mess-hall

[nova pivot]

What

[wind shore]

He was born in Kharkov

[pine ember]

Kharkov city center map

[wind shore]

And Kharkov ❤️

[pine ember]

August 1943

[nova pivot]

Jajaj no

[pine ember]

Sadly

[nova pivot]

Small ink

[wind shore]

Some new features

[pine ember]

When new US map?

[wind shore]

On that map

[nova pivot]

Never

[pine ember]

Hopefully we get another one

[wind shore]

You are master of ignoring Jo Nathan

[nova pivot]

No

[analog apex]

yo guys, how long till the announcement? 23 minutes?

[wind shore]

Yes

[nova pivot]

Ye

[analog apex]

thx guys 🙂

[nova pivot]

😘

[pine ember]

why am I a master of ignoring?

[wind shore]

You ignoring DM

[pine ember]

I dont answer DM anymore

[wind shore]

Why?

[nova pivot]

Why

[pine ember]

I have no time

And its better here

[finite berry]

to save his sanity

[nova pivot]

Bro you only need 3 minutes

[nova pivot]

Real as flop

[finite berry]

https://tenor.com/view/floppa-big-floppa-lil-floppa-flop-floppa-flop-gif-22883844

[wind shore]

Floppik

[empty steppe]

Come at me bro

[wind shore]

⏰ ringing

I’ve put it until 20 minutes

[pine ember]

Plot twist its Berlin

[nova pivot]

🥺

Game is done

[pine ember]

Everything ends at some point

[wind shore]

In 1943 was no battle in Berlin, it was before and in 1945 sadly

Better if was no battle there

[pine ember]

Maybe they were trolling?

Why sadly? Why would it be better if there was no battle?

[wind shore]

Yes, better if it ended in the borders out of Austria and Germany

Just sign a peace deal

[pine ember]

That wasnt possible

[wind shore]

They not trolling with such those serious things

[pine ember]

We dont know, maybe they were trolling

[wind shore]

Do you think is it possible to joke and make fans to waiting for months just to say it was a joke

[pine ember]

That already happened

[wind shore]

When?

They weren’t trolling

[pine ember]

When they released the trailer, when we were supposed to get certain things,...

[wind shore]

So you can feel free to DM me if you can’t say it here

[finite berry]

All roads lead to Kedo's DMs

[pine ember]

I dont see why I shouldnt be able to say that here

[wind shore]

Say

[pine ember]

I dont get what you mean

I already said what I wanted to say

[wind shore]

Which certain things

[pine ember]

Finland, Poland, objective gamemode, countless things on the kickstarter and roadmaps,...

[wind shore]

7 minutes guys

[cosmic heron]

It's 100% Kursk

[pine ember]

In the city itself there wasnt any combat during Unternehmen Zitadelle

[fluid pawn]

https://tenor.com/view/timer-5minute-timer-gif-14679731

[nova pivot]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaa

a counter im so flopping hyped

[fluid pawn]

flop away young floppa

[nova pivot]

lol

counter dsnt counts

[oak current]

its a gif

[nova pivot]

😭

[cosmic heron]

Fake counter

Ahhhh

[oak current]

of course it doesnt count anything 😄

[nova pivot]

betrayal

[fluid pawn]

I do a bit of trolling every now and then

[nova pivot]

🥺

[fluid pawn]

Just a silly lil AI guy

[cosmic heron]

Ben is just a silly guy

He's a silly goose

[nova pivot]

ey respect my man

[wind shore]

3 minutes

[fluid pawn]

https://tenor.com/view/goose-honk-inhale-inhales-untitled-gif-16237480

[wind shore]

SCREAM IF now you are waiting for Telegrams 1️⃣

[nova pivot]

https://tenor.com/view/flopper-floppa-caracal-cute-meme-gif-19462508

[fluid pawn]

^pretty much my job

[oak current]

come on Ben, post the map dev brief thingy. People gotta know about the new map, the Battle of Liinakhamari

[nova pivot]

yes...is that one...

[fluid pawn]

It's the battle for the moon base @oak current. We all know this

[analog apex]

T -2

[oak current]

imagine if we had moon base money for HLL

[wind shore]

2 minutes

[analog apex]

T -1

[wind shore]

1

[nova pivot]

1

[wind shore]

1

[nova pivot]

1

[pine ember]

OMG ITS BERLIN!!!!!!

[nova pivot]

1

[wind shore]

Let’s go!!!

[analog apex]

Launch! 🔥

[nova pivot]

0

[wind shore]

Ragebyte

[analog apex]

good one 😄

[nova pivot]

0

[pine ember]

BERLIN!!!!

[nova pivot]

0

[pine ember]

BERLIN!!!!

[nova pivot]

beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen

[analog apex]

Benito, push the buttons!

[oak current]

Alright

[cyan saddle]

Chat can we get a W in the chat for Kedo

[analog apex]

Smolensk, no way! 😄

[oak current]

VV

[analog apex]

who could have guessed? xD

[vivid temple]

SMOLENSKKKK

[cedar ore]

is it loading for anyone? mines stuck on loading screen

[analog apex]

U18 in early October... that leaves U19 for... December.

[vivid temple]

no november

[analog apex]

no room for U20 in November

they would have to be superfast

speed is not one of the HLL devs' virtue

more like... U18 announced for early October, but could be November too 😄

[vivid temple]

they litteraly stated in their dev brief that U19 will come in November.

[pine ember]

It will arrive in November

[nova pivot]

they cooked

[analog apex]

in this devBrief?

[vivid temple]

yehhh

[pine ember]

Lets wait for the tac map

[fluid pawn]

U18 october, U19 november

Finishing 2025 with a bang

[vivid temple]

yes

[fluid pawn]

yessir

[vivid temple]

Y'all really turned the tables around in comparison with 2023

[analog apex]

right I missed the part.

[novel geyser]

smolensk gonna be a better stalingrad map than stalingrad

[analog apex]

Still... I wouldn't hold them to it 😄

[fluid pawn]

I will don't worry friend

[pine ember]

No, I dont think so

It will be good for sure, but not as Stalingrady as Stalingrad

[novel geyser]

stalingrad is a lot of open areas, not quite the cqc house to house fighting you tend to hear about the battle

[analog apex]

If the devs would stick to the timetable, the rest of November/December could leave them room for U19's hotfixes. Or for an U20 without one.

[novel geyser]

but anyways whats the next map after smolensk

[nova pivot]

juno

[novel geyser]

probably

[analog apex]

hmmmm... maybe Juno beach?

you wrote it first heh

[proven canopy]

Give us Berlin fr

[pine ember]

That is what Stalingrad was too. The problem with Stalingrad in urban fighting were more the large buildings

[heady escarp]

Seelow Hills

[novel geyser]

weird choice I think
Gold or Sword would be better since yknow, its actually the britsh and not canadians

[fluid pawn]

I haven't spoken with them, however December I imagine would be an U19 hotfix, then a Christmas break before we're back in with 2026 content in the new year

That's just me guessing however

My word ain't gospel ahah

[vivid temple]

banger content in 2026?

[analog apex]

yeah that would make sense in my eyes too 👍

[heady escarp]

HLL Vietnam

[pine ember]

Can we get Cherkassy as a 2026 map?👀

[vivid temple]

HLL OG i meant

[proven canopy]

🤢🤢

[heady escarp]

Ohh alright

[heady escarp]

HLL Vietnam is about to be fire

[analog apex]

Now a question... when PTE for U19 😏 . Late October at earliest.

