Sharpen the bayonets and prepare your powder! The Regiment Warfare update is out now.

This update brings with it entirely reworked plains maps, officer voice chat, the new maps Bonnie Crags and Drill Grounds, a new first person camera experience, controller support, game optimisations and plenty more.

Make sure to take read below of all that this update has to offer.

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The mighty Drill Grounds is here at last. This behemoth of a map is the largest we've made to date and includes completely unique structures and buildings all designed to offer up the ultimate roleplay experience. Use the map name 'DrillGrounds' to load this map on your own server.

Range in the guns with the artillery training field, improve your accuracy at the firing range, hold ceremonies in the fortress walls or race horses throughout the expanse.

Even those sea faring fellows can set sail and practice engagements while those on land look on.

Why not take the King's 40 shillings and enlist in a regiment today? Check out the in-game Regiment Registry to get stuck in. With over 15,000 regiments registered you'll soon find a place within the ranks.


After giving your men a good drilling why not head over to the crag-lands of Bonnie Crags to put your skill to the test. This brand new map set in the rocky landscapes of the Scottish coastlines is the perfecting proving ground for regimental linebattles. :drill_picklock:


Enlist and fight the foe today, over the hills and far away. Battle across entirely reworked linebattle maps in this update.

No stone has been left unturned, we've completely reworked all of the plains maps to provide a better experience more fitting for the modern linebattle experience. We've also made sure to keep true to their character through community feedback. Not only do these maps now feature new unique interest points and environments but they've also been renamed to provide better memorability and clarity.

A moment of silence for all plains maps. :GoldCross:


A complete overhaul to the first-person camera experience! All of the Nations At War firearms have been freshly re-modeled and re-textured to bring them up to standard with the rest of Holdfast's art style. With the new view providing a closer look at one's trusty black-powder firearm, we wanted to make sure to do the weapons of this era justice.

To this effect all black-powder firearms also come with unique animation when firing in first-person.


As if balls of lead being fired at you at close range couldn't be scary enough the new firearm tracers provide a "close call" experience alongside a visual aid to help you make any required aiming adjustments for your next shot.

These tracers can be disabled via the game settings tab should you not wish to see them.


Inline with our efforts to make Holdfast more accessible for players new and old this update brings with it full controller support for the game. This will greatly improve the experience of those playing Holdfast on Steamdeck along with those who prefer using their controller when playing on PC.

Players using a controller will be provided with an aim assist to help centre their crosshair on their enemies unless obstructed by smoke. Adjustments to this system are ongoing while we find a good balance. We look forward to welcoming feedback on this front so please feel free to plug a controller in and give it a go.

Those both with and without a controller are now also able to via the settings change their melee block and attack directions to be based on their movement direction.

Additionally a lot of the user interface has been reworked to include the use of radial menus for easier access to the games many mechanics and roleplay features. As such, now players can select a favourite selection of gestures and shouts per class to populate their radial menu.

The officer orders are also now within a radial, however, those who wish to may opt back to the legacy version of the menus by selecting 'Legacy' mode via the game menu selection settings.


Officer and Captain classes now have the brand new 'Personal Courier' ability allowing them to communicate with one another across the battlefield.

Call for help from your fellow commanders and organise offences by swapping through the new officer voice chat channels. Your calls for help will also be heard by those around you locally for the ultimate rambling British officer experience.


We've also heavily expanded on the toolset available to event hosts and server administrators. Expanding upon what was present in the great community modification made possible trough the Holdfast SDK - 'Elf's Auto Admin', now admins on official and community servers alike will have access to a plethora of new tools and automations to help lighten the load when hosting organised events.

Here's a brief breakdown of some of the new features available via the new Holdfast Admin Panel.

Navigate to the game's Wiki for more information on this: Holdfast Wiki - Admin Features[wiki.holdfastgame.com]

Features

• Change maps at ease via the new map rotation tab.
  
• Create custom polls.
  
• Trigger and setup all charge variables for organised linebattle events.
  
• Configurable systems preventing players from firing out of line (FOL).
  
• A kill log history with the ability to revive and slay.
  
• Change naval wind settings on the fly.
  
• Target players in free-cam or in-game using the new ray-gun system for quick action.
  
• And a whole lot more.

A reworked version of the regiment history section can now be found when viewing a regiment. Simply press the scroll widget in the bottom right corner to be presented with a whole list of regiment activity and history.

See how much score members of the regiment have gathered for the regiment on official servers, view administrative actions, keep track of promotions and newly joined recruits all within this widget.

All this information will be visible and available for all players of the game regardless if they are in your regiment or not.


The games main menu background scene has been entirely recreated to feature a brighter atmosphere more fitting of Holdfast's gameplay.

Customise what nation is represented in your main menu scene by simply selecting it via the barracks. Whatever faction you last select will be represented within the scene. This also includes Frontlines-specific factions.

There are many more changes, features, bug fixes and quality of life additions being introduced in the this release. Have a read at the change-log for all the details.

Thank you for your support and until next time, may good health be yours. :oheart:

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[discord.gg]Changelog 92 - Game Version 2.19.8929.21170

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● 60 new features and improvements.
● 12 gameplay additions.
● 5 optimisations.
● 14 quality of life additions.
● 22 graphical additions.
● 7 server configuration additions.
● 172 additions to the Holdfast SDK.
● 133 bug fixes.

Click here for the full change log.[wiki.holdfastgame.com]


- Anvil Game Studios

Refleax, Rycon, Dreas, Walki, Jackson, Harper, Storey, UberJuice, Stan, Gest, Matt, Grandayy, Charles:Cute_Rat: & Winston (The Cat).

Tomorrow marks the 109 year anniversary since New Zealand and Australian soldiers landed at Gallipoli. Anzac day honours the bravery, sacrifice, and camaraderie of all soldiers who served throughout that conflict and those since.

To commemorate Anzac Day, the Oceanic Holdfast community shall be hosting a special Frontlines event tomorrow on Thursday the 25th of April @ 20:00pm AEST on the Oceanic Official AUS8 - Public ANZAC Day Event server, check below for local times.

🇦🇺 20:00pm AEST | 🇳🇿 22:00pm NZST
🇬🇧 11:00am BST | 🇫🇷 12:00am CEST
🇺🇸 05:00am EDT | 🇺🇸 02:00am PDT

During this period of remembrance we will also be hosting a giveaway for the Australian, Ottoman and American Forces DLC's for Holdfast: Frontlines along with copies of the base game.

[gleam.io]Simply click the button above to get started with entering the giveaway. 20 Winners will be selected in total!

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Work on the games next update is still ongoing as we continue to finalise and polish off the many additions and changes coming with it. For now heres a small preview of what is to come.

Prepare for inspection! Drill Grounds is an advanced training grounds featuring multiple elements of Holdfast's battlefields for regiments and their rankers to gain some valuable training. From courtyards and firing ranges to coastal ports and more, this new map really has it all.

Thank you for your support and until next time, may good health be yours. :oheart:

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[discord.gg]- Anvil Game Studios

Refleax, Rycon, Dreas, Walki, Jackson, Rejenorst, Harper, Storey, UberJuice, Stan, Gest, Matt, Grandayy, Charles:Cute_Rat: & Winston (The Cat).