Holy unexpected update Batman! 

Great job on the HUD, it has been long overdue to make FH2 interface on par with modern games.

Cheers to another successful year of FH2!

Looks like the French maps and models are coming along nicely, I love that FH2 is going back to its roots of early war scenarios!

Kudos to the team for not giving up and leaving us dry!

Any luck finding someone to help make the French player models?

Great model Seth, can't wait to take this behemoth for a test drive!

I feel Project Reality's system would not fit the pace of FH2.

However I'd like the devs to reconsider adding the pickup kit/kits with the ability to deploy/construct few simpler structures such as:

- a strip of barbed wire (I feel this could actually be
deployed quite quickly in the field)
- a small/low cover of sandbags, basically enough to cover the player while crouched on the deployable MG.
- a hedgehog/anti tank obstacle

None of these things take a lot to deploy IRL. You could probably make/move it in a span of minutes if you have a squad of men. Basically this kit would be teamwork oriented, either supporting the HMG / mortar by placing cover on strategic lanes for the HMG to guard or teaming up with the scouts/engineers to funnel armour into mined areas.

I feel this would add a bit of "randomness" to the FH2 maps. Veteran players now all know the best spots to put mines/deploy HMGs so they either actively avoid or check them.

Thanks everyone for sharing additional info, sounds quite cool. Any chance the AT rifles could get a small amount of splash damage too? After all they were often used to cause spalling/fragments to injure anyone unfortunate enough to be standing behind hard cover?

Nice work!

I kinda like this new clean HUD made by Ekiso. It gives the game a more "modern", minimalistic look and makes it more in line with recent WW2 releases, which means FH2 might also be more easily accepted by people coming from let's say BFV,  Post Scriptum or Hell Let Lose. Although I often play without HUD in full immersive mode I feel this is a nice middle ground.

Would the devs consider a similar official HUD overhaul in the future?

I'd keep the compass though, it's still useful sometimes...

So the Pacific trailer just dropped:

https://youtu.be/LCZLabOywYU

Now I'm actually considering getting this. It fills the gap that was left by the never released on PC BF1943.

...Not to mention the uniforms finally look less offensive.

Sadly, it's not possible to achieve in BF2 engine.
It's one of the few things BF1942 actually does better (along with moveable ships, tank engine disabling and ammo resupply system - and some more obscure things that are possible to achieve such as 3rd person vehicle entering animations).

There is however a way for the devs to skip attaching bayonet animation - simply make some kits have them permanently attached! I suggested it multiple times for maps that feature "duplicate" kits (a version with and without grenades) such as Tunis and Ramelle. But my suggestion unfortunately didn't impress any dev enough to bother implementing it.