Red Orchestra: Heroes of Stalingrad

[OnlyRazor]

I still enjoy Red Orchestra 2 quite often, as a matter of fact. There's also a couple of always-full or at least near full 64-player servers. Okay, sometimes they're filled with Nazis that have every WWII-era German military song and a copy of all of Hitler's speeches, but so what. They take requests.

[[GR]Operative]

Omg, servers filled with nazis? I need to get this game (just so I can kill all them)

[Mr Burns]

Okay, sometimes they're filled with Nazis that have every WWII-era German military song and a copy of all of Hitler's speeches, but so what. They take requests.

You´re not saying you play RO2 with VOIP enabled?

Holy cowz

[OnlyRazor]

You´re not saying you play RO2 with VOIP enabled?

Well, most people don't even use it. I only met people with microphones a few times, and it was always the same guy (exaggerated for emphasis).

Also, for added awesome, listen to this.

[Smurf]

I've been playing the game since launch and enjoying it since then, despite the bugs (luckly, I never had many of them), lack of players and all. But I got bored of it, 2 weeks or more without proper playing it.

The lack of maps is the main problem here. There are custom maps beign developed and used, but I can´t download them straight from the server (too slow) and the manual instalation is chaos (and hey, I'm an ARMA player...). In the end, I don't even know if is worth to try to download and install them as the player count is lower every day.
Also, TWI timming was bad since release and updates\fixes were way too slow to create any "momentum". They design choices weren't so great either in some points.

Maybe the $30k map contest, TWI ladder and the release of mods(*) will bring some of those players back as the game isn't bad (it is not RO1, but is a nice middleground between hardcore simulation and brainless shooters). I'll just wait to see.

(*)Mods: Been a long time without seeing anything about them, so some candy eye.

Rising Storm (hope it gets released as free mod; More $ into a "dead" game thus creating a new division in the playerbase isn't good): Pics (1 2), interview with other 3 pics.
In Country: Dev Blogs, ModDB. Both with some screens.

Looks like that both are far from finish....

@Gamemodes: I thought that Classic would save the game, but IMO, its just bad. Unrealistic slow and some maps are just impossible to win.
Realism is the way to go, but since the update most servers are using global kill messages and other configurations that made it not so good. Why? The mix of features from Classic and the base of Realism would be one solution, at least for me.
Action, nothing to say.

[Smurf]

There is a patch coming today for RO 2. It will be a large download, but that is because we're converting our files over into something that will work much more efficiently with Steam's new content system. Future downloads will much smaller allowing us to update the game more often. Other changes include:


Maps

Mamayev
Balanced reinforcement count in Allies favor
Added additional cover
Added ammo depot to Axis staging area
Barracks
Improved cover between NCO barracks and Admin
Modified area that could be used to fire on a spawn
Pavlovs House
Moved ladder in Zabs house to a better location
Modified initial Allied spawn protection
Added new routers to help the Allies leave their spawns without getting killed as easily
Modified several spots in Zabs House that could be used by the Axis to overlook the Allied spawn exit
Modified Allied spawning location when the Axis are pushing the final Allied objective
Added additional cover to some areas of the map
Blocked off tank access to the yellow building area behind Zabs House
Red October Factory
Rebalanced reinforcement count
Added additional map time
Decreased artillery use timer
Removed 2nd Axis tank
Modified number of window firing points for Axis on the 1st obj
Modified initial Russian spawn protection
Added more cover to the 1st and 2nd objective areas
Station
Added more cover to the initial Axis approach
Modified 1st Axis spawns
Spartanovka
Modified capzones for Housing Block 1 & 2
Grain Elevator
Added several obstructions to break up line of sight
Increased capture time on last objective
Increased duration before allies lose all of their reinforcements
Fixed map boundary times being 1 second
Commissars House
Added new cover from first spawns
Added cover to road ahead of Commissars North Hall
Increased size of snow mounds around Commissars House
Modified map boundaries
Modified objective setup
Modified spawn locations and handling
Training
Fixed ref pose bots in squad leader training
Fixed minor lighting issues across all maps


Gameplay

Fixed bullet impact effects not being visible when on a fixed MG
Fixed weapons getting lowered while aiming left from prone
Increased spawn protection time to 20 seconds if standing in the area when it’s activated
Correct initial ammo count for P38 and TT33 (added one)


UI

Fixed the scroll bar on the server browser player list. It should no longer continue to snap to the top.
Fixed voted maps sometimes disappearing from the right-hand map voting box
Fixed flickering text on the loading screen when downloading a custom map
Fixed “FT1, FT2, FT3” etc text stuck on screen for squad leaders and commanders
Fixed Marskman roles missing from some maps in action mode. Squad view shifting down as roles open up eventually making roles un-selectable.


Webadmin

The 'Mutate' command can now be used from the management console


* Attention Modders *
We found that most custom maps will need to be republished if you haven't already done so using the opt-in beta. Mutators are generally still compatable, but we recommend all modders briefly test their content. Continue checking the modding forum for more info.

http://forums.tripwireinteractive.co...ad.php?t=82161

[Smurf]

Release: 2013 Q1.

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Have you played the custom maps? Now that I managed to use the "updater" I have to say that, if TWI aims for creating more maps like Gumrak Station, ColdSteel and Bridges od Druzhina, among others that I didn't played yet, the game will improve since the gameplay in those maps change quite a lot. Add halftracks and stuff to that and it will get even better.

Also, news on the upcoming patch that will feature the MP Campaign (about time), at least one new map, new vehicles and fixes: http://forums.tripwireinteractive.co...ad.php?t=82695

[Mr. Charles]

Rising Storm is the nail in the coffin...

[GRS]

"balance teams that are pretty asymmetrical in equipment"

Welp, skipping this.

[OnlyRazor]

"balance teams that are pretty asymmetrical in equipment"

Which is a shame. My awesome WWI game (fittingly titled 'Project Awesome' - all I need now is an investor, a full team, a home office and knowledge of what the fuck to do ) will have none of that.