Forgotten Hope News Update: 23th April 2009: HEAT Resistant

[Apo-TTCC]

oh ok.....................well i have learned something new today so thats good well i never new about the whole camo pattern to stop magnetic charges thing thx for the correction

Zimmerit is not a camo pattern, it is an additional layer of a antimagnetic paste (a bit like cement), that is applied to the hull. Magnetic anti tank mines used by the infantry won't hold on that surface because of the non magnetic characteristics.
Look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmerit

The side skirts on the Pz.IV are to prevent a penetration by a rocket propelled shape charge like the one in a Bazooka.

[silian]

Wooooooooooooooooow Panzer4H and Lebisey as my birthday present!!!
Thank you Lightning, thank you Toddel, thank you Mr.Cheese! 

Same here, great birthday present, actually my only birthday present lol, though my birthday was yesterday. The Panzer IV Ausf.H looks awesome.

[fh_spitfire]

Awesome models, great screens, and once again congratulations to Herc

[NTH]

Excellent update. Those screenshots, it is really amazing how good they look. Yam yam...
Congrats to the new Dev Herc.

[Lobo]

Does anybody know about you, what is to be seen in the third ingame-screenshot thus in the foreground?
A static object or just heightmap (to the hill pulled up)?

I think you mean the hedgerows model.

[alburdy]

Cool  , and has done to her as destroyable object, which one can break with the armoured porch??

[Eat Uranium]

Ah, this has been a good day.  First a stellar update, then my coursework isn't as bad as I expected.

So, I'm curious abot the skirts: you've said they nullify HEAT shells and AT rifles, but how are AP weapons dealt with?  Do they not collide with the skirt and continue on through to the under armour, or do they hit the skirt and do dammage as if they had continued on through?

Edit: I also want to ask why you open the update threads in GD rather than in announcements.

[dutch]

Awesome update and congratz to Herc

[Lobo]

@alburdy, they are not destroyable, but we have models with gaps for infantry (in that screen you can see an infantry gap) and wider gaps for vehicles

@Eat Uranium, they work like in FH1, they stop AT rockets, but they can't stop normal AP ammo.
Because they are more visible at General discussion, later we will move to Announcememnts

[von.small]

Kudos to the terrain modellers, I know it's wooty time about shermans in fields, but hats of to the vegetation/habitat modellers, I think seeing those screenies (imo) hits home how much content you guys have had to make from scratch.  And I noticed there are 3 maps now in the Normandy section of the main site which totally back up my message...


There are some strange floating puffs of white (behind the Tiger in the distance), are these flowers or.... SHEEEEEEEP!!! 

[ZeG]

Sweet update! 

[Fuchs]

Saw it this morning already while being in English class but hell the screens look even better on my own computer. Gives a very good insight on Normandy 

And I also want to say: I love the variety on the skins we have these days. Panther, Tiger, Sherman, StuG 40 and Pz IV H all have variation in skins, I love it 

[fh_spitfire]

@von.small: I gues those are the same white flowers (?) as you can see on the left in the same screen.

BTW, I love the destroyed building, the one just behind tiger.

[Meadow]

Wow, great stuff. The British models look great in-game, in particular. If that prone guy is using a Thompson though, might I ask why? The one error FH1 consistently made was to give British soldiers on the late Western Front Thompsons - I hope this is not repeated, as we've already seen an excellent Sten model!

Great news about the Schurzen, too, I always loved the extra strategy that came into play when they were introduced in FH1.

[Tiny]

Oh My God.

B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L

Just look at that Tiger. And those houses. They all look so unique!

Magnificent.