More new content in development - Carpathian Crosses media update!

[[TW]Wilsonam]

Carpathian Crosses media update!

The Carpathian Crosses mod team has been hard at work through the winter and have now got a whole load of new materials to show you! They have been working on new skins and player models for the Romanians, a whole batch of new vehicles, some interesting new features we have been hearing about and, of course, maps to use them all on.
Their website has the full details, but here is a sampler for you:

So - go and take a look at the Carpathian Crosses website - click on the banner or click HERE.

[Nestor Makhno]

W00000t-ah!

[mat69]

Well the news seem nice, even though your post is not functional here (no pics, no links).
http://www.carpathiancrosses.com/

[[TW]Wilsonam]

I truly hate our content management system... lol...

[Nestor Makhno]

I thought u were just teasing

Sincere thanks very much for your help with this Alan.

[Kurtz]

It all looks good to me... <3 to tripwire for actually supporting great mods like this.

[Athena]

Great Work. Looks very sharp and thorough from the website to the actual content!


Now, it's time for some ignorance and I'm probably going to make a stupid comment.

Ok, here goes. I have this feeling that the Romanians were like Italians, i.e. the noobs of WWII, am I wrong?

[Dheepan]

Daaaaaaayum.

[[TW]Wilsonam]

The Romanians provided the second largest Axis force on the Eastern Front - then the second largest Allied force on the Eastern Front

They originally got into the fight to get back the land the Soviets "liberated" from Romania in 1940. However, they then ended up a further 1,500 Km further east, most of them wondering "why". Their equipment was outdated by 1941, with the Germans sometimes letting them have stuff they had already "used".

Given a chance, the Romanians fought well - mostly against any Hungarians handy, it has to be said! Their good troops were very professional - the poor bloody conscripts were like any other - mostly wanting to be somewhere else - like at home!

Anyway - they gave the Soviets a good beating most of the way across southern Ukraine and into the Crimea!

[Quietus]

I confess I don't know jack squat about Romania in WW2 however I have a general interest in Romania as far as history goes (Transylvania, very old villages, structures, castles etc and all that coolness). Do any of the battles/maps you guys have planned actually occur in Romania, and if so will they have an authentic "romanian" vibe to them? That'd be neato to me.

[O'Shannon]

This Nalchik looks great. can'twait too play this mod. *finger liking*

[Nestor Makhno]

Originally Posted by Quietus

Do any of the battles/maps you guys have planned actually occur in Romania, and if so will they have an authentic "romanian" vibe to them? That'd be neato to me.

When the Romanians took back what is now Moldova from the Soviets in 1941, they were fighting over territory which is predominantly Romanian in terms of ethnicity and language.

So it need not only be after 'end-game in 1944' maps that you can kick back with a glass or two of ţuică de-a-ntâia.

Originally Posted by [RO]Wilsonam

Their equipment was outdated by 1941, with the Germans sometimes letting them have stuff they had already "used".

Yup, visit our website and you will see Czech and French equipment used by the Romanians - they also used Italian and Austrian gear as well. The Romanians didn't have much of an armaments industry which meant that, instead of upgrading/upgunning, and with the French and Czech nations, let alone armaments industries, no longer existing per se, they had to rely on Germany for 'cast-offs'.

As Germany did not seem to especially trust their allies, they kept them waiting for a few early-model Mark III's and IV's and so on. This was a move that the Germans would come to regret when the Romanians rolled over against Soviet armour on the flanks during the encirclement of the 6th Army in Stalingrad.

The Orita, however, was Romanian-made but is now a very rare gun (even on google ).

[Bolt]

T-26, woohoo! Love this baby in BTRH mod for SHWW2.
And I expect seeing morpehi next..

[ButchCassidy]

This looks like a very interesting mod with such an unusual Idea for its content.

Will this be a full blown conversion or will it be added content to the basic game?

[worluk]

it will be new content, thought the amount of what we can change within the game is almost unlimited.

[COOL SHADOW]

the only question is "WHEN"!

[Nestor Makhno]

Originally Posted by COOL SHADOW

the only question is "WHEN"!

The only answer is, "When it's done!"

Can I also just stress that you can pass the time waiting for Carpathian Crosses to come out by taking photos of yourself to be used as a player model for our add-on. You can see how to do this HERE

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A torrent of models, what is that like 5 (pretty much) new tanks! They look very well made as well, i'd like to see them all skinned are they skinned yet?

EDIT: Did the romanians have their own bolt action/semi auto rifle or did they just use german ones?

[worluk]

This is only part 1 of our big update. We are trying to get some skinned tanks in with the next part. But as you see on the long version of the news on the CC frontpage we are still looking for skinners.

The romanian used (and will use in CC) other rifles beside the Kar. They didnt have their own semis, also from the germans there didnt came much in that area. Best you can hope is probably captured SVTs.

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So did they have their own manufactured rifle that will be moddled in the mod?