Eastern Front Patch 1.800

Hello Eastern Front fans,

It has a while since we posted an announcement, but now we bring some good news: the new version [IP address redacted] has been released!

What does this patch contain? As you might remember, Company of Heroes' servers from Quazal were shut down in May 7th and Steamworks was integrated on it in order to ensure the multiplayer component remains functional, pushing a new patch within, the version 2.700; this new version made incompatible custom factions with our current set up and also made the Strawman(recrew) bug appear once more.

Now, you might wonder why we delayed so much to fix it, and the answer is just because we were(and still are) busy with our University commitments and other real life issues and just a couple of days ago Cope was able to fix it. This means two things, first one is that Eastern Front is now compatible with the "new released" version on Steam and no longer works with the retail version.

We do no longer support the retail version because we only support the official version, and having different versions of Eastern Front would lead to confusion and would split the community into playing different versions of Eastern Front, something which we are against. Apologizes for any inconvenience related to this decision.

If you are interested in reading the changelog of the new patch, you can check here. If you don't know how to switch your retail CoH into Steam, Relic explains it.

Props to Cope for fixing the strawman bug once more :D!

Since we haven't shown anything new for a while, I'll post a couple of screenshots:


This vehicle is going to replace the Observer Team in the patch 2.0.0.0.

We felt than Soviets needed a light vehicle to fight against enemy snipers properly, we thought about the BA-64, but at the end we preferred this new unit. It used to have a DP-28 in the rear, however ours is equipped with the Maxim 1910 HMG.

Credits to DMz and Beefy^ for the development and set up of this unit.


you might wonder what would be happening to the Observer Team... is it going to disappear? And the answer is no.

The Observer Team(left) will be put as reward unit for the Gaz 43 so, in case your strategy works better with the former, feel free to swap it.

Also, in this image we can see an old friend coming back... the Sniper Team(right) will replace the regular Sniper, and this time he comes to stay. As we become more experienced, we were able to fix the balance issues that this unit got in the past, we have been working on it several months ago, and it was included in the beta since the beginning IIRC. So far there is no issue with it so you can expect to use it on Eastern Front [IP address redacted] that will be released in the future ;).

You can download the update with the EF launcher.

Thanks for downloading and continue to enjoy,

Eastern Front Development Team

Last edited May 20, 2013 at 5:10 AM by blackbishop

This is just sad , the mod no longer support retail version. But one question, if i still download/update the mod as usual but by retail version, will i able to play it?
Also, where can i get the patch without using the EF launcher ?

Last edited May 16, 2013 at 7:06 AM by minhvn

what is sad about not supporting the retail version? the retail version will soon be offline due to server changes on Relic's side.. so the whole game is moving on to the steam server/version?

although, thanks for the patch, and the great mod :D

Fatalflasback wrote:
what is sad about not supporting the retail version? the retail version will soon be offline due to server changes on Relic's side.. so the whole game is moving on to the steam server/version?

although, thanks for the patch, and the great mod :D

The servers are already down since 7th May. You have to use the Steam version in order to play online. However the retail version can still be started by using a CD (and then play over Tunngle or Hamachi).

Where can I download this update?

http://www.easternfront.org/?p=download

Thank you!

Thank you gentlemen for making this great mod playable on steam.

The only issue I've found so far is the IS3 call-in doesn't appear to be working.

Sorry if this was the wrong section to mention this issue.

Best regards,

Ob.

So erm, why Maxim instead of DP on GPA? Just wondering.

Because it looks cooler :).

Anyway, our model has the option to use the DP instead of the Maxim, supposing we should change it. But then again, it looks better with the Maxim XD.

Good day and where to download the new patch update [IP address redacted]

Dmitriy wrote:
Good day and where to download the new patch update [IP address redacted]

Just "check for update" in your launcher, may take a min for the patch to start downloading. Or from either link here

Rikard

Last edited May 19, 2013 at 12:01 PM by Rikard Blixt

okay then

QuoteIf you are interesting in reading the changelog of the new patch, you can check here. If you don't know how to switch your retail CoH into Steam, Relic explains it.

