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Just to let you know that rumors are that Korona should release THE patch very soon... This patch could include: 1) Fix for the mismatch problem and some other minors fixes 2) Regular maps from Dr. Shrinker (4 nice maps!): - Smolensk Pocket (3 players) A nice winter map with most of the buildings in the central area forcing players into action very soon in the game. - Desert Dawgs (4 players). This is a nice 2 vs 2 map (my favorite) and once again, most of the buildings are located in the middle. This is not a map for turtelers, wich is very good for gameplay. Texture and light set ups are realy cool. - Mountain Passes II: A 8 players map with lots of bridges and small towns everywhere. Very original map for experienced players because if you don't know this map, chances are your ennemies will pay you little visits from one of your "back doors" ;) - Zee Rhine : An impressive 4 players map with a train rolling across the Rhine area and stoping at train stations where you can garrison wagons with your troops for a quick visit into opponent territories. - Romania 1939 : My second favorite map from the "Shrinker". Wide areas, soft valleys. nice montain texture, this 7 players map shows a 3 vs 4 players set up and even a 2 vs 2 vs 3 set up. From my point of view the best map suited for 5 and more players (chances of laggs should be low because of the number of object and the map set up itself with easy pathways. 3) Regular maps from Pivac (3 nice maps) - Behind Ennemy Lines: A very cool small desert map for 2 players. Original size allowing players to fight on a up and down set up. There is few buidlings on the map but Pivac make them providing more money than usual buidings (700$/min). Very good map for quick and fun games. - Quiet Riot: Very original map (4 players) with a big fortress in the middle (Fort Alamo style ;) ). Once again very few buildings but they provide 7 times more money than usual buildings....meaning players can focus more on battles than on guarrisoning. - Blitzkrieg: Small desert map for 2 players with all the buildings in the middle, forcing players to fight from the begining to survive. As usual with Pivac maps you can appreciate the very nice texture he uses and his cool morning light set up. 4) Challenge maps - Previous challenge maps revamped with all the cool units Korona and the Blitz crew made for the 2.6 release. Challenges included: Micheal Wittman, Afrika Korps 1943, Operation Zitadelle, etc. - New challenge maps: USA 1946, Barbarossa, WW2 Begins - And probably a new challenge map (99% done): "The Battle of Berlin": A 3 players challenge (USA, Soviets, Germans). Berlin is divided in 10 areas. Players get additionnal money (every 60 seconds) when they own and secure an area (by keeping at least 10 tanks in this zone) forcing players to gain ground and reward them for the area they conquered.

