Hey Runners!


Osumia Games wish you all Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year 2024!



The year is coming to an end with a quick annual recap of what happened this year at Osumia Games and what is coming for the (near) future.




2024 will mark the 10th year since the Early Access release of RWR here on Steam. How time flies!
2023 has been similar successful as 2022 where the RUNNING WITH RIFLES family has grown by another 99.000 members (projection until the end of the year) and on top of that, over 73.000 DLC units have been sold.

Some other insights about the year 2023's review include 9 updates with 2 major ones including 2 new maps, a community box #7 containing 3 new vehicles, several new weapons and other goodies!
We also added a Camera mod to the package for the content creators.




As you might have read it already in the Steam forum, EF will be delayed. Here's the original post:

Hello Runners,

Unfortunately we're announcing a delay to Eastern Front today. Our team of four (Trem, TheSoldier, 577, and Unit G17) have jobs outside of game development, and can only commit hours during their free time, and lately progress has slowed down.

We are not prepared to suggest a new 'release date' at this time, but rest assured, this is a passion project and we are looking forward to releasing it! What we can say is that it won't be coming before Q3 2024.
Keep an eye out for news posts in the future!

Keep on Running,
Osumia Games

Beside the release of the Eastern Front WW2 DLC later in 2024, we'll also have some exciting news to announce soon!
We won't go into details yet, but Osumia Games is cooking something tasty!
Feel free to add a guess in the comments.




Don't forget to join the fun on Running with Rifles Discord and we'd be more than happy if you could let us know if you like the game and the WW2 DLCs by leaving a review on Steam, as it helps us a lot!
Thank you!

Keep on running,
Your Osumia Games


Event log (Vanilla):

• invasion: Bad Santa enemy added over the xmas event
  
• invasion: Xmas box added

• maps: few fixes here and there
  
• vehicles: experimental scripted vehicles from community boxes such as the repair crane and the ZJX-19/XE repair tank are now also working in the campaign and not just in invasion
  
• projectiles: experimental scripted EMP grenades from community boxes now also working in the campaign and not just in invasion
  
• projectiles: fixed a bug where some CB7 flares disappeared when throwing in the Tropical Blizzard map instead of spawning the flare object itself again
  
• man vs world: added a "Nightmare" difficulty
  
• man vs Zombies: added a "Nightmare" difficulty
  
• misc: added content of the Community Box #7 in the lottery
  
• modding: added can_shoot_running option for weapons

Watch out, the deadly Rippers are back in online invasion during this 11 days long event, but also the Halloween Box which makes its return with the beloved pumpkin goodies!

The Halloween Boxes are also active in single player campaign so that you can enjoy it online and offline!








Happy Running,
your Osumia Games

Hello Runners!



Today, we have a "new" map for you. It's basically a conversion of the Edelweiss map "Hell's Highway".
While it looks very similar, it has been extended and has its own twists to better match Vanilla gameplay. The map "Route 666" has been added to the invasion rotator but can also be played as quick match, as well as in Dominance PvP where the city part is being used for a conquest and a king of the hill substage.



Some of you might find some use with the "CAMERA MOD" we did a while back, mainly to make scenery screenshots and videos.
The "camera_mod" package can be found at "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\RunningWithRifles\media\packages\camera_mod" and has a HOWTO.txt in the folder.
Don't expect it to be a powerful tool, it's very basic but might be interesting for some of you content creators.
We cleaned it up a bit, added some documentation and are shipping it as an own package of the game. No file needs to be replaced anymore and can be used as overlay.

below is a video we made with the mod using the camera script. You can use it yourself as an example and reproduce the video on your own just by running the camera mod script without any modification.



Don't forget to join the community on the Running with Rifles Discord and we'd be more than happy if you could let us know if you like the game and the WW2 DLCs by leaving a review on Steam, as it helps us a lot!

