Iron Front: Liberation 1944 - Release date announced

[Nephris]

Originally Posted by Ataros

Does anyone purchased ArmA2 via Steam? Does it make it more difficult to install and manage mods than a non-Steam version? I have a non-Steam ArmA2 but thinking about getting a Steam version of Iron Front.

Iam playing a lot ArmA/OA .... do yourself a favour and purchase it via a physical copy or an official Download. Me m8s I am playing with is are bunch of mixed Installations, the default one do an easier life.Steam is fine, but the mod management can be a bit tricky and is always a thing for its own.
I am sure there will be controverse voices, but you are doing a lot easier with a default installation.

I fear it suffers the simplicity of Arma2 in regard to tanks. Very simplified.

No it does not. Since the very beginning of Liberation 41, which was the first mod of the Developing Team ( now Iron Front)in Operation Flashpoint (the original in 2002), they introduced their own armor management and DM. You can check the DM and the pentrtion in some of the videos on youtube ("playing Iron front part 1- 5" or sth like that).
Do not expect a tank combat simulation, like T34vsTiger should have become, as ArmA2 is a military Sim,but mainly adapted for infantry battles. Similar to flying in ArmA2...it works,it does its job and looks good, but you cant compare it with Il2 flying of course. Thus I recommend everyone who never played Arma2 to dowload "Arma2 for free", to chekc if the gameplay is suitable for one.At the end it is more a simulation than a shooter. More nights on our server, where i fired just one round, and did most in pathfinding etc., just as example.

Video Channel Iron Front testing
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From the Publishers Forum

Basic informations:

Game name: Iron Front: Liberation 1944
Short name: IF44 or if44
Official website: Link to the website
Official Facebook page: Link to FB page
UnOfficial Steam group: Link to Steam group page
Game type: FPS/MILSIM(military simulation)
Release date: May 25, 2012


Factions:

Germany
Soviet Union


Confirmed Equipments:

Germany

Units
Crewman (Grey)
Crewman (Black)
Officier
Infantry (Regular)
Infantry (Camo)
Luftwaffe Pilot
Vehicles
Land
Tanks
Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger II Ausf. B
Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. H
Panzerkampfwagen V Panther Ausf. A
Stug III (possible Ausf. G with long gun)
Transport vehicles
Sdkfz. 251/1 Hanomag (with MG42)
Opel blitz (different transport variant)
Opel blitz (MEDEVAC)
Opel blitz (refuel variant)
Opel blitz (repair or rearm variant ?)
Kübelwagen
Sdkfz. 6-7-8-9-10 ??? (transport and towing halftruck)
Sdkfz. 6-7-8-9-10 ??? (AA variant with Flak 3
Others
MG42 "static"
8 cm Granatwerfer 34 mortar "static"
Guns
Flak 30 (20mm and with 1 gun)
Flak 38 (20mm and with 4 gun)
PaK 40 (75mm)
Air
Focke-Wulf Fw-190-F8
Junkers Ju-87 Stuka
Sea
Weapons
Pistols
P38 Walter
Small arms
Mauser Karabiner 98k (ironsight)
Mauser Karabiner 98k (with scope)
Maschinenpistole 40 (MP40)
MG42
Stg 44
Launchers
RPzB (88mm RPzB rocket ammunition)
Special
M24 granate (two different)
M39 granate
Nebelhandgranate 39
PWM AT
Backpack
GrWr34 mortar barrel (Ger)
GrWr34 mortar tripod (Ger)
Sapper backpack (Ger)
Radio (Ger)


Soviet Union

Units
Crewman (Black)
Officier
Infantry (Regular)
Assault Engineer
Scout(Sapper/SF)
Sniper
Russian Pilots (brown)
Vehicles
Land
Tanks
T-34-76
T-34-85
JS-2
JS-122 '43
SU-85
Transport vehicles
ZIS-5 (truck)
ZIS-5(Radar variant)
ZIS-5(Refuel variant)
Studebaker US6
Willys Jeep
M3 Scout Car
Others
M M1910 (also called as "Maxim") "static" machinegun
Katjuscha BM-13N
Guns
82-PM-41 (82mm mortal)
76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)
Bofors 40 mm AA gun
Air
Petjakov PE-2
P-39R Cobra
Sea
Weapons
Pistols
Nagant m1895
Tokarev TT33
Small arms
PPSch-41 (with diferent magazines)
Maschinengewehr Degtjarjow DP-27
Mosin–Nagant
Mosin–Nagant (Sniper)
Launchers
Special
RG42
Satchel charge (1kg)
Detonator
POMZ-2 trip-ware
Wire
M3 anti-infantry mine
TM-44 anti-tank mine
F1 granade
RPG6 AT granade
PMD-6 anti-infantry mine
Sapper tools (?)
Backpack
Maxim machinegun tripod (SU)
Maxim machinegun barrel (SU)
Sapper backpack (Red Army)
Radio (SU)


