vehicles: experimental scripted vehicles from community boxes such as the repair crane and the ZJX-19/XE repair tank are now also working in the campaign and not just in invasion
projectiles: experimental scripted EMP grenades from community boxes now also working in the campaign and not just in invasion
projectiles: fixed a bug where some CB7 flares disappeared when throwing in the Tropical Blizzard map instead of spawning the flare object itself again
man vs world: added a "Nightmare" difficulty
man vs Zombies: added a "Nightmare" difficulty
misc: added content of the Community Box #7 in the lottery
modding: added can_shoot_running option for weapons
Running with Halloween Event 2023!
Trick or Treat Runners!
Watch out, the deadly Rippers are back in online invasion during this 11 days long event, but also the Halloween Box which makes its return with the beloved pumpkin goodies!
The Halloween Boxes are also active in single player campaign so that you can enjoy it online and offline!
Happy Running, your Osumia Games
Update 1.97 released!
Hello Runners!
Today, we have a "new" map for you. It's basically a conversion of the Edelweiss map "Hell's Highway". While it looks very similar, it has been extended and has its own twists to better match Vanilla gameplay. The map "Route 666" has been added to the invasion rotator but can also be played as quick match, as well as in Dominance PvP where the city part is being used for a conquest and a king of the hill substage.
Some of you might find some use with the "Camera Mod" we did a while back, mainly to make scenery screenshots and videos. Don't expect it to be a powerful tool, it's very basic but might be interesting for some of you content creators. We cleaned it up a bit, added some documentation and are shipping it as an own package of the game. No file needs to be replaced anymore and can be used as overlay.
below is a video we made with the mod using the camera script. You can use it yourself as an example and reproduce the video on your own just by running the camera mod script without any modification.
Don't forget to join the community on the Running with Rifles Discord and we'd be more than happy if you could let us know if you like the game and the WW2 DLCs by leaving a review on Steam, as it helps us a lot!
Thank you and keep on Running, your Osumia Games
Changelog 1.97 (Vanilla):
maps: new map "Route 666" added. A modified vanilla adaptation of the WW2 map "Hell's Highway"
maps: added an armory in the ruin parts of Swan River and removed an enemy APC to make it a bit less vehicle heavy and slightly rebalanced the AI push on top
maps: fixed map related AI pathing issues on the "Green Coast" map close to the "Old Harbour" base
maps: fixed a crash in quick match on the "Tropical Blizzard" map, as the Wiesel MK20 weapon wasn't declared
dominance: added a conquest and a king of the hill substage of the map "Route 666"
dominance: added A10 gun run and Cluster bomb calls
dominance: adapted the call marker size of the artillery call to match vanilla (hadn't been update since the spread changes)
invasion: added the map "Route 666" to the map rotator
particles: reworked the bullet hit particles on vehicles
misc: "camera_mod" package added
Update 1.96.1
Hello Runners,
As most in the Chinese online RWR community probably figured out, we've had some ongoing issues with our former server provider in China which has locked the RWR servers for unclear reasons. After trying to keep an open discussion with the provider on how to remedy the situation to no avail, we currently have no other choice than to accept it and retire the servers in Mainland China to avoid such issues in the future. We are simply put not welcome anymore to continue hosting servers there.
While the exact cause is still unclear, we got enough clues to guess but won't go into details at this point.
RWR is just a game which connects people around the world to have fun and politics have no place in RWR!. We've said that often enough in the past and also our in-game moderators are applying consequences but will, in the future, be even more sensitive on that subject to avoid any kind of political discussions on delicate topics. This applies to everyone, no matter where the players comes from.
On the more pleasant side of things, the new ASIA servers have a premium line to Mainland China, hence benefiting from a low latency and no need to use network accelerators of any kind! To ensure this, we have to restart the servers on a daily basis at 8AM Beijing time. We have tested and tried so many different options and hope to have find the best solution for every Asia located Runner to enjoy!
visuals: fixed ghost shader for plants and bushes in the Warsalt Legacy map
sounds: applied volume gain to some audio files after being turned to mono
sounds: slightly reduced the dying sound of the female elites
ww2: fixed cards showing blank for Edelweiss in WW2 invasion
ww2: fixed a few translations
ww2: fixed "ww2:combined" to not be shown in the campaign menu (supposed to be quick match only)
ww2: fixed emoticons not showing up
ww2: removed the radio jammer from the player faction in "WW2:Power Junction"
Dominance PvP event #1 2023!
Hey Runners,
Let's have some PvP fun at the first Dominance PvP session of 2023!
Server: "DOMINANCEEU2" - 64 server slots
communication: Join Discord for better communication. An event voice chat channel will be created (link for Discord in the game menu). Feel free to discuss the event for improvements. Best in the Discord channel #event-discussion.
even the teams, load your weapon and let's get it on!
Happy fragging, your Osumia Games
PS: you can also join with the DEMO of RWR!
for those who are new to PvP, below is a YouTube link of a compilation of some scenes from last year's Dominance events!
