WWII Online News

INCOMING PATCH! 1.37.2.0 releases today and it includes some epic stuff! Ranging from Proximity Attack Objectives (which are player-driven for the first time in over 15 years), Squad Missions, the Wellington, HC Officer class receiving an infantry-placed mobile spawn to keep battles going, all SMGs audited to have tighter grouping/performance, and a whole lot more! Your subscriptions are directly responsible for keeping us going. This is our last major patch as now we set sights on transitioning into the Unreal Engine and innovating WWII Online's future. Remember we will continue to provide updates to WWII Online through our new trickle-down workflow and supplemental updates. THANK YOU, everyone, for believing in our shared dream/passion, and supporting us which makes all of this possible. Support our current fundraiser going on to help jump starter our Unreal Engine developments at http://www.WWIIOnline.com/fund.



This release introduces some long-awaited additions to WWII Online that include the Wellington medium bomber, Proximity AOs, Squad Missions, Custom IVC channels, and much more to include bug fixes.

Features

• The Wellington Mk III has been added to the Royal Airforce (RAF)
  
• Nine (9) new factories have been added to the Axis side: Zwolle, Meppel, Hoogeveen, Harlingen, Limburg and Frankfurt
  
• All Allied factories have been combined for RDP purposes, bombing one factory will affect all Allied resupply times
  
• Bomber Loadouts have been re-added to the game
  
• Proximity AOs have been introduced:
  
• Towns with Heavy Inf EWS will trigger AOs
  
• If Heavy Inf EWS is lost, the AO will be removed
  
• Squad Missions have been added:
  
• The Squad must have five (5) members online in order for Squad Missions to be available
  
• Only one (1) Squad Mission per side, per Squad
  
• Ten (10) Custom IVC channels have been added per side (see your HC for channel assignments)
  
• Only applies to channel 1-10
  
• Follows the F6 text chat channel (must be assigned to 1-10)
  
• IVC now shows CRS members with all CAPS as represented elsewhere
  
• Players can now adjust their in-game volume from within the IVC map tab
  
• Fuel Barrel PPOs have been added to Supply Trucks
  
• Planes, Vehicles and Boats/Ships can now be refueled:
  
• Planes - Airfields & Airfield PPOs (can also re-arm)
  
• Vehicles - Army Bases, Supply Trucks (can also re-arm) and Fuel Barrel PPOs
  
• Boats/Ships - Docks (can also re-arm)
  
• Fuel burn rates have been adjusted to be more historical in order to keep in line with our map size
  
• All Sherman, Churchill, Pz4 and Tiger tanks have had their 3D model crew members updated
  
• Free to Play (F2P) aircraft now have a different look than other versions
  
• The gun audio for Hurri IIBs has been updated
  
• Barrage Balloon PPOs have had their max damage updated in order to be harder to destroy
  
• Gun Emplacement PPOs have had their proximity to other objects changed to stop blocking
  
• The STG44 now has updated audio
  
• All SMGs have had a recoil audit
  
• All standard and limited SMGs have had their pistols removed and ammo amounts adjusted
  
• Bombs have had their whistle sounds updated
  
• Grenade explosion effects have been adjusted
  
• New effects, audio and visual, have been added for 500kg bombs
  
• The HCMSP PPO has been added to the HC Officer class
  
• The HCMSP PPO's 3D model has been updated
  
• Csm308 has been added to Bunker interiors and has a City CP named after him
  
• Lille, Calais and Antwerp now have different versions of a Star Fort
  
• A well has been added to Ooltgensplaat
  
• Verdun has had a Crypt added to its surrounding area
  
• A barn has been added to the vicinity of Tienen and Reusel
  
• A damaged airfield has been created at Martlesham for initial introduction
  
• A causeway has been added north of Moerdjik
  
• AI MG Towers and Bridges have had their textures updated to appear more weathered
  
