Welcome to the first ever community competition run by the CM team! We're super excited to start these and will do more in the future! We hope you participate in these contests and give a chance for these new types of competitions.
And today's competition is.... Browning A5 Vs Ithaca.
Sterling and Wolfgang took a short break to recover from the recent Nazi killing mission (more news on that soon).
Meanwhile, Rivet and Kurgan were at the Raid base camp and some resistance members showed up with 2 brand-new wooden crates. They rushed over but the boxes were empty except a letter from Mrs white in them. The letter read:
“Dear Raid Gang,
These crates represent 2 new weapons we want to send you, but manufacturing is limited to just one of them. There is only one way to sort this out. Wild west style. Send me a postcard of you in your very best action pose with your favourite of the 2 weapons.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs White”
Rules:
Pick one of the 2 raiders: Rivet for the Browning A5 or Kurgan for the Ithaca
Take a picture, art or any image that looks like a postcard
Pose your characters with the appropriate shotgun and give them a quote in the voice of that character
Needs to use a quote for the gun in the image (quote must be in character, like something they would say)
Send you postcards here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/414740/discussions/0/1699415798764031100/
Winner receives:
Special Edition of RAID: World War II
Name in the camp
The chosen Shotgun developed into the game
Invite into the beta of the Codenamed: Kelly level on the next available community stream
here are few example for you:
No update today - Update will be on February 8th
Raiders! just a quick update for you all.
Next update!
We just wanted to tell you all that there will not be an update this week. Instead a bigger update will arrive on February 8th! ( Next week Thursday!)
The contents of that will be revealed to you all during the next week.
Grind fix
The one thing that we can say right now is that the "Grind fix" will be in that update. (woho!)
A lot of you have sent feedback here on various threads on the forums as well as our Discord channel. And we thank you for that!. Of course we will keep tweaking and updating it afterwards when players get to experience it and more feedback is gathered.
Content reveals next week
So everyday next week up until the release there will be some content reveals! Hopefully you guys look forward to that as much as we do!
RAID: World War II - Weekly Newsletter 29/01/2018
Hey Raiders!
Thanks for being patient with us since our return back from Christmas holidays. We realize that we were a little quiet but, we are starting to get into the groove of things and some hot new updates are planned soon!
More details on that below but firstly, we have seen some gossip on the interwebs about LgL, its staffing and the future for RAID. We don’t want to get involved in gossip, and we think our energy is better spent on development, and we hope you all agree too. But to be completely transparent, neither LGL or RAID is dead.
New Level!
Announcing a new level! This one isn’t Silo, but an all new one! Code named: KELLY. It takes places with the raid gang going deep into Berlin to take out one of the Nazis main banks. This time, they intend to get very rich out of it! More news on that soon, but below you can see screenshots from an early development build.
Community Fridays
It’s been a while since we did this, and you know we love it when you guys are creative. So… This week we will announce a new competition! We have weapons, which one will you choose to be in the game next! As usual it won’t be a straight up competition but a chance for you to be creative!
Silo Release
We are close, oh so close, to releasing Silo. Just got to fix some bugs and make sure its as good as it can be for release. For the ones still reading, you should get excited! It won’t be just Silo, but a juicy update is planned for you soon! We will do a larger announcement on that shortly, so keep your eyes peeled! We also wanted to post some screenshots of the progression of the Silo level:
XP and Grind
Thank you all so much for your feedback! We have made changes to lots of stats that effect the XP curve and progression in general. These changes are in a closed beta and we are testing them out, expect the update to be released very soon. As soon as we get closer to something “tangible” we will share the details with you guys, and then continue on from there.
Newsletters
We will now release newsletters every other week for RAID. We think that this is a better cadence of information being released as we have time to accumulate more juicy news that will be closer to being in the version released. So, in case its confusing, the next newsletter will be on 12th February.
Live Streams
It sure has been a while since you have seen our faces and have had live interactions with us, so we are updating you guys on the timings of the streams. So! Announcing that the Streams will be every other week, on the weeks that we don’t do newsletters. The next stream will be on 9th February.
RAID: World War II - Update 14
Hey Raiders!
A smaller patch this week as we are getting into the development groove. Rest assured we have an exiting patch plan for next week!
