NO PARACHUTES , NO KITS (other than knife and pistol) , NO FLAGS , TWO SPAWN POINTS (uncaptureable) , LESS FOG (no more flying forever to find your guy) * GamePlay Information *
Game: Built on Desert Combat Extended 0.72d
Game Type: Conquest
Game Mod : Desert Combat Extended
Requires : Battlefield 1942 1.6 or higher, Desert Combat 0.7, Desert Combat Extended .72d
Features : 73 spawning vehicles!
* Object List *
6- ah64d 6- ah64h 6- mi24d 2- mi24se 8- ah6 10- f15a 3- f16a 2- f16b 2- f16c 2- f16d 3- a10 2- mirage 3- su25t 3- mig29 11- dpv 4- taxis

Look for wlv in your filter and if it's not there.... well we're just working on the server :). You can get the maps here and check out more about DCX here.

We've got an official Desert Combat server - just type wlv in the filter and it should come up. We'll be putting up a DCX Server up sometime during the week.

Also, we've got a new site coming your way! It will be registered this week and will not only be home of the Wolverines but will hopefully encompass a wider range of topics...again time allowing. Fancy yourself a reporter and feel like sharing that little bit of info with the world? There will be room eventually for others to join and supply information for the site....it may be sometime but just to put a bug in your ear.

I had another topic of possible interest but it fails to come to mind....hmmmm....

Just so there's a bit of news... Battlefield 2 is coming out next year and here are the details .... take care....

Eastern Battles has a lot of renders to show though I would consider none exceptional. You can if you have the time go here to see the updates...

Battlefield Singleplayer has an interesting add-on for BFV...called the Realplayer mod. Here's what that is about...Realplayer Battlefield Vietnam is a single player/coop enhancement mini-mod.
This is an open source mod. Other mod teams are welcome to use the AI improvements for their own mods.
The mod contains several bug fixes and changes to improve the single player/coop experience.
To install - just extract the installer from zip file and run.
To play - start the game from the Realplayer vietnam icon or select realplayer from the custom game menu.

1.e:
- Specialized bot names on all maps
- Maximized attack and aggression on all maps. Some maps were maxed out by DICE. Maps improved by RealPlayer:
Hoci. Trail
Cambodia
Hue
Reclaim Hue
IA Drang
Khe Sahn
Op. Irving

Previous -
- Added Realplayer AIbehaviors for more aggressive bots.
- Medpacks are enabled for bots and added to most classes.
- The wrench is fixed for bot use.
- Third person soldier view added.
- Gun camera tweaked on most vehicles.
- Several vehicle AI bugs fixed ( such as gunner on helicopter).
- Bots capability to fire from passenger postion added to BTR60 and Samapan.
- Bots tendency to bail from pilot postion of helicopters was reduced.
- Bot weapon ranges overall are increased.
- Bots will use grenades against vehicles.
- Smoke grenade replaced with standard grenade.
- Bots will prefer to use rocket weapons against vehicles and change to another weapon to attack infantry.

This is a combined project with Necronom and Dnamro. You can find out more here at BFSingleplayer or go directly to the download here...

I watched the following video with my mouth open....it's kind of how I fly in DC except the video would be done a little sooner...well a lot sooner actually. Really, I could do this....awww forget it....just make sure you watch the video...right-click on the link to download it or click to play it in WMP right away. Wow....(thanks to Skankbaby for posting this originally).

The Call to Arms group and a Korea mod for BFV is gaining strength, at least in discussion anyway. Here's a small part of the article posted by [ROTC]1Canuck - Battle Of Kapyong - The Chinese spring offensive began across a broad front the evening of 22 April, 1951. With only hours to set up its positions, the 27th Commonwealth Brigade’s (Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada) mission was to hold the two approaches to Kapyong. Kapyong was the doorway to Seoul, and would have left all of South Korea open to enemy forces. This was the first time in the war Canadians engaged the Chinese army on a large scale.
The battle raged for three days. Human waves of screaming Chinese bayonet charges resulted in some of the bloodiest and most ferocious hand-to-hand fighting of the Korean War.
Set against enormous odds the allied positions began to crumble. Commonwealth units on the surrounding hills abandoned their positions as thousands of enemy troops stormed through the valley. The Canadians, outnumbered 10 to 1, cut off and alone, held their position for three days, until the Chinese abandoned their attack.
The Canadians kept the front from collapsing, blunting the third, and final Chinese attempt of the war to capture Seoul. By the evening of 24 April, it became obvious that the Canadians had won the bloody encounter, and the Chinese attack had failed.
For their bravery, the second battalion Princess Patricia’s Light Infantry became the only Canadian unit in history to receive an American presidential citation – a distinction the US government rarely bestows on foreign troops. There's more to this post and this thread here is a good read for those who didn't know about this battle...doing a mod for BFV by the CTA group seems just like the right thing to do! What they need now is to notify the community to let them know they are thinking of this, create a little interest..... how about it guys! Let's put this Canadian mod at the forefront! :)

Next Threat has been quiet lately but after checking their forum one of the members was bewailing the mods end...but was later offered 'big things' and questioned if he 'wanted in'. And then there was the mention of Far Cry....? Just thought I'd mention it....

