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Do you wish for new maps and content in FH2? Would you like to fight on new battlefields in theatres not currently included in FH2?
This weekend, the newly formed FH2Tournament invites you to join us in our first public custom map event showcasing 5 custom maps spanning the Italian Campaign of World War II. These maps have been battled tested in several campaigns of the Forgotten Honor and World at War FH2 Tournaments.
As a special bonus we will be running the new 130 player player code which also allows 8 player squads. A big thanks to the developer Nemes1s and the FH2 devs involved in helping getting 64+ servers to work! This means even more epic battles on great custom maps!
Five outstanding custom maps are included in the event map pack.
Maps & content
Biazza (Biazza Ridge): US vs DE/IT
11 July 1943
Infantry clash with armoured support
Etna Line (Battle of Troina): US vs DE/IT
31 July - 6 August 1943
Large scale combined arms engagement focussed on a large town
Salerno (Operation Avalanche): US vs DE
9 September 1943
Amphibious invasion of Salerno Harbour
Garigliano Crossing: GB vs DE
January 1944
Large scale combined arms around the river Garigliano
Operation Diadem: US/GB vs DE
May 1944
Nighttime infantry and tank skirmishes in mountainous terrain
Unique custom content:
- Mosquito, BF110 Fighter/Bomber Aircraft
- R71 Motorcycle
- Italian buildings and statics
Event Map Pack Download & installation:
Installer file (recommended):
http://bfewaw.com/maps/WaW26/italy_event/setup_fh2t_event_1.exe
Update: Hotfix #2 required (hotfix 1 is included)
(please install after the main installer! Extract to your Battlefield 2\mods\fh2 directory and overwrite all files)
http://bfewaw.com/maps/WaW26/italy_event/Fh2t_pub_hotfix_2.rar
Rar file for manual installation (not recommended):
http://bfewaw.com/maps/WaW26/italy_event/Fh2t_pub_event_italy.rar
Update: Hotfix #2 required (hotfix 1 is included)
(please install after the main installer! Extract to your Battlefield 2\mods\fh2 directory and overwrite all files)
http://bfewaw.com/maps/WaW26/italy_event/Fh2t_pub_hotfix_2.rar
Simply download and run the installer. It will ask for the location of your Battlefield 2 directory.
The maps and all required files will be installed. Your stock FH2 installation will not be interfered with.
When:
Starting Friday, August 24th at
18:00 - UTC
21:00 - 9pm Eastern Europe
20:00 - 8pm Central Europe
19:00 - 7pm BST Britain
15:00 - 3pm Buenos Aires
14:00 - 2pm East Coast USA
13:00 - 1pm Central USA
11:00 - 11am Pacific USA
04:00 - 4am Sydney Australia
The Event will continue all weekend from Fri August 24th - Sun August 26th.
If the server happens to be empty, just load in and other players will join in no time.
Where (only 1 server will be available at a time, either F|H or WaW):
Forgotten Honor - F|H
FH2 Server: F|H Server (final server name TBD)
IP: 46.4.71.142:16568
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Teamspeak 3 Server: Forgotten Honor
IP: ts.forgottenhonor.com
(http://www.tsviewer.com/promotion/dynamic_sig/sig.php/clan350x19_varig/962224.png) (http://www.tsviewer.com/index.php?page=ts_viewer&ID=962224)
World at War - WaW
FH2 Server: WaW Server (final server name TBD)
IP: 174.133.0.61
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Teamspeak 3 Server: World at War Tournament
IP: 174.133.0.58
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What is required to play:
Battlefield 2 patched to 1.50, Forgotten Hope 2 mod 2.45, event map pack (link above)
Some screenshots of the maps:
Biazza Ridge
(http://bfewaw.com/campaigns/waw26/italy_event/screenshots/ridge.png)
(http://bfewaw.com/campaigns/waw26/italy_event/screenshots/ridge2.png)
(http://bfewaw.com/campaigns/waw26/italy_event/screenshots/ridge3.png)
Etna Line
(http://bfewaw.com/campaigns/waw26/italy_event/screenshots/etna.png)
(http://bfewaw.com/campaigns/waw26/italy_event/screenshots/etna2.png)
Salerno
(http://bfewaw.com/campaigns/waw26/italy_event/screenshots/Tasty.png)
(http://bfewaw.com/campaigns/waw26/italy_event/screenshots/salerno.png)
Garigliano Crossing
(http://bfewaw.com/campaigns/waw26/italy_event/screenshots/garigliano.png)
(http://bfewaw.com/campaigns/waw26/italy_event/screenshots/garigliano2.png)
(http://bfewaw.com/campaigns/waw26/italy_event/screenshots/garigliano3.png)
Operation Diadem
(http://bfewaw.com/campaigns/waw26/italy_event/screenshots/diadem.png)
(http://bfewaw.com/campaigns/waw26/italy_event/screenshots/diadem1.png)
Historical information about the battles the maps are based on:
Biazza (Biazza Ridge): US vs DE/IT
http://www.armchairgeneral.com/a-journey-to-world-war-ii-battlefield-part-5-the-battle-for-biazza-ridge.htm (http://www.armchairgeneral.com/a-journey-to-world-war-ii-battlefield-part-5-the-battle-for-biazza-ridge.htm)
On July 11, 1943 another critical battle was fought on Biazza Ridge, which guarded the high ground overlooking the 45th Division landing beaches. At one point the morning of July 10 Gavin’s tiny band encountered a thirty-five man Italian anti-paratroop patrol.
