Rising Front news & patch notes

Surprise! An incredible amount of work has gone into this update. I kept adding more and more, and before I knew it, nearly a year had passed since the last release. This is a colossal update that changes a huge portion of the game, and I truly hope you all enjoy it.

Thanks so much for your patience — and sorry for the wait! – Jack

Tanks and Armored Cars

• Player and AI Vehicle Controls

• MKIV

• Renault FT17

• A7v

• Ford 3 ton

• Mark A Whippet

• German MKIV

• Erhardt m1917

• LK II

• LK MG variant

• A7v Flamethrower variant

• Char2c SuperHeavy Tank

• Saint Chamond

Cavalry

• Player and AI cavalry

• American Dragoons

• American Lancers

• British Cavalry

• British Dragoons

• British Lancers

• Russian Mounted Infantry

• Russian Cossacks

• American Pulaski's Legion

• French Lancers

• French Carabiniers

• French Cuirassiers

• Bavarian Chevauxlegers

• Prussian Cuirassiers

• Prussian Dragoons

• Prussian Uhlans

• British Mounted Rifles

• US Cavalry Raiders

• US Mounted Rifles

• German Mounted Infantry

• German Mounted Sturmtruppen

• German Uhlans

Maps

• New Deadmans Fortress

• Fort De Vaux

• Nivelle

• Saint-Mihiel

• Reworked Trench Hell

• Coastside Industry

• Winter Trenches

• Trenches Late War

New Player weapons and Reworked old Ones

• Reworked many of the old weapons

• German Revolver

• Chassepot Rifle

• Madsen Machinegun

• Chauchat

• French Revolver

• Dreyse

Major Changes

• ALL scenarios have been remade

• Support for dozens of languages

• Full controller support

• Full Steamdeck Support

• Bots can now use grenades

• 12 New Achievements

• Major Command Map Optimization

• Command Map UI reworked

• Equipment Icons for the player

• dozens of new buildables and fire supports

• new weather types

tons more stuff that I can't even remember

I fixed Dozens and Dozens of bugs!

We also have several more updates already almost completed so stay tuned for that!

I hope you all enjoy this update! A special thanks to El Cho, Kingmob, Zurfur and Kermit for their help in making it possible.

I’ll be keeping an eye on the Steam forums and Discord for feedback and to help with any issues you may run into.

Thank you all for your patience and continued support!

– Jack

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Changes/Additions

• Added Triplane Trench Darts FS
• Added Tank Hunter FS
• Added Biplane Gun Run FS
• Added Triplane Gun Strafe FS
• Added Firebombing Run FS
• Added Bomblet Attack Run FS
• Added Strategic Bombardment FS
• Added Bombing Run FS
• Added Zepplin Airship FS
• Added Option to rotate fire support
• Fixed more audio
• Fixed Some static emplacements not being on the correct team
• loading screen volume Fixed
• Scroll view Fixes
• Minor Optimizations
• Fixed custom scenarios not loading sometimes

Changes

• Optimized Animations
• Optimized soldier models
• Optimized Shaders
• Optimized command map
• Various General optimizations
• Fixed Audio
• Range limit added to emplacements
• Changes to loading screen
• Fixed static emplacements not being on the proper team
• Optimized pathfinding
• Fixed soldiers getting stuck
• Fixed Soldiers walking randomly sometimes
• scroll views are expandable
• Mod Manager only shows on game start now

Additions/Fixes

• Fixed Static Emplacements not being on the correct team
• Fixed Stuttering on larger maps
• Updated Pitch/Yaw for projectiles
• Fixed Command Map locking up sometimes
• Improved Nav mesh on some maps
• Fixed AI struggling to cross bridges
• Default weather changed to Sunny
• 10% framerate optimizations
• Flag Bearers

New Platoons, Maps & Buildables

• Star Fort Map
• Siege Map
• CountrySide Map
• Bavarian Rifle Platoon
• French Artillery Platoon
• French Chassseurs Platoon
• French Garde Platoon
• French Line Infantry Platoon
• Prussian Jager Platoon
• Prussian Artillery Platoon
• Prussian Landwehr Platoon
• Prussian line Infantry Platoon
• 4 pounder gun (Grapeshot)
• Mitrailleuse Volley Gun
• 12 Pounder gun
• 24 Pounder Siege Gun
• 4 Pounder Gun
• 8 Pounder Gun
• La Hitte Cannon
• Krupp Cannon
• Dirt Mound
• Sandbag Fortification
• Sandbag Fortification Curved
• Sandbag Fortification Firehole
• Sandbag Fortification Low
• Siege Ladder

Additions/Fixes

• Flame thrower player weapon
• New run animations
• Run animation variations
• Speed boosts for soldiers in melee
• Pitch and Yaw for artillery shells
• Improved dirt impact effect
• Recoil for soldiers firing hand guns
• Raised command map height to allow for taller maps
• Option for artillery animations in modding
• Updated workshop tools
• fixed duplicate fire support options bug
• fixed trenton map
• fixed scenarios sometimes overwriting
• fire animation for player weapons support in modding
• added empty scenario when none are available for a map
• fixed AI going in the wrong direction sometimes when in melee

