Here are directions for using the World Builder, released yesterday as part of Company of Heroes 2's Turning Point Update.

1. You can start the WorldBuilder by running:
…\Steam\steamapps\common\Company of Heroes 2 - Test Build\WorldBuilder_CoH_2.exe
2. You must save their scenario in:
…\Steam\steamapps\common\Company of Heroes 2 - Test Build\CoH2\Data\Scenarios\MP\<MyScenario>
3. You can only create MP scenarios at this time.
4. If you run the following command from their Steam install folder:
Archive.exe -a CoH2\Archives\MPScenarios.sga -e CoH2\Data
The archive tool will extract all our MP maps, which you can then load to figure out how we’ve done things.
5. When you save their scenario it will generate a bunch of files, you can:
a. Edit the .options file in NotePad for more options.
b. Create a custom minimap by creating a file called <MyScenario>_mm_low.tga. If you add a boarder, the minimap_size in the .options file is the size in pixels of the playable area of the scenario (original size minus boarder size).
c. Create a custom preview by creating a file called <MyScenario>_mm_preview.tga. (Usually the same image as the minimap.)
d. Create a custom loading screen by creating a file called <MyScenario>_loading_background.tga.
6. You can create a Scenario Pack (an archive containing all scenario files including the custom ones named above) by going File->Export Package.
7. Any Scenario Packs in their …\My Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes 2\mods\scenarios\ folder will be available in the Custom Match lobby.
8. All users must have the same Scenario Pack installed to be able to start a custom game.

Here are directions for using the World Builder, released yesterday as part of Company of Heroes 2's Turning Point Update.

1. You can start the WorldBuilder by running:
…\Steam\steamapps\common\Company of Heroes 2 - Test Build\WorldBuilder_CoH_2.exe
2. You must save their scenario in:
…\Steam\steamapps\common\Company of Heroes 2 - Test Build\CoH2\Data\Scenarios\MP\<MyScenario>
3. You can only create MP scenarios at this time.
4. If you run the following command from their Steam install folder:
Archive.exe -a CoH2\Archives\MPScenarios.sga -e CoH2\Data
The archive tool will extract all our MP maps, which you can then load to figure out how we’ve done things.
5. When you save their scenario it will generate a bunch of files, you can:
a. Edit the .options file in NotePad for more options.
b. Create a custom minimap by creating a file called <MyScenario>_mm_low.tga. If you add a boarder, the minimap_size in the .options file is the size in pixels of the playable area of the scenario (original size minus boarder size).
c. Create a custom preview by creating a file called <MyScenario>_mm_preview.tga. (Usually the same image as the minimap.)
d. Create a custom loading screen by creating a file called <MyScenario>_loading_background.tga.
6. You can create a Scenario Pack (an archive containing all scenario files including the custom ones named above) by going File->Export Package.
7. Any Scenario Packs in their …\My Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes 2\mods\scenarios\ folder will be available in the Custom Match lobby.
8. All users must have the same Scenario Pack installed to be able to start a custom game.

The notes for the Company of Heroes 2 Turning Point update are over 16 pages long, and thus too big to fit even into multiple posts in the Steam Group.

So instead head over to our forums to see the complete Changelog as well as what was patched in previous updates.

The changes for today's patch are the last entry on page 2: http://community.companyofheroes.com/forum/company-of-heroes-2/company-of-heroes-2-general-discussion/67-coh-2-changelog

The notes for the Company of Heroes 2 Turning Point update are over 16 pages long, and thus too big to fit even into multiple posts in the Steam Group.

So instead head over to our forums to see the complete Changelog as well as what was patched in previous updates.

The changes for today's patch are the last entry on page 2: http://community.companyofheroes.com/forum/company-of-heroes-2/company-of-heroes-2-general-discussion/67-coh-2-changelog

SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON – November 12, 2013 – SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. announced that the ‘Turning Point’ update for the critically acclaimed Company of Heroes™ 2 will be live on Steam today.

The ‘Turning Point’ update features a host of free content including the eagerly anticipated World Builder, allowing fans to create their own maps, two free multiplayer maps as well as four free multiplayer commanders. On top of the free content players will also be able to purchase the new ‘Victory at Stalingrad’ Theater of War update, four additional multiplayer commanders and new skins.