That should be "interested".
I mean it doesn't have to be but I figure if you want it looking official. well yah

Great job, as always.

Jeeeez... some updates..... ALELUIA! - I thought you guys are dead...



hehe... just joking... :D great job once again fellas!

Hey, what's going on I can't call in an IS-3

You probably haven't patched to 1.801 ;).

still no Ostheer...
when Company of Heroes 2 comes out i will forget about this mod :) gl

PitbullTerr0r wrote:
still no Ostheer...
when Company of Heroes 2 comes out i will forget about this mod :) gl

Brains don't work like that

PitbullTerr0r wrote:
still no Ostheer...
when Company of Heroes 2 comes out i will forget about this mod :) gl

Enjoy your bad game :)

PitbullTerr0r wrote:
still no Ostheer...
when Company of Heroes 2 comes out i will forget about this mod :) gl

Enjoy your self propelled battering rams.. er i mean T34's

I prefer our portrayal of the soviets over that of COH2

PitbullTerr0r wrote:
still no Ostheer...
when Company of Heroes 2 comes out i will forget about this mod :) gl

I would say if Ostheer comes out you can forget about CoH2 :P

I nearly already forgot about both :P. But I still rarely play EF mod now.

PitbullTerr0r wrote:
still no Ostheer...
when Company of Heroes 2 comes out i will forget about this mod :) gl

Just played open beta - forget it, CoH 1 and EF mod are way better!

CoH 2 has nice graphics if your computer can handle it. But I had a hard time even finding my units.

And the bastards took the Tiger away. Instead you get a ton of CoH:O-like useless features to unlock and equally useless DLC. And don't get me started on the illegible and space-wasting UI.

I'm happy to wait for the Ostheer  :D

The wait will be worth it^^

CoH2 is JUST to make money...Ostheer and EF is for quality and to have a good game.
Forgett CoH2...no change vs EF.

Lol, everyone team up on the CoH2 Lover!

Generally what happens when somebody voices an unpopular opinion. I think Onions should be banished from existence.

Burro wrote:
Generally what happens when somebody voices an unpopular opinion. I think Onions should be banished from existence.

Go away

After a long time i dug out my COH Anthology DVD and installed it. and right after that the Eastern Front Mod. I realised that the Relic server is down, and i have to have the "New Steam Version" to play multiplayer.
-now i have COH 2.700
-EF 1.801

I can play COH without a problem, EF starts too, but if after the map has loaded the game crashes. I sent several report to relic, but i guess it wont solve the problem. Anone else has the same issue?
What log should i look at / send you?

Thanks

@EFKv10
Double check you have installed EF in the new CoH directory, otherwise you should uninstall EF and reinstall in the correct path. It crashes after loading a map because it is loading the 2.602 version and not the 2.700.

Zhank you for the quick reply!
I have two folders
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Company of Heroes <- this is set
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Company of Heroes <- i think i should set this

One noob question how to uninstall EF?
I cant find it. Control Panel-> Programs-> Uninstal Program i can see the COH ToV and OF on the list, but EF is not there. (Blitzkrieg is on the list too). Is there any uninstall file i should look for? Or it should be on the list, just somezhing went wrong?

EFkv10 wrote:
Zhank you for the quick reply!
I have two folders
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Company of Heroes <- this is set
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Company of Heroes <- i think i should set this

I really can't see the difference (if any) between the two folders.

The correct one should be (note the Relaunch at the end)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Company of Heroes Relaunch

Quote
One noob question how to uninstall EF?
I cant find it. Control Panel-> Programs-> Uninstal Program i can see the COH ToV and OF on the list, but EF is not there. (Blitzkrieg is on the list too). Is there any uninstall file i should look for? Or it should be on the list, just somezhing went wrong?

Look for "uninstall.exe" in the folder you installed EF in. This will uninstall EF.