Here are the patch notes for update 14.
Programming
- Fixed an issue with grenades, which did not do any melee damage
Art
- Fixed an issue on Extraction, where the player could see out of the world.
- Fixed an issue on Rogues Gallery, where a sniper could not be shot when shooting from a certain angle.
- Fixed a LOD issue in the camp, with the level 2 version of the piano.
- Fixed an issue on Last Orders, where the sommelier would not show an outline for the drop in client.
Level Design
- Fixed an issue on Forest Convoy, where a sniper could be seen floating in the air.
- Fixed an issue on Urgent Delivery, where the player could not interact with a greed item.
- Fixed an issue on Rogues Gallery, where enemies stopped spawning when standing on certain locations on the map.
Text
- Fixed capitalization on the concrete grenade.
- Rephrased the Recon warcry description.
Animation
- Fixed an issue with the Sten recoil, when having certain upgrades applied.
RAID: World War II - Newsletter 15/01/2018
Hey Raiders!
Welcome back to the weekly newsletter!
We hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year!
So, as we spin up development again, this week will be a bug fixed focused patch, and more of that below. But we want you all to know there are some content updates planned in the not too distant future!
Weekly Patch
We fixed a few different bugs for this week, and more to come in the following weeks but some highlights include among other things: the grenade melees not doing damage, enemy spawns being stopped when standing in certain locations, and a recoil issue on the Sten.
Silo Level
Don’t worry we haven’t forgotten about the new Silo level and we should be able to make an announcement about the release date soon!
Weapon
Next week we will announce more information on the next weapon to be released! Keep your eyes peeled for that!
Grind Update
We have been looking at fixing the “grind” that many of you still feel exist. We are working on it, and soon we will give you an update to the intended solution we have.
That’s all for this week, but as we get back into routine, expect more news!
RAID: World War II - Update 13
Hey Raiders!
Happy Christmas to all those that celebrate and we hope you have a wonderful holiday period and new year!
We hope 2018 brings us lots of exciting new to talk about but in the meantime, here is a little Christmas content from us.
Bren
When you update you will get the Bren light machine gun (LMG).
The Bren is for the Assault (unlocks at level 25) and Demolition (unlocks at level 28) Classes.
For all those who want to see what it looks like ingame here you go:
Enjoy shooting some Nazis over Christmas with this badboy!
RAID: World War II - Update 12
Hey Raiders!
Welcome to the weekly patch!
Below you can find the details / changelist for the week:
Programming:
- Fixed an issue with weapon recoil not reseting properly.
- Fixed an issue with the spacing between sliders in the menus.
Level Design:
- Fixed an issue on Last Orders, where the outline of the halftrack would not show for drop in clients
- Fixed an issue on Last Orders, where the players would be seen clipping when inside the foxholes.
- Fixed an issue on Forest, where players could get stuck between a tree and a crate.
- Fixed an issue on The Amber Train, where players would get pushed over a gate by the collision there.
- Fixed an issue on The Amber Train, where players would get pushed out of the level in the secret room.
- Removed a turret on Gold Rush, because placement was incorrect.
- Fixed an issue on Strongpoint, where enemies would be able to shoot through a wall.
- Fixed an issue on Strongpoint, where the escape truck was missing the driver.
- Fixed an issue on Flakturm, where a crowbar in a truck would not be visible.
- Fixed an issue on Extraction, where a crate could be seen clipping through a truck.
- Fixed an issue where players would be able to jump through one of the windows of the church.
Art:
- Fixed a minor visual bug on Gold Rush, z-fight issue on escape gate.
- Fixed a visual bug on Tiger Trap, where players would be able to see out of the world.
- Fixed a visual bug on Trainwreck, where the players would be able to see through some rocks.
- Fixed an issue on Flakturm Operation, where the player would be able to hit the lamps on the ceiling with the kubelwagen.
- Fixed an issue on Bunker Busters, where the player was unable to shoot through barbed wire.
- Fixed multiple visual issue on Hunters.
Sound:
- Fixed an issue in the camp, where the player would shoot/jump in the corner and have water effects.
- Fixed an issue in the kubelwagen, when the player would have an assault rifle equipped they would hear shooting when changing seats.
