CoH: Eastern Front (Official Thread)

Dear Eastern Front fans,

Time has come to announce a further feature of the upcoming Ostheer faction; its own map pool, filled with the work of many talented community mappers:

CoH:EasternFront Maps Trailer

Ostheer map pool

Mapname Mapper
Feodosia (2p) MonolithicBacon
Freedom Square (2p) MonolithicBacon
Kummersdorf (2p) MonolithicBacon
Mstow (2p) cephalos
Novorossiysk (2p) MonolithicBacon
Spartanovka (2p) MaxiKing6
Kharkov (4p) BurroDiablo
Königsberg (4p) Snugz
Korosten (4p) MonolithicBacon
The Kremlin (4p) beagletank
Magnuszew (4p) Lord van Dalen
Prague (4p) MonolithicBacon
Vyazma (4p) MonolithicBacon
Karelia (6p) MaxiKing6
Lehrter Bahnhof (6p) MrScruff
Prokhorovka (6p) MaxiKing6
Tali Ihantala (6p) BurroDiablo
Voronezh (6p) MonolithicBacon
Stalingrad (8p) MaxiKing6 and MonolithicBacon


You still have the chance to become part of this very group - it's quite simple: Take part in the first official Eastern Front mapping contest! Excluded from participation are Eastern Front developers and mappers - due to the fact they are already part of the team. While creating your map, you have to stick to following rules:

• Your map has to fulfill the Eastern Front mapping rules!
• Your map should have the aim to be a competitive map (2 players) with a size not below 256x256 and not above 384x384.
• Your map should offer an at least decent visual quality.
• The scenario on which your map is based should be related to the Eastern Front of World War 2.
  
• Maps should only be created by single mappers! Group projects won't be taken into consideration.
• You may keep the community posted about progress on your map. Feel free to create a topic in the Mapping Section. Use a prefix ([CONTEST]) in the topic name to let the community identify your map as submitted to the contest.
• Once you consider your map finished, upload it and link it in a PM to one of the Head Mappers (Mystic-Car or MaxiKing6) who will then pass it on to the jury.
• Closing date is the 28th February, 2013.

The winner will receive following prices:

• Access to Ostheer closed beta
• His/her map being added to the official Ostheer map pool
• Optional promotion to the "Mapper" position to be able to support the campaign development

The jury consists of all Eastern Front developers and balancers.

Have fun mapping!
Best regards,

MaxiKing6, Eastern Front Head Mapper

Eastern Front fans,

The new version 1.7.1.0 has been released! It contains some fixes that everyone was expecting:

• Pershing ability works as intended.
• Jagdpanther gun is visible.
• Mosin Nagant rifles are now always visible.
• SVT40 rifles are now always visible.
• Rifles now have the correct reload animation.
• Return of the "Save the Christmas" mission without important bugs.
• And many others...

If you want to check what else was changed, you can look at our changelog.

The "Save the Christmas" mission is a special scripted map we made last year; probably a lot of players missed it so it will be available all this week. The objective is simple, don't let the snowmen destroy the big Christmas Tree prepared by everyone. But as the enemy just appeared from nowhere you will have a hard time keeping them away. Survive all the waves and protect the Christmas Tree!

If you can't find this mission, you can find it here:

As additional gift for you, MaxiKing and MonolithicBacon have finished their Winter Map Conversion Pack!

Containing:

• Angoville (2)
  
• Semois (2)
  
• Beaux Lowlands (4)
  
• St. Fromond (4)
  
• Sturzdorf (4)
  
• Vierville (4)
  
• Carpiquet (4)

You can can join to the discussion by clicking here.

Just update with your launcher and you should be able to get the latest patch. In case you cannot update with the launcher you can use one of the mirrors:

Mediafire
SpeedyShare

If you already update and your launcher got stuck at "0% gathering information" part, it is because the server is too loaded and can't attend your request, you only need to disable the autoupdater feature in the launcher for now.

Also, remember to vote for us in Steam Greenlight, supposing you haven't voted for us, if you want to have Eastern Front in Steam version. You can check our Greenlight publication here.

