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Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront - Herr Flick
Community members and strategy lovers, we are proud to announce the release of Scorched Earth! That’s not all, because at the same time, all current owners will get content update 4 today. The Scorched Earth DLC expands the Eastern front scope with another bundle of battles and big equipment. Likewise, content update 4 adds to the “Ostfront” experience. Keep reading to get up to speed on both! A big shout out to our Closed Beta testers today, they have done a tremendous job! The past weeks have been really busy for the testers - a great effort.
Scorched Earth
It is with great pleasure that we announce the release of the next title in the Gates of Hell saga. Scorched Earth deepens the eastern front experience like nothing else will; enjoy the new recon plane mechanics and the brand new units, missions and everything else. Scorched Earth also introduces weaponry that has been requested by countless users; surely you already spotted at least one of them in the images we’ve shared. If not, get Scorched Earth today, and you’ll find out very soon! What does it contain? You can find it on the store page:
To make sure the Scorched Earth DLC works as intended, your game must be on the latest version (1.026.0) before you add Scorched Earth to your library. This is essential to avoid issues. So if you have switched to a legacy version, you should change that to 1.026.0 first.
Content Update 4 adds a number of new things, which is “a bit of everything”. We will detail every change in the usual changelog; but aside from a long list of fixes and QoL additions, here’s a few headlines (this is not all):
Added OT-34-85 M1944 (Flame) (Berlin with Sandbags)
Added U-2 Recon Plane (aka PO-2)
Added human skins and headgear for Cossacks
Added "Support" Doctrine to Germans and Soviets for Early, Mid and Late War (6 Total)
Added German Campaign Mission - The Siege of Sevastopol 06/42
Added German Campaign Mission - Clash at Narva 03/44
Added German Campaign Mission - Carpathian Turmoil 09/44
Added German Campaign Mission - The Final Offensive 03/45
Added Soviet Campaign Mission - Pavlov's House 09/42
Added Soviet Campaign Mission - The Citadel 07/43
Added Soviet Campaign Mission - Street to Street 11/43
Added Soviet Campaign Mission - The Königsberg Cauldron 04/45
(FREE) Update 29: V 1.026.0 "Content Update 4"
Change Log
New Units and Buildings
Added 7.5cm Pak 97/38 (Germans)
Added KV-1 M1942 (Soviets)
Added M3 Stuart (Late)
Added M4A2 Sherman (Late)
Added M4A276W Sherman (Early)
Added OT-34-85 M1944
Added Sdkfz 234/1
Added Sdkfz 250/1
Added T-50 (Soviets)
Added captured soviet version of the train engine drg class75
Added pavlovs house
Added zobolotny house
Added brest gate
Added brest wall-building
Conquest
Added new units from Content Update 4 and Scorched earth to Conquest
Added panzernest_krab, 150mm_sw34 searchlight, and pz38h_w40 to german conquest unit roster
Added DLC ownership check for units in conquest
Improved Conquest Research Tree Window with following features: - Changed the window to resize and fill most of users screen - Added horizontal (left and right) scrolling - Added click and drag with mouse cursor for easier navagation - Added "remember last position" when closing and opening research window - Added new format to research game files for easier read-ability for unit requirments and grid position
Fixed camera boundaries and spawns to not have units spawn outside the play area on DCG map Vyazma
Fixed grass and snow inside few buildings on DCG map Narofominsk
Fixed crash on loading some conquest saves due to map points
Fixed Conquest menu text "Battle Location:" not being localized
Multiplayer
Added MP Map 1v1 Oryol
Added MP Map 1v1 Workshop
Added MP Map 2v2 Countryside
Added MP Map 2v2 Kavichy Factory
Added MP Map 3v3 King Of The Hill
Added MP Map 3v3 Lakeside Airfield
Added rocks around cliffs on DCG & MP maps Natramala & Natramala winter to help with vehicle pathing
Added sdkfz234/1 to German late war allround doctrine tier 1
Added new units to Soviet Late War Lend Lease Doctrine
Added human selection talks to preload in MP (helps reduce lag when buying first squad of an MP game)
Added unit icons in buy menue to preload in MP (helps reduce lag when buying first squad of an MP game)