The tradition continues....Here are some of the funniest comments from the year 2006. Happy new year! ;) "After many months of hard work, Release 3 of Blitzkrieg2: The Finest Hour is finally ready! The upload (316 Mb!) is still busy, so check the status here" -Phoib (march 31th 2006) "Seriouly, when is it going to be released?" –killerontheloose "counter for you" - Korona http://www.derelictstudios.net/blitz2/aprilindex.php "Hey, i can't download the release 3, i dont know why... He tell me to download some Virtual Something, and i click download but not work. How i can download release 3? Please!" –Bilolo ""I don't think "April Fools" is in this guy's cultural background" – Bio "What is happening,when will we able to download 3rd realese?" –ceminsaat "I'm closing this topic before any other bright brain asks anymore questions..." –Flyby _______________________________________________ "Are you implying that I think you said they are? I stated a fact, anf you combat it with nonsence, I see you logic. (Psisoldier and Daraptor never ending words fight) :blink: :blink: :blink: - Bob "Im as confused as a hungry baby in a titty bar" –Weston _______________________________________________ "Ok, but what about infantry firing out of jeeps?" –Old Hickory "well, I don't think that firing a bazooka from a Jeep, especially on the move, was a recommended practice in WWII " - Logan Hartke _______________________________________________ "The I-16 had some of the best manuverability and roll of any other plane in its time."–Old Hickory "That's because it was inherently unstable on all 3 axes. It's like flying a Eurofighter with no fly-by-wire. It took one heck of a pilot to harness that instability into maneuverability without getting himself killed--sort of a Sopwith Camel on steroids." -Logan Hartke _______________________________________________ "Theres room for a couple more aircraft to choose from?" –Old Hickory "Absolutely! In fact, why don't you make a list of all your favorite units and we'll be sure to include them. Don't bother about making any sort of justification for including them, we aren't interested in that stuff." :) -BlckWyerve _______________________________________________ "Yay! I'm a trend setter!" -BigJohn "Jack the Ripper ant Tim McVeigh were trendsetters. Doesnt mean it's a good thing." -Bob _______________________________________________ "What if Hitler carried out the invasion of britain before the luftwaffe had air superiority?" –Shas’la "Then you had a lot of wet Germans" –Phoib _______________________________________________ "What if Montgomery lost in North Africa?" –Shas’la "The Spinx would have looked like Adolf Hitler now." -Phoib _______________________________________________ "Who do you think would have won world war 2 if they were smarter?" (poll) "God, not this AGAIN." –BlckWyerve _______________________________________________ "Unless you have about a dozen great modellers and skinners looking for a mod to join, or a hard drive full of fully-completed art assets, the answer to your question is "no", the Italians will not be in any time soon, if ever." –Logan _______________________________________________ "In short, the Italians got their asses well and truely kicked in Africa. They didn't capture fuck all, they did however poked at a sleeping Allied force before losing Libya as a colony." –killakanz _______________________________________________ "It's troublesome to code Italy in properly. There is an upgrade.ini, but no downgrade.ini..." -Phoib _______________________________________________ "This dude has to be kidding.Either he is full of really bad ideas and loves to share them with the world, or he's fucking with us.I sense the coming of the storm. Can we get a lock on this topic please..." -BigJohn "BigJohn, do you see a "moderator" tag under your name? Tell me if you do, because I don't. In fact, I see "forum dragon fodder". So shut up." -Bio _______________________________________________ "Lets add the belguims as a subside to the alies." –Pinbag _______________________________________________ "Adding the Italians to the Axis side would make about as much sense as adding the French to the Allied side. Sure, they were there but they had a knack of getting their asses kicked." –stumpster *cough* - Biohazard "Stop smoking, it's bad for you!" –Phoib ________________________________________________ "hehe! Nice one Bio, you've suprised me too, I thought you knew none of this! –killakanz "Thanks Killa. Believe it or not, I do know my ass from a hole in the ground sometimes" –Bio ________________________________________________ "I dont think it's so simple as a particular unit getting killed. Due to the lack of repeatability perhaps it's a problem with a combo of things, like a Pz4 with an officer boost hitting a ZIS-3 which is in smoke... you get what i mean?" –Bob "Yes, we get you, but it's hard to point it out. It currently sounds like a Satanic sacrifice ritual: -Sacrifice a goat -Chant dark texts -Dance around your pc naked a couple of times While highly entertaining, it's not something you can easily reproduce..." –Phoib ____________________________________________ "I dont think it should be called Germany, It should be called Nazi Germany that way it dosnt suggest anything about Germany now, its not there fault thier leader was mad, clever stratigicly, but absoloutly antisemesticly mad." – Pluminator "Spare us all the political correctness happy horseshit please" - Biohazard "Why not just name the teams... Yanks, Krauts, Tommies and Commies?" - Psi Soldier28 _____________________________________________ "Rest in peace my beloved Hetzer! We will never forget you. :( :( Regards, ironduke57"

Probably missed it! But 2007 could be yours Doc...welcome home soldier! :P

All Blitz products are from team's work....and yes, like i told many times, this ww2 mod is genius :)

Sorry Psi but i think you lost your title of artillery spamer to Jos....and he uses it very well....and his favorite victim was Frommorway too :P