(you might achieve the best video quality by watching directly on YouTube!)
Update 1.96 Content Patch 1
Vanilla:
weapons: MG42 weapon cooldown slightly reworked
weapons: KAC Chain Saw cooldown added and increased ammunition from 150 to 200
weapons: tracer dart missile makes 15% less damage, has less pulldown and the dart can be disarmed
weapons: added missing weapon lock on player death to the SKS
vehicles: Legion can now better overrun soldiers
throwables: AT mine carrying capacity increase from 2 to 3 at 5000XP
maps: fixed "Elk Island" not always appearing in quick matches
maps: fixed the "churches" for better AI navigation
gamemodes: emoticons added in dominance and minimodes
dominance: cooldowns adapted from Vanilla
dominance: King of the Hill substage added for the map "Black Gold Estuary"
dominance: short information text added on the mapview mask overlays
soldiers: Rangers with tracer darts as secondary have a dedicated and longer change weapon in animation to give the enemy more chance to react
visuals: fixed some emoticons that weren't shown properly
sounds: increased the output volume of a few weapons which had been lowered by mistake in last update
WW2:
weapons: added missing weapon lock on player death to the Browning Auto 5
weapons: fixed cooldown of the Sten Mk IIS, which made the gun overheat too fast
script: fixed the wrong briefcase unlocks in the map WW2: Power junction
misc: fixed mapview for Linux and Mac for Elk Island in invasion
Update 1.96 released!
Hello Runners!
Today, we are celebrating the 8th birthday of RUNNING WITH RIFLES on Steam, woohoo! For this occasion, to celebrate this event, we're offering a large sale and dropping loads of new free content! We also want to seize the occasion to feed you with some information about the upcoming WW2 DLC "RUNNING WITH RIFLES: EASTERN FRONT".
Let's start with the new content. After 6 community and 2 seasonal boxes (X-mas and Halloween), we thought that it'd be time for the COMMUNITY BOX #7! and here we go!
This brand new community box contains 7 new weapons including a truly special one, the Saw Blade Launcher which is really funny to use once you know how it works. We'll let you find out! We also have a shovel, which allows you to create sandbag wall elements, as long as you are on the right terrain, as digging on e.g. asphalt won't work! On the vehicle side, we have 4 brand new vehicles, one being the LAI-109, an extremely powerful mobile missile launcher. Just make sure to have some infantry around to protect it, as it's rather defenseless against AT weapons! There is also the LAILV-002, an advanced "Spawn Truck" with a dual HMG and holes on the roof for 2 infantry to shoot from. The MMLS-528 is a "Multiple Mine Laying System" which can shoot AT mines from the front and AP mines from the rear. Last but not least for the crazy fella out there, a formula 1 vehicle for the lulz, VROOM! Here again, thanks for the numerous modding community submissions!
Oh and we also have a new map based on the map of the same name, Elk Island from Trudin, thanks again buddy, much appreciated! The map has been adapted for Vanilla as well as for Pacific and will respectively be playable in quick matches and online invasion!
As for WW2, this won't be the last map for this update. Beside this Elk Island map for Pacific, we also made an adaptation of the Vanilla map Power Junction which has been set up to be a unique scenario in the WW2 DLC featuring three (randomly selected) factions battling each other! Both maps are playable as quick matches or for online invasion. Alongside this, we're dropping in a pair of new weapons alongside some QOL changes and gameplay tweaks. We hope you enjoy!
We also wanted to confirm we are still on track for releasing Eastern Front in late 2023. Development continues, and we have a tasty new screenshot for you to salivate over! Additionally, we're bringing an "Eastern-Front" themed Submachine Gun over to the Western Front - the venerable Danuvia 43M, an Axis-power weapon made by Hungary, complete with a bayonet, and with its slick folding stock, it can be carried in the sidearms slot!
Don't forget to join the community on the Running with Rifles Discord and we'd be more than happy if you could let us know if you like the game and the WW2 DLCs by leaving a review on Steam, as it helps us a lot!
Thank you and keep on Running, your Osumia Games
Changelog 1.96 (Vanilla):
NEW CONTENT:
maps: "Elk Island" map added in quick match and online invasion
items: community box #7 added
items: combat dog spawn crates added
weapons: added a cooldown in all vehicle (H)MGs and some mobile MG type weapons
weapons: Gilboa DBR double-barrel rifle added
weapons: MGV-176 submachine gun added
weapons: SKS semi-auto rifle with explosive ammo alt added
weapons: SIG MPX submachine gun with hollow point alt added
weapons: SBL sawblade launcher added
weapons: AN-94 with burst shot alt rifle added
equipment: Shovel added - builds infinitely sandbags on terrain tagged as dirt or sand
equipment: Panda costume added
vehicles: LAI-109 missile launching truck added
vehicles: LAIV-002 armored spawn (also AI) truck with MG added
vehicles: MMLS-258 AT and AP mine laying tank added
vehicles: F1 vehicle added, vroom vroom!
