Your version 1.32 client is now available for offline testing and tomorrow begins our Open Beta Testing phase...woot! We begin our testing with two Focus Test sessions before we open the Beta server 24/7. FOCUS TEST WEDNESDAY AT 3PMCDT - HELP NEEDED!

Player PPO's

Infantry Fighting Position (IFP) - A small bermed enclosure representing a position an infantryman might "dig out" around himself. A player can place these according to their "placement color" state: green = good, can place here and red = no good, can't place here.

Dynamic Gun Emplacement (DGE) - A copy of the defensive AT gun revetment that the Sapper class infantry can place. A sappe can place these according to their "placement color" state, green = good, can place here and red = no good, can't place here.

Forward Resupply Unit (FRU) - A mobile spawn and player RTB point that also provides ammunition resupply in the field. Only a Mission Leader can place this. It can also be dropped by a resupply truck. There is a limit of 1 per mission, and a Mission Leader can delete an existing one if he seeks to place a new one in a different and better location for that mission. The same green/red placement status is used as with the other PPO's.

To limit "spamming" of PPO's in one place there is also a "cool down" timer that restricts how quickly you can place another PPO.  This doesn't affect FRU's which have a limit of 1 per mission.

Bailing out of Aircraft replacing mid-air despawn

New for aircraft is the bailout despawn function. If you are in an aircraft flying above 180m AGL (above the ground) altitude, instead of despawning when you exit the aircraft, it will ask you if you wish to bailout. Clicking "Yes" will throw off your aircraft's canopy and then bail you out and leave you hanging from a parachute as your plane plummets off into the distance. Your plane can still be shot at and damaged until it hits the ground and explodes. The pilot cannot be shot while hanging from his parachute.

Your sortie will end after bailing when:

1. Your plane blows up (hulks)
2. Your plane crashes into the ground
3. You land on the ground
4. 30 seconds has elapsed since bailing out and none of the above has occurred yet

You will then be returned to your sortie AAR screen in the UI. Bailing always = MIA or Rescued but never an RTB, and always awards a kill to the person who shot you down. If you are killed in the cockpit before you bail out you cannot bail out.

Pilots can only get an RTB by landing at their airfield. Regular despawn (not bailing out) is now restricted to landing the aircraft as mid air despawn is no longer possible.

You'll need to be coordinated and work together with planning and timing to pull this off. Imagine the bragging rights if you win it!

Focus Test Sessions - UPDATED!!!!

We need more targeted testing on the FRU. Please log in Wednesday, October 6th at 3pmCDT for two hours of testing.

The location where the testing will be set up is planned for the towns of Haybes and Gedinne.

Be there or be square!

1.32 Open test Read Me, Schedule and Downloads here!

We need feedback on these features, so be sure to contribute here!