Added 120 second cool down to Finland Midwar Marksmen squad
Increased cost of all Doctrines Heavy Indirect Fire Artillery and Rocket Artillery by 5DP
Increased cost of Finnish heavy Engineers from 15 to 20DP
Increased Finnish T-50 price from 10 to 15DP
Increased Doctrine Points price of Finnish 21cm Nebelwerfer 42 from 45 to 50
Reduced cost of SdKfz 251/2 from 20DP to 15DP
Reduced DP of Luchs from 15 to 10DP
Reduced DP of Panzer1f from 20 to 15DP
Fixed mp to not crash on eIASpawnCommand when the spawning entity can not be found
Fixed player doctrine selection not updating when host changes time period in MP lobby in alliance selection mode
Fixed wrong CP for tankmen in early war
Fixed wrong CP for pilots in late war
Fixed for car/trucks counting in MP towards score in MP when destroyed by extra large blast
Fixed spawn positions and camera boundaries to not have units spawn outside the fov on MP map 4v4_grassland
Fixed grass from inside he houses and aligned them properly with the ground on MP map 1v1_crossing
Fixed units going prone under water on MP Map 1v1_crossing
Fixed traincars neutral so they do not appear in the killfeed on MP Map Kavichy factory
Fixed music script in MP matches
Fixed fence from inside the barn on MP Map 2v2_kainuo
Fixed many enumerator .mtl files to not give errors in multiplayer
Replaced T-27 with T-20 for Soviet MID and Late War time periods
Removed obelisk that allowed soldiers to get inside and become invincible on MP map 2v2_suburbs
Single Player
Updated progression of all Campaigns so players can choose what order they'd like to play them without having to complete previous missions. Missions are still listed in chronological order
General fixes, balance adjustments, historical adjustments, improved purchasable unit selection, etc for the Soviet Skirmish missions
Fixed terrains and no pass settings around cliffs on Soviet Skirmish "No Land Beyond the Volga!"
Fixed broken stamp and ground texture transition on German Skirmish "Downfall"
Fixed wrong terrain type on 1942_01_vyazma
Fixed helper spawn command sync (caused crashes in SP missions while playing CooP)
Everything Else
Added new minimap Icon for ammo crates
Added RGD-1 Supply drop smoke grenade
Added paradrop ammo crates
Added heat damage when aircraft body catches on fire while flying (ejecting pilots/crew can catch fire)
Added new parachute behavior that attaches to humans when ejecting from planes (SP modes Only) - Parachute uses Physics instead of premade animation - Parachute will fall all the way to the ground, no matter the altitude crew eject - Crew stay attached to parachute when dying until reaching the ground - Parachutes can catch fire from crew being on fire
Added ability for humans to climb over urban_fence_2_destroyed and metal_railing entity series
Added ability for humans to climb over concrete_low_01 and concrete_low_02
Added short stun to humans when hit with half or more of the blastwave energy from most grenades
Added passenger seats to panzer 38t Ausf G and panzer731r
Added new slope multipliers based on individual calibers and penetration ranges
Updated 75mm Pak 97/38 to have HEAT shells instead of AP shells
Updated Destruction of Bridge 207
Updated detect prop of mountain guns so they get spotten when attacking like other AT guns (direct fire)
Updated fragments on explosion FX
Updated various metal hit FX
Updated standard human AI advance ratio to make them more aggressive when on free-move mode
Updated Chinese translations
Updated chatwheel with new visual style
Fixed several localization issues and unit descriptions
Fixed 57mm_zis2 from showing twice in library
Fixed vehicle type description for SU series
Fixed some of the garrison positions on the generic_ruin_07 to be more aligned with openings/windows
Fixed some concrete walls that could be destroyed by fire
Fixed some stone fences from not being destroyed by blast damage when they should have
Fixed volumes and obstacles on wood_bridge_205
Fixed medium and heavy cannons getting stuck on small objects while in direct control that they should crush
Fixed obstacle ID for chimney_ruin entity (caused pathing issues)
Fixed soviet rural house 1 obstacle ID to match other buildings its size
Fixed vehicles getting stuck on post_algere1 after it being knocked down
Fixed cannons from getting stuck on logs_02 entity
Fixed artic_post series of poles to be crushable by tanks/vehicles
