An all new type of game play has been introduced into the game as we are now releasing TANK BUSTERS to WWII Online! Fortified Mobile Spawns have some rule changes and are also now destroyable ONLY by high explosive satchels and bombs dropped from aircraft. We've also got a couple of other things relating to Tutorials and Gun Sights to address. CRS is looking for volunteer devs, check out our volunteer page here.
README: Version 1.35.11.0 - Update: (January 2018)
This Production Update serves to include yet more NEW content into World War II Online by the addition of the “Tank Buster” aircraft to all countries.
Game play related:
Fortified Mobile Spawn (FMS), UMS & Truck EWS Changes
Fortified Mobile Spawns may now only be destroyed by:
- Aircraft Bombs
- High Explosive Satchels available with:
- 1 per bolt action rifleman
- 2 per sapper
- 4 per engineer
- FMS placement timer reduced from 3 minutes (180 seconds), down to 1 minute (60 seconds).
- This change is to add more forward spawn options across the campaign
- UMS placement timer was reduced from 90 seconds down to 60 seconds
- Trucks that place the FMS have had their EWS range decreased to increase survivability
- New EWS trigger range is 700 Meters, down from about 1-1.5KM
- Trucks affected include:
- Opel
- Sdkfz 7
- Sdkfz 251
- Morris
- Bedford
- Laffly
Client related:
New Content: Tank Busters (available in Tier 3)
- For the Axis forces it’s the 37mm armed, Junkers Ju87-G2.
- For the Allied forces, the British have the 40mm armed, Hawker Hurricane Mk II D. While the French receive the 37mm armed Bell mle 26 (the French version of the US P39-N).
- The US Bell P39-N Airacobra has also been created and will be added once the USAAF is included in World War II Online in the future.
- 5 tank busters will be available per air flag.
Bug fixes:
- The following vehicles and guns have had their gunsights revised to make them more consistent with their appropriate historic counterparts: M10, M4A2, ROQF 17pdr, M5A2 3” and the M1 57mm.
- It was found the Sapper had been mislabelled as an Engineer. This has now been corrected.
- Player Placed Objects (PPO) have been re-examined, specifically the Fortified Mobile Spawn (FMS). The FMS can now ONLY be damaged by Aircraft Bombs and HE satchels. All other weapons will have no effect on FMS’s only. The other PPO’s are unaffected by this revision.
- The Tutorials have now been completely revised. The Basic Armour and Fighter Tutorials have also been reintroduced.