[lucid tusk]

God I do hope the next map is juno, it's gonna suck seeing polish paratroopers on it though

[nova pivot]

#base-camp get out of here

[pine ember]

We need more British maps

[proven canopy]

Prolly not, we will see. Pretty much every map going to be like mortain with people just sitting in bushes or the brush and it’ll be horribly unbalanced. Helicopters vs no helicopters lol

[pine ember]

Atleast 6 in total each for GB/USSR

[novel geyser]

Juno will be neat but Ik they're gonna make the canadians a DLC

[vivid temple]

yes, which one are you thinking of?

[pine ember]

They will also feature urban/field maps,...

[heady escarp]

Nah, they will give the Vietnamese OP anti air craft stuff. They will balance things out

Didn't Vietnamese had planes too? Although old ones

[proven canopy]

Guess we will see. I also just love OG HLL and think Vietnam will sadly kill the game which sucks

[novel geyser]

I doubt HLLV will be as good as RS2 which is why im salty about it mainly lol

[lucid tusk]

Which doesn't bother me, we used basically the exact same kit and equipment as the brits, it's just gonna bug me seeing sten mk Vs and British/Polish Paras on the boats

[pine ember]

My personal favourites for the Soviets are Cherkassy and then maybe Berlin or another 1942 map. For the Brits I would like another desert map or maybe Arnheim or Ortona

[analog apex]

I don't want to sound ungrateful, but... weren't there supposed to be more Smolensk pictures in this devBrief?

[vivid temple]

i have a feeling they will give us Berlin as a finale towards the end of 2026. That would be epic

[novel geyser]

canadians did have slightly different uniforms, more green and had a lot MK3 helmets which im scared they're also gonna make part of the DLC even tho brits had them too.
Desperate need for subfactions

[pine ember]

Yea, but before that another rural eastern front map would be cool too

[vivid temple]

yeh

[analog apex]

the devs are making it worse with each new "faction" DLC. More and more no way back.

I guess there will be no subfactions ever.

[novel geyser]

yep biggest blunder was making the british and polish airborne DLC for driel

[lucid tusk]

Not to mention variants of the mkiii, helmet scrim, net only, all that. I just dread seeing a polish jump smock with a canadian mkiii

[heady escarp]

Nah.. HLL Vietnam will get new players to the franchise I believe!

[analog apex]

Many peeps are not interested in franchise, but in WWII. Vietnam will not deliver them anything.

[pine ember]

But also scare old ones away

[proven canopy]

HLL Vietnam will have a ton of players I’m saying it’ll kill the WW2 game

[heady escarp]

Uff, agreed. But I also would love Seelow Hills battle

[novel geyser]

yep, I would love Juno and canadians to get their rep, but I think Gold and sword need to be done first to straighten out the mess that is the british rn

[vivid temple]

yesssss

[covert elbow]

Man, this would have been a perfect opportunity for a Eastern front sub faction and a Soviet rebalance with the new map

[analog apex]

my nightmare

[novel geyser]

eigth army was a step in the right direction, we just need airborne troops and regular army troops to be distinct now

[wind shore]

Hell let Loose

Smolensk has been announced into the game!

Thank you to all developers, environment artists, 3D artists for such hard work on this map.
I’ve done HLL map suggestion and I have seen this city, it’s the hardest architecture style which requires very skilled designers to create the map like this! Would guarantee the best experience we have never seen before in shooters and Hell let Loose.

I very appreciate Hell let Loose Developers for their work on that map! It’s incredible and Invaluable contribution into the game and community!

It’s a lot of respect for their work on that map!

This map deserves to be the best in game industry and shooter games.

Big thanks to Team 17, Expression games, Carl Rutter, 3D artists, environment artist and all guys who is working on Smolensk map!
Thank you for everything you doing for us, as the community. It’s the big effort! Developers is listening to the community and they always pay attention to the game development!

@fluid pawn

[novel geyser]

holy moly

[wind shore]

[worthy charm]

Oh god

[pine ember]

He's the real slim shady

[fluid pawn]

This one is just the announce. I'll be dropping another brief post U18 release with a load more infomation and images 😄

[proven canopy]

Same. I think what needs to be done is kinda have Vietnam be added to OG HLL somehow. (I know it won’t), but the ability to be able to play ww2 and Vietnam in the same game via server browser or like map rotation would be way better. Ensuring that it doesn’t kill off the old game but giving the option to play both without having to give one up

[wind shore]

Huge thanks!!!!!! Again! I’ve seen this city and it’s a big amount of WORK! Developers now is doing incredibly well job!!!!

[analog apex]

yep, I read it .... the in-game footage. But still... I expected more imagery here. 🙂

[novel geyser]

@fluid pawn I hope there is some consideration for more subfactions atleast for the future, as I said yesterday I would be a huge improvement on the game 👀

[analog apex]

or a tacMap

I have, but I am talking about this one.

[pine ember]

I already asked him - and sadly there are no plans rn

[novel geyser]

ik theres no plans but hoping there is some consideration

[pine ember]

I hope that too

[lucid tusk]

Change "allies" to "British airborne", create a generic British paratrooper skin for it. Create a "commonwealth faction" that has a mix of British/canadian infantry and Polish armor. Ditch the sten mk v in favor of the mk ii. Boom, new sub faction

[analog apex]

if the Smolensk tacMap was included, it would make up for the lack of images just to keep it interesting

...imo.

[novel geyser]

yeah potentially
I still think the "allies" name for the brits its more of a mistake rather than intentional lol since thats what the US were called before the soviets were added

[covert elbow]

They’ve already released the basic paratrooper skin in a DLC though. They backed themselves into a corner with if

[fluid pawn]

As you have seen, I'm looking to get more regular with comms for both games. This means instead of one massive 'War & Peace' style blog with the info once every few months, it will be on a more regular basis with more content but in shorter pieces 🙂

[carmine pilot]

Can’t wait to crash on that map like the last 3

[covert elbow]

Unless they just make the DLC free

[analog apex]

in any case, we have a map confirmation we have been waiting for, I guess I will have to chew it through 😄

[wind shore]

Associate game director Carl Rutter and the level designer and also all the team who is working right now on Smolensk map! 🫡🫡🫡

[worthy charm]

oh god

[analog apex]

So thanks Ben 🙂 .

[worthy charm]

Its getting worse

[pine ember]

Lets wait, the map looks good by the description, a bit like a more urban Kharkov

[lucid tusk]

Slight updates to red devils, maybe make it dirtier, more war torn? I'm just spitballing here my dude

[novel geyser]

I've made many suggestions on the subject and I wont stop plugging them where I can
https://discord.com/channels/316459644476456962/1259663892565458944
https://discord.com/channels/316459644476456962/1230914931839467643
https://discord.com/channels/316459644476456962/1362489849239699526

[silk igloo]

remagen (and PHL) filtered people so hard that we'll get fordable major rivers into eternity

[pine ember]

We get one with the new map

[novel geyser]

I've made mockups of what they could do with red devils in one of my suggestions, literally more worn veteran look and face paint stuff like that
could do the same with polish paras

[worthy charm]

Thats amazing honestly, finally a city map besides carentan. (Stalingrad doesnt count)

[pine ember]

Stalingrad is an urban map too though

[covert elbow]

Ehhhhhh

[pine ember]

And actually a pretty good replication of the real Stalingrad in that area

[novel geyser]

Urban in setting but gameplay wise its basically an open field

[covert elbow]

With how many of the houses are destroyed it’s basicly a hedgerow map

[novel geyser]

with a few buildings scattered around

[carmine pilot]

Sme

[worthy charm]

Stalingrad is more a huge ruin in my opinion

[pine ember]

Thats how Stalingrad in that area was

[worthy charm]

2/3 of the maps are fields?

