• Added "Custom" and "Test" mode settings for Last stand. Because Last stand has different resource settings for the attacking vs defending team, adjustable MP settings is not currently possible. Higher CP presets give more MP.
  
• Fixed vehicle pathing getting worse in Update 1.040.0. Setting that fixed human pathing had unintended negative affect on vehicles. Setting has been split so improvements to humans is kept and vehicles revert to previous quality
  
• Fixed crash on loading single player campaign saves. Saves should load properly now
  
• Fixed MP Main lobby chat to work (again)

• Fixed vehicle pathing getting worse in Update 1.040.0. Setting that fixed human pathing had unintended negative affect on vehicles. Setting has been split so improvements to humans is kept and vehicles revert to previous quality
  
• Fixed crash on loading single player campaign saves. Saves should load properly now
  
• Fixed the options/game setting preferred direct control mode not working and giving erroneous value
  
• Fixed repair order for vehicle components to prioritize repairing broken components first (was accidentally undone in V1.040.0)
  
• Fixed issue where all humans in a squad (except squad leader) would not shoot at enemies when after a formation move order
  
• Fixed issue with squad spread on cover move order where sometimes humans would go to cover, but then leave and come back to squad leader (happened with flora cover types most commonly)
  
• Fixed MP Main lobby chat to work (again)
  
• Fixed vehicles sometimes not getting their zeroing bonus when firing multiple shots at the same location do to barrel being to close to other objects, like sandbags
  
• Fixed issue where firing a Panzerfaust crouched and too close to cover would cause human to become permanently stuck

• Added "Custom" and "Test" mode settings for Last stand. Because Last stand has different resource settings for the attacking vs defending team, adjustable MP settings is not currently possible. Higher CP presets give more MP.
  
• Added new mini map icon for aircraft
  
• Added cook-off FX and events for open top vehicles and half-tracks/armored cars with cannon/flamer ammunition
  
• Added new slow cook-off variant to cook-off events
  
• Added missing voice lines for officers in Soviet Mission "Operation Bustard Hunt"
  
  
• Updated turret tear impulse to get more realistic impulses and avoid excessive turret spinning on tank ammunition detonations
  
• Updated K98 shooting sounds
  
• Updated Goliaths (Sdkfz302 and Sdkfz303b) to explode when their body reaches broken state
  
  
• Increased component durability for (Sdkfz302 and Sdkfz303b) to be similar to car class units
  
• Increased explosion damage when ammo and engineer vehicles detonate. Previously they used standard settings instead of being uniquely more destructive.
  
• Increased resources gained from capturing ammo points in Last Stand from 50MP to 400MP
  
  
• Reduced repair time of Goliaths (Sdkfz302 and Sdkfz303b) to be similar to car class units
  
• Reduced CP requirements for air strikes to 0 in MP game modes
  
• Reduced USA bazooka M6 and M6A1 (early rocket types) ability to penetrate at high angles (>50°) of impact on armor via overmatchSlope
  
  
• Fixed some wooden barrels not being destroyed when run over by vehicles
  
• Fixed reload animation speed for flare pistols (3s instead of 60s)
  
• Fixed windshield wiper animation for Sdkfz. 6 (Cargo)
  
• Fixed various mission script issues for USA mission "Christmas Trouble"
  
• Fixed small arms metal hit FX was API FX for non API rounds
  
• Fixed dead fire FX on US half-tracks was too low
  
• Fixed enemy airstrike spawn points on dcg_samree_depot
  
• Fixed case where player could lose game around artillery operator progress in "Tutorial 4: Reinforcements"
  
• Fixed aiming bone on 107mm M2 mortar so that it can rotate properly when aiming behind the mortar's current facing
  
  
• Removed option to limit direct control type in MP game mode lobbies (classic, 3rd person, no direct control) (deprecated)

• Added new German face camo shield for covered Stalhelms
  
• Added new German Gas Masks as inventory items
  
• Added new German Bandanna mask as inventory item
  
• Added German sniper veil to regular snipers breeds
  
• Added Gebirgsjager leg wear
  
• Fixed missing descriptions for new head wear entities
  
• Fixed Pioneer pouch weights
  
• Fixed KM overseas caps
  
• Removed unused head wear (no models associated with them)
  
• Removed tricolor from M43 helmet

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Community members! To mark the day world war 2 ended in Europe, we have just released the second part of Community Update 3.
For the occasion, your game will have a different splash screen (see the image above) on opening.
This free update is our 8th large content update for Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront. As we summarized in developer blog #146, this update adds a ton of material, and there are several QoL changes you will want to check out!

It is always our mission to keep developing, and to keep in touch with you, the community. This Community Update, like the ones before, specifically adds items to the game the community has requested - as the name already suggests. In a sense, this kind of work is never finished of course, but we’re very happy to release this update to all Call to Arms - Gates of Hell players.
We expect that the new content and the improvements in this update will have quite an impact.
Part one of Community Update 3 has been out for a number of weeks, and now it’s time for part two. This concludes one more step in our never ending project for - and inspired by - the GoH community; so, as far as we’re concerned, that means “mission accomplished” is only a temporary state.

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Today's update headliners are the new tutorial missions, new German human models, and the “Last Stand” game mode. But there’s a lot more!
Part 1 consisted of new sound, optimisation, new maps, new vehicles and a lot of small fixes.
Part 2, as described, will have tutorials, humanskins, and a game mode, however it contains a good number of fixes and tweaks as well. If you add the 2 parts of Community Update 3 together there’s literally hundreds of changes and to go over all of them is literally a “long read”.

We have reworked shadows to give a higher degree of graphical fidelity. The shadows are now sharper, the rays are traced with more accuracy, and are an excellent improvement alongside the new human models. Enjoy the improved shaders in third person! Please note that what was previously called "ultra" shadow setting is now the "high" setting. With the new update, the "ultra" setting casts very high resolution shadows that are only suitable for high end graphic cards. If you encounter any performance issues on "ultra", please lower your shadow settings. Even taking it down one notch will still be an upgrade compared to the situation before the update.
In order to avoid nasty surprises, the 'ultra' shadows are not part of the general video presets, and will have to be set manually.

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Apart from those headlines, there will be many, many changes for part 2. The changelog is available HERE.
Add this to the changelog of part 1, which had over 300 entries, that makes for a total of around 350 changes in total for Community Update 3.
So, in case you were wondering what we’ve been up to lately, this is part of it. Our policy is to keep improving anything we realistically can, and our Community Updates (and Content Updates) prove that.

• This summer, in June, it will be 3 years since the release of “Ostfront”
  
• This summer will also bring a new announcement
  
• By “Summer” we mean anywhere between early june and late september
  
• The next DLC will be hinted at on our Discord server[discord.com] first, at some point

That’s it for now, thanks for stopping by; have fun with the update and good luck on the battlefield. Any guesses about the next DLC? Let us know in the comments!

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