ai: Rangers now have a 50% chance to have tracer darts as secondary weapon against vehicles
crosshair: reticle color going from white to plain red when a weapon with cooldown reached max spread. The crosshair will blink until the end of the cooldown
ui: added map time in the scoreboard (has been added already in a silent update)
hotkeys: hotkey list extended to 20 instead of 10 slots - not in game menu. The extended slots are accessible with MOD+key
modding: added force_as_shoots_blast_projectiles as weapon parameter to force the AI to switch to secondary weapon when facing an enemy vehicle
modding: "cooldown" sound key for weapons added
modding: "cooldown_start" and "cooldown_end" specification key for weapons added
modding: auto_update_tree_foliage command line parameter added to make billboard textures always facing the cam in free cam mode
misc: emojis added - can be added to the shortkey list optionally
BALANCE CHANGES:
items: drop rate of all community boxes increased by 20%
weapons: elites have a 33% higher chance to have the M202 as AT instead of their stock AT weapon
vehicles: Legion has significantly more weight so that it can now bulldoze other tanks and the AI not trying to drive around
vehicles: Legion respawn time increased from 140 to 180 seconds
vehicles: added min health to steer value to the transport trucks
vehicles: Mustela acceleration and max speed reduced and driving physics slightly improved
invasion: "Swan River" and "Warsalt Legacy" maps made slightly easier at map start
FIXES and TWEAKS:
maps: minor tweaks here and there
vehicles: Legion ai navigation offset in wrong vehicle tag fixed
ai: dogs not joining squads anymore to avoid issues with vehicle slot queues
input: fixed gamepad handling for selecting a spawn point in the map view
Changelog 1.96 (WW2):
NEW CONTENT:
maps: "Elk Island" added into Pacific campaign and quick matches
maps: "Power Junction" ported over from Vanilla to a special WW2 scenario
weapons: Danuvia 43M submachine gun added. This Hungarian-made 'Eastern-Front' weapon can be found carried by German elite solders, and features a bayonet as well as a folding stock
weapons: Browning Auto 5 Semi-automatic Shotgun added. Can be found carried by Allied elite soldiers, featuring a large 8-round capacity and heavy firepower
weapons: Browning Auto 5 Sawn-Off Shotgun added. Can be found carried by U.S. Marine elite soldiers, featuring a smaller 5-round capacity, but carried like a pistol
misc: added emoticons to WW2 in the same manner they were handled in Vanilla
misc: added overheat systems to some weapons, especially static or vehicle-borne machine-guns, in a similar manner to Vanilla
BALANCE CHANGES:
weapons: increased damage of the Beardmore-Farquhar .50 Cal
weapons: lowered the capacity but increased the movement speed of the Flammenwerfer 41
FIXES and TWEAKS:
maps: fixed missing palm trees on Peleliu Airfield
maps: added missing armory trucks on Swan River
translation: fixed a minor issue with Ho-Ha deploy call out
Merry Xmas and Happy New Year 2023!
Hey Runners!
Ho-Ho-Ho!
Osumia Games wish you all Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year 2023!
2022 is coming to an end and we'll make a quick recap of what happened this year at Osumia Games.
After an incredible year 2021, this year has been a bit quieter but the RUNNING WITH RIFLES family has grown by another 96.000 members and on top of that, over 75.000 DLC units have been sold. This makes the year 2022 to be significantly more successful than 2 years prior.
Some other insights about the year 2022's review include 23 updates with 5 major ones including 2 new maps, a new DLC, the RUNNING WITH RIFLES: Veteran Pack including a lot of new models/skins, a new vehicle call, an increased stash capacity and some custom animations. 9000 Runners are new owners of this DLC alone. Thanks for that! Last but not least, we also added native game controller and full Steam Deck support!
We also announced last Spring the start of the work on our third WW2 update RUNNING WITH RIFLES: EASTERN FRONT We are still hoping for a release late 2023 and with the help of UnitG17 joining our WW2 developer team, it might be doable! More information will follow.
Towards the end of year, we organized a couple of Dominance PvP events. We might do that again in 2023 as the feedback was rather encouraging. Let us know if you are interested or if you prefer to stick to invasion coop!
Below is a YouTube link of a compilation of some nice scenes from 2 Dominance events if you want to see how it looks like!
(you might achieve the best video quality by clicking on "watch on YouTube")
Don't forget to join the fun on Running with Rifles Discord and we'd be more than happy if you could let us know if you like the game and the WW2 DLCs by leaving a review on Steam, as it helps us a lot! Thank you!
Keep on running, Your Osumia Games
Event log (Vanilla):
invasion: Bad Santa enemy added over the xmas event
invasion: Xmas box added
Dominance PvP event #5 !
Hey Runners,
Next PvP session incoming!
Server: "DOMINANCEEU2" - 64 server slots
communication: Join Discord for better communication. An event voice chat channel will be created (link for Discord in the game menu). Feel free to discuss the event for improvements. Best in the Discord channel #event-discussion.
even the teams, load your weapon and let's get it on!