[covert elbow]

If they had more interwoven intact buildings then it’d be urban

[pine ember]

The city was bombarded night and day before the Germans advanced in it, so yes, its a ruin

[covert elbow]

Hedgerow map

[lucid tusk]

Honestly I'd keep the polish paras as is, i actually think they look fine, distinct enough from the British paras imo

[carmine pilot]

2/3 of all maps tbh

[fluid pawn]

There's always consideration however new factions are a massive undertaking from a development standpoint I believe, as it's not just adding in a new name for a force but the creation of all of the new assets which is not an insignificant undertaking as I'm sure you're aware. Ultimately this is the ramblings of the CM with no dev input however this is just my thoughts is all

[novel geyser]

yeah I wouldnt complain its just driel was fought over by polish paras so really they should be the main guys on htat map

[fluid pawn]

TacMap will be included in the next one. As we're still a few months out however it wasn't ready for public release is all 🙂

[molten sail]

🦅 another map that is not going to be played 🦅

[worthy charm]

I dont count it as an urban map if 99% of the houses are destroyed. Its just not the same as with real urban maps.

[carmine pilot]

I mean if you want to prove a point I guess. Not like Carentan is like that in the four corner grid squares

[covert elbow]

Correct

[pine ember]

Fair

[lucid tusk]

Isn't the driel area portrayed in the map not where the polish were or do I have it backwards?

[novel geyser]

very aware but there are certainly subfactions that can be added using mostly existing game assets such as US, German and British airborne, the "allies" faction as it is basically is a british airborne faction in loadouts, just not in their visuals

[fluid pawn]

I can confirm that it isn't 99% destroyed

[worthy charm]

Still more than SME, but yeah its not a full map. Still the chances you actually play in the city are way bigger than on SME.

SME only has like 2 caps in the city

Even tobruk got more.

[covert elbow]

We’re not asking for a new faction though, we’re asking for Sub factions which would be much easier as it would be using all the old assets, weapons, some uniforms, etc along with a couple of new additions. But mainly reusing old content but revamped in a way that’s new and balanced as the current balance for Germany Vs. Soviets/ Brits is very wack

[novel geyser]

pretty sure its where the poles were
they were fighting over a bridge that flanked arnhem I think. if you want to get really picky there shouldnt be any tanks, XXX corp never made it as far as arnhem and they would have never crossed paths with the poles at driel regardless if im correct

[carmine pilot]

Yeah but sand

[worthy charm]

I like sand

[past vortex]

so maybe tanks wont be broken for that long after all ?

[worthy charm]

I dont like sandstorms 😄

[carmine pilot]

https://tenor.com/view/king-of-the-hill-dale-gribble-pocket-sand-pocket-sand-gif-3699662

[silk igloo]

I hope it wont be a maze like the new additions to SME and Carentan. I dont think that opening new tunnels for the rats benefits the game any, since just one opening lets only one enemy player to destroy all your spawns.

[fluid pawn]

https://tenor.com/view/anakin-star-wars-padme-gif-5048790

[covert elbow]

Also rhe fact that the bridge was blown up 2 weeks prior to market garden so the fact it’s intact is a mistake

[covert elbow]

Plus for the investors it opens up a ton of more unique and fitting cosmetics that can be sold without ruining the immersion of the other fronts

[novel geyser]

in terms of Eastern front germany it would just be restricting some of the uniforms currently available, removing the STG44, G43 and Panzerschrek along with some tanks.
In terms of essential new assets, A g41 and Panzerbuche would pretty much be best which can be also given to DAK, and replace the grenades with m24s which are already in the game
Its work of course and at most a few new assets for weapons but most sub-factions that I think are needed already have the assets they would need

[worthy charm]

More Free DLCs you say?

I would take them.

[lucid tusk]

The fact loadouts/vehicles are tied to factions and not maps really hurt this game long term

[novel geyser]

US airborne would pretty much just need m1a1 carbines to replace the m1s and fallschirmjager have all they need

[covert elbow]

Y’know whole your here Ben, please ask the devs to fix the G43’s reload to take stripper clips instead of the magazine.
It’s weird that it reloads that way considering soldiers were issued 2 magazines incase one broke. Instead using stripper clips to reload normally

[novel geyser]

this too yeah
loadouts being map dependant rather than faction dependant would be best
but subfactions are a decent way of doing it

[silk igloo]

Well you only got gammon bombs on Driel, so it's both

[covert elbow]

BM’s planning was genuinely atrocious

The fact they never updated or finished basic gameplay mechanics has ruined us

6 years for a tank “overhaul” is just sad

[covert elbow]

That’s because the British in Europe are only on one map lmao

[lucid tusk]

"We're looking at an Eastern Front German faction" -Max (also AA guns for some stupid reason)

[covert elbow]

Literal kickstarter goal that just never materialized

Instead we got a million same looking maps, weird loadouts, and innaccurte/ strange looking uniforms

[worthy charm]

AA guns for some stupid reason
So real ngl

[covert elbow]

It’s like HLL’s MO at this point. So close to greatness yet so far

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-rogue-one-krennic-this-c-lose-gif-10935154

[novel geyser]

if the future of HLL truly is bright and not talking about its new game, real changes beyond number value changes have to be made and subfactions I think would be the best start

[covert elbow]

But let’s be real, that’s not in the cards

Most devs got brought to develop Vietnam and no were left with the skeleton crew. It’s just going to be more numbers changes like the medic and tank “rework” with the same content churn we’re getting

[pine ember]

Dont remind me of that 😢

[covert elbow]

“Ending the year with a bang” my a**

[pine ember]

Ouch

Next year Berlin

[covert elbow]

Nah we’ll probably her Juno

[lime jacinth]

be nice if they could fix the trophies on playstation for level progression

[covert elbow]

New maps I’m not worried about. We’ll be getting 2 a year for sure. It’s everything else I’m
Worried about

[empty steppe]

Has kedo lost his mind yet?

[lucid tusk]

What scares me is that if the leaked tac map is anything to go by, they chose the most boring "safe" section of the beach for it

[worthy charm]

Yet?

[empty steppe]

Sorry *more

[pine ember]

Well he got the map he wanted

[wind shore]

<@&365680483276816385> please don’t lock Smolensk thread. I meant when it comes into PTE to share photos here

[covert elbow]

Sadly no

[worthy charm]

But it already dont mate

[wind shore]

Or pls unlock it if it would be needed, maybe about some battles etc

[worthy charm]

but okkkkkkk

[covert elbow]

How so?

[empty steppe]

I think it’s funny how every map has been leaked like a month or two before lol

[oak current]

the leaked tacmap that makes 0 sense point wise?

[worthy charm]

There is a beach?

[oak current]

as in technically not possible? yeah that one scared me as well

gotta love having multiple hardcaps in the same sector

[novel geyser]

has any new map not been leaked yet lol

[carmine pilot]

New meta

[novel geyser]

maybe mortian

[covert elbow]

No Mortain got leaked

[novel geyser]

lol

[night lark]

Where is the leaked tax map?

[azure heath]

They might’ve rotated it 90 degrees

[covert elbow]

At this point the devs have been willingly leaving the maps in the game just to gauge interest and build hype lmao

[empty steppe]

Yes, we knew about Tobruk, and Smolensk about a month before

[worthy charm]

In our hearts

[covert elbow]

@worthy charm Can I get a unique role?

[azure heath]

can we post it now?

