In the morning of December 16th,1944 German Forces launched a surprise attack in the dense Ardennes Forest in Belgium and Luxemburg. Allied High command is hastily rushing re-enforcements to the area, to counter the surprise attack and prevent them from crossing Meuse river. Can you stop the elite of the German panzerdivisions, or vice versa,lead them to victory? Find out. Features include but are in no way limited to: -The new Automatic Territory Capture system (thanks to AnyGameX) No more flagpoles simply capture territory by having more men in it than your opponent. -Fuel and ammo consumption -Realistic tank combat featuring historic penetration values, tanks have their turret rotation times reset to the actual speeds of real life, visibility reduced to reflect the limited line of sight from tanks' vision blocks. -new units such as the Sturmtiger, M36 'Jackson', M4A3E2 Sherman "Jumbo" and many,many more. - more than 35 exclusive high quality winter maps & realistic athmospheres

Post news Report RSS The Long awaited Hotfix!

Fixed some graphical errors Fixed most UI errors Fixed Hotkeys More hitpoints for the flak 88 and last but not least... No more ubershrecks!!!! see below for the complete changelist

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Well, you were all probably expecting to have to wait at least another month for this but we wanted to whet your appetites for the full patch (due out after Halftrack returns from his Asian trek)! But we know you have already waited long enough for this so here it is; This hotfix will take care of many of the gameplay issues with BotB, including the 'ubershreck bug' (see below for a full changelist).

We strongly advise that everyone playing online downloads this hotfix as you will not be able to play online against people who do not have it installed!!

Installation instructions:

  • download the zip file
  • extract it to your Company of Heroes root folder (ie c:/programfiles/THQ/companyofheroes)
  • click 'yes' to overwrite the old attribarchive
  • Enjoy playing!

Changelist:

  • Hummel/Wespe howitzer barrage UI error. Stated 'Hummel' for Wepse Barrage; replaced with 'SP gun.'
  • Fallschirmjager AT nade does more damage.
  • Maultier fire-angle adjusted. Will match unanimated model, but if animation is given it will have to be re-adjusted.
  • Panzerschreck team adjusted to fix bug. Action removed from Loader, weapon cooldown reset, Gunner given new Critical type.
  • Op.Grief M3 Halftrack given speech.
  • Fallschirmjager FG42 upgrade removed. FG42 remains for Paradrop squad.
  • Goliath Pioneers are functional. They are not yet constructable.
  • SS/PanzerGrenadier UI errors stating they can upgrade to Panzerschrecks replaced with stating they can upgrade to Panzerfausts.
  • LMG42 marginally improved. The weapon was taking away from the 'damage
  • per second' compared to a Basic Rifle at long range; the long range
  • accuracy and overall damage were marginally increased.
  • Jagdpanther weapon tracking adjusted. The weapon was firing at angles that were not possible for the animation to extend to.
  • Repair bunker repairs Axis Howitzer and Flak 88mm.
  • Counter Battery now shares timer with Howitzer Barrages.
  • Fixed some UI Issues with 76mm AT Gun and Munitions Halftrack.
  • Fixed m1919 .30 cal showing up on Airborne HMGs.
  • Calliope Main Cannon removed.
  • Flak 88 has more hitpoints.
  • M3 (Op. Grief) Halftrack Gunner now works properly.
  • Axis Healing Station now requires to be constructed before applying healing aura.
  • Fixed damage bug with MG42 and .30cal (minimum damage was higher than maximum.)
  • Fixed bug where Scout Teams required certain members to use Recon.

Hotkey fixes:

  • Panzerschreck Teams
  • M21 Mortar Halftrack
  • M3 Quad Halftrack
  • Wirbelwind
  • US Recon Team
  • Opel Blitz repair trucks
  • Schwimmwagen
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overlord_1944
overlord_1944

I've installed the fix....but not huge cubes appear in the place of some units....ex mortar teams or a member of the fallschirjager squad.

Has this happened to anyone else?

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tskross Author
tskross

I would try re-downloading and manually installing the hotfix

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