At about 8:30 a.m. on July 11, as Gavin was headed west along Route 115 in the direction of Gela, he began rounding up scattered groups of 505th paratroopers and infantrymen of the 45th Division and successfully attacked a ridge that overlooked a road junction at the east end of the Acate Valley. It was called Biazza Ridge. Gavin established hasty defenses on the ridge, overlooking the road junction, Ponte Dirillo and the Acate River valley. Although he had no tanks or artillery to support him, he immediately surmised the importance of holding the ridge as the only Allied force between the Germans and their unhindered exploitation of the exposed left flank of the 45th Division and the thinly held right flank of the 1st Division. Against Gavin that day was the entire eastern task force of the Hermann Göring Division: at least 700 infantry, an armored artillery battalion, and a company of Tiger Tanks.
Etna Line (Battle of Troina): US vs DE/IT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Troina (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Troina)
The Battle of Troina took place between 31 July and 6 August 1943. The Battle of Troina began on 31 July, when the Germans repelled an advance by the 39th Infantry Regiment, a 9th Infantry Division formation temporarily attached to the 1st Division. This setback forced Bradley and Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen (the commander of the 1st Infantry Division), to orchestrate a massive assault. Over the next six days the men of the 1st Infantry Division, together with elements of the 9th Division, a French Moroccan infantry battalion.
Salerno (Operation Avalanche): US vs DE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Italy#Salerno_landings (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Italy#Salerno_landings)
Operation Avalanche - the main invasion at Salerno by the U.S. 5th Army - began on 9 September 1943, and in order to secure surprise, the Army decided to assault without preliminary naval or aerial bombardment. However, as amphibious force commander Hewitt had predicted, tactical surprise was not achieved. As the first wave of the U.S. 36th Infantry Division
Garigliano Crossing: GB vs DE
http://history.farmersboys.com/Battle_Honours/garrilingo_crossing.htm (http://history.farmersboys.com/Battle_Honours/garrilingo_crossing.htm)
In January 1944, the allies were held up in Italy on the Gustav line. The 10th British Corps had the task of breaking through on the southern flank, from the mouth of the Garigliano to Cassino, on the 17th January, to pave the way for the Anzio landing on the 22nd January.
Operation Diadem: US/GB vs DE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Diadem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Diadem)
Also referred to as the Fourth Battle of Monte Cassino was an offensive operation undertaken by the Allies (U.S. Fifth and British Eighth Armies) in May 1944, as part of the Italian Campaign. It was launched at 2300 Hours on 11 May 1944 to break the German defenses on the western half of the Winter Line and open up the Liri Valley, the main route to Rome.
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We hope you enjoyed our Italian Weekend and the intensive 64+ battles on our servers. We want to thank you guys for your participation. The experiences we gathered from this event brought us a lot closer towards launching our first joint campaign in general and 64+ campaign battles specifically.
Since you've been populating the servers so much, we are going to run them a little longer and on top of that we managed to fix the crash issues on Biazza Ridge and put it back in the rotation, giving you another map to explore!