[novel geyser]

yeah I mean any T17 map that WASNT leaked before release

[empty steppe]

Oh wait I read that wrong mb celdis 😭

[finite berry]

Okay, so did I miss anything interesting

[worthy charm]

For what?
You cant get Master Complainer that one is reserved for Sam

[lucid tusk]

It's west of courseulle sur mer, avoids the built up coastal towns and is basically all empty farm fields, no sea wall, just farm fields. Utah 2.0

[worthy charm]

What would it be even xD?

[finite berry]

What role can I get

[covert elbow]

Idk like a master historian role

[novel geyser]

mortain was leaked, people figured out elsenborne before it was announced, tobruk and smolensk leaked and so has Juno if that is still being worked on lol

[covert elbow]

Or “I’m just here for the free coffee”

[worthy charm]

You can get a ban

[azure heath]

El Al and Driel

[finite berry]

Okay, but I asked for a role

[novel geyser]

Those are maps by black matter

[azure heath]

Yeah

I don’t believe elsenborn was leaked

[worthy charm]

https://tenor.com/view/rtl-richter-ulrich-wetzel-gericht-gerichtsshow-gif-2726504765502069913

[finite berry]

Too late

[pine ember]

It was

[novel geyser]

It was kinda I dont remember the specifics, people knew it was a snow map and that it was US vs Germany

[finite berry]

gib role

[novel geyser]

so people figured it was a battle of the bulge map and it was

[covert elbow]

Elsenborne was leaked quite a bit before

[pine ember]

Richter Holt richtet mit Col...

[azure heath]

We never got the tac map.. that’s what we’re talking about right

[empty steppe]

No

[finite berry]

Okay

Thanks :D

So back to flop?

https://tenor.com/view/floppa-big-floppa-lil-floppa-flop-floppa-flop-gif-22883844

[worthy charm]

No floppa

no no no

[covert elbow]

https://tenor.com/view/small-floppa-big-floppa-lynx-sound-of-poggers-big-chungus-gif-20022861

[empty steppe]

Honestly I’d kill for a Soviet forest map 😭

[finite berry]

https://tenor.com/view/diagnosis-issue-flop-flop-floppa-bingus-gif-22901732

[empty steppe]

Those sections on Kursk are bangers

[pine ember]

This man here has some culture as well

[sturdy quarry]

also "leaked" hll:v trailer

[pine ember]

Cherkassy could solve that

[worthy charm]

https://tenor.com/view/ew-brotha-gif-9546601117073941825

[covert elbow]

Said it before but they should have just made varied and unique US maps and then moved onto the Soviets full force to also give them the same love

Imagine having like 6 Soviet maps rn

[azure heath]

Yes

[worthy charm]

https://tenor.com/view/i-prefer-my-opinion-to-yours-chernobyl-hbo-opinion-gif-27342955

[covert elbow]

Oh lmao

[azure heath]

But GBR first

[covert elbow]

Can’t believe that happened

[empty steppe]

Hush, I want a good inbetween 🤫

[dusty bolt]

So we're shoving two updates back to back just to get it out, then its all HLLV after that babyyyyyy

[pine ember]

We had varied and unique US maps in 2021

[finite berry]

https://tenor.com/view/snape-harry-potter-you-dare-use-my-own-spells-against-me-potter-severus-snape-gif-16590981

[azure heath]

HLL V leak was something

@fluid pawn was it u?

[worthy charm]

https://tenor.com/view/uno-reverse-king-chris-gif-7732750089922629936

[azure heath]

HLL V leak was 100% an inside job

[novel geyser]

nah just general leak

[finite berry]

Who is General Leak?

[lucid tusk]

All vietnam losers should go back to their containment chat, this is for ww2 chads only

[worthy charm]

I think we can be sure he wouldnt do that.

[novel geyser]

T17 better hire a plumber with the ammount of leaks they get

[azure heath]

y’never know

[fluid pawn]

Thinking that a member of the press either messed up or someone managed to scrape the link as it was unlisted and wasn't made public until release

Wasn't T17

(I almost had a breakdown when it happened ahah)

[empty steppe]

Invaded Berlin for the Soviets

[covert elbow]

Oh no that’s right! It got posted to YouTube as just unlisted or normally, then y’all changed it to private

[fluid pawn]

You should have seen me on calls panicking ahah

[azure heath]

I kept it very demure as to not ruin the reveal.

[covert elbow]

I remember now

[worthy charm]

And then the coffee ran out. Double Breakdown

[covert elbow]

Still want my role Willy

I’ll buy you a month of nitro

[fluid pawn]

Was unlisted, someone got the link. I then got it private however was 11 minutes too late and copies had been made

[azure heath]

I blame the press

[finite berry]

So do I

I won't buy you Nitro, but I still want it :)

[worthy charm]

Eh? You want to bribe me?
And you go that cheap?

[azure heath]

IGN for sure

[worthy charm]

I got standards

[covert elbow]

Always blame the media I say. I still think Vietnam is a deep fake deep state conspiracy using fake news to trick us

[finite berry]

https://tenor.com/view/cope-harder-duck-gif-23654131

[covert elbow]

I’m going that cheap because i know that’s all i need

[worthy charm]

https://tenor.com/view/squad44-post-scriptum-ww2-squad-gif-18392816148734745238

[azure heath]

Who’s your IGN contact? I have a word to say.

[finite berry]

The entire playerbase in action 🔥

[fluid pawn]

No, I'm pretty sure Vietnam is a real place. You can go on holiday there and everything

[finite berry]

(I'm the guy in the wheelchair)

[novel geyser]

you say that but thats the sprint speed in HLL

[azure heath]

Vietnam is very nice.

[covert elbow]

Fake news!

[worthy charm]

Holy how fast are the tanks then?

[fluid pawn]

Nah Vietnam is real. Australia however....

[novel geyser]

stationary

[sturdy quarry]

australians confirmed not in HLL:V

[pine ember]

@fluid pawn What do you estimate, when will be a PTE for Smolensk?

[wind shore]

Ben, huge thanks to you! @oak current Thanks to you Altberg! You’ve added this in thread

[fluid pawn]

After Update 18, before Update 19

[worthy charm]

I love that one

I really do

[pine ember]

Sounds like mid to end october

[novel geyser]

Kedo will be thanking T17 for smolensk for the remainder of the games life cycle

[worthy charm]

So until HLLV releases? :}

xD

-# /s

[novel geyser]

💔

[oak current]

The only thing people should thank me for, is the addition of and as emotes on this server.

[novel geyser]

dont break my heart Willes

[oak current]

best emotes

[novel geyser]

💔

[worthy charm]

objectively the best emote

[oak current]

[worthy charm]

When external Emote perms for mods tho?

[worthy charm]

Its not easy for me either

[covert elbow]

Oh btw Ben, are the SPA’s reusing the old BM assets or are these completely new ones

[oak current]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/462409534401413144/1415361650151784648/YeetBerg1.gif?ex=68c2edc1&is=68c19c41&hm=6927a263c945129c822fb5b144ea0f60ae71036f3c9ef4ff51da4dbacac1d4b6&

get emoted Willes

[pine ember]

I think I spotted a Sherman 105mm

[worthy charm]

I saved that one. Whoever made this gif its great

[covert elbow]

Yea but that’s not an SPA

[lucid tusk]

Mans thinks he'll get an answer

[pine ember]

New map will be ideal environment for the StG

[covert elbow]

That’s just a beefed up Sherman

[pine ember]

I think that doesnt matter to them

[empty steppe]

Welcome to the American tank line of ww2

[novel geyser]

given that T17 seem to like remaking certain assets when they could have just reused existing ones they're probably new models

[oak current]

theres a few out that people made over time

anyways, back to HLL

[empty steppe]

You want a Sherman? Or a Sherman but bigger?