  New Platoons

• Belgian Chasseurs Adrennais Platoon
• Belgium Rifle Platoon
• Belgium Rifle Platoon 2
• British Trench Raider Platoon
• British Sapper Platoon
• British Trench Raider Platoon 2
• French Chasseurs Platoon
• German OST Rifle Platoon
• German OST Rifle Platoon 2
• German Pioneer Platoon
• German Reservist Platoon
• German Sturm Truppen Platoon 2
• Romanian Rifle Platoon
• Romanian Rifle Platoon 2
• Russian Deadmen Platoon
• Russian Rifle Platoon 2
• US National Guard Platoon
• US 93rd Infatry Platoon
• US Trench Raiders Platoon

  New Buildables

• Paris Gun Buildable
• Big Bertha Cannon
• BL 8 Howizer
• Double 75m Turret
• Maxim Machine Gun
• Howitzer
• Light Field Gun
• Medium Artillery

  New Maps

• Dead Mans Fortress
• Greener Pastures
• Rupture
• Trench Hell[

Additions/Fixes

• Line Formations
• Melee Combat for AI
• Ability to spawn soldiers anywhere in sandbox mode
• option for specific units in scenario creator
• option for specific buildables in scenario creator
• musket weapon
• flintlock pistol weapon
• British line infantry platoons
• American line infantry platoons
• American militia platoons
• French line infantry platoons
• Hessian line infantry platoons
• Small ship buildable
• Mortar buildable
• Rock wall buildable
• Log wall buildable
• Field cannon
• Ship cannon
• Bunker hill map
• Appalachia map
• Yorktown map
• Trenton map
• Patriots pass map
• Scenarios for all new maps
• Historical Battles menu
• Crash diagnostics
• Fixed issue where soldiers sometimes get stuck in walls
• 3 New weather types
• you now face the enemy front when spawning in
• Fixed scenarios not showing up on custom maps
• Fixed overlay when creating a scenario
• Fixed MG targeting
• Fixed scenarios not showing correct icon sometimes
• Spectate cam is positioned over friendly HQ

Changes/Fixes

• Added time period filters for the command map
• Expanded scroll view for map select
• Fixed cover positions not working properly
• Improved Cover Positions on custom maps
• New Icons for troops
• New Icons for Fire Support
• Support for multiple guns on a static emplacement

Competition Details

• $400 for most innovative
• $400 for most fun
• $400 best ww1 mod
• $400 best custom map
• $100 best scenario
• $100 funniest mod
• $100 developers choice
• $100 staff members choice

Changes/Additions

• Ability to mod timed salvos for deployables (bombing runs, machinegun strafes)
• Custom Map Support
• Disable Object When placed option in the modding tools
• Audio sources can now be on any object
• explosions don't auto destroy anymore
• Artillery no longer auto spawns on maps
• MGs can now fire in bursts
• Auto Destruction script in the modding tools
• Fixed Green flag on Town Map
• Option for Static emplacements to not require an AI to fire it
• Adjusted MG aiming height higher

Winners

• Most Subscribed ($500): Modern Warfare by Echo Charly21
• 2nd Most Subscribed($400): Sandbag Defense Pack by Echo Charly21
• 3rd Most Subscribed($300): Modern Fortifications Pack by Echo Charly21
• Most Innovative($300): Nova Kinetics - Future Warfare by Zurf3r
• Developers Choice($300): Italian Front by CrackQuack
• Most Fun ($200): Civil War Scenario Pack by lordbothvar

What's New?

• Modders can now change range and speed of soldiers
• Fixed weapon icon getting stuck on screen
• increased max soldier draw distance
• Fixed Mods on mac (some mods that have not been updated may not work)
• Major mesh optimization on soldiers
• First person Shirt changes color based on Platoons Nearby
• Loading Screen for mods to prevent crashing

Modding Competition Details

• $500 for most subscribed
• $400 for 2nd most subscribed
• $300 for 3rd most subscribed
• $300 for Most Innovative
• $300 for Developers Choice
• $200 for Most Fun

Rules/details

• It ends on November 18th and I will Contact the winners regarding payment by adding them on steam through this account (jack)
• To receive payment you must have Paypal or Zelle (if you don't we can try and work something else out)
• Each mod can ONLY win in 1 category
• Any content in mod must be created by you, or used Legally (under a creative commons license)
• No Subscription botting is allowed, if fraud is suspected you will be disqualified.
• Mods created by the Developers will not be included in the competition (civil war mod, renault ft17, MG42 and so on)

