RELEASE: "Battle of the Bulge" - v 3.5 "Unternehmen Nordwind"

[Halftrack]

afaik its not possible anyway.. or without huge amounts of work.

...but I cant understand whats so difficult about extracting a rar archive to a
folder and then starting a program ???

[Teleon]

If you need help to figure out how to install it. PM me. I'll get on aim one of these nights and walk you through it. It is very easy! You need COH OF 2.301 installed.

[Panzer_Jager]

what about the army and base question

[BazzBrother]

I miss the grenade assault, where grenadiers toss 4-more grenades and then close in.

why must grenades be bought for american units?

I had the americans call in ait strikes on units within the fog of war. I even went back and replayed the game form their point of view, whats up?

[sgtdude1110]

Yea i have no idea how to play this mod, i put all the files into my CoH main, start the BOTBmod application, watch the movie then vanilla CoH starts up.

[Teleon]

Oh man! I had the very same problem when I first installed mine. All I did was extract all of the files onto a folder on my desktop. I then selected all of the files that need to be in my COH main folder. I then copied and pasted them into my COH main folder; overwriting the old files.

I then opened the MOD with the BOTB.exe NOT the one with the video. The one with the video still opens my regular COH game. Try this first. If it does not work for you I will return you PM.

[Panzer_Jager]

what about the army/ base question

[SUPERCHEEKYKIWI]

hey peeps
havin trouble running the mod, i think i have everything in the right place (forgive my rudimentary description i am technologically inept), anyway i start the battleofthebulge with the icon and get through the intro video but it then loads to normal coh, can anyone help and take the time to walk me through this?
thank you very much im lookin forward to playin it

[Teleon]

Open BOTB with the white BOTB icon that says: BOTB.exe
Do not open the game with the introduction video. I said in my post above that it opens up the regular game.

If I could post a screeshot.... I would.

[Halftrack]

well, normally the Battle of the Bulge.exe works, but if it doesnt,
you could start it via BotBMod.exe But the Battle of the Bulge.exe
is just starting the movie and when its finished, it start the BotBMod.exe anyway.


-IF anything is in the right folders. This here seem, that the BotBMod.dll or the BotB.module files may be missing. Please doublecheck.
ALL the files from the rar have to be extracted into your CoH root folder.

@Panzer_Jager: Dont know what you mean. Buildings stay the same for the mod, like
in CoH. You just have to choose a doctrine before being able to build more than barracks.

[Monkey Soldier]

How can I add a new map to the mod? I tried putting the .sga file into the my documents etc etc map. But it didn't worked at all. I used the .exe file btw.

[Celution]

@Monkey Soldier
You can't play .sag maps with the mod because it is in -dev mode. What you can do, is putting other maps (not .sga versions) in the BotB/WW2/scenarios/mp/ so you can play them

[BattleCleric]

Thanks for the great mod. I love the tech tree's and the adjustments to balance. The maps are awesome. BotB is the most fun I've had in CoH yet. Also great intro film.

[BazzBrother]

There some spelling errors in the intro though

*edit* also, what if officers and/or recon squads have the ability to "scan the field", a power that allows them to use binoculars to reveal an area covered in the shadow.

This ability can be limited in rage, but can have just enough reach to be useful, such as: spotting targets on a specific road for 88s and arty, thus allowing them to put their range to good use, since they do have weak armor.

[Panzer_Jager]

i mean the panzer elite are gone but i see their units in screenshots so the whermact get some of their units and also do u use whermact base buildings??

[SUPERCHEEKYKIWI]

thanks for the help halftrack and teleon but i have tried what you said and nothing seems to work i have a feeling im doing something wrong. on that note i have noticed that the botb icon does not have .exe in its title but i do have BotbMod.dll if that helps ill list them in this order Battle of the Bulge (with icon of german soldier), Battle of the bulge US ( with american soldier icon), Blink ( with Blink icon), Botb (i tried to open this and it asked me what i should open this with so i clicked reliccoh was this a bad move?), Botbmanual(pdf file which works), BotbIC2 ( with veterans icon), BotBMod ( no icon), BotBMod ( weird icon with books i think it might be winrar icon), BotBMod.dll (no icon) then it just continues with coh root folder CohOF etc i hope this helps and if u can resolve it then you are a smarter than me ( not hard lol)

[knife-=108=-]

Does the German pioneer can not repaire any vehicles ?

[Halftrack]

Panzer_Jager:

Well, basically, this Mod isnt really CoH/OF. Panzer Elite isnt gone for the mod, it didnt ever exist.
BotB did use most of the "PE" Stuff back in 1.71. It tries to reflect the Wehrmachts
and US Divisions equipment of the Ardennes Offensive and so is based on Wehrmacht and US only.So of course all buildings of them are in, but with more units to build,
even depending on the doctrine tree u choose.

@SUPERCHEEKYKIWI

oh, I see. I normally have file extensions always showed, so it is easier to judge what
a kind of file I see. But sure, then I can understand you problem a little better.
Lets try to locate that...

But first of all:
It continues with CoH root folder?? You are sure ?? This should mean, that
you didnt extract to the right place... it has to be IN your CoH root folder, not
anywhere else. Be sure its in the same folder as your RelicCoH executive.

