Every now and then we hear people complain about the recrewing issues the Soviets have. Since this problem doesn't look like its going to go away any time soon, I shall explain briefly why the Soviets have this and the various other
strawmen that have arisen -
THE BUGSoviets CANNOT capture or recrew weapons. This is a hardcoded problem that arises when adding in a new faction instead of replacing an old one. This bug is beyond our control, and beside replacing the other factions, there is nothing we can do about it without support from Relic.
Soviets CAN however capture light weapons like Shrecks, LMG42s (not tripods), BARs, Recoiless rifles, Bazookas, Brens etc. Soviets can also reinforce their own weapon crews.
All OTHER factions (US, Brits, Wehr and PE) CAN recrew or caputre Soviet weapons since they are not affected by the recrew bug.THE FUTURE OF THIS BUGCurrently, the bug could be with us for some time. However, we have contacted Relic over this bug recently and the response has been somewhat positive
Relic community manager -
Can you guys put together a list, prioritized, of things you'd like Relic to do... make it so re-crewing weapons possible etc. We don't have any time right now for much of anything... but we'll at least investigate for the future, eh
A solution to this bug would not only be good for Eastern Front, it would be beneficial to the CoH modding community as a whole. Relic have helped us in the past and we hold hope that they will go the extra mile to help us again in the future.
Any updates will be posted here, until then, this is the way things are for now.
