Who And When "The Trenches" is a World War I mod for the Half-Life engine. Included in our first release are the British and Germans, two large players of the "Great War". Players will be able to fight for their homelands with six different weapons on many locations on the Western Front with two different kinds of gameplay. Game Play Rush over the top with your teammates or stay in your trench to pick off enemy troops in "Trench Capture" gameplay (tt) and cover the advance of your army to in territorial push (tp) play. Special Features The Trenches will have some features that will make this an even more unique mod than it already is. Some of these features (for the first release) include: -Custom Faces (no additional files needed!) -Built in MP3 Player with Exclusive Tracks -Realistic ambient sound system -Two classes for the Germans and British Imperial Forces -Manual "game action" system -High damage variables -Anti-"Cheap" measures...
Just a bit of an update. Oelund is working on some sweet new animations for the grenadier's melee trench club, to give it a more authentic striking appearance...
The cover of darkness was used by armies to sneak out of their trenches to retrieve bodies, install barbed wire, repair trench defenses, or to go on raids...
Keep your eyes peeled. There will be a "coming attractions" media update with a taste of some of the maps being included in the next version...
Just a short media update. Many Trenches players were dissapointed when the trick-flying biplane was taken out of Beta 1.0b of Hawk's 0815. Not only...
Although we're booming right along, we are still in need of some help in order to get The Trenches released at a relitivly early date. If you can Skin...
G'day everyone, Just letting you all know that "The Trenches" is still alive. We are truely sorry for the lack of updates lately, but due...
The Trenches is done and the installer is being compiled the moment I write this. So why not take the time to organize a little release party? The release...
We're looking for a few good men. The Trenches is now actively recruiting new team members. We're looking for committed, enthusiastic, and motivated...
A big hello from The Trenches. Many of us at The Trenches are relieved now as our time at university draws to a close for the summer. I personally just...
Hello to everyone from The Trenches team and from Mapping The Trenches. We'd like to remind everyone that the deadline for our mapping contest is...
Official The Trenches mappers like Hawk and gotrick weren't always on the team. After dedication, persistance, and demonstration of a great degree...
TT's new public relations person speaking :) , We have a truckload of updates for you guys!!But first to tell you the status of our mod..We have been...
Well, it's my pleasure to finnally show you some spanking new map & ingame pics. This is a map that TT's lead mapper(the_Leprechaun) has been working...
This is the new higher detail player model featured in The Trenches. The screenshots are of the British Infantry. Compare the texture of the cloth and...
So you are still waiting for The Trenches 1.1. We are also. But I want to clear things up a bit. Some people spread the word that the release will be...
After weeks of reorganizing the team, setting new goals and defining the roles of the team members we are now proud to re-present The Trenches. To show...
With over 350 applications in just under two days, HotelSecurity and I read every single one, and chose 25 very lucky people to be able to beta test The...
Even though I resigned as leader, I'm still with The Trenches as Web Master and Public Relations, so it is my honor to present to you (using both of my...
The Leprechaun has been working on a replacement map for the test map Swamp! The Germans and British take a break from the war to show off the details...
Working on the content for 1.1 is progressing very good. In todays media update you will find 3 ingame shots from 1.1. The first shot shows the new german...
OK, it's time for a new Media Update. First of all big thanks to Polygon, who contributed the Skin for the Webley. We further finished the Mauser...
Our friend DosEvil has bought The Trenches a domain name! You can now find our site at For convience, still works, this way everybody will still know...
After the map picture update we had now some ingame action. In the following pics you can see our new TT 1.1 Playermodels in action. The map seen on the...
I'd like to extend a huge thank-you to Prime Suspect for all of his hard work on the official "The Trenches" video trailer. After hours...
I'd like to let everyone know that the patch to fix all the major 1.0 Beta problems is underway and currently being tested. Congratulations to all...
The Trenches will be released on 4:00 P.M. EST on Friday, October 8th, 2004. The Linux Server will be released on Thursday, October 7th. Some Sponsors...
I would just like to clarify that the rumors about the mod being dead are false and unjustified. The mod is very much alive, but I'll admit, we could...
Hi, Beta Testing is going on and with every Update major bugs are being squashed. Today I want to present you some new ingame screenshots. Visit
OK, well it didn't happen much in the last time. But here is a small, but nice Media Update. First the Pics: Good Job Oelund (Model, UVMap and Skin...
We've switched hosts back to United Gaming. We can be found at our old URL of Unfortunatly, there were some slgiht complications with the MySQL switch...