Railroad system

[Pac-Fish]

New map: Railroad challenge. Control all 5 stations

[Monos]

Ofcourse it would be a special map. LoL, not all maps have railroads, and if you could build railroads in CoH with the engineers xD haha, that would just be too crazy.

But yeah, instead of normal VP's you could have Vp's at the railroad segments, where controlling the railroad is key to victory.

=) ... The player with most VP's can board the train and choose it to move or halt by clicking on it. If it moves all units in the station will enter the train. And will be able to leave at the next station.

It's fast transportation but it can be blown up by AT weapons and mines along the track.

[Cranialwizard]

This sounds like a neat idea. I really do love it, I have a certain affection for railroads, infact I live not 15 meters from a rail track.

The only issues is that it destroys core mechanisms in the game and thus can not and will not be included in PVP matches.

That being said there is nothing stopping Walki and Rizz from coming up with an evil plot to make a railroad challenge

[Pac-Fish]

Now we can reinact battles with railroad. Hooray! . Like the scene from enemy at the gates

[Max 'DonXavi' von B.]

If this is implemented in EF, it will be on a new gametype, similar to Angoville challenge and not in any normal map.

+1

I would even think of an SP mission where you arrive with a train, e.g. on the way to Stalingrad, you have to move your troups down to the Wolga, then a cutscene shows how you cross the river by boat (a modified barge can be used here), then you start to fight the Germans.

On the other hand, it could work as a supply train in a German mission where the train is constantly attacked by Partisans and  some light guns, you have to defend the train with some light equipment (Infantry guns, Landsers, MG-34s,...).

It wouldn't even be hard to animate that. Just let the weels turn. Well, the steam locomotive may be hard to animate, but it would pay off definitely.

If I think about these ideas, it would add a unique atmosphere to SP missions.

Just to give my opinion.

[Killar]

i want a Panzerzug (armoured train). A new model has to be made animated and skinned. But it would be awesome. These trains were crucial to secure the supply of german troops.

fast forward to 2:10

Die Deutsche Wochenschau 1943-10-20 Panzerzug im Osten [nofollow]

[Pac-Fish]

AHHHH!! I cant understand what they are saying! Someone translate 2:10

[Monos]

TELL THE MAP MAKERS!

[Max 'DonXavi' von B.]

TELL THE MAP MAKERS!

What exactly do you want to tell
us?

[Monos]

Make a map with railroads. Where the concept is to have trains running on the tracks. Then make or get someone to make a challenge out of it where trains runs on the tracks and are a key to gameplay.

 

[octodecoy]

80cm Railway guns could be added to the list...for Germans at least.

[Walentin 'Walki' L.]

Guys making this would take a lot of time cause you need to check every single railroad part if it is destroyed or still intact and I don't think the CoH Engine is done for such things.

[Desert_Fox]

80cm Railway guns could be added to the list...for Germans at least.

No railway guns in EF IIRC.

[Killar]

Guys making this would take a lot of time cause you need to check every single railroad part if it is destroyed or still intact and I don't think the CoH Engine is done for such things.

Than the train can only drive in the beginning of the mission and then stops.

Soldiers arrive at the front (ingame clip) than you take control.

[Monos]

Soviet campaign could include such a mission where you arrive by train!