Or a Sherman but smaller?

[covert elbow]

I mean… yea…

[silk igloo]

throw the altberg into a hole in the ice

[novel geyser]

just an m1 please, it will look great with my m1 and my m1

[empty steppe]

Blow up the altberg with panzerfaust

[oak current]

SPAs...will be interesting to see the opinions of hte masses

[covert elbow]

The Sherman wasn’t an SPA. They had a different model tank for that

[oak current]

Oi!

[fluid pawn]

https://tenor.com/view/fired-office-michael-scott-the-gif-22021313

[empty steppe]

Oh nooo, Willes got fired

[worthy charm]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[fluid pawn]

I am not sure sorry!

[azure heath]

yay

[lucid tusk]

I don't think we're getting an M7 priest buddy, i think they're just gonna stick with the big boy 105 sherman

Which should not be doing indirect fire lmao

[past vortex]

@fluid pawn when will you remove the anti-QOL

scoreboard

[worthy charm]

The KIA 10s after death maybe?

[past vortex]

spawn screen

[fluid pawn]

anti-quality of life?

[past vortex]

map availability

[fluid pawn]

I think my brain is fried (its the end of the day)
what? ahha

[past vortex]

yea the UI
all the stuff tyhats really incredibly bad and nags every game

[fluid pawn]

Thanks Robo haha

[empty steppe]

Hell let loose ui in a nut shell 😂

[past vortex]

that too, but its not even the worst

[empty steppe]

Ui for Vietnam better be updated 😭😭😭

And if firemodes ain’t there

[past vortex]

so there are no plans?

[novel geyser]

with all the assault rifles there BETTER be firemodes in HLL:V lol

[past vortex]

ofc there will be
you can fire and not-fire

[empty steppe]

It would be so dumb without them. Like in any real combat situation full auto isn’t even used (besides very rare cases but it’s not doctrine)

[silk igloo]

I think they would be slowly working on the UI and untangling it, then dropping it suddenly like all the shiny little things in 17.1, since "UI fix" isn't marketable material

[past vortex]

thats probably on purpose :}

lol the dynamic duo of misunderstanding

dan and ben

[novel geyser]

yeah no clue what you mean by anti-QOL

you mean when will the UI get QOL improvements?

[fluid pawn]

I think he's just saying he wants UI improved? Not sure what exact part you mean without you being more clear Huk

[lucid tusk]

Are you asking pro gamers to be coherent?

[past vortex]

i have summed it up in more detail some times already
but everyoe who actually plays the game should know what i mean

[silk igloo]

It'd be nice if we could instantly tell if a squadlead is solo or a full squad, if the captimer didn't bug out, if squads on the scoreboard were sorted better, if we could manage our squad while alive, all sorts of little UI things

[past vortex]

lets start with the scoreboard
its sorted by squad creating time instead of squad name
so yo have to search every time
its also centered on a random player
not on yourself

[wind shore]

Ben, is it the latest addition? In dev brief, what does it means?

In dev blog, like is it end?

[fluid pawn]

I think this seems right.

I don't have an answer for you on this I'm afraid without asking the devs specifically. That said I know the team are always working to improve the game and that includes UI. Whether theres a specific UI update however I'm not sure sorry huk

[fluid pawn]

What?

[wind shore]

We are excited to announce Smolensk, the newest map coming to Hell Let Loose in Update 19. This is will be our latest addition to the Eastern Front, taking players to Western Russia along the Dnieper River.

Some guys just translated it like “last”

[novel geyser]

We know you're singlehandedly developing the game ben and there is actually no one else working on it other than you no need to be humble 😉

[wind shore]

Our latest addition, they translated it like last. Latest means recently?

[fluid pawn]

Latest means most recent. Not last

[oak current]

Latest means the most recent

people translated wrong

[past vortex]

the spawn screen
the ops of other squads that you cant interact with
they block other things and you have to zoom
also when not in squad its greyed out and you cant see what squad you would want to join

[fluid pawn]

I can only do so much this is true

[wind shore]

Thanks, I’ll say them to change it

[lucid tusk]

Ben make the game better, hurry up already

[wind shore]

Thanks

[worthy charm]

Altberg, the best english teacher this side of the rhein.

xD

[oak current]

Rheingehaun

[past vortex]

the map isnt available in some situations
thats bad, there is no reason for that

[oak current]

HA

[silk igloo]

you need to convince some dev to come here so we can abuse him, all in the name of community cohesion

i miss jambax.

[worthy charm]

The puns 😆

oh god

[lucid tusk]

This but unironically, I'd love to be able to chat with a dev outside of curated Q&As (minus the abuse part)

[past vortex]

also: i already told you :}

[fluid pawn]

You were asking for me?

[past vortex]

when qol

:D

[fluid pawn]

https://tenor.com/view/sombrero-simpsons-the-simpsons-bart-simpsons-hat-just-got-home-gif-16969004

[cyan saddle]

where's the CM?

Did he leave?

[silk igloo]

ben is gone, he was a cheeky bastard innit

[past vortex]

ik
but really those are so simple things that make the game experiance so bad
nothing is outright game breaking but its EVERY game
it really makes the game less enjoyable

[dusty bolt]

He quit

[nova pivot]

I'm not surprised

Ben was a nice dude

[worthy charm]

We lost ben

[analog apex]

I see you got promoted Ben 😉

[worthy charm]

Can we ask Wombat to come back now?

[oak current]

I am totally still here

beep boop AI stuff

[nova pivot]

I mean yes

[past vortex]

i mean Cm, dev its basically the same
both use AI

[silk igloo]

https://tenor.com/view/spider-man-we-one-gif-18212100

[oak current]

[nova pivot]

Ben

[oak current]

HI Sparta

Its your boy Benny B!

does gestures

[lucid tusk]

Announce Canadians (I'm bringing it back)

[nova pivot]

Ben do you have any information about the Pacific update?

[oak current]

!counter

[nova pivot]

Or about the Finnish

Which one is coming first?

[oak current]

Pacific comes when the moon part is done

[nova pivot]

Oooo

[oak current]

The Finnish are finnished, but we wont release them, we love to play with them and none of you can play them!

[lucid tusk]

When is the cobra unit from metal gear solid 3 being added?

[oak current]

monday

[nova pivot]

I want a pink German helmet

Yes

The dab please

[oak current]

we already have the best emotes available and

[nova pivot]

I want one for stopping a taxi

[fluid pawn]

I understand that, however from a dev standpoint something that makes it less enjoyable will come second to something gamebreaking.
That's not to say that they aren't working on both however as I'm sure that the team is aware of what needs to be fixed 🙂

[oak current]

As the CM, I hope everyone is doing well

oh shit, its old man Ben

oh look, Altberg is back

[nova pivot]

Who is altberg?

[silk igloo]

hold up, altberg can use naughty words

[fluid pawn]

Who is this Ben you're refering too. You can clearly see that I'm a different person

[nova pivot]

Yes

[past vortex]

spas not being available wasnt gamebreaking at all tho :}
PLEASE those are so simeple things that would make it so much better

[oak current]

the guy who cackles like a maniac, when others play not perfectly

[nova pivot]

Looks legit

And french

[oak current]

...I shall save this image and use it in future when we mention Ben in Videos

[fluid pawn]

Oui oui un croissant por favor

(I don't do languages good)

[lucid tusk]

Early war France confirmed

[nova pivot]

Por favor is Spanish 😭😭😭

[dusty bolt]

@distant fog

[nova pivot]

Don't mix my beautiful language with french 😭😭😭

[wind shore]

🇫🇷

[gentle lintel]

Please communicate in English

https://tenor.com/view/rules-gif-26758125

[nova pivot]

🤢

[fluid pawn]

Damn... no wonder I failed my high school French and Spanish...

