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Forgotten Hope 2 => General Discussion => Topic started by: ctbear on 18-02-2015, 04:02:20

Title: Are we getting French Army?
Post by: ctbear on 18-02-2015, 04:02:20
Just saw it on News
Title: Re: Are we getting French Army?
Post by: Kubador on 18-02-2015, 06:02:38
It's a cruel dev scheme to crush some french reves.
Title: Re: Are we getting French Army?
Post by: Eat Uranium on 18-02-2015, 18:02:32
No.
Title: Re: Are we getting French Army?
Post by: Roughbeak on 18-02-2015, 20:02:31
Not now. ;)
Title: Re: Are we getting French Army?
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 19-02-2015, 00:02:54
If you make the greatest early French map of all time. I'll put a French Army on it.  8)
Title: Re: Are we getting French Army?
Post by: jan_kurator on 19-02-2015, 02:02:34
I bet this question will appear from time to time because of that render of the french tank with a french camo texture we've recenlty posted on our main page, but unfortunately, we are not getting french army. SOMUA S35 was originally made by one of our developers for the French Hope project which was scrapped but fortunately, devs have found a good way to use those french vehicles and we will see SOMUA in captured german version, you can also use other french tank's turrent on Omaha Beach map ;)
Title: Re: Are we getting French Army?
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 19-02-2015, 22:02:55
 ;)
creating an army: 3 month
creating a map: 1years 1/2

If you check the changelog every release you know the state of every army.
Recreate models is the easiest part but provide a good ww2 experience is important but diificult.
Title: Re: Are we getting French Army?
Post by: ctbear on 20-02-2015, 02:02:31
Ah, I see, you guys are doing awesome work.  And I have another question, will we get machinegun buff in next update? I really want to see I can shoot MG34/42 from house without lie down. It's painful that every time I have to press "z" first and shoot. I think PR's machine gun mechanics is good.
;)
creating an army: 3 month
creating a map: 1years 1/2

If you check the changelog every release you know the state of every army.
Recreate models is the easiest part but provide a good ww2 experience is important but diificult.
Title: Re: Are we getting French Army?
Post by: Ts4EVER on 20-02-2015, 02:02:15
;)
creating an army: 3 month
creating a map: 1years 1/2


Well depends, Dukla Pass took slightly under 5 months from start to showable in News update.
Title: Re: Are we getting French Army?
Post by: Slayer on 20-02-2015, 21:02:11
;)
creating an army: 3 month
creating a map: 1years 1/2


Well depends, Dukla Pass took slightly under 5 months from start to showable in News update.
Maybe Seth meant good maps  ;) :p
Title: Re: Are we getting French Army?
Post by: Seth_Soldier on 20-02-2015, 21:02:45
 :( sorry i'm no mapper
Title: Re: Are we getting French Army?
Post by: Matthew_Baker on 21-02-2015, 00:02:11
creating an army: 3 month

Maybe for you and Toddel. Us mortals take years :P
Title: Re: Are we getting French Army?
Post by: sn00x on 01-03-2015, 15:03:47
;)
creating an army: 3 month
creating a map: 1years 1/2


Well depends, Dukla Pass took slightly under 5 months from start to showable in News update.

Or a week if yer a editor junkie.
Title: Re: Are we getting French Army?
Post by: Captain Pyjama Shark on 04-03-2015, 23:03:07
;)
creating an army: 3 month
creating a map: 1years 1/2

If you check the changelog every release you know the state of every army.
Recreate models is the easiest part but provide a good ww2 experience is important but diificult.
I always thought models were the hardest part.
Title: Re: Are we getting French Army?
Post by: Ts4EVER on 04-03-2015, 23:03:51
Maybe, but mapping takes longer. In a map, everything comes together.
Title: Re: Are we getting French Army?
Post by: Airshark79 on 04-03-2015, 23:03:06
Depends.
Title: Re: Are we getting French Army?
Post by: Ts4EVER on 04-03-2015, 23:03:18
well yeah you can slap together a generic map in an evening, but I'd like to think FH2 is above that by now.
Title: Re: Are we getting French Army?
Post by: Airshark79 on 05-03-2015, 06:03:00
I didn't mean the effort you put in a map, be it 50 hours or 250, it gets as far as assets go. And in my experience the assets don't come easily.
Title: Re: Are we getting French Army?
Post by: hitm4k3r on 05-03-2015, 12:03:07
That's not hundred percent true either. You don't make a map and set a limit wich kind of assets you use and how many of them. Alot of it comes down to creativity. At the moment I would say, that it is easier to make a map settled in France than in Russia for example when you just take a rough look at the available assets. Vehicles and players models are an issue ofcourse, but the map itself is not determined by the assets alone. You can spend alot of time with stuff that is not connected to to any kind of assets at all.

At the end a good map will take a fairly long time, equal whether it's western front or eastern front or what ever, including all different aspects. Proper planning, gameplay, visual style etc. The most important thing is what you make out of the stuff available. Sometimes less is more. Just take a look at Eppeldorf: fairly simple map that doesn't use all Bulge statics and is still a masterpiece.

For a well executed map in all aspects you can easily plan with a half year, if you are fast and know what you are doing. I am not and still in a learning process for example, so for me it takes longer. The question is how easily you are satisfied with your own work, or whether you want to try new/different stuff and push things forward.
Title: Re: Are we getting French Army?
Post by: Airshark79 on 05-03-2015, 15:03:32
I do two sessions each month so there's more contemplating and little room to play around, so mentality really differs, but currently what keeps me from putting effort into a monte cassino is the lack of assets to play around with. Maybe it'll come about in winter but that REALLY depends.

But when it's all set in design and there are no time constraints you can just have it done tested in three weeks. But the background work matters ofc, it's a process of several months. But that doesn't mean you cannot get 12 maps done in a year.
Title: Re: Are we getting French Army?
Post by: coldroll on 10-04-2015, 04:04:39
Maybe you guys will add the french army some day or at least planned on it because I looked thorough the music file and found french win and lose music.