Dawn Of War

[shagpuss]

Well this is how Winter Assault stands so far.....

 

Druidika just posted this bit of info:

 

Seems like the May issue of Gamestar (major games magazine in Germany) has some new info about Winter Assault, as well as some screenies. I don't have access to a scanner at the moment, so I'll see what I can do about that later.

 

Here are the facts:

 

Units in squads look varied now, have slightly different height, faces and so on

There's a new feature called 'Kill-Cam' which shows a close-up of those spectacular finishing moves

Commissar is included, and boosts the morale by executing soldiers

Sanctioned Psycher is in

Techpriest Engineer is in. He repairs vehicles, and one of the screenies shows him carrying an axe for close combat

The Sentinel is in, the IG's walker unit

The Baneblade will have awesome firepower, but a rather weak armor

The Chimera troop transporter allows units to fire from the inside

The main hero will be the Imperial Captain, which is just a bit weaker than the Force Commander. Games Workshop will bring the unit to the tabletop soon.

The 4 older races will get new units, but the article doesn't mention which

There will be a 'good' campaign which will let you play the Space Marines, Eldar and the Imperial Guard, and an 'evil' campaign which will allow you to play with the Chaos Space Marines and Orks. Each of them will consist of about half a dozen missions.

 

Please note that this is from an early version and might change until the retail hits.

[Lurker]

I wonder why Aralez quit signaturing to his DoW Section.

 

The Kernel site was there when I last went in to get goodies, but I don't know if it is always there.

 

The Kernel site started as a temporary thing, and I'm not sure that Kernel or anyone expected it to get so large.

 

Anyway, it would be nice if Slaughter and Pete would get with Aralez and host Aralez's DoW section on this site so that anybody can come in anytime and download Aralez's wonderful work at a reliable speed without the download hanging midway through as it did to some people on Kernel's site. Kernel's little site wasn't designed or meant to handle that kind of volume, in my humble opinion. On Kernel's site, I had to use GetRight when downloading, and even then, you couldn't download two files at once without at least one of them getting disconnected. GetRight was essential for mass downloadings from the DoW Section on Kernel's site, but I assume that this site could handle the volume.

 

Pete? Slaughter?

[Slaughter]

I am sure we can host the site (as a separate page, not a section here), but this is really up to Aralez.

[Aralez]

Most of the maps can be found in a map-pack at Dowfiles, no need for a seperate site imo.

[shagpuss]

No me neither. The demand won't b what it was in the old days....

 

Vs322 is the map you mentioned your creation?

[Slaughter]

Guess that's the reason he wants feedback on it...

[Aralez]

He won't get much, trust me, those DoW users are a lazy bunch when it comes to feedback...

[vs322]

Hey-

 

yes the relic contest winner is my map- and yes I got very little feedback from it- I posted it at dowfiles and got two )very positive) comments and I thought that was nice, but now I see that 3000+ people downloaded it. That's a real low percentage who want to give feed back.

 

BTW Abandoned faith is in the community map pack 2 so if you downloaded that then you've already got it.

 

 

-vs

[Aralez]

Hm, cultists seem to be in every game these days, look at this preview screenshot from UFO Aftershock:

 

Picture

 

I know that Shagpuss will like this (A LOT!) :lol:

 

vs322, the lack of feedback in the DoW community was the main reason why i stopped making maps for Dawn of War, even "small-community" games like Ufo Aftermath produced more feedback and posts than those lazy SM/Chaos/Ork/etc.. players

 

(Damnit, i don't even remember the name of the fourth race...) :lol:

[shagpuss]

Is it Pie Mutants?

 

Noooooo we must bow to the cultists.....is this the losing end game screenie? U can't defeat cultists everyone knows that!

 

I will download the map pack and have a look and provide some words of...ummm....I can't say wisdom..so i'll just provide some words..

 

A, can you do the same or have you given up with DOW for now?

 

Edit..... 2 player maps are my least favourite......but I will give it a go over the wknd..

 

(dusts off DOW...now how do you play this? Oh yeah I remember you build lots and lots of power

generators!!!)

[Thorondor]

UFO: Aftershock's cultists aren't in the whining variety bunch. I can tell you that much...

 

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No need to take my word for it, either...

[Slaughter]

UFO: Aftershock's cultists aren't in the whining variety bunch. I can tell you that much...

 

::

 

No need to take my word for it, either... 

I love that artwork!

[shagpuss]

Thats sets a scene I cant wait to be involved in...

 

But why are Space Marines acting as bodyguards to a cultist?

[Slaughter]

Those are the cultist version of The Brotherhood of Steel

[Aralez]

Ahem, well i will wait for patch 1.30 before i install DoW again...

[Thorondor]

"This Fallout moment was brought to you by..."