[wind shore]

French!!!! 🇫🇷

[novel geyser]

zomg dev in chat add pacific

[nova pivot]

If I were you I would ban this guy

[fluid pawn]

Very valid

[nova pivot]

He is not following the rules

[fluid pawn]

He should be removed

[nova pivot]

You

Follow the server rules

Don't use french

[novel geyser]

🇫🇷

[nova pivot]

Enough joking

[fluid pawn]

I removed him

[nova pivot]

Take the french things out of my sight please

[lucid tusk]

Pourquois pas? Ca c'est pas très gentille

[gentle lintel]

Announce Canadians

[nova pivot]

I think there is a communication problem right now

[lucid tusk]

Announce canadians

[gentle lintel]

Canadiens

[silk igloo]

i miss that guy too

[lucid tusk]

No quebecers (I'm quebecois i can say that)

[gentle lintel]

Sorry no politics here pls

[fluid pawn]

Sounds like the CM needs to go to bed and start again tomorrow...

[nova pivot]

They got Ben back

[dusty bolt]

So whats U18 again?

[nova pivot]

🥺😭

[dusty bolt]

Whats in that update?

[fluid pawn]

https://tenor.com/view/bedtime-time-for-bed-bed-time-sleep-bed-gif-9180722324244777448

[nova pivot]

Stalingrad

[fluid pawn]

U18 stalingrad and armor reworks
U19 smolensk and spas

[dusty bolt]

Ah yes

[lucid tusk]

He was working on a great looking mod for BFV before they updated the anti cheat and ended modding, wonder what he's up to now

[cosmic pilot]

Shows up for 5min
"I need to go to bed"
Bruh what did you do with the rest of your day

Moderate reddit?

[dusty bolt]

Thanks

[silk igloo]

I didnt even know that BFV had modding. And they ended it? You'll just give me hopeful information and then crush it in one sentence?

[fluid pawn]

As Community Manager I've got to in all places at once. Plus I got to create the content for you all to enjoy 🥲

[gleaming nymph]

Won't the armor rework be revised? I think it's really not good to test the performance of armor rework now.

[cosmic pilot]

But a monitor for each "community area"

[fluid pawn]

Will share more info in the changelog in a few weeks

[silk igloo]

why cant all the redditors just take screencaps from here

[fluid pawn]

It woudl make my life so much easier can't lie

Ahah

[lucid rapids]

he's employed so no

[lucid tusk]

Yep, they removed all the dumb specialists, changed almost every set to an authentic hand crafted uniform, it was really great while it lasted. Only downside was there wasn't any factions so you'd have western front wehrmacht in north africa and US Marines in NW Europe (or army paratroopers in the pacific, you had to choose what skins you wanted). They had figured out how to do map specific factions when they got gutted by the anti cheat update. They were even making slight environmental changes to some maps, removing the Dutch signs and replacing them with French for devastation of Rotterdam and renaming it Caen, and replacing the US C47s in operations with the German ones for the German team

[worthy charm]

Im unemployed and dont moderate reddit either. :}

[past vortex]

thats what a reddit mod would say

https://tenor.com/view/discord-mod-discord-fedora-mod-splarticus-gif-4038671862371751342

[worthy charm]

:}

[wind shore]

It’s 1943)

So guys your thoughts of Smolensk

[pine ember]

The StG was first used in 1943

[wind shore]

Huge thanks to everybody who DMed me!

[past vortex]

wut

[wind shore]

Would it be any video about it, Das? @oak current

Oh SEE!

https://youtu.be/WWLF3p2zh34?si=Ahea-CRiKaHbXM6p

Hooray! 🥳

[azure heath]

yay

i love berg

[pastel igloo]

No?

I think stg were issued to 1and 93 infantry division

In 1944 firstly

[grizzled kiln]

[pastel igloo]

Actually I was expecting maps of 1944 summer battles like bagaration

And right bank of Ukraine

Sauce?

[wind shore]

@worthy charm can you please remove the cool-down for a sec for me

[covert elbow]

The 105 isn’t an SPA though…

[wind shore]

I’ve added message but it hasn’t been sent and I’ve got cool-down

[covert elbow]

That’s just a 76 Sherman but for closer range and focused on bunker busting

[azure heath]

So I’ve been looking at the leaked map and comparing it to the analysis that our boi Ben made.

Isn’t the river horizontally across the map and not vertical.

Horizontal is -- and vertical is |.

The industry is still in the north and the rural still in the south.

[silk igloo]

self-propelled direct-fire artillery

or just an SPG

we're arguing about words again

[cosmic pilot]

It's spg, Ben misspoke

Or did he 🤔

[wind shore]

https://youtu.be/WWLF3p2zh34?si=VJKM3-EswQlkqDjC
Huge thanks for DasAltberg who added Smolensk in his first video when Q&A was dropped!
@oak current

https://youtu.be/CkqC5h6B9TQ?si=fwFIHtPfiS8VCN62 - Fresh Baked Goods

https://youtu.be/avxX9m-gn40?si=eoCquE3C4NJHVoSK

IronHeart gaming @latent coyote

And thanks to @worthy charm @warped patrol @halcyon rivet @vivid temple who were actively helping me to post photos in this thread!

[pastel igloo]

Btw

[silk igloo]

what do we know of sherman 105s, what if they came with their own fire solution gadgets

[pine ember]

In 1943

[pastel igloo]

Has pps43 been added?

[vivid temple]

A pleasure kedo

[pine ember]

Bagration is 1944

[pastel igloo]

And ppd-40

[novel geyser]

nope

[pine ember]

No, why? We already have the PPSh which is more accurate in Most roles

[azure heath]

ppd won’t get added

[novel geyser]

PPS43 would be a nice addition

for variety sake if anything
also would make more sense for tank crews

[pine ember]

For Tank Crews Yes

[pastel igloo]

meanwhile yankee have that shotgun

Which never used in Europe

[pine ember]

They shouldn’t have that

[pastel igloo]

[azure heath]

i used it in europe

[novel geyser]

There is one photo of the shotgun in europe, my assumption it would have been used by MPs and rear echelon guys, not so much on the frontline

that being said I've only seen one photo of the shotgun being used in europe I think it was battle of the bulge

[pastel igloo]

Has soviet got their own Flamethrower back?

[novel geyser]

nope

[pastel igloo]

[novel geyser]

there hasnt been any new guns added since the overhaul of the british

[pastel igloo]

I don’t see the reason of giving Soviet Molotov rather than their own flamethrower

[novel geyser]

BMs lack of proper research

I mean just look at the british weapons when they first dropped

[azure heath]

never had

they just need that roks and that would rock

I like molotovs, but flamethrowers would be cool too

[novel geyser]

molotovs really need a buff in game, throw range is pathetic and should do chip damage to tanks

[azure heath]

engines and tracks

[frozen dragon]

Tried using artillery the other night and its pretty fun but I have accidentally killed a few people on my side 😂

[novel geyser]

yeah dont fire it near friendlies

[azure heath]

it happens to the best of us

not me

but i’m better than the best

[frozen dragon]

Yeah .... the other people told me how they felt after 🤣

[fervent dagger]

Can’t wait until spa’s cause about 30 team kills per game lol

[finite berry]

Can't wait for SPAs to get one-shotted without achieving anything because they are fragile glass cannons

[azure heath]

Yeah, I can see this happen with the unskilled players

[past vortex]

they should be very easy to satchel :}

[fervent dagger]

Guess it depends on their range and armour. Based on the spas we know about, it’s probably going to be around medium level if I had to guess.

