Into the Fire: A Gates of Hell Mod

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Authors: Pannoniæ, Sergeant Braphog

Last revision: 3 Aug, 2024 at 23:21 UTC (4)

File size: 1.39 GB

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Description:

Always check the Change Notes to see the latest features and what has been added in specific so far.

Into the Fire is a modification of Gates of Hell: Ostfront that aims to be the spiritual successor of the RobZ Realism mod for Men of War: Assault Squad 2. Planned to span from the onset of the Second World War to the end of the Korean War, Into the Fire will offer players a new, immersive experience that balances realism with gameplay and aesthetics.

This mod’s goals is to not only provide an experience similar to RobZ Realism inside of Gates of Hell: Ostfront through similar mechanics, but also offer a plethora of content including new textures, units, maps, factions, and time periods. Into the Fire also eschews traditional doctrines in favor of the doctrineless system pioneered by Pannoniae, which returns whole-faction play as seen in Men of War: Assault Squad 2.

• New mechanics, such as increased ranges for vehicles and weaponry akin to RobZ Realism values, and a more realistic health/damage system.
• New textures for pre-existent breeds and squads from vanilla factions.
• New breeds, vehicles, and squads for vanilla factions.
• New factions such as the United States Marine Corps, Waffen-SS, and more.
• New maps that incorporate novel assets and bring the fight beyond Europe, visiting the Africas, Asia, and more.
• New time periods exploring the usage of World War 2 technology, from WW2 itself to the Korean War
• New GFX, VFX, SFX landscapes and soundscapes.

• All vehicles refitted to RobZ ranges; for example, new max range for tanks such as the King Tiger is 250m.
• Most firearms refitted to RobZ ranges.
• All unit MP prices changed to reflect RobZ values.
• All DP units are now MP buys until the new SP-analogous system is completed. (TEMPORARY!)
• New units and breeds added to reflect many units that existed in RobZ Realism.
• Early and mid-war periods removed to focus on finishing the late war first.
• Doctrines removed and replaced with the doctrineless system. All factions have been refitted to this system.
• Battle Zones mechanics changed to match speed with the new balancing changes. This means that you will gain points from killing enemy units as well as controlling zones; you will not lose points for losing units.
• 1 new map, Warfare3 remix by Warfare11.
• AI updated to work with the new values that Into the Fire adds.
• New sounds.

• Will this work with Valour / MACE / CEv2 / et cetera?: No; this is as a result of the intense degree of editing that we have done for all factions in the terms of unit compositions, defines, and more.
• Is this compatible with the Conquest gamemode?: Yes; it is fully supported.
• Something is broken!: Thank you for observing the issue. Make sure to inform us in the appropriate discussion threads and we will fix it.
• Can I join the development team?: If you have any skill that can help in the improvement of the mod, please contact one of the current developers through Steam (or Discord, if applicable).

All further questions and suggestions should be directed to our this mod’s discussion threads.

• This mod is being put together by a very small team. While they work on the mod regularly, updates might be slow simply due to the sheer amount of work needed to be done. However, feel free to play this mod and inform us of any encountered issues.
• It is highly advised to play in multiplayer on the standard settings, as that is what the MP, DP, etc. points are scaled towards.

This modification would not be possible without other mods and other modders’ hard work. These were used to breathe more life inside the game and increase versatility for match playing; all credits to the original creators of the assets, mechanics, systems, and inspirations below.

• Thank you RobZ for your original mod for Men of War: Assault Squad 2.
• Huge thanks to Marcus for Sturmpanzer II and many other amazing mods.
• Thank you very much Rep for the RobZ 12.8cm PaK 44 model, you are great.
• Thank you BK for a few very cool vehicles. 🙂
• Thank you MACE for many cool models and ideas.
• Thank you The Rizzler for Endsieg 1945 and Reich Rising. These mods have really high quality content and models, check them out!
• Thank you Warfare11, for the Warfare3 remix map.
• Thank you Freddie for some of the sounds.