 

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:lol:

[Aralez]

Your comment skills are sharper than samurai swords, Thorondor :lol: :lol:

[Thorondor]

There's now an exclusive "Warhammer 40k: Winter Assault E3" preview at GameSpot

 

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Here's a snip about featured, top of the line, Imperial Guard hardware:

 

"The faction's top-level superunit is the "baneblade," a gigantic mobile weapons platform with 11 mounted guns, including a humongous main cannon with two troopers to man it and constantly reload ammunition, alternately passing shells and plugging their fingers in their ears (and rocking back and forth) with each thunderous shot."

 

 

p.s.: which rock has Aralez slipped under ? He hasn't been around much...

[Slaughter]

Sounds excellent! So many good games coming by the end of this year!

 

Regarding Aralez, he has left this community.

[Thorondor]

Playtime ingredients:

a) lots of interesting games [check]

b) time and money [scratches chin...]

 

*hmmm, maybe I can get Accounting troll to stretch my budget somehow *

 

::

 

Shame about Aralez, though...

[Slaughter]

Yeah, a shame indeed. We had a small clash, and the result was far more dramatic that I had expected it to be. If anyone is still in touch with him, and can convince him to talk to me, I am sure we can fix this. I made a mistake, and I am sorry about that.

[shagpuss]

Slaughter!! U are a baaad man! I have just e-mailed him about sumthin else

 

Thorondor thanks for the news, those screenies look cool. although I have lost interest in this game, theres a small flicker thats gettin brighter....

[shagpuss]

Just to let you guys know the new patch is out (1.3), i'll list the changes in a second.

[Slaughter]

Yeah, I remember seeing that mentioned. Maybe I can finally get it to work online with the patch.

[shagpuss]

Whooaa a long list.............

 

 

New Features

 

 

 

Added an Observer Mode to the game to support the professional games circuit.

Added a Friends List feature to support the growth of the Online community.

Added an Arranged Teams Automatch feature to simplify the process of automatching games with Friends.

Added Mod Manager to facilitate switching mod versions from the Main Menu. Mods are now also listed in the Join Game screens.

Added support for Lobby News messages in non-Latin character fonts (full unicode support).

 

 

Improvements

 

 

 

Game performance has been improved through the use of the Intel Performance Primitives library

Enemy detection code has been improved for better performance in the late game on large maps.

Selection focus key (') has been added to the defaul keybindings. NOTE: The keybindings file has been changed and is no longer compatible with previous versions.

Improved the targeting priority system for vehicles and units with multiple weapons.

Major update to game camera system, including fixing many bugs.

 

 

General Fixes

 

 

 

Fixed several bugs with the Automatch system.

Thorough overhaul of the Stance system which fixed many bugs with the Melee and Ranged stances. Overhaul includes the removal of Versatile Stance.

Fixed several minor issues with the game camera, including increasing the default range for the limited camera so it matches the distance of the free camera.

Fixed several minor issues with save games and playback files. NOTE: The save game format has been changed and will no longer be compatible with previous versions.

Fixed several minor issues with the playback mode.

Fixed several infrequent crash bugs in Online screens.

Fixed rendering issues with the Intel 915 IGMA.

Fixed Mission 4 bug where third Whirlwind disappears.

Fixed bug where Toth was damaging himself with special attacks.

Fixed occasional SCAR crash in Mission 7 when capturing bridge.

Fixed NIS cameras for all missions.

Fixed various bugs in game chat system.

Fixed various bugs in Army Painter.

Fixed bug where NIS speech wouldn't play under Windows 98.

Fixed various bugs in Multiplayer Game setup system.

Various cosmetic fixes to various screens.

Fixed bug where the Ork Wartrack Twin Rokkit Launcher upgrades will get stuck in an infinite loop when overwatching the upgrade.

Fixed bug where a Shroud button which has no function would appear in the build-menu of a Webway Gate while it is being built.

Ability Fixes

Fixed bug where Word of the Emperor ability would not function.

Fixed bug where Bad Doc Healing Aura ability did not heal commander units.

Fixed bug where Bad Doc Healing Aura ability only affected the Mad Doc and attached squad.

Fixed bug where Exarchs could not be added to Aspect Sqauds while the squad was moving.

Fixed bug where Exarchs could be built while the squad was moving.

Fixed bug where Howling Banshee War Shout ability would affect friendly units.

Fixed bug where Eldar Plasma Grenade was inheriting incorrect attributes.

Fixed bug where Stormboyz speed research effects only the Stormboyz leader.

Fixed a range of bugs where abilities were incorrectly affecting friendly units as well as enemy units.

Fixed bug where Grav Falcon Brightlance was invisible.

