• Added keyboard shortcuts for the target entity under the cursor
  
• Added shadow to common vegetation (grasses and flowers)
  
• Added an offset when an item is spawned to avoid abrupt spawns in certain circumstances
  
• Added candle to debug menu

• The default number of hotbar slots is now 3 instead of 2
  
• Improved customer waiting times
  
• When an item from a customer's order is given to him, the customer's waiting time will increase according to the rarity of the item
  
• Change the interface when the cursor is hovered over a piece of furniture
  
• Significant improvement in item collision (items should no longer be able to pass through the floor when thrown or moved, for example)
  
• Significant optimization of light performance
  
• Various minor fixes and improvements including, but not limited to, collisions and entity properties
  
• Improved slot visibility when selected
  
• Improved item icon quality
  
• Changes to various interfaces to improve readability and overall consistency

• Fixed the game's logo, which did not have smooth edges
  
• Fixed stone foundations that made no noise when stepped on
  
• Fixed a bug that did not destroy the floating interface of furniture when moved under certain circumstances

Community members! Since the release of Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Liberation we have continued working on the game in all areas. One of these is optimization, another is a set of new goodies. In this blog we will discuss both.

We have broken several records since the release of “Liberation”, and there seems to be some proper excitement surrounding its release. Many content creators showed off some of their amazing skills online, some very nice video catalogs were made and many campaign seasons are being devoured by their subs.
In the meantime, the number of concurrent users has more than tripled, and the community is throbbing with activity. On the official Discord server, which welcomed its 20.000th member a few weeks ago, a lot of novice players’ questions were answered. The learning curve in Call to Arms - Gates of Hell might be steep, but our community is steeped in knowledge!

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As the player base tripled, we managed to find edge cases of the game not working perfectly. As the sheer size of the game and diversity grew, the memory requirements grew with it. We have worked on optimizing the memory, disk space and overall performance of the game. We have released an update that takes the first steps to address this problem. We have also addressed numerous mission, unit, netcode, balancing and interface issues, so this update will probably be welcomed by everyone. Moreover, your loading time will decrease.

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Everyone ought to get a good performance boost with this update. For anyone who visits our store page for the first time, we have updated the store page with new recommended system specs. Namely, for those that wish to play at maximum settings, we suggest using an RTX 2060 equivalent or higher, and 32GB of RAM for running the game. The reason is simple: Gates of Hell is not your “conventional” RTS game. You have over 1000 different tanks, vehicles and weapons in the game, over 3500 types of humanskins for soldiers, almost 100 MP maps and the same amount of conquest maps. On top of that, the game has third person control, which drives the visual requirements further!
“Liberation” added a significant amount of the above content at once.
We are really proud to be able to deliver so much content, and now we’ve made the necessary steps to make sure the game performs well for every player in this new environment we’ve created.

We have changed the way the video options influence the look of the game. We have specifically configured the “Ultra” setting for those players whose PCs meet the new recommended system specs that we described above.
But, do not worry if you don’t. Because we have redesigned the “high” and “medium” graphic settings to be drastically better in visual quality than before. If you feel that the game is not working well with your system, feel free to try the new presets, your PC will run better and the game will still look great. For those players who run on “low” and “minimum” graphic settings, they will equally be able to enjoy a much prettier game without additional system load.



We have been working on several vehicles that we want to add. We hope to release them, together with some other goodies, in time for the winter sale. Some of them are less well- known, yet very recognizable, like the ones we showed above.
Did you expect more units to be added to “Liberation”? Let us know in the comments!

• CtA - GoH is Barbedwire Studios’ first game. Anything you see or hear in the game is made by us.
  
• Development of the next DLC has already started

Hey fellow gamers,

As we approach the Steam Winter Sales, I'm thrilled to announce that the latest update, v1.16.1, has been running smoothly without any major issues reported. This is an excellent opportunity for me to look ahead and start planning the next big update, which I hope to have ready by early 2024.

While I can't make any promises just yet, as there are many factors at play, one thing is certain: I'm committed to delivering an even better gaming experience for all of you. I value your feedback and bug reports, as they help me identify areas that need improvement and ensure that the game remains engaging and enjoyable for everyone.

As I gear up for the Steam Winter Sales, expect exciting updates and new features in the pipeline that will make your studio stand out from the crowd. The goal is to provide you with the tools needed to create a truly immersive and dynamic gaming experience.

Thank you once again for your continued support and valuable input. Stay tuned for more news and announcements as we get closer to the Steam Winter Sales!

Xavier aka Binogure

P.S:
Manually written ;-)

Some of you have already guessed it, so we can now finally announce the name of the DLC.



It will be the "E-Bus & Green Energy DLC" 😊🥳
Now you just don't know the release date yet. What do you think?

• Set 'Late' war as standard, as it is the most popular period and includes all 4 nations in the game.
  
• Optimized textures (improves loading time, reduces memory consumption, optimizes cashing).
  
• Improved rendering performance
  
• Updated all video option presets.
  - Specifically configured the “Ultra” setting for those players with 32GB of VRAM+RAM.
  - Redesigned the “high” and “medium” graphic settings to be drastically better in visual quality than before, suitable for the players who want immersive graphics but run into memory issues. If you feel that the game is not working well with your system, feel free to try these new presets. your PC will run better and the game will still look great.
  - Redesigned the “low” and “minimum” graphic settings to vastly improve the game visuals without additional system load.

