We hope everyone had a good holiday break. 2019 is going to be a big year for Darkest Hour. We plan on polishing features we are happy with and making changes to features we are not. A big focus this year will be on brand new maps! Here is a recap of changes to DH in 2018: 2018 started with v8.0 (squads + construction + Advance) being just released in late 2017.

• By February, we added Assistant Squad Leaders and more constructions.
• In March, we had the frag grenade update, which reduced starting grenades to 1, max carriable to 3, and added grenade boxes.
• In April, we had changes to soft vehicles so they no longer instantly explode; giving soldiers a chance to bail out once the vehicle becomes disabled.
• We saw the 10th anniversary of Darkest Hour in June!
• In July, we had new construction (Dragons Teeth and Panzerfaust Crates) and a complete overhaul to the scoring system.
• In August, we saw improvements to blood and hit impacts on players.
• In September, we added a zoom-able overview map.
• In October, Theel launched his Patreon campaign.
• In November, he launched the London high performance server.
• Finally, in December we improved on the in-game chat and added squad merging.

We are now at v8.4.0! Over the last year we have added (I believe somewhere around 42) maps, implemented many other features not mentioned above, improved many existing features, fixed bugs, and many other things. The official server has been going great, if you enjoy playing on it and want to help, please donate here: https://www.patreon.com/theel By becoming a patron, you'll get access to private news, discord roles, and in-game rewards. Patison is hosting an event tomorrow (DH Campaign Night - Sunday 06/01/19 @ 10PM GMT)! For more information, please join us on Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/RKpwrbr Thanks for playing Darkest Hour in 2018 and as always see you on the battlefield!

[ 2019-01-05 23:15:10 CET ] [ Original post ]