Fixed missing thickness to spare tracks on rear of StuG 3G
Fixed BA-6 missing turret hatch animation
Fixed Panzer 3 Ausf.H winter textures
Fixed enumerators on Sdkfz 7 and Marder 3 Ausf M
Fixed missing AA mgs for Panzer 4 J (German and Finland)
Fixed spare tracks placement on panzer4j to not clip through the hull/turret
Fixed KV1S external fuel containers pivots
Fixed Tiger 1 E Hull gunner hatch from staying open after repairing hull
Fixed passenger positions on Marder 2
Fixed visual bug with panzer3m when turret shields broke
Fixed Panthers displaying as heavy tanks on mini map
Fixed missing obstacles for 20mm_flak30 when in firing position
Fixed Panzer4 F1's barrel not moving in the fire animation
Fixed armor layout for the superstructure of Stu IG 33
Fixed smoke mortar rounds in valentine and churchill to HC smoke instead of WP smoke
Fixed fauna (horses, cows, etc) not causing HE shells to detonate when hit by them
Fixed target selector for L62, zis5_dshk, so they can target aircraft better
Fixed vision for vehicles with open style hulls so they can see objects above them better like aircraft
Fixed issue where health damage done to humans through larger blast hits was unintentionally being reduced by ~30%
Increased time vehicles are spotted when attacking
Increased rotation speed and elevation limit for dshk aa and zis5 dshk
Increased ammo for sdkfz 250/2 mortar halftrack
Increased accuracy of 3.7cm Flak 43
Increased penetration of 3.7cm flak 37/43
Increased damage Anti Personnel grenades due to humans at extreme close ranges so most grenades can kill a tier 3 health soldier if close enough to blast
Increased off road speed of all vehicles to be at least 50% of the vehicles max speed (should help AI pathing to not prefer roads less)
Increased pathing cost for construction objects for wheeled vehicles so they'll avoid them more
Increased vehicle pathing/speed modifier in forest terrains from 0 to 0.1 so AI can navigate it
Reduced distance goliath tracks and engine sounds are heard
Reduced distance goliath is spotted
Reduced blast threshold to throw humans on blast hit so that when hit with the max energy from most grenades, they are thrown to the ground if they survive the blast (aka tier 4 infantry)
Reduced distance that some anti-personnel grenades can be thrown by 1-2 meters
Reduced halo strength on large muzzle FX
Removed old para ammo and parachute inventory service entities that were not in use
Removed custom action "plant" (no proper sync implemented)
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront - Herr Flick
Community members! As we have in the past, with the Scorched Earth expansion on the way, we’d like to detail some of the future content. As usual, we mix in some studio news as well.
SP campaign
The Scorched Earth SP missions (4 for USSR, 4 for Germany) can be added to the Ostfront campaign. As you may know, we want our SP missions to be like re- enactments; we use the historical locations for each of the battles, and satellite data for the height maps. A blogpost on our website reveals just how we work to get these missions as historically accurate as we possibly can. In this blog, we re- visit a sort of tradition of ours, which is to dive into the history of one of the missions. Today, we will show you a new Soviet SP campaign mission.
Königsberg
East of the Gdansk bay, at the estuary of the Prgolja river, lies modern day Kaliningrad. If you were to take a walk in the center of town, there is little that reminds you of what happened here in 1945; there is no trace of the utter destruction that followed one of the bloodiest sieges ever, and yet it took place here, in early 1945. Kaliningrad was called Königsberg then, and it was the capital of East Prussia. It had already been heavily damaged in allied bombing raids in 1944; and in spite of everything that had happened in the weeks and months before the red army arrived, the local “Gauleiter” had not organized any civilian evacuation. When the red army arrived in january 1945, the city was crammed with at least 100 to 120K refugees. Once the city was encircled, there was no way out at first. But when a German counteroffensive from the direction of Pillau punched a corridor in the Soviet- held territory, many refugees were able to get away to Pillau by road. Pillau was still in German hands and evacuation by ship was the only way to escape the hell of Königsberg.
