Hello everyone! Work on the Machine Gun update has been underway for a while now. Today we would like to introduce you to a feature that will be added with version 0.8: It will be possible to obtain equipment from dead, wounded or captured soldiers.

Search corpses

If you are in the same area as a fallen soldier, you can search their corpse for ammunition, bandages or grenades.
As part of this, we have made a small change to the relevant personalities. Previously, a jaded soldier had a small bonus over a compassionate soldier when searching corpses in terms of the amount of equipment obtained.
We changed that so instead there is now a chance that soldiers can fail a body search (a very jaded soldier will always make it).

Search prisoners

It will be possible to search captured soldiers via a dialogue option. We have considered whether it should be possible to obtain ammunition from French soldiers, as it is probably not compatible with German rifles. In this case, we opted for gameplay instead of realism. On the one hand, because we haven't made any distinction between ammunition boxes, rucksacks etc. in the enemy trenches so far, but also because of the possible tactical component of being able to take an enemy position when ammunition is scarce.

First aid for allies

We have also implemented the possibility that caring for wounded allied soldiers can lead to them leaving some of their remaining equipment with the troops.