EA has released a community update....Community Update - 4.9.04 THANK YOU!
Online numbers for BFV were huge the first week it was released and they don't show signs of slowing down. You're all obviously enjoying the the game! Everyone at DICE and EA would like to thank the fans and welcome all the new faces to the world of Battlefield!
Battlefield Vietnam Update
For those of you familiar with Battlefield 1942, you're already aware of the level of support you can expect from the Battlefield team. Battlefield Vietnam is no exception. In the next few months you can expect to see updates which add new features, incorporate community requests and add new content. We're currently working on an update which will incorporate some of your suggestions such as tweaking the M60/LAW combo as well as addressing performance issues experienced by some people. Stay tuned for more information on this in the upcoming weeks.
Server Admins
Be advised, BFV has a higher bandwidth requirement than Battlefield 1942. This is due to the new features added in the game such as overgrowth and airlifting. We are working to optimize these further, but a simple solution includes properly choking your servers to the appropriate setting. We also recommend that you run only one instance of BFV on a server based on your bandwidth pipeline. Some rules of thumb include:
16-player: WinOS or Linux/1.8Ghz processor/256MB RAM/T1 connection
32-player: WinOS or Linux/2.8Ghz processor/512MB RAM/T1 connection
64-player: WinOS or Linux/3+Ghz processor/512MB RAM/T3 connection (You will need at least 4Mbit of bandwidth)
ATI Card Users
We are currently discussing with ATI the issues with BFV and certain high-end ATI cards. As an interim solution, if you turn off Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering you will have a much better playing experience.
That's it for this week, so until we talk next, happy hunting!
EAComMike and the rest of te Battlefield team!

Flashpoint Balkans has an update for their upcoming mod in BFV. They are showing off their latest Gazelle...by protector...

The Call To Arms folks are looking at using the BFV engine but not for the Vietnam conflict...how about the Korean Conflict? Well, they are talking about it and it would be interesting...a combined operation by two seperate countrys troops ,to relieve and eventually win over a large and efficient attack .shows about how the korean war was fought , in the air canadians flew with the american 5 air force in top line saber jets ,achieveing 23 kills of migs and doing much effective work against ground targets. that the americans wanted the canadian pilots on the front line is obvious...You can find more of the thread here if you're interested...here's another thread and a small note from Pickle...ive already sketched a few things from ,the korean war so ill give a tought to maps now the battle for hill 355 is a natural one right off , the seaborne landings at inchon is another . a air war one with jets called mig ally another one with ground attack aircraft and ground forces moving against a fortified enemy position .a navel map the canadian fleet had 8 ships in korea and used them to support inchon landings and also the blocade of the north korean coast attacking shipping and on land trains etc...

XWWII has announced a mapping contest...Do you have what it takes to make a map of a battle that took place in World War 2? Can you make a map that the XWWII community would be proud of, and would gladly play on? Then this is the time to stand up and show your stuff! - So here is your chance! We are planning to make a Fan Map Pack of 5 selected maps. These maps will get full support from the development team, but they will be chosen based on certain criteria and will be tested by our beta test team. The contest will take place in the coming 3 weeks; we will release the best of the submitted maps 2 weeks after the contest starts. So the date of start is today April 3rd, and the ending date will be on 30th of April. With an announcement of the chosen 5 coming shortly after. There's plenty more to read about it over at their website...this is your chance!!!!

DCX has a new ally in the UK...in the game that is...here are the new renders...and more at their website!!! ( and DCX .73 is on it's way ).

Eastern Battles has updated their site with two new renders...a knife and grenades. What's their mod about? Eastern Battles is a Modification for the EA and Dice game Battlefield Vietnam which is like the famous game Battlefield 1942 also made by EA and Dice but set in Vietnam. Eastern Battles will be set around wars in the Middle East and based around the war in Afghanistan with Taliban and Al Qaida forces fightning the USA and it's Coalition. If there is interest in the future we might add the Israel - Palestine war. Eastern Battles will bring a new atmosphere , at least two new armies and many new weapons , vehicles and maps. Find their website here and the renders below.

Next Threat has been rather silent for awhile and it looks as though that may continue. There is no apparent move towards coding on the existing version of NT and no apparent move to BFV. It wait and see for those who enjoyed this mod...

Perusing through XWWII I found some wake screens for the 2.5 release...Wake has already been modified slightly from when these were taken but will give us a very good idea...