Refugees boarding a ship in Pillau, 1945
The Königsberg garrison was left behind, and ordered to fight to the last bullet and the last man, as usual in those days. They built barricades, using rubble from destroyed houses, and manned the forts. The forts were not entirely modern, but usable for the defense. There were several concentric rings of interconnected forts and fortifications, all built in 1888, a total of 15 forts defending the inner city. The Soviets brought plenty of artillery to the siege; in some places they had 250 guns in a single kilometer of frontline. For no less than 4 days they pounded the city. Then, on April 6th, the bombardment stopped. What was to follow was hell on earth, fought in ruined streets and against fanatical opposition.
ZIS-3 in action in Königsberg
The battle in Gates of Hell
This mission will - as always - come with a briefing to set the scene for what’s to come.
The lagoon south- west of Königsberg is called “Frisches Haff”
On to the mission itself then. It’s April, and the stranglehold on Königsberg is getting tighter every day. The massive attacks on the outer defense lines have been short but fierce. Now, the city proper lies ahead; your sector is on the edge of the built- up area around the central railway station. Your commanding officer tells you that your orders are clear; fight your way to the central station, clear the entire area of enemies, then link up with 31st guards rifle division who are advancing on your right flank.
You will have to deal with those barricades and built- up defenses first! You have a choice of equipment at the start; if you pick the right doctrine you get equipped with our latest tanks and assault guns. Your assault sappers are armed to the teeth and several of them carry flamethrowers. This should be sufficient to get you to the station, but don’t take anything for granted! Those fascists seem to grow more fanatical every day, and they will take every opportunity to slow you down.
Once you have established contact with 31st guards and cleared out the station area, you will probably need artillery support to take on the fortified redoubt Haberberg, which dominates the other side of the station. As soon as you have neutralized the entire area, Stavka will allocate a heavy artillery unit to you. Smash them to pieces!
Once the Haberberg position is neutralized, you cautiously advance into the city center to achieve your main objective for today, which is to take control of the greater Thorner Strasse and central station area, to clear the way for the assault wave, which will attack across the river. Write your farewell letters and get going….
We’ve got our heads down to test the Scorched Earth package in our CBT, and as you can see in this blog, this is ongoing right now. It follows the work & CBT we did on Content Update 4, which has already been tested. In parallel, we’re working on the next faction. As always, we continue to work on quality at the same time; your input is appreciated & we use it to constantly improve the game! On another note, we have translated our manual. It is now available in Russian as well. You can find it on the Ostfront store page, check the image below:
That’s it for the moment. If you want to be among the first to play the missions, be sure to wishlist the Scorched Earth expansion; for now, thanks for stopping by, and see you on the battlefield!
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront - Herr Flick
Community members! Earlier this month, we released an important update focusing on balancing, improvements, fixes and optimization. We think players like the quality of life improvements. In the meantime, we have another announcement to make.
Content update 4
In our previous blog we announced the Scorched Earth DLC, but there is more in the pipeline! Content update 4 will be a FREE UPDATE and we plan to release it around the same time as the Scorched Earth DLC. This update will add new content to the original Ostfront release and will add another layer of value for all players.
Because this will be a free update, this will be available to all players!
Upcoming sound overhaul
We are also working on a major sound overhaul, which won’t arrive in time for Content update 4, but will still be released for free in the future.
Throughout the project, we have improved in all areas of the game, and the audio is no exception. Although Call to Arms - Gates of Hell has been critically acclaimed for its audio, we keep looking for ways to make it even better. The planned implementation introduces new technology; it was made in collaboration with Hang ‘Em High, who designed some of the most popular mods currently available. The sound overhaul will completely redefine the way our game sounds and feels. Our goal is to create the most immersive and realistic soundscape of any WWII RTS game, and make it a future-proof audio experience. We’ll keep you posted on progress via the #developer-telegraph channel on our official Discord server.
We are quite sure you will be pleased with this free update! We will announce the exact content of Content update 4 and Scorched Earth DLC as soon as we can. Have you wishlisted Scorched Earth yet?