Thank you and keep on Running,
your Osumia Games

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• maps: new map "Route 666" added. A modified vanilla adaptation of the WW2 map "Hell's Highway"
  
• maps: added an armory in the ruin parts of Swan River and removed an enemy APC to make it a bit less vehicle heavy and slightly rebalanced the AI push on top
  
• maps: fixed map related AI pathing issues on the "Green Coast" map close to the "Old Harbour" base
  
• maps: fixed a crash in quick match on the "Tropical Blizzard" map, as the Wiesel MK20 weapon wasn't declared
  
• dominance: added a conquest and a king of the hill substage of the map "Route 666"
  
• dominance: added A10 gun run and Cluster bomb calls
  
• dominance: adapted the call marker size of the artillery call to match vanilla (hadn't been update since the spread changes)
  
• invasion: added the map "Route 666" to the map rotator
  
• particles: reworked the bullet hit particles on vehicles
  
• misc: "camera_mod" package added

Hello Runners,

As most in the Chinese online RWR community probably figured out, we've had some ongoing issues with our former server provider in China which has locked the RWR servers for unclear reasons. After trying to keep an open discussion with the provider on how to remedy the situation to no avail, we currently have no other choice than to accept it and retire the servers in Mainland China to avoid such issues in the future. We are simply put not welcome anymore to continue hosting servers there.

While the exact cause is still unclear, we got enough clues to guess but won't go into details at this point.

RWR is just a game which connects people around the world to have fun and politics have no place in RWR!. We've said that often enough in the past and also our in-game moderators are applying consequences but will, in the future, be even more sensitive on that subject to avoid any kind of political discussions on delicate topics. This applies to everyone, no matter where the players comes from.

On the more pleasant side of things, the new ASIA servers have a premium line to Mainland China, hence benefiting from a low latency and no need to use network accelerators of any kind!
To ensure this, we have to restart the servers on a daily basis at 8AM Beijing time.
We have tested and tried so many different options and hope to have find the best solution for every Asia located Runner to enjoy!

Yours sincerely,
Osumia Games

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亲爱的玩家们,

正如中国RWR社区中的大部分玩家所了解的那样，中国方面的前服务器供应商（即阿里云）与我们之间一直存在着一些问题。此前他们以相当模糊的理由关闭了我们位于中国大陆的服务器。在与供应商公开讨论、请求解封无果后，我们目前别无办法，只得接受这个事实，并将大陆的服务器关闭以避免将来再次出现此类问题。简单来说，我们被‘送客’了。

虽然我们仍不清楚确切的封禁原因，但结合目前已有的线索已能猜个大概，但我们不会在这里讨论这些细节。

RWR只是个让全世界的人们来一同享受乐趣的游戏，在RWR游戏中可没有政治的一席之地！。在过去我们就这一点已说得够多了，而且我们游戏内的管理员们也一直在对此采取措施。但在未来，我们在处理类似政治敏感问题时将变得更加小心，以防悲剧重演。这对全世界所有的玩家都适用。

下面来说点能让人开心的事吧，我们新的亚洲服务器有一条连至中国大陆的优质线路，因此延迟相对较低，也不用开加速器！当然为了保持这一点，我们必须得在北京时间每日上午8点时重新启动服务器。

我们已经测试并尝试了许多不同的方法，希望我们能找到最佳的补救方案以让每个亚洲玩家都满意！
Your Osumia Games


Change log 1.96.1:

• maps: few fixes here and there
  
• maps: fixed missing stash at the junkyard on "reversed" Rattlesnake Crescent
  
• ai: new soldier class - the "Bomber". Equipped with a shield and a claymore attached to it. He is rushing the enemy and triggers the explosion when at close range (only in the online invasion map "Dry Enclave" so far)
  
• throwables: fixed and issue where some soldier groups had a 25% chance to not spawn with throwables instead of 0% (Vanilla+Man vs. Zombies)
  