• Fixed maps so that conquest airstrike airplanes are not spawning failing to work due to spawning 'drowned' over water. Note for modders: Position (0,0) of a conquest map must be not below water level.
  
• Fixed USA missing MG for defenses in conquest
  
• Fixed crash in conquest when returning to campaign screen

• Updated zones on 1v1 Farmstead and 3v3 Trenches for BZ gamemode
  
• Updated zones on 3v3 Trenches, 3v3 Steppe, 3v3 Mortain Station, 4v4 Kylmapuro and 4v4 Martinville Ridge for AM gamemode
  
• Updated flare ammo for artillery signalers:
  - 105mm = 10 flares (9 + 1 in gun)
  - 155mm = 8 flares (7 + 1 in gun)
  - 203mm and 240mm = 6 flares (5 + 1 in gun)
  
  
• Updated in multiplayer 155mm artillery barrage to shoot 4 shells per barrage, 2 barrages total, and increased accuracy
  
• Updated in multiplayer 203mm artillery barrage to shoot 2 shells per barrage, 2 barrages total, and increased accuracy
  
• Updated in multiplayer 240mm artillery barrage to shoot 2 shells per barrage, 2 barrages total, and increased accuracy
  
• Updated some mid and late USA Garand soldiers from inf_tier2_lite to inf_tier2 (from 2 to 3 command points)
  
  
• Fixed synchronization of empty weapon drop
  
• Fixed USA bots in conquest attempting to buy a incorrectly named rifle squad
  
  
• Increased capture weight of Jagdtiger in conquest to match other Heavy tanks
  
  
• Reduced Capture weight of Tier 4 infantry from 3 to 2.5
  
• Reduced Capture weight of Tier 1 & 2 Finnish infantry to be only +0.25 of other nations instead of +0.5
  
• Reduced Capture weight of Tier 3 & 4 Finnish infantry to be only +0.5 of other nations instead of +1
  
• Reduced amount of grenade bounce after thrown onto terrain

• Updated skirmish sp/coop check+player count difficulty variation.
  
• Updated US skirmishes for offensive doctrine hero starting unit to be M5 Stuart(3).
  
  
• Fixed crash in 'Back to square one' mission
  
• Fixed numerous issues in missions
  
• Fixed coop teleporting of enemy tanks in skirmishes

• Added shader cache files to reduce potential stuttering
  
• Added camo pattern for sdkfz 6/2
  
• Added camo pattern for sdkfz 7/2
  
  
• Updated location of ammunition hitboxes on all wet stowage shermans
  
• Updated holes/weakpoint volumes in front armor of jumbo and field jumbo
  
• Updated some 3d models for improved performance
  
• Updated M45 Quad .50 cal to be movable with 1 crew at reduced speed
  
• Updated death animations (fixed arm spaz).
  
• Updated post interaction scripts
  
• Updated new barbed wire fences to be destructible with wire cutter
  
• Updated weapon view in direct control / 3p to use loaded ammo instead of basefilling
  
  
  
• Fixed memory leak in MP units in session
  
• Fixed units trying to drive over and getting stuck on memorial statues
  
• Fixed cows and other animals standing up after being killed, upon loading of a save game
  
• Fixed prone death animation teleportation.
  
• Fixed Ger early war rifle grenadier to have rifle grenade equipped at spawn
  
• Fixed volumes For several buildings
  
• Fixed issue with USA soldier not having m18 recoilless rifle
  
• Fixed some issues with all languages' localization
  
• Fixed English localization for HVAP
  
• Fixed obstacles for 5t and 16t cranes so units don't try to path through them
  
• Fixed m4 turret gunner pose.
  
• Fixed armor volumes on m4_75_early
  
• Fixed new light poles from falling when shot by .30cal MGs
  
• Fixed USA latewar non vt radio operators command point costs
  
• Fixed panzerwerfer42's mg_aa animation and boarding animation bugs.
  
• Fixed crash when direct controlling a unit with binoculars in inventory
  
• Fixed Sdkfz251D/1 missing standard and camo x textures
  
• Fixed Ferdinand texture
  
  
• Increased health regeneration for defense squads
  
• Increased accuracy radius size growth for bolt-action and semi-auto rifles when moving aim point quickly by ~20%
  
• Increased size of explosion vfx from satchel charges
  
  
• Reduced bursting accuracy for semi-auto and auto rifles slightly
  
  
• Removed some temporary files
  
• Removed "zeroing" from semi-auto rifles
  
• Removed old 57mm ammo from resupply
  
• Removed old placeholder US/british ammuntion files
  
• Removed ammo label in the middle of the screen in third person

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Bug Fixes:
- Fixed Trained Gryphons and Aetherhawks availability

Try to fix the situation where the boss level in endless mode does not send troops.

Added a Bow - still a work in progress - animations get buggy
Added 2 reset scrolls
- Reset Stats - Resets you back to level 1 but you keep items
- Full Reset - Resets you back to level 1 and removes all items

Fixed lighting issues in some locations

Hello everyone, just a released small update addressing a crucial issue!

Once you obtain the scissors, you can remove the webs. However, sometimes the prompt to cut the web would stay on screen and if you clicked it again, the game would crash. This has been fixed.

We are aware of more issues you've reported and are working on fixing them. If you run into more, please let us know! Also apologies for any inconvenience the bugs may have caused you. We will keep smashing them!