The leaves have fallen, browned by Autumn chills and shortened days, the season’s changes in full effect and that's no different for Battalion 1944.
Quelling the Infection and 50% OFF Sale
Our Halloween game mode acted as the faux beginning to our MSU (Mid Season Update) as we looked to focus more on content and improving the ‘casual’ experience for new players and existing community. Since Infection’s launch last week, we have received a tremendous amount of feedback from those of you to have braved the undead plague. Over the last few days we’ve been adding new maps to keep the mode fresh moving forward (Having added Liberation, Vanguard, Coastal and today Derailed!) before its removal from our event queue tomorrow alongside the ending of our 50% OFF Halloween Sale. Many an undead scourge has met their unrelenting end that is the Baikal double barreled shotgun. Many a daring soldier has joined the tainted forces of the Infected having fallen first in combat. For those of you that missed out, do not worry. Your own personal Infection is ready to break out across the Community Server Browser as the mode will now be hostable for all those that wish to do so. With many maps still to try, we look forward to seeing how you utilise the environment to your advantage!
New Player New Us
Accessibility is key and the new player experience can be a daunting foothold to undertake for a game with a competitive nature. Due to this we’re adding new training modes to make that crossover easier for those joining us for the first time. Learning nades or smokes can be a time consuming yet rewarding experience but we can’t expect you to learn on the job. We’ve now included an easily accessible ‘Grenade Training’ mode which will grant you a full selection of maps, more nades than mouse clicks and a helpful follow function that enables you to see just how good your throwing arm is.
Alongside our Grenade Training is a new ‘VS Bots’ mode. Learning maps, positions, weapons and everything in between at your own pace is now a one way ticket to getting the edge on the enemy.
Improving Animation
We’ve made changes to how the Trench Gun looks and feels making for a more natural, smoother and overall supreme animation. Sprinting now looks as it should as you grapple for control of those tight corners in close proximity combat and the new kick gives it a satisfying feel as you land that all important blow on the opposition.
Knife To Meet You: Part 1.5
To bring the knife more inline with its counterparts we’ve added a crosshair, this is an important addition for those looking to line up grenades as we set in motion how we want to change the scape of melee combat based on feedback.
Taking Inventory
We’ve made some changes to the inventory system and how filters work, meaning you can find and equip skins in a much more efficient manner. A small quality of life change in our ongoing changes to how we’re looking to how players interact with the UI and vice versa.
240 FPS Cap
We’ve increased the FPS Cap from 200 to 240 to better support the ongoing advances in monitor hardware.
Server Browser Fixes and Community Mindset
With the server browser in mind, we’ve started to address issues some of you have had whilst implementing small quality of life changes to improve your journey into a community led environment. Community plays a stand out foundation for Battalion 1944 so for us these changes are an important starting point for how we can better evolve overall.Our first quality of life improvement and sort after tool is the ‘Favourite’ feature. You can now click the helpful star icon next to the servers ping and these servers will continue to stay at the top of your Server Browser come rain or shine. Finding your go to servers has never been easier!
Another server browser issue we’re looking to tackle is the correct ping being displayed within the browser itself. Below you can find a quick and helpful guide from our man in the cloud James Tatum as to why custom servers may show their current values and how to combat that issue if you’re a server host.
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When setting up a server, the "QueryPort" in the launch command should always be the "Port" number + 3. For example, if your "Port" is set as 7777, your "QueryPort" should be 7780. If this is not the case, ping will always be shown as either 999 or 0. If this IS the case and your ping is still showing as either 999 or 0, it means that steam cannot ping your server. This is likely due to a firewall or port forwarding issue.
With a focus on the community we’ll also be looking to start an ongoing ‘Community Highlight’, we’ll be talking to those that create custom maps and the likes with ways for players to try and test them in an environment for all to enjoy. This will be starting in the near future so if you’ve got a map you’d like to show off, feel free to reach out to us on our Discord!
Bliztkrieg Battle and Ladder
Hosted by The Plays, the Blitzkrieg Battles will once again feature every Sunday until December 1st. Enter via their FACEIT hub for your chance to win $/€250 every week in both our North American and European regions! Also coming is their new 5v5 ladder in cooperation with Mogul.gg for more nostalgia led system that will have you competing with Battalion's best and brightest!https://www.faceit.com/en/organizers/6cdde2da-1cea-46c3-9957-dd337fa18686/The%20Plays
https://mogul.gg/tournaments/details/22281/5v5-battalion-1944-ladder-by-the-plays
Have a great weekend!
Bulkhead Interactive
