Eastern Front is a free mod for Company of Heroes. Following the ethos of mimicking a Relic Entertainment expansion pack, Eastern Front has succeeded in adding two full new factions, the Soviet Red Army and the German Ostheer, packed with unique and exciting units to the existing armies - a feat never before achieved in the Company of Heroes world.
Our transport vehicle for Ostheer, it can transport up to two squads or six solders and it has some upgrades available:
* MG Gunner: Right now it needs this upgrade to have an effective gunner.
* Radio Operator: Grants the HT the ability to call air strikes(tentative).
* Flak equipment: Becomes the Sdkfz. 251/21.
Sdkfz. 251 ausf. B chasis model and textures made by BurroDiablo, animations by Walki and threads by Relic.
I like the upgrades. :) But can can you load a squad in it to have the MG Gunner without the upgrade?
@TheSolder
Atm no, but I'm not sure if was suggested but I was paying attention, I need to check my notes.
Nice, but they canonly carry 6 instead of 12 like their vCoH cousins, right?
@Timgao929
Yes, but you might remember four guys(plus the MG gunner) will be able to fire from inside, unlike Wehr's cousin.
Once the Halftrack is upgraded with the machinegun, can the halftrack recieve "Gunner Killed" criticals, and if so, does the gunner come back once the vehicle is repaired, as the cupola gunner on a regular tank would?
I've found that in many mods where the halftrack is upgraded with the machineguns instead of recieving them when infantry are loaded, that the gunners can be killed, and when they are, they won't respawn when the vehicle is repaired. Thus leaving the Halftrack with no weapons and nothing better than a relatively useless transport.
@LethalDosage
That is a nice observation indeed :)!
These halftracks have immortal gunners, I could do the other option you suggest(reviving them after being repaired) but it was easier to just make them immortal but I know how to do both ways.
I should post this idea on our balance section. It sounds good in either way.