• Removed four bridges around Piesport
  
• Barbed wire has been added to the top of Armybase walls
  
• Mooring points and crane rails have been added to urban harbors
  
• Added three new Airfields to the UK: Gravesend, Southend and St Mary's Pitt
  
• Added stairs to the garage of the Spawn buildings
  
• Murder holes in Armybase walls were reduced down to two
  
• Fourteen (14) new towns have been added: Fismes, Bouvancourt, Cerny-en-Laonnois, Bourg et Comin, Braines, Vailly Sur Aisnes, Chavignon, Soissons Les petit, Soissons, Port Fontenoy, Ooltgensplaat, Val de Livres, Reusel and Crucifix
  

Fixes

• The Delete all Waypoints and Contact Reports bug has been fixed
  
• Corrected an issue when some units that was causing extra-long despawn times
  
• Fixed an issue with some areas missing train tracks
  
• Fixed an issue that caused multi-crewed units to not report stats properly
  
• Multi-crewed units will now be forced to re-initiate the multi-crew join process after each mission
  
• The Ju88 has had a few bugs repaired:
  
• Reversed rudder pedal movement
  
• Hard to read speed and altitude indicators
  
• SPAA 20mm gun audio has been fixed
  
• Added missing FBs between Orbeval and Clermont-en-Argonne
  
• Muzzle smoke has been reduced to help with visibility after firing
  
• Engine fire effects have been updated
  
• Adjusted FB tents to correct an issue that caused infantry to pop up above the FB tents
  
• Adjusted footsteps sounds so they aren't so loud (first person only)
  
• Adjusted tank track sound volume
  
• Fixed and issue that was causing some Mac clients to crash while the game was loading
  

Our 2023 Fundraiser for UE5 is going like "dambusters" as we are at 71% of our goal! A BIG THANK YOU to anyone helping WWIIOnline to move towards UE5!
Your 2023 contributions allow us to set a proper foundation during this critical Phase 1 of our journey to UE5, check out this video and get informed:




It's an ALL-ACCESS Weekend beginning on 14 April and running through OPERATION Download Moar Ram! Register now through our Discord event channel if you can attend this event!

S! Playnet / Cornered Rat Software




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Have a look at our current 2023 Roadmap, and see its progress on our TRELLO.

Wishlist our next game Chokepoint, our prelude to WWIIOnline 2.0!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1576780/WWII_Online_Chokepoint/

There are so many things happening in WWII Online right now . . . the 2023 Fundraiser for UE5, informative Rat Chat, intense operations, and a groundswell of enthusiastic youtube influencers saying positive things about our beloved 1.0 game, Chokepoint, and the future of UE5. Read on!!

Our 2023 Fundraiser for UE5 is off to a strong start as we are at 30% of our goal. Check out this video presentation about how your contributions DIRECTLY help this critical Phase 1 of our journey to UE5:



Big things continued this past Sunday as we had a great Rat Chat to preview several exciting things. The Rat Chat can be viewed here so check out the timestamp table below for YOUR favorite part!

TIMESTAMP--SPEAKER--TOPIC
(00: 05:45) XOOM:

• Introduction
  
• 2023 Roadmap Plan
  
• Development focus on UE5 / 2.0
  
• Recent shifts in WWII genre games
  

(00: 12:40) TEX64:

• Address community
  
• Production of ongoing enhancements/updates in 1.0
  

(00: 15:30) CORN:

• Production Team Lead
  
• He-111 bomb load-out demo (future load-outs for vehicles/platforms)
  
• Previous load-outs pulled for performance issues
  
• New visual effect for heavy bombs
  
• Vehicle engine fires adjusted
  

(00: 27:30) XOOM:

• Squad Missions Demo / Explanation
  

(00: 32:00) TEX64:

• Community Questions Discussed / Answered
  

(00: 35:30) XOOM:

• Proximity AO Demo
  

(00: 47:00)

• Community Questions Discussed / Answered
  
• Additional Proximity AO Discussion
  

(00: 51:00) XOOM:

