ATTENTION! THIS MOD IS NOT SUPPOSED TO PROMOTE ANY IDEOLOGY! | This is the newest version of the Axis Player mod for Call of Duty: World at War. The idea of the mod is to change all Allied forces (Americans and Russians) into Axis forces (Germans and Japanese) and vice versa in order to reverse the campaign. I would like to point out that I was not able to change everything, I may patch the mod again in the future. I hope everyone can understand that and still have some fun. It was tested in single-player, co-op and zombies and all game modes work - the crashes were rare, it should work just fine in most cases. Please check out the 'Special thanks to' section as well to see all the wonderful people that helped me! | ATTENTION! It is possible to get a multiplayer ban for using the modified binaries - thanks to CptWesley for the info.
New German uniforms:
1. Heer NCO (Feldwebel)
2. Heer soldiers (Obersoldat and Gefreiter) [original Heer uniforms made by Ferry - edited by me]
3. Volkssturm soldiers (Obersoldat and Gefreiter) [Volkssturm armband made by FeReise]
4. Waffen-SS soldiers (SS-Unterscharführer and SS-Scharführer) [original Waffen-SS uniforms made by Ferry - edited by me]
5. Allgemeine-SS officers (Untersturmführer and Obersturmführer)
6. Waffen-SS Panzergrenadiers (SS-Unterscharführer and SS-Scharführer)
7. Fallschirmjäger paratroopers (Unteroffizier and Unterfeldwebel) [original Fallschirmjäger uniforms made by MCh2207Cz - edited by me]
Mod version: 1.4 demo (obsolete)
Their game ranks often do not correspond to real ones (The "Lieutenant" Meier has Feldwebel shoulder straps).
You should also add white collar piping to all NCOs as this is one of their main distinguishing marks. I would also like to separately mention the Volkssturm, it would be nice to remove the Heer collar tabs and Gefreitor's chevron.
Meier's model is a placeholder for now.
The problem with ranks in the game is that they are randomly generated, the game does not consider models at all, sadly.
I tried adding the NCO piping but it looked ugly, I will have to try again.
The Volkssturm model uses the same texture as a regular Heer soldier, just with the armband.
The next Update is coming! I really can´t wait to see and play it <3 It looks really good! Would it be possible to add a M36 Uniform for some of the Wehrmacht Troops? or including Hitler Youth in the Berlin Missions
Also what other changes/features do you´ve planned for this update?
I´ve heard and seen it´s possible to change the Mission Description in the Mission-Select Menu and maybe it´s possible to ask FeReise if he could help a bit as they have a bit project with there "Historical Accurate" Series.
Also is it possible to give them German Ranks? Like Leutnant, Gefreiter/Gfr and so on?
Hello, thank you for your kind words. To answer your questions:
-I know that the M36 uniform was issued until the end of the war, but successive patterns (M40 - M43) were more widely used as the war went on, so I am not sure about adding M36 since the game mostly takes place in 1945; that being said the models made by Treyarch leave a lot to be desired, so the textures in this mod are not going to be 100% perfect either, I will think about that M36 uniform
-I know Hitlerjugend appears in FeReise's mods (as an edited SS Honor Guard), for now my mod includes two types of Allgemeine-SS officers (Untersturmführer - 2nd Lieutenant and Obersturmführer - Lieutenant) in the place of SS Honor Guard, I might think about your suggestion
-the mission descriptions in the main menu have already been changed, FeReise's friend GICombat explained to me how to do that
-the problem with ranks is that they are shared between the two campaigns, so both the Japanese and the Germans use them, unless I find a way to separate them they will have to stay American for now (I have added some more ranks to the overall pool, however)
Your welcome and thanks for your reply!
- I mean yeah as the war progressed the M36 Uniform was less and less used but there was still some around even till the end of WW2. Also for the first Mission in Stalingrad it would also fit.
- Ok that sounds interesting! And thank you that you think about it.
- Oh thats great looking forward to see the new version!
-Hmm ok. Sad that Treyarch didn´t give us an option to set different ranks for the different factions.