I think we reach a good balanced game in respect with many historical facts. About a dozen games have been played to make sure all bugs are fixed or balance is reach. But one thing is for sure, on this map every faction have to played on a very specific way. Works Logan made to make these units very close to how they perform during ww2, seems to pay. In Berlin streets Russian player will appreciate the powerful guns of the IS-2 and SU-152. But their slow rate of fire make them vulnerable against opponent counterattack, particularly against the fast US tanks. So the Soviet player wil be wise to give his heavies a good protection with T-34. On the other side, Allies tanks are very mobile and their quick turret speed is a great advantage on these close range fights. A division of Pershing and Shermans can easily destroy any group of tanks if they ambush them. The Pershing is probably the best heavy tank at the start of the game considering his speed, his ROF, his armor and his firepower. Only the Kingtiger would win a 1vs1 fight against him. German player can perform well too if he avoid to stretch his army too wide. Having a very large border to defend he should take care to build good defense (Pak 40 are very effectives) before expending his territories too much. His Panthers are powerful tanks against Shermans and T-34 but they can't stand too long in front of opponent heavies. That,s why German player should build the more Kingtiger he can when they become available (Panther and KT production switch every 10-15 min). Anyway German player has the larger selection of different units (StugIII, Panzer IV, Panther, Hetzer, Sturmtiger, Panzerwerfer, Hummel, Kingtiger, Maus) and an experienced player could take advantage of this great weapons variety. ;)

Some aditionnal info about this challenge: - Buildings don't provide money but you get funds from your country every 5 minutes - To get aditionnal money you have to conquer zones. Each of the 10 zones in Berlin provide 2000$ every minute to any player who put at least 10 armor units on it. - Germany get reinforcement every 15-20 min (Hetzers, Sturmtigers, Panzerwerfer) -Soviets reinforcement (ISU-152, Kats) - After about 45 min of play, Russia get access to IS-3 upgrade - Germany start with the larger area to defend...but they get also lot of AT guns. - German production switch from Stug III (most of the time) to Panzer IV. Same thing between Panther, Kingtiger and Hummel production. - Almost all production ratios are the same who prevailed from january to march 1945 (even if German production numbers were boosted to make this challenge balanced). Thanks to Jos, Fromnorway, Abba, Stumpster, Korona and others for their help. Have fun ;)

lolol..funny yeah, ironduke and Logan.....The 2006 funny comments are not necessary the funniest of the 2006 comments but instead, "some" of the funny comments i've read during the last year... So don't hesitate to post what you think should be part of the funniest comments from our wonderful and sometimes weird world of Blitzy communauty :P