• SMG Audit & Demo
  
• Historically more accurate - Thompson, MP40
  
• More recoil - Stg44
  
• MAS-38 now more historically accurate / animation remains
  
• Loss of pistols and ammo clips
  

(01: 10:00) TEX64:

• Community Questions Discussed / Answered
  

(01: 12:00) XOOM:

• WWII Online moving to Steam Full Release
  
• Youtube Influencers
  
• Community Questions Discussed / Answered
  

(01: 18:40) XOOM:

• Navy Love - 5" rounds going STO
  

(01: 26:00) XOOM:

• Wellington Demo & Stunt-Flying-Crash
  

(01: 32:30) CHIMM:

• PIMM Particle Demo
  
• PIMM Particle Questions
  

(01: 44:00) XOOM:

• 2023 Fundraiser
  

(01: 56:00) CRS:

• Community Questions Discussed / Answered
  

Social Media Influencers: click their logos to view their recent WWII Online videos and subscribe!

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Register now for OPERATION: Download Moar Ram on 16 April at 12pm Server Time / GMT+8.

Beginning on Friday, the 17th of March, WWIIOnline has UNLOCKED all equipment for the weekend. This unlock coincides with OPERATION FLASH on Sunday, the 19th of March, the begins at 12pm Server Time (12PM PST / 2PM CST / 3PM EST / GMT+8) on the Campaign Server so spread the word to friends and introduce them to the game and remind those veteran players who are free-to-play that "we're getting the band back together".

UNLOCKS BEGIN: 17 March 2023

UNLOCK TYPES: All equipment (ground, air, & sea)



OPERATION: Flash

COMMUNICATIONS: Discord/gg/wwiionline and/or in-game voice communications (press "V")

REGISTRATION: Discord #GLOBAL-OPS channel and select your team

WHEN: 19 March 2023

WHERE: Live Campaign Server

TIME: 12PM Server Time (12PM PST, 2PM CST, 3PM EST, GMT+8)

ACTIVE NOTIFICATIONS: Kill-A-Rat


On the Friday before the operation, CRS is UNLOCKING EVERYTHING to ALL returning vets and free-to-play gamers for the weekend. In the spirit of competition, the "kill-a-rat" notification will be turned on, too, so you know who you have killed in-game.

Form massive squadrons and engage in swirling dogfights or bombing runs over the objective as light and heavy anti-aircraft guns seek to knock you out of the sky. Meanwhile, armored personnel carriers carry expectant infantry to their objectives as friendly and enemy tanks engage one another; hoping to elude the persistent enemy infantry with anti-tank weapons only to hear the persistent whistling of incoming 105mm artillery. Rapid-firing light-machine gun sounds rip through the air, short bursts of infantry followed by the crack of rifle fire as flames engulf burning tank hulks, clouds of colored smoke rise into the sky, buildings collapse, and rust-colored earth vomits upward as big shells land across the terrain.

Unfamiliar with a WWII Online operation? We routinely promote massive combined-arms battles to showcase what WWII Online does best . . . . the shear scale of PvP combat of HUNDREDS of players fighting sometimes over a SINGLE objective. This weekend it is OPERATION FLASH - join the battle, experience the carnage, and stay for the future as CRS marches to large-scale combined arms in Unreal Engine 5.

How can you help? Subscribe to WWII Online and as a bonus receive access to WWII Online: Chokepoint while super-charging development to Unreal Engine 5.

We would like to congratulate an independent influencer who has seen the promise of WWII Online. We highly recommend you subscribe to BOOGIE5's channel!



