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It was quite recently that we released Update 0.9, radically changing some aspects of the game. Now we are polishing this version, analysing your feedback, and fixing bugs.
We urge you to be active and report on any issues to the support HQ at [email protected], and share your thoughts and suggestions in all social networks. Not a single message will remain unnoticed :)
Today’s Developer Diaries will be short but sweet. We will tell you about spectators, the vehicle camouflage colour selection system, and heroic units.
Spectators
First, we would like to explain what a spectator is. It is a person who is present in the game but does not directly participate.
Steam has a Watch Game feature similar to what we are going to implement. But we plan to give you more freedom. You will be able not only to look at a battle from a player’s position, but to move freely on the battleground. Thus, you are given an opportunity to watch an ongoing battle, moving freely on the map and not losing sight of a single maneuver.
Vehicle Camouflage Colour Patterns
Tank camouflage colours not suitable for missions performed in the conditions that the army finds themselves in have become a sore problem in the Blitzkrieg 3 game community.An illustrative example is North Africa, where tanks with standard armor colors cut through the sand dunes.
We are going to implement a system that will automatically replace the vehicle colours with those matching the climatic conditions. This will allow you to experience the game as something more serious and realistic.
Heroic Units
We introduced the rarity system in Update 0.9 of the game. In following versions, we plan to add another type of units, which will be called “heroic”. These troops will be the rarest and the most powerful in the whole game, so getting them won’t be easy.
We only plan a small number of such squads, maybe 1 or 2 per faction. These units are unique: they will speak their own audio lines when performing actions, and they will have individual animations.
At present we are still thinking over the list of historical personalities that will become heroic units. We have a lot of ideas, but we’ll have to exclude some of them before we present for your judgment the update implementing the rarity system.
You can offer your candidates to become heroic units in the game! We will make note of your ideas :)
For example, one suitable historical figures is Zinoviy Kolobanov, whose crew destroyed 22 tanks in 30 minutes during the Kingisepp-Luga Defensive Operation.
See you on the battlefield, officers!