Merry Christmas and happy New Year!
The Eastern Front Team

Dear Eastern Front fans,

today we want to announce a very special event for all of you; the second official Eastern Front tournament, brought to you by ApeMen!
Signups are open from this very moment on; just send a PM with the subject "Tournament signup" to ApeMen with your Relic Online name, after heaving read through the following:

Important Links
Forum rules
Screenshotter_V3.31 (anti cheating measure)


Prizes

• $50 cash prize (PayPal account required!)
  
• CoH2 Beta Key
  
• Ostheer Beta access
  

Schedule (all times GMT)

Friday, 25th January

• Every round before quarter finals - one hour earlier each, ending at 7:00pm - maps will be assigned once the number of players attending the tourney is known

Saturday, 26th January

• Quarter finals - 5:00pm : [EF] Karachev (2)
• Semi finals - 6:00pm : [EF] Mstow (2)

Sunday, 3rd February

• 3rd place game - 5:00pm : [EF] Elbing (2)
• Final - 06:00pm : [EF] Demyansk (2)

Maps

As this is an Eastern Front tourney, games will be played on Eastern Front maps. Except for the games from quarter finals on, players are able to decide for a map by mutual agreement, choosing from the list below:

• [EF] Demyansk (2)
• [EF] Elbing (2)
• [EF] Karachev (2)
• [EF] Kotelnikovo (2)
• [EF] Mstow (2)
• [EF] Vienna (2)

Arrival, Tournament Start, and No-Shows

Please arrive in the chat lobby 10 minutes before game time. Matches on Saturday and Sunday begin on 5pm GMT. If you don't show up by 5:10 pm GMT, a post will be made on the forum thread by your opponent and you will be disqualified.

If your opponent doesn't show up they will forfeit and you will go through to the next round. Please make a post in your thread on the forum 10 minutes after kick-off to keep the Referees informed.

Important: In case your opponent doesn't show up at kick-off time, be sure to thoroughly check the forums so he cannot simply make a thread, claim you're not there and go through to the next round without you noticing (it can be hard for the Refs to track this).

If your games went extra long, you are allowed a 10 minute break before you must start your next Round.

Game Settings

• Name convention: Players ingame names should match the name shown in the signup thread. No smurfing.
• Server setup: 1v1, 500VP, Fixed Starting Positions (leave "Reversed Positions" unticked), Standard Resources
• Faction choice: Wehrmacht and Soviets only.
• Anti-Cheating Requirements: You must use Screenshotter_V3 (see above) during all your games. Please be sure it works on your computer before the tournament!
• Replays: Every player must save replays from EVERY game played, even when losing. Only one player has to post the replay on the replay section, but Tournament Staff can request any other player to post his replay too, for any reason.

Brackets

• Round format: Brackets are best-out-of-3 Games on the same Map. For the first two games you play one as Soviets, one as Wehrmacht.
• Starting Army: The player on top plays Soviet first and switches to Wehrmacht for the 2nd game
• 1-1 tie: In the bracket games, if there is a tie after 2 games are played, the VP leaders get to chose their faction for the 3rd (and last) game. Remember to write down the VP standing after each game!
  • The losing player will have 0 VPs left. If a player is annihilated, their VPs are considered "drained to 0".
  • The VP leader can be found by comparing who had more VPs left in the game that he won.
  • It is up to you to write down & remember the VP standing after each game. If it comes down to the third game, it is up to each individual player to calculate who is ahead on VP and therefore gets to choose their faction.
  • If you agree to go ahead with the third game, you cannot change your mind after the game has been played, claiming that you didn't know.
• Qualification: The winning player, scoring 2-0 or 2-1, advances to the next round.

Result Submission

One of the competitors, either you or your opponent, should start a thread in the Eastern Front Replays forum, titled like this example: "Quarter finals: Greshnack vs Baumbart".

Use these threads for arranging to meet in Relic Online, announcing the results, posting replays (use attachment function while posting a reply in the respective thread), uploading screenshotter packs, & reporting no-show opponents.

Failure to upload all of the replays and all screenshotter packs WILL result in you not being able to advance to the next round. Replays must be uploaded to the replay section accordingly before being put through!

As soon as the player is put through their individual topic may be locked until the end of that tourney day.


