[WIP] Fortress Europe | Updated 23 May | Name a Unit, We Post It

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[brn4meplz]

March 1945

Did that even make it across the Atlantic?

[eliw00d]

@Nevyen
Thanks for those links! Those should help tremendously. One of them was the one I was quoting from, so it's good to know we were looking in the right place.

Here's a question for you guys: having played EIR (and probably TLS), what kind of support would you want to see for community campaigns? We plan on implementing a scenario system, which is a set of optional rules and restrictions players can choose to play out their favorite historical operations. What else would you want to see? Bear in mind that scenarios and other community campaign related features won't make it into the first release (which will be focused on concepts and balance).

[DarkSoldierX]

I think it would be nice but maps and campaigns have to go through trial before being added to the launcher. Just in case someone makes a thing biased towards one side off the fight.

[eliw00d]

We don't have a launcher.

[DarkSoldierX]

Thats right.... Oh yeah so how would maps be downloaded? Go to the site click download? Auto map downloader?

[eliw00d]

Just like for vCOH, download the maps you want. We don't currently have any plans to include any in our releases.

[eliw00d]

I'm a little late on updating this here, but we started a community challenge a few days ago, where we invited everyone to ask about a unit they are interested in, such as a platoon or company, and we will write up their organization based on our research and what they will look like in game.

We have archived all the current requests in our forums, where they will be stored for all to see from now on. Click here to look over the currently revealed units.

Feel free to ask about a unit here, at RelicNews or in our forums, and we will gladly answer.

[LeoPhone]

lol... the one army gets a few riflesquads+halftracks, the other army gets 4 tigers + 4 king tigers 

[Grundwaffe]

Sorry, i just had to

[EscforrealityTLS]

lol... the one army gets a few riflesquads+halftracks, the other army gets 4 tigers + 4 king tigers 

No, they don't

Those are the writes ups for the platoons that have already been requested like Eliw00d said. As the thread over at Relicnews sates everyone can request a platoon form 1944 Normandy campaign and we'll post a write up on it.  The write ups shows its proper organisation (from TO&E and KStN), how we are pricing them in game, their rating and any notes about the platoon. At the bottom it then indicates weather it is a company you can play as or if its only one you can call on for support.

Here is a link to the forum where all the write ups to date have been posted:
http://forum.medpackstudios.com/viewforum.php?f=113

Even if you don't know the exact name of the platoon but know some of the vehicles in it we will figure out the unit and do a write up on it. Sturm is quite good at this. There are 3 factions to choose from American, British and German.

[EscforrealityTLS]

Hi guys,

if any of you are interested Sturm has posted the full Grenadier-Kompanie write up over at our forums:

http://forum.medpackstudios.com/viewtopic.php?f=145&t=579

It shows the core force and all the Battalion, Regimental and Divisional support that was available to the company. All of which will be represent with the alpha release (Except two platoons because we don't have the models yet.) Eliw00d also posted the companies that will be available on release over at Relicnews.

American
Rifle Company
Armored Rifle Company
Medium Tank Company

British
Rifle Company
Motor Company
Armoured Squadron

German
Grenadier-Kompanie
gepanzerte Panzergrenadier-Kompanie
mittlere Panzer-Kompanie

Basically, 1 Infantry, 1 Mechanized Infantry and 1 Armoured Company per nation. This is just to test the mechanics of equivalent companies, to give us an idea of where we are balance-wise. We'll be releasing additional companies over time once the alpha has been released in "expansion" packs.

All these companies will be available as your core (The company your in command of) and have all the support options that where available to them form the tiers mentioned above. All of this is authentic, as best we could, to the mid 1944 Normandy campaign.

[eliw00d]

lol... the one army gets a few riflesquads+halftracks, the other army gets 4 tigers + 4 king tigers 

Yes! You are exactly right! By only revealing two platoons, we've revealed everything that Fortress Europe has to offer!

[rifle87654]

Do you have any pictures?
Or it's somewhere in this thread?

[UndeathWrath]

are you still letting people test your mod? I would like to

[eliw00d]

We have never had external testers, it has all been done internally. We plan on developing it to Alpha and then publicly releasing it for testing. However, we will have a pre-Alpha stress test for the website and will be asking for volunteers to test that. I don't come on here much, so I would recommend posting in our own forum or at Relicnews to get a quicker answer. Thanks.

[EscforrealityTLS]

You might be interested in Fortress Europe and we need help, post on our forum if you want to contribute or PM Eliw00d.

http://forum.medpackstudios.com/index.php

Its basically EIR + Realism and fully functioning (2.5 years in the making). We are Alpha testing but need lot of help to get it out. We need testers and coders and really importantly, another programmer.

Here are the descriptions of the mod:

http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?224394-Fortress-Europe-Updated-23-January-Game-Options-Preview

and

http://www.moddb.com/mods/fortress-europe

The mod is going to be awesome when released, think about these already functioning items: Vehicle & tank crews, ammo for every weapon, all artillery called by observers, real to life company compositions! From company to Division&Corps level.

Not to mention a complete over haul of the damage system, new criticalss such as crewman injured or internal fire! Oh and to make things even more awesome, tanks have hard time spotting infantry due to a completely new cammo system other than tp_mine and tp_global! This forces the player to use combined arms!

Anyway we need help finishing it, help would be awesome, even if only to be a alpha tester. If you want to help but the position you would like to help with is not on the list post anyway.

Here are some links to our help request adds:

http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?224394-Fortress-Europe-Updated-23-January-Game-Options-Preview&p=1045340060&viewfull=1#post1045340060

http://www.moddb.com/mods/fortress-europe/news/looking-for-capable-3d-modelers-and-texture-artists

[PonySlaystation]

I can alpha test, I have experience with COH from playing it every day since the release.

[EscforrealityTLS]

Fantastic! But Eliw00d will never see that offer, you can post at Relicnews or preferably send him a PM. You can do that at either Relicnews or at MedPackStudios (Links to both above).

Be sure to explain to him that you have played vCOH for whatever amount of time and be sure to mention EIR. Also you should let him know your computer specifications and when you would be available to test.

Thanks!