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...

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Achtung Granate!

Achtung Granate!

Jun 29, 2004 By PrimeSuspect1 0 comments

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...

FlareGuns

FlareGuns

Jun 25, 2004 By PrimeSuspect1 0 comments

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...

Fromage is Coming...

Fromage is Coming...

Mar 02, 2005 By PrimeSuspect1 1 comment

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...

Goin' on a jet plane...

Goin' on a jet plane...

Apr 18, 2005 By PrimeSuspect1 10 comments

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...

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

May 21, 2003 By J-Man 0 comments

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...

Houston.. we are NOT dead

Houston.. we are NOT dead

Sep 08, 2005 By PrimeSuspect1 1 comment

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...

IRC Release Party!

IRC Release Party!

Oct 06, 2004 By PrimeSuspect1 0 comments

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...

Join the Fight!

Join the Fight!

Apr 23, 2005 By PrimeSuspect1 0 comments

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...

Map Screenshot

Map Screenshot

May 09, 2005 By PrimeSuspect1 0 comments

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...

Mapping Contest Deadline!

Mapping Contest Deadline!

May 24, 2005 By PrimeSuspect1 7 comments

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...

Mapping TT Wants You!

Mapping TT Wants You!

Feb 06, 2005 By PrimeSuspect1 0 comments

Official The Trenches mappers like Hawk and gotrick weren't always on the team. After dedication, persistance, and demonstration of a great degree...

Mod update

Mod update

Jul 20, 2003 By Pr0phecy 0 comments

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...

More TT news

More TT news

Apr 17, 2004 By Pr0phecy 5 comments

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...

New British Player Models

New British Player Models

Feb 23, 2005 By PrimeSuspect1 1 comment

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...

New custom TT map

New custom TT map

Feb 19, 2006 By PrimeSuspect1 2 comments

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...

New designed The Trenches

New designed The Trenches

Sep 25, 2005 By PrimeSuspect1 9 comments

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...

New Map & Trenches Beta Testers

New Map & Trenches Beta Testers

Jul 04, 2003 By J-Man 0 comments

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...

New Map At The Trenches

New Map At The Trenches

Jun 25, 2003 By J-Man 1 comment

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...

New Map!

New Map!

Jul 29, 2004 By PrimeSuspect1 1 comment

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...

New Media from TT 1.1

New Media from TT 1.1

Oct 08, 2005 By PrimeSuspect1 7 comments

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...

New Media Update -> Pistol Time

New Media Update -> Pistol Time

Dec 30, 2004 By DosEvil 5 comments

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...

New URL For The Tremches!

New URL For The Tremches!

Apr 19, 2003 By J-Man 0 comments

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...

News from the soggy front

News from the soggy front

Nov 05, 2005 By PrimeSuspect1 8 comments

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...

Official Trailer

Official Trailer

Sep 28, 2004 By PrimeSuspect1 4 comments

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...

Patch Imminent!

Patch Imminent!

Oct 23, 2004 By [TT]HotelSecurity 2 comments

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...

Release

Release

Oct 03, 2004 By DosEvil 2 comments

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...

Rumors Are Just Rumors...

Rumors Are Just Rumors...

Dec 16, 2002 By J-Man 0 comments

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...

Screen Update

Screen Update

Sep 21, 2004 By PrimeSuspect1 0 comments

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

Small Media Update

Small Media Update

Dec 22, 2004 By PrimeSuspect1 1 comment

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...

Switched Hosts Again

Switched Hosts Again

Dec 22, 2002 By J-Man 0 comments

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...

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