• vehicles: missile launcher turret respawn time increased to 80 seconds
  
• dominance: added missing Warsalt Legacy KotH overlay mask
  
• dominance: fixed APC HMGs dealing too much damage to vehicles
  
• ww2: fixed missing mapview cards in Edelweiss/Arnhem map causing graphic glitch in Linux/Mac

• dominance: added a KotH substage for the map "Rattlesnake Crescent"
  
• dominance: reduced the size of the largest conquest substage on Moorland Apocalypse from 6 to 4 bases
  
• dominance: split the Vigil Island conquest substage in 2 distinct ones as the substage was too big
  
• dominance: fixed missing damage multiplicator for some vehicle MGs
  
• dominance: fixed missing updated Warsalt Legacy overlay mask
  
• visuals: fixed ghost shader for plants and bushes in the Warsalt Legacy map
  
• sounds: applied volume gain to some audio files after being turned to mono
  
• sounds: slightly reduced the dying sound of the female elites
  
• ww2: fixed cards showing blank for Edelweiss in WW2 invasion
  
• ww2: fixed a few translations
  
• ww2: fixed "ww2:combined" to not be shown in the campaign menu (supposed to be quick match only)
  
• ww2: fixed emoticons not showing up
  
• ww2: removed the radio jammer from the player faction in "WW2:Power Junction"

Hey Runners,

Let's have some PvP fun at the first Dominance PvP session of 2023!



Server: "DOMINANCEEU2" - 64 server slots

communication: Join Discord for better communication. An event voice chat channel will be created (link for Discord in the game menu).
Feel free to discuss the event for improvements. Best in the Discord channel #event-discussion.

even the teams, load your weapon and let's get it on!

Happy fragging,
your Osumia Games

PS: you can also join with the DEMO of RWR!

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for those who are new to PvP, below is a YouTube link of a compilation of some scenes from last year's Dominance events!

(you might achieve the best video quality by watching directly on YouTube!)

Vanilla:

• weapons: MG42 weapon cooldown slightly reworked
  
• weapons: KAC Chain Saw cooldown added and increased ammunition from 150 to 200
  
• weapons: tracer dart missile makes 15% less damage, has less pulldown and the dart can be disarmed
  
• weapons: added missing weapon lock on player death to the SKS
  
• vehicles: Legion can now better overrun soldiers
  
• throwables: AT mine carrying capacity increase from 2 to 3 at 5000XP
  
• maps: fixed "Elk Island" not always appearing in quick matches
  
• maps: fixed the "churches" for better AI navigation
  
• gamemodes: emoticons added in dominance and minimodes
  
• dominance: cooldowns adapted from Vanilla
  
• dominance: King of the Hill substage added for the map "Black Gold Estuary"
  
• dominance: short information text added on the mapview mask overlays
  
• soldiers: Rangers with tracer darts as secondary have a dedicated and longer change weapon in animation to give the enemy more chance to react
  
• visuals: fixed some emoticons that weren't shown properly
  
• sounds: increased the output volume of a few weapons which had been lowered by mistake in last update

WW2:

• weapons: added missing weapon lock on player death to the Browning Auto 5
  
• weapons: fixed cooldown of the Sten Mk IIS, which made the gun overheat too fast
  
• script: fixed the wrong briefcase unlocks in the map WW2: Power junction
  
• misc: fixed mapview for Linux and Mac for Elk Island in invasion

Hello Runners!


Today, we are celebrating the 8th birthday of RUNNING WITH RIFLES on Steam, woohoo! For this occasion, to celebrate this event, we're offering a large sale and dropping loads of new free content!
We also want to seize the occasion to feed you with some information about the upcoming WW2 DLC "RUNNING WITH RIFLES: EASTERN FRONT".

Let's start with the new content.
After 6 community and 2 seasonal boxes (X-mas and Halloween), we thought that it'd be time for the COMMUNITY BOX #7! and here we go!