Boogie5's latest: https://www.tiktok.com/@boogie5gaming/video/7210927640910515502?lang=en

In case you missed it, here are some happenings in the game and behind the scenes:

REBUILDING THE BIGGEST WWII GAME EVER BUILT (IN UE5!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCFLCXbyuxw&t=183s

TEH RAT TIMES (OPERATION THUNDER PROMO): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UF4EsKPlXA

OPERATION AMPLIFY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8BgiyXir8Y

OPERATION PLUNDER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt32gVMRCMU

if you've never heard of World War II online then you've been missing out on an important part of World War II gaming history but you're not too late yet to get involved with its rebirth and once again making gaming history!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCFLCXbyuxw

Here comes a MASSIVE update to WWII Online - arriving February 15th 2023! Includes the long-awaited TARGET voice channel which will be the new default, bringing combined arms communication to the game. Completed revamped audio to balance things out, and brand new special effects (visual and audio-video inside). Hero Builders receive an all-new exclusive - Hero Anti-Tank Soldier - equipped with a Bazooka, Rifle and Frag grenades. 28 new towns have been added. Hurricane kill bug squashed. And several polish items were added for a better-integrated voice comms (IVC) experience. This is all made possible by YOU the WWII Online subscriber - thank you for supporting our studio!

World War II Online
Version 1.37.1.0 - February 2023

This release brings a few long-awaited IVC changes for players, 28 new towns, new special effects and a new Hero Builder infantry unit.

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• IVC Target channel added
  
• IVC HC channel added
  
• IVC Multi-crew channel added
  
• IVC Squad channels will now be separated by their side
  
• An IVC tab has been added to the Keymapper pop-up (P) window
  
• A new Hero Builder infantry unit has been added
  
  • RPAT w/2 rounds
    
  • Main battle rifle w/20 rounds
    
  • 2 HE Frag Grenades
    
  • 1 Knife
    
  • 1 Shovel
    
• Sound effects audio has been equalized across all units and weapons, this may require players to adjust game audio volume in preferences
  
• Matilda, Pz2c, Pz3, SdKfz 231 and Firefly crew members have been visually updated
  
• The Triumphal Arch has been added to Brussels
  
• Players can now damage the newly added Dams
  
• New towns have been added: Chalons, Chalons South, Tilloy-et-Bellay, Attendorn, Sittingbourne, Sheerness, Juvigny, Conde Sur Marne, Les-Petite Loge, Bochum, Hattingen, Zevenaar, Elten, Bechy, Verny, Baronville, Francaltroff, Cuvilly, Montdidier, Lassigny, Ribecourt, Orbeval, Marville, Jametz, Vittarville, Rouen, Rouen East and Barentin
  
• Tongeren has had new town walls built
  
• Beauvais, Clermont and Willemstad have been rebuilt
  
• Terrain tiles around Paris have been fixed up
  
• Dover, Bergen op Zoom and Calais are now enlarged
  
• Some river barriers have been moved under water with buoys added to mark them
  
• Some in game Manuals have been updated
  
• Genobrst has been added to the Fallen Soldier Memorial
  
• A few new props have been added: Row Boat, Submarine, Aircraft Carrier and Swordfish
  
• Double ponds with a creek and bridge have been added to Sittingbourne
  
• Factories from Amiens and Abbyville have been moved to Rouen and Rouen East
  
• All new special effects have been added
  
  • Create longer lasting VFX for artillery rounds that have no fireball
    
  • Create individual SFX for artillery HE shells
    
  • Create mortar specific VFX
    
  • Improve muzzle smoke VFX on tank main guns
    
  • Improve fuel fire VFX
    
  • Improve engine fire VFX
    
  • Improve frag grenade VFX & SFX
    
  • Create new bomb explosion VFX & SFX
    
  • Create new bazooka explosion SFX
    

• Secondary "Hurricane" kill bug fixed
  
• Fixed the bug that caused some building to disappear during town captures
  
• Motorized Mortars can now shoot beyond 2,150m
  
• Repaired the Beauvais-Poix-de-Picardie FB
  
• Fixed the unkillable Stuart driver
  
• The AB Barracks buildings now have a damage model
  

S! Playnet / Cornered Rat Software

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Wishlist our next game Chokepoint, a prelude to WWIIOnline 2.0!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1576780/WWII_Online_Chokepoint/