Hey everyone,

I was wondering is some of the old timers wouldn't mind chiming in to give some insight into how the Forgotten Hope mod got its start. While its certainly easy to see how any person playing BF1942 would crave a more realistic experience; who was the person (or group) who actually said, "Hey! We should de a realism mod!" and got it going?

The archives on the website go back until October of 2003 (getting pretty close to a decade ago, how crazy is that?) and BF1942 was released in 2002.

I'm just interested in the history of the mod, any help is greatly appreciated! (That's why we're all interested in FH right? History?  )

Not really a conspiracy.  Both of those were featured in news updated before even 2.2 had come out.

Excitement squashed. *Facepalm at own noobish-ness.

However, really hope both those assets make their way into some maps very soon! 

@jan_kurator: I don't think that OP meant periscopes only for Axis. His description of experience playing for Germans and the picture of german trench periscope are just coincidences. And note, Theta posted here and didn't mention any german bias

My apologies for the unintended German "bias," just a coincidence

I agree with what was said above that static makes a lot more sense than deployable. A well placed static pair of binocs would (hypothetically) sit with the lenses just about the trench, concealing the body, which is the whole point of having the periscoped lenses. It would be very difficult to achieve this if they were deployable. And if you were on the move you can just use the normal binocs much more efficiently.

A sad story! May there be no more wars and broken hearts.

Amen to that... We have a lot of fun playing this game, but it's important to remember the sacrifices made during WWII; at home and on the front, military and civilian. All the real life weapons and vehicles which are replicated in the game were created for a single purpose: kill the enemy. No fun and games 60+ years ago.

Thanks so much for sharing the story OP, very humbling.

Hi all!

Been around since 0.7 but just began reading up on the forums here on a regular basis. Absolutely LOVE this mod. I'm not a big gamer, but I've been captivated by FH for well over 6-7 years. 

I’m a guy who dearly loves a well organized defense and effective artillery usage. I was playing a round of Sidi Rezegh as the Germans a few weeks ago and found a cozy little spot in the middle of the airfield which gave me a great view of the British advance route along with good cover. I spent my time spotting enemy tanks and calling artillery on enemy squads hiding behind wrecks, which gave me the idea for the possibility of having static trench binoculars.

Example: http://inlinethumb59.webshots.com/45946/2322909020047818006S600x600Q85.jpg

I’ve seen plenty of WW2 photographs with men using them in a variety of theatres. They would complement defensive AT/artillery spotting positions and would make a nice addition to existing trench systems. We had static binoculars in FH1 and think that they would be a great fit for FH2 as well, especially given how much more impartant binoculars are now.

In terms of gameplay and teamwork, there can never be too many binoculars in the field! Hopefully cut down on the “requesting target” spamming and would encorage others to call out enemy movements. (Big ol’ pair of field glasses just BEGGING for you to “hop in” and take a peek). As a static emplacement anyone could hop in and help out, wouldn’t need to spawn with binoculars to notify the team.

Seems like a pretty minor undertaking (forgive my ignorance if something like this would be difficult to do) but it just may make a decent contribution towards overall gameplay!

What say you, oh noble and wise FH community?