Greg Wilson, Executive Producer, commented, “The ‘Turning Point’ update is our largest update for Company of Heroes 2 yet. There is something for everyone with Theater of War content, multiplayer maps and commanders and the World Builder.”

Content included in the Turning Point update:

FREE CONTENT

World Builder
This highly requested community feature enables players to design their own epic multiplayer maps for Company of Heroes 2

New Multiplayer Maps
Two free multiplayer maps ‘Rails and Metal’ and ‘Lazur Factory’ added to the multiplayer rotation for all players to enjoy

Four New Multiplayer Commanders:
Four new Commanders, two per faction, are introduced into the game’s multiplayer and skirmish modes as part of ‘Turning Point’. One Commander from each faction was created by members of the Company of Heroes 2 community and will be available via registration at www.companyofheroes.com

PREMIUM CONTENT

Three new Soviet skins: Bi-Tone Red Guards, Two-Tone Spring, Makeshift Sand
Two New German Commanders:
Elite Troops Doctrine: Utilize Germany’s most elite companies, using stronger base troops with added abilities
Luftwaffe Supply Doctrine: Using the power of the Luftwaffe, keeping your troops on the front lines as long as possible, even if cut off!
Two New Soviet Commanders:
Soviet Industry Tactics: Using the built up soviet industry, making use of more and stronger vehicle units at the cost of infantry numbers
Partisan Tactics: Making use of the Soviet Partisan network to harass enemies from behind the lines while destroying them with the soviet main army
New Theatre of War Content – Victory at Stalingrad:
Co-Op Scenario: Kalach Pincer

70 kilometers west of Stalingrad, Soviet forces must move rapidly to secure key locations and resources about the town of Kalach before mounting the final attack on the vital bridge across the River Don

Solo Challenge: Tatsinskaya Raid

The Red Army’s 24th Tank Corps is headed deep into enemy territory to take the German airfield at Tatsinskaya and destroy the aircraft that keeps trapped German forces supplied in Stalingrad

Solo Challenge: Bridge Defense

Forced to wait for air units to be ready, the Red Army has had to delay Operation Uranus at the last minute. Irregular and Partisan forces have already moved to secure a key bridge across the Don River and must now hold out against determined German attacks

AI Battle: Winter Storm

The Wehrmacht has launched Operation Winter Storm in an attempt to relieve their Sixth Army in Stalingrad. Soviet forces must block this attack to prevent the fascists from escaping the city

AI Battle: Stalingrad Resistance

The Soviets defend the blown out Stalingrad inch by inch, all the while looking to the skies as the German Luftwaffe drops bombs on any target they can find

AI Battle: Stalingrad Encirclement

Months of bloody close-quarter fighting have led to a decisive turning point for control of Stalingrad. Most of the German 6th Army has been left cut off and surrounded in the city. The Red Army must repulse a breakout attempt by the exhausted German forces

SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON – November 12, 2013 – SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. announced that the ‘Turning Point’ update for the critically acclaimed Company of Heroes™ 2 will be live on Steam today.

The ‘Turning Point’ update features a host of free content including the eagerly anticipated World Builder, allowing fans to create their own maps, two free multiplayer maps as well as four free multiplayer commanders. On top of the free content players will also be able to purchase the new ‘Victory at Stalingrad’ Theater of War update, four additional multiplayer commanders and new skins.

Greg Wilson, Executive Producer, commented, “The ‘Turning Point’ update is our largest update for Company of Heroes 2 yet. There is something for everyone with Theater of War content, multiplayer maps and commanders and the World Builder.”