[brisk ruin]

next map berlin ?

[oak current]

no

[finite berry]

Please no

Having B*rlin in reality is already bad enough, don't need it as well in HLL

[minor peak]

bro whatever happened to Finnish forces

[thin lotus]

The four Fins who still play hll decided they didn’t want it anymore

The devs obliged

[minor peak]

damn. best of luck to the four Finnish guys. hope they play on good servers

[novel geyser]

finnish was canned thats old news

[pine ember]

True

[wind shore]

You asked today for Berlin 🥸

Bipolar depression

A few hours ago 😳

[pine ember]

It’s a love hate relationship

[wind shore]

City of Smolensk coming

[candid mason]

Instead of asking for more new maps and things why not ask to improve existing stuff.

[past vortex]

but why is it smol
why dont we get big ensk

[finite berry]

Nah, not for me

I just hate B*rlin

https://tenor.com/view/mujikcboro-seriymujik-gif-24361533

[past vortex]

i did today (to the cm) and they dont even seem to consider it

[pine ember]

I lived in Berlin

[candid mason]

I would like to see action done on the cheaters in the game.

[past vortex]

they outsourced that to the community and its a non-issue

unless you play on the wrong servers :}

[finite berry]

My condolences

[finite berry]

Will never happen on official servers

[candid mason]

what are the wrong servers?

[pine ember]

I had no Problems there

[finite berry]

Official servers

[pine ember]

But I lived in Lichterfelde, Not in Friedrichshain

[finite berry]

I'm mainly just memeing and sh itposting, but yeah, I really dislike Berlin, haha

[pine ember]

I know XD

[worthy charm]

Friedrichshain metioned, the whole chat should be purged now

[finite berry]

Best part about Berlin is the airport because it's the fastest way to leave that sh ithole

[proven canopy]

Anyone know when update 18 drops

[worthy charm]

October

No exact date known yet

[proven canopy]

Gotcha

[wind shore]

So PTE is on October

[wind shore]

Earlier October dates unknown

[worthy charm]

And before you ask U19 with Smolensk it in November

[proven canopy]

I usually miss all their streams and stuff are they adding new uniforms with 18?

[wind shore]

Is Smolensk was announced?

[wind shore]

How do you know that next map is Smolensk

[proven canopy]

That was announced

[wind shore]

Oh really!

[proven canopy]

It’s in here somewhere in one of the channels

[worthy charm]

Stop trolling kedo you little

[wind shore]

Was it suggested?

[finite berry]

Kedo, can you please act like a normal person for once

[wind shore]

Thanks, I can’t find it! The map thread can you send me a link to this please

I couldn’t find anything

[finite berry]

https://tenor.com/view/bull-shit-bullshit-airplane-gif-5879467

[wind shore]

Squad 44 seen those map and also asking for the eastern front)

[pine ember]

The new map is good but it’s Not the 8th Wonder of the world

[wind shore]

What?

[past vortex]

its smol

why dont we get big ensk

[nova pivot]

Looks better than the Stalingrad rework

[nova pivot]

Because we already have big floppa

[pine ember]

It is nice but Not everything on this world is about a HLL map

[pine ember]

It definetely Looks good

But it won’t Beat stalingrad for me

[ocean sage]

Is Smolesnk going to based on the 1st or 2nd battle?

[wind shore]

1943

2nd battle

[mellow gulch]

why can i only see 28 servers on pc, yes i have crossplay on and yes no filters on

[finite berry]

28 servers is very good, what do you mean

[mellow gulch]

cant see the hll official ones, cant se the BSB server, or 82ad server or any of those

[covert elbow]

Argument still stands. I thought they were adding mobile artillery, not bigger gunned tanks

[wind shore]

It is Mobile arty 105

Floppik what do you think? @nova pivot

@covert elbow what do you think of Smolensk? Have you seen the suggestion? And would you like to play Eastern front now?

[slate canopy]

Is this Steam or another service?

[mellow gulch]

yea its on steam

[slate canopy]

Odd since usually 400+ load.

[mellow gulch]

yea this problem started like a couple of moths ago maybe half a year ago

[mellow gulch]

every time we go play comp i have to join through the friends tab in steam overlay since i cant find the server the game is on

[slate canopy]

You sure you have no filters on?

[mellow gulch]

yea compleatly have reset them

[past vortex]

did you get banned on community :}

(joking, you would still see the servers)

[mellow gulch]

nope not that kind of guy

[slate canopy]

You suuuure? 🙃 /s

[mellow gulch]

not compleatly

[slate canopy]

That's how mine shows (Steam as well)

[mellow gulch]

i boot it up to show

28 servers and non filters on

[wind shore]

TehPolarBearr have you seen Smol map

What do you think about smol

Hope dev blog would be next week or soon

[silk coral]

https://www.instagram.com/p/DObQ2_zjDte/?hl=en

hellletlooseofficial

🗺️ We're heading to Smolensk!
📰 Find out more about the next map coming in November as part of Update 19 in our recent Dev Brief #208.

📆 Also, get ready for Update 18, dropping early-October featuring a refreshed Stalingrad, reworked armor and more!

https://www.hellletloose.com/blog/dev-brief-208-smolensk/

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Instagram

here's the instagram post about it

[wind shore]

Thanks!

[wind shore]

https://discord.com/channels/316459644476456962/1343025977319751741 I think I’ve found discord suggestion about it

[finite berry]

Kedo becoming impatient because no one linked him his own suggestion

[oak current]

who?

[slate canopy]

Better for offtopic, but we really shouldn't get into that sort of conversation considering the stances on some of his stuff being controversial. May he RIP.

[oak current]

probably something for #off-topic-mess-hall

ah, no wonder I dont know

anyways - HLL!

[wind shore]

So anyways it’s not for this discord it’s not news platform

[wind shore]

Yeah! I’ve watched your video

I like how you described Smolensk

Those photos are cute amazing

It would be major battle and urban which were never done in video games

Would you guys playing PTE?

[pine ember]

Kedo, we get you are excited but you dont have to play the innocent

[wind shore]

I don’t think it should be linked

[wind shore]

What?

[pine ember]

You don’t have to Act like you dont know why the map happened

[tulip pebble]

Alr cool thx brotien shake

[wind shore]

Wdym

[tulip pebble]

Yeah idk what hes on abt either

[pine ember]

This here

Just so unnecessary

[wind shore]

I’m joking

[pine ember]

It’s Not funny at all

[wind shore]

🆗

[pine ember]

We get a new map, that’s funny enough

[wind shore]

Do you know that it’s railway station on the photo

And one of the photos - building near “Pyatnitskiy Viaduct”

[pine ember]

No

[wind shore]

It was tram rails there and bridge across the railway

[slate canopy]

To answer your question, not much as I can say since it's renders and not actual game. I look forward to it tho.

[wind shore]

https://pastvu.com/p/307054

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1254925361096163359/1415455370100605119/IMG_9874.gif

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1152891668014575657/1415455962260701224/IMG_9875.gif

[wind shore]

This

Second photo is a bit further

It’s “Fridays viaduct”

[slate canopy]

Cool cool. (I know nothing about this battle or any history related to it.)

[wind shore]

And first photo it’s train station

[wind shore]

Zoom the second photo please

You see small pipes on the top of the building?

[slate canopy]

okay?

