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Road to Forgotten Hope 2.4: Part 414.07.2011 18:00 GMT Hello and welcome back to another update of Forgotten Hope. Today is the final day before the release of 2.4, and we will be wrapping up everything that has been announced in the past few days. Up first is a trailer for Forgotten Hope 2.4 that was made by betatester Kubador. Enjoy! In case you missed any of the other three updates that were presented earlier in the week, you can view them by clicking on the links below. You will find the changelog in part 2, and the pre-release client files, as well as the server files in part 3. Also, be sure to join us tomorrow (July 15), at 18:00 GMT for when Forgotten Hope 2.4 is finally released! The major changes in 2.4 are:
As we recieved some requests for a general list of changes, the changelog released on Tuesday being for internal use, we have taken the time to review and rewrite it completely, to provide a clear overview of all the new and changed content in version 2.4. On a final note, we here at the development team would like to extend a personal 'thank you' to both our testing team and our loyal fans. Without the continued dedication of these two groups to a mod that runs on a 6 year old game, the last 9 months of work would have been all for nothing. And it is for that we are truly grateful to all of our players. Thank you. Last we have another Wallpaper, made by FatJoe, to keep you cool until Forgotten Hope 2.4 arrives tomorrow.
That's all for today, but be sure to come back tomorrow for the final update and the long-awaited release of FH 2.4. Until then, feel free to visit our IRC channel channel and our public forums to discuss this update and other news. Road to Forgotten Hope 2.4: Part 313.07.2011 18:00 GMT Hello and welcome back to another update of Forgotten Hope. We hope you brought your flight jacket today because today we are highlighting the aircraft in 2.4 and how they have changed, but more importantly we are releasing the pre-release client and server files. First up, we have the passworded torrent files. You will not be able to extract the actual client files until Friday, July 15th when the password is released, but in order to download these files, you will need to use one of the many bittorrent client programs that are available for free on the internet. The following torrents contains the client files needed to properly play Forgotten Hope version 2.4. If you have an unmodified version of 2.3, then you will need to only download the 2.3 > 2.4 patch which is 1.7 GB. If you have modified your FH2 install in some way or do not have FH2 at all, you will need to download the full installer which a total of 3.9 GB split into three parts (1.6 GB, 1.8 GB, 555 MB). Installing custom maps will not modify your FH2 installation. Patch from 2.3 to 2.4Download the Forgotten Hope 2.4 Pre-Release Torrent (incremental) 2.4 FullDownload the Forgotten Hope 2.4 Pre-Release Torrent (full - part 1) Download the Forgotten Hope 2.4 Pre-Release Torrent (full - part 2) Download the Forgotten Hope 2.4 Pre-Release Torrent (full - part 3) Remember, you will not be able to access the actual files until this Friday. If you do not wish to download these torrent files, you can wait until Friday at 18:00 GMT to download the un-passworded files from a list of mirror sites. If you are a server administrator and would like to have your server up and running by this Friday for the release, you can download the necessary files here. Also be sure to register your server with our awards system as well, if you haven't already. You can register here. With that out of the way now, we can get on with the third part to our series of gameplay changes. Today we will be revealing all that has been done to give the aircraft in FH 2.4 a fresh new feel. In what is perhaps the biggest and most noticeable change, all aircraft use a new physics model, including a greatly increased role of gravity and stalling, stiffer flaps, and unique handling characteristics making every aircraft unique. In order to win the battle, use the plane's characteristics to your advantage. Thanks to the hard work of Stubbfan and Kev4000, in addition to countless hours testing, we rest assured that upcoming aircraft physics are a major and definite improvement. After many revisions throughout the years, we have combined previous experiences, together with months of internal trial and error testing, in addition to reports from the World at War tournament.
As you can see from the screenshot above, the field of view has been widened as well, to give pilots improved situational awareness when flying. The gray area in the middle represents what you would see in the previous version, and the expanded colored area represents what you will now see from the cockpit in 2.4. Along with this, the rear camera view has also been added back into use, to give players an even better view when in combat.
Finally, it was deemed that the 400m convergence that was added to the aircraft in a previous release was too high of a value. It has now been lowered to 250m by azreal from Eat_Uranium's and Gunnie's original code, to make both air-to-air and air-to-ground combat more effective. To fully experience all that changed in 2.4, you'll have to wait until Friday, but for now, you can view this short gameplay video of a ground-attack mission below. Update: We have last minute information for Server Admins about Registering a Server for the Awards That's all for today, but be sure to come back tomorrow for more news. Until then, feel free to visit our IRC channel channel and our public forums to discuss this update and other news. 
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