the Western Front of World War 2 to Red Orchestra. The huge new 5.0 update adds new vehicles and maps that will let players fight through the most famous battles of Operation Market Garden, including the fight for Carentan and Hill 400. Read on for a list of the new features.

For full details on the update, head over to the Darkest Hour site. The mod is completely free to anyone who owns Red Orchestra, and can be downloaded now through Steam. Here's a summary of the new maps and vehicles.

The new maps:

Bridgehead
Caen
Cambes-en-Plaine
Carentan Causeway
Gran
Hill 400
Kommerscheidt
Lutremange
Poteau Ambush
Simonskall
Vieux Recon

Vehicles for the Allies:

Sherman M4A3E2 ‘Jumbo’
GMC 2.5 Ton Truck
Sherman M4A3 (75 mm)W
Sherman M4A3 (76 mm)W
M-8 Greyhound
M-18 Hellcat

Vehicles for the Germans:

Jagdtiger (Jagdpanzer VI Ausf. B)
Marder III Ausf. M
SdKfz 234/1 Armored Car
SdKfz 234/2 "Puma"
Jagdpanzer IV Ausf F (L/48)
Jagdpanzer IV Ausf J (L/70)
StuH 42

May 6, 2011

Darkest Hour Update - Version 5.0 - Also a Call to arms for Facebookers

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 - [TW]Yoshiro

Is now rolling out via Steam!

Featuring mortars, tanks, maps, tweaks, and more bug fixes then you can shake a stick at. You can find the full change list <a href="http://forums.tripwireinteractive.com/showpost.php?p=737262&postcount=1706">HERE!</a>

11 New Maps, 13 New Vehicles! Make sure to check out the latest release today!

For those of you with Facebook accounts, PC Gamer is asking for your favorite FPS franchise of all time. Among the choices, Red Orchestra needs some love. Show them we can assemble to arms!

<a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=question&id=10150287867873079&qa_ref=ssp">VOTE NOW</a>

May 6, 2011

Darkest Hour Update - Version 5.0 - Also a Call to arms for Facebookers

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 - [TW]Yoshiro

Is now rolling out via Steam!

Featuring mortars, tanks, maps, tweaks, and more bug fixes then you can shake a stick at. You can find the full change list HERE!

11 New Maps, 13 New Vehicles! Make sure to check out the latest release today!

For those of you with Facebook accounts, PC Gamer is asking for your favorite FPS franchise of all time. Among the choices, Red Orchestra needs some love. Show them we can assemble to arms!

VOTE NOW

Dec 22, 2010

Notes for those joining the classic RO 3.3 Mod Server

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 - [TW]Ramm-Jaeger

A quick note for those joining the classic RO Mod 3.3 for UT2004 game event today. The installer was designed before UT2004 was on Steam. So when you install it, first off you should put it here:

<Steam Install Dir>\Steam\steamapps\common\unreal tournament 2004\

Make sure that you don't have "UT2004" appended on the end of the install directory, as this will be the default behavior of the installer.

To launch the mod with the Steam version, you need to modify the launch options for UT2004.To do this follow these steps:

1) Under "Library" find Unreal Tournament 2004 in the list and right click on it.
2) Select "Properties" from the list that appears
3) Select "Set Launch Options" from the menu that appears
4) Add the following to the box that appears:
-mod=RedOrchestra
5) Close the window
6) Then launch UT2004 from within Steam and the Red Orchestra mod should launch

Additionally, if you use triple buffering you will get some wierd jittering online unless you turn VSync on. You can do this in the RedOrchestra.ini file which is located in

Steam Version
<Steam Install Dir>\Steam\steamapps\common\unreal tournament 2004\RedOrchestra\System

Disc Version
<install dir>UT2004\RedOrchestra\System

Just look for UseVSync and set it to :
UseVSync=True

everywhere you find it, particularly the
[D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice] section. Hey, noone said playing a classic game wouldn't have a few bumps ;)

Dec 22, 2010

Notes for those joining the classic RO 3.3 Mod Server

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 - [TW]Ramm-Jaeger

A quick note for those joining the classic RO Mod 3.3 for UT2004 game event today. The installer was designed before UT2004 was on Steam. So when you install it, first off you should put it here:

<Steam Install Dir>\Steam\steamapps\common\unreal tournament 2004
Make sure that you don't have "UT2004" appended on the end of the install directory, as this will be the default behavior of the installer.

To launch the mod with the Steam version, you need to modify the launch options for UT2004.To do this follow these steps:

1) Under "Library" find Unreal Tournament 2004 in the list and right click on it.
2) Select "Properties" from the list that appears
3) Select "Set Launch Options" from the menu that appears
4) Add the following to the box that appears:
-mod=RedOrchestra
5) Close the window
6) Then launch UT2004 from within Steam and the Red Orchestra mod should launch

Additionally, if you use triple buffering you will get some wierd jittering online unless you turn VSync on. You can do this in the RedOrchestra.ini file which is located in

Steam Version
<Steam Install Dir>\Steam\steamapps\common\unreal tournament 2004\RedOrchestra\System

Disc Version
<install dir>UT2004\RedOrchestra\System

Just look for UseVSync and set it to :
UseVSync=True

everywhere you find it, particularly the
[D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice] section. Hey, noone said playing a classic game wouldn't have a few bumps ;)

Dec 20, 2010

Red Orchestra: Combined Arms Inducted into The Mod Hall of Fame

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 - [TW]Ramm-Jaeger2

Tripwire Interactive are very proud to announce that Red Orchestra: Combined Arms, the mod version of Red Orchestra that was released in

2003/2004 for Unreal Tournament 2003/2004 has been inducted into The Mod Hall of Fame. The Mod Hall of Fame is a new web site by Mod DB that celebrates the best video game modifications ever made. Head on over to the website now to check out the list:

<a href="http://www.modhof.com/"> The Mod Hall of Fame Website </a>

Dec 20, 2010

Red Orchestra: Combined Arms Inducted into The Mod Hall of Fame

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 - [TW]Ramm-Jaeger2

Dec 20, 2010

All Tripwire Games 50% off until January 2

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 - [TW]Ramm-Jaeger2

As part of Steam's Holiday sale all Tripwire Games are going to be 50% off until January 2nd 2011. So if you have been waiting for a chance to get your hands on The Ball, Killing Floor, or Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 head on over to the Steam Store now:

<a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/35460/"> The Ball Steam store page </a>
<a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/1250/"> Killing Floor Steam store page </a>
<a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/1200/"> Red Orchestra: Ostfront Steam store page </a>

Dec 20, 2010

All Tripwire Games 50% off until January 2

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 - [TW]Ramm-Jaeger2