[finite berry]

Kedo, if it isn't clear already, she doesn't care

[wind shore]

It’s this place but further

[finite berry]

No one really does

[wind shore]

I’ve guessed where this photo is located

Cause I know map

Ruins - 3rd photo - it’s downtown

[pine ember]

Most people don’t

[slate canopy]

I mean, I do care, but I am mostly just excited it's a new map 😅

As for the specific, doesn't matter as much to me.

[pine ember]

Most people just want to have a good map and dont care too much about the history

[wind shore]

If you move from the square to the right - you will see the second picture

And viaduct

[pine ember]

Especially not These Detail,

[wind shore]

Here was this tall building

[nova pivot]

Is cool to see the real life equivalent

[slate canopy]

My dad is the history/social studies guy, not me. I prefer science. 🙂

[wind shore]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1152891668014575657/1415457258451501318/IMG_9876.gif

This is the building in the middle

And house in front of it - it’s this 3rd floor house in the center

Tram station is on the other side of the river

There were tram rails built in 19 century

And at all town was built in European architecture

[nova pivot]

I can't wait to empty the ppsh drum after drum in those Streets

[wind shore]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wow-waoh-meme-anime-gif-14406095107499344944

[pine ember]

Yea, European architecture in (almost) Europe, surprising

[wind shore]

I imagine flamethrower guys

[nova pivot]

😭

[wind shore]

Which is throwing flames from the corner of the street

[drowsy quail]

Hi: question:
Does this happen to anyone else?
Every single time, first attempt to load/join game ends in no connection to host type message. Then on second load to anywhere loads in okay.

Can I fix it?

[wind shore]

What’s going on with technical issues

[drowsy quail]

Yeah just happened again.

Every first load always like that

100% fail.

Now second load into any server will work.

[past vortex]

game on ssd?

[drowsy quail]

no. have SSD but game on 7200 rpm HDD

[slate canopy]

Should have it on SSD

[unkempt verge]

Maybe it's a corrupted game file or asset

Try uninstalling and reinstalling

[slate canopy]

Doesn't matter how good the HDD is, it doesn't load the assets quick enough like an SSD.

It sometimes works fine but less likely to have issues with the SSD

[drowsy quail]

it ran 100% fine except the 100% fail to load first attempt

heads up i just played first game after like 6 months....and crazy stuttering. constant the whole game every 15 seconds or so

never had this problem, and havent changed anything

[unkempt verge]

What's your ram looking like?

It sounds like a cache loading issue

[drowsy quail]

Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor (16 CPUs), ~4.2GHz
Memory: 32768MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 31900MB RAM
Page File: 15812MB used, 18134MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 12

Card name: AMD Radeon RX 6800

Display Memory: 32260 MB
Dedicated Memory: 16311 MB
Shared Memory: 15949 MB

[unkempt verge]

16GB or 32GB of ram?

"16 CPUs" lol

[drowsy quail]

from dxdiag

[past vortex]

HDDs get slower with time (filling up and/or fragmentation)
that it works on 2nd try might be cache

[drowsy quail]

ok. what about stuttering?

thats new

[unkempt verge]

Well, you're definitely not bottlenecked with your GPU or CPU

[past vortex]

yea specs look fine except hdd

[unkempt verge]

I think my artifacting issue comes from my monitor

[drowsy quail]

ram is corsair cmk32gx5m2b6000c30

[unkempt verge]

hhh

making me copy and paste

oh lmao

[drowsy quail]

2x16gb

checking display drivers right now

[past vortex]

wait why do you have 16GiB page file usage with 32GiB ram
something seems to eat your ram

[unkempt verge]

Did you get the correct ram that's compatible with your motherboard?

[drowsy quail]

yeah i checked it all thoroughly

[past vortex]

check taskmanager what uses much ram

[drowsy quail]

and i dont know why my page file is that

[unkempt verge]

How did you check all of that btw? I'm curious. I'm still trying to figure out the artifacting/anti aliasing issue my display has when I play games and use other tabs

[unkempt verge]

this

[drowsy quail]

type dxdiag

[unkempt verge]

where?

[drowsy quail]

in the prompt runner in windows

[unkempt verge]

cool beans

[drowsy quail]

then save all information button

saves the output as txt file

[drowsy quail]

nothing using ram rly

chrome steam discord all combined 2.4GB roughly

rest all low amounts

[past vortex]

and how much free

[unkempt verge]

So it's most likely my monitor then

Nothing is wrong with my system

[drowsy quail]

31% used

[past vortex]

ok strange

[drowsy quail]

why strange?

did windows auto set a high amount for page file?

[past vortex]

1-2 GB page file is normal

the size doesnt matter its the usage

[drowsy quail]

is it just using a large amount of HD space for the page file?

photoshop asked for more HD to use when memory ran out on C drive

not sure how it worded it

[past vortex]

yea windows resizes it when needed

[drowsy quail]

i picked all 3 drives

[past vortex]

but you have it USED

[drowsy quail]

not sure if that changed it

oh snap.

Page File: 15812MB used, 18134MB available
...........i see now

thanks for spotting

[unkempt verge]

15925MB used of 22334MB for my page file

[past vortex]

what are you all paging :}

[drowsy quail]

maybe it is just used from previous session and it's just loaded in there?

[unkempt verge]

idk what you mean by paging

I have a few things open rn

[past vortex]

when ram gets shaort windows swaps mem content to disk into the pagefile

[drowsy quail]

i have only chrome, steam, discord open

[unkempt verge]

My system is higher specced than his as well

[unkempt verge]

I have plenty of ram

[drowsy quail]

maybe it just keeps the page space allocated as used even when u stop using it until it refreshes it at some point

or changes its use by using it for something else

[unkempt verge]

I'm now diving into what page filing does and seeing if I can do something about it

[drowsy quail]

im trying to update all amd stuff (adrenaline and drivers)

[past vortex]

from taskmanger, perf tab, bottom
what does it show for used,available and commited

[drowsy quail]

updating drivers. hope that clears up stuttering

[unkempt verge]

In use (compressed) 11.3GB Available: 19.2GB Committed: 15.9/37.4GB

[past vortex]

ok thats normal

[unkempt verge]

Already ran memory tester prev

Still think it's the display when it comes to artifacting swtiching to browsers or other applications while running a game

[past vortex]

any overlays active?

[unkempt verge]

7900x with a 9070 XT

[unkempt verge]

Not sure what that means

I'm going to assume no. I just run a game and a browser for music

[past vortex]

an overlay that show stuff in game
like an fps info for example

steam has one and gpu drivers do

[unkempt verge]

Oh! I turn that on sometimes from the adrenaline software

Just to see my game performance

[past vortex]

you could try disabling it

[unkempt verge]

I usually have it off

[past vortex]

it sometimes makes problems

[unkempt verge]

The overlay isn't the problem

Ah I found a picture with an example of what my computer display likes to do

Mind if I send it to your pms?

[drowsy quail]

updated drivers etc

going to have to wait for next time to see if it fixed the stuttering

thanks for looking out!good night!

[winter rover]

Wow, forgot this game even existed

[azure heath]

🪤

[inner spindle]

Just came back to this game and forgot how much I loved it!!!

[tulip pebble]

Deep breaths… deep breaths…

[wind shore]

So fat in urban plan map is coming 🔥 Smolensk

[wind shore]

Ben, are we going to see the next map dev briefs with screenshots next week?

[pine ember]

Next month

[wind shore]

Dev briefs before the PTE

PTE next month

[pine ember]

Yes, but new info for Smolensk will arrive next month

[wind shore]

Devs in Smolensk thread 👁️ 👀

[azure heath]

Wdym?