This brand new community box contains 7 new weapons including a truly special one, the Saw Blade Launcher which is really funny to use once you know how it works. We'll let you find out!
We also have a shovel, which allows you to create sandbag wall elements, as long as you are on the right terrain, as digging on e.g. asphalt won't work!
On the vehicle side, we have 4 brand new vehicles, one being the LAI-109, an extremely powerful mobile missile launcher. Just make sure to have some infantry around to protect it, as it's rather defenseless against AT weapons!
There is also the LAILV-002, an advanced "Spawn Truck" with a dual HMG and holes on the roof for 2 infantry to shoot from.
The MMLS-528 is a "Multiple Mine Laying System" which can shoot AT mines from the front and AP mines from the rear.
Last but not least for the crazy fella out there, a formula 1 vehicle for the lulz, VROOM!
Here again, thanks for the numerous modding community submissions!

Oh and we also have a new map based on the map of the same name, Elk Island from Trudin, thanks again buddy, much appreciated!
The map has been adapted for Vanilla as well as for Pacific and will respectively be playable in quick matches and online invasion!



As for WW2, this won't be the last map for this update. Beside this Elk Island map for Pacific, we also made an adaptation of the Vanilla map Power Junction which has been set up to be a unique scenario in the WW2 DLC featuring three (randomly selected) factions battling each other! Both maps are playable as quick matches or for online invasion.
Alongside this, we're dropping in a pair of new weapons alongside some QOL changes and gameplay tweaks. We hope you enjoy!

We also wanted to confirm we are still on track for releasing Eastern Front in late 2023. Development continues, and we have a tasty new screenshot for you to salivate over!
Additionally, we're bringing an "Eastern-Front" themed Submachine Gun over to the Western Front - the venerable Danuvia 43M, an Axis-power weapon made by Hungary, complete with a bayonet, and with its slick folding stock, it can be carried in the sidearms slot!




You can wishlist the EASTERN FRONT DLC HERE!

Don't forget to join the community on the Running with Rifles Discord and we'd be more than happy if you could let us know if you like the game and the WW2 DLCs by leaving a review on Steam, as it helps us a lot!

Thank you and keep on Running,
your Osumia Games

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• maps: "Elk Island" map added in quick match and online invasion
  
• items: community box #7 added
  
• items: combat dog spawn crates added
  
• weapons: added a cooldown in all vehicle (H)MGs and some mobile MG type weapons
  
• weapons: Gilboa DBR double-barrel rifle added
  
• weapons: MGV-176 submachine gun added
  
• weapons: SKS semi-auto rifle with explosive ammo alt added
  
• weapons: SIG MPX submachine gun with hollow point alt added
  
• weapons: SBL sawblade launcher added
  
• weapons: AN-94 with burst shot alt rifle added
  
• equipment: Shovel added - builds infinitely sandbags on terrain tagged as dirt or sand
  
• equipment: Panda costume added
  
• vehicles: LAI-109 missile launching truck added
  
• vehicles: LAIV-002 armored spawn (also AI) truck with MG added
  
• vehicles: MMLS-258 AT and AP mine laying tank added
  
• vehicles: F1 vehicle added, vroom vroom!
  
• ai: Rangers now have a 50% chance to have tracer darts as secondary weapon against vehicles
  
• crosshair: reticle color going from white to plain red when a weapon with cooldown reached max spread. The crosshair will blink until the end of the cooldown
  
• ui: added map time in the scoreboard (has been added already in a silent update)
  
• hotkeys: hotkey list extended to 20 instead of 10 slots - not in game menu. The extended slots are accessible with MOD+key
  
• modding: added force_as_shoots_blast_projectiles as weapon parameter to force the AI to switch to secondary weapon when facing an enemy vehicle
  
• modding: "cooldown" sound key for weapons added
  
• modding: "cooldown_start" and "cooldown_end" specification key for weapons added
  
• modding: auto_update_tree_foliage command line parameter added to make billboard textures always facing the cam in free cam mode
  
• misc: emojis added - can be added to the shortkey list optionally

• items: drop rate of all community boxes increased by 20%
  
• weapons: elites have a 33% higher chance to have the M202 as AT instead of their stock AT weapon
  