 

 

Balance Changes

 

 

 

Ork Changes

 

 

Reduced damage of Trukk Big Shoota.

Increased population requirement for Trukk/Mekshop from 31 to 46.

Increased population requirement for Wartrakk from 46 to 61.

Wartrakk build time increased.

Decreased damage of Wartrakk Rokkit against all infantry significantly.

Increased build time of Wartrakk Rokkit and Mortar from 9 to 20 seconds.

Put a 46 population requirement on Ork Rokkit Launchers.

Reduced Big Mek's Mega Blaster damage.

Increased build time of Bad Doc to 15 seconds.

Increased cost of Bad Doc by 10 requisition.

Increased damage output of Nob Leader Power Klaws.

Decreased build time of Ork Nob Power Klaws from 15 to 12 seconds.

Increased damage of Ork Nob Leader Power Klaws.

Big Mek now takes longer to build after researching Custom Tellyporta.

Big Mek now takes longer to build after researching Custom Force Field.

Big Mek now takes longer to build after researching Tank Bustin' Kit.

Reduced range on Ork Listening Posts that have the first Listening Post upgrade.

 

 

Eldar Changes

 

 

 

Reduced damage of Fire Prisms Shuriken Catapult against Heavy Infantry (Medium). Also reduced damage against Medium Vehicles.

Reduced damage of fire prism Prism Cannon vs. all buildings, all vehicles (slight), reduced morale damage, reduced minimum damage, reduced area of effect from 10-8.

Reduced morale damage on Eldar D-Cannon Turret.

Reduced damage of Vyper Missile Launcher against all infantry types.

Increased time cost of Vyper Missile Launcher weapon upgrade.

Increased vertical aiming ability of Brightlance platforms (slight).

Increased range of Ranger Long Rifle from 32 to 35.

Increased morale damage output of Ranger long rifle from 40 to 60 per hit.

Removed charge modifiers from Howling Banshees.

Created dependencies on Vyper/Wraithlord aspect stones before Fire Prism can be researched.

Decreased time cost of Seer Council Witchblade weapon upgrade.

Dark Reaper Exarch now does more damage to Heavy Infantry .

Dark Reaper weapon upgrade now has the same range as its original weapon.

Increased Time cost of Warp Spider Aspect Stone

Increased Power cost of Warp Spider Aspect Stone.

 

 

Chaos Changes

 

 

 

Reduced cost of tier 3 to 400/150 and 100 seconds. From 500/200 and 125 seconds

Chaos Aspiring Champions and Space Marine Sergeants now benefit from the bionics upgrades (+20% health)

Furious charge should now be giving +15% damage bonus to chaos_knife_cultist and chaos_knife_tactical.

Chaos Heretic costs 0 supply cap, however there is a limit of 5 Heretics at any given time.

Increased cost of Cultist, increased hit points, increased build time, decreased to starting with 4 units. Increased base weapon damages by 30%. Decreased min damage on Cultist Laspistol from 2.5 to 1.5.

Increased time cost of Cultist Aspiring Champion.

Reduced Cultist Grenade Launcher damage by 35%. Increased build time of Grenade Launcher.

Increased damage output of cultist plasma gun, slightly increased cost.

Defiler hitpoints increased from 2300 to 2700.

Defiler now costs 2 Support cap.

Reduced cost of Possessed marines, decreased attack/hp/build time accordingly.

Reduced cost of Horrors, decreased attack/hp/build time accordingly.

Reduced melee damage of Raptors against building low.

Rhino now costs 1 Support cap.

Smoke Grenade research time/cost reduced.

 

 

Space Marines Changes

 

 

 

Reduced cost of tier 3 to 400/150 and 100 seconds, from 500/200 and 125 seconds.

Reduced stun time of SM Force Commander from 4 to 2 seconds.

Scouts do less ranged damage to infantry_low, infantry_med, and infantry_high.

Reduced Scout accuracy while moving from .55 to .35. Reduced Scout morale damage.

Reduced melee damage of Assault Marines against building low.

Rhino now costs 1 Support cap.

Smoke Grenade research time/cost reduced.

Cultist reinforce time when in combat set to 12 seconds.

Updated help text to reflect balance changes.

 

 

Mod Support

 

 

 

Mods can now disable tutorials by leaving a blank field in the FEDefaults.lua file.

Multiple fixes in the Attribute Editor.

Game now validates more fields from the attribute files. Also validation of starting units and buildings has been removed.

New binary file format for all attribute files.

Added support for exclusive win conditions.

Several unused attribute fields have been removed.

Added flag for weapon line-of-sight being blocked by entities. We recommend not using it, as it is terribly slow.

Added multiple flags to Scenario files in the Mission Editor, including being able to turn off sky, terrain and water rendering.