Tannenberg News

[h2]Mapping new places[/h2]
A little update for you all today, mainly to say that work on the upcoming new map is going excellently. In fact, here's a little teaser!



It probably doesn't give much away, but hopefully it will whet your appetite for a new battlefield. It's a very cool location with some significant terrain features that make it stand out from the other maps in the game already. We'll be teasing more as we lead up to the release!

[h3]Update V312.20578[/h3]
We released a small update yesterday with a few nice fixes. Previous changelogs can be found on the Steam Hub.

• Fixed being able to spawn in contested sectors
  
• Fixed film memoir and motion blur
  
• Fixed call-ins being displayed as mustard gas
  
• Disabled the squad menu while spectating
  
• Prevented future bans due to higher rate-of-fire from HMGs
  
• Updated engine version

[h3]Tannenberg on consoles[/h3]
Speaking of releases, the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 releases of Tannenberg are also in sight. We'll share more information with you as soon as we can confirm release dates! Of course our Twitter and Facebook are also great sources of the latest news.

[h2]Details, details...[/h2]

Player ЖыжЪ spotted this little bit of environmental detail in the game. If it seems a little silly, consider...




...this photo uploaded by Runcible to the artwork section - allegedly German cycle troops in 1914. Personally, we'd prefer the ladder-chair system to bike-shoulders!


That's all for now. But rest assured, more news is coming soon!

The Film Memoir event has finished, and there has been some amazing stuff made -thanks to everyone who took part and especially those who shared what they made. If you really enjoyed playing with Film Memoir mode and want to give us some extra support, the aptly named Supporter Edition DLC includes permanent access to Film Memoir, along with some other nice extras from wallpapers and artwork to the game soundtrack.

Now to the competition - first off, thank you all for participating! There were lots of great moments captured on camera, but some stood out. A drumroll please as we announce our three competition winners! Congratulations to...

[h3]Best Short Film[/h3]
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Tommies in Flanders, a stirring patriotic film of British troops in action.
By Liam.

[h3]Best Image[/h3]

A rare moment of quiet in Verdun, captioned: 'British soldiers in the trench. Year 1915.'
By Tanya Degurechaff.

[h3]Best Story[/h3]

The body on the ground suggests this is real combat photography rather than being taken during a training exercise! Captioned: 'German officer leading troops to charge enemy positions during the Battle of Tannenberg, in 1914.'
By Wise Wolfie.

The winners will receive a Supporter Edition, a hefty can of refreshing mints, and one of these delightful roly-polys:



If you won, look out for a Steam friend request from one of our mods so we can get in touch to arrange sending out your prize!

[h2]Tannenberg console news update[/h2]
The console versions of Tannenberg for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are making solid progress, despite some slowdown due to the ongoing coronavirus situation. We aren't quite ready to announce a release date yet, but rest assured that as soon as we know, you'll know!

Stay safe out there everyone!

Experience WW1 like in the movie reels made in those times, or try your hand at producing your own First World War film! Partly inspired by Peter Jackson's They Shall Not Grow Old, where historical footage of the Great War was colorized, we're excited to introduce the reverse: a black and white movie reel like experience as a visual filter in both Tannenberg and Verdun. Film Memoir will be available for all players until April 26, and after the event ends it will still be available for everyone who owns a Supporter Edition.

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[h2]Film Memoir[/h2]
Don't worry, you haven't gone back in time to April 1st - today Film Memoir mode became part of the game for real!

War photography came of age during the First World War, and we often think of it as a dark, bland conflict because the photos and film we see are in black and white. However, a recent trend for colorizing WW1 photos (for instance in They Shall Not Grow Old) has shown more people what you could already know from playing Tannenberg or Verdun - WW1 was grim for many reasons, but it was not bland and colorless. Now you can see how scenes and landscapes you're familiar with in the games would appear to cinema audiences of the time. With Film Memoir mode, gameplay is represented in high contrast black and white, with an old movie filter on top and subtle audio details. In addition to the authentic old movie experience this provides. it will give players quite a new and unique challenge to fight without color cues on the battlefield.



[h2]Show off your journalistic skills and win prizes![/h2]
We will be giving away prizes for creating impressive content with Film Memoir mode - merch and a Supporter Edition!
TIP: Don't forget to turn off the UI with the F8 key before making your films or photos!

We will pick one winner for each of these three categories:

• Best short film
  
• Best image
  
• Best story
  

To enter, post your creations on Twitter using the #WW1Memoir hashtag and @ww1gameseries, OR upload content to the Steam Hub with 'Film Memoir' as part of the description text. Feel free to work together or capture footage on the West or East fronts.
Verdun and Tannenberg are both currently 55% off on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/242860

[h2]Photography on the Eastern Front[/h2]
Compared to many other countries in the war, Russia had a very limited official photography organization. The Tsar had court photographers, but other photos taken on the Eastern Front were generally done by private professionals attached to army units, or soldiers or nurses who happened to own personal cameras. There was less encouragement by Russian media for soldiers to provide photographs, because the state controlled media were highly limited in what they were allowed to publish. Finally, the military collapse in 1917 and the revolution of the same year put paid to whatever official structure was present.

This photograph of an artillery position was taken by an Austro-Hungarian photographer.

The situation was different in Germany and Austria-Hungary, but the sheer scale of the war and the limited technology of the time means that it was never going to be fully documented in every possible way. We can still be grateful for the images we do have, and all the photographers - amateur or professional - who took them.

Try your hand at WW1 film making with Film Memoir mode! We look forward to seeing what you come up with.

We have a small update for you today, with various improvements and adjustments. Plus, new options for custom Maneuver matches, a tweak to the Carpathians church, and an achievement fix:

• Added new Custom match option for Maneuver to set the number of resource points per faction /setscoreentente [number] /setscorecentral [number]
  
• Added new Custom match option for Maneuver to remove point drain and allow the game to be won only by HQ capture /sethqcaponly [true/false]
  
• Fixed not being able to get the Gavrilo Princip achievement
  
• Fixed Carpathians church entrance being too tight

You can read the full changelog on the forums.

Today's update might be small, but we have something bigger planned tomorrow that will change how you look at the battlefield...

The First World War was one of the first major conflicts where photography and film were highly significant, due among other things to smaller and improved cameras. The nations involved also began to realize the value of photography and film for propaganda purposes. We thought it would be interesting to give players a chance to experience some of the challenges faced by early filmmakers, working with black and white on top of other technical limitations.

Florence Farmborough, a British nurse who went to the Eastern Front in 1914. She carried a large camera with her and took photographs of the Eastern Front.

Amateur photographers were able to take cameras with them to the front (sometimes smuggling them against regulations), and press outlets sometimes put out calls for photos from these amateurs when the officially released images didn't satisfy their desire for images from the front.

Soon you'll be able to try recording your own black and white war footage, with our upcoming 'Film Memoir' mode! If they say a picture paints a thousand words, a video must be even more... so check this out:

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