I'll post this so the fanboys don't get hung
New (major) patch was released for WW2OL today. I'm playing a lot over there still (waiting for AH2 to go online), ground war is fun, air war is still so so, this ones a step in the right direction for them. They're starting to add some of the features we want to see from FPS's and the likes of OFP:
ver# 1.10.0 (Public)
10-29-03
Vehicles
-Added French Freighter
-Added German Freighter
-Added British Freighter
-Hoists can lift vehicles onto/off of another ship
-Max hoisting speed of ship is now 5 m/s, any vehicle on hoist above this speed drops off
-Added hoist collider and also use the line collider of vehicle that is being hoisted
-Weapons and deploy command are disabled when hoisting and riding
-Added check so you won't unhoist from the freighter unless you're within a meter of the ground or over a stowage slot
-Added collision check to vehicles that will cause the winch to automatically rise up if it is below the height of the vehicle (Note: Once a vehicle is hoisted this line will extend to the lowest point of the hoisted vehicle and start colliding with other things, if it encounters a collision it will raise the winch the until collision does not occur. This should prevent the winch from getting stuck during hoist transitions and make it so vehicles can't be lowered below the terrain or ship deck. Also adding terrain collision checks to hoist collider.)
-Riding code is now fixed for functionality; vehicles should not loose the vehicle they are riding (test for trucks and ships)
-Changed the ride radius for troopers relative to ride point (3 m) instead of vehicle radius so they can't teleport up to lifeboats
-Changed ride code so you join the closest ride point
-Added list of visible riders to info readout (~)
-Cannot hoist or ride to a position that you see is occupied
-Added riding support to keep your ride from disappearing
-Added 3d crewmen to ships in closest LOD
-Added engine smoke to running ship engines
-Added ability for infantry to walk upon ships and boats
-Added code to make ground vehicles and airplanes on water sink
-Adjusted crew positions for the destroyer
-Fixed the destroyer so that it will now sink correctly
-Increased fidelity of Z34 flotation model
-Increased resiliency of Z34 fuel tanks
-Destroyer damage model tweaked
-Destroyer guns can now be damaged
-Fixed the torpedo tubes not being damageable on the Destroyer
-Fixed an issue with the destroyer being able to increase its speed by 20kts by using the 5in guns
-Fixed ships so that players will now auto despawn on vehicle death
-Added SdKfz 251C (German)
-Added Stuart M3A3 (French)
-Removed hatch control from Panhard
-Fixed a bug with the Vickers suspension and drive train
-Ported new MG34 gun sound to all external MG34 gun sounds on German tanks and 251c (Also the
AI-MG34)
-Changed biasing for trucks to see more trucks and tanks
-Added dust emitters to every vehicle
-Added dust to main gun firing
-Completed damage model audit of all planes
-Completed flight model audit with intro of He111
-Added finalized BlenI and BlenIV audits
-Fixed flat shading in virtual chicken
-Added new muzzle flash to airplanes
-Added new and improved wingtip vortices to aircraft.
-Fixed the fuel tank burn and feed orders in the following several planes for more consistent fire reportage
-Audited fuel tanks so that every fuel tank that is on fire will add additional damage to itself in addition to the damage objects around it
-Fixed an issue with prop wash for twin engine planes
-Reduced initial fighters by 10 per country
-Reduced initial trucks by 30 per country
-Added 5 freigthers to each deep water spawn
Infantry
-Set LMG limits to 25
-Added 2 LMG units to depot spawn window
-Added French LMG
-Added German LMG
-Added British LMG
-Doubled all ATP costs for assault troops
-Added sprint to assault troops
-Added manual resupply pack
-Added smoke grenades
Note: Use on infantry of same Country to max ammo of primary weapon)
-LMG bore sight range set to 200m
-Corrected dispersion errors in pistols (less accurate at range)
-LMG can no longer deploy in trees
-Fixed issue with the FPS interaction with the collider (no longer pop through barracks floor)
-Added unique sound files for all LMG
-Added gun sway to trooper models based on ATP and aim time
-New load outs for all infantry:
Rifleman (Grunt load out):
Rifle 100 rounds
2 grenades
1 smoke grenade
1 ammo resupply pack
SMG (Assault load out):
SMG 300 rounds
Pistol 24 rounds
2 grenades
2 smoke grenades
LMG (Heavy Weapons load out):
LMG 300 rounds
Pistol 24 rounds
Sapper (Demolitions load out):
Rifle 30 rounds
4 satchel charges
4 grenades
4 smoke grenades
Terrain
-Added new map functionality: Front line CPs are normal color all others are dark gray
-Damaged Barracks object now has no holes
-Changed A51 to be Chinese by default
-Adjusted AI-Flak (20,25 and 40mm) for increased accuracy at low altitudes.
-Added more links between France and England along channel coast.
-Changed all spawning facilities for DD's to NAVAL BASES.
-Added NAVAL BASE to Vlissengen. (French)
-Returned NAVAL BASE at Antwerp to British.
-Fixed a spawnner issue at Oostende
-Fixed a terrain gap related to the coastal town replacement tile
-Updated memorials
-Reduced max damage for Factories from 15000000000 joules to 10000000000 joules (reduces required damage to destroy)
-Reduced rps level from 200000 joules to 150000 joules (reduces rebuild time)
-Removed portion of stairs from destroyed depot spawn building
-Removed holes in floor of destroyed barracks
-Increased the max damage on barracks building to match other buildings
-Added Zeeland Island CP's to terrain database:
Westkapelle (French)
Veere (French)
Kamperland (Axis)
Kats (Axis)
Stavenisse (Axis)
-Added mainland CP's to terrain database:
Moerdijk (Axis)
-Added English CP's to terrain database (for upcoming scenario):
Brighton (British)
Ipswich (British)
Martlesham Airfield (British)
Coltishall Airfield (British)
Global
-Changed private icon color to green
-Added rank icons
-Removed OpenAL from PC and replaced with DirectSound
-Added deployments web management for fleets and bomber groups (internal)
-Added code to display deployed spawn icons on the map
-Added new friendly biasing to all vehicles (see what I'm riding)
-Fixed an issue with non mission lists not resupplying correctly
-Fixed an issue with out of supply towns incorrectly resupplying
-Added new explosion effects
-Added wind ambient sound to sea vehicles
-Added German translation
-Added German as a selection on the Settings App
-Added updated French language files
-Not displaying trail on smoke grenades if "Suppress Trail Smoke" is selected in settings.exe