Changes/Additions

• Steam Workshop Support!
• Custom Buildables
• Custom Weapons
• Custom Static Emplacements
• Custom Scenarios
• Custom Soldiers
• Gas
• Fixed player getting stuck on death screen
• Fixed platoons not pushing forward across empty fields
• Fixed bloom
• Updated weapon system to allow for scopes
• Updated platoon system to allow for scrolling
• Artillery is now less accurate
• Tutorials on modding

Changes/Additions

• +15% Optimization
• Fixed Stuttering
• Added Bunkbed Buildable
• Added Ammo Crate Buildable
• Added Weapon Crate Buildable
• Added Chair Buildable
• Added Table Buildable
• Added Beach Defense Achievement
• Added Scottish Fort Achievement
• Fixed Map zoom
• Fixed Modular Doorway not working
• Fixed scenario name text not fitting

Additions/Changes

• New Argonne Forest Map
• New "The Lost Battalion" Scenario
• New 1911 Weapon
• New BAR Weapon
• New Lebel 1886 Weapon
• New 1903 Springfield Weapon
• New Lantern Deployable
• Added "The Lost Battalion" Achievement
• Added "Attack of the Dead men" Achievement
• Added sound effects when changing your loadout
• Added American Flag
• Changed Deployables label to Firesupport
• Fixed Modular Buildings not updating on navmesh
• Decreased Capture Radius on flags
• +5% optimization

Changes/Additions

• Modular Building system
• up/down now binds for command map
• artillery projectiles are now tracer colored
• scrolling on the build menu is faster
• improved building UI with a cursor

Additions/Fixes

• Added Overwriting Scenarios
• Added Loading buildables from existing scenarios
• Added barrel buildable
• Added large tent buildable
• Added barb wire buildable
• Added spectate up/down keybinds
• Added exit buildmode keybind
• New artillery shooting sounds
• Exended range artillery guns can be heard from
• new particle effect for artillery projectiles
• Reduces damage artillery does to buildables
• Fixed box select working on all menus
• Menu Music

Changes/Additions

• Controllable Artillery
• New buildable (Artillery piece 1)
• New buildable (Artillery piece 2)
• Indicators for which scenarios have been played
• Indicators for which scenarios have been completed
• Artillery now damages the player
• Fixed bug where artillery does way to much damage to structures
• Multiselect troop button
• Custom scenarios section

Additions & Fixes

• New buildable (Wood Spike Wall)
• Day/Night cycle option
• Toggle aim option
• Steam Achievements
• Toggle crouch option
• Spawned in platoons now auto target enemy HQ (instead of a random target)
• Added "Get 100 Kills" Achievement
• Added "Get 1000 Kills" Achievement
• Added "Place 100 Buildables" Achievement
• Added "Place 1000 Buildables" Achievement
• Various Animation optimizations
• Optimized pathfinding
• Particle effect optimizations
• Various bug fixes

Additions

• Added Scottish Units
• Added Vickers MG (made by KGdaniel)
• Added First person death animation
• Added French Rifle for the AI (made by KGdaniel)
• Added camera shake for nearby artillery
• NEW scenario battle: Scottish Fort Defense

Changes / Fixes

• Fixed MG death glitch
• Ragdoll animations Improved
• Ragdoll mass is now accurate
• Fixed weapon switch bug
• Removed timer from sandbox mode
• Timer is now transparent
• Fixed tree colliders on blank map
• Guns now push ragdolls
• Dead bodies are more optimized
• French now wear a longer coat
• First person recoil smoothed out
• Artillery is buffed 50%

Changes/Fixes

• Fixed commanding bug.
• tweaked recoil on weapons to be smoother.
• Impact Effects shot by the player now face the proper direction.

Additions

• Delete Buildable Feature (Press G) while in build mode
• Blank map for making scenario battles
• Loading Screen to prevent crashing
• Win/Loss Parameters for scenario battles
• Added Scenario creator options in game
• Hit marker sounds for static emplacements
• Added bunker buildable #1
• Added bunker buildable #2
• Added small platform buildable
• Added large platform buildable
• Added block wall buildable
• Added tank trap buildable
• Added block platform buildable

Fixes/Optimizations

• Fixed scenario creator bug
• Fixed death counter
• Fixed nav mesh not updating to destroyed buildables
• Fixed nav mesh breaking when to many buildables are placed
• Fixed game crashing on loading a level
• Fixed commanding occasionally breaking
• Fixed buildables saying Invalid funds when it was an invalid placement
• Fixed AI not updating on hilltop fort map

Additions:

• Added wood spike buildable.
• Added Hotchkiss machinegun buildable.
• Added Fire step buildable.
• Added Rock wall buildable.
• Added Log wall buildable.
• Added Cover position buildable.
• Added Wood beam buildable.
• Added Mini Fort Scenario.
• Added Team death count counter.

Fixes:

• Fixed AI not adapting to sandbags placed at runtime.
• Fixed disable AI button not working on scenario battles.
• Fixed flares not launching on night fort scenario.

Optimizations:

• Graph updates are now batched.
• Cover position updates are now batched.