Islands(4):

Poland - Baranow
Ukraine - Ivachev
Ukraine - Panovo
Poland - Staszow


Game features:

Confirmed:

Completely new gameplay, coming out from the technical and tactical level of the history period.
Large-scale battles involving infantry, tanks and planes that re-enact a realistic development of the summer offensive of 1944.
Over 40 vehicles and planes, including the Königstiger, the Katyusha, the Focke-Wulf Fw-190 and the notorious Stuka.
Huge arsenal with authentic weapons, such as the Mauser Karabiner, the MP 40 and grenades, mines, etc.
Tactical combat and commands to troops and vehicles for a realistic “in the thick of it” feeling.
Advanced game systems, such as realistic damage models for tanks, destructible environment, hitching and unhitching artillery, etc.
Two campaigns, giving the choice to play for Wehrmacht or the Red Army across eight missions, against an authentic backdrop.
Varied mission objectives and a thrilling story of the final months of the war.
Extensive multiplayer capabilities, with cooperative and PvP battles.
Editor for creating your own missions.
New interface.
Possibility to tow and transport the artillery with the help of trucks.
Rich and fully destructible environment of the Southeastern Poland of 40' years with workable interiors of the buildings.
Dynamical system of destruction of cars, trucks and artillery, giving the possibility to break them into pieces.
Both side will speak on they own language.
Rifle animations(not only reloading).
Possible to carry bodys(wounded soldiers).
Openable truck doors(with animation).
Tanks can carry troops on the top of it. (New)
Backpacks. ("pickup-able" radio backpack)
New reload animation.
Weapon sight switch.
Weapon mounting.





Game requirements(not confirmed, based on ArmA2):

Minimal PC Requirements
CPU: Dual Core Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz / Intel Core 2.0 GHz / AMD Athlon 3200+ or faster
RAM: 1 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 / ATI Radeon 1800 with Shader Model 3 and 256 MB VRAM or faster
OS: Windows XP

Optimal PC Requirements
CPU: Intel Core 2.8 GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ or faster
RAM: 2 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT / ATI Radeon 4850 with Shader Model 3 and 512 MB VRAM or faster
OS: Windows XP or Vista


Story:

Iron Front – Liberation 1944 is set in Southern Poland during the Soviet Offensive in the summer of that year, when the infantry and tank as well as aircraft units of the Red Army and the Wehrmacht engaged in fierce combat. It was the first time in history that the "Königstiger" tanks fought with the powerful JS2 soviet tanks.

The Germans’ objective is clear – consolidate and regroup the remaining troops, stop the Red Army’s advance at all cost, or at least slow it down. As a Red Army soldier, the task less complex, but no less challenging: Break the resistance to enable an attack on Germany. Starting out as a simple soldier on either side, you will experience nerve-wracking, tactical combat – always caught between your orders from your senior, and reality on the battlefield. In the course of the story, both protagonists will be promoted to command tanks and even fighter planes in addition to their own troops. However, the player does not have to do all this on foot: Using their computers, tacticians will control tanks, including the famous German battle tank Panzerkampfwagen VI or "Königstiger" and the Russian Stalin tank JS2, or fighter planes such as the Focke Wulf 190 and dive bombers like the Stuka or the Petlyakov PE-2.

Online is where the battle really heats up in "Iron Front – Liberation 1944": Players can either complete missions cooperatively or compete with each other in special multiplayer modes such as "Capture the Flag" or "Attack and Defense". "Iron Front – Liberation 1944" also includes an extensive mission editor, enabling players to intuitively create their own missions and share them with their friends online, thus guaranteeing that there will never be a shortage of new missions.