Judgement

• Rules: If any problem occurs that isn't covered in the rules, you fully agree that EasternFront.org staff's decision on the matter will be FINAL.
• Exploits and bug abuse are not allowed. If you suspect your opponent used an exploit or abused a bug, please contact a referee before you start your next game.
• Wrong Settings or Server Crash: In the event that matches aren't played by the map rules (fixed positions etc), the server goes down or a game drops for both players, the game will have to be replayed.
• Kicking: Kicking anyone from a game is not allowed
• Hamachi: You can use Hamachi if you want to, just remember to save and post the replays & screenshots.
• Connection issue: In the event that you absolutely cannot connect to your opponent due to NAT failures or other problems, the Referees may decide to shuffle you around in the groups or brackets to try to find someone you can connect to. In the worst case scenario, if you cannot connect to any opponent after many tries, you could, and most probably will be kicked from the tournament.
• Missing Screenshot pack: If one player cannot provide a complete screenshot pack from Screenshotter_V3 for one of the games, the other team can claim a win for that game. However, the other team can also decide to leave you the win if they believe you are clean.
• Cheating: We take intentional dropping/cheating very seriously. There will be none of it! You are instantly out of the tournament and barred from all future tournaments if you intentionally drop or cheat and that is final. You could also face a 3 month suspension of your EasternFront.org account up to a permanent ban.
• Unplanned events: In the event of a drop, or any other problem, all the players from both teams should take manual screenshots and save the replay every single time! The more items we have, the better will be our decision. It is your job to provide us all the necessary information, and if you can't provide any, we will not be able to help you.
• 30 second allowance: If a player drops from the game before 30 seconds for any reason, the game has to be restarted. There is a 30 second allowance to make sure you all don't have a really bad connection to each other. In the event of this, restart your game and try again.
• Late disconnection: If the game crashes after the one minute allowance, we are asking both teams to be as fair as possible regarding the situation and try to discuss and agree on the best solution for all.
  • If the game was balanced, we would highly appreciate to see you restarting that game, and your sportsmanship will be remembered.
  • If you can't find an agreement but one player can clearly be identified as the cause of the problem by our Staff, even unintentionally, he will be considered responsible of his bad hardware/software maintenance.
  • If you can't find an agreement and the cause isn't identifiable, EF Staff's decision on the matter will be final.
• Banned players: Players that have been banned from EasternFront.org cannot take part in any tournaments hosted by us.

Communication

• Players in the upper brackets will meet in the PLAYING COH MODS chat channel 10 minutes before Tourney kick-off time.
• Players in the lower brackets will meet in the PLAYING COH CUSTOM MAPS chat channel 10 minutes before Tourney kick-off time.
• If your opponents do not show for the game by 10 minutes after kick-off time, make a post in your tournament forum topic saying this and also tell one of the Tournament Moderators (i.e. a Referee) to check and put you through.
• Attempt to communicate with each other and get your game started, /addfriend "opponent's Relic Online name", ask in chat if your opponent is around, ask in the topic etc.
• Harassment of any of the Moderators may result in that player being banned for the next tournament.
• Disputes, questions, and rule issues can be addressed to ApeMen (Relic Online name: Greshnack) in the PLAYING COH MODS chat channel.

If you have any questions regarding the rules, post in this very thread.

Your Referees for the Tournament are:

ApeMen
dArCReAvEr
MaxiKing6

The rest of the CoH: Eastern Front developers will support them.

Thanks to Gamereplays.org and especially to Budwise for the permission to adapt their tournament rules.

Hoping for large attendance,

Eastern Front Mod Team

Jump back to quoted post8 Jan 2013, 10:38 AMGhOuLiSh

Why would we play Eastern Front If there is COH2 coming?

Jump back to quoted post8 Jan 2013, 10:38 AMGhOuLiSh

Why would we play Eastern Front If there is COH2 coming?

Jump back to quoted post8 Jan 2013, 10:38 AMGhOuLiSh

Why would we play Eastern Front If there is COH2 coming?

Jump back to quoted post8 Jan 2013, 11:18 AMBartonPL

Because we don't know if CoH2 will be as good as CoH1?

Jump back to quoted post8 Jan 2013, 14:14 PMSturmovik

This is one of my fav. CoH Mods!

Jump back to quoted post10 Jan 2013, 00:39 AMBartonPL

ApeMen forgot to mention that i'm Ef balancer there so expect a great balanced mod MVGame

I should work for Relic to balance CoH anyway