• vehicles: Legion has significantly more weight so that it can now bulldoze other tanks and the AI not trying to drive around
  
• vehicles: Legion respawn time increased from 140 to 180 seconds
  
• vehicles: added min health to steer value to the transport trucks
  
• vehicles: Mustela acceleration and max speed reduced and driving physics slightly improved
  
• invasion: "Swan River" and "Warsalt Legacy" maps made slightly easier at map start

• maps: minor tweaks here and there
  
• vehicles: Legion ai navigation offset in wrong vehicle tag fixed
  
• projectiles: activated, non-sticky projectiles aren't pushable anymore
  
• animations: slowed down the sniper prone cycle animation for all sniper weapons but the SVD by 35%
  
• particles: tracer dart blinking emitter slightly reworked
  
• ai: dogs not joining squads anymore to avoid issues with vehicle slot queues
  
• input: fixed gamepad handling for selecting a spawn point in the map view

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• maps: "Elk Island" added into Pacific campaign and quick matches
  
• maps: "Power Junction" ported over from Vanilla to a special WW2 scenario
  
• weapons: Danuvia 43M submachine gun added. This Hungarian-made 'Eastern-Front' weapon can be found carried by German elite solders, and features a bayonet as well as a folding stock
  
• weapons: Browning Auto 5 Semi-automatic Shotgun added. Can be found carried by Allied elite soldiers, featuring a large 8-round capacity and heavy firepower
  
• weapons: Browning Auto 5 Sawn-Off Shotgun added. Can be found carried by U.S. Marine elite soldiers, featuring a smaller 5-round capacity, but carried like a pistol
  
• misc: added emoticons to WW2 in the same manner they were handled in Vanilla
  
• misc: added overheat systems to some weapons, especially static or vehicle-borne machine-guns, in a similar manner to Vanilla

• weapons: increased damage of the Beardmore-Farquhar .50 Cal
  
• weapons: lowered the capacity but increased the movement speed of the Flammenwerfer 41

• maps: fixed missing palm trees on Peleliu Airfield
  
• maps: added missing armory trucks on Swan River
  
• translation: fixed a minor issue with Ho-Ha deploy call out

Hey Runners!

Osumia Games wish you all Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year 2023!



2022 is coming to an end and we'll make a quick recap of what happened this year at Osumia Games.

After an incredible year 2021, this year has been a bit quieter but the RUNNING WITH RIFLES family has grown by another 101.000 members and on top of that, over 80.000 DLC units have been sold. This makes the year 2022 to be significantly more successful than 2 years prior.

Some other insights about the year 2022's review include 23 updates with 5 major ones including 2 new maps, a new DLC, the RUNNING WITH RIFLES: Veteran Pack including a lot of new models/skins, a new vehicle call, an increased stash capacity and some custom animations. 9000 Runners are new owners of this DLC alone. Thanks for that!
Last but not least, we also added native game controller and full Steam Deck support!



We also announced last Spring the start of the work on our third WW2 update RUNNING WITH RIFLES: EASTERN FRONT
We are still hoping for a release late 2023 and with the help of UnitG17 joining our WW2 developer team, it might be doable! More information will follow.

Towards the end of year, we organized a couple of Dominance PvP events. We might do that again in 2023 as the feedback was rather encouraging. Let us know if you are interested or if you prefer to stick to invasion coop!

Below is a YouTube link of a compilation of some nice scenes from 2 Dominance events if you want to see how it looks like!

(you might achieve the best video quality by clicking on "watch on YouTube")


Don't forget to join the fun on Running with Rifles Discord and we'd be more than happy if you could let us know if you like the game and the WW2 DLCs by leaving a review on Steam, as it helps us a lot!
Thank you!

Keep on running,
Your Osumia Games


Event log (Vanilla):

• invasion: Bad Santa enemy added over the xmas event
  
• invasion: Xmas box added