Second and most important: You dont seem to have the BotB Folder extracted.
By clickuing at BotBMod ( no icon ) the Mod should load up , if not, something
is not in place.

@knife: No, they cant. Neither cant US engineers.
Either you build repair stations, or specialized Repair teams.
( or call them in for the German 5th Panzerarmy )

[knife-=108=-]

the pioneer of 7th army can not repaire any vehicles.

bug ?

[Celution]

No pioneers can't repair tanks and other vehicle's anymore. If you want to have your tanks repaired, choose the repair guy's from the tech tree (forgot their name), or build repair bunkers.

[knife-=108=-]

jawohl

[cslkelvin]

I move a few damage tanks next to a repair station, but i can't choose which tank to repair first?

[Teleon]

I move a few damage tanks next to a repair station, but i can't choose which tank to repair first?

No, you cannot choose which of the tanks get repaired first. What you can do however is, send one tank back to get repaired at a time. Send the one you really want repaired first, send the next tank in second once repairs start on the first.

I know this is a bit of micromanagement. However, I like the fact that I don’t have to tell my pioneers to repair my vehicles anymore. nor consume manpower doing so as now I can just send my damaged armor to the rear for repairs and reserve.

[knife-=108=-]

Halftrack;

can u remove the repair logo from tool bar of the German pioneer and US engineer who can not repair anything?

[tskross]

They can still repair buildings...

[knife-=108=-]

[Teleon]

So... what is new? I've been away with moving into my new place.

[raizan]

Finally, this looks awesome!

[BazzBrother]

are you done with the mod its been awfully quiet in here

[sturmmacht]

I've been playing the beta of the mod, and I am really impressed. Outstanding mod, or more of a total conversion. I like the factions/command trees and units. I really like the maps I've played (only the 2-player ones so far).

The skins and new units are really good looking. Looking forward to doing some comp-stomp in the future with some buddies...(hoping the sync error is sorted out).

Keep up the great work!

[tskross]

Well while you wait for the next version to come out you can check out the new website here:
BotB official Website
and there is a link to the BotB forum there where you can find out more about the next release and some (not all!) of the changes.
I've been play-testing, and let me tell you...its going to be fantastic!

[ghostrider]

Would this mod work with v2.300?, dont feel like updating to v2.301 until i find a FREE trainer/or cave in and pay CH for it.

[BazzBrother]

Why do you need the trainer? its no fun that way, thanks to cheats I never got the real hang of online Age of Empires -.-

[Panzer Jager]

There's also BuckyBoy's cheat mod.

But this is going off topic.

[usmc123]

yes ghostrider it does work with 2.3

[Flufd]

I just had a play on this mod, and I really enjoyed it. Tho, the axis enemy did just stand about on some maps.

[torenico]

If you install this, this will affect your game? i mean, i can still playing vCOH?

[Panzer Jager]

If you install this, this will affect your game? i mean, i can still playing vCOH?

If you install this, it will not at all modify the original game files.
You will still be able to play stock CoH.

[torenico]

Cool, thanks!

[Panzer_Jager]

Thanks alot Halftrack you fully answered my question and yeah im a history nerd i know the PE never existed the whermact is the German Army PERIOD. i just need to figure out how to get this installed I pm'ed that one guy but no help there?

[torenico]

There are 2 Panzer Jagers =O

DL this now!

[Panzer Jager]

Yes.
Panzer_Jager is one of our players, and I'm on the mod team.

[RasmusFynbo]

Hi
Just downloaded the mod and tried Manhay (against US Expert). For some reason the AI gets huge manpower bonuses (x4 on expert, which reminds me of the AI mod), but never move the troops around - it deposits it in huge blobs , which make nice and easy targets for artillery... but it is rather boring..
Anyhow, it is a nice mod and great to encounter large number of US tanks..

One thing.. what is the use of the Opel Blitz? I assumes that the cooldown times for nearby artillery would be lower (since the description says that it is used for transporting shells), but it doesn't seems to be so...

Regards

[Halftrack]

we had AI troubles on some of the maps, which have been eliminated for the upcoming new version.

The use of opel blitz/ deuce is to have a cheap troop transport.

[palm]

New version seems amazing HT! I especially look forward to the new tank combat.

[RasmusFynbo]

Thanks for the reply.. i'll just try some other maps in the meantime...
Another thing, tho... I was playing Wehr and I can't seem to heal my troops any longer, neither can I repair my Flak88 - not even when there's a repair bunker nearby...
is there any way to heal troops and repair at-guns and flaks?
/Rasmus

[BattleCleric]

I had some funny AI too playing Wehr, the Allies let me take the entire map and then decided it was time to counter attack. It was a little late...

Great Mod, when is the next version expected?

[Halftrack]

the next version is in internal quality check, it MAY be released by the end of this week, if we dont find anything really buggy

Troops are healed automatically in the vicinity of a medic bunker/triage center.

[SIG21_Surgeon]

I can imagine how busy you are Halftrack but I've sended a pm to you. May be you can have a look at it.

[BazzBrother]

wait, so the higher the difficulty, the more manpower the enemy gets? well that explains alot >.<. Also, are american trenches weaker? they keep getting destroyed, and i see that German trenches can withstand just about everything.