Communist Aggression has moved from BF1942 to UT2004 - here's the official ...well you know...Yes it has been decided by the team to switch the newer engine of Unreal Tournament 2004. Models will be higher qualitiy and smoother! Forums are updated with a new Communist Aggression Theme thanks to me... Also expect some major design changes on the site, am am planning on a brushed metal look... :-D. You can find their website here...

After listing the date I was wondering whether I should report anything today but here goes..anything to outlandish I'll avoid. Call To Arms has mentioned that they've got a new member. Autopilot is the name and modeller is his game.... looks as though CTA continues to grow, congrats! The following pic was released by Torch earlier this week... a foxhole... This foxhole is just big enough for one man to stand in, when crouching only his head is visible, and when lying down he's hidden. Perfect for fights like Bastogne.- Torch. You'll also notice some other models released by Torch earlier...awesome renders that deserved reposting!

There was a Silent Heroes update posted by Zarkow...here's a portion... So what is going on inside the small cottage that contains most of Team SH in shacles? We are continuing to develop SH. Internal betas are being worked on and the beta-team is slowly comming alive after the christmas vacation again. As of right now we are a handfull of extreamly dedicated developers that are working on a daily basis with the development. Sometimes we joke on irc that we might be one of the smallest active MODing teams [with a MOD in this larger download-volume], and sadly it's probably not very far from the truth. Recently Mr. Tobias Gustafsson (TurboGlider) joined the ranks of our team and is picking up with creating houses and larger static objects.
What does it take to be a part of an MOD-team? Lots and lots of dedication. Experience is something you recieve - knowledge is something you get - the hunger to develope yourself is something you have. If you think you might have what it takes then check out the job-listings on our website.
There have been many questions as to when the next release (projected to be 0.35) is going to be released, what it will contain and what changes that will be made.
As always, we always answer these questions automatically when we know it ourselfs, by posting it on the forums. There will be new maps, new vehicles, new features, new unique quirks and some hidden candy. But please be patient and let us work - we are doing it as fast as we can. :]

Not sure what happen to FSB...maybe they changes their link but for whatever reason they are Offline....really...check here.

XWWII has released a number of updates recently...most recently was yesterday where they posted their The M1919a4 30cal. Light Machine Gun . Below you'll find some pics of that and photos of Mapper's 1.6 mappack...

Probably old news??? BG42 has announced a tie-in ( not a merger ) with the Operation Anubis mod. This from BGLoki- The BG42 team is pleased to announce a tie-in with the Operation Anubis mod. What does this mean? The Operation Anubis team have very kindly allowed the BG42 team access to their entire-inventory of models covering everything from tanks to planes and boats in the late WW2 period. In return we aim to bring all the relevant models we can into BG42 so their work gets the recognition it deserves. We're particularily excited by the ships and hope many will fit into the Pacific battles of late WW2. Please note this does NOT mean we are shifting to a fantasy WW2 mod format. We will only be using valid Operation Anubis vehicles that saw service in WW2.To check out what is in store, go to The Operation Anubis Mod Site ... We also have many WIP screens for you...... To see those screens check them out here.... there are quite a few...

Eve of Destruction has announced that it is in fact making a mod for BFV...that should be interesting...

DCX has announced that it officially wants to take on the public. Saturday April 3 @ 8pm edt - The DCX Staff will take on all challengers in a battle of team work. We got KIOSK and we're not afraid to send him to his death in a blaze of glory, who you got? Maps will be determined by a poll in the forums. Come out Have fun the Scrim will take place on SX server! 64.37.120.254 Want to kill us take a SS and post it afterwards in the forums!!!
CYA their. BTW - DCX's April Fools release reads as follows- Yes, that's right, we will be releasing a brand new DCX. No longer will you require DC to run. Included in DCX 8 will be such things as our own F-117A, F-22, Su-47, RAH-66 Commanche, Ka-55 Havok, USS Tarawa LHS, OICW, M-60, Los Angeles Attack Sub, Akula Attack Sub, 2 new countries, Britain and Russia. Download links will be available shortly once we have uploaded to all of our mirrors. Btw, april fools...

Here's a video that brings a smile to your face...too bad it's true though...find it here...

Trauma Studios has recently (today) has an interview with HomeLan. You'll want to read this no doubt! -

HomeLAN - Before we ask about your professional plans, let's talk about Desert Combat. Will the mod continue to be developed for Battlefield: 1942 for a free download?
Frank DeLise - DesertCombat will remain free for the foreseeable future. We have no plans to sell DC.
HomeLAN - What new content and improvements will be made to the BF: 1942 version of Desert Combat?
Frank DeLise - We are currently working on DesertCombat .8, it will include new vehicles such as the F-117, Patriots and more. An area of focus will also be new maps such as first light.

Just letting you know that we will be covering BFV in the future as well as BF1942...