You asked for it, you got it! French units in action including the Maginot turret (special thanks to Flyby, Stino, SimoK and Korona for the French units) WW2 Challenge is a multi option scenario challenge for 2 players. Players have to make strategic moves that are in the best interest of their country (France or Germany) at the dawn of World War Two. Action starts in March 1939 when France and Great Britain are following a policy of appeasement with Germany while Poland and Czechoslovakia are very close to being invaded. Each player has to take into consideration some very important facts: German player Strength: Germany has a strength of 90 tanks (mainly Panzer II's with some Panzer III and IV), artillery, plus Bf-109 and bombers (Stukas and He-111). Production: Between 4 to 8 Panzer II's delivered every month. After a few months Germany will realize that the Panzer II is not as good as the French Somua tanks and they will switch to Panzer III and IV production (through factory). If Germany is invaded, they call for a total war. Their production increases (more factories) and a total mobilization occurs to defend the Fatherland (1 more barrack). Strategic targets: • Czechoslovakia: If Germany invades Czechoslovakia, they get the Skoda factories and get Panzer 38(t) deliveries every month. They also get 4 buildings for economy, 10 tanks, 30 soldiers and 4 guns. • Poland: Polish army (35 tanks, 40 soldiers and 9 guns) is the most powerful army of western europe after France and Germany. They are allied with France and Britain. If Germany invades Poland, chances are that the France and UK will declare war to Germany. Concerning Poland, Germany is facing 2 risky options: 1) They invade Poland to eliminate the risk of being invaded from 2 fronts at the same time (they could make a pact with Russia to get help in Poland). But this option would lead to declarations of war from France and Britain. 2) They don’t invade Poland and focus to protect the western border with France, Belgium, and Holland. This way the Brits and their RAF would stay away from the European theatre. But Poland and France could launch an attack at the same time and force Germany to defend on 2 separate fronts. • Holland: Holland wants to stay neutral. But his strategic location could help Germany to cut B.E.F. reinforcement from England. Holland would provide 4 buildings for money income. Holland's army is not very powerful (only 1 tank, a few guns, and infantry). • Belgium: Belgium is neutral on March 1939. His territory is located just north of the Maginot Line. If Germany wants to invade France, it could be an interesting option to invade Belgium first. Belgium's army is not very big (some tanks, plus infantry and guns) but chances are France would send some troops to reinforce the Belgium border. • France: The French army is supposed to be the most powerful army of all Europe with his 129 tanks. Even if half of them are obsolete tanks (Ft-17 and Char 2C) they can count on having one of the best tanks of the world in 1939: the Somua. The Maginot Line is very solid to protect all of the Eastern border and any German attack on this front would be very costly. France can’t count on a decent air force, that’s why they rely on Britain to help if war is declared. • Great Britain: Britain is not interested to be involved in another World War. If France attacks first, the Brits stay neutral. But if Poland, Holland, Belgium or France is invaded, they could send B.E.F.and some fighters to France. But at the begining of the war, British don’t want to send all their fighters in France. They prefer to keep their best aircraft in England (Spitfires) to defend their land if France falls. They send a few Hurricanes at the beginning...and finally could send Spitfires if they see France has a chance to win the war. French player Strength: 129 tanks, mortars, infantry, Maginot turrets (see screen shot above), and no air force. Production: 7 Somua tanks are delivered every month. But if war is declared, French production rises to 16 Somua tanks every month (The French believed they could avoid war and take time to increase their production... they even sold many of their tanks to other countries like Romania). Strategy:France needs Britain’s help to win a war with Germany. If they invade Germany first, Britain, Belgium and Holland won’t follow France....until the Germans counterattack and invade one of the Allied countries. If France waits for Germany to make the first move, they risk to see Germany build up armies and finally invade France with far greater impact. If Britain becomes involved in the war, the number of UK factories will increase as the war progresses. Considering action is from 1939 up to the begining of 1942, no Shermans will be available for Allies and only some Panzer IV (ausf D) for Germany. At the beginning of the war Allies use tanks as infantry support, not as tank destroyers...same thing with Germany. RAF help will be given Hurricanes at the beginning and Spitfires later (Luftwaffe will start with Bf-109 and switch to FW-190 production much later.)

See the initial post for news update! (New maps in town!) ;)

- Dr Shrinker Zee Rhine (cough... secret code... cough..99..cough) :ph34r: Romania 1939 is the other one...but wait :unsure: i havent included this nice map in the magical map pack? :( Shame on me! It is my second favorite Doc's map! This map will be described tomorrow and will be included with 3 new maps Pivac made lately :)

Just an idea like that while we talk about skin...but a second skin for units (winter skin) particularly tanks could be cool... I know Korona talked about that some times ago...Imagine your full white Panzer division moving in the wide Russian stepps, looking for "dark" Russian tanks (i believe only few Russians tanks had winter camo).

- Phoib Great! ;)

-Old Hickory :lol: It's not their fault, they had only 9 months to be prepared for a German invasion...Question is: how many monopoly games did the French generals played during these 9 months :P

- Kaiser_Smeghead Yes they have their owns defense but the Wehrmacht is their best defense. Also, don't forget that if players follow exactly history events, meaning German player attack Poland before any attack on western countries, Brits and French will declare war to Germany and then France could attack Germany first without losing British support. At Nuremberg a German general (don't remember who) said that Germany invasion of Poland was a big gamble cause if Frenchs (and British) had attacked at same time, they could had easily invaded Germany (oh Neville, Neville... <_< ).