RAID: World War II - Weekly Newsletter 11/12/2017
Hey Raiders!
Welcome to the weekly newsletter!
It was a pretty busy week last week with lots going on with competitions, applications over community moderators, a content update, and a stream with the modding community!
Community Moderators
So, we had open applications from the community to join Lion game Lions official moderators. There were a lot of applications and the people who were chosen were due to their commitment, language territory support, creativity etc.
Here are the chosen Community Moderators who go by their usernames:
Nepgearsy
Draza
Sylvanas Windrunner
Dysphorid
We will expand the community moderator list so keep an eye out! But for now, these great individuals will be your community points of contact!
Propaganda Posters
So we had a competition about Propaganda Posters and the winners are!
Gridman
Klimber
Bongo
For those who want see the stats, here they are:
Congrats! We will contact you for your keys, and be sure to get your names in the camp!
Also, our concept artist will get working on your posters!
Bugs
As usual we fix bugs weekly, and this week is no different. A few things we fixed in particular was a bug on the spread on the MG42 not resetting.
Streams / Videos
For those of you not watching our weekly streams for whatever reason, we will keep you posted weekly on the repository.
In particular, Dysphorid makes round up videos. and to all the community who makes content then thanks! We would love to showcase your work more often!:
Update 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56ywIlJTzjo
And for our weekly streams, here are the recap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75ugx9aoZK8
and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic47Ar9WBPU&t=2023s
Lastly, if no one has seen this then get the “behind the scenes” on the making of Wulfgane, that elusive entity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5FJy_krEic
RAID: World War II - Propaganda Posters Competition Finalists Vote!
Hey Raiders!
So the propaganda posters have been reviewed and the finalists selected!
You can choose just one, but the top 3 will be made into propaganda posters and put into RAID: World War II!
On Monday 11th we will announce the winners!
A big thank you to all who took part, you were all great! There were so many good ones, and even with the short list its tough to pick! And remember even if you weren't selected this time, there will be many other opportunities!
RAID: World War II - Update 11
Hey Raiders!
Welcome to the weekly patch!
And what a patch we have for you this week! As we mentioned in the weekly update this patch adds some exciting content.
Before we go into the patch just to mention a few community based activity.
Propaganda Poster Competition
This evening we will announce the finalists of the Propaganda Poster competition, where you get to vote for the top 3 posters that will make it into RAID: World War II!
Friday Stream
On Friday at 7pm CET, we will have a live stream with the community mods where we will go over what non-official mods have been made by the community. On Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/liongamelion
Weekly Patch
Remember that we continuously look to improve your experience. If you don’t see an update relevant for you know, please keep an eye out and be active as we try to listen to the community as much as possible.
New content:
Karabiner 98k
The legendary bolt-action rifle used by the German Wermacht. Unlocked at level 10 for Recon characters.
343D Grenade
The defensive version of the Danish-designed hand grenade. Unlocked at level 19 for Demolition characters, level 20 for Insurgent characters and level 21 for Recon and Assault characters.
Programming:
Recon Warcry Rework
Now the recon war cry has an added self-heal per kills dealt, while the warcry is active. This self-heal will upgrade per warcry level. The heal is only applied to Sniper type weapons.
We have changed the Warcry upgrades. Now at warcry level 2 it adds self-heal and at warcry level 3 the lock-on range widens. At warcry level 5 is when the recon class gets the head lock-on.
Art:
- Fixed a minor art issue on the crane at Trainyard.
Tech Art:
- Fixed the interaction on 2 paintings at Art Storage
- Fixed an issue on Extraction where players were able to interact with the suitcase through the wall.
Level Design:
- Fixed an issue on The Amber Train level where players were able to use collisions to jump over a gate.
- Fixed an issue on Bunker Busters, where players got stuck between the opening doors and the wall. Recreated a part of the room so players can't get stuck anymore.
- Fixed an issue when players would reach the bottom of the ladders on the Trainwreck level the game would crash, we had no opportunity to experience this crash as of for now, we had 2 random events that activate when you reach the bottom of the stairs, for now we disabled these, so the game should not crash anymore. We will look further into this issue to figure out which of the events crashes the game, so we can re-enable them at a later stage.
