Forgotten Hope 2.1 PATCH
May 21, 2008 Patch 1 commentUpgrades version 2.0 to 2.1. Go to www.fhmod.org for more details.

Forgotten Hope 2 is a World War II modification for Battlefield 2 and is based on the original Forgotten Hope, a modification for Battlefield 1942, one of the most popular multiplayer games ever. Battlefield 1942 featured land, sea and air combat in a way never before seen. It was the goal of the development team to maximize the game experience by adding both a realistic and enjoyable gameplay to FH and the same goes for FH2 in the future.
With over 250 new pieces of authentic equipment, with tanks such as the mighty Russian IS-2 heavy tank and the diminutive Japanese Ha-Go light tank, aircraft from the rugged American P47 Thunderbolt to the antiquated British Fairey Swordfish biplane, warships such as the British Ark Royal aircraft carrier and the German Battleship Tirpitz and weapons including the powerful German Panzerfausts and the fearsome Russian PPSh-41 submachine gun, Forgotten Hope has a wider scope than any other Second World War First Person Shooter, ever.
But the war is far from over. With the release of Electronic Arts Battlefield 2, the development potential has increased a lot. An all-new game engine and physics system brings the battlefield to life like never before. The new material penetration feature measures weapons? ability to fire through barriers based on their composition and players will need to know the difference between concealment and cover in order to survive. Immense, richly detailed, destructible environments, from city streets to remote forests, brought to you with brilliant graphics are more features of Battlefield 2, to name a few. And we are going to bring all this to the Second World War.
Winston Churchill once said "It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time." But we do look far ahead. The end of our road has not changed - only the stops along the way. At the beginning, Forgotten Hope 2 will concentrate on the North African theater and the struggle between the British Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery and the German Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel.

You will be given the chance to take part in maybe the most important campaign of World War II. Fight on the side of the British forces to give the already forgotten hope back to your countrymen after the mortifying defeat at Dunkirk and the never ending German air raids. Or join the German Army in their drive to gain control over the Suez Canal and steal the last chance of the Allies to win the war and disrupt any strategic plans for building up bases to launch attacks on the "soft underbelly of Europe".
Whatever the side you choose you will have an almost endless armory at your disposal. Your weaponry will reach from knives to heavy machine guns to anti-tank rifles, your equipment will contain everything from the first aid kit to magnetic hollow charges, your motor pool will offer any type of vehicle whether you want to drive scout cars, tanks or self propelled artillery. Your airfields will give you the chance to pilot bombers and fighters and your dockyards will provide your naval fleet with an armada beginning with submarines and ending with an aircraft carrier.
Fight on ancient battlegrounds like El Alamein or Tobruk. Forgotten Hope 2 will also offer different gamemodes for different situations - in addition to the standard Head-on and Assault maps Battlefield? is famous for, you will also need to destroy or defend strategic resources and equipment in Objective-mode play.
"The battle which is about to begin will be one of the most important battles in history. It will be the turning point of the war." But it will only be the end of the beginning for Forgotten Hope 2 - we will be expanding the mod to all of the theatres its prequel currently occupies, and more.
So whether you like house to house fighting in Stalingrad, tank battles in the Tunisian desert or dogfights in skies over southern England ? Forgotten Hope 2 will have something for you.
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You have probably already noticed our Italian player models in Forgotten Hope 2.0 and 2.1, but we never showed them in any of our news updates because they were still missing much of their own equipment. They were still using German helmets, for example. In the upcoming 2.15 patch we are getting rid of all these placeholders. We have already shown the new Italian weapons in an earlier news update, now here are the finished Italian player models. These Italians soldiers were all modeled, skinned and coded by Jodonnell.
Next up are the two new allied weapons for Normandy. First up is the US Browning Automatic Rifle or BAR for short. This gun was modeled by Remdul and Dauntless and skinned by Seth Soldier.

The BAR first entered service in September 1918, during World War 1. Its use was very limited, as the war was over two months later and the US military was afraid the BAR would fall into enemy hands. The idea behind the BAR was that it would be able to provide advancing soldiers with suppressive fire, a role for which the ordinary machinegun was far too heavy. In World War 2 however, the role of the BAR changed to that of a squad light machinegun. It performed poorly in this role compared to the light machineguns of other nations such as the Bren, because it only had a magazine capacity of 20 rounds and no replaceable barrel. The final version of the BAR, the M1918A2, was introduced in 1940 and had a bipod, flash hider and the ability to switch between two different rates of fire. The BAR continued to be used after World War 2, even seeing limited use in Vietnam.
Finally we have the British Sten, modeled by Hail of Nails and skinned by Seth Soldier.

After the evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940, the British army was in desperate need for more submachineguns. The Thompsons purchased from the US were too expensive and too few to arm the necessary divisions needed to fight the Germans and Italians. In 1941, this led to the introduction of the Sten (an acronym for Shepherd, Turpin and ENfield). The main focus of the Sten design was to have it cheap and easy to produce and although it covered these conditions excellently, it proved to be prone to jamming, especially if not properly maintained. The mid production Stens were also notorious for their accidental discharges if dropped while cocked. Perhaps the most famous example of the Sten's unreliability is the 1942 assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in Prague, during which assassin Jozef Gabcik's Sten immediately jammed, not having fired a single shot. Later versions of the sten were much more reliable and they continued to serve in the British army until replaced by the Sterling in the 1960s.
That's all for this week, but be sure to come back next time for another update. Until then, feel free to visit our IRC channel and our public forums to discuss this update and other news.
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Upgrades version 2.0 to 2.1. Go to www.fhmod.org for more details.
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Forgotten Hope 2 ingame online play footage. BF109E7-Trop and Ju87-B2 "Stuka" vs ground targets.
Forgotten Hope 2 ingame online play footage. BF109E7-Trop vs Spitfire Mk.Vb, Beaufighter Mk.IC and Hurricane Mk.IIC.
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Does this mod have bot support??
I would like to know that it has Sp
because i play bf2 sp more often cuz my internet connection lags a lot..
thanx.
Shouldnt u guys start with D-Day????? Charlie Sector Omaha
well if you guys can see the first map from D-Day is finished = kingtiger is coming!
P.s:sorry for my bad english
please tell me how to install.i install 1.4 patch then install forgotten hope 2.0 then i go play then get out of game.please tell me.
The latest version is 1.41 I think. If you've already got that, then please be more specific about your problem.
Finally the Tigers showed up!
I have the "The system cannot find the specified file" error too in version 1.21. I tried clicking Yes and it looks like it's going to start but then some other errors pop up, if i press Retry the error just pops up again, if i press cancel it crashes back to desktop.
Too bad, the mod looks really nice.
lol WOW this string of coments has been total jokes sounds like a few of you need to live these "lives" ur talking of and stop bickering over nothing... the mod sounds ok havent tried it yet but it doesnt look too bad
Superb mod, worthy sequel to Forgotten Hope. Can't wait til more European campain maps are done!
is there any way to run some of the multiplayer maps like invasion of crete in singleplayer with bots.