Content included in the Turning Point update:

FREE CONTENT

World Builder
This highly requested community feature enables players to design their own epic multiplayer maps for Company of Heroes 2

New Multiplayer Maps
Two free multiplayer maps ‘Rails and Metal’ and ‘Lazur Factory’ added to the multiplayer rotation for all players to enjoy

Four New Multiplayer Commanders:
Four new Commanders, two per faction, are introduced into the game’s multiplayer and skirmish modes as part of ‘Turning Point’. One Commander from each faction was created by members of the Company of Heroes 2 community and will be available via registration at www.companyofheroes.com

PREMIUM CONTENT

Three new Soviet skins: Bi-Tone Red Guards, Two-Tone Spring, Makeshift Sand
Two New German Commanders:
Elite Troops Doctrine: Utilize Germany’s most elite companies, using stronger base troops with added abilities
Luftwaffe Supply Doctrine: Using the power of the Luftwaffe, keeping your troops on the front lines as long as possible, even if cut off!
Two New Soviet Commanders:
Soviet Industry Tactics: Using the built up soviet industry, making use of more and stronger vehicle units at the cost of infantry numbers
Partisan Tactics: Making use of the Soviet Partisan network to harass enemies from behind the lines while destroying them with the soviet main army
New Theatre of War Content – Victory at Stalingrad:
Co-Op Scenario: Kalach Pincer

70 kilometers west of Stalingrad, Soviet forces must move rapidly to secure key locations and resources about the town of Kalach before mounting the final attack on the vital bridge across the River Don

Solo Challenge: Tatsinskaya Raid

The Red Army’s 24th Tank Corps is headed deep into enemy territory to take the German airfield at Tatsinskaya and destroy the aircraft that keeps trapped German forces supplied in Stalingrad

Solo Challenge: Bridge Defense

Forced to wait for air units to be ready, the Red Army has had to delay Operation Uranus at the last minute. Irregular and Partisan forces have already moved to secure a key bridge across the Don River and must now hold out against determined German attacks

AI Battle: Winter Storm

The Wehrmacht has launched Operation Winter Storm in an attempt to relieve their Sixth Army in Stalingrad. Soviet forces must block this attack to prevent the fascists from escaping the city

AI Battle: Stalingrad Resistance

The Soviets defend the blown out Stalingrad inch by inch, all the while looking to the skies as the German Luftwaffe drops bombs on any target they can find

AI Battle: Stalingrad Encirclement

Months of bloody close-quarter fighting have led to a decisive turning point for control of Stalingrad. Most of the German 6th Army has been left cut off and surrounded in the city. The Red Army must repulse a breakout attempt by the exhausted German forces

Yesterday Company of Heroes 2 Producer Greg Wilson sat down with the team of Sunday Night Fights to give an exclusive interview about the game, tomorrow's massive Turning Point Update and Relic becoming a SEGA studio.

If you missed the interview check out it out below.

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Yesterday Company of Heroes 2 Producer Greg Wilson sat down with the team of Sunday Night Fights to give an exclusive interview about the game, tomorrow's massive Turning Point Update and Relic becoming a SEGA studio.

If you missed the interview check out it out below.

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My grandfather enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy at the start of the Second World War. The memories of the previous war with Germany and the conscription that had made military service mandatory made him think that he was being smart by enlisting and thus getting to pick service in the navy. Though growing up in the prairie town of Edmonton he did not have any experience at sea, it seemed preferable than being in the infantry especially after the brutal trench warfare that had marked the front lines of the First World War. He served on a ship that escorted cargo between Canada and England, hunting the U-Boats that were hunting the vital supplies bound for England.

Though he likes to tell stories, he rarely talks about his time in the navy. The only story I ever remember him telling was how when Germany surrendered the English channel became full of U-Boats emerging from the water to return to German ports."If I knew how many of them were out there trying to kill me, I probably would have surrendered," he joked at the conclusion of the story.

November 11th is Remembrance Day in Canada, Britain and the rest of the Commonwealth, in the United States it is Veterans Day. It's a day to remember those that sacrificed their lives in the armed forces, defending the freedoms we enjoy today.

These days there are not many veterans of the Great War still alive, and even the ranks of those that fought in the Second World War are growing thiner each year. While other wars and conflicts do not get as much attention during Remembrance Day, it is important to also acknowledge the sacrifices that our men and women in uniform have made in Korea, on UN Peacekeeping missions and are still making today in places like Afghanistan.

So today remember those that have sacrificed for our freedoms, and be thankful.

For further information on Remembrance Day and Veterans Day or to make a donation to help support our veterans please visit these sites:
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/get-involved">The British Legion's Poppy Appeal</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.redcross.org/what-we-do/support-military-families">Red Cross Supporting America's Military Families</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.legion.ca/can-we-help/">The Royal Canadian Legion</a></li>
</ul>