-JokersAce Sure...i said to myself: now Joker's comp is out, timing is good for a release! :P But don't panic, this challenge will be available only when the mismatch patch will be released...meaning "soon" :lol: - From Norway Yeah Korona did a great job with these turrets. In this challenge they will have a very, very good armor to simulate the real Maginot line turrets (as you know Germans were unable to destroy them in 1940). When R3 comes out they should have their regular armor value. When we tested it with From Norway, Germans succeeded to cross the Maginot line...but it took time and cost a lot to the Wehrmacht ...So maybe German player should repeat history and visit Pinbag's home before they think to invade France ;)

*** IF *** Player '<Player0>' has units in area 'Area of Influence'. *** THEN *** Unit 'Town A0' is transferred to the command of Player '<Player0>' Don't need a timer for this ;)

1) Try with "player0" ,"player1" and "player2" instead of "this player" and let the engine select who is who (host is usually player0). 2) Also, you don't need to disable scripts once they are used. 3) You made 4 scripts but i think you need only 2. One to transfer units when a player has units inside area (you can choose how many units) and one to reverse the transfer (each of these scripts need a line to enable the other script).

USA 1946 CHALLENGE Here is a description of this challenge included in the next patch: In this scenario the war between Germany and Russia never happend. The treaty between these 2 countries lasts for all of WW2 and allowed Germany to invade UK in 1944. The United States helped their cousins to counter German’s attacks for the first 8 months of the war...before Germany finally asked Russia to help, like they did against Poland in 1939. March 1945 the United Kingdome fell under the hands of 2 of the Greatest Tyrants in mankind's history...and the cold war begans with the USA. Like they did in Dunkirk a few years ago, British managed to evacuate their troops and some of their equipment before they became encirled by Germans. January 1946 the Forces of Evil Strike Back! Against all odds Germans and Soviets landed in northern America. Soviets came from the west trough Alaska and invaded western Canada while Germany landed on eastern Canada. From there, the 2 Super Powers are preparing their USA campaign. The Luftwaffe is ready to deploy all his high-tech weapons: The V-1, V-2, Me-262 and their new stealth aircraft while the Wehrmacht is going to send King Tigers, Sturm Tigers and Maus to the conquest of the east coast. The Reds rely on their mass production to conquer the west coast: hoards of IS-3, ISU-152, T-34(85) and Kats supported by IL-2. To defend the west coast the USA have an impressive number of aircraft ( P-47, P-51 Mustangs) and a decent ground force with divisions of Pershings and Shermans Easy-eight to protect what they think could make a difference in this war: the nuke! East coast armies are more ground forces oriented with American units including T28 ad Tortoises supported by British divisions (Fireflys), plus the RAF aircrafts. This is not a challenge with lot of scripts...this is not an infantry war in a WW1 style...This is simply the biggest WW2 battle that never happend with most of the top weapons of this era....A heavy weight fight and a last stand for Democraty against the power of Facism, Nazism and Communism....

Old Hickory, it won't be long till the map will be release....of its not available next week end i'll send you the map and we give it a try ;)

- Logan about the I-16 :lol: (deserve a spot in the next funny comments part III)

This map (the basic model is from Pivac) should be available in the patch for the mismatch fix. 4 versions of this map: 1 mission (Pivac) and 3 challenges versions (summer, winter and Deutsch version) :) The I-16 made by Korona will be available on the challenge maps

-Phoib Wow! :o - Ironduke57 Wow! :o - Logan Hartke Wow! :o Well, if all these cool units are added in, this could mean this challenge would look definitely more like a 1946 challenge and less like a 1945 one! ;)

Poland september 1939....done! - Sovietsteel I'm looking ahead for sometthing like a trilogy covering 3 important parts of the WW2 in Europe: WW2 begins (1939-40 era with french tanks and Maginot line turett 75% completed)....Battle of Britain.....and Barbarossa (completed).

-Psi Aaaaaabsolutely not! And to be honest i prefer historical challenges...but people voted for this type of challenge on a previous poll.....that's it :P