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Hello Ladies and Gents, welcome to the first Community-led Map Making effort for Company of Heroes 2, over here at COH2.ORG.

As Company of Heroes 2 has developed and changed with the months, we are occasionally graced with a conversion of an old favourite map from Company of Heroes, along the likes of Semois, Angoville and Langres. However we are well aware that of the masses of maps from the original game, we are unlikely to see many updated and given the new lease of life that they deserve!

That's where you come in: using the Poll above, you can vote for your favourite maps from the original game and we, the staff over at COH2.ORG, will begin the conversion process.

Our Process

Converting a map can be as easy as taking the files from one place, copying them somewhere else and making 10 minutes of changes. However, that defeats the object! Why not have a high-quality conversion that gives you the same enjoyment as the original maps, makes you feel nostalgic while meeting the visual and graphical standards of COH2?

Once we have our winning maps from the polls, Sarantini and his team of Strategists will begin planning suitable changes to each map, including rewriting their territory layouts (which don't seem to survive the conversion process very well) and using their expertise to make any advances necessary to improve their playability with COH2's mechanics.

While this process is underway, MonolithicBacon and his selection of Community Map Makers will open the files in WorldBuilder and get to work making the changes.

As work is underway, screenshots and teasers will be posted to give you an insight.

If you have an opinion to state on a particular map or some advices as to how it could be better balanced or remade, don't be afraid to drop a comment right below!

This process will be a slow one and likely to take months but we hope it will be worth the wait!


Please note that not every map has been included in the list below for various reasons including high-quality conversions of the map already having been made by our team, assets from the map no longer being made available or due to height restrictions in Company Of Heroes 2 which were not present in Company Of Heroes.

Doesn't this number depend heavily on whether you have Ardennes Assault?

Ardenne Assault should be pretty small by comparison, as it only adds new maps and no new assets/music. With regards to the Western Front armies, they too should only have a limited size, as all of the assets from WFA were added to the original version of the game to avoid compatibility issues.

Oh, and with all of my maps, we're looking at about 40gb here. Sigh.

I suppose I should poke my head in here before this gets out of hand.

Firstly, thanks to those who have shown support for all of the community maps and the process of integrating them into the game. It has taken a lot of work and effort to get people involved, and I am grateful for a refreshing change.

However, I completely understand why people may not be happy with Sittard being in the 4vs4 automatch. I am sure that by watching the amount of vetos and matches played on this map, Relic will make the decision to either keep it or remove it.

Double post but this map so bad it deserved it.

Simply put, if you do not enjoy the map, then veto it. However, nothing is gained by insulting either the map or the creators. You say that you have three rules for map makers? Make one yourself.

Sittard was selected because of its popularity (as it is currently one of the most played community maps in the game) and its balance (because yes, even with bridges, it is still a balanced map). If you don't like the way it plays, or don't like the likelihood of the map being fortified, then work around it.

But can anyone honestly say that they are playing 4vs4 maps without expecting spam? Honestly?

No rivers, few houses. Great map.

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Thanks for these, Capiqua. We don't get anywhere near as much constructive feedback as we ought to!

On the first point, I can look to move some of the bushes slightly to change pathfinding, as infantry should always opt for the roadways.

However, with regards to your last points, the VP and munitions points are intended to have deep snow, and you may actually find that the corners are all affected by it, until it is cut off by the main roadways. However, the deep snow icon will not appear whenever there is cover to be had instead, simply because cold-tech has been turned off.

I wanted deep snow to still be a factor here to slow combat in these areas and force the combat towards the more important fuel points, whilst keeping players on the exposed roadways, where they are most in danger.

However, if you have an issue with this, please weigh in. I'd love to hear your opinion on the matter!

Hey!

So, the worldbuilder is still plagued by this issues. If you want blizzards, you have to use one of Relic's blizzards atmospheres, and pair it with the normal winter atmosphere.

The reason for this is because when the blizzard begins, it quickly transitions from one to the other, and any lighting or atmosphere settings that are different are quickly equalised.

For example, if your normal weather settings have the sun in the east, but the blizzard has it in the west, it will have 60 seconds to move across, hence the screwed up settings.

Because of this, you can't have any custom blizzard settings for the time being. There are some dark blizzards though, if I'm not mistaken. Try out all of the xp1 and dlc atmosphere settings.